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FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, December 12, 2001
hung up. Contact was made with
alarm.
the male subject who advised he
-M CSO received a report o f a
was next door and that the female
suspicious vehicle sitting behind
subject "tends to do this every once
The M orrow C ounty S h e riffs the Im gon Medical Clinic. It was
in a while." He advised all was okay.
Office (M C SO ) reports handling an em ployee.
-MCSO received a report o f the
the following business:
-M CSO received a report from
a caller in Imgon that someone had power o ff at the Black M ountain
-lone Fire Dept, received a report thrown eggs on her car while she
station for sheriffs office radios and
o f a grass fire east o f Valby.
USFS towers. The em ergency
was travelling on a road in Imgon.
-M CSO deputy cited Rachelle
-MCSO received information from generator was running. It was advised
Dawn Sykes, 19, for Exceeding the the FBI o f a break-m and suspicious to call other affected areas.
Maximum Speed Limit, 85 mph in activity at the w ater tower in
-USFS received a report o f a fire
a 65-m ph zone.
in the W ineland Lake area.
Springfield. It was requested that
-Boardman Police Dept, received all m unicipal w ater suppliers be
-Oregon State Police received
a report o f loud music in Boardman;
a
report
o f two small vehicles
notified and advised to check their
the caller requested contact made
water systems for signs o f tampering. traveling at a high rate o f speed on
to turn the m usic down.
1-84 eastbound.
All cities except one (where there
Oct. 25: MCSO received a report
-Boardman Fire Dept, received
was no answer) in all four local
from a caller in Irrigon that an
counties were notified and advised. a report o f a fire alarm at Boardman
expensive bicycle had been stolen.
Health Clinic. It was a false alarm.
-M CSO received a report from
-MCSO received an inquiry from
-M CSO deputy cited Wesley
a caller in Irrigon o f a juvenile
the woman whose purse had been
M edley, 21, for V iolation o f the
runaway.
stolen in an earlier report. She
O c t 26: MCSO, Boardman Police Basic Rule, 60 mph in a 35 mph zone
requested a deputy go to a business
Dept, received a report o f a and Failure to Carry Proof o f
on Patterson Ferry Road and get her
Insurance.
suspicious vehicle backed up the
purse back from the male subject
-MCSO received a report o f an
Sam Boardman Elementary School.
who allegedly w orks there. She
older female shepherd cross dog
It was the cleaning crew.
related that when she asked for her
found in Boardman.
-Boardman Police Dept, received
purse back, the male subject drove
-MCSO received a report o f two
a report from a caller in Boardman
off from the location on 1-84 where
cows
out on Highway 730.
o f two suspicious persons looking
she had run out o f gasoline. The
-M
CSO received a report from
in vehicles along Columbia Avenue.
caller also said she went to the
Hermiston Police Dept, that Jose
An officer was unable to locate the
business on Patterson Ferry but did
Luis Sanguino, 35, was arrested on
subjects.
not see the male subject's van.
a
Morrow County warrant for Failure
-Boardm an
Police
Dept.,
-M CSO deputy cited Lino
to
Pay Fine/Drivmg while License
Boardman am bulance received a
Covarrubia-Covarrubia, 22, o f
Suspended and Driving Uninsured.
report o f a 20-year-old suffering from
Hermiston for Violation of the Basic
He was lodged at the U m atilla
an asthma attack in Boardman. The
Rule, 80 mph in a 55 mph zone.
C
ounty Jail.
patient was transported to Good
-MCSO, Heppner Police Dept,
-M CSO received a report from
Shepherd Medical C enter in
received a report o f a panic alarm
a
caller
in Boardman that someone
Herm iston.
from
the
M orrow County
had come onto their porch and stolen
-M CSO received a report from
Courthouse. It was determined to
her daughter's ferrets.
a caller in Boardman that her vehicle
be construction work and all was was broken into during the night.
-M CSO received a report from
ODF&
W that an ODF&W employee
okay.
