TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, January 16, 2008
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Morrow County School District
earns highest level on audit report
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-approved a coop
erative sponsorship for girls’
softball between Heppner
High School and Riverside
High School. HHS had pre
viously joined in a sponsor
ship with lone, but this year
not enough people have
indicated that they want to
play. HHS Principal Daye
Stone and RHS Principal
D irk D irk sen , how ever,
noted that that if HHS joins
with RHS for the softball
program, RHS athletics may
be upped to a 4A program.
“It would give us too many
students,” said Dirksen. “It
w ould kick us into 4A .”
According to OSAA regula
tions, total school popula
tions must be considered.
However, the two principals
are hoping that OSAA may
make special considerations
for the situation.
-viewed a demon
stration o f the new docu
m ent cam eras th at have
been placed in classrooms
district-wide. Heppner Ele
mentary teachers Molly Rill
and Mary Haguewood and
their students demonstrated
the equipment.
- a c c e p t e d th e
2006-07 audit.
-learned from Bur
rows that the district is in
compliance with the state
standards for elem entary
and secondary schools.
-approved the ap
pointment o f Monica G il
bertson to the Boardm an
C o m m u n ity E d u c a tio n
Committee.
-approved a field trip
request from HHS technol
ogy teacher Dave Fowler
to take students to Orlando,
Florida, for a technology
student association confer
ence this summer.
-re c e iv e d sp ecial
recognition from teachers,
students and the district in
commemoration o f school
board recognition month.
-accepted resigna
tion from: John Parrish,
Irrigon High School, junior
high head wrestling coach.
-approved employ
ment for: Cristina Hender-
gart, Irrigon Elem entary
School, special ed one-on-
one assistant, replacing Kim
M arlow ; B onnie M oore,
ACH special ed one-on-one
assistan t, rep lacin g Kim
Iveson; and Minerva DeLo-
era, RHS English Language
Learner education assistant,
replacing Rose Norwood.
-approved extra duty
contracts for: Carma Berry,
1HS jun io r high assistant
girls’ basketball coach, re
placing Tara Thomas; Brian
Cook, IHS junior high head
wrestling coach, replacing
John Parrish.
-heard the follow
ing announcements: M ar
tin Luther King holiday,
Monday, January 21; work
session, Thursday, January
24, 5:30 p.m., district of
fice, Lexington; next board
meeting, next regular meet
ing, Monday, February 11 at
RHS (may include a work
session).
Children find body while
walking home from school
On D ecem ber 18,
2007 at approximately 3:54
p.m ., the C ity o f Board-
man P olice D ep artm en t
was notified by a local par
ent o f children reporting a
man hanging from a tree.
The report indicated the
children had been walking
home from school when
they discovered the man
who had appeared to have
hung himself.
A Boardman Officer
and detective responded to
the location given. Upon
their arrival the police locat
ed a middle aged man with
nylon strap tied around his
neck, the other end was tied
to an over hanging branch
o f a tree. Morrow County’s
Certified Medicolegal Death
Investigator, U ndersheriff
Steven M yren was called
to the scene to perform the
death investigation.
During the investi
gation, the man was identi
fied as Mr. Nazaria Gallago-
B ocanegro, 44, who had
Boardman raises transient room tax
been in Boardm an on an
extended visit of family. Mr.
Gallago-Bocanegro was vis
iting from the state o f Ohio
where he resided.
After concluding the
investigation U ndersheriff
Myron and the Boardman
Police D epartm ent deter
mined that Mr. Gallago-Bo
canegro had recently grown
despondent and distant from
family and friends. Fam
ily reported last seeing him
alive the night before.
A hand written let
ter was found on his person
which family identified as in
his hand writing. In the note
Mr. G a lla g o -B o c a n e g ro
talked o f his sadness and his
intentions to end his life.
Mr. G a lla g o - B o
canegro was bom in Mex
ico; he leaves behind two
children living in Ohio and
family living in Boardman.
His remains were sent to his
place o f birth in Mexico,
returned by family.
Town and Country
Banquet to be held
this Thursday
Senior Center Menu
Willow Creek Baptist Church members will be
serving lunch on Wednesday, January 23. The menu will
include oven fried chicken with commeal crust, mashed
potatoes and gravy, green beans, combread, fruit, and
Jell-O parfait.______________________________________
see Boardman as a tourism
town and says the tax puts a
burden on the lodging own
ers instead o f the customer.
Bob Okeson of River Lodge
and Grill in Boardman sup
ports the increase to assist
the Chamber in promoting
Boardman tourism.
In other City busi
ness, councilors ratified the
police union’s contract and
appointed Kevin Gilbertson
and Jerry Johnson to the
C ity P lan n in g C o m m is
sion, and re-appointed Scott
Martin to the City Planning
Commission for three year
terms.
The next meeting of
the Boardman City Council
will be Tuesday, January
22, at 7 p.m. at Boardman
City Hall.
Sorey, Miller plan wedding
Corey Miller and Jill Sorey
The Heppner Chamber o f Commerce will hold
their annual Town and Country Banquet on Thursday,
January 17, at 6 p.m. at the Elks Club. This year’s theme
is “Celebrating Small Time Life” and is sponsored by
Century Tel.
Prime rib will be served for dinner and tickets
are $25 per person. Tickets can be purchased at BEO,
M urray’s, Heppner City Hall, and Heppner Chamber of
Commerce.
