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TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, July 26,2006 The Official Newspaper of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow Museum Musings __ Obituaries Don C. Beckstead By Cliff Green H eppner GAZETTE-TIMES U.S.P.S 240-420 M orrow C o u n ty 's H om e-O w ned W eekly Newspaper Published weekly and entered as periodical matter at the Post Office at Heppner, Oregon under the Act of March 3,1879. Periodical postage paid at Heppner. Oregon. Office at 188 W Willow Street. Telephone (541) 676-9228. Fax (541) 676-9211. E- niail editorteTapidserve net or david<i*heppner net Web site: www heppner net. Post master send address changes to the Heppner Gazette-Times, P.O. Box 337. Heppner. Oregon 97836. Subscriptions: $26 in Morrow County; $20 senior rate (in Morrow County only; 62 years or older); $32 elsewhere; $26 student subscriptions. David S y k es.................................................................................................... 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Sheriff's Report The Morrow County Sheriff's Office reports han dling the following business: July 10: M CSO re ceiv ed a rep o rt from Deschutes County that Edd D w ight R eese, 48, was arrested on an Irrigon Justice Court warrant for Failure to A p p ear/D riv in g w hile Suspended. He was lodged at Deschutes County Jail. MCSO received a report through Poison C ontrol from a caller in Irrigon that the c a lle r ’s husband had ingested ant and roach poison. Boardman PD cited Dawn Rene Gutierrez, 35, for F ailure to Y ield to Pedestrian. Boardman PD cited Jose Luis Munoz, Jr., 27, for Failure to Obey a Traffic Control Device. B oardm an PD receiv ed a rep o rt o f an unw anted su b ject at a residence. A deputy was enroute to ask the subject to leave. Jo sh u a Jam es Browne, 21, was arrested on an Irrigon Justice C ourt w arrant for F ailu re to A p p ear/D riv in g w hile Suspended. He was lodged at Umatilla County Jail. July 11: M CSO received a report from a caller in Heppner that dogs w ere rubbishing through trash cans. M CSO received a rep o rt from a c a lle r in Boardm an that a subject steals things from the caller and has threatened her life. The subject used to be a worker and a patient at the caller’s ranch. M CSO received a rep o rt from a c a lle r in Boardm an that he found marijuana plants growing in the fields. M CSO received a rep o rt from a c a lle r in Boardman that a vehicle is abandoned in front of her grandm other’s drive way and is almost blocking it. The vehicle was moved by the owner. M CSO received a report from Tualatin PD that Pablo Organiz Mendoza, 44, was arrested on an Irrigon Justice Court w arrant for Failure to Pay Fine/Driving while Suspended. He was lodged at W ashington County Jail with no local charges. M CSO received a report that a vendor stopped by the neighbor’s residence on Saturday and the caller’s w ife w ent over to the residence and advised the vendor that the persons were not home. The neighbor’s dog broke his rope and bit the caller’s wife. The caller wanted deputy contact. M CSO received a report from M edford PD that Savanah Rane Jackson, 21, was arre sted on an Irrigon Ju stic e C ourt w arrant for F ailu re to A p p ear/D riv in g w hile Suspended. She was lodged at Jackson County Jail with other warrants. B oardm an PD a rre sted S teven Lynn Weaver, 19, on an Irrigon Justice Court warrant for Driving while Suspended. He was lodged at Umatilla County Jail. Boardman PD cited Rigoberto Cuevas Alcantar, 33, for No Insurance. Boardman PD cited Fernando Alcala Sanchez, 36, for F ailu re to O bey Traffic Control Device and Driving Uninsured. Boardman PD arrested Diana Hernandez, 38, on an Irrigon Justice Court warrant for Failure to Pay Fine/Criminal Trespass II. She was lodged at Umatilla County Jail. July 18: M CSO received a report from a c aller in H erm iston that someone was bothering his sister near the Space Age gasoline station. The call was transferred to the Umatilla County Sheriff’s Office. M CSO received a report from a c a lle r in B oardm an that saddles, bridles and horse tack was stolen from their horse trailer during the weekend or the previous night. M CSO arrested Ronald Zachary Whalen, 20, on a Morrow County Circuit C ourt w arrant for Grand Jury Indictment/Unlawful Delivery of Marijuana to a Minor, Frequenting a Place w here C o n tro lle d Substances are Used and Endangering the Welfare of a Minor. Whalen was lodged at the Umatilla County Jail. M CSO arrested A aron L ueck, 21, on a M orrow C ounty C ircu it Court w arrant for Grand Jury Indictm ent/Unlawful Delivery of Marijuana to