A Look Into Our Past
Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, July
Willow Creek Terrace receives donation
Sheriff's Report
The Morrow County Sheriff's
Office (MCSO) reports handling
the following business:
Sharon Harrison presents check to Suzanne Jepsen, representative for
Willow Creek Valley Assisted Living Corporation
Bv Sarah Coller
An interesting article in the July 31,1902 edition of the Heppner
Gazette is headlined, “Telephone Without Wire.” According to the
article, on July 28, Ernest Ruhmer, an electrical inventor from Berlin,
succeeded in telephoning seven kilometers by his wireless methods.
The speaking voice was perfectly audible continuously during
the experiment. Ruhmer; who hitherto has used a searchlight 35
centimeters in diameter, intends to construct another between 100
and 200 centimeters, expecting to speak 40 kilometers, which
would be a distance sufficient to cover a modern city. It is affirmed,
however, that the apparatus is too large and expensive and too
delicate to be practicable commercially, but it will be highly useful
to warships in transmitting orders at sea. Herr Ruhmer s invention
acts on the principle o f the transformation o f light waves to sound
waves by using a searchlight and a microscope. We’ve come a
long way, haven’t we?
The photo above is courtesy of the Morrow County Museum.
One of the first phone lines in this area was established around 1888
from Castle Rock on the Columbia River, through Ella, and up
Blackhorse Canyon into Heppner. The Inland Telephone Company
sent a line from Arlington to Heppner in 1898.
Commuter Café open before daylight
I’am Schmidt prepares a treat for a customer.
By Sarah Coller
While most of us are enjoying
the last couple hours of sleep
before a busy day, Pam Schmidt
is hard at work baking pastries
and brewing coffee for those who
need to grab breakfast on the run.
Schmidt, who recently purchased
the Pony Espresso, has renamed
the business. Commuter Café, a
name she thinks fits a place open
so early in the morning. “I'd like
to attract those who have to
commute out of town for work,”
says the new business owner.
Schmidt
and
her
husband, Richard, moved to
Heppner in June 1998 to raise
their three young children. Prior
to purchasing the café, she was
working at Bucknums. “I have
been in food service for 31
years.” says Schmidt who used
to bake cinnamon rolls for Pony
Espresso.
Schmidt says she still
offers most of the same items that
customers are used to purchasing
from the yellow. Main Street
business, but has added different
meats and cheeses to the sub
sandwich list: Italian salami,
pepperoni, American cheese,
cheddar, real Swiss, provolone,
and pepper jack. She also
features fresh baked pastries and
low fat. baked donuts. Another
new thing is a breakfast sandwich
on an English muffin with the
choice of bacon, sausage or ham
with cheese for $1.25; on a
waffle, it’s $1.75.
Commuter Café is open
from 4:30 a.m .-4:30 p.m.,
Monday-Friday. “My hours of
operation are limited by the
availability of daycare,” says
Schmidt, “but if people want to
call ahead to order, say, a pizza, I
will stay and make it.” Schmidt
says she has also been doing daily
lunch specials with specialty
sandwiches and a cup of potato
or macaroni salad. In the future,
she would like to offer more
specialty salads, and after the
first of the year, remodel. “I want
to keep the drive and walk-up but
turn the other half into a bakery
and add a grill, broiler and more
refrigeration. I might do calzones,
baked pizza, or other dinner
entrees.”
Schmidt encourages
those with big or special orders
to call ahead. “The first weekend
1 was open, I was really busy and
didn't have all the details worked
out so people had to wait. I'm
sorry to anyone who had to wait
and was inconvenienced. I would
love to have you back again,” she
said and added that comments,
suggestions and recipe ideas,
especially for those on special
diets, would be appreciated.
Klam ath First recently
contributed $1000 to help meet
the financial needs of Willow
Creek Terrace, the assisted living
facility under construction on
Gilliam Drive in H eppner’s
Lakeview subdivision.
Sharon Harrison, manager of
Heppner’s Klamath First branch,
presented the $ 1000 check to the
Willow Creek Valley Assisted
Living Corporation board last
week. “We know this project is
worthwhile and we are all eager
to see it completed,” she noted.
“We are helping with the loan
financing of the facility and this
donation is another way in which
we can help.”
Board members grow
increasingly eager as the summer
days pass and the project grows
closer to a reality. Because of the
increased costs involved in the
construction, the board continues
to accept donations. They feel
confident that the financing needs
will be met, and report that Sally
Walker and John Edmundson
continue to apply for grants. “This
donation from Klamath First is one
example of the kindnesses that
have made this facility for our
community possible,” Doris
Brosnan said. All donations to the
501 © (3) non-profit foundation are
tax-deductible.
