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Two arrests lead to youth drug investigations i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i i n i i i i i i i i i i Bessie Wetzel 1 Newspaper Library University o f Oregon Eugene. OR 97403 Sean P atrick Richards, 18, of Heppner, was arrested on June 2 by Morrow County S heriff’s Office for numerous drug and sex charges involving a 14-year-old female. Richard was charged with Delivery of a Controlled Substance to a Minor x2 (Class A felony). Sex Abuse 111 x2 (Class A misdemeanor). Rape 111 x2 (Class C felony). Sodomy x2 (Class B felony) and Sexual M isconduct x2 (C lass C misdemeanor). He was taken into custody and lodged at U m atilla C ounty Jail in Pendleton on $95,000 bail. Richards posted bail and will appear in court June 29, said M orrow C ounty D istrict Attorney David Allen. In fu rth er investigation involving the original arrest of Richards, A ngela M. Cady, 26, of Heppner, was arrested June 8 on charges of Delivery of a Controlled Substance to a Minor, which is a Class A felony. The charges reflect 21 counts o f this crim e, which alleges the multiple deliveries of a controlled substance to three Heppner area juveniles between the ages of 15 and 17, said a press release from Sheriff Ken M atlack. Cady was lodged at Umatilla County Jail. She is also being charged of endangering the welfare of a minor involving the same juveniles, added the release. Cady was recently released from jail as the state has five days to indict a subject after arrest and the state did not meet its burden, said Allen. Cady will be back in court June 22, added Allen. The investigation is ongoing w ith ad d itio n al suspects and pending cases, in clu d in g a num ber o f H eppner H igh School students who are alleged to have been involved with possession of a controlled su b stan ce (m a riju an a . co cain e and m etham - p h etam in e) stated the re le ase . A cco rd in g to M orrow C ounty School D istric t S u p e rin ten d e n t M ark B urrow s, "approxim ately 20 youth, including seniors, those who are not students any more and som e stu d en ts from lone” are being investigated. Burrow s also stated that authorities confirmed that no te ac h e rs or school employees were involved. Nine to 10 o f the youth allegedly involved will be back u n d er school jurisdiction next fall, added Burrows. He also stated that while the school "normally doesn't punish for activities off-campus,” students found guilty could be suspended from e x tra -c u rric u la r activities for a period of time during the 2006-07 school year. As of June 13, no other names or charges have been released. lone School Board adopts $2.6 million budget VOL. 125 NO. 24 10 Pages Wednesday, June 14, 2006 Morrow County, Heppner, Oregon Two new “ladies” visit Red Hat luncheon “Alberta" and “Wanda Faye Klump' According to Glenn Baker of Heppner. the two new “ladies” who visited the Red Hat lu ncheon in Heppner on June 7 are just "a couple of trollops." “Us girls just wanna have fun.” was Wanda Faye Klump (Baker) and Alberta's ( AI R iney o f H eppner) reason for taking time out of th e ir day to visit the luncheon. Baker confided that about every six months he gets an idea in his head and sometimes it can be creative and at the time always seems like a good idea. After seeing meeting notices for the Red Hat Society. Baker inquired as to what it was and was informed that it was a group of ladies who get together for lunch. After learning this information, one morning around 6 a.m. (a time when many of his inspirations arrive) he all the sudden felt inspired by the many Milton Berle shows he had watched and his two years spent in San Francisco and decided that Wanda Faye Klump and a friend needed to visit the Red Hat luncheon. A fter many others backed out on him. he found a kindred spirit in Al Riney. “ It took a form er National Park Ranger and an ex-Marine to pull it off." said Baker. He also confided that he did have inside help in the form of Suzanne Jepscn. A great tim e was seemed to be had by all, except a few ladies who were a little confused, said Baker. A fter the lunch. W anda Faye and A lberta took a stroll up Main Street and visited m any o f the businesses. G-T closed Fri. The H eppner Gazette-Times w ill be closed this Friday. June 16. so that s ta ff can atten d the U n iv ersity o f O regon commencement ceremonies this weekend. Jon Bennett, the son of Tom and Bonnie Bennett, will