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.
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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
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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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