FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, August 18, 2004
Canine patrol demonstrations to be held during the rodeo
T here is an old
saying that “a dog is man’s
best frie n d .” C olleen
Neubert believes this is true
and has been volunteering
her skills, time and her best
friend here in M orrow
County.
Neubert is the only
reserve police officer in the
state o f Oregon who has a
trained patrol dog. Morrow
C ounty S h e riff Verlin
D enton m ade special
arrangements for the team to
w ork in the county as
reserves.
What is also unique
about the pair is that Neubert
did the m ajority o f the
training for her dog, Quinto.
As a team they are out
protecting and helping our
community and they will be
Sheriff's Report
The Morrow County
Sheriff's Office (MCSO) re
ports handling the following
business:
-MCSO received a
rep o rt from a c aller in
Irrigon that her son’s bike
had been stolen. She later
called back to advised the
bike had been returned with
dam age done and she
believe she knew who did it.
-MCSO received a
report from a c aller in
Irrigon that her 14-year-old
daughter had run away. The
juvenile returned before she
could be entered into the
computer.
-B oardm an
PD
received a report from a
caller that her cat was up a
tree about 30 feet and won’t
come down.
-B oardm an
PD
received a report that a
subject had caught a snake
in a bucket that was possibly
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Colleen Neubert with her patrol dog, Quinto.
a rattlesnake and d id n ’t
know what to do with it. An
officer took the snake to the
refuge.
-B oardm an
PD
received a report of an open
door at a residence where no
one was at home.
-MCSO deputy was
flagged down by a subject
reporting that this bicycle
had been stolen sometime
within the last hour.
-B oardm an
PD
received a req u est for
contact reg ard in g an
unwanted intoxicated male
at the 76 Station.
M ay 5: M CSO
arrested Joseph Bias, 31, on
a Marion County warrant for
Parole Violation. No bail
was allowed and there were
five additional warrants. The
subject was lodged at
Umatilla County Jail.
-MCSO cited Robert
Sorg, 34, for Failure to
Maintain Lane and Failure
to Signal.
-MCSO received a
report of a non-injury, minor
motor vehicle accident in
Irrigon. The su b jects
exchanged
insurance
information.
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-M C SO , Irrigon
am bulance receiv ed a
request for a 13-year-old
female who was conscious
and b reath in g , but had
ingested 5-10 unknow n
p ills. The subject had
received the pills from a
cousin who had received
them from the dentist. The
subject was transported to
Good Shepherd M edical
Center in Hermiston.
-MCSO received a
report from a c aller in
Irrigon that there were
teenagers sleeping in the
caller’s haystack.
-MCSO received a
report o f a motor vehicle
accid en t that was non-
blocking, non-injury, but
had caused
property
damage. The female refused
a page for the ambulance.
-MCSO received a
report from a c aller in
Irrigon that her landlord
walked into her residence
without permission and was
loading up her property and
y ellin g . The c a lle r ’s
boyfriend made him leave.
-MCSO received a
request for contact from a
caller in Irrigon regarding
vehicles left on the caller’s
property by previous tenants
and they w on’t come and
move them.
-MCSO received a
rep o rt from a c aller in
Irrigon that a wall had been
painted with graffiti.
-MCSO received a
report from a caller in lone
that she was told that her son
was hanging around with a
subject that that was not
supposed to be around him
per her probation.
-MCSO received a
report from a c aller in
Heppner that a subject had
just entered a residence and
he w asn’t supposed to be
around ch ild ren per his
probation.
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at the O regon Trail Pro
Rodeo this year to show off
some o f their talents.
Neubert was always
very involved with dog 4-H
in her youth and even raised
several seeing eye dogs
before she en tered into
working with dogs in the
m ilitary.
W ith
this
experience, Neubert began
training patrol dogs.
Q uinto
is
a
registered Gentian shepherd
and breed specifically for
police work. Quinto came to
N eubert w ith a sm all
am ount o f train in g as a
patrol dog, but she finished
his train in g in p atro l,
narcotics and tracking.
N eubert’s training
skills have enabled Quinto
to
achieve
m any
certifications as a police
dog. Q uinto is certified
through the Oregon Police
Canine Association. To do
this, Q uinto had to pass
rig o ro u s
o b ed ien ce,
pro tectio n and call o ff
training.
