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FOUR - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, May 1, 2013 Water Park preparing for summer Willow Creek Water Park is preparing for sum mer - the annual clean-up will be May 2 5 All pool employees are encouraged to participate in the clean ing and pool preparation ef forts. Passes and swim les Hurdlers place at meets H e p p n e r H igh S chool r u n n e r Ear l P ro p h e te r (above) took fifth place for Heppner in the 300 meter hurdles last week and Colton Evan (left) placed sec ond in the 100 me ter hurdles for the H eppner Ju n io r High team. - Con tributed photo FFA member makes Heppner connection in CA Sheriff's Report The Mo r r o w County Sheriff’s Office reports handling the fol lowing business: Not all people know where Heppner is on the map, let alone outside of Oregon, so Zaeh Hinz was amazed when a young man, Mitchell Parham, introduced himself to the Oregon State Officer team at the 2013 California State FFA Convention, which hosted 3000 FFA mein hers, Ag teachers and advisors this week. Hinz was doubly excited after Mitchell told him he was related to Devin and Garrett Robinson of Heppner. Parham is a freshman at Clovis Fast High School and follows in the footsteps of his uncles Kirk and Kyle Robinson and mother Krynn Robinson Parham, all who were members and officers of the Heppner FFA Chapter. -Contributedphoto Tournament will raise funds for baseball team The third annual Heppner Baseball Texas Hold'em Tournament will be held May II at the Heppner Elk's Club. Signup will be held from 5:30 - 6:30 p.m. and play starts at 6:30 p.m. Buy-in is $40 and all players 21 years or older are welcome to play. Food and beverages will be available. Men’s Club play resumes Willow Creek Country Club Men’s Club Play re sumes this Sunday with Kelly Fox, Mike Doherty, and Rod Wilson in charge. Puppies Need good home soon Aussie X Male pups Ready about June I . $S0 rehoming fee. Call 54I-676-S444 Mom is a cowy old girl ALL NEWS AND ADVERTISEMENT DEADLINE: MONDAYS AT 5:00 P.M. I -MCSO attempted to over take a vehicle traveling at a high rate of speed on west 1-84/Paterson Ferry. The vehicle was stopped by Boardman Police Depart ment. -MCSO received report from a Heppner woman that another woman was throw ing stuff at her residence. -MCSO received report of a fight with three or four people in progress in Ir- rigon. -MCSO received report of a subject on a motorcycle in an orchard in Boardman. MCSD and Boardman Po lice were unable to locate anything. -Heppner Ambulance re ceived report o f a person bleeding from the foot in Heppner and the bleeding wouldn't stop. The subject was transported. April 18: MCSO received a report of two horses, one black and one white, out and heading to Hwy. 730 in Irrigon. -MCSO received request from an Irrigon subject to have a Vehicle Identifica tion Number from a vehicle he bought checked on. He said he bought a 1970 Ch- evelle from someone who said the registration had been lost a while ago. A deputy made contact. -MCSO received report from a caretaker in Hep pner who said a female subject was very angry and was threatening to stab and punch the staff. The caller advised that they needed to search the subject’s room for her phone because she was leaving threatening phone m essages for the public. The caller said that the subject was in her room, but requested a standby of ficer while they searched the room. -MCSO received request for assistance for someone who was attem p tin g to contact two subjects in Ir rigon. The caller requested a phone number to contact them because their son may have been a victim in the Washington County area. -MCSO received request from Willow View Heights in Heppner for a transport for a subject to John Day. -MCSO deputy advised he was at the Morrow County Courthouse in Heppner for security. -MCSO received report from an Irrigon woman that he had sent her horse to a trainer, but when she went to check on the ani mal it had been abused. She advised that the horse was there only two weeks, but they had put a rope around its flanks, pulled its skin and gave it a hernia the “size of a cantaloupe.” She reported that the center refunded her money, but she requested deputy contact regarding animal abuse charges. MCSO responded and determined the charges to be unfounded. -MCSO received report from an employee at the city of Irrigon who said citizens had been contact ing her about vehicles driv ing at a high rate of speed on Washington Lane since they paved it. She requested extra patrol in the area. -MCSO received report from a Boardman woman that another subject keeps com ing on her property and that when her husband asked the subject to leave again, the subject said that if he called the cops she would tell the cops that he was sexually molesting her. -MCSO received report from an Irrigon woman that bigger kids were beating up on her grandchildren. She advised that the kids were fine, but the older kids tried to break her grandchild’s arm. -MCSO received report from an Irrigon man that he had lent a guy named Brian borrow his chain saw