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Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon
Sheriff's Report
got there. A 43-year-old
woman was cited for theft
and released on her own
recognizance.
-MCSO received report
from H e rm isto n P o lice
Department that they have
probable cause for arrest
for Violation o f Restraining
Oregon on a 32-year-old
woman who was reported
to be staying with a male
subject in Irrigon.
-MCSO received report
o f suspicious circumstances
in Heppner. A male subject
s a id h e a rd s u s p ic io u s
activity on his walkie talkie
that morning regarding two
subjects.
- U m a t i l l a C o u n ty
S h eriff’s O ffice arrested
Jason Edward Kinzer, 31,
on a Morrow County Circuit
Court warrant for Failure
to A ppear/P ossession o f
M e th a m p h e ta m in e and
M anufacture/D elivery o f
a C ontrolled Substance.
He was lodged at Umatilla
County Jail with $100,000
bail.
-MCSO received report
from a Boardman man that
he saw a w h ite p ick u p
parked in the ditch by his
property with the cab door
open. The caller said he
shined a spotlight on them
and yelled at them and then
the vehicle left. M CSO
re sp o n d e d and sto p p e d
the vehicle at Hwy. 730
near Irrigon. The man in
the white pickup said that
the reason he stopped was
because he saw an AMC
G rem lin in the driveway
an d w a n te d to ta k e a
picture. It was too dark for
a picture, but then the other
man started yelling, so he
decided to leave.
December 16: Morrow
C ounty S h e riff’s O ffice
received report o f a living
room m o tio n a la rm in
Boardman. The owner was
contacted, but said he was
three hours away and no
one should be there.
-MCSO received report
o f a su sp ic io u s v e h ic le
parked on the sh o u ld e r
by the school in Irrigon.
MCSO cited a 17-year-old
for No Operator’s License,
D riv in g U n in su re d and
Failure to Renew.
-MCSO received a 911
hang-up abandoned call. It
was kids playing with the
phone.
-MCSO received report
from an Irrigon w om an
that she had received a call
on her cell from a female
stating she was being beaten
and needed help. The caller
said she called the number
back several times, but did
not get an answer. A deputy
checked the residence but
no one was there.
-MCSO received report
from a Heppner man that
a dead faw n w as in his
back yard and would like a
deputy to respond.
-M C S O r e c e iv e d
report from Oregon State
Police that they arrested
Jam es D aniel Riley, 27,
on an Irrigon Justice Court
w a rra n t fo r F a ilu re to
Appear. He was lodged at
Umatilla County Jail with
$6,000 bail.
-M C S O
D e p u ty
advised a follow-up on a
sex crime that had occurred.
-M C S O r e c e i v e d
request for a behavioral
health transport for a female
fro m G o o d S h e p h e rd
H o spital to a John Day
facility.
-MCSO received report
o f a suspicious blue Ford
pickup short bed with a load
o f wood in the back with
shaded w indow s. M CSO
responded, but the vehicle
was gone.
-M C S O r e c e i v e d
request from a woman in
Heppner to report a fraud/
forgery.
-MCSO received report
from an Irrigon man that
a building with plywood
on its windows had a big
hole in its back door like
someone tried to break in.
The caller said it was not
there the previous day when
he was at the location to ftx
a window that someone had
tried to pry the plywood
off of.
-MCSO received report
from an lone man that his
ex-wife had come to pick
up the kids and he believed
she had been drinking. He
requested a welfare check
at her residence.
-MCSO arrested Gary
D ow W illia m s, 58, on
Probable Cause charges o f
DU1I and D riving While
Suspended-m isdem eanor.
He was lodged at Umatilla
County Jail with $12,000
b ail. He w as also cited
for Failure to Yield to a
Pedestrian in a Crosswalk,
d r iv in g u n in su re d and
refused a breath test.
-MCSO cited Clifford
W a y n e Y o s t, 3 3 , fo r
Violation o f the Basic Rule,
75 mph in a 55 mph zone.
