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-
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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
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