TWO • Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, September 12, 2007
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DA’s Report
Morrow County District Attorney Elizabeth Bal
lard has released the following report:
-Ruben Villa-Arias, 38, was convicted ofCriminal
Trespass in the First Degree, a class A misdemeanor, and
was sentenced to 90 days in jail with 45 days suspended,
two year bench probation, comply with other numerous
conditions, and pay $413 in fines, fees and assessments.
-Joshua Kent, 20, was convicted ofCriminal Mis
chief in the Second Degree, a class A misdemeanor, and
was sentenced to 180 days in jail w ith 180 days suspended,
one year bench probation, complete 40 hours of community
service, comply w ith numerous other conditions, and pay
$793 in fines, fees, and assessments.
-David Lee Bowles, 29, was convicted o f Burglary
in the Second Degree, a class C felony, and was sentenced
to 18 months supervised probation, subject to 90 sanc
tion units with 30 jail units, comply with other numerous
conditions, and pay $528 in fines, fees, and assessments.
Bow les was also convicted of Assault in the Fourth Degree,
a class A misdemeanor, and w as sentenced to 180 days in
jail w ith 180 days suspended, 24 months bench probations,
comply with other numerous conditions, and pay $958 in
fines, fees, and assessments.
-Marlen Andrea Spaulding, 27, was convicted o f
Menacing, a class A misdemeanor, and was sentenced
to 180 days in jail with 173 days suspended, 24 months
bench probation, complete 40 hours of community service,
comply w ith other numerous conditions, and pay $913 in
fines, fees, and assessments.
-Jody Lynn Lemon, 29, was convicted o f Flarass-
ment, a class B misdemeanor, and was sentenced to 90 days
in jail w ith 45 days suspended, one year bench probation,
complete 20 hours o f community service, comply with
other numerous conditions, and pay $888 in fines, fees
and assessments.
-David Escareno-Ramirez, 24, was convicted of
Criminal Mischief in the Second Degree, a class A mis
demeanor, and was sentenced to 180 days in jail with 170
days suspended, two years bench probation, complete 40
hours of community service, comply w ith numerous other
conditions, and pay $363 in fines, fees, and assessments.
-Gustavo Lopez-Dominguez was convicted o f
Unlawful Possession o f Methamphetamine, a class C
misdemeanor, and was sentenced to 80 hours o f com
munity sen ice, 18 months formal probation, 90/30 sanc
tion units, complete a drug package, comply with other
numerous conditions, and pay $1533 in fines, fees, and
assessments.
Senior Center Menu and News
Nazarene Church and Seventh Day Adventist
Church members will be serving lunch on Wednesday,
September 19. The menu includes roast pork, whipped
potatoes w ith gravy, buttered peas, coleslaw, whole wheat
rolls, and ice cream.
Also, as o f September 1, all St. Patrick's Senior Center
Apartments have been rented.
BURNING
BAN
The Burn Ban for the City of Heppner
will no longer be in effect beginning
Tuesday, September 4, 2007.
A 5-day buring permit is required
for all open (out of container) fires
and may be purchased for $1.00
at Heppner City Hall, 111 N. Main St.
Rusty Estes, Fire Chief
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Letters to the Editor ~
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Find common ground and a solution that will benefit all
To the editor:
I have watched, with interest, the debate on the tippage fee subject. After meet
ing several times in 2006, in November, w ith virtually no public input, the Cities group
proposed basically a 90/10 city/county split ot the revenue.
At a meeting in the spring o f 2007, 1 believe, the court and cities had a public
meeting with some public input. The results o f the meeting were an indication from the
county court that the proposal wasn’t workable but they w eren’t averse to discussing
the tippage fee disbursement process “some time in the future".
Since the “some time in the future’’ didn’t come, the Cities group has moved
forward and is attempting to get a 75/25 city/county split on the ballot in 2008.
