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.
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