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• iti i* •i« •i Desala .'.'otzelL U of O Ne#3pa;>er L i b r a r y Intruder escapes from Gazette- Times offices Eumene, OR 9 / 4 ) 3 VOL. 122 NO. 52 10 Pages Wednesday, December 24,2003 è Morrow County, Heppner, Oregon Neighborhood Center prepares Christmas baskets H e p p n e r G a z e tte - Times publisher David Sykes had an un ex p ected v isitor M onday m orning w hen he opened the new spaper office for business. An intruder had broken in the night before, and w as hiding under his desk w hen he arrived at 8:30 a.m. Sykes said he noticed something was wrong w hen he saw office desk draw ers had been rifled and other items w ere scattered around the floor. W hen he went to check his computer he noticed a foot sticking out from under the desk. Sykes said the suspect was curled up under his desk h id in g . H e s p o k e to th e intruder for a while and at one point asked her nam e (which she refused to give), before calling police. The person escaped by taking out a w indow in a back room when Sykes went to get the police. N othing so far h as b e e n fo u n d to be missing, however, quite a few b o x e s lo ad e d w ith o ffic e supplies were found around the building, apparently waiting to b e r e m o v e d fro m th e p r e m is e s . T h e s u s p e c t a p p a r e n tly g a in e d e n try through a broken w indow at the back o f the building. The suspect was last seen heading north on G ale Street at about 8:55 a.m. She was described as w hite, 5 foot 4 inches tall, slight ofbuild, with long brow n hair and in her e a rly tw e n tie s. P olice are continuing their investigation. Santa comes to town Marlee Mitchell sits on Santa's lap during Stroll Heppner, on Dec. 4, with mom, Darcee and brother, C ason close bv. kael Osmin sits on Santa's lap during Stroll Heppner, on Dec. 4, while mom, Staci and sister, Shavna watch. editor s note: last week s picture had incorrect picture caption D evin’s announces stocking winner Christmas Heppner girl avoids possible abduction Janice Skaggs, Ginger Keithley and Jamie McCormack work on preparing Christmas food and gift baskets. C hristm as, w ho adopted 18 T h e N eig h b o rh o o d wish lists and m ade sure they C e n te r o f S o u th M o rro w w ere filled. The lone U nited C ounty put together 68 food C hurch o f Christ, the United boxes, 10 m ore than last year, M ethodist Church, All Saints/ and 37 gift boxes for low- Hope/Valby Shared Ministries in co m e fa m ilie s in S outh a n d th e E lk s C lu b a ls o M orrow County. d o n a te d new' to y s . T h e P r e s e n ts fo r th e H eppner H igh School shop C h r is tm a s b o x e s w e re class donated w ooden toys. d o n a te d by th e C o w b o y “1 think giv ing is up this year,” said Janice Skaggs, N e ig h b o r h o o d C e n te r coordinator. “ E veryone has seem ed very good about it. It’s quite a jo b , but it’s worth It Kids and seniors were included as recipients o f the gift boxes. Heppner Chamber lighting contest winners announced Colum bia Basin Electric Co-op has awarded utility gift certificates to the following Business and Residential Lighting winners in the annual Heppner Cham ber Lighting contest: Reason for the Season: M ike A rm ato fam ily for displaying the W inchester nativity scene; M ost Spectacular: home o f Louis and Betty Carlson; K id’s Favorite: Santa's W orkshop- G len and Joyce Ward; Business: Northwestern Motel and RV Park; Honorable mention goes to Al Riney, Jean Strange, G ary Wight and Larry Mills. Q uaid Street was nam ed “Christm as Lane” 2003. ALL NEWS AND ADVERTISEMENT DEADLINE: 1 MONDAYS AT 5:00 P.M. On Sunday, Dec. 21, around 2:48 p.m., a call came in to the M orrow C ou n ty Sheri ITs Office that a man was harassing a 13-year-old female juvenile in Heppner. T h e m a n , E d d ie M eek , 21, o f L yons, w as arrested for M enacing. He was lodged at Umatilla County Jail. He w as released on his own recognizance on Monday, D ec. 22 p e r th e M o rro w County District Attorney. Elks announce hoop shoot dates T he H e p p n e r E lks L odge has sc h ed u le d this y e a r ’s lo ca l H o o p S h o o t com petition for Sunday, Jan. 4 at th e lo n e S c h o o l gym nasium s. All area youth who are at least eight years o f age, but not m ore than 13 years o f age, as o f April 1, 2 0 0 4 , a re e n c o u ra g e d to attend and com pete. Sign-up for both girls and boys will be at 1:30 p.m. Boys competition will be held in one gym, girls in the other. Local co-chairs o f the event are M arc O rem and Dean Robinson. The Elks have sponsored the annual Hoop Shoot affair for many years. All particip an ts w ill receive a certificate o f accomplishment. Local w inners in each age group will go on to com pete in the District com petition in H erm iston later in January. T h e r e a re n o fe e s to >articipate. Annabelle McDaniel. 1-1/2, with mom, Lela, won the big Christmas stocking at Devin's in Heppner. Presenting the stocking is Daniel DeClue of Devin's. Not pictured is Annabelle's dad, Caleb McDaniel. Lexington Airport completes new automation M o rro w C o u n ty recently completed installation o f an A u tom ated W eather Observation System ( AWOS) at Lexington A irport. This system will allow pilots to call the airport and receive current w e a th e r c o n d itio n s . T h e w e a th e r in fo r m a tio n is updated every 20 minutes and is available 24 hours a day. Currently, the inform ation is only available by telephone, but will broadcast on a VHF frequency in the near future. The s y s te m p r o v id e s inform ation on the current te m p e r a tu r e , d e w p o in t, barometric pressure, visibility. cloud ceiling and lightning. The temperatures are all in Celsius and the time is Zulu Time. To convert the time to local time, sim ply add 8 hours. O ne o f the greatest benefits to M orrow County w ill b e p r o v id in g p ilo t inform ation for our m edical flights. The pilots may be able to fly in to Lexington rather than divert to H erm iston or P e n d le to n . T h is A W O S system is also necessary for approval o f a G PS approach into Lexington Airport. This approach is in the final stages continued page two Merry Christmas from MCGG! 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