My personal opinion is that the ballot measure may not pass and the Cities will
be the big losers. If the ballot measure passes, the county will be the big loser. In either
case, animosity grows and some segment o f our county is irreparably harmed.
Wouldn’t a better approach be for the two groups to have a series o f work ses
sions to hammer out a compromise that doesn't give almost everything to one group
or the other but develops a strategy or system that fairly distributes the funds and has
a long enough implementation phase in period to allow governments to adjust to the
changes.
Please consider getting together immediately to find common ground and a solu
tion that benefits all the citizens o f the county.
George Koffler
Heppner
A wonderful trip to the OHV park
To the editor:
I just wanted to say we had a wonderful trip to the Morrow County Parks OHV
Parks. We planned a family reunion up there for the end o f July and had such an amaz
ing time. The park is amazing. Even after what seemed like endless days o f riding, we
never saw all the different trails. Our group ranged from 1 -90 year old and we all enjoyed
ourselves entirely too much. We spent the days either playing in the camp riding area
or crawling your black mountain rides. It was awesome.
Compliments to your staff, from the camp hosts to the wonderful snack shack.
We loved all the extra attention to detail whether it was just late night help w ith trying to
use the cell booster, the UPS drop off for broken quad parts or the education in different
rocks. Anything that was needed, they were there in an instant with smiling faces and
ready to face anything we threw their way. The trip was an experience we will never
forget and it is such a neat part o f Oregon that you have not chosen to shut down all the
OHV parks. We find it so hard to enjoy California because they have either shut down
or are shutting down nearly every place to ride. We loved being able to come up there
and enjoy your park. The evenings watching stars yet the days having fun. From the
Montana family crew and the California family crew, it was 100 percent vote that we
would and we will be back.
Laurie Plummer
California
The reward for good works is the opportunity to do more
To the editor:
As 1 drove into town recently I saw Eve Ironhawk from the Heppner Garden Club
tending the plantings at the landscaped island next to the 1903 Flood Memorial Park.
On in town at the mini-park next to the post office and all through Heppner 1 was
impressed with how nice our community looks, thanks to the Garden Club and many
other community members.
As the saying goes, “The reward for good works is the opportunity to do more."
So, 1 would like to encourage everyone to continue pitching in and helping Heppner to
keep looking good.
John Edmundson
Heppner
MC Health
Department
confirms Noro-
virus outbreak
The Morrow County
Health Department has con
firmed that Norovirus was
the cause o f an outbreak o f
gastrointestinal illness that
swept through the Willow
Creek Valley Assisted Liv
ing Facility last month.
The outbreak that
affected a large percentage
o f staff as well as residents
appears to have been iso
lated to the facility, thanks to
decisions to temporarily ban
outside visitors and restrict
residents travel from the
facility until risk o f further
transmission o f the illness
had passed.
According to public
health department Director
Sheree Smith, WCVAL and
Pioneer Memorial Hospital
staff which assisted with
care o f re sid en ts at one
point due to the number o f
ill assisted living staff, did
an excellent job o f taking
strict isolation precautions.
This prevented spread o f the
Norovirus to PMH staff and
hospital.
A c co rd in g to the
CDC, alcohol based hand
sanitizer appears to be the
best agent to use in regard to
bacteria, fungi and viruses.
For more inform a
tion about Norovirus visit
the CDC website at www.
cdc.gov or call Morrow'
County Health Department
at 676-5421.
Heppner Booster
Club to meet
The Heppner Boost
er Club will meet September
12 at 7 p.m. in the Home Ec
Room at the high school.
HES September
calendar
Saturday, Sept. 22
- Colt football gymboree
at 9 a.m.
Monday, Sept. 24 -
Open House from 6-7 p.m.
School district ratifies MCEA, OSEA contracts
-Continued from page one
nated Rita V anSchoiack.
