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Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, March 25, 2015 BMCC offers retirement planning, investment classes A series of retirement planning and investment classes by local instructor Rita Van Schoiack will be offered in Heppner begin- ning April 6. The classes will be held from 6-7:30 p.m. on three consecutive Mondays at the Pettyjohn Building, 430 West Linden Way, Heppner. Investment Basics will be April 6, with Retirement Basics on April 13 and Re- tirement Income Planning on April 20. The classes are de- signed to help attendees gain the skills to estimate how much money they need to retire, learn how to create retirement goals, review in- vestment basics, and more. Van Schoiack is a finan- cial advisor and owner of Blue Mountain Investment Management LLC. The classes are free and include a workbook. Advance registration is required; call Anne Morter at 541-422-7040 or e-mail her at amorter@bluecc.edu. Students may also reg- ister online at www.bluecc. edu. Foreign persons must report U.S. agricultural land holdings Heppner—The Execu- tive Director for the U.S. Department of Agricul- ture (USDA) Farm Service Agency (FSA) in Morrow County, Kyle Carnine, re- minds foreign persons with an interest in agricultural lands in the United States that they are required to report their holdings and any transactions to the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture. “Any foreign person who acquires, transfers or holds any interest, other than a security interest, including leaseholds of 10 years or more, in agricultur- al land in the United States is required by law to report the transaction no later than 90 days after the date of the transaction,” said Carnine. Foreign investors must file Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act (AFIDA) reports with the FSA county office that maintains reports for the county where the land is located. “Failure to file a report, filing a late report or filing an inaccurate report can result in a penalty with fines up to 25 percent of the fair market value of the agricul- tural land,” said Carnine. For AFIDA purposes, agricultural land is defined as any land used for farm- ing, ranching or timber pro- duction, if the tracts total 10 acres or more. Disclosure reports are also required when there are changes in land use. For example, reports are required when land use changes from nonag- ricultural to agricultural or from agricultural to nonag- ricultural. Foreign investors must also file a report when there is a change in the status of ownership such as the owner changes from for- eign to non-foreign, from non-foreign to foreign or from foreign to foreign. Data gained from these disclosures is used to pre- pare an annual report to the President and Congress concerning the effect of such holdings upon family farms and rural communi- ties in the United States. For more information regarding AFIDA and FSA programs, contact the Mor- row County FSA office at 541-676-9011 or visit the USDA website at http:// www.usda.gov. Host families sought for high school exchange students ASSE International Student Exchange Pro- grams (ASSE), in coopera- tion with community high schools, is looking for local families to host boys and girls between the ages of 15 to 18 from a variety of countries including Nor- way, Denmark, Spain, Italy and Japan, to name a few. ASSE students are en- thusiastic and excited to ex- perience American culture while they practice their English. They also love to share their own culture and language with their host families. Host families welcome these students into their family, not as a guest, but as a family member, giving everyone involved a rich cultural experience. To become an ASSE host family or to find out more, call the ASSE West- ern Regional Office at 1-800-733-2773 or go to www.host.asse.com. - FIVE DA’s Report Morrow County Dis- trict Attorney Justin Nelson has released the following report: -Truman Lloyd Cham- berlin, 18, was convicted of Failure to Appear I, a Class C Felony, and sentenced to 24 months supervised probation, subject to 120 sanction units with 60 jail units. Conditions of proba- tion include 80 hours of community service, letter of apology to the court, and no contact with co-de- fendants Sheri Leigh May, Noah Weatherford and Cy- lie Hepton. Fines, fees and assessments totaled $1,000. -Noah Daley Weath- erford, 39, was convicted of two counts of Burglary II, a Class C Felony, and sentenced to 18 months prison time with credit for time served, time to run concurrent for both bur- glary counts, and one year post-prison supervision. Weatherford was addition- ally convicted of two counts of Criminal Mischief II, a Class A Misdemeanor, and sentenced to discharge. Seven additional counts of Burglary II, eight counts of Criminal Mischief II and one count of Unlawful Possession of Metham- phetamine were disposed without conviction. Fines, fees and assessments to- taled $600. -David Leroy