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SIX - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, Apnl 17, 2013 Garden club contest winners Community Garden plots in Heppner available now Need room for your vegetables to grow"? Want to plant lots of sunflowers or flowers for display? Interested in harvesting your own pumpkins? Now is the time to sign up for plots at the Heppner Community Garden located by the Heppner High School's greenhouse. Water is provided, but each gardener is responsible for weeds and to keep their plot in good condition. Chemical spraying is not allowed. While there is no charge, any help with soil improvement or year-end clean-lip is appreciated. Contact John Murray 541-676-9158 or Ed Struthers, 541-676-5443 for more information. Weather looks good for annual MS walk lli-ppnt'r students won several awards for their poetry, essays and posters in a contest sponsored locally by the Heppner Garden Club and nationally by the National Garden Club Federation. Twenty -eight students entered the contest. Winners include: Top (L-R): Daniela Sanchez, Gibson McCurry, Jacee Currin, Zander Fisher and Brian Lindsay. Bottom right6 (L-R): Kellen Grant, Tresslyn McCurry and Cheyenne Shaw. Bottom left (L-R): Joe Schmidt and Paige Grieb. 4-H gets underway The weather forecast for the annual MS Walk in Heppner this Saturday morning is a good one, so far, but even if it's too cold or you are not a walker, you are invited to come down to a toasty warm All Saints Episcopal Church to enjoy a delicious, free brunch, visit with friends Chorale group begins rehearsals and donate towards the fight against MS. “ We will be serving sausage and egg casseroles, ham, hash brown and egg casseroles, French toast casseroles, a variety o f muffins, fruit, juice, coffee, tea and milk. Also this year we are serving a lactose free/egg free casserole for walkers who are lactose intolerant or can’t eat eggs,” said brunch organizer April Sykes. “Everything should be really yummy.” R egistration for the walk will start at 9 a.m. at All Saints, 140 W. Church St., Heppner, the walk gets underway at 10 a.m., with the brunch to follow. Every one is invited to attend. Chamber lunch meeting The Inland Northwest Chorale begins rehearsals on April 22 for this year’s “Pop Concerts in the Park”. The rehearsals are held on M onday evenings each week at 7 p.m. at Harris Jr. Academy, 3121 SW Hailey Avenue in Pendleton, OR. Car-pooling is available from the Hermiston area. Spring is here and for4-H'ers it is time to begin working with Concerts are scheduled for June 8 at Hat Rock State Park, and June 9 in Heppner. The Inland NW Cho rale is an all-volunteer en semble. No auditions are required, and all singers are welcom e. For more information about Inland Northwest Chorale please phone the INWM office at 541-289-4696 or R. Lee Friese at 541-377-1865/ T his w e e k ’s lunch meeting o f the Heppner Chamber of Commerce will be held on Thursday. Kalie Davis, SAGE Center Man ager will be guest speaker for next week’s Chamber lunch meeting. Sage will make a presentation about the soon to be open “SAGE Center.” The lunch meeting is held in the Senior Center Dining Room from noon-1 p.m. Murray’s will be cater the lunch and will be serve chicken tater tot Casserole, garlic bread, green salad and frosted brownies Please RS VP, 541-676- 5536 no later than Wednes day to guarantee a lunch. The cost is $10. charges him. The caller said the dog’s owner got the dog back into the yard, but he still wanted a deputy to check the area. -MCSO received report of a bus driver in Irrigon grab bing a student by the arm and there was bruising. -MCSO received report of a motor home parked in front of an office in Irrigon and the people inside threw beer cans and garbage out of it. The caller said the subjects picked up the garbage and left, but the motor home had no plates and the suspects may have been drinking. -MCSO received report of rocks on the roadway on Highway 74, lone, after a rainstorm and the caller said she had to swerve around some large ones. ODOT was advised. -MCSO received report from an Irrigon woman who said she has a contract with another woman for the sale of her vehicle, but the other woman hasn’t made any payments and refuses to give the car back. The caller wanted advice as to what she could do about it. -MCSO Deputy reported that he made contact with an elderly male who was sleeping in the back o f a vehicle at the Heppner Park. The deputy was un able to contact the subject’s relatives, so advised that he could stay the night. The subject said he would be staying with a friend the next day. -MCSO Deputies advised they were out at bars in Heppner and Irrigon for bar checks. -Heppner Ambulance re ported an emergency trans port to the Lexington Air port. April 6: MCSO received re port that a Heppner woman and man were doing drugs around the woman's two- year-old son. The caller requested a welfare check on the child. -MCSO received report from a Boardman woman that her 16-year-old son was supposed to be home by 1 a.m., but he had not returned home by 3:29 a.m. She reported that she had received text messages from him saying that he was fine and in Hermiston. -MCSO received report of garbage dumped at the Umatilla Refuge in Irrigon. A deputy responded and the garbage was disposed of. -MCSO received report from a Heppner business that a Ford Bronco had been parked in his lot for the past day and a half and he would like it removed. When dep uty responded, the vehicle was already gone. -MCSO