City to crack down on junked and
abandoned vehicles
97403
Bessie Wetzell Newspaper Library
University o f Oregon
Eugene, OR 97403
HEPPNER
imes
VOL. 129
NO. 28
8 Pages
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Morrow County, Heppner, Oregon
Volunteers spruce up fair pavilion
Morrow County Fair Secretary Ren’ee Yocom shows off the new paint job in the
Morrow County Fair Pavilion. Volunteers who helped, headed up by Jan Stroeber, included
Ren’ee Yocom, Joanne Burleson, Peggy Fishburn, Vi Wilgers, Carolyn Cutsforth, Shirlee
Sweigart, Christy Correa, Morgan Correa, Makenzie Correa, Kay Fowler, Zach Yocom,
Justin Yocom, Bryan Fowler, Thomas Gould and Timothy Gould. Kenny Howard is pro
viding carpentry work and David Allstott and Jim and Cliff Lankford have volunteered
their time to repair the doors.
“People have been really good about volunteering,” said Stroeber. “It’s going to
be fantastic.”
Kids with guns knock out internet
K ids shooting at local businesses.
Apparently the
birds on a fiber optic line
shots
damaged
a fiber optic
down by the Industrial Park
line
which
had
to be re
near Heppner was the cause
placed
at
a
cost
of
$45,000.
o f a three-day high speed
Several
businesses,
includ
internet outage for several
ing the Bank o f Eastern
O regon and the M orrow
C ounty G rain G row ers,
were without internet ser
vice for several days.
Heppner resident competes for $100,000 at
Calgary Stampede
Blake Knowles from
Heppner is one of the elite
rodeo athletes invited to com
pete at the 2010 edition of the
Calgary Stampede.
Knowles is
among the first group of steer
wrestlers who competed July
9-12. A second group will
compete July 13-16. Each
day is treated like a separate
rodeo with $17,500 up for
grabs in each event. Money
is added up through the four
performances with the top
four earners advancing to the
final round on Sunday, July 18.
The six remaining contestants
will compete in a wildcard
round on July 17 with the
two fastest times on Saturday
also advancing to Showdown
Sunday’s final round.
Knowles, along
with other contestants, is vy
ing for a spot in the final round
and hoping to get a second
opportunity on Showdown
Sunday. The four highest
scores and fastest times com
pete in the Showdown Round.
If Knowles makes it that far,
and has the fastest time in
that round, he will come home
$100,000 richer, just in a mat
ter of seconds.
This year’s Cal
gary Stampede boasts a payoff
of over $2 million making it
one of the most lucrative ro
deos in North America. Along
with steer wrestling, the rodeo
has bareback riding, tie-down
roping, saddle bronc riding.
women’s barrel racing and
bull riding.
“ The tournam ent
style format, top livestock
from the Calgary Stampede
Ranch and other Canadian
stock contractors, and the
lucrative prize money, all
make rodeo contestants want
to compete there. The unprec
edented hospitality and pres
tige of being invited keep them
coming back win or lose. The
opportunity to win $100,000
for just one ride only happens
once a year, and for most
rodeo contestants, just once
in a lifetime, at the Calgary
Stampede,” said a Calgary
Stampede spokesperson.
For complete results
and more information go to
www.calgarystampedc.com.
By David Sykes
The city o f Hep
pner will be cracking down
on people who leave aban
doned or junked vehicles on
their property in view o f the
public, the city council said
Monday night.
In an effort to
get rid o f junked vehicle
eyesores around town, the
city will begin to enforce
a 2002 city ordinance that
allow s police to rem ove
and dispose o f abandoned
or discarded vehicles from
private property. The police
will need the consent o f the
property owner or a court
w arrant to enter private A bandoned and junked cars will no longer he toler
ated on private property in the city of Heppner. The
property.
“This ordinance council agreed to begin enforcing a strict 2002 vehicle
has been on the books for ordinance beginning Sept. 1.
m any y ears but not en
on the roof were installing
forced,” Mayor Les Paus-
reported. The owner ad
satellite T.V.
tia n sa id . “ It has been
vised the dog will be relo
-T w o b ic y c le s
abused and it is now time
cated.
were found abandoned in
to enforce the law.”
-A barking dog
town. Both bicycles were
“ We are a fter
was reported. The owner
p laced into evidence as
the vehicles that have been
was contacted, w ho w as go
found property.
parked along the street with
ing to rectify the problem.