about four months ago and now Brian would not return any of his phone calls. The caller said he went to the subjects place and could see the chain saw case in his yard, but didn’t want to go on the property. -MCSO Deputy advised he saw a Heppner resident’s dogs chase after a couple. The deputy spoke to the dog owner. -Heppner Ambulance ad vised of an EMS transport to Pendleton. -B oardm an A m bulance received request for an ambulance for an 83-year- old female on oxygen with shortness of breath. April 19: MCSO received report of a burglary in prog ress on Gun Club Lane. MCSO responded but was unable to locate anything. -MCSO received request for a deputy to respond to the Community Counseling building in Boardman. A deputy responded. -MCSO received request for contact concerning a ve hicle transaction. The caller wanted to know if he could put a lien on a vehicle. A deputy responded. sons sign-ups will be avail able the following week and throughout the season. Prices are unchanged this year, so it is a bargain. Opening day for the water park will be Saturday, June 8. There will be special extended hours that day if the weather cooperates. The Spa is up and run ning. Special passes and hours are available contact Skip or Merry for more in formation. 541-676-5752. -MCSO received report of and advised him of his op slick road conditions from tions. Heppner to the OHV Park, -MCSO received report possibly due to a truck leak from an Irrigon man that he had six steers on his proper ing oil. ty that don't belong to him. -MCSO received report of He said he was able to get a green older BMW that them corralled. A deputy had been parked in front responded and the owners of a Heppner business for arrived and said they would a week. The caller wanted get the steers removed. it removed. -MCSO received report -M CSO received report from a subject on 1-84 o f several people calling Boardman that he was out regarding an lone man who of gas. He reported he was let his kids ride around calling from a 911 phone, in the back of his pickup, so he was unable to call standing up while the man anyone other than 911 for was driving. assistance. His wife and -M CSO received report two-year-old daughter were from a Boardman woman that her 17-year-old daugh with him. -MCSO received request ter walked away from the for a deputy to speak with residence. The caller did subjects at a Heppner lo not want to report her as cation whose dogs were a runaway at the time, but getting out and running wanted the sheriff's office to be on the lookout for her around. -MCSO received report and left a description. o f a subject lying on his -MCSO cited Esteban Sa side with a back pack on las Panuco, 34, in Irrigon 1-84 Boardman. A deputy for Violation o f the Basic responded and issued two Rule, 71 mph in a 55 mph zone, and No O perator’s citations. -MCSO received report of License. a possible drunk driver on -MCSO received report 1-84 Boardman driving 30 from an Irrigon subject that mph in the fast lane. The ve he heard people talking near hicle, with a female driver his house and then it looked and a male passenger, took like someone had hit his father's vehicle and broke the Hwy. 730 exit. the tail lights. The reporter -MCSO received report of translated for his father. a drunk driver in a Dodge -MCSO cited Elizabeth vehicle towing a ’56 Chevy Adale Patricia Mahoney, pickup with a flat tire head ing from Irrigon to Umatilla 26, for Violation o f the on Hwy. 730, that almost Speed Limit, 88 mph in a 65 caused a wreck. Deputies mph zone, in Boardman. were out o f position and OSP was advised. -MCSO received report -MCSO received report of from a subject who had re loud music coming from a ported to Boardman Police trailer on Riverview Ave., Department of two suspi Irrigon, that was keeping cious males wearing dark him awake. A deputy re hoodies walking toward sponded and the music was Paul Smith Rd. One was turned down. reported to have motioned April 21: MCSO received as if he were packing a report of a suspicious ve hicle at the refuge parking firearm. April 20: MCSO received lot in Irrigon. A deputy report o f a vehicle travel responded and spoke with ing at a high rate of speed the individuals who said on Hwy. 730, Irrigon. The they were fixing something caller said it passed him and in the car. several other vehicles be -MCSO received report of fore pulling to the shoulder two pickups racing through the Irrigon refuge. and turning off its lights. -MCSO received request -MCSO reported conduct for information from a Hep ing several boat inspec pner subject who wanted tions. deputy contact to advise -MCSO received report of him of his options regard subjects kicking their dog ing people who owed him in Boardman. When the caller said something to money. -MCSO received request them, they yelled at her and from an lone man for deputy drove off. contact concerning evicting people from his property. -Continued on PAGE SIX A deputy contacted him If you or someone you know has a gambling problem, help is available and that help Is FREE of charge. 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