-MCSO received another report
would be shooting beavers at the
-M CSO deputy cited Ismael from a callqr in Boardman from the
W illow C reek G o lf Course in
R odnguez-M endoza, 21, for No same area as the previous call that
Heppner.
Operator's License, No Insurance her vehicle was broken into during
and Violation o f the Basic Rule, 70 the night and money stolen.
-MCSO deputy arrested Gaylin
mph in a 55 mph zone.
Fickel,
57, on a M orrow County
-MCSO, The Dalles Police Dept,
-M CSO received a report from received a report from a caller who
w arrant for Failure to Pay
a caller in Boardman that someone said that he had pulled off 1-84 to
Fine/Resisting Arrest.
had left a vehicle on their property rest. He woke up, wertt to the
-M CSO , Oregon State Police
two weeks ago and they didn't know restroom, returned to the vehicle
received a report from lone o f two
who the owner was. The vehicle was and drove o ff before realizing his
male subjects in a pickup selling
tagged for tow.
meat door-to-door. It was determined
girlfriend was not in the vehicle.
-Boardman Police Dept, officer Several businesses in Arlington were
to be a legitim ate business.
cited Guadalupe Perez-Rubio, 38, contacted; the female subject was
-M CSO deputy served a
for Unnecessary N oise Violation not there. The caller called back from
restraining order to a subject in
o f City Ordinance.
Boardm an.
Arlington and said his girlfriend was
-M CSO received a report o f a there; the girlfriend made contact
-MCSO deputy cited Victor Ruben
lost Border Collie dog last seen in and told him where she was. She
Cam pos, 26, for V iolation o f the
the A rbuckle area.
Basic Rule, 50 mph in a 30 mph
had contacted the police. The Dalles
-Oregon State Police, Army Depot dispatch was contacted and notified
zone, Driving while License
received a report from Im gon o f a he was en route to pick her up.
Suspended Violation, Driving
large plane headed north then turning
Uninsured. The vehicle was towed.
-MCSO received two reports at
and heading south. The Army Depot separate times o f «jows out on
Oct. 27: Boardman Police pept.
said it was. a.m ilitary plane.
received
a report o f a purse stolen
Highway 730; A1 deputy Was unable
-MCSO received a hang-up 911 to locate the cows eithef'tim e.
the rt^ght ait the Dodge C ity Inn
call from Brown's Auto in Imgon.
lounge in Boardm an.
-M CSO received additional
On recontact, they advised all was information about a runaway girl
-MCSO, Oregon State Police,
okay.
Boardm an Police Dept, received
who may be with her boyfriend.
-MCSO received a request for
a report from a caller at the Sandpiper
-MCSO received a request for
deputy contact regarding a burglary deputy contact regarding property
Apts, in Boardm an o f 14-15 kids
at a residence in Im gon.
out in front o f the apartm ents
taken for evidence; the caller wanted
-M CSO, Irrigon Fire Dept, the property back.
fighting. The subjects scattered when
received a report o f a smoke alarm
law enforcem ent arrived on the
-MCSO received a report from
in a building in Imgon. It was a false Irrigon o f a driver’s side window
scene.
-M CSO received a report from
broken out o f a vehicle; nothing was
Oregon State Police that Gilberto
taken.
Crist Chapa-Hemandez was arrested
-Oregon State Police received
on a Morrow County Circuit Court
a report o f a van with a blown-out
w arrant
for
Failure
to
tire on the side o f 1-84 eastbound
Appear/Possession o f a Controlled
and three m ale subjects.
Substance II. He was lodged at the
-Oregon State Police received
The M orrow C ounty Creative
U m atilla C ounty Jail.
a report of a pickup passing vehicles
Arts and Crafts Christmas party is on both shoulders o f a road.
-M CSO, O regon State Police.
set for Thursday, Dec. 20, at 1 p.m.
