Heppner Gazette-Times. Heppner. Oregon Wednesday, December 27,2006 - FIVE
Family gives thanks
By kathy Aney of the East
Oregonian
November 23, 2006 issue
Travis Bellamy and
Tyson Niles, now 23, were
born an hour apart. Since
then, their paths haven't
meandered too far apart.
As c o u sin s and
friends, they spent hours
to g e th e r as boys, four-
wheeling and hunting in the
wheat fields surrounding the
house where Travis lived,
with his family near Heppner.
As young men, they
joined the Marines - Tyson
jo ined first, then Travis.
They ended up on the same
base in Iraq.
This week, parents,
siblin g s, cousins, aunts,
uncles and grandparents
em braced the two young
men at an em o tio n al
hom ecom ing
at
the
R iv erfro n t
Lodge
in
Boardman.
“ I t’s nice to have
them back in the United
S ta te s ,” said M ary Kay
Bellamy, Travis' mom.
She said having both
boys in Iraq at the same time
was emotionally taxing, but
it was also oddly comforting
for the parents knowing they
were together.
"We knew they were
going to watch out for each
other,” said Sam Bellamy,
Travis' dad.
“ If we did n ’t hear
from Travis, I could call
Kitty and Darrell and find
out about Tyson," said Kitty
Niles, Tyson’s mom. "It was
a double check.”
D arrell and K itty
New Year’s Eve
party planned
The S eventh-day
Adventist Church will hold
its second annual New
Year's Eve Party on Sunday,
Dec. 31, from 7 p.m. to 12
a.m. at the church gym.
There w ill be snacks,
non-alcoholic beverages,
games, face painting, ping
pong, board games and other
fam ily activ itie s, plus a
Warren Miller ski movie.
This is a free party
and everyone is invited to
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Niles, Tyson’s parents, live
near Pasco. Darrell said he
stayed fairly positive.
“Statistically, it was
safer than being on the
highways here," he said. “I
didn't dwell on the dangers.”
Kitty had a harder
time suppressing her fears.
"I worried," she said.
“ On one hand, I was
extremely proud of them - on
the other, it was extremely
worrisome.”
T he c o u sin s had
d ifferen t ra tio n a le s for
joining the Marines. Tyson
sought self-im provem ent
and "something different.”
Travis, a 2002 Heppner High
School graduate, said his
reason for signing on was to
carry on a noble tradition.
“ I followed out of
respect for veterans that
fought before me,” he said.
T yson, a w ater
p u rifica tio n sp e c ia list,
arrived at the Alquim Marine
base in the A1 A nbar
P rovince first. He was
surprised when he learned
that Travis' unit had been as-
, signed to the base.
"We really h ad n 't
seen each other,” Tyson said.
“We'd been at opposite sides
of the country”
Tyson didn't know
w hen Travis would show up.
They finally met in the chow'
hall last March.
“I was sitting down
eating when he came up to
me,” Tyson said.
“ I w ent c ra z y ,”
remembers Travis.
In Iraq, Tyson stayed
m ostly on base, w iring
b u ild in g s and rep airin g
g e n erato rs. His w ater
p u rifica tio n role w a sn 't
necessary as the troops relied
on bo ttled w ater, so he
performed electrical work.
Travis repaired tanks at night
and ventured out on patrols
during the day..
"The fear of hitting
a ro ad sid e bom b was a
constant threat,” he said.
"We averaged 30 missions a
month.”
His unit often
patrolled twice a day. Travis
made it through w ithout
injury, though he lost a close
friend.
Now that they are
safely back in the U .S.,
Travis still has more than a
year to serve stateside at the
Marine base in Twentynine
Palms, Cal. Tyson is hoping
for a job with Burlington
Northern Santa Fe.
But w hatever they
do, their parents are thankful
to have them hom e -
together.
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co d e. The su b je c t was town, wearing reflective tape checked out the accident and
and playing a game, trying to a tow was on its way.
authorized to be there.
-M C SO re c eiv e d report get from one end of town to -MCSO received a report of
The Morrow County from a subject in Irrigon who the other without the parents a m otor vehicle accident
w ith a v eh icle in the
Sheriff’s Office reports han said he had sold a vehicle and finding them.
sagebrush on Hwy. 730.
