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Eugene, O R 9 7 4 0 3
Governor Kulon-
goski announced the ap
pointment o f Justin Nel
son as the Morrow County
District Attorney, effective
July 6. Nelson was elected
as Morrow County District
Attorney in the May pri
mary, but his term is not
scheduled to begin until
January 2011.
The office of Mor-
ro w C o u n ty
District Attor
ney has been
vacant since the
resignation of
former District
Attorney Eliza
beth Ballard in
M arch. Since
that time, the
Oregon Depart
ment of Justice
has fulfilled the
duties of the of
fice at the gov
ern o r’s direc
tion.
N e 1 -
son previous
ly served as a
deputy district
Justin Nelson (right) was sworn into office as Morrow Counts District At
a tto r n e y fo r torney by Morrow County Clerk Bobbi Childers (left) on Tuesday, July 6,
th e U m a tilla in the Morrow County Courthouse. Photo by Autumn Morgan
County District
A tto rn ey . He
enee degree from Oregon Doctorate from Willamette
earned a bachelor’s of sci- State University and a Juris University School of Law.
Corrections officer arrested for assault and sex crimes
VOL. 129
NO. 26
6 Pages
Wednesday, July 7, 2010
Morrow County, Heppner, Oregon
Heppner students compete at OHSRA Finals
The Intermountain
High School Rodeo Team
secured its place in Oregon
High School Rodeo at the
state finals held June 17-19
in Prineville. Both boy’s
and girl’s teams won dual
titles for the third time in
four years. The team is
made up of students from
Umatilla and Morrow coun
ties. Representing Heppner
at the finals were Taighler
Dougherty, Willy Gentry
and Devin Robinson.
Devin R obinson
won an individual title in
tie down roping and Herm-
iston’s Jade Crossley won
the barrel racing. Robinson
won Round 1 in a time of
10.69 seconds and was
second in Round 2 in 11.29
seconds to win the average.
The top ten advanced to
the final round where he
placed third. Crossley of
Hermiston and Koty Kamm
of Stanfield took home all
around titles. The top four
in each event at the end of
the season qualify for the
62nd National High School
Finals which runs July 18-
24 in Gillette, WY.
Taighler Dougherty
came to the finals in strong
positions in the standings;
5,h in pole bending and 13th
in barrel racing. Dougherty
suffered a set back when
her horse became ill shortly
before her runs during the
first performance. On a bor
rowed horse she had never
fidden she finished in a 5lh
place tie with Crossley in
poles and 13th in barrels.
She was awarded the Ariat
“Put Your Best Foot For
ward” award for sportsman
ship. Fifth-tenth places in
each event qualify for the
Silverstate High School
Rodeo in Fallon, NV.
Willy Gentry fin
ished 6th in the bull riding
season standings quali
fying for the Silverstate
High School Rodeo. He
won Round 1 of bull riding
with a score of 74. Gentry
earned the right to compete
at the NRA Shotgun Trap
According to the
Morrow County Sheriff’s
Office, Robert Ray Grind-
staff, 37, was arrested for
rape, among other charges,
on June 30. Grindstaff is a
corrections officer at Two
Rivers Correctional Insti
tute.
On June28, MCSO
received a report from a fe
male citizen who stated that
her tires had been slashed
the night of June 27. After
an investigation, Grindstaff
was arrested on June 29,
by MCSO for Crim inal
M ischief III for slashing
the victim’s tires. Grindstaff
was cited to appear in Ir-
rigon Justice Court on July
26, 2010.
On June 30, the
same female citizen called
911 to report that her ex
fiancé had just held a pistol
to her head and assaulted
her. During the assault a
struggle ensued and the
weapon discharged inside
the residence.
D eputy Lehman
with the Morrow County
Sheriff’s Office responded
to the scene with cover
units from the Oregon State
Police, Boardman Police
Department, and Umatilla
Police Department. The
suspect, Grindstaff, had
left the scene and returned
to his home in Irrigon.
All responding units made
contact with him at his resi
dence and he was taken into
custody without incident.
Grindstaff, who is
employed with the Oregon
Department of Corrections
as a corrections officer at
Two Rivers Correctional
Institute, was lodged at the
Umatilla County Jail on the
following charges: Rape
I (x2), Unlawful Sexual
Penetration, Sodomy I (x2).
M enacing (x2). H arass
ment (x2), Tampering with
Physical Evidence, Point
ing Firearm at A nother
(x2), Unlawful Possession
of a Firearm, Burglary I,
Coercion, Recklessly En
dangering Another Person
(x2). Assault IV-Domestic
Violence, Strangulation and
Attempted Assault I. Bail
was set at $356,500.
Rusty Glen Har
ley, 34, was also arrested
and lodged at the Umatilla
County Jail on charges of
Tampering with Evidence,
Hindering Prosecution, and
Offensive Littering with a
bail of $15,000.
