EIGHT - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon
Wednesday, February 17,2010
Annual Walk MS Heppner to be held
The annual Walk
MS 2010 will be held in
Heppner on April 17.
Walk MS Heppner
is a simple and incredibly
powerful way for the com
munity to come together
and support family, friends,
and co-workers affected
by MS. Every dollar raised
makes a difference in the
life of someone living w ith
MS.
The day will begin
with on-site registration at 8
a.m. at All Saints Episcopal
Church on 140 NW Church
St. in Heppner. The walk
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Pictured are participants from last year’s Walk MS Heppner. -Contributed Photo
istering online at www.
walkMSoregon.com, or by
phone at 1-800-344-4867.
Walkers may register at
any time, including the
day of the event. MS Walk
brochures with registration
information will be located
in local businesses.
For more infor
mation contact Co-Chair
Merilee McDowell at 541-
676-5238 or Joan Basile at
541-676-5832.
Sheriff’s Report
Spicer recognized as
“Outstanding Volunteer”
The Morrow Coun
ing, two shots within the
last five minutes were dis
charged within 150 yards of
her residence. She believed
it was hunters. A deputy
contacted the landown
ers and the hunters. The
hunters had permission to
hunt in the past, but did
not this year. The property
owner did not want to press
charges.
-MCSO received
report from a Boardman
Police officer that three
vehicles were lined up east
of the 1-84 exit on the east-
bound side of the freeway.
Dispatch could see them on
the Boardman traffic cam
era. The vehicles left before
a deputy could arrive.
-MCSO deputy ad
vised of a disabled vehicle
with no one around. He will
check on it later.
-MCSO received
report of a cooler, a pair of
Nikes taken from a campsite
on Tupper Butte. The caller
believed someone with the
forest service picked up
the items because the trash
in the camp fire was also
picked up.
-M CSO deputy
advised he was out with a
disabled vehicle with a flat
tire in lone.
-MCSO received
report of a fuel drive off in
Lexington.
-MCSO received
report of a vehicle driven
erratically on 1-84, Board-
man. MCSO deputies were
out on an injury motor vehi
cle accident in the south end
of the county so the caller
was transferred to OSP.
-MCSO received
report of animal neglect,
abuse. The animal was be
ing taken care of and has
food and water.
-M C S O , O SP,
Heppner Ambulance and
Heppner Fire Department
received report and re
sponded to a rollover motor
vehicle accident with an
injury on Hwy. 207-Echo/
Lexington Hwy, Lexington.
The patient was transported
to Pioneer Memorial Hos
pital.
-MCSO received
will begin at 9 a.m. at the
city park. After the walk,
people can return to the
church for a free pancake
meal and raffle.
Join the walk and
sign up today by pre-reg-
ty Sheriff’s Office reports
handling the following
business:
October 10: Mor
row County Sheriff’s Office
cited Frank Wood Gladden,
21, for Open Container.
He was lodged at Umatilla
County Jail on a Wallowa
County Warrant for Failure
to Appear/Fumishing Alco
hol to a Minor and Minor
in Possession. MCSO also
cited Dustin Michael Ti-
etze, 19, for MIP-Alcohol
and a 16-year-old male
juvenile.
-MCSO received
a request for traffic control
if possible for a funeral in
lone. A deputy responded.
-MCSO, Boardman
Police Department received
report from a Boardman
man that he woke up to find
his gate open and five hors
es, two bays, two bays and
a Shetland pony at large.
The subject was rounding
up his horses.
-MCSO cited Mar
tha Ruiz De Renteria, 43,
for Violation of the Basic
Rule, 82 mph in a 55 mph
zone. He was also warned
for Failure to Carry Proof
of Insurance and Failure to
Carry Registration.
-MCSO received
report from a Boardman
subject that she had been
hearing shots all morn-
Ann Spicer was recently awarded the Friends of the Hep
pner Library “Outstanding Volunteer” Award at the Feb
ruary 11 “Love Your Library” evening meeting. Spicer has
volunteered at the Heppner Library for over 20 years. She
has served on the Oregon Trail Library Board for 15 plus
years and was one of the original board members of the
Friends of the Heppner Library. -Contributed Photo
feteran’s Services
Hours: 9-12 am & 1-4 pm
First Thursday of each month
Gilliam Building, Heppner
Please call for Appointment
Phone 92 2 -6 4 2 0
Please leave a detailed message
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report of a drive off at the
Shell station in Heppner. A
deputy made contact with
OSP, who had the vehicle in
a traffic stop on Hwy. 207.
-M C S O c ite d
Wayne Lee Farrens, 63, for
Violation of the Basic Rule,
77 mph in a 55 mph zone
and Ginger Karen Farrens,
62, for VBR, 77/55.
-MCSO received
report of two dirt bikes
driving up and down the
canal in Boardman. Depu
ties responded and were
unable to locate any bikes
in the area.
-MCSO received
report of things stolen from
a residence in Irrigon while
the owner was gone. A
deputy responded and de
termined it was a civil issue
regarding property.
