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EIGHT - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, February 26, 2014 Wee Bit O’ Ireland entertainment promises a great evening E n te r ta in m e n t on Saturday, March 15, may get toes tapping, heads nodding and possibly force listeners to put their hands together in a clap or two. W ho’s com ing? O f course, the area's own Old Time Fiddlers will again put together some good-time fiddle music at the Morrow County Fairgrounds dance hall at 6:30 p.m. In addition, CrossStrung w ill be p erfo rm in g at the Heppner Elementary School gymnasium from 7-9:30 p.m. C ro ssS tru n g is one o f U tah’s most exciting acoustic groups. This group consists of five musicians with 12 instruments, tight harmonies and hot instrumentals. They even occasionally have three of them playing on one instrument at the same time. Their show is promising to be energetic and fun. and this family group performs Celtic music with magic CrossStrun); will perform March 15 as part of Heppner's and passion. Wee Bit O ’ Ireland celebration. -Contributedphoto Their live show has been known to convert first- timers into life-timers. Band members all bring their own expertise to their instruments, starting with husband-and-w ife team Dan and Sarah (C luff) Riggs. Dan has won numerous fiddle competitions across the state. S arah has s tu d ie d C eltic guitar in Ireland and B ritish C olum bia, having been awarded as the top instrum entalist several times on mandolin and guitar at statew ide competitions. Both have toured with Clog America all across the world. F iddle player Leah recently placed first in the “hot fiddle” completion. Youngest sister, Emma, plays electric and acoustic bass. Sheri Cluff. mother and band manager, plays guitar, Bohdran and Irish Flute. Both o f these events promise to offer plenty of fun for the entire family. Sheriff's Report December 1 :-Morrow Port o f Umatilla. MCSO request from an Irrigon was 20 weeks pregnant was accident on 1-84 Arlington, bed, not moving since the County S h eriff’s Office responded. man concerning a car he extracted from a vehicle No one was located. previous day in lone, cited B renna K athleen -MCSOreceived report was purchasing and making and transported to Good -Boardman Emergency December 19: Morrow Rietmann, 22, for Violation of it being very slick on payments on. The man said Shepherd Hospital. Services received request County S heriff's Office of the Basic Rule, 73 mph 1-84 west of Paterson Ferry, the sellers were threatening -MCSO received report for a response concerning received report of a male in a 55 mph zone. I he caller said it could to come and get the car. of a subject in a red Jetta a 73-year-old. at the westbound rest area -MCSO received report be potato waste causing M CSO re sp o n d ed and that hit a white car that said December 18: Morrow outside Boardm an who from a Lexington man of the problem. MCSO and advised the subject that it “medical transport” on it. County S heriff’s Office reported he had chronic suspicious circumstances. ODOT responded. was a civil matter. The subjects in the Jetta did received report of a fire in pain, was unable to move He rep o rte d that they -M C S O r e c e iv e d -M C S O r e c e i v e d not stop at the stop sign on a little shop beside a pink and needed an ambulance, had found a bag of items report that Oregon State request for extra patrol on First St. and Utah Ave. in house in Boardman. -MCSO received report near the trees at the park Police in Morrow County Utah Avenue in Irrigon for Irrigon. -M C S O r e c e iv e d o f a male texting while in T routdale, including arrested Nikayla Peck. 22, vehicles driving at a high -MCSO received report report of a burglar alarm driving on 1-84, Boardman. clothes, blankets, a cell for Failure to Carry and rate of speed. o f a 6 1 -y ear-o ld m ale at a Boardman location. OSP was advised, phone and other little things. Present. She was lodged at -M C S O a s s i s t e d subject with a possible heart B o a r d m a n Police -MCSO received report The call was forwarded to Umatilla County Jail. Umatilla County Sheriff's attack out on