Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon
Wednesday, December 17,2014
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Chamber Chatter
Now through Decem
ber 19 - Heppner FFA stu
dents are sponsoring a coat
drive: Collection tubs will
be located at Les Schwab,
H eppner Fam ily Foods,
M u rra y ’s, T he Bank o f
Eastern Oregon, Heppner
Elementary and Heppner
High Schools. Coats will
be donated to the Neighbor
hood Center.
Now through Decem
ber 19 - Wheatland Insur
ance is sponsoring a food
drive: Help out our com
munity by donating canned
foods and non-perishable
items to Wheatland Insur
ance. The items collected
will be given to the Neigh
borhood Center to help with
families in need this holiday
season. Stop by with your
donations and support a
worthy cause.
Thursday, D ecem ber
18 - R e tire m e n t O pen
House for Steve Rhea -
2-5:30 p.m.: A retirement
open house will be held
at W heatland Insurance
from 2-5:30 p.m. Stop in
and wish Steve well on his
retirement.
T hursday, D ecem ber
18 - Heppner “Celebrate
Christmas Event” - 6 p.m.
at the Morrow County Fair
grounds: Start collecting
your rewards cards from lo
cal participating merchants
through December 18 and
bring them with you for an
opportunity to win some
great prizes. T here will
be a dinner available for
purchase at 6 p.m., a penny
board and raffle items will
be set up, along with a visit
from Santa (pictures from
6-7 p.m ., $5 per picture)
and Scrooge. The prizes
will be set up in the annex
again this year so bring your
rewards cards and plan on
coming out and participat
ing.
T hursday, January 8
- Heppner Cham ber’s An
nual Luncheon - 12-1 p.m.:
This year’s annual luncheon
will be held at the senior
center dining room. Lunch
expense is $10.
Thursday, January 1 5 -
1 leppner Chamber’s Annual
Town and Country Com
munity Awards - Morrow
County Fairgrounds. This
g rea t co m m u n ity event
will start at 6 p.m. with a
dinner and the program to
follow, so plan on coming
out and celebrating with the
w inners o f the community
awards. It is guaranteed to
be a great evening.
reported that four people
kept running up and down
Main Street and into traffic,
two males and two females,
all around the age o f 18 or
20. She was not sure if they
were in some type o f distur
bance or what was going
on. MCSO responded.
-An MCSO deputy re
ported being out and mov
ing some fencing pieces oft'
Highway 207.
-MCSO received report
o f a domestic disturbance in
Heppner; a woman was try
ing to remove the daughter
from the car and there is a
lot o f yelling.
-A woman in Heppner
called 911 and advised that
someone broke in through
the bathroom window and
kicked in the bedroom door.
-MCSO received a 911
call from lone; caller stated
that a dog was chasing kids
around in the area and al
most bit one.
-MCSO received report
o f a sex crime.
J u n e 28: -H e p p n e r
A m bulance received re
quest for transport o f an
87-year-old male with trou
ble breathing; subject was
alert. Subject was trans
ported.
-A woman in the Hep
pner area reported hearing
a loud noise at the resi
dence across the road. The
horses at the residence are
now very stirred up. Caller
would like the area checked
and then would like contact.
A deputy responded and
checked the area but was
unable to locate anything.
Caller said she would call
back if she heard anything
else.
-B ucknum ’s in H ep
p n er c a lle d M CSO and
requested to have a female
trespassed for threatening
to slash everyone’s tires.
MCSO responded and the
female was trespassed.
-A m an in H ep p n er
advised M CSO that his
girlfriend stole his grand
p arents’ vehicle. The fe
male called and advised she
wanted to drop the vehicle
o ff but wanted an escort
because her boyfriend was
abusive.
-A caller in Irrigon re
ported a tan cow out. Caller
advised it turned left on
Thirteenth.
-MCSO received a re
port o f a stalled minivan on
an interstate off ramp that
had its flashers on. MCSO
responded and advised that
they were taking care of a
baby.
J u n e 29: -M o rro w
County S h e riff’s deputy
m ade contact with a ve
hicle parked by the base
ball fields at the marina in
Irrigon; male and female
subjects were star gazing.
-M CSO was advised
o f an intoxicated male yell
ing near the grade school
in Heppner. Male walked
behind the gym toward the
tennis courts and was with
another male and a female.
