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OREGON ALBANY (OR.) DEMOCRAT -HERALD, FRIDAY, NOV .3, 2000 AB OREGON Grand jury indicts ex-funeral home director IN BRIEF Silverton teen killed in crash near Salem SALEM A 17-year-old Silverton girl died after a car crash north of Salem. Shawna Harris died Wednesday morning at Legacy Emanuel Hospital in Portland. She was a passenger in a vehicle driven by Baltazar MendozaGiron, 18, of Silverton, when the car crossed the center line and struck an oncoming northbound vehicle Tuesday afternoon. Harris suffered head injuries and was treated at Salem Hospital before being transported to Portland. Mendoza Giron and the driver of the other vehicle, 53-year-old Linda Aberg of Amity, suffered broken bones and were recovering at Salem Hospital satisfactory condition Wednesday, a nursing supervisor said.

Police: Woman killed over $300 ASTORIA A 3 36-year-old woman whose body was found in, rural Svenson last month was apparently killed over $300 in castle police, 11 affidavit affidavit, says. made available Wednesday, said four people picked up Donna Marie Heen on Oct. 3 to take her to her job at Crystal Ocean Seafoods in Astoria. Instead, one of the suspects said, she was taken to the Twilight Eagle Sanctuary east of Astoria, where she was killed and robbed of $300 in cash she was carrying. Her body was found Oct.

10 in a ditch near the sanctuary, five days after her husband reported her missing. Heen lived in the same apartment complex as the three suspects, Mary Belinda Lewis, 32, Donnie Ray Travis, 45, and Heather Shannon Walker, 33. All three were indicted on multiple counts of aggravated murder and robbery and if convicted of aggravated murder, face the death penalty. David Erick Olsen was arrested Oct. 5 on an unrelated burglary charge and lodged in the Clatsop County Jail.

He is listed as a witness in the indictments, but has not been charged with any crimes in connection with the murder. Reward offered for information SALEM A relative is offering a $1,000 reward for information leading to the whereabouts of a Rainier, woman who disappeared a year ago. Teresa Davidson-Murphy, 35, was last seen in her home in Oct. 7,, 1999, but was not reported missing until more than two weeks later. Oregon State Police troopers are distributing missing person bulletins to area businesses in hopes of developing leads, Albany Friends of the Library Annual BOOK November Thursday Members Friday 9am-6pm, Main Library 1390 Waverly Proceeds from Albany according to Lt.

Gregg Hastings. He said troopers are working with the Columbia County Sheriff's office, but the investigation has led to many dead ends. Davidson-Murphy's husband, who lives in Klamath Falls with their two teen-age daughters, reported a .45 caliber, semiautomatic handgun missing from the house after his wife disappeared. Police are searching for the whereabouts of the missing gun, and are asking anyone with information to call. Board votes to hire county manager ASTORIA The county Board of Commissioners has voted to hire Jim Azumano as Clatsop County manager.

Azumano, the Hood River County manager, was the top choice among 40 applicants and four finalists for the post. He will begin work Dec. 11. George Kiepke, county board chairman, said Azumano's years in public service and his familiarity with similarities between Hood River and Clatsop counties, helped get him a unanimous vote. Azumano will replace former county manager Britt Ferguson, who resigned in June to take another job in California.

Retired government administrator Bud Kramer has served as interim county manager since then. Woman gets year in jail for cattle deals LaGRANDE A Milton- Freewater woman who helped her husband sell cattle belonging to other people without their permission has been sentenced to a year of jail time. Helen Diane McMillan was sentenced Wednesday on racketeering, theft and forgery charges. Her husband, Blaine "Buck" McMillan, was sentenced last week to almost five years in prison on similar charges. Prosecutors said the McMillans mishandled their duties as cattle managers in Umatilla, Union and Wallowa counties during several years in the mid- to late-1990s.

A. jury found them guilty in July. Painter Frank Okada dies at 69 in Eugene EUGENE Frank Okada, a prominent Northwest painter whose work reflected his Japanese ancestry, has died. He was 69. Okada died Monday at Sacred Heart Hospital, following recent surgery for cancer.

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