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SIX - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, March 14,2012 Webinars to address DA’s Report The Morrow Coun The defendant received 25 ag uncertainty ty District Attorney’s office months jail time for count Uncertainty, vola tility and “The Speed of Change” are topics con cerning agricultural produc ers today. The “Ag in Un certain Times Team,” a committee of the West ern Extension Committee, will present four webinar sessions on the topics on March 14, at 10 a.m., noon, 2 p.m. and 4 p.m. (all East ern times). Session A will be gin with Dr. Gregory Gilpin providing a global view of financial and economic con ditions with implications for U.S. Agriculture over the next 12-24 months. The second speak er in the first session will be Dr. Vince Smith, who will provide a review of policy issues from a global perspective and share some of the implications this will have for U.S. Agriculture over the next year or two. This session will set the stage and provide the con text for the specifics to be addressed in the following three sessions. Area farmers are invited to join all or selected sessions of this upcoming webinar conference pro viding current information with a near-future horizon in agriculture. Go to http://farm- m a n a g e m e n t.o rg /a g i- nuncertaintimes/ for addi tional details and to log in. Builders association offers scholarship The Northeast Oregon Home Builders Associa tion (NEOHBA) is offering a $1,000 scholarship to help educate and train an individual in a field related to the building industry. The scholarship recipient will be se lected on the basis of potential to succeed. Application deadline is April 25. Anyone interested in learning more about building trade career opportunities or an apprenticeship program can go online to the Oregon State Building and Construction Trades Council website. Application forms for the scholarship are avail able online at www.neohba.com or by mail at NEOHBA, PO Box 436, Hermiston, OR 97838. has released the following report: -Gilberto Garcia, 18, was found guilty of pro bation violation on the con ditions of alcohol use and Boardman trespass. The de fendant was sentenced to 30 days previously suspended jail time with no credit for time served. The defendant was also given a no-contact list. Total, fines, fees, as sessments and restitution totaled $637.50. -Russell Lee No len, 32, pled guilty to an attempt to commit a Class A felony - unlawful sex ual penetration, a Class B felony. He was sentenced to 36 months custody with the Oregon Department of Corrections with credit for time served, as well as 10 years post-prison supervision minus time actually served. Conditions of supervision include no contact with the victim or victim’s residence, family or place of employment, and successful completion of an approved sex offender treatment program. Total fines, fees and assessments were $2,123. -Chester Brent Par- adiso, 40, was convicted of aggravated theft in the first degree, a Class B felony, and burglary in the first degree, a Class A felony. one and 19 months jail time for count two, to run con current, with credit for time served. The defendant was also given three years post prison supervision on each count, including restitution as a condition. Fines, fees, assessments and restitution totaled $44,004.88. -Christian Hurtado, 20, pled guilty to unau thorized use of a vehicle, a Class C felony reduced to a Class A misdemeanor. Execution of 180 days in carceration was suspended and the defendant given 18 months bench probation. Conditions of probation include 20 hours commu nity service, no offensive physical contact with any of the victims, and comple tion of anger management evaluation and any recom mended treatment. Total fines, fees and assessments were $513. -Juan Rodriguez Pacheco, 41, pled guilty to contempt of court, an unclassified misdemeanor. Execution of 30 days in carceration was suspended and the defendant given 12 months bench probation, including the condition of no direct or indirect contact with the victim or victim’s residence or place of em ployment. Fines, fees and assessments totaled $280. — T A pathway to jobs. An investment in rural counties. the Morrow ■Pacific lone students in regional honor band project Bringing new jobs and opportunity to Morrow County The Morrow Pacific project is being developed to provide a coal export route to U.S. trade allies in the Asia-Pacific market. With your support, it will also provide new jobs and economic opportunity in Morrow County. Creating Jobs The project, which is being developed by Ambre Energy, will bring an estimated 25 jobs to Morrow County. It will also create 25 jobs in Columbia County and 55 jobs in the transportation of coal - for a total of 105 local jobs overall. These will be family-wage jobs with benefits, in the range of $50,000 to $90,000 per year. Supporting Morrow County The local economy will benefit in other ways as well. ■ The project will pay an estimated $750,000 in property taxes to Morrow County annually and $850,000 in annual fees to the Port of Morrow, based on initial shipping estimates of 3.5 million tons. ■ In addition, Ambre will make an annual voluntary contribution of approximately $350,000 to schools in Morrow County, based on a 10-cents-per-ton contribution. Show Your Support These jobs and benefits could begin as early as mid-2013. Community support is crucial during the public comment period to make this opportunity a reality. Please visit www.MomDwPacific.com and