Boardm an Police Dept, received
-M CSO received a report from
at GD's Restaurant banquet room.
a report o f an audible burglary alarm
a female subject in Boardman that
The party is one week earlier than a male subject was m issing, then
at a business. A person was contacted
the usual meeting date because o f
to inspect the dam age.
the holidays.
-Boardman ambulance received
M embers are asked to bring an
a report from a caller in Boardman
exchange gift o f under $10 and a
o f a 55-year-old fem ale who was
plate o f cookies.
unresponsive and had a history of
Pack your backs and get ready
On the agenda before the party
to tour die world. lone Schools Music
will be the cost of prints o f the next
Department will take you around
mural project depicting Heppner the world as they sing and play songs
as a main wool shipping point. The from countries around the world.
The lone A m erican Legion
price o f framed and matted prints
Their c o n c e rt. is Monday, A uxiliary #95 m et on Dec. 4 at
will be decided upon. All members Decem ber 17, at 6:30 p.m. in the
Beecher's R estaurant for their
are asked to be there for a "good school cafetorium .
monthly meeting. It was reported
exchange o f ideas on this matter."
All music and band classes grades that the members had donated $697
kindergarten through grade seven
in gifts for the veterans gift shop
will participate. The evening will
at The Dalles. Also, 13 lap robes
culminate with a special vocal solo
were donated to the hospital.
by freshman Katie Hams and the
arrival o f Santa Claus.
A regular board m eeting o f the
Sheriff's Report
Arts & Crafts
club plans
Christmas party
lone Schools
concert Dec. 17
strokes. The patient was taken to
Good Shepherd Medical Center in
Hermiston by private vehicle and
the am bulance was cancelled.
-M CSO received a report from
a caller in Irrigon that she
accidentally set o ff her alarm at her
residence.
-Oregon State Police received
a report o f a vehicle on 1-84
westbound that was all over the road,
hitting the shoulder and speeding.
-Oregon State Police received
a report o f a vehicle broken down
on 1-84 eastbound.
-MCSO, Boardman Police Dept,
received a report o f a fight in
progress at the Texaco in Boardman.
A message was left at the Juvenile
Dept, about the situation.
-M CSO received a report from
a caller in Imgon o f items taken from
his pickup the previous night.
- Boardman Police Dept, received
a request for an officer in Boardman
regarding an item taken by the caller’s
friend's father's girlfriend.
-MCSO, Boardman Police Dept,
officer arrested Pedro C laustro
Velasco, 23, for Driving while
License Suspended Violation,
Forgery I (x2) and Possession o f
a Forged Instrument I (x2). He was
lodged at the Umatilla County Jail
with $30,000 bail.
- Im gon ambulance received a
request for an ambulance for a 74-
year-old male in Irrigon who had
a high tem perature and was
incoherent. He has a history o f
em physem a and bronchitis. The
patient was transported to Good
Shepherd M edical C enter in
Hermiston.
-MCSO received a report o f a
m issing yellow lab.
-Boardman ambulancereceived
a request for an am bulance in
Boardman for a 70-year-old man
who was incoherent and possibly
having a stroke.
-M CSO deputy cited John
Munkers, 19, for Violation o f the
Basic Rule, 55 mph in a 35 mph
zone.
-M CSO deputy cited Colin
W inters, 49, for Violation o f the
Basic Rule, 75 m ph in a 55 mph
zone.
-MCSO deputy cited Olga Arroya
Lopez, 27, for Failure to Use
Seatbelts.
-M CSO received a report from
a caller that her daughter, niece and
nephew were almost kidnapped by
a male in Irrigon the previous day.
The calfefr W&rlfed to speak to a
deputy:'"""''
-M CSO received a report from
U m atilla Police Dept, that Jacob
Theodore Morris, 26, was arrested
on a Morrow County Circuit Court
w arrant for Failure to Appear/
Harassment and on local charges
o f Violation o f Restraining Order.
He was lodged at the U m atilla
C ounty Jail.
