Juveniles arrested on multiple
charges in Irrigon
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VOL. 138
NO. 2 6 Pages
Wednesday, January 9, 2019
Morrow County, Heppner, Oregon
Students selected for
Washington, D.C. trip
Jacob Heideman, Ione,
and Matthew Orem, Hep-
pner, will act as student
representatives for the Co-
lumbia Basin Electric Co-
operative NRECA Youth
Tour in Washington D.C.
this summer, June 13-20.
While visiting the na-
tion’s capital, the students
will have a chance to speak
with Oregon’s state repre-
sentatives, learn about elec-
tric cooperatives, listen to
motivational speakers and
tour national landmarks,
which include the Smithso-
nian and the Vietnam War
Memorial.
Jacob, the son of Dea-
con and Erin Heideman, is
a junior at lone Commu-
nity Charter School. He
is active in football, bas-
ketball, track, band, choir,
4-H Ambassador and FFA
where he is Green Hand’s
president and club report-
er. Jacob is also active in
his community where he
serves on the health clinic
youth advisory committee,
referees for youth football
Two male juveniles
were taken into custody in
Irrigon on Jan. 3 in connec-
tion with complaints con-
sisting of thefts, unlawful
entry into motor vehicles,
unlawful use of a vehicle
and trespassing.
According to Morrow
County Undersheriff John
Bowles, the sheriff’s office
had been investigating the
reports filed between Dec.
29 and Jan. 3 and had iden-
tified two male juveniles as
the primary suspects. One
male juvenile was found
to have a felony warrant
for absconding from the
Homestead Youth Lodge in
Pendleton and the other had
a Morrow County Circuit
Court warrant.
On Jan. 3 a Morrow
County Sheriff’s Office ser-
geant received information
that both male juveniles
were in the area of NE Sixth
and NE Seventh streets in
Irrigon. MCSO responded
to the area and after a ten
minute foot pursuit, took
both juveniles into custody.
Both juveniles were
arrested on the outstanding
warrants as well as addi-
tional charges of burglary,
unlawful entry into a motor
vehicle, unlawful use of a
motor vehicle, theft, crim-
inal trespass and escape.
One juvenile has an addi-
tional charge of unlawful
possession of more than
one ounce of marijuana.
According to Bowles, the
investigation led to multiple
charges between the two
juveniles and is estimated
to close seven plus cases.
Both juveniles were
lodged at the Juvenile
Northeast Regional Correc-
tion facility in The Dalles,
OR. The investigation is
continuing.
Commission votes to enlarge
Enterprise Zone
Amazon plans more server farms at Boardman
Jacob Heideman
Matthew Orem
and basketball and vol-
unteers with garden and
clean up through his church
and Willow Creek Terrace.
Jacob enjoys working on
his family’s farm, riding
motorcycles, computer cod-
ing and spending time with
family and friends.
Matthew is a junior at
Heppner High School and
the son of Eric and Brandi
Orem. He participates in
football, basketball and
baseball. He is a member
of FFA, FBLA and 4-H and
has held positions of pres-
ident, class secretary and
FFA sentinel. He has earned
his FFA Chapter Degree
and is on the honor roll.
Matthew’s community ser-
vice has included serving
at MCGG and Columbia
Basin Electric Cooperative
annual dinners, refereeing
youth football and basket-
ball, Elk’s Hoop Shoot,
community clean-up’s and
canned food drives. Mat-
thew’s hobbies include rais-
ing cattle, sports, motor
vehicles and enjoying the
outdoors.
AEDs donated to high school
Pictured (L-R): Heppner High School principal Matt Combe with ASB members Madison
Combe, Marlee Mitchell, Gibson McCurry, Hunter Nichols, Casey Fletcher and Morrow
County Health District CEO Bob Houser.
Morrow County Health District’s Community Benefit Fund donated two Automatic
External Defibrillators (AEDs) to Heppner High School on Monday. These defibrillators
will be designated as travel equipment for student programs. MCHD’s Community
Benefit Fund contributes to the advancement of health improvement services and
community building activities in Morrow County.
