SIX - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, September 8,2010
Credit improvement, identity protection, and money management
programs offered at Heppner Library this month
Interested in pro
tecting yourself from iden
tity theft, improving your
credit, or in just learning
how to manage your money
better? If so, three one-hour
consumer programs in Sep
tember at the Oregon Trail
Library District’s Heppner
Branch Library may pro
vide some assistance.
The programs are
launched under the “LEO
Saves” initiative by Li
braries of Eastern Oregon.
LEO Saves is a two-year
project for public libraries
in Umatilla and Morrow
counties to help encourage
individuals to learn more
about saving, investing and
sound financial manage
ment. Each program will
be held from 6:30-7:30
p.m. and will be held in the
branch library located at
444 N Main St.
All programs are
free and open to anyone
interested in improving or
learning more about man
aging financial resources.
Attendees can attend one
or all of the programs; ad
vance registration is not
required.
The programs are
provided by the Consumer
Credit Counseling Service
(CCCS) of the Tri-Cities.
Established in 1969, CCCS
helps individuals with debt
management, credit aware
ness and im provem ent,
home ownership and other
educational programs
“Know Your Cred
it” will be held on Tuesday,
September 14. It is a known
statistic that 76% o f all
credit reports have errors
on them. This one hour
program explains how to
obtain a free credit report
and provides knowledge
necessary to understand
exactly what your creditor
sees when looking at your
report. The credit scoring
module will be explained
as well as ideas for increas
ing one’s credit score or
rebuilding a solid credit
history for one’s future.
“Identity Theft: It
Can Happen to You” is set
for Tuesday, Septem ber
28. This program focuses
on ever-increasing iden
tity theft and how consum
ers can protect themselves
from fraudulent use of their
credit or savings.
LEO Saves is fund
ed through at grant to Li
braries of Eastern Oregon
(LEO) from the Financial
Industry Regulatory Au
thority (FINRA) Education
Foundation and the Ameri
can Library Association
(ALA)’s “Smart Investing
@ Your Library” project.
LEO Saves is a pi
lot for rural areas under
the national program with
consumer information and
classes to be offered this
year and next in the two
eastern Oregon counties.
FINRA is the largest non
governm ental regulator
o f securities firms doing
business in the U.S. The
FINRA Investor Educa
tion Foundation supports
innovative research and
educational projects that
give underserved Ameri
cans the knowledge, skills
and tools necessary for fi
nancial success throughout
life. To date, the FINRA
Foundation has approved
$14.7 million in grants and
an additional $10.2 million
in direct investor education
programming. For details
about grant programs and
other FINRA Foundation
initiatives, visit www.finra-
foundation.org. Established
in 1876, the American Li
brary Association is the
oldest and largest library
association in the world. Its
mission is “to provide lead
ership for the development,
promotion, and improve
ment of library and infor
mation services and the
profession of librarianship
in order to enhance learning
and ensure access to infor
mation for all.” See www.
ala.org to learn more.
For further infor
mation about the programs
at Heppner, please contact
Oregon Trail Library Dis
trict director Marsha Rich
mond at 541-481-3365,
LEO executive director
Lyn Craig at 541-763-2355
or program coordinator
Raquel Rodriguez at 541 -
567-2882. Further infor
mation about CCCS of the
Tri-Cities can be obtained
at 800-201-2181 or www.
cccstricities.org on line.
Sheriffs Report
ing Uninsured and Failure
to Wear Seat Belt, and Luis
Fernando Gonzales Cifu-
entes, 29, for Failure to
Wear Seat Belt. The vehicle
was impounded.
August 19: Mor
row County Sheriff’s Office
received report of a mail
box stolen with the mail box
pried off the stand.
-M C SO d ep u ty
advised a juvenile male in
Heppner that he needed
both a front and rear plate.
He had just a rear plate.
-MCSO received
report that Chelsey Rae
Parker, 25, turned herself
in to serve her commitment
order for DUII.
-MCSO received
report from an Irrigon sub
ject that his 35-year-old son
was making threats to kill
him. The caller was tres
passed from his son’s place
and his son trespassed from
his place.
-MCSO received
report of someone who had
attempted to force entry
into a shop in Irrigon.
-MCSO received a
911 hang-up call. It was a
nine-year-old child attempt
ing to call a friend.
-MCSO received
report from a subject who
said he was involved in a hit
and run in Pendleton earlier
and wanted to turn himself
in. He was in Hermiston at
the time and was advised to
go to the Hermiston Police
Department. Hermiston PD
was advised.
-MCSO received
report that a subject was
at the Irrigon Shell station
with three large plastic con
tainers of baseball cards.
-MCSO received
report from an Irrigon sub
ject who said he received a
suspicious phone call from
a male who said the Irrigon
subject owed him money
and he was to pay by 5 p.m.
that day or a warrant would
be issued for his arrest,
After an internet search by
MCSO, it was believed to
be a scam.
-MCSO received
report of a male scream-
ing and yelling, “Do as I
say,” and a car door that
keeps opening and clos-
ing. MCSO responded and
located the subject at the
entry to the fish hatchery
in Irrigon. It was a verbal
dispute only.
-MCSO received
report o f a male subject
driving with no license and
no insurance with his son
in the car.
-Boardman Police
Officer reported he was
flagged down. It was a
DOC officer looking for
the range.
-BPD received re-
port of graffiti on the back
of Sam Boardman Elemen-
tary School,
-BPD arrested Da-
vid Shane Molina, 31, for
Violation of Release Agree-
ment. He was lodged at the
Umatilla County Jail.
-BPD officer re-
ported he was out with a ve-
hide parked in the middle
of the roadway on Oregon
Trail/Anderson Rd.
-BPD received re
port of three females fight-
ing in front of a subject’s
property with one female
on the ground. MCSO and
BPD responded. The vic-
tim did not want to press
charges,
-Heppner Ambu-
lance received request for an
• ambulance fir a 93-year-old
male with severe abdominal
pains. Heppner Ambulance
responded and transported
the subject to Pioneer Me-
morial Hospital,
A pril 20: Mor-
row County Sheriff’s Of
fice received report from
a Boardman woman that
som eone came into her
room the previous night
and threatened her. She
said she did not want the
Sheriff’s Office to respond
to her location because she
though the subject would
get back at her “sometime,
somewhere, some way.”
Behavioral Health arrived
on the scene and said they
would advise if they needed
a deputy.
-MCSO received
report from an Irrigon sub
ject that her neighbor’s large
black dog came through
the fence and attacked her
Chihuahua. Dennis Edgar
Baker, 54, was cited for
M aintaining a Dog as a
Public Nuisance.
-MCSO received
report from the Irrigon
High School principal that a
juvenile student was truant.
The Morrow County
Sheriff’s Office reports han
dling the following busi
ness:
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Police D epartm ent who
reported that a w arrant
subject was attempting to
turn herself in. Kimberly
A. Hixson, 43, was arrested
on an Irrigon Justice Court
warrant for Failure to Pay
Fine/Driving While Sus
pended with $524 full bail
required.
-Boardman Police
Department received report
from a subject who found a
dog on his property.
-BPD received re
port of a vehicle all over the
road on 1-84. The subject
was not drunk, but her age
and fatigue were factors.
-BPD cited Gabriel
Quiroz Tepee, 24, for Driv
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