“Examples of the importance
o f such donations,” Brosnan
added, “are found in some of the
comparatively less expensive
features of Willow Creek Terrace.
Gutters may be boring, but they
are important. Shutters do not
represent a huge expense, but
they will add so much to the face
of the building. A wonderful
feature, the beauty-barber shop,
will not be terrible expensive to
furnish, but it will certainly provide
an important service space at
Willow Creek Terrace.” The
beauty-barber shop will be a room
furnished with a stylist’s chair, a
sink, a hair dryer and a mobile
station selected by Rene Devin.
Residents will have the
convenience of setting up hair
appointments with barbers and
beauticians willing to come to the
facility. Seeing that not more than
one appointment is scheduled for
the shop at one time, Tonia Adams
will count this as just one of her
many responsibilities.
Adams has been employed as
on-site Facility Administrator for
Willow Creek Terrace by the
Morrow County Health District,
which has been contracted to run
the facility. She is presently
completing training required for
the position and will soon be
assisting with the hiring of other
employees.
Those wishing to be put on
the reservation list may pay a $200
refundable deposit to Rene Devin
at City Hall or mail to Willow
Creek Terrace, P.O. Box 244,
Heppner. They will then be
contacted by Tonia Adams to be
interview ed for a “ needs
assessment”. This is to be sure
that Willow Creek Terrace will be
able to meet the needs of the
resident interviewed.
A1 Riney, one of the many
community volunteers helping
with this project, is working with
the landscaping com m ittee,
chaired by Diana Ball. He has
surveyed and is making plans for
the construction of the decorative
block wall in the backyard.
Don Bristow, board member
from lone, is in the process of
having a sign made to be placed
at the entrance to the facility.
As soon as the front area of
the building is ready, volunteers
Carlyle Harrison and Bob
Harrison will put in the sprinkler
system.
Gail Hughes, chairman of the
furniture and fixtures committee
has been working for several
months with Sue McDonald a
sales representative/decorator for
the U.S. Contract Group. Her
com m ittee members Nancy
VanderDoes and Luella Taylor
have selected all of the furniture,
fixtures and colors for the facility.
The board hopes they will be able
to open by September.
Individuals wishing to donate
to the construction of Willow
Creek Terrace may make their
tax-deductible donations to Rene
Devin at City Hall or mail the
contribution to P.O. Box 244
Heppner or to Sherron Woodside,
Treasurer, 64123 Clarks Canyon
Road. Lexington Oregon 97839.
Individuals with questions about
the facility are encouraged to call
Suzanne Jepsen, Board Chair,
676-9850; Victor VanderDoes,
CEO of Morrow County Health
District, 676-9133; or Tonia
Adams, Facility Administrator at
676-0004.
Sheriff's Report
Sheriff's Report
The Morrow County Sheriff’s
Office (MCSO) reports handling
the following business:
May 1: Boardman Police
Dept, officer cited a male subject
for Exceeding the Maximum
Speed Limit, 78 mph in a 65 mph
zone and Failure to Register Ve
hicle.
-MCSO, Heppner Police
The Morrow County Sheriff's
Office (MCSO) reports handling
the following business:
Dept, received a report of a bur
glary alarm activation at the
DMV office in Heppner. An of
ficer checked the building, a door
was found partially opened. The
building was checked, the door
secured and the alarm reset.
-MCSO received a report that
Eddie Joe Rios, 39, was arrested
on a Morrow County Circuit
Court warrant for Parole Viola-
tion/Felon in Possession of a Fire
arm, and Irrigon Justice Court
warrants for Failure to Pay Fine/
Driving while License Suspend-
ed/Driving Uninsured Violation of
the Basic Rule, 65 mph in a 45
mph zone. He was lodged at the
Umatilla County Jail.
-MCSO received a report
from the Umatilla Chemical De
pot of a leaking propane tank in
the POL area. The fire dept, had
been notified. About 30 minutes
later, it was advised that the pro
pane valve was shut off and there
was no longer a leak; the depot
was declared clear.
-MCSO, Boardman ambu
lance received a report of a male
subject with a possible stroke.
The patient was transported to
Good Shepherd Medical Center
in Hermiston.
-MCSO, Boardman Police
Dept, officers arrested Michael
Steven Moore, 19, for Forgery II.
-MCSO, Boardman Police
and Fire depts., Boardman ambu
lance received a report of a mo
bile home in Boardman fully en
gulfed in flames. No one was
home. One firefighter was trans
ported to Good Shepherd Medi
cal Center in Hermiston.
