Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, September 23,2009 - FIVE
Local woman receives certificate
from First Lady’s brother
John Edmundson presents Merilee McDowell with certificate
from Craig Robinson head coach of OSI) Beaver basketball
team. Photo by David Sykes
M erilee M cD ow
ell received a surprise last
week when she was pre
sented w ith a certificate of
achievem ent from Craig
Robinson head coach o f
the Oregon State Beavers
basketball team. Robinson
is the brother o f First Lady
Michelle Obama.
The certificate was
requested from Robinson
by John E dm undson o f
Heppner, who works on the
annual MS Walk. McDow-
Heppner High School
Football Schedule
lone High School
Football Schedule
Sept. 25 - at Elgin, 7 p.m.
Oct. 2 - Stanfield at Home (Homecoming), 7 p.m.
Oct. 9 - at Union, 7 p.m.
Oct. 16 - Pilot Rock at Home, 7 p.m.
Oct. 23 - Irrigon at Home, 7 p.m.
Oct. 30 - Weston McEwen at Athena, 7 p.m.
Nov. 6 - Enterprise at Heppner, 7 p.m.
Sept. 25 - at Dufur, 7 p.m.
Oct. 2 - at Condon, 7 p.m.
Oct. 8 - South Wasco at lone, 7 p.m.
Oct. 16 - Arlington at lone, 7 p.m.
Oct. 23 - Nixyaawii at lone, 7 p.m.
Oct. 30 - Echo at lone, 7 p.m.
Nov. 6 - Sherman at Moro, 7 p.m.
Heppner Jr. High Football/
Volleyball Schedule
lone Middle School Volleyball
and Football Schedule
Sept. 25 - at Mount Vernon, noon
Sept. 26 - Heppner Tourney, TBA
Oct. 2 - Weston at Home, 3 p.m.
Oct. 9 - at Irrigon, 3 p.m.
Oct. 16 - Stanfield at home, 3 p.m.
Oct. 23 - Umatilla at home, noon
Oct. 24 7"' grade tourney at home, 9 a. m
Oct. 24 - 8'h grade tourney, TBA
Games in italics are volleyball only
Sept. 25 - (VB/FB) at Dufur, 2 p.m.
Sept. 26 - Heppner Tourney (VB) at Heppner, 9 a.m.
Oct. 2 - (VB/FB) at Condon, 2 p.m.
Oct. 3 - Arlington Tourney (VB) at Arlington, 9 a.m.
Oct. 8 — South Wasco (VB/FB) at lone, 2 p.m.
Oct. 10 - Echo Tourney (VB) at Echo, 9 a.m.
Oct. 16 - Arlington (VB/FB) at lone, 2 p.m.
Oct. 17 - Sherman Co. Tourney (VB) at Moro, 9 a.m.
Oct. 22 - Echo (FB) at lone, 6 p.m.
ell has MS and along with
many others works hard to
put on the annual walk.
T he c e rtific a te
said: “This award goes to
Merilee McDowell for her
and district assessm ents:
spirit and leadership for the
Reading: all students read-
Heppner Multiple Sclerosis
ing at or above grade level
Walk 1999-2009 w ith best
in grades K.-8; W riting:
wishes from Oregon State
increase students in grades
B a sk e tb a ll head C oach
6-12 meeting benchmark by
Craig Robinson.”
10 percent; Math: increase
The certificate also
number o f students meeting
included a photo o f the
standard by 10 percent; Sci-
coach.
ence: increase number o f
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IONESCHOOL
HHS Volleyball Schedule
Sheriff's Report
Sept. 24 - at Irrigon (A/B/C), 6 p.m.
Sept. 26 - 4-way Union/Ent. at Union (A), noon.
Oct. 1 - Pilot Rock at Home (A/B/C), 6 p.m.
Oct. 3 - JV/C Tourney at home, 9 a.m.
Oct. 3 - 4-way Elgin/WM at home (A/B), noon
Oct. 5 - Arlington at home(C), 5 p.m.