click on Show Your Support. It's easy and quick - and it will make a difference in bringing jobs and opportunity to Morrow County. ■ Morrow Pacific Project Fact: Every aspect of the project has been designed to meet Oregon's high standards. All facilities will be enclosed, barges will be enclosed and all operations are designed to elim inate dust and spillage. -Jose Luis Frias, suspended and he was given 24, was found guilty of 18 months supervised pro criminal mischief in the bation to include substance second degree, a Class A abuse evaluation, mental misdemeanor; execution of health evaluation and 3.75 180 days incarceration was custody units to be used suspended and the defen for 60 hours of community dant given 18 months bench service. Fines, fees and as probation. The defendant sessments totaled $580. -Cory James Ko- was also found guilty of harassment constituting ertje, 30, was convicted domestic violence, a Class of criminal trespass I, a B misdemeanor; 90 days in Class A misdemeanor, and carceration was suspended contempt of court, an un and the defendant given classified misdemeanor. 18 months bench proba Execution of 180 days of tion. Defendant was also incarceration on the first convicted of contempt of count was suspended and court - punitive; execution the defendant given 24 of 30 days of incarceration months bench probation to was suspended and the de include 20 hours commu fendant given 180 months nity service and no direct bench probation. Condi or indirect contact with any tions of probation on each of the victims. Execution count included 20 hours of 30 days jail time was of community service; no suspended and the subject contact with the victim, given 24 months bench pro victim’s residence or vic bation to include 20 hours tim’s place of employment; community service and no and completion of anger direct or indirect contact management evaluation with any of the victims. and any required treatment. Fines, fees and assessments Fines, fees and assessments totaled $490. -Cory James Ko- totaled $1,396. -Cory James Ko- ertje, 30, was convicted of ertje, 30, was convicted criminal mischief II, a Class of criminal trespass I, a A misdemeanor; 180 days Class A misdemeanor, and jail time was suspended contempt of court, an un and the defendant given 24 classified misdemeanour. months bench probation, to Execution of 180 days of include 20 hours commu incarceration on the first nity service and no direct count was suspended and or indirect contact with any the defendant given 24 of the victims. Total fines, months bench probation to fees and assessments were include 20 hours commu $440. -Cory James Ko- nity service and no direct or indirect contact with any ertje, 30, was convicted of of the victims. Defendant criminal mischief II, a Class was given 30 days jail time A misdemeanor. Sentence on the second count, with of 180 days jail time was credit for time served. Total suspended and the defen fines, fees and assessments dant given 24 months bench were $440. probation to include 20 -Cory James Ko- hours community service ertje, 30, was convicted of and no direct or indirect possession of methamphet- contact with any of the amine, a Class C felony. victims. Fines, fees and as The defendant’s license was sessments totaled $440. ambreenergy Four lone Community School students joined nearly 170 other area musicians from 18 schools for the Mid-Columbia Honor Band held in Hood River on March 4 and 5. lone music teacher Jordan Bemrose was the section leader for (lutes and oboes. Students chosen were Rachel Holland, flute; Charlette Burghard, flute; Kaytee Burghard, clarinet and Oskar Peter son, trumpet. Two days of intensive workshops culminated in a well-attended public concert of challenging pieces on the evening of March 5 under the direction of guests conductors Charles Bolton and Robert Rink. Pictured are (L-R): Rachel Holland, Oskar Peterson, Charlette Burghard and Kaytee Burghard. -Contributedphoto CRP signup to begin FSA Morrow Ex ecutive Director Kyle Car- nine announced a four- week CRP general signup beginning March 12 and ending April 6. This marks the 25th year of CRP. “ Producers with environmentally sensitive cropland should take a close look at this program to protect habitat and water ways,” said Camine. “CRP is an important program for protecting our most environmentally sensitive lands from erosion and sedimentation, and for en suring the sustainability of our groundwater and wa terways.” Camine notes that there is usually strong com petition to enroll acres into CRP, and he urges interested producers to act now. P roducers w ith expiring contracts and producers with environ mentally sensitive land are encouraged to evaluate their options under CRP. Producers also are encour- aged to look into CRP’s other enrollment opportuni ties offered on a continuous, non-competitive, signup basis. Producers with expir ing CRP contracts are not guaranteed offer acceptance but are advised to maximize environmental benefits in their offers to be competi tive. Currently, about 30 million acres in the U.S. are enrolled in CRP. Contracts on an estimated 6.5 million acres will expire on Sept. 30. O ffers for CRP contracts are ranked ac cording to the Environmen tal Benefits Index (EBI). FSA collects data for each of the EBI factors based on the relative environmental benefits for the land offered. Each eligible offer is ranked in comparison to all other offers and selections made from that ranking. For more infor mation, visit a local FSA service center or www.fsa. usda.gov.
