SIX - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, May 29, 2013
CAR CHASE
•Continuedfrom PACE ONE his heels, decided to try to
running stop signs at the
Highway 730 intersection
and again at Washington
Lane. The suspect’s vehicle
started two fires along the
road, which were later put
out by the lrrigon Rural Fire
Protection District.
By this point, the sto
len car was boxed in by
Bowles on the right and
Neubert directly behind on
Washington Lane, a short
distance east of West 4th
Road. Bartz swerved his
vehicle into the left side of
Bowles’ pickup, at which
point Bowles pushed the
suspect’s vehicle onto the
soft shoulder, where it lost
traction and was forced to
stop.
Bartz immediately fled
on foot to the north, toward
the Columbia River and
the cover of some trees. A
female passenger, 19-year-
old Kaitlyn Christm an,
stayed in the vehicle and
was detained by MCSO
Deputy Stokoe. Christman
did not face charges.
W hile B ow les and
Neubert continued the foot
pursuit, officers from the
Boardman and Umatilla
police departments arrived
at the scene and the area
was surrounded. The sus
pect, with Bowles hot on
escape by jumping into the
Columbia River. Bartz tried
to swim but was too ex
hausted and began to floun
der, at which point he began
calling for help. Bowles,
assisted by Neubert, waded
into the river and was able
to pull the suspect from the
current; the deputies took
him into custody without
further incident.
The suspect was trans
ported to the U m atilla
County Jail, where he was
lodged on the charges of
unauthorized use of a motor
vehicle ($7,500), attempt
ing to elude ($7,500), at
tempting to elude on foot
($6,000), driving while
suspended ($6,000), failure
to perform duties of driver
involved in a property dam
age crash ($6,000), failure
to perform duties of driver
involved in an injury crash
($12,500), criminal mis-
chiefll ($6,000) and escape
111 ($6,000), as well as a
Benton County, WA war
rant for failure to appear
on charges of possession of
stolen vehicle ($10,000).
Bartz was also on pa
role with the Organ State
Parole Board. Total bail was
set at $57,500 for Oregon
and $10,000 for Washing
ton.
Heppner represented
in Spray rodeo parade
Memorial Day weekend, Dick and Jannie Allen were honored
as grand marshals of the Spray rodeo and parade. Archie Ball
escorted his grandsons Casey and Cody Fletcher in the parade
on the 1939 Chevrolet pickup he restored. Heppner Elementary
School students .Jorden Sweeney, Hunter and Madelyn Nich
ols, and Sage Ferguson rode along as well as tribute to Mrs.
Allen, who will be retiring this year from teaching. Ball built
the flat bed of the pick-up from a portion of the old Heppner
Elementary/High School gymnasium floor. Pictured (L-R)are
Archie Ball, Jorden Sweeney, Hunter Nichols, Casey and Cody
Fletcher, Madelyn Nichols, Sage Ferguson, Karen Smith-Grif-
fith, Jannie Allen and Brandi Sweeney. -Contributedphoto
CLASS OF 2013
Tyler E. Berry
Julianne Elise Carlson
George-A lexander
V. Smith
Breyanna M.
Hynes- Kissler
The wrong pho
tos o f these students
were inadvertently
used in last week 's
publication o f local
graduates.
The
Gazette-
Times
apologizes
to the students and
their families for
the error.
Aidan S. Wright
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Speaker warns against ‘sustainable
development’ in environmental movement
The en v iro n m en tal
movement, and especially
the ideas of Agenda 21 and
“sustainable development,”
has become a threat to our
lifestyle, especially to those
who make their living off
the land in the west, a for
mer Coast Guard researcher
and self-proclaimed expert
on the subject told a Hep
pner crowd recently.
Robert Powell, who
travels throughout the state
speaking about Agenda
21 and sustainability, says
although alarmists in the
environmental movement
say global warming and
environmental disaster are
on the way, the end result
of their movement is more
about moving people off the
land into high-density areas
using mass transportation
than about the environ
ment.
Powell said environ
mentalists would just as
soon see those in rural areas
off the land, and he points
to an agenda all the way
down to local planning
commissions as attempting
to accomplish this. He says
the environmentalists use
the crisis of global warm
ing to frighten people into
accepting their views.
Agenda 21 is an action
plan passed in 1992 by the
United Nations with regard
to sustainable development,
and Powell says many in
positions of power are using
those ideas to wrest own
ership of land away from
individuals and to the gov
ernment. He pointed to the
effort to establish wolves
back onto the land and
water policies—stating that
At a recent program in Heppner, speaker Robert Powell
explains how certain aspects of the environmental movement
have become a threat to our lifestyle.
all water ultimately belongs
to the government—as two
examples.
About 45 people at
tended the meeting, spon
sored by the Willow Creek
Tea Party Patriots.
Powell urged them to
become involved in not
only their local govern
ment but also the educa
tion system, which he says
is teaching our children
values against individual
ownership of land and per
sonal freedom.
May yard of the month honored
By Kay Proctor
Honors for the first
Yard of the Month of 2013
belong to Bob and Eva
Kilkenny of 565 Hagar.
Bob lived on the family
farm outside o f Heppner
all his life, but the couple
moved to town in 2009 after
a particularly bad winter.
Their new home was origi
nally built in 1949 by local
businessman Irv Lynch, but
needed some TLC. Since
Bob is (supposedly) retired,
they enlisted the help of
their talented neighbor and
relative, Shane Laughlin,
for work inside and out.
