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TEN - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, May 3, 2006 INWM to hold fundraiser Inland Northwest O rchestra and Chorale in concert, April 1, 2006 in Baker City. Join Inland Northwest Musicians and take a stroll dow n memory lane at their 6,h annual “Old Time Radio” dinner auction fundraiser, Saturday, June 3, at the Pendleton Convention Center. Nostalgic decorations from the golden age of radio are sure to delight you as you listen to stories from radio's past as told by Harmon Springer, KOHU’s pioneer radio personality and station owner. Among the many special items available for bid at the auction are a handmade quilt, a basket of homemade jams and jellies, an evening of piano music as well as many other items generously donated by area businesses. The doors will open at 5:30 p.m. for the start of the Silent Auction. At 6:30 p.m., Outwest Catering will serve a delicious dinner of salmon and beef. A no-host bar w ill also be available. Following dinner, the public is invited to join in the Oral Auction of exceptional items such as weekend trips, led by auctioneer Sandy Gross. Tickets for the evening’s event cost $20 per person and include dinner and the opportunity to attend the Silent Auction. Groups or businesses can reserve a full table for $200. The Oral Auction is open to the public. Checks, cash, or V IS A /M asterC ard w ill be accepted. For more information or to purchase tickets, call the INWM office at 966-6649. The deadline for purchasing dinner tickets is May 30. Why attend the “Old Time Radio" dinner auction? According to Berle Nash, manager, "Besides enjoying a delicious dinner and a wonderful evening of entertainment, you will also be helping to support Inland Northwest Musicians. Our season typically includes more than twenty concerts presented in small rural communities throughout our nine-county region. This annual dinner auction is a major fundraiser for our organization.” Delanne Ferguson, President of the board of Inland Northwest Musicians, points out that, "This money helps pay for music purchase and rental, travel expenses, arid staff salaries, as well as rehearsal and performance hall rental.” Inland Northwest Musicians is made up of Five ensembles, including the Inland Northwest Orchestra, Inland Northwest Chorale, Willow Creek Symphony, Willow Creek Singers, and the newly formed Wallowa Valley Orchestra, providing opportunities for players and singers from beginning to advanced levels. Join us at our "Old Time Radio” dinner auction and help “keep the beat going” for Inland Northwest Musicians. 4 Hand Picked to perform in Heppner (Back Row L-R): Clint Dickerson, Steve Dickerson, Tim Greenlaw and Rill Dickerson; (Front Row L-R): Steve Wagoner and Larry Dickerson. A bluegrass gospel group is coming to town on May 13. The concert will be held at the Seventh-Day Adventist Church gym on 560 N. Minor Street at 3 p.m. The concert is free to the public. The group is made up of local artists to the Walla Walla Valley in Washington. They have been playing together for seven years. The instruments that the artists play are the banjo, mandolin, guitars and bass violin. Corrie and hear some great bluegrass gospel. RC&D to host the Making Farm Conservation Pay workshop The Columbia Blue- M ountain R esource C o n serv atio n and D evelopm ent C ouncil (RC&D) is hosting “Making Farm C onservation Pay: Exploring the Potential of Certification” workshops on May 16 in Pendleton and May 17 in Condon. The workshop will feature information about the c e rtific a tio n and marketing of value added crops through Food Alliance and Oregon Tilth. Featured speakers, Karl Kupers and Hans Kok, will share the success story of Shepherd’s G rain, w hich is a Food A llian ce c e rtifie d , su stain ab le farm ing operation. Shepherd’s Grain was founded in 2002 by Karl Kupers and Fred Fleming, both farmers