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CARDENAS CLAIMS ANOTHER STATE TITLE ELECTION DAY Ballots due by 8 p.m., results online tonight 49/31 HUNDREDS DEAD IN CRASH 5A CROSS COUNTRY/1B TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2015 140th Year, No. 13 One dollar WINNER OF THE 2015 ONPA GENERAL EXCELLENCE AWARD MILTON-FREEWATER POKER ADVENTURE $15 million with a catch SFhool dLVtrLFt needV 12.5M Ln PatFhLnJ IXndV to EXLld neZ VFhool By ANTONIO SIERRA East Oregonian Staff photo by E.J. Harris Poker writer Ashley Adams has played poker in all 50 states in the union fi nishing out his goal last weekend playing at Wildhorse Resort & Casino in Mission. 3la\er ¿ nishes 50state toXr at :ildhorse “There are 15 states where it’s not legal.” By KATHY ANEY East Oregonian Ashle\ AdaPs SiFNed XS his Fards, saZ a MaFN and a deXFe and Iolded iPPediatel\. The PoPent Zas antiFli PaFtiF to the other nine sittinJ aroXnd the taEle, EXt not to AdaPs. B\ Sla\inJ this hand oI Te[as hold ¶eP, he had IXl¿ lled — Ashley Adams his dreaP oI Sla\inJ SoNer in all 50 states. OreJon Zas the ¿ nish line. The Pilestone, \ears in FoPinJ, arriYed SXnda\ at a sPall toXrna Pent at the :ildhorse &asino. AdaPs, SroIessional SoNer Sla\er, aXthor and radio host, said the TXest started one da\ in 2005 as he droYe his Far on a lonJ road triS. To sta\ aZaNe, AdaPs started FoXntinJ in his head the states Zhere he had Sla\ed SoNer and FaPe XS Zith a sXrSrisinJl\ hiJh nXPEer. ³Oh, P\ Josh,´ he reali]ed, ³,¶Ye Sla\ed in Pore states than , haYen¶t Sla\ed in.´ AdaPs, Zho liYes in Boston, deFided to Jo Ior the IXll 50. This, hoZeYer, Zasn¶t a siPSle Patter oI arriYinJ in eaFh state and JoinJ to the nearest Fasino. See POKER/10A Rehabilitation begins in Canyon Creek Area EXrned noZ a risN Ior À oodinJ By GEORGE PLAVEN East Oregonian ,t¶s Eeen nearl\ three Ponths sinFe a PaMor Zild¿ re erXSted in &an\on &reeN soXth oI -ohn Da\, and heliFoSters FontinXe to EX]] oYer the Fharred and ElaFNened hills oI the MalheXr National Forest. Onl\ noZ, instead oI Zater or ¿ re retardant, the FhoSSers are dXPSinJ thoXsands oI SoXnds oI Zood PXlFh alonJ the ridJetoSs to sloZ doZn soil erosion and SreYent À oodinJ in the Iall and Zinter Ponths. Forest oI¿ Fials haYe started ZorN to rehaEilitate the landsFaSe deYastated E\ the &an\on &reeN &oPSle[, ZhiFh raJed aFross 110,000 aFres and destro\ed Pore than 40 hoPes earlier this sXPPer. ThoXJh the Ela]e has Eeen Postl\ Fontained sinFe SeStePEer, the FhieI FonFern noZ is a sXdden À ood rXshinJ doZn &an\on &reeN into &an\on &it\ and -ohn Da\. :ithoXt enoXJh YeJetation to soaN XS rain and snoZ, rXnoII threatens to sZeeS doZn the Earren hillsides as iI it Zere SoXred onto FonFrete. 3XttinJ doZn PXlFh Fan helS NeeS the JroXnd staEle and liPit the sSeed that Zater drains into the FreeN, said Todd *reJor\, deSXt\ ¿ re staII on the MalheXr National Forest. +eliFoSters haYe alread\ treated Pore than 140 aFres aroXnd VanFe &reeN soXth oI &an\on &it\, and Zill tXrn their attention ne[t to RattlesnaNe RidJe later this ZeeN. MXlFhinJ is one SroMeFt identi ¿ ed in the BXrned Area EPerJenF\ ResSonse Slan, or BAER, deYel oSed E\ MalheXr Forest staII and See REHAB/10A The MLlton)reeZater UnL¿ ed SFhool DLVtrLFt ZaV aZarded a 15 PLllLon Jrant IroP a &alLIornLa IoXndatLon to EXLld a neZ elePentar\ VFhool and VSortV FoPSle[, EXt there¶V a FatFh ² the dLVtrLFt PXVt raLVe 12.5 PLllLon Ln PatFhLnJ IXndV ZLthLn one \ear oI the