EIGHT - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, July 5, 2017
MCGG announces
raffle winner
Morrow County Grain Growers held the drawing last Friday
for the Camp Chef Pellet Grill and Smoker the company
raffled to benefit local man John Nelson. Pictured are MCGG
Chief Financial Officer Lisanne Currin and General Manager
Kevin Gray drawing the winning ticket; not pictured is winner
Don Barber, who was not present for the drawing. The raffle
raised $1,130 to aid Nelson with medical expenses. -Photo by
David Sykes
Sheriff’s Report
March 31 (cont.):
-MCSO arrested Donald
Lienol Baldwin, 51, on
Benton County Warrants.
-A male in Boardman
advised of a complaint
about two ducks on a neigh-
bor’s property. The ducks
have never come over to
RP’s property. RP did not
want to do anything at that
time.
-A male RP on I-84
west, Boardman reported
that from Tri-Cities to I-84
he followed a white Subaru
with a middle-aged white
male wearing a black, green
and yellow beanie that was
taking hits off a marijuana
pipe. MCSO was unable to
locate.
-An RP in Irrigon ad-
vised there was a truck and
trailer is parked between
Ninth and Tenth, which is
against city code. Donald
Eugene Ford, 42, was is-
sued a citation for Prohib-
ited Commercial Parking.
-A deputy check on a
possible disabled vehicle
on Highway 74 Lena, Hep-
pner. Two dogs and male
sleeping in their vehicle.
April 1: -A Morrow
County Sheriff’s deputy re-
ported an agency assist for
a disturbance in Umatilla.
-A male in Heppner
reported dogs were jumping
into his fence. He advised
he was very upset.
-An RP in Irrigon ad-
vised someone broke into
the house but wasn’t there
anymore; advised the sub-
ject went all the way in
and then left going toward
Second St.
-MCSO was advised
that Pendleton PD arrested
James Robert Martin on a
Morrow County parole and
probation warrant.
-MCSO was advised of
a female in Irrigon being
pushed around and threat-
ened by a brother-in-law
over a neighbor issue she
had nothing to do with. A
deputy made contact.
-A male in Heppner
reported a dog barking in
his front yard. The RP was
very upset and yelling on
the phone, and threatened
multiple times to hurt the
animal.
-MCSO received report
of someone fighting be-
tween St. Patrick’s Senior
Center and the store in Hep-
pner. The caller advised she
could no longer hear them
but previously heard loud
screaming.
April 2: -Morrow
County Sheriff ’s Office
was advised of a fight in
Irrigon; the caller advised
a neighbor was getting beat
up right across from their
house.
-A female in Irrigon ad-
vised her dog was attacked
by a neighbor’s dog earlier
that morning. She advised
it occurred on her property
and the dog was now at the
vet’s. Gaspar Bedolla Mad-
rigal was cited for Dog as a
Public Nuisance.
-MCSO was advised
of a break-in in Irrigon. RP
advised she had been there
several days before and the
items were there. There
was a small barbecue, camp
chair and shop vac missing.
A deputy responded and
took a report.
-A female in the Hep-
pner area advised a stud
horse kept getting loose and
getting in with her horse.
The RP stated the neigh-
bors told her the horse had
been out multiple times,
and the RP advised some-
one was going to get hurt.
Deputy made contact with
the owner.
-MCSO was advised
of cows out at Hwy. 207/
Baseline Ln.
-An RP in Lexington
requested emergency medi-
cal services for a 65-year-
old with chest pains and
shortness of breath. Hep-
pner ambulance and Lex-
OSU’s food preservation and safety
hotline opens July 10
By Gail Wells, OSU
CORVALLIS, Ore.—Is
it safe to bring deviled eggs
to the church picnic? How
do I preserve Grandma’s
piccalilli relish? Do I really
need to pressure-can green
beans?
For answers to these
and other questions about
safely serving and preserv-
ing summer’s food bounty,
you can talk to a Mas-
ter Food Preserver from
Oregon State University
Extension. Call toll-free
1-800-354-7319 weekdays
9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The hotline
opens July 10 and closes
Oct. 13.
