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.
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-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.