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EIGHT- Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, April 24,2013 Health district narrows CEO choices to two Prom royalty Local students danced the night away during prom at Hep pner and lone schools. Evan Rietmann was crowned king and Shadow Kendrick queen during lone High School's prom (L). Heppner High School prom court includes: Back Row: (L-R) Aidan Wright, Stephen Thompson, King Austin Gutierrez, Garrett Robinson and Kyle Harrison. Front Row: Elizabeth Rill, Joselynn Troxell, Queen Alana Wilson, Emma Osmin and Hanna Lovgren. SHERIFF'S REPORT -Continued from Page SEVEN -Irrigon A m bulance re ceived request for an am bulance from the daughter of a 62-year-old insulin dependent woman who said her mother was having a diabetic episode. An am bulance responded, but the patient refused transport. -Boardman Fire Depart ment advised they were at the Little League Field for opening ceremonies. April 14: MCSO received report from a woman in Boardman that she had hit a deer on 1-84 east. -MCSO received report from an Irrigon subject that he was having a verbal dispute regarding the legal owner of a cell phone. He requested deputy contact. -M CSO arrested C urtis James Drury, 31, for DUII with a BAC of .10. He was cited and released. -MCSO received report o f an abandoned vehicle parked in the sagebrush on Desert Rd. in Hermiston with spray paint on it and no license plates. MCSO recovered a stolen Ford Ex plorer out of Hermiston. -MCSO received report of kids in a black Volkswagen bug in a parking lot in Ir rigon. A deputy responded and discovered no illegal activity. -MCSO received request for an ambulance for a 23-year- old woman 8-1/2 months pregnant, having contrac tions and sharp pains. An ambulance responded. -MCSO received report from an Irrigon man that he wasn’t able to get into a relative’s house. He re ported that the relative was a heavy alcoholic and all the doors were locked from the inside. The caller requested a deputy to make contact. It was possibly and unat tended death. -MCSO received report of someone in a white Chevy pickup, lifted with a roll bar and short box dropping off a pit bull puppy in lone. -M CSO received report from an Irrigon woman of a dog that is penned up, very thin with no water and little food. She said she knew the owner. A deputy made contact and advised that the dog was okay. -MCSO received report of a motor home on fire, just south of the OHV Park on Forest Service Rd., Hepp ner, and three vehicles leav ing the area at a high rate of speed. The vehicles were described as an early 90s Dodge full sized pickup, a red Toyota Tacoma and a white Ford F350 crew cab. USFS dispatch was notified for a fire response. April 15: MCSO received report of a brown cow out on the side of the road on Hwy. 74, lone. A subject was contacted who said they would make sure the cow was put back in. -MCSO received request for an assist in tow ing a do nated boat from the Board- man Marina to Tidewater. -MCSO received report from an Irrigon woman that her 17-year-old daughter was being contacted by a 21-year-old Pilot Rock man. The caller said she spoke with a Pilot Rock Police Department officer who told her she needed to contact MCSO, so they could contact PRPD. The M orrow County Health District Board con ducted face-to-face inter views with two candidates for the district’s CEO posi tion and is in the process of making their final selec tion. The district initially re ceived around 50 appli cants for the job, which was vacated by previous CEO Michael Blauer who took another administrative position in Seaside. Former CEO Victor Vander Does has served as an interim administrator since then. The board then narrowed the field down to eight whom they interviewed by Skype, before selecting the top two finalists. The two candidates ar rived in Heppner last week for interview s with the selection committee, which included board Chair Larry Mills, board members John Murray, Leann Rea, David Bums and Joe Perry, Vander Does, MCHD C hief F i nancial Officer Nicole Ma honey, Dr. Betsy Anderson, Molly Rhea, R.N., director o f nursing services, and Patti Allstott, MCHD hu man resources. The candi dates, one’s spouse and the other's fiance, toured the facilities and town of Hepp ner. Chamber of Commerce A dm inistrative D irector Sheryll Bates assisted with the tours. Mills said that the board hopes to have an agreement in place this week. -MCSO received report from an Irrigon woman that she received a suspicious call from a female who said that her father just died and then started to cry. She said the caller did not give any further information, but she had the phone number. -MCSO received report from an Irrigon woman that two pit bulls had just killed a cat in her front yard and the dogs were still there mauling the cat. The caller said she had reported the animals before. Autumn Nicole Thomas. 32, was cited for two counts o f M aintaining a Dog as a Public Nuisance. -MCSO arrested Rober ta Lynn Manning, 25, on a H erm iston M unicipal Court warrant for Failure to Appear/Driving While Suspended-misdemeanor. She was lodged at Umatilla County Jail with $10,000 bail. April 16: MCSO received report from an Irrigon woman that she had a cat in a trap to be picked up. A deputy picked the cat up and transported it to Pet Rescue. -MCSO received report o f a female with a head injury in Irrigon. A deputy responded and the patient was transported. -MCSO gave subjects a w arning for trespassing at the tree farm on Front age Rd. The subjects were taking photographs o f the trees. -MCSO received report from a Heppner woman that a female who used to live next door to the caller had been in her carport and did something to her tractor, in addition to taking rocks from her yard. -MCSO received report from an Irrigon man that his brother, who had been un characteristically angry and irrational, was demanding that he go to the residence. A deputy responded and the dispute was resolved. -MCSO received report of a motorcycle lying near the desert in the morning, and then in the afternoon a couple kids were trying to push it, but left it lying in the middle of a field in Irrigon. -MCSO received report of a female who had been “ bouncing aro u n d ” the Boardman and Stanfield rest areas and the Pilot Truck Stop. When people at the Boardman rest area contacted her, she said she was w aiting for a male friend to show up. -MCSO received report of a golden Lab at the Heppner Shell station that was starv ing. The caller believed she knew who owned the dog. -M CSO received report from an Irrigon woman that her brother took her vehicle earlier that day and would not return it. -MCSO received report of a semi truck driving reck lessly on 1-84 Boardman. -MCSO received report from a Heppner man that another man, the respon dent of a restraining order, has been living with him. The caller wanted MCSO to inform the woman who had taken out the restraining order that nothing was to be done with the respondent’s stuff until they go to court. -MCSO received report that Cynthia Ann Brown, 24, was arrested on a MCSO warrant for Failure to Ap- pear/Possession o f Meth- am phetam ines. She was lodged at Umatilla County Jail with $10,000 bail. April 17: MCSO received request from an Irrigon woman to have her cat trap returned. She said a deputy picked up the trap, but it was hers and not the sheriff’s office. She ad vised there were about five more cats that needed to be trapped. 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