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FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, March 30, 2005 Chamber Chatter By Claudia Hughes, Exec. Dir. Just as this March w e a th e r holds a bit o f e v ery th in g , so d o es the Chamber column today The sham rocks are out o f the Chamber window and some Windex and elbow grease spiffed things up in the Chamber office for spring, wherever it may be The H ep p n er Chamber is working on 2005 goals, membership, youth projects, marketing and a potential candidates’ forum for the month o f April. It takes juggling and balancing to m arket to prospective visitors and then to keep those visitors happy when they arrive by having all the inform ation they need at th e ir fin g e rtip s. The m e rc h an ts co m m ittee distributed area maps just in time for St Pat’s weekend and spring v isito rs. A reprinting o f the Heppner brochure is soon to occur and the E astern O regon V isito r G uides, w ith Heppner in the front are hot off the press. Speaking o f travel, how often do we learn a lesson by pure stupidity? In December, in a moment of b o red o m w hile on an airplane with the desire to fly more often, I filled out an application for a credit card that earned air miles and a big chocolate bar The credit cards, large and key chain a tta ch a b le , arrived w ith information overload. I did not activate the cards as I was having second thoughts. How smart is a credit card on a key chain? One well- used charge card is enough To my surprise, a bill for $45 arrived for the yet- to -b e -a c tiv a te d cards. Calling the number resulted in much button punching and no human being after 10 minutes. The bill was laid aside for important things like surgery and St. Patrick’s weekend details. In a few m ore w ^eks, another bill arrived with added interest. N ote: they do not know anyone ever received the cards. Still no luck reaching a human. M ore mail arrives, based on the fact that I have not paid a bill for a credit card that has never been used or activated This threatens to give me an unhealthy credit rating Can I respond to this? No. There is only a box number in another state and the instructions say to go online to pay the $86 now owed for never activating the credit card I am not online at home and I do not want the credit card I just want to tell a human that and rip it to shreds Remember, it has never been activated or use and won’t be in this lifetime (I know, I should have tho u g h t it th ro u g h b e tte r w hen I applied, because it took a little work on the other end, you know, mass production ) I would deal with that and apologize if I could talk to someone o th e r than a m achine C h o co late does stran g e things to people. The rest o f the story is yet to be written In the meantime, my advice to one and all is, keep your heads out o f the clouds, bank locally, shop locally, do it all locally and forget anything that doesn’t allow access to a real, understanding human being or that charges you $86 and clim bing fo r a chocolate reward. Help N o C ham ber this w eek as th e e x ecu tiv e director and the president will be in Boardman at the Eastern Oregon Staff and Volunteer conference T ho u g h t fo r the W eek: “ M ay you have enough joy to make you sweet, enough trials to make you strong, enough sorrow to keep you human and enough hope and humor to make you happy.” Over the Tee Cup The Willow Creek C ounty Club L a d ie s ’ P laydays will begin on Tuesday, April 5. The day will start w ith a hosted breakfast at 9 a m. After a short b u sin ess m eeting, scram ble team s will be announced for the day’s play All women golfers are welcome Come out and join a day of fun, food, golf and prizes The Playday season lasts th ro u g h th e last Tuesday o f September H e’s the backbon o f your business. You know what a good worker is worth. And that’s worth a lot. Take care of him and his family with an Air Life o f Oregon Business M em bership For only $45 per worker annually, an Air life Business Membership protects against out-of-pocket expenses in the event of emergent air transport. With flight charges ranging from $6,000 to $16,000, the savings can be significant. Illness. Injury. Accident. Air Life is there for you when you need us. Be there for your employees. Sign up today. 1-800-353-0497 or www.airlife.org Attempted shooting leads to chase and capture On M arch 24, at approximately 1 30 p m , the M orrow County Sheriff’s Office received a 911 call from a female subject who said she had been shot at by a m ale su b ject, later identified as Eric Chaires Sanchez, 25, o f Umatilla, driving a blue car In her effo rts to get away, the female drove her vehicle in reverse and subsequently struck a water hydrant at the intersection of Wyoming and First Street in Irrigon The suspect vehicle then fled the area Additional officers from M CSO, OSP and B oardm an Police Department were sent to the scene The blue suspect vehicle was found a short time later located behind a residence on Nevada Street in Irrigon Information was developed that Sanchez was now driving a small red car B oardm an Police Department had responded to Irrigon to assist the investigation and observed the red vehicle eastbound on Hwy. 730 near Irrigon. The officer attempted to stop the vehicle and a chase began eastbound on Hwy. 730. S anchez crash ed on th e Umatilla River Bridge in Umatilla He attempted to flee on foot and was in the process o f trying to carjack a vehicle when a Umatilla Police Officer used a taser to take him into custody Sanchez had p rev