Two arrests lead to youth
drug investigations
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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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