the ground. Department responded and of a German shepherd on Oregon State Police. - M C S O D e p u t y Office with crowd control on conscious, but can't move determined it was a MCSO O regon Lane, Irrigon, -MCSO received report advised he was out with the Mega Load movement, with chest pains and back employee. with its back legs possibly from a Heppner man that three male subjects on Main -MCSO received report ache on 1-84, Boardman. -MCSO received report broken, his house was broken into. Street in Heppner. One of a Toyota FJ Cruiser all -MCSO received report o f tw o large dogs in a -MCSO received report but did not believe anything subject was warned for over the road and at one o f cows on the tracks in Boardman pasture chasing of a blue-eyed pitbull lost was taken. urinating in public. point traveling 25 mph in Boardman. The trains were the owner’s sheep. MCSO in Irrigon. -MCSO received report - M C S O D e p u t y a 55 mph zone. MCSO stopped until the owners deputy responded but was December 20: Morrow from an lone man that his advised he was out on bar responded and stopped could be c o n tacte d to unable to locate any dogs. County S heriff’s Office house and been broken into check. the vehicle in Hwy. 730, rem ove the cow s. OSP -M C S O r e c e i v e d received report from a between November 30 and Decem ber2 :-Morrow Irrigon, and warned the and MCSO were unable re p o rt o f a p o s s ib le Boardman man of a four- December 1. County Sheriff's Office driver for failure to maintain to respond due to road vehicle fire on Hwy. 730/ w heeler driving up and -MCSO received report received report of a theft lane. The driver was tired, conditions. R a ilro a d , B o a rd m a n . down his road. MCSO th a t U m a tilla C o u n ty of a donation jar from the -MCSO received report -MCSO received report MCSO responded and the arrested Paul Earl Pyle, 45, Sheriff's Office arrested Shell station in Irrigon. that the N am pa Police of another rollover on 1-84 occupants were out of the on a Clackamas County James Daniel Riley on an MCSO responded. Department arrested Wayne Boardman with entrapment, vehicle. There was no threat w arrant for F ailure to Irrigon Justice Court. He - M C S O D e p u t y Bradley Schwabrow, 38, on - M C S O r e c e i v e d of fire. Appear/Contempt of Court, was lodged at U m atilla advised he was out with a a warrant. report of a very thin small -MCSO received report He was lodged at Umatilla County Jail with $6,000 vehicle with its trunk open. December 3 : -Morrow Chihuahua that looked like from a man in Heppner that County Jail with $25,000 bail. -MCSO received report County Sheriff's Deputy it could have been in an he had his company vehicle bail. -MCSO received report of a torch, some tanks and i ni t i a t ed a sto p on a accident in Irrigon. broken into. -MCSO received from an Irrigon woman that meat from a freezer at an vehicle traveling on 1-84 -MCSO received report -MCSO received report request from a Boardman she had another cat trapped lone residence. Boardm an. The vehicle from a subject on Gun of graffiti in Boardman. b u s i n e s s to have a she wanted to transport to - - M C S O r e c e i v e d failed to yield and attempted Club Rd. that someone had -MCSO received report subject trespassed from Pet Rescue. request for contact from an to elude the deputy. MCSO vandalized her mailbox, from an Irrigon woman the premises. The caller - M C S O r e c e i v e d Irrigon woman concerning and Bo a r d ma n Pol i ce The caller said she thought that two boys told her son rep o rte d that the man report from a H eppner developing the Heritage Department responded. she knew who the suspect that they broke into a place screamed at the employees, man that a deer was hung Trail and using horses. -MCSO received report was. across the street from the -MCSO received report up in a fence that needed - M C S O r e c e i v e d from an Irrigon man that a - M C S O r e c e i v e d bank in Irrigon. A deputy from an anonymous caller to be dispatched. MCSO request for contact from father left his two children report of someone spinning made contact. that a man with a warrant responded, dispatched