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Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, July 27, 2022 -- SEVEN Sheriff’s Report ...continued from page seven port on NW Morgan St, Heppner that caller advised she located her son smoking fentanyl out in the shop. When she tried to take them from him he tackled her to the ground and was fighting her for them. Corbin, Jesse Austin was arrested by MCSO for assault IV DV and lodged at UCJ with no bail. -MCSO received a re- port on I 84 W, Boardman that a Winnebago got into a road rage issue with the caller. No license plate, mini Winnebago on a truck chassis. July 25: Morrow County Sheriff ’s Office received a report on I 84 E, Boardman, of a vehicle that is all over the roadway. Darker colored hatchback. -MCSO received a re- port on China Ditch Ln, Ir- rigon that caller is advising of 8-12 cows in her pasture. Advised where owners live and attempted to speak to them. Then noticed they have a horse in a 6x8 stall. Unfounded. -MCSO received a re- port on Washington Ln, Irrigon that they have a dog that attacked their chickens and now they have the dog in a pet carrier sitting in their driveway. Caller would like to have the dog removed. -MCSO received a re- port that Pascual-Aguilar, Tobias was arrested by OSP on IJC warrant. -MCSO received a re- port at Baltimore Apart- ments on NW Baltimore St, Heppner that caller is receiving harassing phone calls from someone in Pendleton regarding her mother’s debt. Caller states her mother filed bankruptcy 10 years ago on the debt. Reported they are calling multiple times a day and being threatening. -MCSO received a re- port on Bombing Range Rd, Boardman, that there are two cows at the Navy Base. Caller is requesting these cows be removed. -MCSO received a report on NE Aiken St, Heppner, that subject is stating she wants to hurt herself with a knife, there are knives at the residence. CCS was contacted. -MCSO received a re- port at Glen Haven Apart- ments on NE Pioneer Dr, Heppner that caller advised she is having an issue with a co-worker. She quit be- cause of her and now she is harassing her via Facebook. -MCSO received a re- port that a female chatting via computer advised she took half a bottle of pills and alcohol. Unknown ad- dress. -MCSO received a re- port on Gravel Pit Ln, Irri- gon that caller has a kitten on her property, and she is frightened her dogs will kill it. -MCSO received a re- port at Division Rd/Hoop N Holler Ln, Irrigon that people are trespassing near the canal. -MCSO received a re- port at Irrigon Shell Station on E Hwy 730, Irrigon of employee theft of at least $740. Caller has video foot- age. -MCSO received a re- port on Magic Garden Ln, Irrigon that caller’s neigh- bor has cats, and they keep getting on his property making his dogs bark non- stop. -MCSO received a re- port on Magic Garden Ln, Irrigon, that his neighbor is playing loud music with their garage door open. Unable to locate. Health district and labor union reach agreement The Morrow County Health District and its la- bor union the American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees (AFSCME), have reached agreement on a new labor contract, it was announced at the July 25 district board meeting. The contract runs from July 1 of this year until June 30, 2024. In addition to wages and benefits, the contract covers hours and overtime, vacation time, sick and paid leave, employee rights, dis- putes settlement and many other aspects of employ- ment with the district. On the wage scale employees received a 4.5 percent cost of living increases for the coming year. In other business the district agreed to pay $5,000 to keep the county’s Broad- band Action Team in oper- ation. Team leader this past year, Aaron Moss, has been accepted into the University of Oregon law school and funding, which had been through Land O Lakes and Tillamook Cheese, has run out. Moss has agreed to defer law school and stay on if the broadband team can find funding around the county to pay his salary for the coming year. The Broadband Action Team is working with an engineering firm on an infrastructure design for high-speed internet to all residents, especially rural, in Morrow County. The team is working to fund the construction through up- coming federal broadband YOUR AD COULD BE HERE! grant dollars. In other business the board approved a contract with Omaha, Nebraska company Skyline Med Staff, LLC to provide li- censed health care profes- sionals to the health district. Under the agreement the district will notify Skyline when it needs certain staff members. Skyline will then find and prescreen appli- cants to refer to the district for possible employment. The board also agreed to a contract with Jogan Health, a Colorado company which will help the district fill its staffing needs. In other action the board made the following staff appointments: Michael Neuman, MD – Radiology Specialists of the North- west, Piper Rooke, MD – Radiology Specialists of the Northwest, Justin Cameron, Physician Assistant – Mor- row County Health District, Irrigon Medical Clinic. Privileges were given to Regina Lazinka, a speech, language pathology spe- cialist for work at Pioneer Memorial Physical Therapy performing nasopharyn- goscopy services (swallow studies). In other business the district has purchased new furniture for Pioneer Me- morial Hospital, and the board agreed to surplus out the following items: six bedside tables, eight night- stands and seven armoires. Melanoma stands out. Check your skin. You could spot cancer. 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