Heppner residents in custody
Two adults and a ju- pner, are currently lodged at ceived on Jan. 6. Following
the Umatilla Coun-
an investigation,
venile have been
ty Jail with bail of
Myers and Dixon
arrested in connec-
$20,000 each.
were arrested and
tion with a report
According
a female juvenile
of a burglary at the
the a press release
was cited into ju-
Mountain Glen
from the Morrow
venile court. All
Apartments in
County Sheriff ’s
three suspects
Heppner. Lovanna Michael
Lovanna
Marie Myers, 37, Scott Dixon Office, a report of Marie Myers were charged with
a burglary at the
criminal trespass
and Michael Scott
I.
Dixon, 39, both from Hep- apartments was re-
The Enterprise Zone at Boardman has been expanded by 80 acres to accommodate a planned
data center expansion.
By David Sykes
The Columbia River
Enterprise Zone, CREZ,
at Boardman is expanding
after receiving a request
from VaData for room to
build additional computer
server farms. Vadata is
a subsidiary of Amazon.
com and already operates
a large number of data cen-
ters at the Port of Morrow
near Boardman. The city of
Boardman recently annexed
80 acres and the proposed
Enterprise Zone boundary
expansion would encom-
pass the newly annexed
property.
The Enterprise Zone
offers businesses three-
and five-year property tax
exemptions for new invest-
ments and job creation in
the county. The commission
voted unanimously at its
Oct. 24 meeting to approve
the expansion. The CREZ is
governed by a six-member
board of directors made up
of two people each appoint-
ed from the city of Board-
man, Morrow County and
the Port of Morrow.
At its Nov. 7 meeting
the commission heard a
report from Anna Browne,
the county’s 4-H Latino
Outreach/Open Campus
Coordinator. She discussed
her duties as the coordinator
for Morrow and Umatilla
Counties. Both the open
campus program, as well
as the companion piece for
Latino youth and families
called the Juntos (which
means together in Spanish)
program, strive to assist
students in their pursuit of
higher education. The pro-
gram is run through Oregon
State University.
Browne noted that
many youth in the north
end of Morrow County
have visited the south end,
and she and the commission
discussed how to make all
youth more aware of what
happens throughout the
entire county, and how to
spread the word about 4-H
programs available.
Some of the services
the program offers to Latino
families is help in enrolling
and starting in college, fi-
nancial aid and scholarship
support, resume writing
and how to transfer from
a community college to a
university. The program
says it helps “empower
Latino youth and families
to pursue higher educa-
tion.” The program offers
workshops, family nights,
mentoring, after school
clubs and college visits and
summer camps.
Recently the pro-
gram served 30 families
in Boardman and two in
Irrigon. Additionally, 85
students have been served
during college application
week, essay workshops and
resume workshops. Browne
says they plan on expanding
into Ione in the winter of
2019.
In other business at the
Nov. 7 meeting the com-
mission voted to upgrade
the county’s outdated phone
system. Commissioners
were told the current system
has reached its “end of life”
meaning the hardware will
no longer be manufactured
or supported. The new sys-
tem is on a 36-month lease
for $29,279.
At its Nov. 28 meeting
the commission received
the preliminary 2018 popu-
lation estimate for Morrow
County from Portland State
University’s College of
Urban and Public Affairs
Population Research Cen-
ter. Commissioner Russell
said he found it hard to
believe the county’s pop-
ulation decreased by five
people from the previous
year when Boardman alone
has seen construction of
35 new houses and school
enrollments have increased.
The estimated popula-
tion of the county as of July
1, 2018 is 11,885, five less
than the at the same time
in 2017. The Population
Research Center produces
the annual Population Es-
timates for Oregon and its
counties and cities, as well
as the estimates by age and
sex for the state and its
counties. These estimates
are important since they
are used by the state and
local governments, various
Students in the Juntos pro- organizations and agencies
gram participate in a STEM for revenue sharing, funds
(science, technology, engineer- allocation and planning
ing and math) class.
purposes.
4-H honors CBEC with lunch
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Morrow County 4-H delivered lunch to Columbia Basin Electric Co-Op of Heppner on behalf
of the county 4-H Leaders Council as a recipient of the Friends of Morrow County 4-H award.
CBEC is a generous contributor to the 4-H program and members. Pictured: Anna Browne
(4-H/Junto’s educator), Tommy Wolff (CBEC general manager), Erin Heideman (Morrow
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