the an lone woman who said at his house. Department cookies on Riverside Ave./ -MCSO received report on him was at his residence, deer and transported it to a deputy left a message for o f Human Services was Sperry St. in Heppner. The o f a disabled vehicle on -MCSO received report the ODOT compost place, her, but she didn't know advised and was to make 22-year-old subject was Juniper Canyon/Crum Rd. from a Lexington man that -MCSO cited Spencer who the deputy was. An contact. given a verbal warning. -MCSO received report someone had broken into a L aw rence S eew ald for email was sent to all the -MCSO received report -MCSO arrested Dustin from a male at Frontage garage by breaking a hole Violation of the Basic Rule, deputies. of a motor vehicle accident Rand, 25, on an Irrigon Lane/County Line Rd. o f into the side of it. 77 mph in a 55 mph zone. -MCSO received report in whi ch one d r i v e r ’s Justice Court warrant for suspicious circumstances. -MCSO received - M C S O D e p u t y of a yellow and white bull m i r r o r b u m p e d wi t h Failure to Pay Fine/Minor He r e por t e d that two report that Wasco County advised he was out at the walking down the middle of another vehicle's mirror, in P ossession. He was Arabic-looking men cam Sheriff’s Office arrested Irrigon skate park for the the highway in lone. The caller wanted to speak lodged at Umatilla County into his shop in a U-Haul Robin Kerrie Wren, 28, tree lighting. -MCSO received report with Oregon State Police. Jail with $275 bail. pickup with a 15-20 ft. box on Heppner Circuit Court - M C S O r e c e i v e d of suspicious circumstances The incident happened in - M C S O r e c e i v e d and asked for directions to warrant for Failure to report from the MCSO in Irrigon with structures Hermiston and his call was additional calls reporting the Army Chemical Depot Appear on original charges Undersheriffof a small car across the street from the transferred. motor vehicle accidents. and then asked where the o f Tampering with Drug headed west-bound along caller broken into over the -MCSO received December 17: Morrow nearest motel was. The Records, Possession of the railroad right o f way, weekend. The caller said all report of a vehicle rollover County Sheriff's Office call was transferred from a C ontrolled Substance 1-84 Boardm an. MCSO the doors were open and he with unknow n injuries, cited Mark Alan Nelson, MCSO to Umatilla County Schedule II, A ttem pted and Bo a r d ma n Pol i ce knew that the door in front MCSO and Boardman Fire 33, for Driving While Sheriff's Office since the C Felony/Possession of De par t ment resp o n d ed had been closed. D epartm ent responded. Suspended-violation. motel was in Umat ill a a C ontrolled Substance but was unable to locate -MCSO warned a man Boardman Ambulance was - M C S O r e p o r t e d County. MCSO notified II. She w as lodged at anything. in Heppner about driving advised to stand down. The m a k i n g c o n t a c t wi t h their deputies and Oregon NORCOR with $20,000 -MCSO received report encumbered with a dog in vehicle was towed. a m o b i l e h o m e par k State Police. bail, from an Irrigon woman that his lap. - M C S O r e c e i v e d concerning the location of -MCSO received report -MCSO received report she agreed to buy a vehicle -MCSO received report numerous calls for accidents a trailer. It was reported that of two horses loose in the from an Irrigon woman that from a person in Irrigon from an Irrigon woman who and vehicles sliding off the the subject moved it. area o f Division St. and a very large white pit bull and said she paid them was trying to get her stuff road on 1-84. Boardman. - M C S O r e c e i v e d California Ave., Irrigon. was in her shed. MCSO was $300 two weeks earlier, from her mother's residence - M C S O r e c e i v e d r e q u e s t f or c o n t a c t The caller said his wife unable to locate the dog. but, according to her, they and the mother wouldn't report that De s c hut e s concerning a death that almost hit one. MCSO -MCSO received report w ould not give her the let her. County S heriff’s Office may have occurred in his responded, but was unable o f a house fire