School district budget up over $3.2 million
The Morrow Coun
ty School District 2010-
11 budget is up over $3.2
m illion over last y ear’s
budget, according to the
district’s financial sum
mary. Total requirements
for the upcoming year are
at $32,048,381 compared
to $28,763,539 last year.
Required resources, not
including taxes, are up over
$2.5 million to $25,173,098
for the upcom ing year,
compared to $22,619,906
last year. Property taxes
required to balance the
budget for 2010-11 are
up over $731 thousand
Pictured is Devin Robinson, winner of the Oregon High School
from $6,143,633 last year
Rodeo Association Tie Down Roping, with John Gould, man
ager Les Schwab Tire Center Heppner. The OHSRA award
saddles were sponsored by Les Schwab Tire Center, Prineville,
OR. -Contributed Photo
Shooting Competition at
the National Finals Rodeo
after sharing a three way tie
for first place at the OHSRA
State Competition.
Fifteen Intermoun
tain team members quali
fied for the Silverstate High
School Rodeo. They are:
Heppner’s Gentry - Bull
Riding, Dougherty - Poles,
Robinson - Steer Wrestling
and Team Roping; Herm-
isto n ’s D alton M assey,
Brooke arid Zane Davis,
Trent Ezell, Fabian Scotto,
Jade and Callahan Crossley,
Mary Shae Hays, and Mi
chael Pederson; and Pend
leton’s Pake Sorey, Cain
Smith and Alex Simonton.
Morrow County w ill also be
represented by Boardman’s,
Whitley Reece, member of
the Columbia Basin Team
at the Silverstate Rodeo and
Nick Armstrong, indepen
dent will compete in bull
riding at the National High
School Rodeo.
Featuring over 1500
contestants from 41 states,
five Canadian Provinces
and Australia, the National
High School Finals is the
world’s largest rodeo. In ad
dition to competing for over
$200,000 in prizes, NHSFR
contestants will also be vy
ing for more than $350,000
in college scholarships and
the chance to be named
the National High School
Rodeo National Champion.
To earn this title, contes
tants must finish in the top
20 after two go-rounds of
intense com petition be
fore advancing to Saturday
night’s final championship
performance.
ALL NEWS AND
ADVERTISEMENT DEADLINE:
to $6,875,283 this year.
The permanent tax rate is
$4.0342 per thousand valu
ation, with the local option
levy at $ 1 per thousand. The
levy for payment of bonded
debt is $2,207.666, up from
$1,351,193.
Total instruction
is up over $140 thousand,
from $13,704,353 last year
to $13,844,465 this year.
Support services are up
over $1.7 m illion from
$9,039,375 to $10,774,786.
Total enterprise and com
m unity serv ices is up
over $75 thousand, from
$1,049,560 to $1,124,730
this year. Total other uses,
All Saints Episcopal welcomes Anderson as new pastor
Katy Anderson re wanting to be a pastor as
cently preached her first a second career. She was
service as the new full-time ordained as a minister in
pastor at All Saints
December 2008.
Episcopal Church.
Before be
Anderson,
coming a full-time
a fourth g en era
pastor, Anderson
was a family law
tion Lutheran pas
tor, always wanted
paralegal for 25
to be a pastor. She
years. Before that
served as the pastor
she worked for sev
of Valby Lutheran Katy
en years teaching in
from October 2007 Anderson
the Hong Kong In
through November
ternational School.
2009. In 2008 she
Anderson's
completed seminary at Pa husband, Bruce, works in
cific Lutheran Theologi La Grande as a lawyer.
cal Seminary in Berkeley They have three children:
where she enrolled in a Adam and his wife Con
special program for people nie of Portland, Malia of
Boston, MA, and Micah of
Corvalis. They also have
one grandson, Elliott of
Portland.
Anderson pastors
services at Hope Lutheran
on the first and third Sun
days of each month and at
All Saints Episcopal on the
second and fourth Sundays.
On the fifth Sunday in Au
gust a service and picnic
will be held at Heppner
City Park.
Anderson can be
reached at the shared min
istry office at All Saints
Episcopal Church Monday
through Thursday from 9
a.m. to 1 p.m.
Deadline for Open Class livestock registrations July 9
The deadline for Open Class livestock registrations is July 9 at 5 p.m. To re
serve a pen for your animal call the fair office at 541 -676-9474. This is for Open Class
livestock animals only.
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MONDAYS AT 5:00 P.M.
including debt service and
transfers, are up over $460
thousand from $3,618,251
to $4,078,400. Facilities ac
quisition was not funded this
year or last. The contingen
cy fund is up $220 thousand
from $500.000 to $720,000
Other expenditures and re
quirements are up over $2.6
million from $27,911,539
to $30,542,381. Total unap
propriated or ending fund
balance is up over $650
thousand from $852,000
to $1,506,000, in the event
that the district is required
to make additional budget
cuts.
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