aJreePent. That¶V not eaV\ Ior a dLVtrLFt that haVn¶t SaVVed a Eond VLnFe 12, aFFordLnJ to a dLVtrLFt SreVV releaVe. DLVtrLFt SXSerLntendent RoE &larN VaLd Ln a VtatePent that SaVVLnJ a Eond Ln Ma\ ZLll Ee LPSeratLYe to realL]LnJ the SroMeFt, eVSeFLall\ Ln a dLVtrLFt that haVn¶t EXLlt a VFhool IroP the JroXnd XS VLnFe 122. The dLVtrLFt haV hLred the :enaha *roXS oI 3endleton and ArFhLteFtV :eVt oI &oeXr d¶Alene, ,daho, to aVVLVt Ln eVtLPateV, FoPPX nLt\ oXtreaFh, EXLldLnJ SlanV and ¿ ndLnJ other thLrd Sart\ IXndLnJ VoXrFeV and Jrant SroJraPV. Under the terPV oI the Jrant, the dLVtrLFt ZoXld XVe the Pone\ to EXLld a neZ .3 elePentar\ VFhool naPed aIter *LE OlLnJer, a IorPer MLlton)reeZater FLt\ FoXnFLlor and EXVLneVV oZner. The neZ VFhool ZoXld Ee loFated at the VLte oI an old Fanner\ aFroVV the Vtreet IroP dLVtrLFt oI¿ FeV at 1020 S. MLll St. See GRANT/10A &oPPLttee EeJLnV ZorN on neZ PedLFal ParLMXana rXleV By PARIS ACHEN Capital Bureau Photo contributed by Malheur National Forest A helicopter dumps 2,500 pounds of wood mulch over areas burned by the Canyon Creek Complex in order to prevent soil erosion and potential fl ooding in the Malheur National Forest near John Day. SA/EM ² A FoPPLttee FharJed ZLth VettLnJ reJXlatLonV Ior the ParLMXana PedLFal LndXVtr\ LV Vet to hold LtV LnaXJXral PeetLnJ NoY. . OreJon +ealth AXthorLt\ SolLF\ and leJal VtaII VeleFted 15 PePEerV to VerYe on the FoPPLttee and notL ¿ ed aSSlLFantV earlLer thLV ZeeN E\ ePaLl. More inside: ³ThLV LV the Yer\ Pilot Rock looks laVt SLeFe oI the reJX to ban marijuana lator\ SX]]le,´ VaLd businesses FoPPLttee PePEer Page 3A AP\ MarJolLV, attorne\ ZLth EPerJe /aZ *roXS and e[eFXtLYe dLreFtor oI OreJon &annaELV AVVoFLatLon. ³EYer\thLnJ elVe LV noZ reJXlated reFreatLonal and dLVSenVarLeV. :e NnoZ hoZ ta[eV are JoLnJ to ZorN, and hanJLnJ oXt there haV Eeen thLV XnreJXlated SLeFe oI SX]]le PedLFal JroZerV, SroFeVVorV and edLEle PaNerV. ,t¶V e[FLtLnJ to ZraS Lt XS.´ SettLnJ rXleV Ior a VtateZLde V\VteP to traFN See MARIJUANA/10A HERMISTON NeZ FXltXral allianFe FonneFts SeoSle, resoXrFes By JADE MCDOWELL East Oregonian A neZ nonSro¿ t LV ZorNLnJ on a tZoIold PLVVLon to helS FonneFt /atLno PePEerV oI the FoPPXnLt\ ZLth helSIXl reVoXrFeV ZhLle alVo FeleEratLnJ the dLYerVe FXltXre IoXnd Ln +erPLVton. The &olXPELa /atLno &XltXral AllLanFe SlanV to hold Ponthl\ aFtLY LtLeV that JLYe SeoSle the oSSortXnLt\ to Vhare theLr FXltXre ZLth otherV. NatalLe &ontreraV, one oI the JroXS¶V IoXnderV, VaLd LtV OFtoEer aFtLYLt\ dreZ 20 SeoSle eYen thoXJh neZV oI the neZ JroXS LV VtLll VSreadLnJ. ³3eoSle VeeP to Ee LntereVted,´ she said. The aFtiYit\ IeatXred a SotlXFN Peal oI Ioods SeoSle EroXJht that Zere XniTXe to the FoXntries or Me[iFan states Zhere the\ JreZ XS. The JroXS Slans to hold IXtXre aFtiY ities that IeatXre Sresentations aEoXt FreatinJ traditional Iood, art, danFe, PXsiF, FlothinJ or other asSeFts oI loFal residents¶ heritaJe. ³,t¶s all aEoXt sharinJ, tr\inJ to NeeS oXr FXltXre aliYe,´ &ontreras said. ³:e Zant Nids to FoPe and learn aEoXt their FXltXre, thinJs the\ PiJht not Ee aZare oI. ... The Zhole intent is to haYe SeoSle Zho are ZillinJ to See ALLIANCE/10A Staff photo by Kathy Aney Christina Sanchez, a medical assistant at Good Shepherd Medical Center, speaks in Spanish to Norma del Rio and her daughter Vicky Franco, 9. at the recent S.E.A. of Health event at the Hermiston Con- vention Center. The Columbia Latino Cultural Alliance also had a booth at the event.