on Paul vehicle until it was paid -M C SO receiv ed a arrested Timothy R. Crow, neighborhood in Irrigon. to locate the horses. Smith Rd. in Boardman. off. She advised that she request from Community 42. on an Irrigon Justice -MCSO received -MCSO received report MCSO, Boardman Police wanted her money back, but Counseling Solutions for Court warrant for Failure request for police presence from an Irrigon business Department, Boardman they said they didn't have a t rans por t from CCS to Appear/Importation of at a Christmas concert in that a customer was paid Ambulance and Boardman the money. MCSO Deputy in Boar dman to G ood Cervid (deer) Carcass. He Irrigon. out on a lottery ticket, then Fire Department responded, spoke with both parties and Sh e p h e r d Hospi t al in was lodged at Deschutes -MCSO received report played for an hour later and -MCCSO Deputy advised it was a civil matter. Boardman for medical County Jail with $235 bail, of construction in the Wilson then said he w asn't paid advisedhe was at an Irrigon -MCSO received clearance and then to John -MCSO received report Lane area, Boardman, with the correct amount. The residence concerning loose report from Oregon State Day. MCSO responded and o f a pickup that rolled no traffic direction and fog. caller said he was yelling dogs. MCSO w arned a Police that they arrested completed the request. on H om estead/Bom bing MCSO reported that there at the staff and was told subject for having a dog Kevi n Jo sep h Wi l son, - M C S O r e c e i v e d Range roads. were flaggers on both ends that he could come back at large. 30, on an Irrigon Justice report o f an assault that -MCSO received report of the road with only one the next day after the till -MCSO deputy advised Court warrant for Failure occurred in Heppner over of a car that just flipped on lane of traffic. had been counted, but he he was at an lone location to Appear/Fraudulent Use the weekend. The victim is its side on Hwy 730/W. -Heppner F i r e wasn' t happy with that signing a “fix-it” ticket, of a Credit Card. He was mentally disabled. Fourth Road, Irrigon. Department received a fire solution, continued yelling -MCSOdeputy advised lodged at Umatilla County -MCSO received -MCSO received report call. and threatened to return he spoke to a female in Jail with $6,000 bail. request for assistance from of a Jeep upside down on - B o a r d m a n F i r e later. MCSO and Boardman lone about turning down -MCSO received report O regon State Police. A 1-84 Boardman. Department received report P o l i c e D e p a r t m e n t her music, from an Irrigon man that deputy advised he would -MCSO received report from Umatilla County of responded, but were unable -MCSO arrested Scott a male would not stop drift that way to assist OSP o f a vehicle that slid off a possible grass fire on to locate anyone. David Kimble, 49, on a harassing his daughter by or until OSP or other law the road and hit a post, Hwy. 207/Buttercreek Rd., -Heppner F i r e Umatilla County Circuit phone. The man requested enforcement could take the resulting in a steering wheel Lexington. Fire Station D e p a r t m e n t r e p o r t e d Court warrant for Failure deputy contact. scene. that wasn’t straight and the & responded and advised securing the helicopter to Appear/DUII. He was -MCSO received -MCSO received report vehicle bent underneath, it was what was left from landingzone. lodged at Umatilla County re q u e st for as s i s t ance of a garage broken into in Femal es w ere given a a cont rol l ed burn that -Heppner Ambulance, Jail with $5,000 bail. He from Umat i l l a Count y Irrigon. MCSO responded courtesy ride. afternoon. The remaining lone EMS received report was also warned for failure SherifTs Office concerning and took a report for Theft -MCSO received report flames were put out. o f a 41-year-old female to stop before entering protesters o f the “ Mega II and Burglary II. ofa vehicle rollover on 1-84/ -Boardman Ambulance who was unable to speak or roadway and failure to carry Load m ovem ent” at the - M C S O r e c e i v e d Hwy. 730. A female who received report of a vehicle walk and had been lying in proof of insurance.