-M CSO received a report from
a caller who drove from Vancouver,
WA to bring her 13-month old
daughter to Boardman to be picked
up by her father for visitation but
he didn't show up.
-Boardman Police Dept, officer
cited Jerry Buschke, 42, for Animal
at Large.
-Irrigon Fire Dept, received a
request to respond to an illegal bum
in Irrigon.
-M CSO received a report from
the Springfield Police Dept, that
Robert Fernando Swartout, 31, was
M orrow SW CD/W eed Advisory
Board will be held Monday, Dec.
17, at 2 p.m. at the Coyote Springs
Co-Gen conference room in
Boardman.
Agenda and discussion items
include: m anager's report, weed
report, agency reports, and the
SWCD Weed Board/Wheat League
annual m eeting on Jan. 17.
The meeting is open to the public.
Death Notice
Mary Elizabeth Rigby
Mary Elizabeth Rigby, 86, wife
o f Grant Rigby (former teacher at
lone High School) died on
Wednesday, Novem ber 21, 2001
at a rest home in Gresham . She
suffered a stroke in August 2000
that left her left side paralyzed.
She is survived by three sons;
a daughter; five grandchildren; and
two great-grandchildren.
Bake sale to
benefit fire
department
A bake sale in memory
o f the police and firemen who
died in the Septem ber 11 attack
on New York will be held this
Friday, Dec. 14, to benefit the
H eppner Fire Departm ent. The
sale will be held from 10 a.m. to
3 p.m. in front o f the Post Office.
The sale is sponsored by
the Corbin family.
Flags will also be
available for purchase in addition
to baked goods.
Anyone who w ould like
to donate baked goods or m ake a
donation should call Linda
Corbin,
676-5270.
Tax
deductible contributions may be
made to the Heppner Firem en's
Auxiliary,
P.O.
Box
743,
Heppner.
The members voted to purchase
a Spinoza "buddy bear" for an ill
child. This bear is to go to an ill child
in either Morrow or Umatilla county.
Christmas cookie plates will be
put together Thursday, Dec. 20, at
10 a.m. M em bers are to bring five
dozen cookies.
Oregon East Symphony
plans music festival
The Pendleton Convention Center
will again host "Eastern Oregon's
largest annual holiday music festival"
on Sunday, Dec. 16 at 3:15 p.m.
This event, produced by the
Oregon East Symphony and Chorale,
will feature an assortm ent o f
community instrumentalists, singers,
and bell choirs in a concert centered
around the m usic o f the season.
Blue M ountain Com m unity
College's chorale director David
Miller will once again conduct the
assembly. Participants in this year's
offering include the Oregon East
Sym phony, the Oregon East
Sym phony Chorale, the Blue
Mountain Community College Choir,
the Young Voices of Eastern Oregon,
harpist Amy Jepsen o f Heppner and
three local bell choirs, the Bells o f
Peace, the Bells o f Joy, and the First
O c t 29: MCSO received a report
o f a Savage rifle, m odel 99E .308,
stolen from D ivide W ells in the
Heppner Unit sometime during the
weekend.
-M CSO, O regon State Police
received a report o f a Honda Accord
rear-ending a sem i-truck. The
vehicles were not blocking the traffic
lane but there was debris in the road.
-M CSO received a report from
a caller in Imgon that his next door
neighbors had been arguing for a
1/2 hour; the caller wanted a deputy
to ask them to quiet down. The
couple was quieted down and had
moved on.
-MCSO, Boardman Police Dept,
received a report from a caller in
Boardman o f a male subject carrying
a black backpack who was walking
around her back field "relieving
himself'. The subject was determined
to be a salesman.
-M CSO received a report from
the Oregon State Police in Hermiston
that Gina Denise Martinez, 42, was
arrested on a Morrow County Circuit
Court warrant for Arson I. She was
lodged at the Umatilla County Jail.
-M CSO received a report from
a caller m Im gon that a suspicious
male and female were hanging out
on her property.