A deputy responded.
-M CSO was advised
by a wom an in Heppner
that her 16-year-old daugh
ter was being combative;
the c a ller had scratches
on her but did not need
an ambulance. MCSO re
sponded and requested an
ambulance for a 16-year-
old female with cuts to the
w rist and head. Heppner
Ambulance responded and
transported to Pioneer Me
morial Hospital.
-A man in Irrigon re
ported multiple items stolen
from around his residence.
MCSO responded and took
a report.
-MCSO received report
o f a red Dodge pickup trav
elling at a high rate o f speed
that almost ran another ve
hicle off the road near the
Heppner golf course.
-A MCSO deputy ad
vised that they were behind
a possible drunk driver on
Hwy. 207.
-a wom an in Irrigon
contacted MCSO and ad
vised that a male left around
10 a.m. and was supposed
to be back at 2 a.m.; time
was 6 p.m. and he was not
back yet. MCSO responded
and the male was located in
Newburg.
Sheriff's Report
J u n e 19 ( c u n t . ) :
-MCSO received report o f a
flare up o f the earlier fire on
Canyon Drive in Heppner.
Heppner Fire and MCSO
responded.
-B o a rd m a n A m b u
lance received two m edi
cal alarms from a pendant,
but no contact from the
patient. The patient refused
transport.
-Boardman Ambulance
received request for an am
bulance for a 75-year-old
m ale who was not feel
ing w ell and m ay have
been having diabetic issues.
Boardman Ambulance re
sponded and transported the
patient to Good Shepherd
Hospital in Hermiston.
-B oardm an Fire D e
partment received report o f
a commercial fire alarm at
Pacific Ethanol. The alarm
was false.
-B oardm an Fire D e
partment received report o f
a brush fire on Canal Dr./
Hwy. 730.
-Irrigon Ambulance re
ceived report o f a 50-year-
old male with a possible
broken leg.
June 23: -A caller at
Irrigon L earning C enter
advised M orrow County
Sheriff's Office o f an emu
running around across from
the location.
-MCSO was advised of
peddlers, two young men,
who parked in the middle
o f the street in Heppner and
went door to door. They
were polite and left when
they were told to leave.
-A caller in H eppner
advised M CSO that her
family had been to court
with her brother that day
regarding custody o f his
child and that custody visi
tation was set but there was
a subject there now with
the child’s mother who was
threatening to come over
and beat them up.
J une 24: -U m atilla
C ounty S h e riff’s O ffice
advised M orrow County
Sheriff’s Office that they
arrested Wendy Lynn Long,
44, on an Irrigon Justice
Court Warrant for Failure
to Appear on Theft III. Sub
ject was lodged at Umatilla
County Jail.
-A c a l l e r a d v is e d
MCSO that someone was
trying to contact a couple
in Lexington and they were
concerned because they did
not want him contacting
them.
-MCSO received a 911
call from Irrigon in which
a m ale advised his w ife
pushed him out the door
and he needed help. He
wanted his w ife to leave
but she was refusing. A
deputy made contact and
forwarded the situation to
the DA.
-A woman in the Lex
ington area reported that
inappropriate things were
said while her daughter was
visiting her father over the
weekend and she wanted
to make a report. A deputy
made contact and advised
her o f her options.
-H eppner Am bulance
received a call regarding a
male at a corral in the Hep
pner area who was hurt and
bleeding from the mouth;
subject was conscious and
b re a th in g . S u b je ct w as
transported.
-MCSO and Boardman
Police Dept, responded to
a report o f a disturbance in
Irrigon. A man was going
after his stepson in the street
and a female subject was
trying to get between them.
-A caller in Irrigon re
ported a theft. Som eone
cam e through their back
gate last night and took
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a wheel barrow from the
back patio.
-MCSO received report
o f a disturbance in Irri
gon; a woman reported that
her daughter was huffing
canned air and trying to beat
up her sister and dad. The
female then left in a blue
flatbed Ford pickup with a
male subject. MCSO and
BPD responded; no injuries
were noted and the female
was not located.
J u n e 26: -M o rro w
C ounty S h e riff’s O ffice
received report that a drunk
individual w earing blue
jeans and a plaid shirt had
just walked into the call
e r’s apartment in Heppner
looking for a woman. The
subject was no longer in
the apartment but was still
wandering around the area
yelling for the female.