Oct. 8 - at Stanfield (A/B/C), 6 p.m.
Oct. 15 - Irrigon at home (A/B/C), 6 p.m.
Oct. 17 - 4-way Union/Ent. at Stanfield (A/B/C), noon
Oct. 22 - at Pilot Rock (A/B/C), 6 p.m.
Oct. 24 - 4-way WM/Elgin at Elgin (A), noon
Oct. 27 - Stanfield at home (A/B/C), 6 p.m.
The Morrow County
Sheriff's Office reports han
dling the following busi
ness:
June 25: Morrow
C ounty S h e riff’s O ffice
received report o f suspi
cious circumstances at the
Bank o f Eastern Oregon in
Irrigon. A deputy advised
everything was okay.
-M C SO a rre ste d
Rey Pimentel Rodriguez,
24, on an Irrigon Justice
C ourt w arrant and local
charges. He was lodged at
Norcor with $6,000 bail.
-MCSO received a
report o f a boat taking on
w ater and the m otor and
bilge quit in rough water.
-M CSO received
report o f a suspicious per
son selling vacuums door
to door. The person had a
lone Volleyball Schedule
Sept. 25 - (V/JV) in Dufur, 4:30 p.m.
Sept. 26 - Echo (V/JV) at home, noon.
Sept. 29 - Riverside (V/JV) at home, 5 p.m.
Oct. 1 - (V/JV) in Helix, 5:30 p.m.
Oct. 2 - (V/JV) in Condon, 4:30 p.m.
Oct. 8 - South Wasco County (V/JV) at home, 4:30
p.m.
Oct. 13 - Helix (V/JV) at home, 5:30 p.m.
Oct. 16 - Arlington (V/JV) at home, 4:30 p.m.
Oct. 17 - (V/JV) in Echo, 1 p.m.
Oct. 24 - Dufur Tournament (V) in Dufur, 9 a.m.
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students meeting standard
by 10 percent in grades 5,
8 and 10.
2. Im prove corn-
m unication district wide
with the staff and the com-
munity: M aintaining and
updating district website;
Increase usage o f local
m edia; Provide more op
portu n ities for sta ff and
community feedback.
3. Im prove s ta ff
morale: Survey district cul
ture; Increase recognition
o f staff m em bers; Board
m em ber involvem ent in
staff events, school visits
and appreciation opportu
nities.
4. Complete a suc
cessful charter evaluation
and renewal process.
The board also held
an executive meeting to dis
cuss discipline of a public
official.
temporary peddler’s license
in Heppner.
-M C SO received
report o f a dark-colored
SUV running trucks off the
road on 1-84 near Board-
man. The vehicle had a lot
o f stuff in it, so mirrors may
have been blocked.
-M C SO received
rep o rt th a t a P en d leto n
woman lost her purse some
where between the Board-
man rest area and exit 147.
A deputy was unable to
locate anything.
-M C SO received
report that H illsboro Po
lice D epartm ent arrested
Patrick Charles Donahue,
45, on a Hillsboro Police
Department for Failure to
Appear/Unauthorized Use
o f a Vehicle and DUII. He
was lodged at Washington
County Jail with $20,000
bail.
-M C S O , B oard-
m an P olice D epartm ent
received report o f an au
dible alarm at the Riverside
High School computer lab.
MCSO and Boardman Po
lice Department responded.
It was determined to be an
ESD employee who set the
alarm off.
-M CSO received
report from the m anager
of a mobile home park that
she had heard that a small
child in the park was taken
by some teenage boys. She
said she heard that the boys
were arrested, but wondered
why she was not contacted.
MCSO had no record o f
such an incident.
-M C SO received
request for cover from the
U m atilla Police D epart
ment concerning a woman
in Umatilla who said she
and her boyfriend had been
fighting. The call was can
celled w hile M CSO was
en route.
