Crum indicted by grand jury on four counts
Murder victim was pregnant
A Morrow County
grand jury handed down
a four count indictm ent
ag ain st S teven M ontie
Crum, 29, of lone on Tues
day, October 12. He was
indicted on the counts of
Murder with a Firearm -
Pregnant Victim; Murder
with a Firearm; Unlawful
Use of a Weapon with a
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Bessie Wetzel) Newspaper Libran
University o f Oregon
'
Eugene, OR 97403
HEPPNER
Firearm; and Aggravated w as pregnant and defendant
Theft in the First Degree.
knew that Jessica Rae Kil
The indict
lian was pregnant.
ment stated:
The state further al
-Count
leges that during the
1 M urder with a
commission of this
Firearm - Pregnant
felony, defendant
Victim: The defen
used a firearm.
dant, on or between
-C o u n t 2
October 1,2010 and
Murder with a Fire
October 4, 2010, Steven Crum arm: The defendant,
in Morrow Coun
on or between Oc
ty, Oregon did unlawfully
tober 1, 2010 and
and intentionally cause the October 4,2010, in Morrow
death of Jessica Rae Kil County, Oregon, did un
lian, another human being. lawfully and intentionally
The state further alleges cause the death of Jessica
that on or between October Rae Killian, another hu
I, 2010 and October 4, man being. The state fur
2010, Jessica Rae Killian ther alleges that during the
commission of this felony,
defendant used a firearm.
-Count 3 Unlaw
ful Use of a Weapon with
a Firearm: The defendant,
on or between October 1,
2010 and October 4, 2010,
in Morrow County, Oregon,
did unlaw fully possess with
the intent to use unlawfully
against another Jessica Rae
Killian, a handgun, a dan
gerous weapon. The state
further alleges that during
the com m ission o f this
felony, defendant used a
firearm.
-Count 4 Aggra-
-See MURDER INDICT-
MENT/Page FIVE
Heppner man wants horse riders to
clean up, same as dog owners
"They should be required to clean up the manure," he says
By David Sykes
imes
VOL. 129
NO. 41 10 Pages
Wednesday, October 13,2010
Morrow County, Heppner, Oregon
First annual South Morrow County
Oktoberfest to be held
The first annual
South Morrow County Ok
toberfest will be held Satur
day, October 16, at the lone
Legion Hall.
Doors will open at
5 p.m. and music will start
at 6:30 p.m. The cost is $5
per person. Children 18 and
under are free. Performing
will be Rowdy Fix and
Even Plane.
Taylor’s Restaurant
will be offering food. The
Office Tavern will provide
“Autumn Style” microbrew
beer along with other bever
ages. Latte’s and Sew Much
More w ill have pumpkin ice
cream cones available for
purchase.
Activities planned
include pony and cart rides
and an art contest.
This event is spon
sored by the Bank of East
ern O regon, W heatland
Insurance, Sand Hollow
Ag., Morrow County Grain
Growers, and 2rfarm.
New deputy joins Morrow County
Sheriff’s Department
Ryan Jundt has joined the Morrow County Sheriff Department
as a new deputy. He started his duties October 4 will be handling code
enforcement.
A graduate of Hermiston High School Jundt, 26, says his life
long dream is to be a police officer.
He will be moving to the North Morrow County area soon, and
says he “looks forward to getting to know the community and working
with the people in the area.”
Jundt, who is single, will be attending the police academy at Deputy Ryan
a later date.
Jundt
lone Community School
earns outstanding report card
The lone Commu
nity C harter School re
ceived an “outstanding”
status in the state report
cards just released on Oc
tober 7.
This is the second
The district also
year the school has been met all the standards for
labeled outstanding. Prior the Average Yearly Progress
to that the school received report.
an “exceptional” rating for
A cco rd in g to a
two years in a row.
-See IONEAYP/Page FIVE
Program on state governm ent spending set for Sunday
A program about
excessive spending by the
Oregon State Government
and how is it effecting citi
zens and their rights, is
scheduled for Sunday, Octo
ber 17, at 2 p.m. at Heppner
High School. The program
will be put on by Common
Sense For Oregon, Inc., a
non-profit, non-partisan
organization.
C om m on S ense
also says its goal is: “By
protecting O regon’s 100
year old Initiative System
and Referendum Process,
Common Sense For Or
egon is an advocate for
the voice o f the people.
W riting and supporting
ballot m easures, allows
Common Sense to be on the
front lines of the battle for
Oregon’s future. Common
Sense represents Oregon's
interest in increasing open
government through stron-
’
jw
* .
0n e r r
An unamed rider and his horse ride along Main Street in
Heppner. -File Photo
o f our town. I urge you
to address the problem of
horse manure on our city’s
streets,” Edmundson said in
a letter to the council that he
asked to be read aloud into
the record.
The request sparked
a lively debate between the
council and Liz Pettibone,
w hose daughters often ride
horses through Heppner on
the way to the fairgrounds.
“What are kids supposed to
do here?” Pettibone asked
the council. “I can see this
in other cities, but in Hep
pner?” She said the horse
manure is not the same
as dog droppings. “It is
chewed up grass. Just kick
it and it will scatter around
and be gone. I think this
is ridiculous,” Pettibone
said. “Kids are not a threat.
