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PREP BASKETBALL GROWING VENTURE LATINO BUSINESS NETWORK GOING STRONG UMATILLA HOSTS STANFIELD IN NONLEAGUE BATTLE PAGE A4 PAGE A6 WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 21, 2015 YOUR LOCAL NEWSPAPER HERMISTONHERALD.COM Attorneys to City maintaining ban on commercial pot present on Ordinance states businesses must comply with federal law immigration programs BY SEAN HART HERMISTON HERALD Commercial marijuana businesses will not be al- lowed to operate in Herm- iston without a legal battle. City Manager Byron Smith said the city plans to maintain an ordinance that prohibits businesses Specialists will discuss deferred- action programs expanded in November that violate federal law, including both medicinal and recreational marijuana operations. “We’ve had some dis- cussions about the way our ordinance is currently written, and we feel pret- W\ FRPIRUWDEOH LW VWLOO ¿WV even with recreational marijuana,” he said. “Basi- cally, it currently says you can’t have a business here in Hermiston that violates federal law. ... Our attor- neys took a look at that and still think it applies and ¿WV´ The city passed an or- GLQDQFH VSHFL¿FDOO\ SUR hibiting medical marijuana facilities in March 2014, but a broader previous or- dinance states “all uses and developments must com- ply with all other appli- cable city, regional, state and federal regulations and laws.” 6PLWKVDLGFLW\RI¿FLDOV believe the ordinance is valid because marijuana is federally prohibited, de- spite a measure approved by Oregon voters in No- vember to legalize recre- ational marijuana. Measure 91 allows rec- reational users 21 and old- er to possess up to 8 ounces of marijuana and grow four plants per residence in Ore- gon outside of public view and allows a person to car- ry up to 1 ounce in public, although public consump- tion is prohibited, accord- ing to information from SEE BAN/A10 MLK MARCH DRAWS LARGE CROWD BY SEAN HART HERMISTON HERALD Immigration attorneys will provide free informa- tion in Hermiston about immigration programs that were expanded by a presi- dential executive action in November. The Seventh-day Adven- tist Church is sponsoring the event, which will take place from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Jan. 31 in the gym- nasium at Hermiston Ju- nior Academy, 1300 N.W. Academy Lane. Organizer Maria Duron said everyone is invited to learn more about the de- ferred action immigration programs that were expand- ed by President Obama in November. The informa- tion will be presented in SEE IMIGRATION/A10 TODAY’S WEATHER SEAN HART PHOTO People carried signs and sang songs during the annual MLK Community Peace Walk, sponsored by the Hermiston Black International Awareness Club, in Hermiston Monday. Freezing fog early High: 41º Low: 29º He said, in a U.S. histo- ry class in his second year of college, readings and discussions about King made an impact on his life. Smith read a quote from King’s “I Have a Dream” speech, which conclud- ed with “I have a dream that my four little children BY SEAN HART will one day live in a na- HERMISTON HERALD tion where they will not be A large crowd marched judged by the color of their through downtown Herm- skin but by the content of iston carrying signs of their character.” Smith SHDFH DQG ZDYLQJ ÀDJV WR said, in his presentation, honor Martin Luther King KH KRSHG KLV ¿YH FKLOGUHQ Jr. in the MLK Communi- would be judged by the ty Peace Walk, hosted by content of their character the Hermiston Black Inter- and that everyone should national Awareness Club, make the country and the Monday in Hermiston. community a better, more After the march, the tolerant and inclusive group of approximately place. 100 people gathered at After the City Hall cer- Hermiston City Hall for a emony, the group marched speech from City Manager across the street to the First Byron Smith. United Methodist Church Speakers highlight personal impact from civil rights leader OUTLOOK • THURSDAY Morning clouds High: 43º Low: 34º • FRIDAY Mostly cloudy High: 46º Low: 39º A complete weather forecast is featured on page A2. Find the Hermiston Herald on Facebook and Twitter and join the conversation. FOR LOCAL BREAKING NEWS www.HermistonHerald.com SEAN HART PHOTO The crowd marching in support of Martin Luther King Jr. turns onto Gladys Avenue during the annual community walk in Hermiston. for another ceremony that included music and a key- note address from Brandon &OD\WKH3DFL¿F1RUWKZHVW Chapter president of Union 3DFL¿F 5DLOURDG¶V %ODFN (PSOR\HH1HWZRUN As he looked out at the audience comprised of multiple ethnicities, Clay said he believed the diverse crowd was an embodiment of King’s dream for an in- clusive society. Clay said King was many things: a civil rights activist, an educator, a father, a husband and a Christian man. He said not only King’s accomplish- ments, but also his charac- ter and strong foundation in Christian values, had a JUHDWLQÀXHQFHDQGLPSDFW on his life. “He was the son of a pastor, and his father taught him that all men are created equal,” Clay said. “... I ac- cepted that challenge in my own life. At a young age, I accepted Christ as my lord and savior, and I learned the power of uncondition- al love, and I learned that love is stronger than hate.” He said King’s life also taught him the importance of reading and education because “they serve as the lights that dispel the dark- ness of ignorance and mis- SEE MLK/A2 7+5,9(SURYLGHVIRVWHUFKLOGUHQZLWKRSSRUWXQLWLHV Organization partnered with TRCI for instrument donation BY MAEGAN MURRAY HERMISTON HERALD Hermiston Herald $1.00 © 2014 EO Media Group During his daily rounds as an orderly, Two Rivers Correctional Institution inmate Patrick Tyson stumbled across a guitar that had been put in the trash. Because it was Christmas at the time, Tyson said he wouldn’t have felt comfortable throwing it in with the rest of the trash. “I just felt, being Christmas and all, I didn’t think it would be very (festive) for a perfectly good gui- tar to get thrown away,” he said. Tyson talked with correctional RI¿FHU7KHUHVD6ZDUWZKRDJUHHG to hang onto the instrument as they made the rest of their rounds. Given that they can’t leave the institution, its owner, inmate Cory Lewis, didn’t know what his op- tions were for the instrument. He VDLGKH¿JXUHGKHVKRXOGMXVWWKURZ it away, since he was purchasing a new guitar and had no place for the instrument in his cell. After getting his permission, correction- DORI¿FHUV9LQFH'HPRVDQG6ZDUW found a way so he could donate the guitar to an organization to which Lewis personally relates. MAEGAN MURRAY PHOTO Demos’ sister, Kriss Dammey- er, had just started an organiza- Two Rivers Correctional Institution inmate Cory Lewis hands his old acous- tic guitar to Thrive founder and director Kriss Dammeyer, who gave it to a SEE THRIVE/A10 16-year-old girl who has a history of homelessness.