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
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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
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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
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more information, contact
D enise W illiams at 676-
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