-M CSO received
re p o rt from an Irrig o n
woman that her neighbor
w as yelling at her regarding
her dog.
-MCSO cited Apo
linar Munoz Gutierrez, 33,
for Driving While Suspend
ed-violation.
-M C SO received
report from a deputy who
was out with a suspicious
vehicle. It turned out that
the subject was taking pic
tures of the sunset.
-M CSO received
request for cover from the
U m atilla P olice D ep art
ment that six males were
threatening to fight with a
gun possibly involved.
-Boardman Police
Department received report
that a male subject was be
ing disruptive. The subject
was just out o f his medica
tion and was trying to get
a refill.
-B o a rd m a n F ire
Dept, received report o f
a subject burning, but not
tending the fire and the fire
was creeping through the
underbrush. The subject
was spoken to.
June 26: Morrow
C ounty S h e riff’s O ffice
received report of a drunken
subject.
-M C SO received
re p o rt from an Irrig o n
woman who said she had
received a call from her
daughter who was stay
ing with her father who
w as highly in to x icated ,
screaming and being bel
ligerent. Several deputies
responded.
-M CSO received
report from an Irrigon sub
jec t who said a dog had
gotten into her yard and
dug a hole.
-M CSO received
re p o rt from a H eppner
wom an that her brother-
in-law , who is on blood
pressure m edication, was
so dizzy that he could not
stand up.
-M CSO received
report from a Boardm an
subject that he had another
subject trespassed from his
property and he would like
to take the trespass off.
-M CSO received
report o f approximately 20
goats in the road on Tom’s
Cam p and Wilson Rd. in
Boardman.
-MCSO, Boardman
Police Department, Board-
man Am bulance received
report o f an elderly female
who was very confused in
Boardman. She was trans
ported to Good Shepherd
Hospital.
-M C SO received
report o f vandalism at the
Irrigon Marina Park.
-M C SO received
the report o f m ales, one
w ith a long scar on his
face, checking around the
vehicles on R iverside in
Heppner.
-M CSO received
report o f a white low-rider
with tinted windows that
almost hit the reporter head
on.
-M C SO a rre ste d
Robert Jam es G ates, 51,
on two counts o f Menacing
and Assault IV-Domestic
Violence. He was lodged at
Umatilla County Jail with
$24,000 bail.
-Boardman Police
Department received a re
port of suspicious items left
at a bench in Boardman.
The bag contained a pair of
jeans, shirts, a pair of sweat
pants and a set o f keys.
-BPD received re
port from a w om an that
she had swerved to miss a
cat and hit the w alking path
fence on Wilson/Anderson
roads.
-BPD received re
port from a Boardman sub
ject that her 14 and 16-year-
olds were fighting. She said
she would like an officer to
respond as they have been
getting physical.
-BPD officer re
ported he w as out w ith
renters to advise them to cut
their weeds.
-BPD received re
quest for an officer concern
ing drug activity. Officer
was unable to locate any
vehicle in the area.
-BPD received re
port of a lot of noise from a
residence.
-H eppner A m bu
lance received report o f a
subject with diabetic prob
lems past Cutsforth Park.
June 27: M CSO
received report that a ju
venile m ale was driving
around town in Heppner
in a red Ford pickup w ith a
canopy confronting females
and making rude comments
to them.
-MCSO, Boardman
Police Department received
report of a domestic dispute
between a male and female
that had gotten physical in
Irrigon. MCSO and OSP
assisted, but the call was
unfounded.
-MCSO received a
request for extra patrol at
Threem ile Rd. in Board-
man for activities that the
caller said needed to be
monitored.
-M CSO received
report that Jill Renee Chris
tian, 41, was arrested by
Cottage Grove Police De
partm ent on and Irrigon
Justice Court warrant for
Failure to Pay Fine/Negoti-
ating a Bad Check. She w as
lodged at Lane County Jail
with $486 bail.
-M CSO, Heppner
Ambulance received report
o f tw o subjects down in
Heppner due to intoxication
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