Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, July 15, 2015
Public workshops scheduled to discuss
forest access and plan revision on the
Umatilla National Forest
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Every child is a hero
at summer reading
Workshop planned for July 23 in Heppner
Pendleton, OR—The
Umatilla National Forest,
in cooperation with High
Desert Partnership, will
host a series of workshops
to discuss the topic of forest
access and how it should be
addressed in the Revised
Forest Plan. Workshops
will be held during the
month of July in communi-
ties across the forest includ-
ing Clarkston, Walla Walla
and Tri-Cities in Washing-
ton and Heppner, Ukiah and
Pendleton in Oregon.
A workshop is planned
for Heppner July 23 from
6-9 p.m. at the Morrow
County Fairgrounds Main
Hall. Doors will open at
5:30 p.m.
These workshops are
in response to comments
received on the Draft Blue
Mountains Forest Plan and
are open to the public.
“Whether you are in-
terested in motorized ac-
cess, back country hiking,
cutting firewood, camping,
off-road vehicles, snow-
mobiling, bicycling or
cross-country skiing, we
encourage you to attend and
provide input on how the
Umatilla National Forest
should address access in the
Revised Forest Plan,” said
Jack Southworth, meeting
facilitator with High Desert
Partnership.
“We hope commu-
nity members will work
together to find zones of
agreement, new ideas, and
creative solutions that will
help us improve the draft
Forest Plan,” said Kevin
Martin, Umatilla National
Forest Supervisor. “We
need to hear from people
with diverse perspectives
and values in order to dis-
cuss the full range of access
interests on public lands
managed by the Umatilla
National Forest.”
All who attend the
workshops will be encour-
aged to provide input. The
Forest Service says it will
analyze community in-
put from the upcoming
workshops and compare it
against the range of alterna-
tives and past discussions
on the topics, looking for
new ideas and solutions.
Those new ideas will be re-
viewed in more detail by the
Blue Mountains Forest Plan
Revision Team, and they
could recommend changes
to Forest Plan Components,
modify existing alternatives
or create a new alternative.
The Forest Plan Revision
Team Leader and the Forest
Supervisors will carefully
consider all recommenda-
tions.
“We want our commu-
nities to know that we heard
them, to have a sense of
ownership in the planning
process, and to understand
how access is addressed in
the draft plan. Our objective
is to have a final plan that
more people can support—
or at least live with,” said
Martin.
High Desert Partner-
ship is an organization that
operates out of Burns, OR
with a mission to “enhance
the ecological sustainabil-
ity, economic well-being
and social vitality of our
community by using a col-
laborative decision-making
process with all interest-
ed stakeholders to solve
challenging issues.” Jack
Southworth, a rancher from
Seneca, OR, will facilitate
the six workshops.
For more information
about these workshops,
contact Jack Southworth,
541-542-2558, Peter Fargo,
541- 523-1231, Public Af-
fairs Officer for the Blue
Mountains Forest Plan
Revision Team, or Joani
Bosworth, Public Affairs
Officer for the Umatilla
National Forest at 541-278-
3722. Additional informa-
tion and a draft meeting
agenda will also be posted
on the Blue Mountains For-
est Plan Revision webpage
at: http://www.fs.usda.gov/
goto/BlueMountainsPlan-
Revision.
Sheriff’s Report
November 9 (cont.):
-MCSO received report of sus-
picious activity on Washington
Lane in Irrigon. The caller said
his neighbor was shooting a
shotgun in the yard and it had
been an issue previously, pos-
sibly with alcohol involved.
MCSO responded. Subjects
were setting off fireworks in
the backyard.
-MCSO received report
of a motor vehicle accident
on I-84, Boardman. Union
Pacific Railroad reported that
one of their units had reported
a motor vehicle accident with
one vehicle rolling several
times. Boardman Ambulance,
Boardman Fire Department,
Boardman Police Department,
Morrow County Sheriff ’s
Office and Oregon State Po-
lice responded. A patient was
transported to Good Shepherd
Hospital in Hermiston.