Award categories for this year are Woman of the
Year, Man o f the Year, Citizen-Educator of the Year, Youth
Recognition, Business o f the Year, and Lifetime Achieve
ment. / ii . i i i
Dinner will be prepared by the Elks Club and
served by the Heppner High School Senior Class. The
Heppner Garden Club will be providing the decorations.
Jewelry has been donated by Peterson’s Jewelers.
Bob and Tricia Sorey o f Helix are pleased to an
nounce the engagement o f their daughter, Jill Sorey, to
Corey Miller, son o f Mark and Shanny Miller o f Hep
pner.
Jill is a 2002 graduate o f Griswold (Helix) High
School. She attended Eastern Oregon University where
she earned a Bachelors degree in business in 2006 and a
Masters degree in teacher education in 2007. She is cur
rently a teacher at Stanfield Secondary School.
Corey is a 2000 graduate of Heppner High School.
He also attended Eastern Oregon University where he
earned a Bachelors degree in agriculture business and a
minor in crop science in 2004. He is currently a farmer in
the Morrow County area.
An October 18,2008 wedding is being planned and
will take place at Our Lady of Angels Catholic Church in
Hermiston.
Birth Announcement
SWCD and MCLG to
hold annual meetings
The Morrow County Soil and Water Conservation
District and Livestock Growers will have their annual
meeting and joint program on Thursday, January 17, at
the Heppner Elk’s Lodge.
The SWCD regular monthly meeting will begin at
10 a.m. A hosted lunch will be held from 12-1 p.m. A joint
program will be held at 1 p.m. The SWCD and MCLG
annual meetings will be held at 3:30 p.m.
Table displays include: FFA, Willow Creek Weed
M anagem ent Area, Oregon D epartm ent o f Forestry,
Cattleman’s Beef Marketing, OSU Extension/4-H, Wheat
League, Wheatland Insurance, Natural Resource Conserva
tion Service, and Soil and Water Conservation District.
DA’s Report
M o rro w C o u n ty
District Attorney Elizabeth
Ballard has released the fol
lowing report:
-Luis A lberto N a
varro, 19, was convicted of
Theft in the Second Degree,
a C lass A m isd em ean o r
and was sentenced to 180
days in jail with 180 days
suspended, 24 month bench
probation, and complete 40
hours o f com m unity ser
vice. The subject was also
convicted o f Conspiracy to
Commit a Class A Misde
meanor - Theft I, a Class
A misdem eanor, and was
sentenced to 180 days in jail
with 180 days suspended,
24 month bench probation,
and complete 40 hours o f
com m unity service. The
Justice Court
Morrow County Justice Court Judge Charlotte
Gray has released the following report:
-Aaron Myles Vangorder, 16, Boardman, Violating
the Speed Limit by going 38 mph in a 25 mph zone; No
Operator’s License “out of provision”, $298 fine.
-Donald O. Addington, 46, Hermiston, Careless
Driving MVA; Dangerous Left Turn, $185 fine.
-Cathleen M. McCabe, 46, lone, Violation o f the
Basic Rule by going 85 mph in a 55 mph zone, $185
fine.
Tuesday, at the re
quest o f the C ham ber o f
Commerce, the Boardman
City Council voted to raise
the City’s transient tax rate
to 5%. T his is up from
the 3% rate set two years
ago. Boardman’s Transient
Room Tax Ordinance states
the Council can only set or
change the rate o f tax in
January to be effective the
following July 1. The Cham
ber o f Commerce feels the
increase is needed to fund
beautification projects and
for advertising to promote
tourism in Boardman.
Some lodging own
ers were in attendance to
speak on the subject. Jim
K irker o f the B oardm an
Econolodge was not in favor
o f the increase. He does not
Kacelynn Grace Borg - Kendall and Borg o f
Clovis, NM announce the birth o f their daughter, Kacelynn
Grace Borg, on May 21, 2007.
She is the granddaughter o f Jeffery and Deena
Borg o f Lubbock, TX and Joe and Sarah Struthers o f
Clovis, NM. She is the first great-grandchild o f Carl and
Geri Martin o f Heppner and Edna Struthers Wilson o f
Hermiston.
Joe grew up in Heppner, the son of Edna and the
late Maynard Struthers. He left Heppner in 1983 with his
bride, Sarah Martin, and made a career in the U. S. Air
Force, retiring recently in Clovis. Aubry is their oldest
daughter.
At the MCGG GREEN FEED STORE in Heppner:
L illy M ille r
Ultra Green Fall & Winter Lawn Food
20 lb. bag Reg $ 10 .99 SALE $8.99
Morrow County Grain Growers Green Feed & Seed
242 W. Linden Way, Heppner • 676-9422 • 989-8221 (MCGG main office)
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subject was ordered to pay
$2,806 in fines, fees, and
assessments.
-C arlos M ontoya,
20, was convicted o f Theft
in the Second D egree, a
Class A misdemeanor and
was sentenced to 180 days in
jail with 180 days suspend
ed, two year bench proba
tion, and complete 40 hours
of community service. The
subject was also convicted
of Initiating a False Report,
a Class C misdemeanor and
was sentenced to 15 days in
jail with 15 days suspended,
2 year bench probation, and
complete 40 hours o f com
munity service. The subject
was ordered to pay $2,806
in fines, fees and assess
ments.
-R afael Escobedo
Munoz, 50 was convicted
o f Harassment, a Class B
misdemeanor and was sen
tenced to 90 days in jail
with 90 days suspended,
12 month bench probation,
complete 20 hours o f com
m unity service, and pay
$608 in fines, fees and as
sessments.