-MCSO received report
o f two young boys playing
under the stairs and throw
ing rocks on Water Street
in Heppner; caller advised
drivers could not see the
boys when driving down
Water Street.
- H e r m is to n P o lic e
Dept, advised MCSO o f
a possible suicidal su b
ject heading into Heppner.
MCSO was unable to lo
cate.
-A caller in Heppner
advised o f two small tan
dogs that kept getting out;
attempted to speak to the
owner, who was uncoop
erative. M CSO issued a
citation.
-M C S O re c e iv e d a
driving complaint about an
individual who was seen
on Hwy. 207 in Lexington;
he did not have an Oregon
driver’s license and his li
cense was suspended out of
Washington. The caller ad
vised the subject had been
given several citations and
warnings about this.
-M C SO was advised
that Juan Antonio C alde
ron, 22, had been lodged at
Umatilla County Jail on a
warrant for Failure to Ap
pear on Theft III.
-A wom an in Irrigon
advised that a male came to
her house today and yester
day; there was a restraining
order but he broke into her
house and kicked in the
door and vandalized her
vehicle.
-A caller at Columbia
River Ranch in Boardman
ad v ised that one o f the
residents was threatening
the other residents and staff
members.
-A person from C o
lumbia River Ranch called
M CSO and advised that
they have a staff members
between two subjects that
law enforcement just dealt
with and neither subject
would back down. MCSO
responded and assisted.
-A w o m an d r iv in g
near L exington advised
that she swerved to hit a
deer and was stuck in the
ditch. There w ould be a
tow truck out to tow the car
tomorrow but they wanted
to advise MCSO in case
anyone called it in.
-Columbia River Ranch
advised MCSO that a male
resident had gone missing.
He was wearing red work
out pants and a ball cap
and had long gray hair and
a beard and was very thin.
They last had a visual on
him at 10 p.m. and looked
in on him at 11:15 and he
was gone. One staff mem
ber was driving around to
the bars and rest stops in an
attempt to locate him.
June 27: -Boardm an
ambulance received a call
from a m ale having bad
stomach issues and stating
he was “deathly sick.” Sub
ject was transported.
-Irrigon ambulance re
ceived report o f a tenant at
a location in Irrigon lying
in the yard. It was unknown
what was wrong with him
and he was naked. Caller
advised that he did not
know if the subject was
breathing. Irrigon A m bu
lance responded and trans
ported.
-MCSO
deputy
checked on a green pick
up parked at a location in
B oardm an. S ubject was
sleep in g in his cam per.
Subject advised that he did
not see the no trespassing
sign he was parked in front
o f and would be on his way.
-A woman in lone ad
vised that she was watching
a friend's house while they
were out o f town and two
male subjects were standing
outside the gate and trying
to look into the house and
garage. She had last seen
the su b jects 15 m inutes
before.
-A woman in Heppner
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THE GAZETTE WILL PUBLISH
IT'S SPECIAL CHRISTMAS
EDITION DECEMBER 24TH.
8 oo p i
Monday, January 5
Boardman, Oregon
Port of Morrow Riverfront Center, 2 Marine Drive
Tuesday, January 6
Pendleton, Oregon
Convention Center, 1601 Westgate
Wednesday, January 7
La Grande, Oregon
Blue Mountain Conference Center, 404 12th Street
Thursday, January 8
Baker City, Oregon
Best Western Sunridge Inn, 1 Sunridge Lane
Friday, January 9
Durkee, Oregon
Durkee Community Hall, 28716 Old Highway 30
Monday, January 12
Ontario, Oregon
Four Rivers Cultural Center, 676 SW 5th Avenue
Tuesday, January 13
Marsing, Idaho
Marsing Senior Center, 126 2nd Avenue W
Visit the online open house at boardmantohemingway.com
from December 19 - March 19
Send out your Christmas
mshes to your customers
and the community!
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IS A GREAT WAY TO THANK YOUR
CUSTOMERS FOR THEIR SUPPORT
THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
For more information, or to be
included in the Christmas edition,
call 541-676-9228 or
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Monday, Dec. 22, at 5 p.m.