Drivers reminded to yield to pedestrians at crosswalks
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The Morrow Coun­
ty S heriff’s Departm ent
reminds drivers that they
must yield to pedestrians
waiting to cross in a marked
or unmarked crosswalk, and
especially those who are
already in a cross walk.
There are two
levels o f fines covering
5<K
When pedestrians are in or preparing to enter a crosswalk, stop, the sheriff’s
department reminds drivers.
photo by David Sykes
came up at the last Heppner jay walking, or crossing in
vehicles that do not yield. City Council meeting, with
If a pedestrians is waiting council members saying the the middle of a block where
to enter a crosswalk, it is a problem seems to be getting there is no crosswalk can
be dangerous, especially
class C violation carrying a worse.
when pedestrians come out
$192 fine. If the pedestrian
At the same time from between parked cars
is in the cross walk and the in the interest o f safety,
vehicle does not stop, it is the sheriff’s department where vehicles cannot see
a Class B violation with reminded pedestrians that them and do not expect
them to be.
a $289 fine, the sheriff’s
VOL. 130
NO. 37
8 Pages
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
Morrow County, Heppner, Oregon
department said.
The issue o f
trucks and autos not stop­
ping for pedestrians at and
in crosswalks in Heppner
Advocate speaks out
for disabled
One man indicted in ’ Tony Navarro sworn in as
new school board member
connection with
Tony Navarro was HES; Seventh grade-Hep-
sworn in as a new school pner Junior High; Eighth
shooting, two indicated board member at the regu­ g rad e-R iv erside Junior
lar Morrow County School High; 11th grade-Riverside
on sex crimes
Board meeting held Aug. High School.
12 in Heppner.
Navarro, Irrigon,
is employed as a juvenile
services p ro ­
vider for Mor­
row County.
At the
m e e tin g the
board reviewed
the new h u ­
man sexuality/
,
health ed u ca-;°anvyarro
Morrow County District Attorney Justin Nelson tion program.
has announced that on September 20 the Morrow County The process includes nu­
Grand Jury indicted three men, one in connection with merous steps, involving
a shooting in Boardman and two in connection with sex formation of committees,
curriculum selection pro­
crimes in Irrigon.
According to Nelson, the grand jury indicted cess, a workshop and train­
Gilberto Garcia on 10 separate counts related to a shoot­ ing of staff, administration
ing that took place on September 14,2011, in Boardman, and school board members
and revision prior to adop­
Oregon.
Morrow/Umatilla County Circuit Court Judge tion and implementation in
Ron Pahl arraigned Garcia on the indictment. Judge Pahl the classroom.
A committee of Su­
kept bail set at $750,000 and set a pre-trial conference
perintendent
Dirk Dirksen,
date of October 6, 2011.
Julie
Ashbeck,
Dave Boor,
The investigation of this case is still ongoing, and
Heppner
High
School
Prin­
anyone with information is urged to contact the Boardman
cipal
Daye
Stone,
board
Police Department at (541) 481-6071, said Nelson.
Also on September 20, said Nelson, the Mor­ member Brian Kollman,
row County Grand Jury indicted Scott William Foster Terri Gentry, Angela Dane
on 13 separate counts related to alleged sex crimes that and board Chairman Thad
took place June 23,2011, to August 26, 2011, in Irrigon, Killingbeck were named
to the human sexuality
Oregon.
Judge Ron Pahl arraigned Foster on the indict­ program committee.
Also at the meet­
ment. Judge Pahl kept bail set at $300,000 and set a pre­
ing
Dirksen
told the board
trial conference date of October 6, 2011.
the
results
of
the OAKS
Also September 20, Nelson reported that the
state
testing,
with
the fol­
Morrow County Grand Jury indicted Alan Earl Stone on
lowing
classes
scoring
at or
four separate counts related to alleged sex crimes that
above
state
standards:
took place June 23,2011, to August 26, 2011, in Irrigon,
R eading: Third
Oregon.
grade-A.C.