from central Washington. “If farmers are using sustainable practices, such as o rro w C ounty Speedw ay • Vote YES for Ballot Measure 25-45 on m NO COSTS? MO R ISK to Morrow County Taxpayers - Developer must SIMSMAM I h k payment of all cost A Destination Speedway will bring M0BB JOBS to Morrow County r Phase I of the Speedway will create: ★ 100-200 full-time family wage jobs ★ 750 construction jobs for three years ★ Opportunities for new and existing businesses MORROW COUNTY Return ballots by M ay 16 - BBBiB JOBS to Morrow C Measure 25-45 Paid for b> the YES for Morrow County Speedway Committee, PO Box 277, Boardman. OR 97818. TXan Kegler. Chair and Karen Pettigrew. Treasurer. Yes for MCS Committee Find ou t m o re a t W W W . I YESmCS.COm direct-seed, minimum tillage or no-till, then they can market that as an added- value to their product,” says Kupers. However, Kupers adds that a person should not switch to no-till to “chase the market.” Food A llian ce, founded in 1997, is a nonprofit organization that creates market incentives for ad o p tio n o f su stain ab le agricultural practices and educates business leaders and o th e r food system stakeholders on the benefits of sustainable agriculture. Food Alliance currently has 85 c e rtifie d farm s and ran ch es in O regon. Nationwide, Food Alliance has estim ated that S i l l million (farm gate value) in certified products have been sold to date. Farmers and ranchers in the Food Alliance program report p o sitiv e cu sto m er feed b ack , increased customer loyalty, new markets, sales increases, and price premiums (average 8 percent reported in 2004 survey). O regon T ilth is a n o n p ro fit research and ed u catio n m em bership organization dedicated to b io lo g ic a lly sound and so cially e q u itab le agriculture. Oregon Tilth began in 1974 as an o rg a n iz atio n o f organic farm ers, g ard en ers and co n su m ers. T ilth o ffers e d u catio n al ev en ts th ro u g h o u t the state o f O regon, and pro v id es organic certification services to o rg an ic gro w ers, processors, and handlers internationally. Oregon Tilth is specifically designed as a c e rtific a tio n service for com m ercial producers of organic crops and livestock. S p eak ers for the workshop will include; Karl K upers, P resid en t of S h e p h e rd ’s G rain; Hans Kok, W SU T illage Specialist; Matthew Buck, Food A lliance; and John Stalley from Oregon Tilth. The workshop is free and open to the public on behalf of a USDA -CSREES grant. (No goods or services will be sold.) The workshop in Pendleton will take place on May 16 from l-4 p.m. at the Umatilla County OSU Extension Service, Room 100, in Umatilla Hall on the BM CC cam pus. The workshop in Condon will be held on May 17 from 8 -ll a.m. at the Gilliam County Fairgrounds. Additional sponsors include the Western Center for Risk M anagem ent E ducation at W SU , the Umatilla County SWCD, the Gilliam County SWCD, and G illiam C ounty OSU Extension Service. For more information, please contact G ina K erzm an, RC&D coordinator, at (541) 278- 6113. Sheriff’s Report The Morrow County Sheriff’s Office reports han dling the following business: A p r. 18: M CSO issued a citation to William David T hom son, 65, for going 73 mph in a 55 mph zone. -M C SO a rre sted Travis Grigsby, 25, on an IJC warrant for failing to appear for driving while suspended. -MCSO received a report from a subject at W ildlife R efuge that som eone cam e onto the compound and cut a gas line and stole some gas. -M C SO issu ed a citation to Kosaky Sigrah, 26, for going 82 mph in a 65 mph zone. -M C SO arrested Jose Luis Velasco, 23, for A ssault IV D om estic V io len ce-F elo n y and reckless endangering o f a minor. -MCSO received a report that while lodged at Umatilla County Jail, Juan Carlos M adrigal-Guzman, 21, was served a detention warrant. -B PD receiv ed a report that a white vehicle was driving on