-M CSO deputy
made contact with a vehicle
in Heppner.
-MCSO deputy at
tempted contact with a ve
hicle, but the subjects were
on their boat in Irrigon.
-MCSO deputy re
ported he was with a vehicle
that placards had fallen over
in Irrigon.
-MCSO received
report that lights on the
auto side of the rest area
on 1-84 in Boardman were
not working. The truck side
lights were fine.
-MCSO received
report of a bunch of ju
veniles being rowdy and
walking around with beer.
A second caller advised he
had also heard that there
was going to be a party at
an Irrigon residence.
-MCSO cited Ar
mando Diaz Perez, 46, for
Driving While Suspended,
Failure to Carry Proof of
Insurance. The vehicle was
towed.
-Boardman Police
Department reported that
a BPD officer was flagged
down by a subject.
-BPD Officer re
ported he was on patrol
on foot at Sam Boardman
Elementary School.
-BPD received re
port of a subject permitting
unlawful operation of a
vehicle. The vehicle had a
cancelled insurance policy.
She was told to come back
when she had a licensed
driver and a valid insurance
policy and then she could
have the vehicle released.
-BPD received re
port from a subject that
three males came into the
Driftwood RV Park and
were walking around the
trailers. They left, but came
back several more times
during the night. The caller
said that when he tried to
contact them, they would
run. He requested extra
patrol.
-BPD code officer
reported he was going to
get a kitten that was sick
and pretty beat up.
-BPD arrested Ju-
vencio Agripino Quijas,
50, for Assault IV-Domestic
Felony. Bail was $7,500.
-Irrig o n Ambu-
lance received report from
an Irrigon subject that her
dad had been sick with a
cough and shaky through
out the day and requested
an ambulance.
O cto b er 11: Mor
row County Sheriff, Board-
man Police Department
received report of several
cows and possibly a bull in
the front yard of a Board-
man residence getting ready
to go into the road.
-MCSO received
report from a Heppner sub
ject that an unruly tenant
threatened him and was
trying to call him out for a
fight. He reported there was
a lot of noise and carrying
on at the location when he
first made contact around
midnight. There was also a
large dog in the room, but it
was unknown if there were
weapons.
-MCSO, Irrigon
Ambulance received report
of an 88-year-old subject
found on the floor of an Ir-
rigon residence with his left
arm underneath him and the
imprint of his hand on his
stomach and a large amount
of blood in his catheter. He
had pain in his abdomen
and it was unknown how
long he had been on the
floor. He was transported.
-MCSO received
report of illegal firewood
cutting on the Umatilla Na
tional Forest. The subjects
had no permit and returned
the second day in a red
dish colored pickup. The
subjects, two males and
one female, were blocking
the road and reluctant to
move.
-MCSO received
report from a man that he
hadn’t spoken to his kids
who live in Heppner in
three days and he wanted
a deputy to make sure they
were okay. He said it is in
the parenting plan that he
call to talk to them and they
have to notify each other
before they take the kids
out of the area and he was
concerned. A deputy made
contact and advised him
that the kids were okay.
-MCSO received
report of a mixed reed black
and white dog by the Lex
ington Baptist Church.
-MCSO received
report from a Heppner man
that the neighbor’s dog is
out again and he wanted
deputy contact.
-MCSO received
report of a fire south of
Wilson Lane in Boardman.
It was a controlled bum.
-MCSO received
report of a white car with
four or five males who got
out of the car and acted like
they were looking for some
thing. The caller requested a
deputy to patrol the area.
-M C S O c ite d
Adam Rodriguez Rosales
for Failure to Drive Within
Lane.
-MCSO deputy re
ported he was out with a ve
hicle at an Irrigon location.
The subject had permission
to be at the location and had
a key to the business.
-Boardman Police
Department received report
of a drive-off from a Board-
man station for $24.05 in
gas. The driver was last
seen traveling west on 1-84
in a new blue Honda.
-BPD received re
port of kids riding dirt bikes
in a field without helmets.
-BPD w arned a
subject for failure to obey
a traffic control device,
failure to use signal and
riding an electric motorized
scooter on a roadway.
-BPD received re
port of a house broken into
while the owner was gone
and items missing.
-BPD officer re
ported that while he was
out on another call, he was
advised of a criminal tres
pass.
-Boardman Fire
Department received report
of black smoke on the south
side of the freeway on 1-84
near Boardman.
-lone Fire Depart
ment received report of
black smoke in Irrigon.
The caller said someone
was out with the fire, but
the neighbor was concerned
that grass would catch on
fire and it would spread to
his residence. The fire chief
made contact and advised
it was a legal bum and that
wet weeds were putting off
the black smoke.
October
13:
-MCSO received a call
from a male who stated
that when he arrived home
from the hospital there were
four male subjects trying to
get into his vehicle and his
home. A deputy responded
but was unable to locate
anyone or any evidence of
anyone. BPD assisted.
-MCSO received
a call stating that a male
subject in lone was yelling.
cussing, and challenging
him to a fight. The caller
stated that the subject had a
deer rifle but did not point it
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