a M inor x5. Frequenting a Place w here C o n tro lle d Substances are Used and Endangering the Welfare of a Minor. Lueck was lodged at the Umatilla County Jail. MCSO deputy cited a female subject in Irrigon for Dog at Large. MCSO, Irrigon FD received a report of a fire in Cliff Green (left) and Larry Mills (right) admire the rare 1915 Case 20-40 CrossMotor tractor houses inside the Ag Museum in Heppner. The tractor was recently donated by the Ladd Henderson family of Hood River. It was used on their family farm in North Lexington and later in the Rock Creek area. It ran on distillate (kerosene) and was used as a stationary threshing machine during harvest. The CrossMotor was one of the first tractors to be produced after steam-powered tractors. Photo by Kay Proctor. Are you confused by the terms Morrow County Museum, Farm Foundation, Heritage Museum, and Ag or Farm museum? Sometimes those of us involved with the museums get confused also. Let me explain these entities. The H eritage M useum is the o rig in al museum next to the library. H ere we sh o w case the artifacts and tools that were part of the everyday life of our ancestors. We also have an extensive library of family h isto rie s for g en ealo g y study. The Ag or Farm museum is the old MCGG grain elevator and flat house located on Riverside Street. Here we display old cars, tractors, threshers, buggies, wagons and a multitude of farm implements from the past. It is on this building that the mural society has placed the largest mural by one artist west of the Mississippi. Both o f these m useum s are ow ned by M orrow C ounty and to g e th e r m ake up the Morrow County Museum. The county maintains the infrastructure and provides som e m onies for infrastructure operation. The Farm Foundation is a non-profit 501 (c )3 corporation with dues paying members and a governing board. The Farm Foundation contracts with Morrow County to operate the museums and collects funds towards this end from member dues, donations and grants. All staffing and work in the m useum s is by volunteers; no salaries are paid. T hose p re sen tly serv in g on the Farm Foundation board are Larry Mills, Bob Harrison, Butch Laughlin, Cliff Green, Betty Carlson, Bob Jepsen, Jim Hayes, Merle Cowett and B arbara B lo o d sw o rth . Because we are nonprofit, we are always looking for help— volunteers, donations of cash and donations of display items. We encourage you to become involved. If you would like to help in any way, please contact any of the board members or Kay P ro cto r, our m useum director at 676-5524. The h eritag e museum is open Tuesday through Friday, 1-5 p.m. and Saturday, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. The Farm Museum is open Friday from 1 -5 p.m. and Saturday 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. We invite you to stop by and see the new additions and displays. Bring your out of town guests. You won't be disappointed. Don C. Beckstead, 62, of Boardman, died July 20,2006, at Good Shepherd M edical C en ter in Hermiston. A celebration of life service was held July 24 in B oardm an, w ith b u rial fo llo w in g at R iverview Cemetery. Beckstead was bom Oct. 23,1943, in Ogden, UT, to Clifford and Lorene Ure Beckstead. He was raised in N yssa, g ra d u a tin g from Nyssa High School. Beckstead farmed in Nyssa until 1978 when he moved to Boardm an. He married Bonnie Lowtrip on Nov. 28, 1975, in Eugene. He worked for Sabre Farms in B oardm an and then Western Farms in Umatilla before going to work for the Port o f M orrow in 1992 where he has worked since. He enjoyed farming, water skiing and was an avid sports fan, especially for the Seattle Seahawks. Survivors include his w ife; d a u g h ters, K ellye Finch of Boardman, Dorie Hughes of Stanfield, Brenda Connell of Boardman and M arcie R obinson of C h arlesto n , S.C .; sons, Michael Connell of Sandy, Utah and Gabriel Hatch of O n tario ; b ro th er, D ale Beckstead of Boardman; 13 grandchildren and two great- grandsons. He was preceded in death by his parents and a grandson. M e m o r i a l contributions may be made to the Hillburton Foundation through Burns Mortuary of Hermiston, P.O. Box 289, H erm isto n , OR 97838, w hich is in ch arg e o f arrangements Took a wrong turn - A badger took a wrong turn the other day and ended up in downtown Heppner. The critter was photographed on a Sunday afternoon behind the Murray drug store. Irrigon; a transformer blew and started a fire. Houses and sheds were threatened. MCSO, Boardman ambulance received a report from a c a lle r on 1-84 westbound by Boardman of a vehicle w ith som eone slumped over. 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