received report from a Heppner woman that she found several beer cans behind her property and there were signs that vehicles had been parked there. The caller believed that kids may have been partying there. A deputy ad vised that he would watch the area. -MCSO received report of a vehicle in the ditch at 1-84 Boardman with people in side with their feet propped up. The caller would like MCSO contact after the deputy has been there. -MCSO cited Rebecca Lynn Taylor, 57, for Violation of the Basic Rule, 75 mph in a 55 mph zone. -MCSO received report of a gray mini-van weaving in and out of traffic and driving 100 mph on 1-84 Boardman. MCSO could not locate the vehicle and OSP was advised. -MCSO received report of keys found on Washington St. in Irrigon. The caller wanted a deputy to pick up the keys. MCSO received a 911 call from the same caller, who, on call back said he had just spoken with MCSO regarding keys he had found. -MCSO received report that people who live in an RV park in Irrigon drink and drive, have parties “all the time” and block the road. -MCSO cited Robert Dee Gilmore for Violation of the Basic Rule, 87 mph in a 55 mph zone. -MCSO received report from an anonymous Hep pner subject who advised that a male subject just left her house in an older red, jacked up Chevy pickup intoxicated on pain pills. The caller said she believed the subject was headed to Lexington. A deputy was advised, but was unable to locate the vehicle. -M CSO cited M aryann Kathleen Lewis McCov- ery, 43, for Violation of the Basic Rule, 76 mph in a 55 mph zone, and driving without a license. -MCSO received request for deputy contact from an Irrigon man who said his neighbor’s dogs bark and chase cards and snap at people. A deputy re sponded and spoke with the dog owner. The owner was warned and advised that a citation would be issued in the future. -MCSO received report from an Irrigon woman that a child, who was out play ing, told her that a man tried to open her door and then started knocking. The caller wanted deputy contact. -MCSO received a request from Good Shepherd Hos pital for a welfare check on a female in Irrigon who was earlier released from the hospital. GSH reported that the female’s husband had called them about her low blood sugar, but would not or could not follow their instructions. Irrigon Am bulance responded, but the patient refused transport. April 7: Irrigon Ambulance received request for an ambulance from an Irrigon man who said his sick wife, who had just been released from the hospital, was shak ing and jerking really bad and couldn’t keep anything down. -MCSO received request for a deputy from a bar in H eppner who said they wanted assistance in kick ing someone out. A deputy responded and the situation was resolved. The deputy gave the subject a courtesy ride home. their livestock projects. Aaron Smythe, who is a member of the Community 4-H Livestock Club in lone, makes friends with his project pigs Frosty and Sausage. Sheriff's Report T he M o rro w County S heriff’s Office reports handling the fol lowing business: -Irrigon Ambulance re ceived report that a 70-year- old female had fallen and needed assistance getting back up. An ambulance responded and assisted in lifting her. April 1 - MCSO received a report from a Hermiston man who reported a man wearing an orange jumpsuit jumping a fence onto the frontage road. MCSO received a citizen assist request from a man who said his boys let his dog out into the backyard. He stated the yard is fenced but he is afraid the dog might get out. He said the back patio door is open and the three boxers are friendly and not aggressive. The fence is electric. The man stated he would be off work in an hour. - The Mayor of lone asked for help from the Sheriff in regards to the Dog Or dinance in lone. She asked how much the county could help them without a con tract. It was reported that a woman was bitten by a dog at an lone address and was taken to urgent care. - MCSO responded to a Trespass report filed by an lone woman. It was re ported that the back doors to the home were open and the front door frame was broken. It did not appear anything had been taken. A report was filed. - MCSO received a report from an Irrigon man that a pit bull keeps running out onto the road. He stated the dog belongs to the house on the comer. The deputy was unable to locate the dog. - MCSO received a report from an Irrigon woman who stated her daughter refused to return property that in cluded a film projector and movie reels. The woman said the daughter is black mailing family members for its return. - Cory Patrick Winston, 30, Irrigon, was arrested by MCSO Probation and Parole and is lodged at the Umatilla County Jail with no bail. April 4: Morrow County Sheriff’s Office received report o f a Ford Ranger pickup parked in an unusual location with one person in it possibly sleeping or with a medical condition in lone. Caller requested a deputy to check it out. -MCSO arrested Joel Ro driquez, 27, on an Irrigon Justice Court warrant for Failure to Appear/Harass- ment. He was lodged at Umatilla County Jail to serve a 180-day sentence with $3,313.48 bail. -MCSO received report of a man who had fallen from a ladder in Heppner, who had bleeding from the head and had “raspy breathing”. He was transported to Pio neer Memorial Hospital in Heppner. -MCSO received a report from a subject in Irrigon that a dog was chasing his Jeep and he couldn’t get his dogs out o f the Jeep because of his neighbor’s pitbull/boxer mix and it 1 -Continued on PAGE EIGHT }
