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Hermiston woman found dead on farm near lone Bessie Wetzell Newspaper Library University o f Oregon Eugene. OR 97403 On Monday, Oc tober 4, at approximafely 11:45 a.m. the Morrow County S h eriff’s Office received a telephone call stating that a female body had been discovered at an unoccupied residence on the Crum property off Ella Road near lone. The victim, who had been shot, was identified as 30 year old Jessica Rae Killian of Hermiston. The Morrow/Uma- tilla County Major Crime Team is continuing the in vestigation and the death is being treated as suspicious pending the investigation. An autopsy has been per formed by the Oregon State Medical Examiners Office and results are expected w ithin the week. M em bers o f the Morrow/Umatilla County Major Crimes Team include personnel from the Morrow County Sheriff’s Office, Pendleton Police Depart ment, U m atilla County Sheriff’s Office, Oregon State Police, Hermiston Po Tovey returns to Eastern Oregon to serve as Morrow County Deputy District Attorney passed the state Bar exam The new deputy in 2004. district attorney for Morrow N ot long a fte r County, Richard Tovey, is graduating from law school, no stranger to East Tovey began work ern Oregon. ing for the Coos B o r n in C o u n ty D is tric t B la c k f o o t, ID , A ttorney’s Office Tovey moved to Ir- where he w as dep rigon when he was uty district attorney four years old. He for 5‘A years. During graduated from Riv his time with Coos erside High School Richard County he served as Tovey in 1992. a felony prosecutor and narcotics team Tovey re ceived bachelor o f arts prosecutor. degrees in history and an Tovey originally thropology from Oregon wanted to be a history teach State University. He later er and football coach, then received his law degree wanted to be an archaeolo from University of Mon gist, and finally chose to go tana School o f Law and By Autumn Morgan lone School Board learns of Community Health Improvement Partnership project By April Sykes A ndrea Fletcher spoke on the Community Health Improvement Part nership at the lone School Board meeting September 28. Fletcher told the board that the project is designed to facilitate a part nership among the health providers, schools, law enforcement, county and other entities to determine the needs of the communi ties and “strengthen health outcomes.” The b o ard also hear a bond capital proj ect update which listed the projects that had been completed at the school and those that are still pending, such as the playground softfall project, the painting of the school exterior, and the asphalt repair and seal coat. Principal Jerry Archer reported that the school fire alarm project is on hold and voiced his concern that the high school and elementary schools are not on the same alarm system. He reported that the principal’s house roof and woodshop roof upgrade had been awarded to Palmer Roofing. The board asked for an update on the unen cumbered dollars remaining from the capital improve ment project, so that they know how much they have to address remaining proj ects. Also at the meet ing, the board heard an up date on state school funding which is expected to be less because of a poor economy and the governor's subse quent across the board cuts. However, with 195 students attending school in the dis trict, Chief Financial Offi cer Beth O ’Hanlon told the board that the district should G-T Trophy Corner receive $ 136,000 more than the budget (if membership is maintained).” In other business, the board: -received the fol low ing financial report from O ’Hanlon with the Umatilla-Morrow Educa tion Service District: in August the district col lected $118,774 in basic school support, $1,466 in property taxes and $2,073 from the lone Education Foundation for PE equip ment. The district had the following projected ending fund balance: $2,039,837 in revenues, $2,144,524 in projected expenditures for 2011 for $104,687 over budget, with a $534,828 be ginning fund balance and a $430,141 projected ending fund balance for a $370,000 unappropriated ending fund balance. -heard an update on the merger of the Umatilla- Morrow ESD -heard a report on upcoming national educa tion standards. lice Department, Boardman