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REGION Tuesday, October 27, 2015 East Oregonian HERMISTON Another collision occurs at Highway 395 and Baggett Lane No one transSorted to hosSital Another wreck occurred at the intersection oI Baggett /ane and Highway 95 Monday aIternoon, one week aIter a similar accident in the same location sent three SeoSle to the hosSital Although neither oI the driYers oI the Yehicles were transSorted to the hosSital by ambulance this time, Sonia Mota-Sotelo, 29, Umatilla, said she was sore aIter the crash that sent her white Ford Focus oYer the embankment on the west side oI the highway at about 50 Sm Mota-Sotelo was traYeling south on the highway in the leIt lane when her car struck a red Ford Focus that had been traYeling north and attemSted to turn leIt onto Baggett /ane, according to Oregon State Police trooSer Jerrad /ittle He said the two driYers were the only Yehicle occuSants /ittle said neither driYer showed signs oI imSairment, and he did not belieYe sSeed Staff photo by Sean Hart An Oregon State Police trooper talks to a Hermiston Fire & Emergency Services employee at a wreck between a white Ford Focus and a red Ford Focus at the inter- section of Baggett Lane and Highway 395 north of Hermiston Monday afternoon. No one was transported to the hospital. was a contributing Iactor to the crash He said, howeYer, the inYestigation was ongoing The driYer oI the red Ford Focus said she was not Irom this area, but declined to SroYide Iurther inIormation to the East Oregonian At about 50 Sm Oct 19 ² almost e[actly one week beIore this latest wreck ² a car turning leIt onto Baggett /ane was also struck by a car traYeling southbound on Highway 95 All three Yehicle occuSants were trans- Sorted to hosSitals ² one by /iIe Flight helicoSter ² aIter last week’s wreck ²²² Contact Sean Hart at smhart@eastoregonian.com or 541-564-4534. PENDLETON Journey into the Owyhee RiYer Canyon By TAMMY MALGESINI East Oregonian The Sublic is inYited to take a Yicarious Mourney deeS into the Owyhee RiYer Canyon during a Sresenta- tion at the Pendleton Public /ibrary Mike Quigley, who had been e[Sloring the Owyhee RiYer Canyon since mid-1970, introduced his wiIe to the area in 199 Bonnie Olin, too, Iell in loYe with the riYer canyon That loYe resulted in researching the area :hen she couldn’t ¿nd a book that satis¿ed her interest ² including one bursting with Iull color Shotos and showed eYen the most remote regions ² Olin decided to Sublish her own book “I wanted to share the Owyhee that I knew, ¿rst with Iamily and Iriends, but eYentually with eYeryone,´ she said Olin will share about the region during a Sresentation :ednesday at 7 Sm in the Community Room at the Pendleton Public /ibrary, 501 S: Emigrant AYe The Iree eYent Ieatures an oSening slideshow, a talk that includes a brieI history oI the region and what makes the region sSecial Also, Olin will read Irom her book, “The Owyhee RiYer Journals,´ show a Yideo taken in 'eeS Creek and the Owyhee RiYer The Sresen- tation will wraS uS with a question and answer time and a book signing The author has sSent 22 years e[Sloring the area, including kayaking the riYer and hiking the side canyons Olin said the Shotos Ior the book, taken by Quigley, reYeal what she couldn’t describe in words “The desert is not a wasteland and the Owyhee is a unique Mewel in all oI these United States,´ Olin said In selI-Sublishing the book, Olin’s desire was to increase awareness oI the area, hoSing that SeoSle will recogni]e the unique beauty oI its canyons and determine it’s a Slace worthy oI Sreser- Yation “The book SroMect was entirely my own and it is my way oI adYocating Ior a Slace I know well and loYe with all my being,´ Olin said “This is what I hoSe to show my audience, to share this Sassion Ior Slace, to be a Yoice Ior the Owyhee´ For more inIormation about the book, contact 541-998-1291, owyheer- iYer#comcastnet or Yisit wwwowyheemediacom For more about the library Sresen- tation, call 541-9-080 BRIEFLY PSD collecting input for superintendent search BETTY FEVES MEMORIAL GALLERY PEN'/ETON ² HaYing recently hired :indow to /eadershiS //C to helS with the suSerintendent search, the Pendleton School District is wasting no time Sutting the :est /inn-based consulting ¿rm to work :indow to /eadershiS will host a Iocus grouS meeting at the Pendleton High School commons NoY 2 at 7 Sm, where a reSresentatiYe will discuss the search Srocess and what quali¿cations the Sublic wants in the new suSerinten- dent The school district is also encouraging SeoSle to ¿ll out a surYey on the district website, which will coYer many oI the same questions and discussion Soints as the Iocus grouS Hermiston woman killed in wreck near Kennewick Tri-City Herald By SEAN HART East Oregonian The district wants surYeys comSleted by NoY 4 “A reSort oI the oYerall results will be submitted to the Pendleton School Board Ior its consideration in deYeloSing a Sro¿le Ior SrosSectiYe candidates and use in search literature,” a district Sress release states The new suSerintendent will reSlace Jon