-A minor was is
expired licenses,” council
-A person reported
sued a citation for MIP-
m em b er C indi D o h erty
a dog in a vehicle with 22
alcohol.
said. City M anager Dave
calib er am m unition and
-An adult reported
De Mayo said that the city
was afraid the dog would
he received a pornographic
is giving vehicle owners
eat the ammunition.
image on his cell phone.
until the end o f August to
-There were three
-A resident report
parking complaints report
voluntarily comply before
ed a neighbor putting cat
enforcement begins.
ed. Loose peacocks were
feces on their porch.
reported.
The ordinance is
-A house had eggs
aimed at expired licensed
- D e p u tie s a re
throw n at it. A ju v en ile
working on 1 different resi
and unm ovable vehicles
adm itted to throwing the
dences regarding code vio
outside and does not apply
eggs at the house. The home
lations, mostly the concern
to vehicles inside of shops
owner and juvenile worked
over tall weeds.
or garages. An owner may
out a civil compromise.
-A vehicle was
apply for a permit to store
-A citizen reported
reported to be leaking diesel
an abandoned or discarded
a dam aged door knob. It
fuel on the roadway.
vehicle on his private prop
appeared as though some
Theft
Com
erty for up to one year. The
one tried to enter the resi
plaints:
permit will cost $25 and can
dence.
-A wallet was re
be obtained at city hall.
-a deputy contact
ported stolen from the water
Other parts of the
ed two people regarding a
park. The wallet was found.
ordinance state that any ve
vet bill. The issue was a
A five gallon bucket o f 22
hicle parked or left standing
civil matter.
caliber brass was reported
upon any private property
-A person reported stolen.
more than five days without
they locked their keys in
In other action
the consent of the owner or
a v eh icle. A deputy re
the city council learned of
person in lawful possession
sponded.
a ballot initiative to strike
or control of the property
-A person reported
down legislative action.
may, at the request of either,
to the Sheriff’s Office they
$3 million in city
be removed by the police.
tried to call a relative and
projects
now a go
Any “discard
reached a prison instead.
Three
million dol
ed” vehicle left standing
The caller was concerned
lars
in
funding
from the
upon any private property
an inmate had her telephone
State o f Oregon for seven
more than five days and not
number.
street and sidewalk projects
stored in a building may be
-Deputies assisted in the city o f Heppner will
removed by the police.
the am bulance on three
move forward following the
Public property is
medical calls.
failure of a petition drive to
even stricter under the ordi
-Deputies inves repeal action by the legisla
nance. No vehicle which the
tig a te d tw o h arassm en t
ture in the last session that
police have reason to be
complaints that occurred on
provided funding for the
lieve is discarded or aban
school property. Both were projects.
Opponents of
doned shall be parked or left
resolved by contact.
the State o f Oregon Trans
standing on public property
-A person reported
portation Bill SB 2001 that
within the city for a period
her son was being sexu
au th o rized the H eppner
in excess o f 24 hours.
ally harassed on-line. The
expenditure as part of many
The 10-page ordi
complaint was already be other state-w ide funding
nance also covers how the
ing investigated by another
projects, tried to collect
vehicles will be impounded
agency, where the adult son enough signatures to put
and disposed o f once con
lives.
a repeal o f the bill on the
fiscated by the city. A com
-An intoxicated, ballot for voter approval
plete copy of the ordinance
unwanted male was report in the Novem ber general
is available at Heppner city
ed to be at a residence. The election.
hall.
intoxicated person was giv
The o p po n e n t s
Police R eport
en a ride by a third party.
were
against
the tax and
In other business
-Deputies respond
fees
increases
that are part
at M onday’s council meet
ed to a family dispute. The o f the bill. The bill will now
ing, the police gave the fol
involved people were in a
increase car registration
lowing report for Heppner
verbal argument. No crime fees by $ 16 a year, increase
police activity in the month
was committed.
title fees by $22, increase
o f June:
Traffic: There were
the
cost of replacement and
-Two transports
20 traffic stops resulting in
vanity
plates and increase
were conducted from the
nine traffic citations. There
O
reg
o
n
’s gas tax by six
ja il to the C ircuit Court
were 15 traffic warnings
cents
per
gallon, from 24
and back.
issued.
cents per gallon to 30 cents
-A deputy m ade
-Four m otor ve
in January, 2011, or after
contact with a person in the
hicle crashes w ere reported.
tw o straight quarters o f
city park who was drinking
One was unfounded and
economic growth.
alcohol. The subject left
th ree resu lte d in m inor
The city received
town with friends.
property damage.
the unexpected $3 million
-A person reported
C ode E n fo rc e
seeing people on the roof m ent: Six calls regarding for the projects in May,
2009 when state Represen
o f the senior center and
lost or found dogs were
tative Greg Smith, R-Hepp-
wanted to know what they
reported.
w ere doing. The people
-A loose dog was
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