-M CSO received a report from
a caller in Im gon that she received
a letter from the phone com pany
that an unauthorized party had been
using her phone num ber.
-M CSO received a report from
a caller in Irrigon regarding a horse.
The caller said she had left messages
for a deputy; the deputy advised he
had not received any m essages.
4-H News
The Incredible Edibles 4-H Club
By Kristal Temple, reporter
The Incredible Edibles had their
second meeting on Dec. 7. Members
m et at the lone Fire Hall. They
welcomed four new members into
the club. Everyone was asked to
bring about two dozen cookies to
the meeting.
A fter the new m em bers were
enrolled, record sheets were passed
out. Then members discussed cookie
types, vocabulary and sanitation.
Then m em bers m ade Chewy
Chocolate Chip Cookies. W hile
making them, members shared tips
and proper measuring techniques.
W hile the cookies were baking,
members decorated sugar cookies.
When the chocolate chip cookies
were done baking, m embers filled
plates with assorted cookies. When
2 plate was filled, members would
wrap it in green saran wrap and add
a bow. Everyone took home at least
one plate o f cookies to give to an
elderly person.
The next m eeting has not been
announced; however, Anne Morter
would be happy to let members know
when it is by contacting her at 422-
7429.
Books and More Books 4-H Club
By Shannon Clay, reporter
Books and More Books 4-H Club
met on Nov. 27 at member Miranda
Hunt's home.
The group discussed a community
service project, "Operation Christmas
Child" w hich m em bers had
completed. Then members talked
about "Gone Away Lake" by
Elizabeth Enright. M iranda Hunt
did the book report and Emily
Rietm ann did the author report.
The next book members will read
is "In The Stone Circle" by Elizabeth
Cody Kimmel. At the group's next
meeting on Thursday, Dec. 20, they
will also do a gift exchange.
Sew Happy 4-H Club
By Emily Thompson, reporter
Sew Happy 4-H club had their
second m eeting on Dec. 7. The
m eeting was held at club leader
Sharon Lew is' home.
All the club's members were there.
M em bers are Destiny George,
C atherine M cElligott, Em ily
Thompson, Maggie Armato, Sherilyn
Peck and K aylee Helfrecht.
Members made crescent rolls with
the yeast bread-special shaping
method from Catherine McElligott's
recipe.
Next m onth, the club is going
to m ake m uffins w ith the quick
bread-m uffin method.
Members are excited about next
m onth and can't wait.
V
Karen's Korner
By Karen Masshoff
Item s o f Health - Tobacco Prevention
Legion Auxiliary meets
SWCD, weed
Board to meet
arrested on an Imgon Justice Court
warrant for Failure to Appear/Dnvmg
while License Suspended and
Exceeding Speed. He was lodged
at the Lane County Jail with $6,000
bail.
-MCSO, Boardman Police Dept,
officer arrested Gonzalo Covarrubias-
Navarete for DUII (BAC was
refused) and Driving while License
Suspended M isdem eanor. The
vehicle was im pounded.
-MCSO received a request from
a caller in Boardm an for deputy
contact concerning a fresh set o f
footprints going up to her back door.
-MCSO deputies arrested Tony
Lee Kellar, 28, on a UCSO warrant
for Failure to Appear II. Kellar was
lodged at the Umatilla County Jail
with $10,000 bail.
-M CSO received a report from
a chller in Irrigon that her vehicle
was broken into and a window
shattered.
-M CSO received a report o f a
cabin broken into and a .22 rifle
stolen.
-MCSO deputy cited Stacy Leann
Hinz, 32, for Violation o f the Basic
Rule, 70 mph in a 55 mph zone.
-M CSO received a request for
a deputy to stand by while the caller
picked up her. belongings from a
residence in Im gon.
-MCSO deputy cited Heather Lee
Gregory, 22, for V iolation o f the
Basic Rule, 90 m ph in a 65 mph
zone.
