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TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, December 22, 2004 The Official Newspaper of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow Heppner GAZETTE-TIMES U S P S 240-420 Morrow County 's Home-Owned Weekly New spaper Published weekly and entered as periodical matter at the Post Office at Heppner. Or egon under the Act of March 3, 1879 Periodical postage paid at Heppner. Ore-gon Office at 188 W Willow Street Telephone (541) 676-9228 Fax (541) 676-9211 E- mail gt a heppner net or gt a rapidserve net Website www heppner net Postmaster send address changes to the Heppner Ornette-Times. P O Box 337. Heppner. ( )regon 97836 Subscriptions S24 in Morrow County. $18 senior rate (in Morrow County only; 62 years or older); $30 elsewhere David Sykes .................................................................................... Publisher Katie Foster ...................................................................................... Editor News and Advertising Deadline is Monday at 5 p.m For Advertising advertising deadline is Monday at 5 p m Cost for a display ad is $4 75 per column inch C ost for classified ad is 5 0 i per word Cost for Card of Thanks is $7 up to 100 words C ost for a classified display ad is $5 35 per column inch For Pubfic/Legal Notices pii>lic/legal notices deadline is Monday at 5 p m Dates for publi cation must be specified Affidavits must be required at the time of submission Affidavits require three weeks to process after last date of publication (a sooner return dale must be specified if required) On the HEPPNER HERS1TE: www.heppner.net • Start or Change a Subscription • Place a Classified Ad • Submit a News Story • View Real Estate for Sale • City Council & Planning Minutes • Local Businesses • County Park • Willow Creek Park Reservations • Free Digital Postcards • Senior Housing • and more1 lone now a charter school continued from page one -heard that a big drainage project has been com p leted w ith the exception o f a small corner area, for which a solution has been planned -discussed setting a date to go through the buildings and set budget priorities for repairs and improvements -learn ed from Browning that the district’s p ro p erty tax am ount o f $300,000 from Morrow and Gilliam counties, exceeded the budgeted am ount o f $280,000. -learn ed from Browning that the classified staff has had concerns about p ay ro ll in fo rm atio n . B row ning said th a t the payroll info will be put in a m ore easily u n d ersto o d form at. T here are no problems with the classified s ta ff’s contract with the district, she added -h eard from the district’s attorney, John W O sburn, w ho w as in atten d an ce and clarified issues about the charter -discussed problems with obtaining information concerning the transfer o f deeds from the M orrow County School District. The board instructed Browning to proceed with getting the related documents drawn up and advised her to contact the d is tr ic t’s law y er if problems persist. -set the next board meeting for Tuesday, Jan 18, because o f the Martin Luther King holiday. Christmas Services St. Patrick's and St. William's Parishes: Friday, Dec. 24- 8:30 p m., Choir will sing Christmas carols; 9 p.m. Candlelight Procession, B lessing o f the N ativity Scene and Vigil M ass; Saturday, Dec. 25- 8:45 a m., Blessing o f Nativity Scene and Christmas Mass at St. W illia m ’s; 11 a m., C hristm as M ass at St. Patrick’s. Valby Lutheran: Friday, Dec. 24- 7 p.m., Christmas Eve service Hope Lutheran: Friday, Dec 24- 9 p.m., Christmas Eve service All Saints Episcopal: Friday, Dec 24- 11 p.m , C hristm as Eve service Heppner Nazarene Church: Friday, Dec 24- 7 p m., Christmas Eve advent and Communion service Heppner Christian Church: Friday, Dec. 24- 6 p m , candle-light Christmas Eve service Seventh Day A dventist Church: Saturday, Dec. 25- 11 a m., Christmas program Gazette closed for Christinas holiday The H eppner Gazette office will be closed on Friday, Dec. 24 to c ele b ra te the C hristm as holiday. The offices will reopen Dec 27, with their normal hours o f 9 a m. to 5 p.m ., M onday th ro u g h Friday. Former deputy faces trial on sex-abuse, drug charges Suspended and Failure to A p p e a r/D riv in g w hile Suspended He was lodged The Morrow County at Umatilla County Jail with Umatilla County warrants Reprinted from the Hermiston indictment August 11, the Sheriffs Office (MCSO) re Dec. 18: M CSO Herald, Dec. 17, 2004 ports handling the following deputy was placed on paid business: arrested G regory W ayne By Joyce Hensley investigative leave Terry, 19, on a M orrow Staff writer Rietmann resigned in Dec. 14: M CSO C o u n ty C ircu