Quinto’s protection
train in g calls for “ bite
work.” Quinto is trained to
take dow n atta ck e rs or
fleeing subjects by running
them down, biting their arms
and taking the individuals to
the ground so the police
officers can apprehend the
suspect. T his w ill be
dem onstrated during the
rodeo this weekend.
Quinto’s last bit o f
training is titled “call off.”
This m eans if a suspect
gives up while Quinto is in
pursuit, he can be called off
before he bites.
Q u in to ’s tra in in g
also involves narcotics. He
is a trained drug dog. To pass
this certification, he must
find 90 percent o f the drugs
in various areas, such as
b u ild in g s, v eh icles and
luggage. So, if he were sent
into a building ten times, he
must find the hidden drugs
nine times. However, if he
sounds o ff that he found
drugs and they are not there,
it scores against him as well.
Upgrades happen at Morrow County Fairgrounds
(L-R): John Griffith, John Moyer, Celia Moyer, HaFBergstrom, Kyle Robinson and Ken
Bailey, and other volunteers, helped to construct a new sorting chute at the Morrow County
Fairgrounds. The chute will be used for timed-event cattle. In conjunction with the building
of the chute, the surrounding pens, used by the rodeo, 4-H and Morrow County Livestock
Growers, were also upgraded. The project was co-funded by the Oregon Trail Pro Rodeo
Committee and the Morrow County Livestock Growers.
Oregon bird tests positive for West Nile virus
A dead crow found
in Vale has tested positive
for West Nile virus, public
health officials in Malheur
C ounty and the O regon
D epartm ent o f Human
Services (DHS) confirmed
today. The testin g was
conducted at Oregon State
U niversity’s Veterinarian
Diagnostic Laboratory.
This is the sta te ’s
first sign o f the virus, which
was introduced to the United
States in 1999.
“ W e’ve
been
expecting West Nile virus to
appear in Oregon at any
tim e, so this is not a
surprise,” said Mel Kohn,
M.D., state epidemiologist
in DHS. “ This does not
necessarily mean that we
expect to see human cases
any time soon. But, it does
mean that people need to be
sure they are tak in g
p recau tio n s
against
mosquitoes.”
The best defense
against West Nile virus is for
in d iv id u als to protect
themselves from mosquito
bites, Kohn says. He advises
people to take five simple
steps:
-E lim in ate
all
sources o f standing water
that am-support mosquito
breeding, for example leaf-
clogged gutters, birdbaths
and old tires;
-Avoid m osquito-
infested areas at dusk and
dawn, when mosquitoes are
most active;
-W ear long pants,
long sleeve shirts and other
protective clothing when
you are outdoors; .W ear
insect repellant, preferably
one that contains DEET.
Follow label d ire c tio n s
when using any repellant;
-M ake sure that
doors and windows have
tight-fitting screens. Repair
or replace screens that have
tears or holes.
West Nile virus is an
infection that lives in birds.
It is spread when a mosquito
feeds on an infected bird and
then bites a human. Birds
cannot transmit the disease
to humans, nor can it be
transmitted through person-
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to Kohn.
O regon o fficia ls
have been m o n ito rin g
mosquitoes and birds for the
appearance o f West Nile
virus since 2001. Vector
control districts throughout
the state routinely collect
m osquito specim ens and
maintain flocks o f sentinel
chickens, both o f which are
tested reg u larly by the
Oregon State Public Health
Laboratory in Portland.
“
T h i s
an n o u n cem en t o f an
in fected
bird
w ill
undoubtedly cause people to
be concerned if they find a
dead bird,” Kohn says. “We
are testing only dead crows,
jays, ravens, and magpies,
and they must be dead for
less than 24 hours.”
If people find a dead
bird and are concerned about
what to do with it, they
should report it to their local
health department or vector
control agency, according to
Kohn.
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Quinto passed all three areas
o f narcotic search.
Quinto is all about
finding the bad guys, but he
can also help out w hen
people are lost, because he
holds an endorsement for
tracking. To pass this, he
must find several scents
attach ed to w hat he is
tracking, such as articles of
clothing, then he must find
the person. Quinto is a very
powerful tool for an officer.
N eubert and her
husband, Thio, both work at
the Wal-Mart distribution
center as their main source
o f incom e, how ever,
N eubert hopes to w ork
tow ard being a full-tim e
canine officer. Until this
happens, she volunteers her
services to aid officers and
our community.
Neubert and Quinto.
will show their talent and
skills during the Oregon
Trail Pro Rodeo. Be sure to’
watch the action during Aug.
20 - 22 .
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