They don’t ride on side
walks and they don’t ride
on Main Street. We five in
a rural community. People
are shocked that the city of
Heppner wants to do this.”
-See CLEAN UP/Page FIVE
Heppner schools losing students
Heppner schools down 29 from previous
By April Sykes
M orrow County
School S uperintendent
Mark Burrows told the
school board Monday night
that Heppner schools are
losing enrollment. He said
that enrollment district
wide is down 38 students
from the previous year and
the majority, 29 students,
has been lost from the Hep
pner area-12 from Heppner
Elementary School and 17
from Heppner High School
from the previous year.
He said currently Heppner
High School has 155 stu
dents in grades nine to 12,
including foreign exchange
students.
“It really smacks us
in the face this year,” said
Burrows. “I think we need
to evaluate what we need
to do to help keep Hep
pner High School a viable
co-curricular school.” Bur
rows attributed the decline
to “natural attrition and the
econom y.” He said that
enrollment in Boardman
and Irrigon schools was
“flat” and a decline of nine
students in the north end
was largely due to “Uma
tilla kids who transferred to
alternative education.”
Board Chair Bar
ney Lindsay suggested that
the district investigate the
number of home schoolers
in south Morrow County
in hopes that some home
school families may be per
suaded to enroll their chil
dren in Heppner schools.
“ I ’m doin g my
p a r t,” jo k e d L indsay.
“We’re due in March.”
“This is a dirty
joke,” quipped board mem
ber Berto Hernandez, “but
do we need to create jobs
for Mexicans (in Hepp
ner)?”
The current dis
trict enrollment report, as
of October 4, fisted Hep
pner Elementary School,
kindergarten through sixth
grade, as having 182 stu
dents and Heppner Junior/
Senior High School, grades
seven-12, with 212. Hep
pner Elementary currently
has 25 students in kinder
garten, 31 in first grade,
21 in second grade, 21 in
third grade, 32 in fourth
-See LOST STUDENTS/Page
SIX
HHS, HES score ‘outstanding’
in state report card
Ross Day is currently the Education Director and General
Counsel forCommon Sense For Oregon. Inc., which according
to its web site is a non-profit, non-partisan organization whose
primary goal is to present pragmatic, common sense solutions
to the problems facing Oregon. Photo by David Sykes
ger government transpar-
ency and fighting wasteful
government spending with
spending reform. Common
Sense w orks to expose
those guilty of government
waste by awarding them
with the Golden Fleece
Award. Oregon’s budget
ary problems lie not within
a revenue problem but a
spending problem . The
reckless spending habits
of the state are limiting the
rights of the people to have
economic liberties.”
The program is be
ing sponsored by the local
Willow Creek Tea Party
Patriots.
Ballots to be mailed Friday
M orrow C ounty
Clerk Bobbi Childers has
announced that ballots for
the November election w ill
be mailed on October 15.
The deadline to return bal
lots is 8 p.m. on November
2. Ballots can be dropped
off at the following loca
tions:
New B oardm an
Heppner resident
John Edmundson thinks
the same rules that apply
to dog owners cleaning up
after their animals, should
also apply to people who
ride horses in town.
In a letter to the
Heppner City Council, Ed
mundson urged the city to
‘ address the problem of
horse manure on our city’s
streets.”
“I hold the position
that people should clean
up any messes they make
around town. I applaud
your efforts to control dog
fecal residue. 1 think the
same policy should apply
to people who ride horses
around town. They should
be required to clean up
the manure that the horses
leave on our streets,” Ed
mundson wrote.
“ O v er the past
month I have cleaned up
horse m anure on North
Court St. and Main St. eight
times. These deposits really
detract from the appearance
City Hall. 200 City Center
Circle; Irrigon Annex park
ing lot, 205 NE 3rd Street;
Bank of Eastern Oregon,
280 West Main Street in
lone; Morrow County Pub
lic Works office parking lot
in Lexington; and the Mor
row County Courthouse,
100 S. Court Street in Hep-
pner. Lexington and Irrigon
drop sites will be open 24
hours.
On election day,
drop boxes at these loca
tions will be open until 8
p.m. Ballots dropped off
at the Post Office must be
dropped off before 5 p.m.
Postmarks do not count.
Heppner Elemen
tary School and Heppner
Junior/Senior High both
earned "outstanding" marks
in the state report cards that
came out last week. Both
schools also met the stan
dards in the Average Yearly
Progress report.
HES has been
nam ed an o u tsta n d in g
school two years in a row.
HJSHS was termed “satis
factory" last year.
A ll th e o th e r
schools in the district, A.C.
Houghton Elementary, Ir
rigon Elementary, Irrigon
Junior/Senior High School,
Riverside High School, Sam
Boardman Elementary and
Windy River Elementary
School, Boardman, earned
“satisfactory” marks for the
2009-10 school year.
All the schools, ex
cluding Riverside Junior/
Senior High School, met
the standards in the Average
Yearly Progress report. Stu
dents at RJSHS considered
“limited English proficient"
did not meet the overall
AYP in math and students
with disabilities did not
meet overall standards in
English/language arts.
Lim ited English
proficient students did not
meet academic status in
English/language arts (read
ing) in academic status.
Students with disabilities
did not meet the English/
Language Arts AYP, aca
demic status and academic
-See HEPPNER AYP/Page
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