it C o u rt Septem ber, according to cited H om ero G u tierrez w arran t fo r F ailure to BEND — A former Denton Gastelum, 27, for Violation Appear/Unlawful Use o f a M orrow County Sheriff’s Rietmann’s alleged o f the Basic Rule, 71 mph in M otor Vehicle Terry was deputy pleaded not guilty to crimes came to light during a 45 mph zone lodged at Umatilla County felony sex-abuse and drug- the investigation o f a former -M C SO cited Jail delivery charges Monday deputy with the Deschutes Alfonso Ramos Reyes, 21, -M C SO cited M ark Jam es C ounty S h e riff’s O ffice, for Violation o f the Basic Samuel Gutierrez, 21, for Reitmann, 29, faces a June Mike Malloy. Rule, 74 mph in a 55 mph Violation o f the Basic Rule, trial on charges that he gave M alloy, a 10-year zone. 70 mph in a 55 mph zone and cocaine to a 17-year-old La employee o f the Sheriff’s -M C SO cited Driving while Suspended- Pine girl and had sex with her Office, was indicted by a Enrique Nava Peregrina, 36, infraction. w hile w o rk in g as a D eschutes C ounty grand for Violation o f the Basic -MCSO received a Deschutes County deputy jury in August on 143 felony Rule, 81 mph in a 55 mph report from Portland PD that sometime between March sex-abuse and drug charges zone E liud R ubio, 24, w as 1997 and July 2002. stemming from his alleged Dec. 15: M CSO arrested on an Irrigon Justice R eitm ann had involvement with two 17- arrested David Alan Anteau, Court warrant for Failure to w orked as a d ep u ty in year-old La Pine girls. 35, on a Multnomah County Pay F in e /D riv in g w hile Morrow County for the past Malloy is waiting a w a rra n t fo r F ailure to Suspended. tw o years The sh e riff’s trial date A ppear/U nlaw ful U se o f Dec. 19: M CSO office there placed him on P ro se c u to rs said In h alan ts. A nteau w as arrested Edward Orlovski, leave after a grand jury Reitmann, who also worked lodged at Umatilla County J r, 51, on a Heppner Justice indicted him on the sex as a reserv e deputy and Jail Court warrant for Failure to charges in August animal control officer for Dec. 16: Boardman Pay F in e /D riv in g w hile He had been hired by Deschutes County, had sex PD cited Tami L ynette Suspended. M o rro w C ounty S h eriff with one o f the two 17-year- Thurman, 42, for Violation -MCSO received a Verlin D enton to fill a old g irls and gave her o f the Basic Rule, 33 mph in report from Pendleton PD contract position, then he cocaine, according to the a 20 mph zone that Desirae Marie Bass, 22, was transferred to a regular indictment -M CSO , OSP and was arrested on an Irrigon county position. P r o s e c u t o r s Boardman ambulance and Justice Court w arrant for Rietmann, who was requested on Monday that fire department received a Failure to Pay Fine/Criminal selected as employee o f the Deschutes County Circuit report o f a rollover accident P o ssessio n o f a F orged year for 2003, worked for Ju d g e M ichael A dler west o f the Boardman Rest Instrument. the M orrow C ounty consolidate the cases against area There were two male -M C SO arre sted S h e riff’s O ffice for tw o the two former deputies. occupants and the driver had Michelle Ann Stephens, 31, years The motion will be a head injury and was on a U m atilla C o u n ty He coordinated the considered Jan 24 tra n sp o rte d to G ood w arran t fo r F ailure to d e p artm en t’s search and Reitmann posted a Shepherd Medical Center in A p p e a r/P o sse ssio n o f a rescue program $40,000 bond in August and Hermiston. The vehicle was C o n tro lled S u b stan ce-2 , W hen D enton remains free towed DUII and Failure to Carry received news of Rietmann’s -MCSO cited Juan and Present. Stephens was Alejandro Gomez, 20, for lodged at Umatilla County No Operator’s License, No Obituaries Jail Insurance and Failure to -M C SO a rre sted Yield to Emergency Vehicle Grace A. Schmidt crossword puzzle and word Socim o Vera, 19, on F orm er H eppner search fanatic and an avid The vehicle was impounded. Probable Cause charges o f Dec. 17: M CSO resident, Grace A. Schmidt, quilter and knitter. A member Unlawful Use o f a Weapon, cited Saul Llamas Renteria, 87, passed away Dec. 11, o f M artha C ircle, the Reckless Endangerment x4, 2004 in her home at Liberty Tuesday Quilting Ladies and 19, for Violation o f the Basic P o in tin g a F irearm at the KnitW its at the First Rule, 76 mph in a 55 mph Another x4 and Menacing Shores in Poulsbo, WA A memorial service L u th era n , she single- zone x4 Vera w as lodged at -MCSO received a was held at First Lutheran handedly knitted over 30 Umatilla County Jail. C hurch on Dec. 17. children’s sweaters annually report o f an erratic driver Dec. 20: M CSO , Inurnment followed at First for Lutheran World Relief, a