TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, June 28,2006
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Gilliam County DA takes over prosecution
One more arrested in drug
investigation; 12 high school
students believed involved
The Morrow County
Sheriff’s Office has made an
additional
arrest
in
connection with a recent
drug investigation in
Heppner.
Mindy Michelle
Davidson, 27, Heppner, was
charged with six counts of
endangering the welfare of a
minor, six counts of
distribution of a controlled
substance to a minor and one
count of frequenting a place
w here controlled substances
are used. Her bail was set at
$192,(X)0. She was lodged
on June 20 and has also since
been released.
Sean
Patrick
Richards, 18, Heppner, was
arrested June 2, Angela
M.Cady, 26, Heppner, was
arrested June 8, and
Terrence Kristapher Parret,
18, Heppner, was arrested
June 13.
A fourteen-year-old
was also arrested earlier and
has been placed in the North
Oregon
Regional
Correctional Center at The
Dalles.
Matlack said that a
variety of drugs were
involved,
including
marijuana, cocaine and
methamphetamine, and
added that not all of those
charged were involved with
all of the types of drugs.
Gilliam County
District Attorney Marion
Weatherford will prosecute
the cases because Morrow
County DA David C. Allen
has recused himself due to a
conflict. Weatherford said
that the Umatilla County DA
also had a conflict.
Weatherford told the
Gazette-Times Tuesday that
an additional 12 young
people are involved, all
believed to be Heppner High
School students. “We are
prepared to make an offer to
all of the young people that
provides accountability, but
at the same time won’t hurt
their future opportunities.”
“Without the cooperation
and honesty of the students,
we didn’t have much of a
case against the adults,” said
Weatherford, who added
that the young people “have
been very forthcoming and
upfront about what was
going on both inside and
outside the school.”
Weatherford said
that there may be two to
three additional adult
defendants.
Boyer receives national honor
Tyler Boyer, 19, son of John and Kelly Boyer of
Lexington, was named to the National Collegiate Dean’s
List.
“The National Collegiate Dean's List pays tribute
to America's outstanding college students who are making
the best of their abilities to benefit themselves, their families
and their communities,” according to a news release.
Boyer, a 2005 graduate of Heppner High School,
was a freshman this past year at Linfield College at
McMinnville, OR. He also played for the Linfield football
team.
BURNING
Effective July I, 2006, the Fire Chief
of the City of Heppner is imposing a
C L O S E D S E A S O N for open burning
based on local fire safety concerns.
This burning ban is for the City o f Heppner.
A reminder that open burning also
includes a “ burn barrel.“
T h e closed season w ill re m a in in effect
u n til fu r th e r n o tic e this fall as p e r O R S 4 78 .96 0 .
Leonard Foundations reaches $140
thousand mark in grants awarded
The Red & Gena
Leonard
Foundation
awarded grants totaling
$23,823 for the 2006-07
academic year, according to
a foundation news release.
The grants were awarded to
the
Blue
Mountain
Community College Nursing
Department, New Directions
Education
Program;
Pendleton High School
ASPIRE program; Blue
Mountain Community
College TRIO program; the
SMART program; and the
BMCC Golf Tournament.
The
Leonard
Foundation approved a grant
for $10,000 to the BMCC
Nursing program for the
2006-07 academic year. The
Leonard Foundation has
partnered with Good
Shepherd Medical Center
and St. Anthony Hospital to
fund a nursing instructor
position. BMCC employs
five full-time faculty and
several part-time specialist
instructors, clinical site
supervisors, and proctors to
meet Oregon State Board of
Nursing standards. The
nursing program currently
has 31 first year students and
30 second year students.
This is the fifth year that the
Leonard
Foundation
donated $10,000 to this
program.
The New Directions
Education Program was
awarded a $1,000 grant to
help fund college transfer
classes at Eastern Oregon
Correctional Institution.
The New Directions
Education
Program
committee selects the class
to be taught within the EOCI
walls by a BMCC faculty
member.
