Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, March 29,2006 - SEVEN
Sheriff's Report
The Morrow County
Sheriff’s Office reports han­
dling the following business:
March 19: MCSO
cited M atthew Jam es
Gundlach, 19, for Violation
of the Basic Rule, 82 mph in
a 55 mph zone.
-MCSO received a
rep o rt o f u n au th o rized
people entering a residence
while the owner is out of
town. A deputy spoke with
the owner of the property
and the residence is secure.
The daughter has permission
to be at the residence. The
ow ner w ould call to the
Sheriff’s Office when she
returns home to talk with a
deputy. Tina Z. Rodriguez,
18, w as cited for No
Operator’s License.
-M CSO cited Jil
Jin ta n a H icks, 29, for
Violation of the Basic Rule,
76 mph in a 55 mph zone.
-M C SO arrested
Theresa Rae Homer, 45, on
an Irrigon Justice C ourt
warrant for Failure to Pay
F in e /D riv in g
w hile
Suspended-misdemeanor.
-MCSO died Joshua
D ean H opw ood, 25, for
Violation of the Basic Rule,
74 mph in a 55 mph zone and
Driving while Suspended-
violation.
-Boardman PD cited
Myrla Elaine Cox, 67, for
Violation of the Speed Limit,
33 mph in a 20 mph zone.
March 21: MCSO
cite d
C h risto p h e r C.
B eardem phl,
56, for
Violation of the Basic Rule,
Truck speed, 70 mph in a 55
mph zone.
-M C SO arrested
Dana Jo Willis, 42, on an
Irrig o n Ju stice C ourt
warrant for Theft III. Willis
was lodged at U m atilla
County Jail.
-M C SO a rre sted
James Willies Nunnery, 43,
on an Irrigon Justice Court
w arrant fo r F ailu re to
Appear/Harassment.
-MCSO received a
report of a car accident,
rollover. T here w ere no
obvious in ju ries and no
entrapment. Jessica Nova
Sharrah, 19, was cited for
Careless Driving.
-B oard m an
PD
arrested Kiley Gwyn Post,
26, for Failure to Pay Fines/
Driving while Suspended.
She was lodged at Umatilla
County Jail.
March 22: MCSO
re ceiv ed a rep o rt from
Umatilla County Sheriff’s
O ffice that L ora Ann
Stewart, 28, was arrested on
an Irrigon Ju stice C ourt
warrant for Failure to Pay
F in e /D riv in g
w hile
Suspended. She was lodged
at Umatilla County Jail.
-MCSO cited Jerry
Ruben Self, 39, for Violation
of the Basic Rule, 73 mph in
a 55 mph zone.
-M C SO arrested
Cash Craig Allison, 41, on a
M orrow C ounty C ircu it
Court warrant for Failure to
A p p e ar/A ssau lt
IV,
Harassm ent Physical and
Disorderly Conduct II. He
was lodged at U m atilla
County Jail.
-M C SO a rre sted
Juan C arlo s G uzm an
Madrigal, 19, on an Irrigon
Justice Court warrant for
Criminal Trespass I. He was
lodged at Umatilla County
Jail with additional charges
of Driving while Suspended-
misdemeanor.
-M C SO arrested
Angela Ruth Marlowe, 30,
on an UCSO w arrant for
Possession of a Controlled
Substance II and DUII. She
w as lodged at U m atilla
County Jail.
-Boardman PD cited
Samuel Arroyo Lopez, 28,
for No O perator’s License
and Failure to Obey Traffic
Control Device in a Work
Zone.
March
23:
Boardman PD arrested Traci
A laine W illiam s, 40, for
P o ssessio n
of
D rug
P a ra p h e rn a lia x2 and
Possession of a Controlled
Substance Schedule II x2.
She w as also cite d for
Possession of Less than One
Ounce o f M arijuana. She
was lo dged at U m atilla
County Jail.
-Boardman PD cited
Pamela Anne Hewett, 28, for
Violation of the Speed Limit,
36 mph in a 20 mph zone.
-M C SO arrested
Theresa Lynn Jensen, 44, on
a MCSO warrant for Failure
to Pay Fine/Possession of
Less than One O unce of
Marijuana. She was lodged
at Umatilla County Jail.
-MCSO cited Joshua
Daniel Coker, 18, for Failure
to R eg ister V ehicle and
Driving Uninsured.
-MCSO cited Keith
W ayne F ield s, 73, for
Violation of the Basic Rule,
73 mph in a 55 mph zone.
-MCSO cited John
W ade T hom as, 25, for
F ailu re
to
Renew
Registration.
-MCSO cited Lucas
Allen Grigsby, 25, for No
Operator’s License.
March 25: MCSO
re c eiv e d a rep o rt from
S ta n fie ld PD that Jose
Padilla Alvarado, 29, was
a rre sted on four M CSO
w arran t for F ailu re to
A p p e ar/D riv in g
w hile
Suspended. He was lodged
at Umatilla County Jail.
-MCSO received a
report that S tanfield PD
cited and released Ronald
Ivan S ch eel, 24, on a
warrant.
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-MCSO cited Susan
Faye Hicks, 47, for Violation
of the Speed Limit, 91 mph
in a 65 mph zone.
-M C SO
cited
Gabriela Contreras, 29, for
Violation of the Basic Rule,
82 mph in a 55 mph zone.
March 26: MCSO
received a report from a
caller in Irrigon that the
n e ig h b o r’s dogs bark
constantly. Thom as Earl
Z yph, 36, was cited for
M aintaining a Dog as a
Public Nuisance.
-MCSO received a
report from OSP that Jason
Edw ard K inzer, 23, was
arrested on an Irrigon Justice
Court warrant for Failure to
Pay Fine/Failure to Appear.