-MCSO received report
that La Grande Police De-
partment arrested Anthony
Michale Shrout, 33, on Mor-
row County Circuit Court
warrants for Failure to Appear/
Failure to Appear II and Fail-
ure to Appear/Driving While
Suspended-misdemeanor. He
was lodged at Union County
Jail with $15,000 bail.
-MCSO received report
of hunters shooting into the
safety zone near a residence on
Highway 730, Irrigon. The call
was referred to Oregon State
Police/Oregon Department of
Fish and Wildlife.
-MCSO received report
from a Heppner woman that
her son was touched inap-
propriately. MCSO arrested
Kimberlee Castellanos, 42, for
Initiating a False Report. She
was lodged at Umatilla County
Jail with $1,500 bail.
-MCSO received report
from a subject at the Umatilla
National Wildlife Refuge, Ir-
rigon, that his vehicle was
broken into with the window
broken and four bags of cloth-
ing taken.
November 22: -Mor-
row County Sheriff’s Office
received report of an aban-
doned vehicle in a farm circle
at Miller Rd./Kunze Lane.
The vehicle was stolen out of
Kennewick.
-MCSO received report
from a subject on Main St. in
Heppner that his neighbors
were hitting golf balls onto
the highway intentionally. A
deputy responded and advised
the subjects that they would be
responsible for damages to ve-
hicles. The subjects would not
be hitting any more golf balls.
-MCSO received report
of a commercial burglar alarm
at Irrigon High School. It was
a false alarm. There was a
wrestling tournament going on
and someone pulled the alarm.
-MCSO received report
from an Irrigon woman that
her next door neighbor stole
$3,000 from her.
-MCSO received report
that the front and back doors
of a house on Water St. in
Heppner were kicked in and
items stolen.
-MCSO received report of
two young children driving a
Green Honda. MCSO, Uma-
tilla County Sheriff’s Office
and Oregon State Police were
advised. Officers were unable
to locate the vehicle.
November 23: -Mor-
row County Sheriff’s Office
received a juvenile complaint
in Irrigon. A deputy made
contact with approximately
10 kids regarding beer in the
parking lot behind the Irrigon
Shell station.
-MCSO, Boardman Am-
bulance, Boardman Fire De-
partment received report of
a vehicle swerving and then
going off the road on I-84, Ir-
rigon. MCSO arrested Leroy
Steven Frady, Jr., 46, for DUII.
He was also cited for refusing
test for intoxicants. He was
lodged at Umatilla County Jail
with $6,000 bail.
-Heppner Fire Depart-
ment received report of a fire
burning under a residence
on 3rd St. in Ione. Ione Fire
Department, Ione Ambulance
and Heppner Fire Department
responded.
November 24: -Mor-
row County Sheriff’s Office
received report that Madras
Police Department arrested
Desirea Devin, 20, on an Ir-
rigon Justice Court warrant
for Failure to Appear. She was
lodged at Jefferson County Jail
with $3,000 bail.
-MCSO received report
from a Heppner woman that
her Accura was stolen from
her residence that morning.
-MCSO received report
that Pendleton Police Depart-
ment arrested Daniel Michael
Long, 20, on an Irrigon Justice
Court warrant for Failure to
Appear/DUII. He was to be
lodged at Umatilla County Jail
with $6,000 bail.
-MCSO received report
from an Irrigon woman that
door to door salesmen were
selling meat, so she invited
them in. When she decided not
to buy the meat, she said they
acted disgusted. She wanted
to know if they had a permit.
-MCSO received report of
a missing person. The subject
said her friend was supposed
to be at her house, but hadn’t
shown up. Her friend’s mother
said that her daughter had left
about 45 minutes earlier. The
caller said she had been driv-
ing around looking for her, but
could not find her.
November 25: Mor-
row County Sheriff’s Office,
Boardman Ambulance re-
ceived report of a diabetic fe-
male in her mid-40s in Board-
man having a seizure. She was
transported.
-MCSO received report
from subjects on Gilmore St.
in Heppner that someone had
tried to steal their rhino the
previous night. They said they
got it to the driveway but were
unable to get it past there.
-MCSO received report
from a woman in Irrigon who
said that when she dropped off
a juvenile with his mother he
said he was very scared and
did not want to be left alone
with his mother.