Police Department, Uma tilla Police Department, Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reserva tion Police Department, Morrow County District Attorney’s Office, and the Criminal Justice Division of the Oregon Department of Justice. into law “and it suits me.” Tovey and his wife Debbie have an eight year old son and two daughters who are six and two years old. The 35 year old Tovey, whose parents still live in Irrigon, had been searching for an opportu nity to mo\e back to East ern Oregon w hen the job opened up w ith the Morrow County District Attorney’s Office. “ 1 love the area,” he said. “ I’m more than excited to be back where you can see more than four feet in front of you. I much prefer the sagebrush. I’m glad to be back.” Annual Booster Club Steak Feed and Auction to be held The annual Hep pner Booster Club Steak Feed and Auction will be held on Saturday, Octo ber 9, at the Heppner Elks Lodge. Dinner will begin at 6 p.m. and the auction will begin at 8 p.m. The dinner price is $12 per person. Proceeds raised at this event help fund an nual scholarships, state levels of FBLA, district and state competitions, Night o f Excellence ice cream feed, new snack shack at the football field, dinners for out-of-town teams, as well as a hospitality room for coaches and officials at tournaments. Tickets can be pur chased at Heppner TV and Willow Creek Realty. Raffle tickets are also available. Anyone interested in donating or helping w ith the auction can contact Nancy Gorham at 541 -701 - 4167 or Ron Bowman at 541-676-5035. Pictured above are some of the items to be raffled or auc tioned off during the annual Heppner Booster Club Auction to he held on Saturday evening. A partial list of raffle and auction items can be found on Page TWO -Photo by Autumn Morgan NOAA issues monthly climate summary for Heppner US Senate candidate Jim Huffman to visit Heppner United States Sen ate candidate Jim Huff man will be in Heppner to meet and talk to the public this According to pre Friday, Oct. liminary data received by 8 a t th e NOAA’s National Weather Heppner Service in Pendleton, tem c ity p a rk Jim Huffman peratures at Heppner aver at 11a.m . aged slightly warmer than Huffman will take ques normal during the month of Tarin Troxell, 10, of Lexington shot his first buck on Satur tions from the public. He is September. day, October 2. Tarin was participating in the Youth Mentor running against long time The average tem Program. When he shot his buck he was with his dad Kevin Democrat incumbent Ron perature was 61.8 degrees Troxell. grandfather Tom Troxell. Lncle Roy, and cousin Wyden. w hich was 0.7 degrees Shelby. -Contributed Photo above normal. High tem peratures averaged 74.1 The Heppner Gazette- Times w ants to see degrees, which was 1.8 degrees below normal. The pictures o f your trophy animals from this highest was 87 degrees on hunting season. Stop by to have your the 4th. Low temperatures averaged 49.5 degrees, picture taken, drop off photos, or email w hich was 3.2 degrees above normal. The lowest was 41 degrees, on the 6,h. Precipitation to taled 1.00 inches during September, which was 0.31 inches above normal. Mea surable precipitation -at least .01 inch-was received on 6 days w ith the heaviest. 0.49 inches reported on the 20 ,h. Precipitation this year has reached 11.25 inches, which is 1.53 inches above normal. Since Octo ber, the water year precipi tation at Heppner has been 14.39 inches, which is 0.88 inches above normal. The outlook for O ctober from NOAA's Climate Prediction Center calls for above normal tem peratures and below normal precipitation. Normal highs for Heppner during October are 64.2 degrees and normal lows are 38.5 degrees. The 30 year normal precipita tion is 1.12 inches. The National Weather Service is an office of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administra tion, an agency of the U.S. Commerce Department. them to editor@rapidserve.net. GREEN FEED & SEED IN HEPPNER: ALL NEWS AND ADVERTISEMENT DEADLINE: MONDAYS AT 5:00 P.M. dig did or $nn$on rmnT sale v r ’ P lant S ale - hurry , two weeks only v J All Trees, Shrubs S Perennials 30% OFF , Morrow' Count}' (¡rain Growers Green Feed & Seed 242 W. Linden Way,‘ Heppner • 676-9422 • 989-8221 (MCGG main office) I I I