-MCSO deputy arrested
Michael Dean Hendricks, 45, on
a warrant for Distributing a Con
trolled Substance II x2 and Pos
session of a Controlled Substance
II x2. He was lodged at the
Umatilla County Jail.
-MCSO received a request
for a deputy to assist in a civil sit
uation in Heppner for a female
subject that needed to get her
things from her ex-boyfriend’s
house.
-MCSO, Boardman Police
Dept, received a request for an
officer contact in Boardman re
garding a juvenile going into an
unlocked house and taking items.
May 2: MCSO received a
report from a caller in Irrigon of
two or three subjects in a vehicle
with W ashington plates that
banged on the door of his resi
dence and kicked in the side of
his wife’s vehicle. The subjects
were stopped in Umatilla. Rhonda
Lee Hopkins, 33, was cited for No
Operator's License and No Insur
ance. The female passenger was
identified.
-MCSO, Irrigon ambulance
received a report from the Co
lumbia Middle School of a 13-
year-old female with shortness of
breath. The parent took the pa
tient by private vehicle to Good
Shepherd Medical Center in
Hermiston.
-MCSO deputy cited
Satumino Reyes Flores, 36, for
Driving while License Suspend
ed Infraction and arrested on a
Morrow County Circuit warrant
for Possession of a Controlled
Substance. He was lodged at the
Umatilla County Jail. The vehicle
was impounded.
-MCSO received a report
from Oregon State Police that
William Ellis Looney, 26, was ar
rested on three Irrigon Justice
Court warrants.
-MCSO received a report
from a caller in Irrigon that her
four-year-old son was missing.
The child was found and returned
24, 2002 - SEVEN
to his mother.
-MCSO received a request
for a deputy contact in Irrigon
regarding the neighbor’s dog dig
ging holes in her yard.
-MCSO received a report that
Francisco Javier Nunez, 44, was
cited for Child Neglect II.
-MCSO received a request
for a deputy contact in Irrigon
regarding the caller’s son who
was threatening her. Daniel Joe
Hum, 25, was arrested on a
Umatilla County Sheriff’s Office
warrant for Failure to Appear/
Possession of a Controlled Sub
stance II. He was lodged at the
Umatilla County Jail.
-MCSO deputy cited Timothy
John Glynn, 44, for Violation of
the Basic Rule, 79 mph in a 55
mph zone.
May 3: MCSO received a
report from the Douglas County
Sheriff’s Office that David Earl
Morgan, 49, was arrested on an
Irrigon Justice Court warrant for
Failure to Appear/DUII. He was
cited and released.
-Boardman Police Dept, of
ficers cited Jose Daniel Caamal
Mukul, 22, for No Operator’s Li
cense and Driving Uninsured.
The vehicle was towed.
-MCSO, Irrigon ambulance
received a report from a caller in
Irrigon of a vehicle in the ditch
on Division Street. One adult male
was unresponsive and there was
one juvenile in a car seat. The
patients were transported to Good
Shepherd Medical Center in
Hermiston. One gun was recov
ered from the vehicle. The vehi
cle was towed.
-MCSO, Boardman Police
Dept, received a report of a res
idential burglar alarm in
Boardman. It was determined to
be a false alarm; all was okay.
-Boardman Police Dept, of
ficer cited Silvino Garcia-Torrez,
21, for Careless Driving.
-MCSO received a report
from a caller in lone that some
one had taken a week old boxer
puppy, and then today someone
opened the kennel gate, letting out
another puppy.
-MCSO received a report
from a caller in Heppner that her
son’s black lab had been missing
since May 1 and was last seen
near Ruggs and the Porcupine
area.
-MCSO received a report
from Oregon State Police that
Luther Whitlow, 36, was arrest
ed on a Heppner Justice Court
warrant for Failure to Pay Fine/
Improperly Validated Deer Tag.
-MCSO received a report
from a caller in Everett, Wash
ington that her husband had been
gone for three weeks, but she
thought he was staying a male
subject. The husband was found
and advised to contact his wife.
-MCSO. Oregon State Police,
Heppner Fire Dept., Heppner
ambulance, Lexington EMTs,
ODOT received a report of a
one-vehicle rollover on Highw ay
74, 1/4 mile north of Lexington.
One subject had numbness, was
bleeding from the arm and had
back pain. The patient was trans
ported to Pioneer Memorial Hos
pital in Heppner.
-MCSO received a report
from a caller in Lexington that he
found a dead bird shot with a pel
let gun in his chimney.
-MCSO received a request
for a deputy contact in Boardman
regarding a sex abuse case of a
male subject in Irrigon.
-MCSO received a report of
a burglar alarm motion detector in
the basement of the Irrigon City
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