-Heppner Fire Depart-
ment received report from
a subject on Sperry St. who
said it sounded like wires were
burning in her house.
November 26: -Morrow
County Sheriff’s Office re-
ceived report from a woman
on Kangaroo Court Lane in
Irrigon that she was at her
neighbor’s house because a
male subject was at her house
threatening her life. She said
he then left and described the
vehicle he left in.
-MCSO, Heppner Am-
bulance received report of a
15-year-old female who had
fallen from a third-floor win-
dow, landing on her feet. She
was complaining of ankle pain
and was transported.
A small but spirited group participated in the Ione summer
reading program on Tuesday, July 7, at the Ione City Park.
Under the direction of summer coordinator Mary Rietmann,
children created superhero identities and made costumes, then
took part in activities such as leaping buildings, smashing down
brick walls and “wrapping up” evil-doers. Afterward, snacks
furnished by the Ione Topic Club were served. –Contributed
photo
Ione to wrap up
summer reading
As the final celebration of its summer reading pro-
gram, the Ione Public Library will host the Dragon Theater
Puppets in a presentation of “The Home Grown Heroes”
on Tuesday, July 21, at the Ione City Park at 1 p.m.
Dragon Theater Puppets and Princesses is based out
of Portland and is celebrating its 20 th anniversary this year.
They have a strong following and a reputation for pre-
senting high-quality entertainment for the whole family.
The hour-long program is free and open to the public.
Nuketown at Irrigon
Music in the Parks
Nuketown
July 20 as part of the Music in the Parks program,
Irrigon will present Nuketown at the Irrigon Marina Park
starting at 7 p.m.
Nuketown is homegrown in Tri-Cities, WA and has
been playing music together for 12 years. All four mem-
bers sing as well as play instruments. Although they are a
country band (“gotta have a fiddle in the band,” they say)
they have been known to play a little R&B, classic rock,
blues and whatever requests come their way.
LAW CHANGES
POT SENTENCING
-Continued from PAGE ONE convicted under the law’s
and should not receive a
benefit just because the law
changes after they chose to
commit a crime.”
“Just last week I con-
victed a defendant for un-
lawful manufacturing of
marijuana,” adds Nelson.
“I sought that conviction
because the defendant knew
was the law was at the time,
and they chose to not follow
that law. They need to be
held accountable for that.”
The new law allows
individuals to apply to have
prior marijuana convictions
set aside as if they were
new sentencing structure.
For example, if a person
was previously convicted of
possessing over eight ounc-
es of marijuana, formerly a
Class C felony punishable
with up to five years in
prison and a $125,000 fine,
the conviction would be eli-
gible to be treated under the
law’s new classification of
unlawful marijuana posses-
sion: a Class A misdemean-
or. A person with a Class A
misdemeanor conviction is
eligible to have his or her
conviction cleared under
Oregon statute 137.225.
-MCSO received report of
a two-year-old in the hospital
being treated for a dog bit that
occurred in Irrigon.
-MCSO received report
from an Irrigon woman that
her daughter had taken a large
screen TV from her residence.
She said she believed that a
man was also involved.
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The Heppner High School Class of 1965 will be hosting a
"Celebrate the 60s" class reunion. Every Heppner High School
Class of the 60s has been invited. Friends and family welcome.
JOIN US NEXT YEAR TOO! FESTIVAL HELD EVERY
YEAR DURING THE FIRST WEEK IN JULY
Friday, July 24: No-host Parmesan Chicken dinner, Elks Lodge, 6-8 p.m.
Saturday, July 25: Golf, Heppner Willow Creek Country Club golf course, pizza,
drinks & fellowship, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Bring chairs.
Saturday July 25: afternoon, Morrow County Museum and Morrow County
Agriculture Museum, Heppner, open 12-4 p.m.
Saturday, July 25: evening, dinner/dance, Heppner Elks Lodge, social hour 5 p.m.;
dinner & program (reservations required), 6-8 p.m.; 8 p.m.-midnight, 60s music
with alumni karaoke talent.
Sunday, July 26: worship, Heppner City Park, 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Bring chairs.
Contact Stuart Dick, 541-377-5451, or Ken Evans, 541-922-3849 for more
information.