Typical hotline ques-
tions include where to get
pressure-canner gauges
tested, whether an old fam-
ily canning recipe is still
safe and what to do if your
refrigerator or freezer goes
out. Answers are provided
by Extension-trained and
-certified Master Food Pre-
ington Quick Response
Team responded and the
patient was transported.
-MCSO advised that
someone ran over a tree
and spilled some corn in
Irrigon.
April 3: -A female in
the Lexington area reported
that her two big guard dogs
were missing. She advised
one was a pup, the other
was dragging a chain, and
they were not aggressive.
-A female in Heppner
advised she noticed some-
one took gas from her son’s
care the day before. She
advised her son left the
morning before.
-A female reported that
she was issued a ticket
because her sister used
her information but that
she was not in the county
at that time. She advised
the incident took place in
December, and she wanted
to file identity theft charges.
MCSO arrested Deborah
Renee Cameron, 54, on
charges of Identity Theft
and False Info to a Police
Officer. Female also was ar-
rested on a Morrow County
Justice Court warrant for
Failure to Appear on Forg-
ery II.
April 4: -Morrow
County Sheriff ’s Office
was advised of animal com-
plaint in Heppner, juveniles
trying to return a goat. A
deputy made contact with
the owner.
-An RP in Irrigon ad-
vised of a red Ford that sped
by the house every day;
advised it had been going
on for two weeks. MCSO
contacted Josue Eduardo
Millan, 22, and gave him a
verbal warning for speed.
He was also advised not to
be driving and the contact
OSU Extension’s Master Food Preservers offer reliable,
research-based advice on putting up food safely. Call them
toll-free at 1-800-354-7319 weekdays through October 13, 2017.
-Photo by Jeanne Brandt, OSU.
servers, a volunteer-based
program active in 18 Or-
egon counties.
Master Food Preserv-
ers is part of OSU Exten-
sion’s Family and Commu-
nity Health (FCH) program,
which provides research-
based knowledge on all
aspects of food, nutrition
and family and community
well-being.
When it comes to food
safety, calling the hotline
is always a better bet than
randomly searching the
internet, advises Nellie
Oehler, an FCH faculty
Hermiston police regarding
a warrant serviceable only
by Hermiston.
-MCSO received report
of a 16-year-old runaway
out of Irrigon.
-MCSO assisted a
woman in Heppner who
had locked her keys and her
dog in the car.
-MCSO responded to
a juvenile complain in Ir-
rigon.
-MCSO received a
code complaint from a male
in Irrigon who advised the
neighboring house was
vacant when he left last
fall but now there were a
bunch of household goods
dumped between his house
and their and there were
rats and other vermin. He
requested to speak to a
deputy.
April 5: -A female in
Irrigon reported that she
just picked up her kids and
her ex poured stuff on her
and took her jeep keys.
-MCSO was advised
of a dead steer that washed
up on the shore on the east
end of the Irrigon marina.
The RP requested to have
it removed before it started
to smell. The matter was
referred to another agency.
-MCSO was advised
of a missing 10-year-old in
Irrigon; the RP advised she
was supposed to be at the
Shell with friends, that she
had no cell phone, and that
she had been threatened by
another girl who said she
would beat her up. The
juvenile had been missing
about an hour and a half.
-MCSO arrested Jo-
seph Lee Swope, 36, on a
Morrow County warrant for
Violation of Parole/Driving
While Suspended, and a
PC charge of Possession of
Methamphetamine.
-MCSO investigated
a juvenile complaint in
Heppner.
-MCSO received a re-
quest for a welfare check
on a subject in Heppner. He
was passed out on the couch
and disoriented.
-A female in Irrigon
advised there was yelling
coming from next door.
She believed the house
was empty and no one was
supposed to be there. She
advised she saw one male
and one female there.
-MCSO was advised of
a 16-year-old runaway in
Irrigon; the caller advised
he was their grandson and
he left on foot.
