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City Council
School board
continued from page one
continued from page one
g rad e on an alley near
Lynden way.
-voted to accept the
mayor’s recommendation on
the following appointments:
Jerry
G entry,
Suzanne Jepsen and Rod
Wilson to four year terms on
the
city
planning
com m ission;
John
Gochnauer, Gayle Gutierrez
and Steve Rhea to three year
term s on the budget
committee; Andrea Denton
and Karen Dubuque to five
years terms on the housing
authority board; Tim Van
Cleave, Kay Proctor, Chuck
B ailey
and
N ancy
Gochnauer to one year term
on the B eau tificatio n
Committee; Mike Jones and
Dean Robinson to four year
term s
on
the
Fire
D epartm ent
A dvisory
Committee; Claudia Hughes
and Cara Osmin to one year
term s as Saint P a tric k ’s
Celebration chairpersons;
CliffGreen, Parade o f Lights
ch airp erso n ;
council
members Glenn Baker as the
police commissioner; Kay
R obinson
as
Fire
Department commissioner;
Judy Buschke to Parks and
Land C om m issioner and
Tom W olff as u tility
commissioner.
Richard R ockw ell, RHS
assistan t ten n is coach,
replacing David Boor; Dave
Pedro, RHS head tennis
coach, replacing Maureen
McElligott
-heard the following
announcements: Boardman
C om m unity E d u catio n
Committee meeting, Jan 18,
7 p.m ., Sam B oardm an
Elementary School; Heppner
CEC meeting, Jan 18, 7
p.m., Heppner Elementary
School; board meeting to
discuss the proposed Irrigon
Junior/Senior shop building,
Jan. 19, 5 p.m , ACH; Irrigon
CEC meeting, Jan 19, 7
p.m., ACH; possible board
work session via Polycom,
Jan 27, RHS and Heppner
High School if needed to
discuss the Irrigon shop
building; re g u la r board
meeting, Feb 14, district
office, 7 p.m
Marriage
Licenses
Dec. 28: Josh Leigh
Koertje, 22, Boardman and
Rocio Macias, 20, Irrigon
Dec. 30: Stacey Lee
Jessen, 36, lone and Theresa
Lynn Crawford, 44, lone
Jan. 4: Oscar Martin
Ayuso, 38, Boardman and
Irma Salazar, 30, Boardman
Jan. 7: Jose Luis
Campos, 23, Umatilla and
Salvd G M endoza, 18,
Umatilla
Head Start
openings
available in
Heppner
U m atilla M orrow
H ead S tart is cu rren tly
accepting applications and
has openings available at the
Heppner Center located at
Heppner Elementary School
This is a part-day classroom
that m eets M ondays,
Wednesdays and Thursdays
that provides children ages
three and four w ith a
preschool experience
For
fu rth er
information, contact Candy
Green at 676-5482 or stop
by the school for an
application
Obituaries
James Patrick
Kenny
Jam es
P atrick
Kenny, 80, a former resident
o f the Heppner area, died
Dec 5, 2004 in Portland
A funeral mass was
held for him at Our Lady o f
the Lake Catholic Church in
Lake Oswego on Dec. 9. He
was buried with military
honors at W illam ette
National Cemetery.
Born on Aug. 15,
1924 at the family ranch in
Sand Hollow near Heppner,
Kenny was the son o f John
and B ridget (M ollahan)
Kenny and grandson of early
M orrow County pioneers
Michael and Mary (Doherty)
Kenny. Among the earliest of
Heppner’s Irish settlers, the
Kenny and Doherty families
em ig rated from C ounty
Leitrim and Donegal, Ireland
respectively in the 1880s to
establish stock and wheat
ranches
Kenny was educated
in the H eppner schools,
graduating from Heppner
High School in 1943. An
active student, he held many
positive memories o f those
y ears
in clu d in g
his
membership on the 1942
Heppner football team and
its trip to the state
championship game After
graduation, he was drafted
into the army and served in
the 77th Infantry Division,
fighting in the Pacific during
W orld W ar II Kenny
received a Bronze Star for
bravery in the B attle o f
Okinawa
He attended Eastern
Oregon College, graduating
with a b ach elo r’s o f arts
degree in education in 1950
and the U n iv ersity o f
Oregon, where he earned a
master’s degree in education
in 1956.