Their goal was low-
maintenance for the yard.
Shane put in more than
100 hours on an excavator
moving soil—mostly from
the steep backyard area,
leveling and gently sloping
it. Underground sprinklers
were put in. Beds around
the house and lot edges are
lined with river rock and
Eva chose some easy-to-
maintain plantings.
W hile m oving dirt,
some old bottle shards were
found. Taking some old
wood fencing from the
yard, Shane used it for an
inlay design in the kitchen’s
wood floor. The hardwood
flooririg had been recycled
from the demolished gym at
Heppner Elementary.
The couple’s favorite
spot is the backyard deck,
where an oasis has been
created. This includes a
circulating marble fountain
brought back from Vietnam,
where the Kilkennys got to
see workers hand-carving
their creations.
Eva, originally from
Michigan, likes to grow
vegetables, and a sunny
spot at the top of the gentle
slope was perfect for a
garden. Shane built raised
beds there in an elongated
diamond shape, fitting them
in a pattern.
Also in the backyard, a
worn-out outbuilding was
going to be removed, but
Shane had plans to rescue
it. With salvaged materials,
he added windows, a barn-
The University of Oregon style door, wood shingles
cement duck at the top of the and patterned wood to turn
pine pole. -Contributedphoto it into a charming storage
(L-R) Eva Kilkenny, Shane Laughlin and Bob Kilkenny in
front of the backyard waterfall. -Contributedphoto
unit.
The lot backs up to a
steep basalt cliff, where
an aging flume clings high
above. Shane excavated a
pond at the base of the cliff
and installed a recirculating
pump system. The water
is pumped over 50’ up the
cliff, where he designed it
to appear to cascade natu
rally from the flume and fall
to the pond below. The sight
and sound of the waterfall
create a backyard haven
that is also viewable at
night, because Shane added
lighting to showcase the
falls. And it’s all operated
by a switch that he salvaged
from a demolition project.
The backyard has one
tall pine tree for shade and
another one that has been
topped and delimbed. Re
turning home one day, Bob
and Eva could not locate
their green and yellow Uni
versity o f Oregon cement
duck that had decorated
their yard. When they final
ly looked up, the duck was
discovered now decorating
the top of the pine. Shane
had scaled the tree and in
stalled it there “for fun.”
Future plans include
fencing. Shane was hesitant
to be interviewed, stating
that there “ ...is a lot more
to do.” After much ques
tioning, he disclosed he has
an engineering education,
contractor’s license and
was in charge o f ground
maintenance at Kah-nee-ta
Resorts in Central Oregon
for several years.
The three. Bob, Eva and
Shane, are a genuine team,
have a lot of fun, make hard
work look easy and have
well-earned May’s Yard of
the Month recognition.
Green Feed/M orrow
County Grain Growers, the
City o f Heppner and the
newly formed Heppner Vol
unteers all co-sponsor Yard
of the Month recognition.
Missionaries to speak at Nazarene church
G eorge and N ancy
Miller, global missionar
ies for the Church of the
Nazarene in the Solomon
Islands, will be speaking
at the Nazarene Church on
Sunday, June 2 at 6 p.m.
The public is invited to the
presentation and a time of
fellowship with cookies and
coffee after.
G eorge and N ancy
Miller are servants of the
Lord and have served as
missionaries for the Church
of the Nazarene since 1989.
Nancy and George both felt
called to missionary service
as children and this call was
reaffirmed during their two
month service as volunteers
in the Raleigh Fitkin Me
morial Nazarene Hospital
in Manzini, Swaziland, in
1987. The Millers were ap
pointed in 1989 and served
for one five-year term as
specialized assignment mis
sionaries, and then were
granted global missionary
status in 1994.
George received his
B.S. in Medical Technol
ogy from Southern Naza
rene University in 1972.
Following graduation the
M illers moved to Carn
egie, OK where George
worked in the Carnegie
Hospital laboratory and x-
ray until their missionary
appointment to the Naza
re n e Hospital at Kudjip
in the Western Highlands
Province o f Papua New
Guinea. Also, the Miller’s
were active raising their
four children and involved
in their church, where they
served in many capacities,
including children’s minis
ters, Sunday School teach
ers, youth leaders, Caravan
leaders, and Bible quiz
directors. In the district,
they were involved in the
boys and girls camps, and
Caravan program.
During their 10 years
o f service in Papua New
Guinea, their primary re
sponsibility was to the hos
pital where George served
as supervisor of the labo-
ratory and x-ray de
partments. They also
ministered in churches
and assisted as mis
sionary advisors to the
districts and in other
capacities as there was
opportunity.
During their sec
ond home assignment,
George completed his
education requirement
for ordination and in
1999 was reassigned
as District Superin
tendent to the Solo- George and Nancy Miller
mon Islands District.
Nazarene K-12 school op
They have served in
that capacity since August erated by the Honiara, Zion
1999. Nancy completed her Church of the Nazarene.
The Millers have four
BA in Ministry in Christian
Schools Education in 2007. children: Gloria and hus
She completed this online band Scott Nelson, Greg
from the program offered and wife Wendy, Geoffrey
by N azarene Bible C ol and wife Churie, and Gary.
lege. She served the past They also have 11 grand
four years as principal o f children, ranging from 17
Zion Christian Academy, a years to seven months.
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