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SIX - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, April 10,2013 Missionaries will share CITY COUNCIL Cont d from PAGE ONE their stories at event Perry follow ing the Curbs and sidewalks have The Morlev family Missionaries from Ire land will share their sto ries during a special eve ning event at the Nazarene Church in Heppner located at 545 NH Pioneer Dr. The event will begin at 6:30 p.m. and refreshments will be served following the program. Stephen & A nnette Morley have been m is sionaries in the Republic of Ireland since June 2011. They make their home in Wicklow, a town on the east coast of Ireland just south of Dublin. They are charged with developing and im plementing a strategy for planting the church of the Nazarene in Ireland. Together with recent ar rivals, Ted and Sarah Voigt who are volunteer m is sionaries with the Church of the Nazarene, they are getting involved in the com- munity o f Wicklow and the surrounding area in a variety of ways. They have recently started a Parent/ Toddler Group that is reach ing young families. The M orley’s have two chil dren. Elizabeth is a junior at MidAmerica Nazarene University in Olathe, KS where she is working on her B.A. in Elementary Educa tion. Matthew is a junior in High School. POST OFFICE Cont d. from PAGE ONE vote to table the discussion. “Getting consensus would mean we would be talking about it for a long time,” added city Manager Kim Cutsforth. The vote to table the discussion and remove the concrete pedestals on which any statue would have been placed, was unanimous among council members. In other business the council okayed a permit to keep six horses on four acres within the city lim its at 610 S. Main St. on property owned by Janice Bowie. The city ’s horse permit states that horses are not allowed on Main Street or in parks or on sidewalks and “that horse riders are responsible for cleaning their animal waste from public right o f ways within 24 hours of an occurrence.” A member o f the public at the meeting asked why sheep are not under the same restrictions, as he sees young people walking their sheep, especially around fair time, around time and are not required to clean up after them. City Manager Kim Cutsforth said sheep owners are not required to clean up after their animals mainly because of the dif ference in the amount of waste left by a horse as compared to a sheep. The council also issued permits for 10 banty chick ens to Ed Struthers of 235 Rock Street and for 2 lambs and 2 goats to Nancy Gor ham of 235 N. Court St. In other business the council heard from Cutsforth about the various construction projects going on around town. Cutsforth said the Riverside work is mostly completed with some paving left to do. been poured on Willow View Dr. and curbs are complete on Water St. and sidewalks will be poured there the week of April 15. She said the stairs should be going in on Water St and paving is expected to begin in the next few weeks. Cutsforth said the old dilapidated Lover’s Lane Bridge behind the former bowling alley across the creek to Court St. has been removed and the footings are being poured in prepa ration for installation of the new bridge. The city has been working with Chase Bank for easements to place the bridge on the Court Street side. A house at 175 N. Court St once belonging to Terrance and Barbara Moore has gone into fore closure and they now have to deal Chase bank on the easement for the bridge. Cutsforth said she did not see any problems. The Barratt Blvd proj ect has started and Tapani. Inc., contractor on the proj ect, has started work. She said Tapani is starting with the excavation for the stairs and installation of the re taining wall (see picture this week’s paper). In a related manner Cutsforth said after discus sion with the city’s insur ance carrier she will not pursue a change in the city’s sidewalk ordinance shifting liability and responsibility for stairs from adjoining private property owners to the city. Cutsforth had proposed the change at last month’s meeting but said the city’s insurance carrier said the city may even lose their coverage if the change were made. In other business the mail received at the post office will be postmarked with that date even though the day’s mail had already been dispatched. “The postmark stays the same regard less,” he said. Lien said he does not anticipate any impact on local employees but 1 ludson said she thinks the lone employees could be looking at a six hour work day. “They (The U.S. The Heppner Ambulance Postal Service) will have to have a town meeting before responded, but the subject that,” she said. refused transport. Lien said he will briefly address the Heppner Cham M a rc h 27: M CSO ber of Commerce on April 18 and then again on May 2 -C ontinued from Page warned a subject in Irrigon when all of the details have been worked out. FOUR for vehicle lighting. The subject had painted over his port of water spouting license plate light with red at a green house across the paint because his vehicle Morrow County District Attorney Justin Nelson has street from the mortuary was also red. in Heppner. On call public released the following report: -MCSO cited Benjamin works employee was going Wright Rollo Haile, 45, for -Dale Alan Munkers, 56, was convicted of one count of Felon Possess Firearm. Defendant entered guilty plea. to handle it. Violation of the Basic Rule, Sentenced to 180 days