SIX - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, April 10,2013
Missionaries will share CITY COUNCIL
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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