headed into Boardman from B oardm an PD a rre sted project she continued more 1-84. The v eh icle w as V icto r Sam uel G arcia Lutheran Cemetery. stopped and Carol Thonore than 15 years. B orn M arch 29, Fuentes, 27, for DUII (BAC Grover, 54, was arrested for At Liberty Shores 1917 in Seward, Alaska, she .15) and Criminal Trespass was the daughter o f early she serv ed as R esident DUII (BAC-refusal) and on II Fuentes was also cited for Seward pioneers, Robert W. Council President, librarian, two warrants The vehicle C arele ss D riving, No and Janette M (B rooks) Bible study leader and self- was impounded. O p e ra to r’s L icen se and -MCSO received a S unshine Johnston She earned her ap p o in ted Driving Uninsured. report from the Boardman bachelor o f arts degree in Committee -M C SO a rre sted S urvivors include Shell station that a drunk Ralph Carl Greer, 45, on a Home Economics from then Washington State College, her b ro th er, R obert D. driver left in an unknown Parole Violation. Greer was Pullman, WA in 1938 She Jo h n sto n o f H erm iston; direction. The vehicle was lodged at Umatilla County then taught home economics ch ild ren , Jean (D av id ) stopped and William Moran, jail. in C astle R ock and C resw ick o f S cappoose, 40, w as cited for D U II -M CSO cited Eva Rockford, WA as well as Judy (T om ) D riscoll o f (BAC-refusal). The vehicle G om ez R ivera, 29, for lone, Heppner and Umatilla Poulsbo, WA, Jill (Larry) was impounded. Violation o f the Basic Rule, -M C SO a rre sted She married Elmer L ied tk e o f E ugene and 73 mph in a 55 mph zone. H Schm idt on Dec. 21, David (M ona) Schmidt o f Carol W arren, 54, on an 1941 The couple resided for V ancouver, WA; elev en Irrig o n Ju stice C o u rt Morrow County many y ears in E cho, grandchildren and twelve w arran t fo r F ailure to H eppner and Herm iston, great-grandchildren She Appear/DUII. Warren was Gun Club news where Elmer was a railroad was preceded in death by her also arrested on a Umatilla Elm er; C o u n ty S h e riff’s O ffice telegrapher and station agent h usband, On Sunday, Dec. 19, fo r th e U nion P acific g ra n d d a u g h ter, R ebecca warrant for DUII and lodged a windy but warm afternoon, Railroad The couple were D riscoll; sisters, Bobbie at Umatilla County Jail. six shooters toed the 16-yard -MCSO cited Julie active in Boy Scouts, Camp Johnston, Ella McRae and line at the Morrow County Fire Girls and 4-H in both Genevieve Newport; and by A DeBord, 25, for Violation Gun Club Harvey Childers E cho and H eppner. her brothers, Russell and o f the Speed Limit, 84 mph came out on top with 20 out in a 65 mph zone Following their retirement Everett Johnston o f 25 shots Steve Crum -MCSO received a In lieu o f flowers, the they m oved to Poulsbo, followed with 19 o f 25 and which they made their home family suggests memorial rep o rt that Jerry W ayne Mark Schlichting came out donations to the Rebecca Edgerly, 61, was arrested on with 17 o f 25. for the past 28 years M em orial a Circuit Court warrant for Schm idt w as an D risco ll No handicap targets Scholarship Fund or Kitsap Failure to Appear/Contempt were shot and the group activ e m em ber o f First H ab itat for o f Court Lutheran Church in Poulsbo C ounty went right on to A nnies -M C SO cited where she helped organize Humanity, both o f which can O nce again, C h ild ers Family Kitchen She was be contacted through First Yolanda Pacheco, 42, for dominated taking four, with known for her cooking and Lutheran Church in Poulsbo, Violation o f the Basic Rule, Barry Munkers winning two Bible study leadership She PO Box 825, Poulsbo, WA 78 mph in a 55 mph zone and Rob Crum winning one -MCSO cited Sonny was a voracious reader, a 98370. The next shoot will Phipps, 18, and Brandon E. be held Sunday, Jan. 9,2005, Garcia, 18, for Possession o f at 12 p.m. The annual HAPPY 9 3 rd * Less than One Ounce meeting will be held and the -MCSO received a * W inter L eague (b u ck le BIRTHDAY report from a caller who saw * sh o o t) will sta rt A EVERETT a naked male dancing in front * handicapping system is used KEITHLEY! * o f his vehicle lights just off so new shooters have an 1-84 at m ilepost 170. equal chance against the * D eputies w ere unable to You’re invited to seasoned shooters * locate the subject help Everett Keithley Bring your shotgun * -MCSO received a celebrate his 93rd and get signed up for your report from Stanfield PD “shot” at a MCGC buckle Birthday at Summit that Luis Enrique Zamarripa Springs in Condon Grimaldo, 23, was arrested We Print on December 28th on an Irrigon Justice Court Business Cords from 1:30-3:30 p.m. warrant for Failure to Pay H eppner G azette F in e /D riv in g w hile * * * * * Sheriff's Report