The NDEP
committee also chooses the
inmates who participate in
the program based on:
academic background; score
on college entrance ASSET
test; approval from EOCI
counselor; essay on the
importance of education;
conduct record at EOCI; and
job record at EOCI. The
goal of the program is to
expand job opportunities,
increase self-confidence and
reduce the chance of the
inmates returning to prison.
This is the fourth time the
Leonard Foundation has
donated $1,000 to this
program.
The
Leonard
Foundation awarded a grant
in the amount of $3,000 to
the Oregon C hildren’s
Foundation SMART (Start
Making a Reader Today)
Program. The grant will
cover part of the cost of
supporting schools enrolled
in the SMART program in
the Umatilla Morrow Area.
SMART is an early literacy
program providing children
with books and a caring
adult to read to them. The
program enlists the help of
community volunteers to
read to children two times
each week.
The 2006 Blue
Mountain Community
College Foundation Cow
Pasture Golf Tournament
will receive a $250 hole
sponsorship from the
Leonard Foundation. The
Golf Tournament raises
funds for scholarships given
through
the
BMCC
Foundation.
The
Leonard
Foundation awarded a
$5,000 grant to the
Pendleton High School
ASPIRE Program. The
ASPIRE (Access to Student
Assistance Programs in
Reach of Everyone)
program has been at PHS for
six years. The program
provides PHS students with
general career planning,
information concerning
post-secondary training and
financial recourse options.
The ASPIRE staff recruits
and trains community
mentors to meet with
students individually. The
program includes an
extensive scholarship search
with students; parent
meetings; Scholarship
Saturday
workshops;
assistance with college
applications; and other
services.
The TRIO Student
Support Services program at
BMCC received a grant for
$4,573 to increase their
lending library. The library
houses textbooks and
calculators that TRIO
students may borrow for the
term. The TRIO SSS
program is targeted at
disadvantaged college
students who are low income
and/or first generation
college students and/or
disabled.
Since 2000, the Red
and
Gena
Leonard
Foundation has awarded
$142,283.00 in grants to
local
schools
and
educational programs to
enhance the learning
environment
in
our
community. In addition to
grants, the Red and Gena
Leonard Foundation offers
scholarship opportunities to
local students for post
secondary education and
training. Since the 2000-01
academic year, the Leonard
Foundation has awarded 469
scholarships in the amount of
$2,000 each for a total of
$938,000.00.
For
more
information about the Red &
Gena Leonard Foundation,
please contact Tracy
Gammell, executive director
at P.O. Box 1024, Hermiston
or
564-9177
or
rglfoundation@qwest.net.
Baillie Keithley
attends HOBY
seminar
Health District
adopts $5.9
million budget
Baillie Keithley of
Heppner recently attended
the Oregon Hugh O’Brian
Youth (HOBY) Leadership
S em inar
held July
17-19 at
t h e
University
o
f
Portland.
Keithley
continued from pane one
joined
more than
100 other
Baillie Keithley
young
leaders representing rrlany
high
schools
from
throughout Oregon.
HOBY leadership
seminars bring together a
select group of high school
sophomores to interact with
groups of distinguished
leaders
in business,
government, education and
the professions to discuss
present and future issues.
The goal is to provide the
youths a stimulating forum
for learning about the free
market and democratic
process while broadening
their understanding of their
leadership potential and
quest for self-development.
HOBY leaders are also
challenged to return to their
communities to perform at
least
100 hours of
community service within 12
months following the
Seminar.
Hugh O' Brian Youth
Leadership was established
in 1958 by the actor Hugh
O’Brian following a visit to
Africa where he was inspired
by a meeting with Dr. Albert
Schweitzer. “One of the
things Schweitzer said to me
was that the most important
thing in education was to
teach young people to think
for themselves,” O'Brian
said. “From that inspiration,
and with the support of
others who believe in youth
and the American dream, I
started HOBY to seek out,
recognize, and develop
outstanding leadership
potential among our nation's
youth.”
WCC Schedule
In other business the
board:
-learned that the
district was granted a $4,495
Meyer Memorial Trust grant
for customer service,
leadership and management
training.