Brown, 45, was convicted of Crimi- nal Mischief II, a Class A Misdemeanor; of the sentence of 180 days jail time, 170 days were sus- pended and the defendant sentenced to 36 months bench probation, to include 10 days jail time with credit for time served, 20 hours of community service, no direct or indirect contact with the victim, and anger management evaluation. Brown was additionally convicted of Harassment – Constituting Domestic Violence, a Class B Mis- demeanor; of the sentence of 180 days jail time, 170 days were suspended and the defendant sentenced to 36 months bench pro- bation, to include proba- tion conditions the same as above with jail time to run consecutive to the previous count. Additional counts of Harassment CDV and At- tempt to Commit a Class A Misdemeanor – Strangula- tion CDV were dismissed. Restitution, fines, fees and assessments totaled $1,450. -David Leroy Brown, 45, was convicted of Ha- rassment – Constituting Domestic Violence, a Class B Misdemeanor; sentence of 180 days jail time was suspended and the defen- dant sentenced to 36 months bench probation. Probation conditions include 20 hours of community service, no direct or indirect contact with the victim, and anger management evaluation. Fines, fees and assessments totaled $600. -David Leroy Brown, 45, was convicted of Failure to Appear II, a Class A Mis- demeanor; of the sentence of 180 days jail time, 170 days were suspended and the defendant sentenced to 36 months bench probation, to include 10 days jail time with credit for time served, 20 hours of community ser- vice and a letter of apology to the court. Fines, fees and assessments totaled $200. -Lloyd Allan Terpen- ing, 53, was convicted of Criminal Mischief II, a Class A Misdemeanor; of the sentence of 180 days jail time, 170 days were sus- pended and the defendant sentenced to 24 months bench probation, to include 10 days jail time with credit for time served, 40 hours of community service, Anta- buse if medically able, no direct or indirect contact with the victim, and anger management evaluation. Terpening was additionally convicted of Harassment, a Class B Misdemeanor; sentence of 90 days jail time was suspended and the defendant sentenced to 24 months bench proba- tion, conditions the same as above. An additional count of Disorderly Conduct was dismissed. Fines, fees and assessments totaled $1,100. Sheriff’s Report September 7 (cont.): -MCSO received report of a dog bite in Irrigon. The victim was at Good Shep- herd Hospital with a bite to the upper left leg. The dog belonged to the victim’s neighbor. -MCSO received report of a dirt bike stolen from Wyoming Ave. in Irrigon. The caller said a witness saw the suspect riding the bike west-bound on Wyo- ming. -MCSO received report of items taken from the old laundromat in Boardman. The items were found in the dumpster at Sandpiper Apartments. Boardman Po- lice Department responded. -MCSO received re- quest for deputy contact from the Sub Zero Res- taurant on Hwy. 730, Ir- rigon concerning a stolen computer. The incident was under investigation. -MCSO received report from a subject on Utah Ave. in Irrigon that a red go-cart had almost hit his vehicle parked at that lo- cation. MCSO responded and warned a 20-year-old female against operating a go-cart on the road. -MCSO Deputies at- tempted numerous civil service contacts in Heppner. -MCSO received report of a black bull near the tracks at Tower Rd./County Rd. 598, Boardman. MCSO was unable to locate the bull at the location. -MCSO received re- quest for extra patrol at the Irrigon Skate Park con- cerning juveniles smoking marijuana in the area. -MCSO received report from a Heppner woman that someone stole some of her coats and hoodies. She said she did not need dep- uty response, but wanted it documented in case the suspect is spotted wearing her clothes. - B o a r d m a n A m b u- lance received report of an 83-year-old female with chest pain. She said she was bitten by a cat the previ- ous day and her hand was swollen also. Boardman Ambulance responded and transported the patient. -Irrigon Ambulance received request for an ambulance for a 65-year- old woman having trouble breathing. The patient was transported to Good Shep- herd Hospital. -Irrigon Ambulance re- ceived report of a 55-year- old female with a possible stroke. She was transported. September 11: Mor- row County Sheriff’s Office received report of a black Neon all over the road and the driver was texting on Hwy. 395/Feedville Rd. -MCSO received re- port of a code violation on Washington Lane in Irrigon with someone living in an RV. -MCSO received report from an Irrigon woman that -Continued on PAGE TEN STOP BY HEPPNER LES SCHWAB FOR GREAT DEALS THRU APRIL! 124 N. MAIN ST, HEPPNER 541- 676-9481 Spring is here again, and so is one of Les Schwab's biggest sales of the year. Come in for our Spring Tire sale and get great deals on some of our most popular tires. But hurry it all ends April 30th. Les Schwab, home of the Best Tire Value Promise®.