the wrong side of the road going 80+ mph. Subject was w arned. -M C SO issu ed a c ita tio n to C h ery le Rietmann, 49, for going 77 mph in a 55 mph zone, and for fa ilin g to re stra in passenger. -M C SO issu ed a citation to Kevin Ray Dieter, 24, for d riv in g w hile suspended. -M C SO issu ed a citation to O legario Diaz Ortiz, 32, for going 71 mph in a 55 mph zone. A p r. 23: M CSO issued a citation to Kevin Keun-Bae M iyamoto, 34, for going 93 mph in a 65 mph zone. -M C SO issu ed a citation to Andrew Holden Winters, 28, for going 75 mph in a 65 mph zone. -M C SO issued a citation to Jettie C. Runkel, 18, during a traffic stop. -M C SO issu ed a citation to Toni Dybowski, 29, for going 88 mph in a 65 mph zone. -B PD issu ed a citation to Veronica Xnsrade, 26, for failing to use a seat belt for a child, and failing to obey a traffic control device. A p r. 24: M CSO received a report that Keith Leslie McKee, 48, went to court in Multnomah County on an IJC warrant for failing to appear for interfering/ harassing the police. -M C SO issued a verbal warning to a subject for speed. The subject got stuck in the sand in the bar pit. -M C SO arrested Greg Alan Bass, 25, on a M orrow C ounty C ircu it w arrant for p ro b atio n violation for Rape III and failin g to ap p ear for Possession of a Controlled Substance-2 and Criminal T ressp ass-1. Subject was also arre sted on an IJC w arrant for giving false in fo rm atio n to a p o lice officer and failing to appear for driving while suspended. -M C SO arrested Maria Margarita Gonzalez, 41, on an IJC warrant for failing to appear for driving while suspended. -M C SO issu ed a c ita tio n to M ahm ood Momtazi, 55, for going 83 mph in a 55 mph zone. -M CSO arrested a fem ale su b ject on a Multnomah County warrant for Theft II. A p r. 25: M CSO issued a citation to Darin Jam es Skaggs, 20, for driving uninsured. -M C SO issued a citation to Kenneth Wayne Bailey, 44, for going 47 mph in a 30 mph. -BPD arrested Ralph Carl Greer, 46, on a Umatilla County warrant. -BPD issu ed a c ita tio n to W enceslao O lvera, 50, for carrying minors on the external area of the vehicle. A p r. 26: M CSO issued a citation to Brian Lee Morter, 18, for going 82 mph in a 55 mph zone. -M C SO arrested Dewayne Paul Crossman, 42, on an IJC warrant for failing to appear for driving while suspended. -BPD issued a citation to Alex Rivera, 27, for not having an operating license. -MCSO received a rep o rt that P en d leto n arrested a male subject on an IJC warrant for failing to appear for driving while suspended. -M C SO issued a citation to Steven Michael Zacharias, 41, for driving while suspended and driving uninsured. -M C SO arrested Edd Dwight Reese, 47, for failing to appear for driving while suspended. -MCSO received a report that Marion CO SO arrested A lberto A rriaga Jimenez, 25, on a Heppner Circuit Court warrant for Menacing, Crim. Tress. II, and Crim. Mis. II. Apr. 27: BPD issued a c ita tio n to N icolas Landeros Navarro, 33, for driving while suspended. -MCSO received a report that O SP arrested Clinton Eugene Pringer, 28, on a Morrow County Circuit Court warrant for Probation Violation for possession of a control substance. Subject was also arrested for failing to pay fine for reck less burning on and IJC warrant. -M C SO arrested Michael Joseph Stiles, 42, on a Umatilla CO SO warrant for failing to appear on fines. -M C SO issued a citation to Vicenta Alvarez Mejia, 29, for going 57 mph in a 35 mph zone. -M C SO issued a citation to Stacy Dow, 29, for having a dog as a public nuisance." Plant Exchange to be held The H eppner Garden Club will be holding their annual Plant Exchange on Saturday, May 6 at the St. Patrick’s Senior Center in Heppner. The exchange will be held from 8 a.m. to 12 p.m. If you are also contributing plants, it is asked that you bring them in containers. 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