io u s o u tsta n d in g w a rra n ts from U m atilla County including Robbery I, Kidnap I, A ssault II and U n a u th o riz ed U se o f a M otor V ehicle He was tra n sp o rte d to U m atilla County Jail and lodged U m atilla P olice D epartm ent has pending ch arg es as a resu lt o f S a n c h e z ’s actio n s that occurred in Umatilla. C h arg es are also pending in Irrig o n The investigation o f the alleged sh o o tin g incident is continuing. The victims in the Irrigon incident were not in ju red The initial investigation has developed leads indicating that the original incident by Sanchez in Irrigon was gang related, said MCSO Search and Rescue locates stranded motorist The Morrow County Search and Rescue team located Timothy W Noble, 38, and his son, both o f McMinnville at midnight on Wednesday, March 23 after a call was received that the pair had not reached Ukiah as intended M orrow C ounty Sheriff’s Officer received a report on March 22, that Noble had left The Dalles around noon and was headed towards Ukiah, possibly via U $FS Road 53 from Heppner MCSR Coordinator, D eputy Adam Bredfield, activated the search and rescue team at 7 p.m., to attem p t to locate the subjects Noble and his son were found stuck in snow drift with their 2004 GMC pickup They were pulling a utility trailer Noble and his son had sleeping bags and provisions and were already settled for a night in the Blue Mountains. Both Noble and his son were fine, reported MCSO M CSR m em bers were able to get the truck and tra ile r u n stu ck and turned around Noble was led back to Heppner where they spent the night at Northwestern Motel. Jan Skaggs, Heppner Neighborhood Center director (far left), shows the Neighborhood Center’s pantry and donations that have been received to (L-R): Glennave Arriago, United Way board member; Evelyn Vick, committee member; Lauren Dickey, United Way Director; Aleca Nelson, UW board member (front); Craig Gregory, UW volunteer; Dave Balcom, UW board member; and Betty Burns, UW committee member. M em bers o f the U m atilla-M orrow United Way visited the Heppner N eighborhood C enter as part o f the allocation process that all agencies go through when they have requested funds from United Way. The United Way will distribute $234,000 of donor’s gifts. New participating donors include the Morrow County School District, the lone School District, the staff at M orrow County, M orrow C ounty H ealth D istrict and the Bank o f Eastern Oregon, who have contributed through payroll deductions, as well as many individual con trib u tio n s, such as a one-tim e cash donation or by designating the recipients o f their gifts. A lso, P o rtlan d G eneral Electric has been a long-time supporter o f United Way and its partner agencies. The m ission and purpose o f the United Way o f Umatilla and M orrow Counties is to conduct a fall fundraising campaign in the workplace to help support local non-profit health and human service programs. Many people pledge a dollar or tw o or m ore per pay period to U nited W ay th ro u g h th e ir payroll deduction plan at work In the spring, four United Way allocation teams, informed volunteers who represent United Way contributors, evaluate United Way partner agency funding requests and conduct agency on-site visits with key agency staff and board members to determine the level o f U nited Way funding each partner agency will receive for the next 12 months. BMCC to hold finance workshop in Boardman LBL Fixed Annuity Rates m ath, critical path technology to eliminate all your debts. You are also being taught how to operate 100 percent on cash, never needing credit again. Bring a list o f your debts with current balances, monthly payments and interest rates. During the workshop, you will develop your own debt elimination plan that can be implemented immediately in y o u r lifesty le B ring a calculator to the workshop The comprehensive “Debt Free and Prosperous Living” education materials will be available at the class. Cost o f the class is $35 per person and p re registration is required by A pril 11. C o n tact the Boardman Center of BMCC at 481-2099 or the South Morrow County Center at 4 2 2 -7 0 4 0 for m ore information Reaching your retirement and savings goals is very important. We can help get you there. We offer fixed annuities with competitive interest rates and product benefits that fit your needs. Garden Club to meet Guaranteed, tax-deferred growth from a company you can depend on. Principal protection, regardless of economic conditions. The H ep p n er Garden Club will be meeting on Monday, April 4 at 6:30 p.m. The evening will start off with a potluck meal The p ro g ram will in clu d e information from Jane Dean, Blue M ountain D istrict director, on the upcoming state convention in Hood River scheduled for June Eva Lou Griener, Condon Garden Club president, will also give a presentation to the group on butterflies MCSO to celebrate National Telecommunications Week M orrow C ounty S h e riff’s O ffice will be c ele b ra tin g N atio n al Telecommunications Week w ith a b arb eq u e and presentation on Saturday, April 9, from 1-3 p.m., at the United Way visits Neighborhood Center Sheriff’s Office in Heppner. MCSO dispatchers will be in tro d u ced d u ring the presentation There will also be activities for the kids, with balloons, and fire safety information from the fire department. Come join in the fun and food and m eet the M CSO d isp atch e rs For more information, contact D enise W illiams at 676- 5317. 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