incarceration; suspended; sen -MCSO received a request 78 mph in a 55 mph zone. tenced to probation. Fines fees and assessments totaled for assistance from a Hep -MCSO received re pner subject involved in a quest for deputy contact $1600. - Melody Lorraine Coake, 50, was convicted o f custody dispute over a six- from an Irrigon woman one felony count of Possession of Methamphetamine. year-old child. He advised whose son was bitten by a Defendant entered guilty plea. Sentenced to 18 months he went to pick the child up dog. She advised she did probation with additional special conditions and driver’s and no one would answer not need an ambulance. A license suspended for six months. Fines fees and assess the door. A deputy made deputy responded. contact and advised him ments totaled $1970. -MCSO received report what his rights are. from an Irrigon woman -MCSO, Boardman Am that she was having a dis bulance received report of a pute with her neighbor and 75-year-old male in Board- would like to speak to a man with chest pains. deputy about it. -Heppner Ambulance -MCSO received re received request for an port from an Irrigon man Free Ouotes. ambulance for an 82-year- that 14-year-old son was old male in diabetic insulin kicking things and slam shock. He was reported to ming doors. A deputy made be breathing, but not alert. contact. 541 - 676-9228 SHERIFF'S REPORT DA’s Report r ^I lCiYETIU 1)0011 SIG1V8 lots o f sizes- lots ofco/ors The H e p p n e r G azette I i council voted to hold a special meeting April 15 at 7p.m. to hold an execu tive session and review the performance of the City Manager Cutsforth. She has been on the job for six months. The meeting will be closed to the public. The council also heard from Cutsforth that she had been selected by the Mayors and managers of Morrow County to represent Mor row Cities on the Board of Greater Eastern Oregon Development Corporation, GEODC. The council voted to spend $9,000 and have Jay Coil Fabricating make a utility box for the city ser vice truck. S heriff’s Report for March Traffic- There were eighteen traffic stops, resulting in two citations. There was one parking complaint. There was a report of a one vehicle non-injury crash. A person reported a careless driver. A Deputy located the vehicle and driver and warned them about their driving. An intoxicated driver was reported. The driver was not intoxicated. Code Enforcement- A person reported kids at a park making noise. A Deputy contacted the kids, who were playing a game. Six animal calls were reported, resulting in one citation, and one animal being transported to Pet Rescue A Deputy contacted an owner of an abandoned vehicle and asked for it to be moved. Theft Complaints- MCSO is investigating a theft from a church. MCSO is investigating a fraud. A Deputy investigated a theft of medication. All Other- A Deputy investigated an assault. A person called MCSO and reported a property dispute with a neighbor. It was determined to be a civil issue. A Deputy contacted a person regarding a custody dispute, and advised the person of the options. A student made a threat to harm another person. The school was handling the case. A parent picked up stu dents from a school for lunch and did not bring the students (non-custodial) back to school for over two hours. There were two report ed fights. They were deter mined to be verbal. A resident reported someone flashed a light across his bedroom.- win dow. A Deputy checked the area and was unable to locate anything. MCSO responded to a report of a suicidal person. Behavioral Health was con tacted. A Deputy received a report o f a missing juve nile. The juvenile arrived home on his own. MCSO received three found prop- erty/lost property calls. MCSO received a re port of an intoxicated per son. A Deputy responded and transported the person to a residence. A person reported being harassed telephonically, via sign language interpreter. A Deputy advised the suspect to stop the contact. -MCSO Deputy ad vised that he had contacted three children riding bikes without helmets. -MCSO received report of a possibly intoxicated driver in Heppner, a white male in his 50s in a Chevy pickup. A deputy was un able to locate the subject. -M CSO received a request from an Irrigon woman to speak to a crisis worker. She advised she had just been released from the hospital. -MCSO received report of a male out of control and off his meds in Irrigon. The caller said he did not have weapons. -B oardm an A m b u lance received report of a 22-year-old who could not move his jaw and had a swollen throat and red eyes. He was transported to Good Shepherd Hospital in Hermiston. March 28: MCSO re ceived report of an unat tended death. -MCSO received report of unauthorized use of a motor vehicle on Wash ington Ave. in Irrigon. The caller said her horses were out. She advised she found the vehicle, which looked like the subjects had tried to hotwire it. -MCSO received re port that Juan A Tellez, 21, was arrested on an Irrigon Justice Court warrant for Failure to Appear/Interfer- ing with a Police Officer and Carrying a Concealed Weapon. He was lodged at UCJ, with $ 1848 bail, to be paid in full. -MCSO received report from an Irrigon man that he had received a call from a Jamaican number, saying that if he sent them money, they would send him $4 million. He advised he did not send the money and gave MCSO the address where he was supposed to send the money and the phone number. -Continued on PAGE EIGHT y
