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FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times. Heppner. Oregon Wednesday, August 29, 2007 Awana Bible Club to begin September 6 pner. Erin Fishburn has week. Clubbers in kinder jo in ed the staff o f Perry garten though second grade Technical Institute as foun are in the “Sparks” group. dation director. Third though sixth graders F ish b u rn w ent to are in the M A F Chib which stands for Truth and Perry from Planned Parent Training. Each Awana Club hood o f Central Washington meeting includes three half where she worked in mar hour sections: Game Time, keting, developm ent and Awana Handbook l ime, and project coordination for the Large Group Time - which past seven years. A native o f Eastern features singing, a short Oregon, Fishburn earned a Bible lesson, and aw ards for bachelor o f science degree the evening. in community health from Willow' Creek Bap tist Church is located in Portland State University. the Seventh Day Adventist She is the daughter o f Earl Building at 560 N. Minor and Peggy Fishburn o f Hep- As director o f Per ry Technical Foundation, Fishburn coordinates the school’s fundraising efforts, oversees the scholarship program and works w ith the PT1 Alumni Association, the foundation’s board o f direc tors and the school’s staff. “I am pleased to be affiliated with an organiza tion with as fine a reputation as Perry,” said Fishburn. "The instruction and expe rience that Perry provides students is invaluable as Street, just off Water Street in Heppner. For more in She r iffs Report form ation, or if you are interested in being a leader The Morrow County or helper this year, contact Awana Com m ander Dale Sheriff’s Office reports han Bates at 676-5773 or Pastor dling the following busi ness: Keith Price at 676-5552. August 14: -MCSO received a call requesting information regarding what age a child could be left Jamie Dewees, Chi Alpha missionary to Oregon home alone. -MCSO received a State University, will be speaking at Christian Life Center report o f a stray male dog, on Sunday, September 2, at 10:30 a.m. beagle type, with a purple Dewees is currently overseeing the worship team at the Chi Alpha at Oregon State. He also is a coach to collar. A deputy transported the animal to pet rescue. core group leaders. -MCSO received a Dewees has served as a youth and worship min report o f a missing adult ister for several years and attended Global University in who was court ordered to Springfield, MO. Everyone is invited to attend. be at the residence. David Lungreen, 44, was noticed missing at 10 a.m. The sub ject was found and returned to the ranch. h e p p n e r X 0 8 T A X E FO O TBA LL E S T . l a s s • * * r i jjB B -MCSO received a *3 Iti it i » ; . « n i h « f i f t if c u r i l i * m H - report o f custodial interfer » • H S l i l V hl JfAîf 1 P I t# r tt? l u m i « s * u 1? M *A.s BUSI K i t # ft I? hi r « h t 4J III « ence in which the mother of 9 ? im » s i a ten v N tef 1! n r « l i a i 1 1 fu f***n*iuu M h! the children took the chil 1st V A '. M' 1 42 h t i m i t i * « i u y o H tiii H ii « u w fi h i M HI dren for a two day visitation ftA U (fcA SM ttt m li ? Ht «9W I F U t t f lì t l II* iiiiiiiF tu i U Iti 13 h t Hi i t t i * «UWS f i h* itM lfh iiU and will not return them. Ì t i h t n i m*j ? m u t « «P The parents worked it out I l i \tì tiJ ftttM ; li Iti *11131 b ' f t l l i «1*3 »¿ M I n tu UMfifeMtfcS l i h i between themselves. I l hi I'm . j -MCSO received a call from a reporter stating Dennis and Debbie Peck donated this new sign that shows how that he had been told not to well the Mustang football team has done since 1938. call a male subject but now the male subject was calling him. The reporter would like MCSO to tell the subject not to be calling either. -MCSO received a The next Fair Board meeting will be held Tuesday, call from a reporter stating September 4, at 6 p.m. at the Fair Office (fairgrounds). This that she had been assaulted has been changed because of Labor Day. by a male subject. -MCSO received a report o f a domestic in prog ress with an injured child. The child was taken to the hospital because of injury. It was unknown if the parties fighting were separated yet. The report was a Umatilla County case. -MCSO received a SOUPS STARTING request for the phone num TUESDAY, SEPT. 4TH! ber for Salinas, CA PD. The reporter wanted to report - Monday - some children left in a hot car. -M CSO and BPD received reports of juveniles trespassing in the barge slip at 40 mph. The juveniles were playing on a boat and leaving the area. The re porter requested telephone contact. Citations were is sued to one adult and one juvenile. -MCSO received a report o f two dogs m iss ing, a black lab and a male yellow lab. The reporter thought the dogs had pos sibly been stolen. -MCSO received a report o f a female subject headed down Highway 74 by the golf course. An off duty deputy was trying to