-M CSO received 20-
plus 911 calls reporting a
white pickup going west
bound in the east-bound
lane on 1-84 Boardman. The
vehicle crashed into another
vehicle at m ilepost 156.
MCSO, Boardman Police
D e p a rtm e n t, B oardm an
Ambulance, Boardman Fire,
Irrigon Fire D epartm ent,
I r r ig o n A m b u la n c e
O regon State Police and
O re g o n D e p a rtm e n t o f
Transportation responded
and staged at Boardman Fire
Hall. Boardman Ambulance
transported one patient to
Good Shepherd Hospital.
MCSO arrested Brent Lane
C o o n e y , 50, fo r D U II,
Assault IV-misdemeanor,
R e c k le s s D riv in g and
R ecklessly E ndangering
Another. He was lodged at
Umatilla County Jail.
Funds were donated in memory
of the following people:
Donna Schonbachler
Carol Doherty
Jo Burt
David Matheny
Jason Burnham
Judy Gochnauer
Jim Sumner
Patricia Kenny Irwin
Mike Currin
Nicola's A Leonora Tineo
Jean Lazinka Barbouletos John A Bea Kenny Family
Beth Bryant
Jim A Louise Farley
Kenneth Gochnauer
We CVo
it WtTerence
Stanley Qualls
Ken Snider
Stormy Kendrick
Julius Sieler
Brosnan/Morris Family
Kitty Bellamy Niles
Valerie B Doherty
Bobbie Miller
Alisa Louise Halvorsen
Larry Bly Sr.
Virginia Wilkinson
Betty Meyer
Jim Prock
Larry Crawford
William Cochell
Gram Edith Hammon
Jack Healy
Ken A Jean Ann Turner
LaVelle Cecil
Charles A Jessie
Elmer A Lorraine Ladd
Lucille Kostechka
Sandra Goodell
Christensen
Kristi Haguewood Huber
Gwen Thompson
Harvey A Pat Wright
Charlie & Ina Moeller
Chris Wright
Ken A Anne Fleck
Don Evans
Charlotte A Roger Whitbeck
Ken Fleck, brother
Joan Ployhar
Dean Locke
Damon Davis
Glenn W. Smith
Dorothy O'Dell
Oral A Marge Wright
Darcy Hollomon Coil
Pat VanArsdale
Dwain A Anne Crawford
Ava Wright
Barbara Baker
Amy Rottari
Eldon Hobbs
Robert Nelson Nichols
Dick Walker
George Gutierrez
Elmer A Ella Anderson
George A Blanche
Pete A Jean Crawford
Dick A Donna Thompson
Ema Lynn Winchester
Ransom
Roger Palmer
Steve Wagenblast
Fred A Donnie Reed
Alma Green
Arnie Hedman
Lucille Grady
Fritz A Janice Prock
Mike Hedman
Ray Grady
Cutsforth
Blaine Maley
Tom Huddleston
Darlene Wise Arrington
Dr. Joseph Diehl
Gene Pierce
Gene A Alley Maieske
Fonzy Arrington
Bob Baker
Gordon Cecil
Don Majeske
Paul & Blanche Wise Jones
Andy A Maxine Hilton
Guy VanArsdale
Alex A Rosella Lindsay
Cod Wise
Paul & Kathleen Hisler
Earl A Myrtle Sykes
Harold A Joyce Snider
Sandi Crowell
Scott Strouse
Bill Miller
William J Healy
Richard Resare
Janice Healy Davis
Grace Brown
William A Margaret
Robinson
Ken Stelk
Shad Anthony Hisler
Juan Elguezabal
Mark Greenup
Jason Lee Halvorsen
VanSchoiack/Campbell
Rita Sumner
Don A Colleen Greenup
Mel A Anita Boyer
Family
Cooper David Larson
Donna Orwick
Coe/Hughes/Braden
Sue Jones
Hilda M. Yocom
Modie Hewitt
Family
Bernard A Jerry Doherty
Mary Bernadette Doherty
Virginia Berretta
Wydonia L. Eddy
David Stuckey
Clayton 0 . Eddy Sr.