Houghton El­
Judge Pahl arraigned Stone on the indictment.
ementary,
Irrigon,
Heppner
Judge Pahl kept bail set at $500,000 and set a pre-trial
Elementary,
Sam
Board-
conference date of October 6.
man
Elementary;
Fourth
The investigation of these two cases is still on­
going, and anyone with information is urged to contact grade-Windy River Ele­
the Morrow County Sheriff’s Office at (541) 676-5317, mentary, HES; Fifth grade-
HES; Sixtl) grade-WRE,
Nelson said.
Scott William
Foster
Gilberto
Garcia
Alan Earl
Stone
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Math: Third grade-
ACH, HES, SBE; Fourth
grade-HES; Fifth grade-
WRE, HES; Sixth grade-
WRE, HES; Seventh grade-
HJH; Eighth grade-none;
11th grade-RHS, Heppner
High School.
In other business,
the board:
- le a r n e d fro m
Michael Lasher of Inter-
M ountain ESD that the
state board o f education
has pledged around a half
a million dollars toward
Eastern Promise. The East­
ern Promise, an innova­
tive plan spearheaded by
IM ESD S uperintendent
M ark M ulivhill, would
change the focus o f the
state’s education process
from kindergarten through
grade 12 to include college
age students and would al­
low high school students to
obtain college credits while
still in high school, though
a partnership among area
high schools, Blue Moun­
tain Community College,
Eastern Oregon University
and Treasure Valley Com­
munity College.
-learned from Dirk­
sen that the state’s revenue
shows little change from
previous predictions. Dirk­
sen said that the Oregon
School Board Association
advised districts to expect
flat funding and “be conser­
vative,” which the Morrow
County School District has
accomplished.
-learned from Dirk­
sen that the previous serial
election will expire and an­
other election is planned
in May.
-learned from Dirk­
sen that enrollment is down
around 10 students from
the previous year at the
same time. He said that the
district “hoped for 50 more
students, but budgeted for
50 less”, so “w e’re in a
good position” for this year.
HHS Principal Daye Stone
said that he expected four
more exchange students to
enroll shortly.
District enrollment
and enrollment information
as of September 6 follows:
A.C. Houghton Elemen-
tary-275 enroIled/261 in
attendance; Irrigon High
School-352/336; Heppner
Elementary-189/177; Hep-
continued page 2
Darrin Umbarger, left, with son Jeremy spoke recently to
the Heppner Chamber of Commerce about treatment of
disabled persons.
ed out that if he has lost
much of his “core” muscles,
he could be hurt if some one
grabs him when he falls
and just pulls him up. “Just
ask,” he says.
Also when a per­
son is in a wheelchair, do
not lean on it, and don’t
pat the person on the head.
“Leaning on a person’s
wheelchair is the same as
leaning on a person without
a wheelchair. Many people
with disabilities find this
annoying,” Umbarger said.
He also said, if possible,
place yourself at eye level
and directly in front of the
individual in a wheel chair.
“They have been looking up
all day and this will be bet­
ter for them,” he said.
Umbarger cov­
ered many other issues,
including sensitive lan­
guage. Do not use the word
“handicapped" but instead
use “disabilities.” He also
said to avoid saying people
are afflicted with a certain
disability. Using himself as
an example, he said, “I do
not suffer with MS. It does
By David Sykes
A Pendleton man
who was responsible for
major changes that were
made with disabled access
at the Pendleton Round-Up
and Happy Canyon, was
guest speaker at the Hepp­
ner Chamber of Commerce
recently, where he told of
the do’s and don’ts on treat­
ment of the disabled.
Darrin Umbarg-
er, who runs a disability re­
source center in Pendleton,
uses a wheel chair because
he has Multiple Sclerosis.
Umbarger said
there are “Ten Command­
ments” of communicating
with people with disabili­
ties, and went on to name
some, such as speaking
directly to the person with
the disability, not to his or
her companion or care­
giver.
He also said an
important thing to remem­
ber is to ask before giving
assistance to a disabled
person. He said picking
someone up who has fallen
could be dangerous to the
person’s health, and point- continued page 4
Volunteers needed for
senior bus driving
Volunteers are needed to drive the senior bus. “There
are a couple of drivers now,” says Ed Baker who is head
driver, “but we could use some more.” “It is a volunteer
position and people would have to be trained to get ready
to drive,” Baker said.
He said anyone who is interested should contact him
at 5 4 1 -9 8 9 -8 3 4 7 .
photo by David Sykes
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