-received
the
following report: Pioneer
Memorial Clinic had 334
patient visits for the month
of May with 11 new patients
and 31 patients seen by a
nurse; Irrigon Clinic had 201
patient visits for May with 30
new patients, 48 seen by a
nurse and 18 no shows; the
Heppner Ambulance had 19
runs with 16 transports for
$13,497 in revenue;
Boardman Ambulance had
23 runs with 14 transports
for $13,368 in revenue;
Irrigon Ambulance had 17
runs with nine transports for
$7,363 in revenue; Pioneer
Memorial Hospital had
seven admissions, 426
outpatients, 66 emergency
room encounters, 1625 lab
tests, 105 x-ray procedures,
34 CT scans, 36 EKG tests,
two treadmill procedures,
two respiratory therapy
procedures; Hospice had one
admission; and the pharmacy
had 881 drug doses for
$57,329 in revenue.
St. Patrick’s
Senior Center
News
The July 5 menu for
the St. Patrick’s Senior
Center meal will be:
cheeseburgers, over-baked
fries, coleslaw, melon balls
and chocolate cake.
Volunteer hosts will be
members of the Willow
Creek Baptist Church.
This week the center
is introducing Rosemary
Dalrymple, their newest
member. She moved to the
St. Patrick’s apartments in
May of this year from
Seattle, Washington.
Bom in Tacoma,
WA, Rosemary’s parents
moved to Seattle when she
was eight. She married and
had five children. She now
has six grandchildren and
nine great-grandchildren.
Remember Louis
Armstrong? Rosemary met
Louis at a Vaudeville theatre
in Seattle where she was
working and they became
very close friends.
Rosemary knew
Tennesee Ernie Ford before
he became famous. She said
he was the same in person
as he was in television.
In the 1950s she
“literally” ran into Charles
Boyer. She said she was so
shocked, she could hardly
speak. She also met Sally
Rand, who was famous in
the 30s and 40s at the
Palamar Theatre, and got her
autograph back stage.
After
all
her
traveling, Rosemary decided
to make Heppner her home.
She says she enjoys the
serenity, size and friendliness
it has to offer.
June
Friday-Sunday, June
23-25: WCCC Men’s
Tournament.
Tuesday, June 27-
Ladies
Nine-Hole
Invitational.
July
Sunday, July 2-
Men's play.
Wednesday, July 5-
Second half Wednesday
men’s play begins.
Friday, July 7-Jack &
Jill, 6 p.m.
Saturday, July 8-
Heppner
Alumni
Tournament.
Sunday, July 9-
Men's
play.
Rhea elected Lions Club President
Tuesday, July 11 -
Molly Rhea has been elected Heppner Lions
Ladies’
play.
President for the 2006-07 year.
Sunday, July 16-
Dick Paris was elected vice president; Paula Trueax,
Men's
play.
secretary; Steve Rhea, treasurer; Jim Fichter, Lion Tamer;
Tuesday, July 18-
Dean Robinson, Tail Twister; and Joyce Shepherd,
Ladies’
play.
membership.
Saturday-Sunday,
Lions Club Past District Governor Bob Guerrant
22-23-M en’s
was guest speaker and inducted the new officers at the July
championship,
Saturday tee Night star
club's annual barbecue in Heppner June 16. “Grillmaster”
off, 5 p.m.; Sunday tee-off, program offered
was Steve Rhea.
Fireworks will go on sale this Friday. June 30 at 8 a.m.
To help celebrate the
Tuesday, July 25-
the fireworks stand in downtown Heppner.
Dayville Fourth of July
Ruger rifle tickets are still on sale, with the drawing Ladies’ play.
celebration, John Day Fossil
Sunday, July 30- Beds National Monument
to be held Wednesday, July 5. Tickets are available from
Men's play.
Steve or Molly Rhea for $5 each or five for $20.
ranger, John Fiedor, will
offer a telescopic tour of the
moon and Jupiter on Sunday,
out
July 2, from 9 to 10 p.m. The
viewing will be conducted at
the
high school football field
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in the town of Dayville.
Participants are encouraged
to bring binoculars.
For
further
information
call
John
Fiedor
Morrow County Grain Growers
at
541-987-2333.
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