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Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, September 7, 2016 Final Music in the Park concert Sunday Summer isn’t quite over yet. There is one more Music in the Park concert coming to Heppner City Park on Sunday, Sept. 11, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. A group that performed last summer as The Tailgate Trio is returning this year as a foursome now known as The Tailgators. Sharon Porter (vocals, ukulele, bass, mandolin), Mike Snider (banjo, bass, vocals) and Matt Cooper (keyboard, accordion, me- lodica) have been joined by Jon St. Hilaire (guitar and vocals). St. Hilaire recently moved to La Grande from Walla Walla, where he was the guitar teacher at Whit- man College and active in the folk life scene there. The ‘Gators will be offering light-hearted acoustic-based music from various parts of the Ameri- cas and Europe, including Gypsy jazz, Irish, French, Balkan, blues, folk and bluegrass from the 1920s Justice Court Report Morrow County Justice of the Peace Ann Spicer has released the following Justice Court report: -Ian Heath Marshall Coop, 27, of Ione was found guilty of Failure to Use a Seat Belt and was fined $110. -Nathan William Owen, 23, of Heppner was found The Tailgators--Matt Cooper, Sharon Porter, Jon St. Hilaire and Mike Snider. -Contributed guilty of Driving While Suspended and was fined $260. photo to the present. Food will be available for purchase by donation, to help fund the Shared Ministry’s efforts to provide clean water to a community in a remote region along the Amazon River in Peru. This series of concerts has been funded by the Morrow County Unified Recreation District and Last year’s AWANA club members, many of them dressed in hats and boots for Western Night. -Contributed photo facilitated by the Shared Ministry of Hope Lutheran Church and All Saints Epis- copal Church as a service to Morrow County Dis- the community. trict Attorney Justin Nelson has released the following report: -James Robert Martin, 26, was convicted of Theft II, a Class A misdemeanor. Sentence of 180 days jail time was suspended and the defendant sentenced to 24 tory time, ice cream will be months bench probation, to served with hot fudge and include 40 hours of commu- other toppings. The kick-off nity service and no contact event should be finished by with the victims. Additional counts of Unlawful Entry 7:30 p.m. AWANA is an interna- into a Motor Vehicle and tional program that features Criminal Trespass II were games, lessons and music to dismissed. Fines, fees, as- teach children about the Bi- sessments and restitution ble. Preschoolers are in the totaled $760. -Noel Ponce Villegas, Cubbies group, kindergar- 23, was convicted of Ha- ten through second grade rassment, a Class B Misde- are in the Sparks Club, and meanor. Of the sentence of grades three to six are in 90 days jail time, 80 days the Truth and Training (T were suspended and the & T) group. defendant sentenced to 24 The local club com- months bench probation, bines leaders from five area churches and regularly to include 40 hours of com- meets on Thursday nights munity service, no contact from 6:30 – 8 p.m. until with the victim, including early April. All area chil- third-party contact except dren are welcome to attend. to arrange parenting time, Weekly updates can anger management evalu- be found at the Heppner ation and treatment, drug AWANA Club Facebook and alcohol evaluation and treatment, and ten days jail page. time with credit for time served. Fines, fees and as- sessments totaled $700. -Noel Ponce Villegas, 23, was convicted of In- terfering with Making a Report, a Class A Misde- meanor. Of the sentence be invited. of 180 days jail time, 170 Potential applicants days were suspended and may contact Program Of- the defendant sentenced to ficer Annie Kaffen at 503- 24 months bench probation, 241-0543, 800-735-0543, to include 40 hours of com- ext. 116, or a.kaffen@or- munity service, no contact egonhumanities.org. tist Church, 560 N. Minor Street in Heppner. Registration will start at 6:30 p.m. A parent or guardian needs to be there to fill out the paperwork for club members. Dues are $10 per child for the year. After registration, games and a short introduc- Public program grants for Oregon nonprofits and tribes PORTLAND, Ore.— Through Oct. 31, Oregon nonprofit organizations and tribes may apply for grants up to $10,000 to support public programs that bring people together to think and talk about challenging issues and ideas. Oregon Humanities’ Public Program Grants are awarded annually to Or- egon nonprofit organiza- Red Barn Fun Run planned for Sept. 17 The second annual Red Barn Fun Run is planned for Saturday, Sept. 17. The event will include a one-mile, two-mile, and 5k run/walk. Registration starts at 7:45 a.m. at the LDS church in Lexington, corner of Tom St. and Highway 74. The course is a relatively flat out-and-back and is paved, so strollers are fine. Entrance fee is $5, with $10 for a tee shirt. Proceeds go to the Heppner/Ione cross country team. Ice cream sundae night to kick off AWANA club year on Sept. 8 AWANA Bible Club for children ages three through the sixth grade will start up this Thursday night, Sept. 8, at Willow Creek Bap- - THREE tions with budgets under $1.5 million and Oregon’s federally recognized tribes. These grants fund programs that engage community members as active partici- pants, explore issues or ideas from a variety of per- spectives, help participants make meaning for them- selves and their community, and respond to challenges or opportunities in their communities. To apply for a 2017 Public Program Grant, or- ganizations must complete an online letter of interest form (available at http:// oregonhumanities.org/ programs/public-program- grants/) by Oct. 31. Once the deadline has passed, grant staff will contact the program director regarding whether a full proposal will DA’s Report with the victim except to ar- range parenting time, anger management evaluation and treatment, drug and alcohol evaluation and treatment, and ten days jail time with credit for time served. An additional count of harass- ment was dismissed. Fines, fees and assessments to- taled $600. - Noel Ponce Villegas, 23, was convicted of two counts of Recklessly En- dangering Another Person, a Class A Misdemeanor. On each count, sentence of 180 days jail time was sus- pended and the defendant sentenced to 24 months bench probation, to include 40 hours of community service, anger management evaluation and treatment, drug and alcohol evaluation and treatment, substance abuse evaluation, and no contact with the victim except for parenting time. In additional, Villegas was convicted of one count of Harassment, a Class B Misdemeanor. Of the sen- tence of 90 days jail time, 80 days were suspended and the defendant sentenced to 24 months bench proba- tion, to include 40 hours of community service, no contact with the victim except to arrange parenting time, anger management evaluation and treatment, substance abuse evaluation and treatment, and ten days jail time with credit for time served. Additional counts of Recklessly Endanger- ing Another Person were dismissed. Fines, fees and assessments totaled $1,600. Please join us for I one e ducatIon F oundatIon ’ s 14 th a nnual d Inner and a uctIon Saturday, September 24, 2016 Ione American Legion Hall Social Hour 6:00 PM / Dinner 7:00 PM Prime rib and salmon dinner Live & silent auction, raffles & grab bags Tickets available at Ione branch of Bank of Eastern Oregon or at the door $25 adults / $10 ages 7-12 / free under 6 Have a news story or photo for the Gazette? e-mail editor@rapidserve.net call 541-676-9228 or stop by the office on Willow St., Heppner Today