W hile atte n d in g
college in LaGrande, he met
Judith Keyes o f W heeler
County. They married at St
John’s Catholic Church in
Condon on Aug 19, 1950
and settled in Fossil Kenny
taught for five years in the
Fossil Grade School and five
years in Hermiston before
moving to Lake Oswego
where he taught seventh
grade science and math for
23 years.
He is survived by his
wife, Judy o f Lake Oswego;
children, Anna Kenny o f
Lake Oswego, Judith Kenny
(Tom Hubka) o f Milwaukee,
WI, Mary (Kent) Norville of
O regon C ity and Kevin
Kenny o f Lake O sw ego;
grandchildren, Joshua and
Jamie Norville o f Oregon
City; sister, Patricia Erwin of
Sherw ood;
b ro th ers,
Emmett Kenny o f Pendleton
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and W illiam K enny o f
H eppner; and num erous
nieces and nephews. His
bro th ers, E dw ard and
Matthew Kenny and sister,
Ilene Richards preceded him
in death
In lieu of flowers, his
family suggests a memorial
donation to the “ 2 1 8 th
Battalion Family Services
Program,” a fund established
to provide financial support
for the families o f deployed
military personnel o f the
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97218
William Joseph
Mitchell
W ord has been
received that William Joseph
M itchell, 85, o f San
Francisco, CA, an annual St.
P a tric k ’s Day atten d ee,
passed away, Sept. 5, 2004
in San Francisco.
A funeral mass was
held Sept. 7, 2004, followed
later by a gathering of family
and friends in his honor.
Born in Ireland, on
Nov. 13, 1918, Mitchell was
very fond o f Heppner and
considered it his home away
from home He enjoyed
coming yearly to the St.
Patrick’s Day festivities and
had hoped to bring his
children this coming year.
Survivors include his
wife, Claire Mitchell; his
daughters, Joan Thomas,
Maureen Mitchell and Cindy
Muzio; his sisters, Kathleen
M itchell and M argaret
Prindle; his grandchildren,
Tyler and Emily Thomas,
Ryan and Molly Garrett and
M adeleine M uzio; and a
large extended family from
the Bay Area, Oregon and
Ireland
T hose w ishing to
honor his memory are asked
to co n sid er m aking a
donation to their charity of
choice.
Michael Hedman
M ichael H edm an,
53, formerly o f Heppner,
died Monday, Jan. 10 at
Legacy Emanuel Hospital in
Portland as the result o f a
motor vehicle accident.
A memorial service
will be held at the United
M eth o d ist C hurch in
Heppner on Saturday, Jan.
15 at 2 p.m.
A full obituary will
ap p ear in next w e ek ’s
edition
Sweeney Mortuary
o f Heppner is in charge of
arrangements.
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The
M orrow
C o u n ty
Sheriff's O ffice (M C SO ) re
ports handling the follow ing
business
Jan. 4: MCSO cited
Charles Brian Barker, 32, for
Possession o f a Controlled
Substance-2.
-MCSO received a
report from the Umatilla
County Jail that while in
Tribal Custody Jade Riah
Alexander, 19, was arrested
on an Irrigon Justice Court
w arrant for F ailure to
Appear/DUII.
-M CSO
cited
Nathan Alan Arbogast, 34,
for Violation o f the Basic
Rule, 74 mph in a 55 mph
zone
Jan. 6: MCSO cited
Eric M endoza, 18, for
Expired License.
-MCSO received a
report from the Portland PD
that Robert Lee Linder, 42,
was arrested on Irrigon
Justice Court warrant for
Failure to Appear/Driving
while Suspended
Jan. 7: M CSO
arrested A ndrew S cott
Gomez, 20, on a Hermiston
w arrant for V iolation o f
Release Agreement/Criminal
M ischief II. He was also
arrested on a Gilliam County
warrant for Unlawful Use of
a Motor Vehicle. Gomez was
lodged at Umatilla County
Jail, there were no local
charges.
-MCSO received a
report from Beaverton PD
that Lloyd Arthur Costello,
39, was arrested on an
Irrigon Justice C ourt
w arran t for F ailure to
A p p ear/D riv in g
w hile
Suspended. Costello was
lodged at W ashington
County Jail.
Jan. 8: M CSO
arrested Elizabeth M. Weis,
30, on a Central Linn County
w arrant for Contem pt o f
Court. Weis was lodged at
Umatilla County Jail with no
local charges.