Peterson, who will retire at the end oI the 2015-201 school year City offering sidewalk grants STANFIE/D ² The city oI Stan¿eld is currently taking aSSlications Ior sidewalk construction grants The cost oI constructing and maintaining sidewalks is the resSonsibility oI the owner oI the neighboring SroSerty, but Ior a limited time the city is oIIering sidewalk imSroYement grants Ior uS to 50 Sercent oI the cost oI concrete sidewalks According to a letter to SroSerty owners the grant would reduce the cost oI installing a sidewalk Irom about 1 Ser linear Ioot to 8 Ser Ioot The grant would aSSly to new sidewalks or sidewalk reSairs within the road right oI way ASSlications will be acceSted until Jan 1, 201 Forms are aYailable at city hall and online at www cityoIstan¿eldcom Authors encourage people to give back PEND/ETON ² /earn about a camSaign that would make the Tuesday aIter ThanksgiYing a statewide day oI giYing OregoniansGiYe “State oI GiYing,” which includes a book launch and Feves Gallery 25th Anniversary: The Legacy Continues November 5 ~ December 17, 2015 Opening Reception: Thursday, November 5 • 4:30~6:30 pm FEATURING : Betty Feves, Aaron Burgess, Jan Dow, Alice Fossatti, Doug Kaigler, Joel Kaylor, Kyoung Sook Kim, Jim Lavadour & David Waln The Feves Gallery 25th Anniversary: The Legacy Continues celebrates the anniversary of the art gallery by honoring its namesake, late artist Betty Feves, whose pieces will be on display surrounded by the work of artists who apprenticed with her. Gallery Hours: Monday-Thursday 10:30am-2:30pm Special Hours: Saturday, Nov. 7th 11am-4pm By appointment: 541-278-5952 Betty Feves Memorial Gallery located at Blue Mountain Community College, Pioneer Hall, 2411 NW Carden Avenue, Pendleton, Oregon Sanel discussion, is Thursday Irom noon to 1 Sm at Pendleton Center Ior the Arts, 214 N Main St Authors Greg Chaille and Kristin Anderson will lead a Sanel discussion about how attendees can get inYolYed and giYe back in their local community “This is not about book sales,” the authors said “It’s about sSreading the message that anyone, no matter who you are, can make a diIIerence, and that Oregon’s Iuture deSends uSon more SeoSle reali]ing that and getting inYolYed” For more inIormation, contact stateoIgiYing# gmailcom or 971-271-185 Page 3A A 4-year-old Herm- iston woman was killed and Iour others were hurt in a wreck late Friday about Iour miles south oI Kennewick Fawn J :hite died at the scene, the :ashington State Patrol reSorted She was a Sassenger in a 1999 Buick Regal headed west on Bowles Road at Highway 97 about 1120 Sm, the Satrol said The Buick, driYen by Ty A Moore, 1, oI Benton City, Iailed to stoS at a stoS sign and collided with a 2010 Toyota Camry headed south on the highway, the Satrol said Moore was taken to Kadlec Regional Medical Center in Richland, where he was treated and later released The Camry¶s driYer, Rosa E /emos, 21, oI Kennewick, was taken to Trios Southridge HosSital in Kennewick, along with two others ² Buick Sassenger Beatri] Garcia Medina, 22, oI :est Rich- land, and a -year-old boy /emos and Medina both were listed in good condition on Saturday An uSdate on the boy¶s condition wasn¶t aYailable because authorities didn’t release his name TrooSers said drugs or alcohol may haYe been inYolYed The wreck is under inYestigation PENDLETON Man tries to elude police while driving with mother and baby East Oregonian where the Honda turned oII the road and crossed a creek A wanted Pendleton Then it went uS a mountain Pan tried to Àee Solice road and looSed around to Friday with a woman and Sumac Road, state Solice 10-month-old baby as reSorted, where other law enIorcement saw it Sassengers ³The Yehicle eYentually An Oregon State Police trooSer Friday at 0 Sm ran out oI road, and the saw SeoSle arguing in a red susSect surrendered without Iurther incident,´ Honda Accord according to the on Goad Road reSort near Interstate Police arrested 84, according Jerome Myles to a reSort Irom Minthorn, 2, state Solice, and on a warrant later sSotted the Ior Yiolating his same car on Trail Srison Sarole as Road where it well as on charges made an illegal oI attemSt to u-turn in Iront oI Àee in a Yehicle, the trooSer :hen Minthorn reckless driYing the oI¿cer tried and two counts to stoS the car, the driYer oI recklessly endangering Àoored it ³The Yehicle droYe others, one count Ior between 50 and 85 mSh each Sassenger ² a on graYel roads Ior about 0-year-old woman and her 20-25 miles,´ state Solice 10-month-old boy 8matilla tribal Solice reSorted, Sassing other cars and rounding corners at took Minthorn to the Umatilla County Jail, Pend- high sSeeds The chase led to North leton, and booked him on Fork McKay Creek Road, the charges H eritage Lu ncheon Becky Fletcher Waggoner: Happy Canyon – The World’s Most Unique Indian Pageant and Wild West Show! Pendleton Convention Center Saturday, November 14 th 12:00 – 2:00 pm Tickets: $40 for members; $50 for general public Tickets available at Heritage Station Museum, Armchair Books, the Round-Up Store, and Hermiston Chamber of Commerce