-MCSO received a
report from a caller that a
vehicle was not maintaining
its lane. Alfredo Amezcua
Manzo, 43, for Driving while
S uspended-violation and
Driving Uninsured.
-MCSO cited John
Milton Lindquist, 45, for
Violation of the Basic Rule,
79 mph in a 55 mph zone.
-Boardman PD cited
Daniel Puerta Ramirez, 34,
for Failure to Obey Traffic
Control Device.
-B o ard m an
PD
received a report from a
caller that a subject was
hitting her. There was no
alco h o l
or
w eapons
involved. Edward Charles
McGinnis, 39, was arrested
for Assault IV.
March 27: MCSO
paced a car at 100 mph from
MP 164 to MP 166 on 1-84.
Mustafa Abdullahi Dahir, 29,
for Violation of the Speed
Limit, 95 mph in a 65 mph
zone.
-M C SO
served
Brian William Barnes, 19,
with an Irrigon Justice Court
warrant for Theft II. He was
lodged at Umatilla County
Jail.
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Gambling can have its own safety features
Bird flu: prepare, but don’t
overreact, says OSU professor
By Andy Duncan
O re g o n ia n s who
raise c h ick e n s or o th er
domestic fowl around their
homes should think about
precautionary steps they
could take if a virulent strain
of avian influenza, or bird flu,
is detected in Oregon.
But it’s too early for
actio n , an O regon State
University Extension Service
poultry science specialist
believes.
"Right now I would
do n o th in g ,” said Jim
Hermes, who works with the
state’s commercial poultry
industry and with backyard
growers.
"Even if there is an
o u tb re a k , d o n 't p a n ic ,”
Hermes said. "Simply figure
out how you’d isolate your
birds from wild birds that
might be a source of the flu
virus. You might have to add
fencing or put them in a coop
until we get a handle on
things. This is a process the
poultry industry has been
using fo r several years,
called ‘biosecurity.’
"One question I’m
getting a great deal is ‘where
can I get a vaccine for my
chickens?’ There aren’t any
in use in the United States at
this tim e, ex cep t for
experimental ones. They’re
v a cc in a tin g com m ercial
flocks is Asia with some
su ccess, but the virus
m utates and it's hard for
vaccines to keep up.”
Hermes noted that
bird flu is not new to the
United States.
“We’ve not had the
avian influenza in Oregon in
recent years, but we have
had outbreaks of the low-
path [less virulent] form in
C a lifo rn ia
in
recent
decades," he said. “They had
a high-path [highly virulent]
outbreak on the East Coast
in the 1980s, and they found
a high-path strain in British
Columbia a few years ago
and had to destroy millions
of chickens.”
The p ro fesso r in
O S U ’s
C ollege
of
Agricultural Sciences said he
is more concerned about the
threat to backyard poultry
than to Oregon’s relatively
small commercial poultry
industry.
“Commercial
o p erato rs know how to
p ro tect th e ir birds by
practicing strict biosecurity
p ro g ra m s,”
he
said,
e x p lain in g that m ost
com m ercial chickens are
kept in enclosed facilities
where there is little chance
of contact with wild birds or
other possible sources of
infection.
O regon has three
major egg-producing farms
w ith a total o f about 3
million laying hens, said
Hermes, and there are “40 to
4 5 ” b ro iler farm s in the
Willamette Valley in an area
that runs roughly from Lane
C ounty to C lackam as
County.
C o n cern s
about
avian influenza go beyond
the d an g er it p o ses for
domestic and wild animals.
In Asia, Eastern Europe and
Africa a virulent form has
spread to humans, raising
fears of an epidemic.
A cco rd in g
to
PandemicFlu.gov, a website
o p erated by the U .S.
Department of Health and
Human Services, there is
confusion about the viruses
that cause various types of
flu. The website offers the
following explanation:
“ S easo n al
(o r
common) flu is a respiratory
illn ess
that can
be
tra n sm itte d person to
person. Most people have
som e im m unity, and a
vaccine is available.
“Avian flu is caused
by influenza viruses that
occur naturally among wild
birds. A variant called H 5N 1
is deadly to domestic fowl
and can be transmitted from
birds to humans. There is no
human im m unity and no
vaccine is available.
“ Pandem ic flu is
v iru len t hum an flu that
causes a global outbreak, or
pandemic, of serious illness.
Because there is little natural
immunity, the disease can
spread easily from person to
person. Currently, there is no
pandemic fiu.”
O S U ’s
H erm es
noted that “bird fiu is not
som ething hum ans can
co n tract from eggs and
ch ick en s if you follow
stan d ard food safety
procedures such as washing
your hands, avoiding cross
c o n tam in atio n in food
preparation, and cooking
food so that it reaches a
temperature of 165 degrees
Fahrenheit.”
There are no known
cases where H 5N 1 has been
transmitted from wild birds
to humans, according to the
PandemicFlu.gov website.
H ow ever, the federal
government, in cooperation
with state and local officials,
plans to step up surveillance
o f m igratory birds to
determine if any of them
carry the H5N1 virus.
A key focus of the
increased surveillance will be
the state of Alaska, which
sits at the northern end of the
Pacific Flyway that runs
from Baja to Alaska. The
Pacific Flyway is a kind of
“biopolitical region" used to
m anage m igratory gam e
birds such as ducks, geese,
swans and cranes, according
to Bruce D ugger, a
w aterfow l e co lo g ist in
O S U 's
C o lleg e
of
Agricultural Sciences. The
flyway includes U.S. states
and Canadian provinces west
of the Rocky Mountains.
Som e m ig rato ry
birds breed in Asia and move
from there to A lask a,
Dugger said. In the fall, large
numbers and various species
of waterfowl will migrate
south dow n the P acific
Flyw ay from A laska to
Oregon and beyond.
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