TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, December 22, 2004
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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
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W inter L eague (b u ck le
BIRTHDAY
report from a caller who saw
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sh o o t) will sta rt
A
EVERETT
a naked male dancing in front
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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
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D eputies w ere unable to
You’re invited to
seasoned shooters
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locate the subject
help Everett Keithley
Bring your shotgun
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-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
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