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.
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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
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