get her to return home. The subject was escorted home. -MCSO received a report o f a silver car and a red car racing near the etha nol plant. MCSO was unable to locate the vehicles. -MCSO received a report of trespassers at the Thom pson Corrals at the end o f Balm Fork. The sub jects left and the reporter did not want contact. A deputy checked the area but was un able to locate the subjects. -MCSO received a report of a juvenile offering marijuana to the reporter’s children at the Irrigon Ma rina. -BPD picked up a white stray dog and trans ported it to the Hermiston Vet Clinic. -B P D a s s is te d M CSO locate a m issing male. -BPD received a re port o f a pit bull squaring off with a male. BPD was un able to locate the dog but the owner will look for it. The owner was given a warning that he would be cited next time. The owner’s son found the dog. Awana Bible Club starts up again on Thursday night, September 6 at Wil low Creek Baptist Church in H eppner. Awana w ill run from 6:30-8 p.m. most Thursday nights from Sep tember until early April. All area children in kindergarten through the sixth grade are invited to attend. Awana is one o f the largest non-denominational children's ministries in the w orld. C urrently Awana clubs are active in more than 110 countries, reach ing more than one million young people each week. The Willow Creek Baptist Aw ana Club is a joint com munity effort with leaders from at least four other area churches involved. Last year the club averaged about 50 kids in a tten d an ce each Christian Life Center to host speaker from OSU Football field boasts new sign Î?A7| «I Iti m i l 9$ |ilA ltA > •!.’ h ü IM lî ç y H '| *i » U .5 Fair Board meeting date set New Fall Items Arriving Daily! Cream oi Potato - Tuesday - Cheddar Broccoli - Wednesday - Clam Chowder - Thursday - Chicken and Dumplings • Friday - Cook’s Choice BACK TO SCHOOL SUPPLIES ON SALE! 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It was unknown if the fire was threatening anything. August 15: -MCSO received a call with the re porter stating that a female subject was intoxicated and he would like her to leave. Joshua Ray Dunn, 28, was cited for providing alcohol to a minor. Joleen Renee Pnkham, 19, was cited for minor in possession - al cohol. -MCSO received a report o f a stray dog. A deputy responded that this was the same dog he had been attempting to catch that morning but was unable to locate it. The deputy said he would keep trying. -MCSO received a report of three horses out in the middle of road just past Willow Creek Road. -MCSO received an animal complaint o f a cat on the reporter’s property and they would like it removed. It is unknown who the cat belongs to. Relay for life continued from page one ty NJROTC performing, and then all cancer survivors joined in a victory lap, be ing joined by team members on the next lap around. At any one time there can be around 400 to 500 people participating. 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At 7:02 p.m. Sheriff’s Office personnel arrived at the scene and determined that the shoot ing had stopped and the male subjects were off the roof. Two officers began an investigation to determine where the shots came from and who was responsible for the shots being fired. The in itial rep o rt identified a white male sub ject was shooting a rifle from the top o f his residence. The reporting party said the bul lets were bouncing off the ground near w here th eir children were playing. O fficers contacted two male juvenile subjects ages 14 and 15 and deter mined that the 14 year old male was shooting a .22 caliber rifle and had shot the neighbors house several times, shot a basketball back- board in the same neighbor’s yard several times, and had endangered two small chil dren that were playing in the yard where bullets had bounced off the ground near their location. In addition, both boys had been shooting at rabbits and quail in a field across the street. Two dead rabbits were found that had been placed in a different neighbor’s yard. The 15 year old was released to his par ents and the 14 year old was transported to The Dalles and lodged in NORCOR Youth Detention Facility. A follow up inves tigation was conducted and additional checks o f the neighborhood w ere co n ducted to determine if ad ditional damage was done to other home ow ners. No one was injured from the rifle fire and addi tional interviews are pend ing. C h arg es filed in clude: Reckless Endangering x2 (involving the children); C rim in al M isc h ie f F irst Degree x3 (shooting mail boxes, residence and basket ball backboard); Criminal M ischief III (throwing dead rabbits into a n eig h b o r’s yard); and Unlawful Use of a Firearm x8 (firing a total o f eight shots from the rifle in the direction o f children playing in the back yard). Senior Center Menu St. Patrick’s Parish will be serving lunch on Wednesday, September 5. 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