-heard the follow ing
enrollment report as o f Sep
tember 10: A.C. Houghton
Elementary in Irrigon has
356 students in grades pre
kindergarten through fourth
grade; Irrigon Elementary
School has 129 students in
grades five-six; Sam Board-
man Elem entary has 352
students in grades kinder
garten through third grade;
Windy River Elem entary
in Boardman has 232 stu
dents in grades four through
six; Heppner Elem entary
School has 189 students in
kindergarten through sixth
grade; Irrigon Jr./Sr. High
School has 330 students in
sixth through I2,h grades;
Heppner Jr./Sr. High School
has 232 students in sev
enth through 12th grades;
and Riverside Jr./Sr. High
School in Boardman has 413
students in seventh through
12th grades; total d istrict
enrollm ent is 2272. B ur
rows said he expects a gain
o f around 10-20 students
district-wide over last year.
B urrow s said that
the opening o f school was
one o f the sm oothest ex
perienced, especially con
sidering the rapid recovery
efforts made after the fire at
Sam Boardman Elementary
this summer. He said SBE
opened on time with only
a few minor problems and
congratulated the SBE staff
for their efforts.
-view ed a p resen
tatio n by H eppner High
School teacher Larry Palmer,
who demonstrated technical
ad v an ces, the docum ent
cam era and test recogni
tion software in particular,
which will facilitate teach
ing. Burrows said that not
all teachers will receive the
equipment, but rather must
apply to the district through
a grant-like procedure to
have the new technology in
their classrooms.
-a p p ro v e d a tw o-
percent raise for elementary
adm inistrators and a two-
and-a-half percent raise for
secondary administrators in
lieu o f a proposed plan to
implement performance pay
for administrators. Perfor
mance pay compensation,
to be determined by testing
results which were not avail
able, will be implemented
next year, said Burrows.
-accepted the fo l
lowing resignations: Elvia
Ayala, SBE English lan
guage learner assistant/food
service clerical assistant;
Jaci Hughes, Heppner Ju
nior High volleyball coach;
Dawn Dyer, Irrigon High
School tennis coach/Irri-
gon Junior High volleyball
coach.
-approved the fol
lowing employment: Cody
Booth, IHS Spanish teach
er; Rick Bruhn, Boardman
schools facilities coordina
tor, replacing G ary Gos-
vener; Mavis Edwards, I ES
assistant cook, replacing
Leah Wagg; Faye Zimmer
man, ACH assistant cook,
replacing Ruth Sullivan;
Bonnie Matlack, SBE assis
tant cook, replacing Shirley
Donovan; Patricia Brown,
RHS assistant cook, replac
ing Gloria Cornwell; Dawn
Mills, ACH halftime special
ed one-on-one assistan t;
Amy Butkis, IHS Title Ic
migrant ed assistant.
-approved the fol
lowing extra duty contracts:
Betsy Shane, RHS DART
coordinator; Lea Mathieu,
RHS Talented and Gifted
program coordinator; Paula
Cavaness, IHS TAG coor
dinator; Clair Costello, RJll
head football coach; Wendy
Cannin, HJH head volley
ball coach.
-heard the follow ing
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an n o u n cem en ts: O regon
School Boards Association
regional m eeting, Oct. 4,
Blue Mountain Community
College; next board meeting,
Monday, October 8, SBE, 7
p.m.; OSBA state conven
tions, November 8-11.
Citizen warns of
fraudulent calls
The H eppner G a
z e tte -T im e s re c e iv e d a
phone call from a citizen
who wanted to inform the
public o f fraudulent calls
that she had received. The
citizen stated that the caller
ID read Madriz and when
answ ered, the call was a
recording stating that a war
ranty was alm ost up and
that the call needed to be
returned to a warranty spe
cialist im m ediately. The
citizen informed the Hep
pner Gazette-Times that she
had checked with authorities
and they informed her to
call her new spaper to spread
the word o f the fraudulent
calls.
Christian Men’s
Breakfast to be
held
The Christian Men’s
Breakfast will be held at the
Church o f the Nazarene at
8 a.m. on Sunday, Septem
ber 16. All men and their
children are w elcom e to
attend.