-MCSO
received
report
of
a
dling the following business: the b u y er had not been
55-year-old diabetic man -MCSO received a report of
making payments.
-MCSO responded to a non
-MCSO received report of a who had stomach pain and a fender bender. OSP was
injury accident on 1-84 with
p o ssib le a ssau lt from a was dizzy at Willow Creek with the vehicles.
tw o v e h icles, a D odge
-MCSO received a report of
Heppner woman. She said a Lake.
pickup and a Kia, in the ditch
male subject grabbed her -MCSO received report of a a Toyota pickup that had
and another one on location
arm while he was holding her w hite or silv er M ustang rolled over. It was a non
to assist.
d au g h ter and she was traveling 55 mph, straddling in ju ry acc id e n t w ith no
-MCSO received request for
a ttem p tin g to get her the fog line and center line. property damage.
a deputy to respond to the
daughter back. The woman O fficers w ere unable to -M C SO re sp o n d ed to a
courthouse to speak with a
vehicle that had slid off the
also said she was hit in the locate the vehicle.
female who had bruises.
road on Hwy. 74.
-M
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cited
C
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an
tell
eye
with
an
unknown
object.
-MCSO received report of
-M C SO re c eiv e d report Leone Lynn M oreno, for -MCSO received report of a
pickup pulling an em pty
from a subject on Hwy. 730 failure to carry proof of Milky Way truck that had
trailer that was all over the
in Irrigon who said a vehicle in su ran ce and d efectiv e slid off the road on Hwy.
road on 1-84. S h e riff
207. A deputy was unable to
was
driving down the center license plate light.
followed vehicle for several
line and almost hit him on I- -M CSO arrested Richard locate it.
miles and observed that the
Allen Combs, 52, for DUII -MCSO received report of
vehicle was driving fine, not 84.
-MCSO received report of a with a BAC of .25. on Hwy. ju v en iles playing w ith a
allover the road.
wheelchair in the middle of
-MCSO received report that tre sp ass in p ro g ress in 730, Irrigon.
Hardman.
Decem ber 21: Boardman the road. The juveniles were
Jam es Gary Johnson was
-MCSO
received
report
of
Fire D ep artm en t and ad v ised to take the
lo dged at the U m atilla
suspicious circum stances B oardm an
A m bulance wheelchair home.
County Jail on a parole and
w ith an Irrigon w om an received report of a non -MCSO received report of a
probation warrant.
Ford pickup in the ditch with
-M C SO receiv ed report saying that a guy had asked injury motor vehicle accident
no
one around on Hwy 730.
her
about
a
surprise
birthday
on 1-84
from an Irrigon subject that
-MCSO
received report of a
party.
She
said
she
had
a
-BPD received report of
an 18-wheeler was blocking
n
o
n
-in
ju
ry
acc id e n t
h o rses
and crim inal m ischief with a
his driveway. By the time the s u b je c t's
involving a Chevy on 1-84.
d ep u ty resp o n d ed , the w ondered if it was window broken out o f a
The
vehicle had blown two
retaliation.
vehicle the previous night.
vehicle had been moved.
tires
and driver was on the
-MCSO
cited
Ryan
Evan
-BPD cited Michael Robert
-MCSO received report of a
phone
with an insurance
Paddock,
32,
for
VSL
70/55.
O 'B e rg , 32, for D riving
burglary and items stolen in
company.
Irrigon while the subject was -M C SO a rre sted C raig W hile S u sp en d ed and
M
ichael
S
cott,
23,
on
a
Violating the Speed Limit -MCSO received report of a
out of town for a week.
Honda that had slid off the
Klamath Falls warrant for 36/30.
-M C SO receiv ed report
F ailu re
to
A p p ear/ -BPD received report of a road on 1-84. It was a non
from a female subject who
Harassment. He was lodged silver Nissan all over the injury accident.
said she was in a custody
road, tailgating, speeding -MCSO received report of
battle with her parents over at Umatilla County Jail.
Volkswagen that had slid off
-M C SO cited F elician o and acting aggressively.
her son.
Lomeli Gutierrez, 27, for no -BPD received report of an the road on 1-84.