- Boardman Police Dept, received
a report o f a barking dog behind the
caller's residence in Boardman.
-M CSO received a report o f a
vehicle with loud music on parked
by the caller's residence in
Boardman.
-M CSO, Boardman Police and
Fire depts., Boardman ambulance
received a report o f a vehicle
sideways in a ditch along 1-84
eastbound. A nother vehicle had
stopped to assist. O fficials were
unable to locate the vehicle.
-MCSO, Boardman Police Dept,
received a report o f an audible alarm
at Sam Boardm an Elem entary
School. The faculty set off the alarm
by mistake.
-Boardman Police Dept, officers
arrested Nicolas Navarra Landeros,
28, on a M orrow County warrant
for Failure to Pay Fine/DUII. He
was lodged at the Umatilla County
Jail and his vehicle im pounded.
Christian C hurch Bell Tones.
Holiday music scheduled for the
concert includes Poulenc's "Gloria,"
"Jesus, Jesus, Rest Your Head," by
local com poser M artha W arberg,
and many traditional favorites like
"O Tannenbaum," "Oh Come All
Ye Faithful," "As Lately We
Watched" an J "Carol o f the Bells."
Seating at the Convention Center
will on a first-come basis, so the
public is encouraged to arrive early.
Tickets can be purchased now in
Pendleton at Armchair Books, 39
Southwest Dorion and the OES
offices at 424 South Main, and will
be available at the Convention Center
box office on the afternoon o f the
festival.
This special concert is made
possible by the sponsorships o f
Pendleton Sanitary Service, Leland
and Roberta Jones, Harriet Isom,
and Phyllis Shovelski o f The Nickel.
Have you been contem plating giving the gift o f lif e your life? A
poignant thought for this tim e o f year, and perhaps m ore so given the
events this latter part o f 2001. Above m y desk here in the office I have
a m agnet in the shape o f a house that I got from OHDC: jugar * trabajar
* vivar - Todo Es M ejor Sin Tabaco. Play * work * life - All Is B etter
W ithout Tobacco. W hat greater gift could you give yo u rself and your
family than to become tobacco free? W nte this commitment on a special
Christmas card for under the tree. Then call the Oregon Quit Line: 1 -877-270-
7867 or 1-877-266-3863 in Spanish; they will assist you further in this
process.
The topic o f safe cigarettes is a very timely one for consideration.
In my previous colum n I m entioned seeing and hearing about natural
and organic tobacco and "safe" cigarettes. Wouldn't you know, here come
the tobacco companies tumbling over one another to get their new brands
on the market. Just in time to take advantage o f the holidays w ouldn't
you say.
Such nam es include "Omni" from Vector Tobacco/Liggett Group;
"Advance" from Brown and Williamson/BAT; and "Eclipse" from RX
Reynolds. Not to give these folks undue promotion, but I want to begin
speaking to the welter o f claims by these companies. Also, I want to attempt
to sort out some o f the bewildering toxic/carcinogenic compounds these
cigarettes are purporting to reduce. None o f these new brands, or any
such brands, will ever become an alternative to tobacco cessation for improving
life and health.
I will begin writing about Omni and then move on to the others in
future columns. W hen confronted by public health experts and others.
Vector acknowledged there is no scientific proof that Omni's reduction
o f such carcinogenic compounds as nitrosam ines or catechols will be
any less dangerous than Marlboro or Camel. The tobacco in this cigarette
is treated with a com bination o f two chemicals, including palladium, a
metal most com m only found in the catalytic converters o f cars. It has
yet to complete any human or animal tests o f the effects o f smoking this
new cigarette.
Stay tuned, folks, there is more to come: Oregon has a new Smokefree
W orkplace law that goes into effect January 1, 2002. Unfortunately, if
you work in a bar, tavern, bingo hall, or bowling center you will not be
protected. I will be writing more on this later and speaking before the
C ham ber o f C om m erce January 22, 2002.