Jan. 9: MCSO cited
Robert Wade Eastep, 44, for
Driving while Suspended-
misdemeanor. The vehicle
was impounded
-MCSO received a
report from Hermiston PD
that Craig Dee Hibdon, 28,
was arrested on a Morrow
C ounty C ircuit C o u rt
w arran t for F ailure to
A p p ear/P o ssessio n o f a
Controlled Substance II.
-MCSO cited Joshua
Brandon Richmond, 23, for
Violation o f the Basic Rule,
74 mph in a 55 mph Safety
Zone and No O p e rato r’s
License. The vehicle was
impounded
Jan. 10: M CSO
received a report from the
Junction City PD that Bobby
Gene Erwin, Jr., 48, was
arrested by JCPD on local
charges, with information
received about an Irrigon
Justice Court warrant for
Failure to Pay Fine/Driving
while Suspended. Erwin was
lodged at Lane County Jail
-M CSO arrested
Kevin Wayne Smith, 31, on
an Irrigon Justice C ourt
warrant for Failure to Pay
F in e/D riv in g
w hile
Suspended,
w ith
an
ad d itio n al c ita tio n for
Driving while Suspended
The vehicle was impounded
No school on
MLK day
T here will be no
school on Monday, Jan 17
in observance o f M artin
Luther King Day Due to the
holiday, classes will be held
on Friday, Jan 21
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John
M artin ez
Frutos admitted to violation
o f probation allegations for
Possession o f a Controlled
Substance Frutos’ probation
was revoked and he was
sentenced to 120 days in jail
and 12 months probation
G regory
W ayne
Terry w as co n v icted o f
Unauthorized Use a Vehicle,
a Class-C felony. Terry’s
driver’s license was revoked
fo r 90 days and he was
sentenced to tw o years
supervised probation, 30
days in jail and payment o f
$916 in fines and fees.
Darren W. Williams
was convicted o f Menacing,
a C lass-A m isdem eanor.
Williams was sentenced to
90 suspended days in jail and
24 months bench probation.
M atth ew B radley
Tow nsend adm itted to
v io latio n o f p ro b atio n
allegations for Unlawful Use
o f a M otor V ehicle
Townsend’s probation was
revoked and reinstated and
he was sentenced to three
days in jail, an extension o f
one year on his probation
and 20 hours community
service.
Shane Joseph Reeb
was convicted o f Menacing,
a C lass-A m isdem eanor.
Reeb was sentenced to 180
suspended days in jail, one
year bench probation and
payment of $626 in fines and
fees.
Hank E Wetzel was
found in v io la tio n o f
probation and was sentenced
to two suspended days in jail,
with his probation revoked
and reinstated on the same
term s and co n d itio n s as
previously imposed.
Jam es B enjam in
M urray w as found in
v io latio n o f p ro b atio n
M urray’s probations was
revoked and reinstated with
an extension o f one year
from original expiration
date. He was also sentenced
to 30 days in jail.
Investigation
continuing in
Irrigon death
On Jan. 9, at 5:02
p.m., the M orrow County
Sheriff’s Office received a
911 call from a subject in
Irrigon advising that a male
subject, later identified as
Tyler Dean Harris, 18, o f
Umatilla, was lying on the
ground near his pickup on
D ivision Street near the
in tersectio n o f Pheasant
Lane The reporting party
ap p ro ach ed H arris and
reported it did not appear
that he was breathing
A M CSO d eputy
was dispatched and arrived
at the scene at 5:07 p.m.,
with the Irrigon ambulance
responding at 5:11 p.m. The
in itial
in v e stig a tio n
determined that Harris was
deceased and appeared to
have died from a single shot
o f a firearm. Supervisors
were dispatched to the scene
and the M orrow C ounty
D istrict A tto rn ey David
Allen contacted the officers
at the scene
The investigation is
ongoing but the preliminary
investigation and interviews
conducted at the scene do
not indicate that Harris died
as the result o f foul play.
H a rris ’
fam ily
contacted officers at the
scene
and
he
was
tra n sp o rte d to B urns
Mortuary in Hermiston
The investigation is
continuing and follow up
in terv iew s are being
conducted by members o f
the
M orrow
C ounty
Sheriff’s Office