Jim Berry
Dennis Phillips
Art Warren
Michele Miles Riehl
Bev Davis
Dawnie Rosenbalm
Buschke
Annette Olson
Larmen Coiner
David Hanna
Bailey Mane Morgan
Lynn Bibby
Bennett/Hanna Family
Donna Emce
Benham Malcolm
Marilyn Rietmann
Sonja Smith
Marsha Sweek
Denny McMillan
Walter R Lacey
Tami Mane Jaca Peterson
Allen Hughes
Grandma Helen
Krein Family
Claude A Rose Marie
Joe A Maryette Wnght
Jim A Madge Thomson
Mary Ann Barrie Durfee
Joan Wright Grey
Linda Bnstow Haguewood
Harry A Helen O'Donnell
Steve Lunsford
Tom Healy
Kevin Thomas Bristow
Orval Matheny
Lyle A Josie Morton
Brian Anthony Murray
Albert A David Wnght
Pam Lankford Fishman
Ted A Rosetta Palmateer
Dorothy Doherty
Brian Spike
Pat Wnght Anderson
Janet Wohlford
Dean Connor
Irv A Millie Rauch
Pat Healy Gentry
Ron Palmateer
Jim Wishart
Patncia Barrie Monahan
Mike Pierce
Phil A Hazel Mahoney
Tom Rawlins
Luke Padberg
Jerry Hollomon
Shirley Orr
Michael A Joe Heath
Leon A Ron Morehouse
Ruby Fullerton Veatch
Betty Fullerton
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Route 74 hosts area guitar
talent
Young local talent Austin Morter, 15, invited his guitar teacher John Wanibeke and a few
friends from Hermiston to provide music at Route 74 restaurant in lone Saturday night.
Left to right: Ty McClure, Jacque Prior, Pat Ward, John Wambeke, Rick Jones and Austin
Morter. - Contributed photo
Local student named State
Geographic Bee semifínalist
Kellen Grant, son o f
Greg and Virginia Grant
o f H e p p n e r, h a s b een
selected by the N ational
G e o g ra p h ic S o c iety as
one o f the sem ifin alists
to com pete in the 2014
Oregon State Geographic
Bee to be held at at Western
Oregon University
on Friday, April 4.
K ellen is a sixth-
grader at Heppner
Elementary School.
T h i s is th e
second
le v e l
o f th e N a tio n a l Kellen
G e o g ra p h ic B ee
c o m p e titio n , w h ic h is
now in its 26th year. Bees
were held in schools with
fo u rth - th rough eig h th -
grade
students throughout
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th e s ta te to d e te rm in e
each school’s bee winner.
School-level winners then
Morrow County Health District would like to
to o k a q u a lify in g te st,
acknowledge and thank the Friends Helping
which they subm itted to
the National G eographic
Friends 2014 Remembrance UJalk/Run Committee
S o c ie ty . T he N a tio n a l
Geographic
Society invited
and Donors for their $4,600 contribution to
the students with the top
100 scores in each of the 50
Pioneer Memorial Hospital
states, as well as the District
Committee members ore; Peggy Fishburn, Susan Hisler,
o f Columbia, Department
Potty Matheny, Kathi Dickenson, Sandy Matthews,
o f D efense D ep endents
Schools and U.S. territories.
Janelle Healy, Mary Hagueuuood, Barb UUatkins, Kelly *1
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Boyer, Shelly McCabe, ond Mary flnnCIguezabal.
Wednesday, April 2,2014
to compete at the state level.
T h e s t a t e w in n e r
w ill re c e iv e $ 1 0 0 , the
“ C o m p le te N a tio n a l
Geographic on DVD” and
a trip to Washington, D.C.,
to represent Oregon in the
National Geographic Bee
finals to be held at National
Geographic Society
headquarters. May
19-21.