MCSO was advised of
a 13-yeaold female juvenile
who ran away in Irrigon.
-A female in Irrigon
advised there was some-
one walking around with a
flashlight the night before,
shining it in her neighbor’s
house.
-MCSO was advised
of goats on the road near
Irrigon.
-MCSO arrested un-
specified subjects on Ben-
ton County warrants for
Fraudulently Passing Bank
Checks.
-MCSO was advised of
two dead dogs in the middle
of the highway south of
Ione; the RP advised they
didn’t see who hit them.
-The Irrigon High
School principal advised
MCSO that she had juve-
niles in her office with drug
paraphernalia.
-MCSO was advised
that Umatilla County Cor-
rections arrested an un-
specified subject, who was
lodged at Umatilla County
Jail with no bail.
April 6: -Irrigon ambu-
lance responded to Irrigon
High School for a female
student who passed out,
pregnant, 4-5 months along,
unknown why. The patient
refused transport.
-MCSO was contacted
by a person trying to repos-
sess a truck in Heppner.
She advised she was pretty
sure they had guns in it, and
wanted information on her
options.
-MCSO was advised by
an RP in Irrigon that dogs
had just killed the daugh-
ter’s cat in their front yard.
member and Master Food
Preserver coordinator in
Lane County.
“There’s a lot of mis-
information online,” says
Oehler. If you call the hot-
line, you’ll get to talk to a
real person, she said. And
you can be confident that
the information you’re get-
ting is current and reliable.
Last year Extension
faculty, staff and volun-
teers fielded 2,760 phone
calls, 324 Ask an Expert
questions and 1,625 office
walk-ins queries on food
preservation.
OSU Extension also
offers a wealth of online
information on the topic.
Extension’s Ask an Expert
service also takes online
questions about food pres-
ervation and many other
topics. Find more infor-
mation about the Master
Food Preserver program at
Volunteer Programs.
-A female in Ione ad-
vised MCSO that an hour
before a male subject was at
her house causing a distur-
bance, threatening to throw
bricks through the window
and threatening to take her
child away.
-MCSO was advised
of a woman in Irrigon who
appeared to be “mental.”
She was throwing rocks and
talking to herself.
-MCSO conducted a
welfare check on a female
in Irrigon. She had a droopy
face, but advised it was
just stress. MCSO talked
to the clinic, who advised
it was not normal and the
deputy returned to talk to
the subject.
-MCSO received a re-
quest for a welfare check on
a female in Hardman.
-MCSO received a dis-
turbance complaint regard-
ing an adult son who was
yelling at and threatening
his father and mother in
Boardman.
-Boardman ambulance
responded to Riverside high
School, where a 17-year-
old was having a seizure.
The patient was transported
to Good Shepherd Medical
Center.
Submit fair and rodeo
stories to the GT
Anyone wishing to submit a story to be included in
the Heppner Gazette-Times Morrow County Fair and
Oregon Trail Pro Rodeo special edition to be published
Aug. 9 must have their stories turned into the GT by
July 31.
Those wishing to submit stores may email them
to editor@rapidserve.net, send them to the GT at P.O.
Box 337, Heppner, OR, fax them to 541-676-9211 or
bring them by the office at 188 W. Willow, Heppner, OR
97836.
We don’t fly airplanes
We can’t train elephants
We’re not good cooks
We don’t build computers
We can’t raise wheat
We don’t practice law
We can’t set a broken leg
We don’t put out forest fires
We can’t measure & cut lumber
We don’t sell fat quarters
We don’t rent movies
We won’t charm snakes
We don’t rotate tires
We’re not painters
BUT
We can’t resole shoes
WE
We don’t fill cavities
We don’t sell antiques
SURE
We don’t know jewelry
CAN
We can’t fill prescriptions
We don’t savvy hardware
We can’t fill propane tanks
(and set up
We don’t sell or bag groceries
WEBSITES!)
We shouldn’t run with scissors
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