-MCSO assisted BPD with
operator's license and failure audible alarm going off at -MCSO responded to a non
a possible trespass.
to carry proof of insurance. Sam Boardman Elementary. injury accident on 1-84 with
D ecem ber 22: M CSO
-B oardm an
Police -BPD received report of a tw o v e h ic le s, a D odge
receiv ed report o f three
D epartm ent cited David subject having problem s pickup and a Kia, in the ditch
suspicious males hanging
Dwight Harlos, 39, for no with a gas station putting and another one on location
around the bank in Heppner.
operator's license and failure unleaded into her diesel to assist.
R ep o rter said that the
-MCSO received request for
to carry proof of insurance. pickup.
subjects were trying to hide
-BPD received report of a -BPD received request from a deputy to respond to the
and kept ducking whenever
$25 d riv e -o ff from a a subject in Boardman who courthouse to speak with a
a vehicle drove by.
Boardman gas station.
found a pit bull and didn’t female who had bruises.
-M C SO ,
B oardm an
December 23: MCSO cited want it to bite anyone. BPD -MCSO received report of
Ambulance, Boardman Fire
pickup pulling an em pty
Michael Glade Binks, 39, for picked the dog up.
D epartm ent receiv ed a
trailer
that was all over the
VSL 90/65.
-BPD received a 911 hangup
report from OSP of a non
road
on 1-84. S h e riff
-MCSO received request for “L*all ......
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injury rollover on Tower Rd.
a death notification for a -BPD officer responded to a followed vehicle for several
A su b seq u en t
rep o rt
H eppner w om an who call reporting class breaking miles and observed that the
indicated that there were
requested that her mother be at Riverside High School. vehicle was driving fine, not
injuries w ith one man cut and
notified that her son was The noise had come from a allover the road.
bleeding.
involved in a fatal motor man scrap in g ice o ff a -MCSO received report that
-MCSO received report of
Jam es Gary Johnson was
vehicle accident the previous windshield.
lost Siberian huskies in
night in Redmond.
-BPD received report from lodged at the U m atilla
Heppner.
-MCSO received report of a a woman who said she heard County Jail on a parole and
-M C SO , BPD receiv ed
missing person in Hermiston. her dogs barking and when probation warrant.
report of a domestic abuse
-MCSO received report that she opened the door, she saw -M C SO receiv ed rep o rt
w ith
no in ju ries
in
three big dogs tore three a male subject jum p her from an Irrigon subject that
B oardm an. John M arion
little dogs apart in Heppner. fence and take off running an 18-wheeler was blocking
Talbot, 47, was arrested for
The big dogs were in a pen into the field beside her his driveway. By the time the
dom estic harassm ent and
d eputy re sp o n d ed , the
at the tim e the subject house.
interfering with a 911 call.
reported.
-Morrow County Sheriff's vehicle had been moved.
He was lodged at UCJ.
-M C SO receiv ed report Office arrested Kim Bernice -MCSO received report of a
-M C SO receiv ed rep o rt
from a woman in Boardman Jorgenson, 45, on probable burglary and items stolen in
from a Heppner woman who
that her son was assaulted at cause charges of DUII and Irrigon while the subject was
said she awoke to a dog
a bonfire by 13 other males resisting arrest and was cited out of town for a week.
b ark in g and saw three
about the same age. She said for VBR. The subject was -M C SO receiv ed rep o rt
su b jects* co m e out o f a
her son was just getting out lodged at Umatilla County from a female subject who
garage. When she opened
said she was in a custody
of surgery and three other Jail.
the door and yelled, the
boys also had severe injuries. -MCSO received report of a battle with her parents over
subjects took off running.
-M C SO receiv ed report m otor v eh icle accident her son.
-M C SO receiv ed two
from a Heppner man that involving a semi off Tower -MCSO assisted BPD with
reports of a subject opening
multiple kids were going to Road. The accident was an a possible trespass.
a front door of a Boardman
be out between 5:30 p.m. old one and tow trucks were D ecem b er 22: M CSO
b u sin ess w ith o u t a pass
receiv ed report o f three
and 8 p.m. running through already on the scene.
-MCSO received report of a suspicious males hanging
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-MCSO received report of a
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-MCSO received report of
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-M C SO , BPD receiv ed
report of a domestic abuse
w ith
no in ju rie s
in
B oardm an. John M arion
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