T he n a tio n a l
winner
wi ll
receive a $50,000
college scholarship
1 i f e t i m e
Grant a n d
m e m b e r s h i p in
the Society. The national
w in n er w ill also travel,
along with one parent or
g u a rd ia n , all e x p e n se s
p a id , to the G a lá p ag o s
Islands, where he/she will
e x p e rie n c e g e o g ra p h y
f ir s th a n d th ro u g h up-
close encounters with the
islands' unique wildlife and
landscapes.
T h e 2 0 1 4 O re g o n
S ta te G e o g ra p h ic B ee
is sponsored by G oogle
and Plum C re e k . V isit
w w w .nationalgeographic.
c o m /g e o b e e fo r m o re
information on the National
Georaphic Bee.
How would you fare
as a Bee contestant? At
the school-level Bee this
year, students had to
answer such questions
as:
Q: From its source
in M in n e s o t a , th e
Mississippi River flows
south about 2,300 miles
before em ptying into
what large gulf?
A: G ulf o f Mexico
Q: A subspecies of
brown bear known as
the Kodiak bear takes
its common name from
an island that lies off
the southern coast of
what state?
A: Alaska
Q: T h e D a n a k il
Depression, located in
part of the Great Rift
Valley, is one o f the
lowest points on which
continent?
A: Africa
Q: W h a t is the
term for the triangular
d e p o sit o f sed im en t
so m etim es found at
the mouth of a river—
moraine or delta?
A: Delta
Wranglers announce 2014 play
days, next meeting date
The Wranglers Riding
Club has announced its play
days for 2014, with a slight
a lte ra tio n to its norm al
schedule.
R ather than holding
p lay d ay s the last tw o
Sundays in April and the
first two Sundays in May,
the group has decided to
w ork around E aster and
start a week early; the first
play day will be on April 13,
with a week off for Easter
and then play days on April
27, May 4 and May 11.
Each play day begins at
noon with a potluck lunch;
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events follow at 1 p.m. A
barbeque and awards will
be held after the last play
day on May 11.
A n y o n e i n te r e s te d
in participating this year
should co n tact H e a th er
Hendricks, 541-676-5637,
or “like” Wranglers Riding
Club on Facebook.
T he g ro u p w ill be
having another meeting on
Wednesday, April 9, at 6
p.m. at the Morrow County
Fairgrounds annex building
to assign duties for the 2014
play days. Anyone planning
on participating this year is
asked to try to attend that
meeting.
F in a lly , th e c lu b ’s
annual can/bottle drive is
happening now. A trailer
is parked in the parking
lot behind Les Schwab in
Heppner to accept donations
until Thursday. April 3. at 6
p.m. All members are asked
to be there from 4-6 p.m.
to sort the cans/bottles.
If anyone else would like
to h e lp o u t, d o n a tio n s
are alw ays welcom e and
can be sent to Wranglers
Riding Club, PO Box 924,
Heppner, OR 97836.
Morrow County Public Works w ill be hosting a
HOUSEHOLD HAZARDOUS
WASTE EVENT FREE OF CHARGE
TO COUNTY RESIDENTS
Household
Hazardous
faste Event
—
April 25, 2014 —
at the Lexington R o a d D ep artm ent
365 W. Hwy 74, Lexington
8 : 0 0 a.m . to 1 1 : 0 0 a.m .
:CPTED DURING THE EVENT:
: than 25 gallons) Oil filters. Spent Antifreeze, Automotive
: batteries, Propane Tanks (smaller than 25 gal.)
rs and solvents, Roof and asphalt patch, Adhesives,
Caulks sealers and jo in t compounds, Lawn and garden
Pool chemicals, Household cleaners (including bleach,
toilet bowl cleaners, carpet shampoos) Sludge (soil
■ than 25 gal. containers) Mercury thermometers,
I types o f aerosol cans, Used cooking oil, Road flares, PCB
t (hardening agents) ITEMS NOT ACCEPTED:
I , explosives, biological waste, radioactive waste.
Information, please call M orrow County Public Works
541-989-9500 or email: mcpublicworkdPco.morrow.or.us
365 W. Hwy 74 - P.O. Box 428 - Lexington, OR. 97839