graduate from UO with a bachelor of science degree in p o litic a l scien ce and Camille Sykes, the daughter of David and April Sykes, will graduate w ith a bachelor of arts degree in multimedia design. The G-T office will open as usual on Monday morning. The lone School D istrict Board adopted a $2.605,271 budget for the 20 0 6 -0 7 fiscal year following a budget hearing during their regular meeting June 12. T hat am ount includes grant monies and carryover. The d is tric t’s general fund budget for 2006-07 am o u n ts to $2.076,848. Also at the meeting, the board heard a financial update which showed that the d is tric t receiv ed $127,578 in basic school su p p o rt and $2 ,5 0 0 in property taxes for May. In other business, the board: -approved the first reading of support services and facilities development policies. -learn ed from S u p e rin ten d e n t Bryn Browning that the Willow C reek Park D istrict has approved $5.000 for the lone pool operating budget for the 2005-06 year. -learn ed from B row ning that she has scheduled a meeting with M orrow C ounty School D istric t assistan t superintendent Wade Smith w ith reg ard to sp ecial education students who are residents of MCSD but who are being served by the ISD. -heard Browning's su p erin ten d e n t and p rin c ip a l's rep o rts as follows; -E nrollm ent as of June 6 was 161 with 63 in grades K-five, 40 in grades six-eight and 58 in grades nine-12. -Open positions for the 2006-07 school year include a half-time Spanish teacher and half-time music teacher. A half-time special education assistant is no longer needed. -The deed for the teacherage has still not been received as the title company reported that they had not re c eiv e d the in itia l paperwork for that property. -The school library w indow s dam aged in an in cid en t in w hich a car caught fire at the school have been replaced for $ 1.600 at the cost o f the school district. Replacement of the front double doors, damaged at the same time, is estimated at around $ 1,000. The district did not receive an estimate to replace or repair the concrete which had been exposed to fire, however the problem was solved with TSP and a pressure washer. -The 2006-07 course sch ed u le in clu d es new classes-career development fo r sen io rs, ad v an ced language arts for juniors and seniors, a m iddle school e n tre p re n e u r class and electives including Spanish 4, geology, lab science and advanced shop. All students in grades six-12 will be enrolled in a math class next year. -Am y Jepsen was awarded $ 1.000 from Cargill and the N atio n al FFA Foundation for academ ic excellence. Related to her award, the school library received $200 from Cargill and the FFA Foundation and CLD Pacific Grain donated an additional $300 for the lone High School agriculture class. -Summer school for students in kindergarten through fifth grade will begin Aug. 2. The curriculum will include math and literacy. - B M C* C representatives traveled to lone to assist lone High School juniors and seniors with the college application pro cess and ad m in ister college placement tests on May 30. Browning and the school board c re d ited Allison Rudolf for her work in facilitating the process. Board member Anne Morter also assisted. The board held an executive session concerning te ac h e r n e g o tia tio n s fo llo w in g the reg u lar meeting. No board meeting will be held in July. The next meeting will be Monday, Aug. 21. Columbia Basin Electric says recent power outages unavoidable “T he recen t e le c tric a l p o w er in terru p tio n experienced in the Heppner-Lexinigton-Ione-Olex areas was unavoidable at the local level.” reported Columbia Basin Electric Co-Op. “Bonneville Power dropped our main transmission feed and we lost all power to the area," the spokes person stated. BPA reportedly had a breaker fail in their Boardman Transmission Substation, which caused the outages. The area is cu rren tly being served via C B E C 's A lkali Transmission line, back-fed from Olex to the lone. Heppner and Sandhollow substations. “We always send a local crew to investigate an outage,” said the Columbia Basin spokesperson, “as BPA personnel usually are dispatched out of Walla Walla, which takes a lot of time.” Columbia Basin reminds consumers to call the local office if their power fails. This helps the outage coordinators determine the size and scope of outages. 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