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A6 • HERMISTONHERALD.COM SATURDAY, MAY 16, 2015 FROM PAGE A1 STANFIELD continued from page A1 with the current salary of $38,400, City Manager Blair Larsen said. The public safe- ty fee is projected to bring in WKLV¿VFDO\HDUKH said, and the revenue can only EHXVHGIRURI¿FHUVDODULHV “Salaries were pathetically low before,” he said. “Now that the fee is in place, we still can’t compete with what Hermiston pays, but we are in line with what other cities our size pay.” Hermiston Police Depart- ment currently pays patrol offi- cers $49,224 or more per year, according to the collective bar- gaining agreement approved last year. With a 5 percent increase WR WDNH HIIHFW -XO\ 8PDWLOOD will pay officers at least $37,104 annually, according to an agree- ment approved in April. Toombs said SPD hired two officers to fill vacancies May 15, 2014, after the salary increase went into effect. Both have attended the police acad- emy, completed field training and have been patrolling alone since the beginning of the year, he said. Before the officers were hired and during their training, Toombs said he and Chief Bry- on Zumwalt covered most of the shifts themselves as the only full-time employees. He said it was difficult for two people to provide adequate service to the community. “We’re definitely covering those hours that we need to be out (now),” he said. “With that, the case load can be split be- tween guys, instead of one or two guys taking on a caseload for a four-man department. We’re just able to serve Stan- field and Echo a lot better now with two extra guys.” Toombs said the department can now have more of a pres- ence in schools and catch up from being understaffed. “It’s been a positive for the community,” he said of hiring the new officers. “They’re fit- ting in really well with the com- munity. I think they do a really good job with the communi- ty-oriented policing and that aspect of it.” Officer Daniel Poffenberger, one of the new recruits, said the pay increase was already in- cluded when he applied for the position. “It’s something, in my RSLQLRQ 6WDQ¿HOG QHHGHG WR do anyway,” he said of the sal- ary increase. “What they were SD\LQJ RI¿FHUV ² JUDQWHG LW¶V D VPDOO WRZQ ² FRXOGQ¶W compete with other agencies. ... They had to do something SWAT training inspires Poffenberger to become a cop PHS grad served in Navy, National Guard sniper unit BY SEAN HART HERMISTON HERALD 6WDQ¿HOG SROLFH RI¿FHU Daniel Poffenberger real- ized he wanted to be a cop after a weeklong SWAT training he took while serv- ing in a sniper unit in the Oregon National Guard. Poffenberger, 32, grew up and attended school in Pendleton before serving LQWKH861DY\IRUIRXU years in Japan. When he returned, he still wanted to be in the military, so he joined the Guard. He served in the scout section before spending his last several years as a sniper. He said anoth- er person in his unit had friends in the Pendle- ton Police Department. Through the connection, the Guardsmen arranged to attend the Oregon Tac- WLFDO 2I¿FHUV $VVRFLDWLRQ weeklong SWAT course. “I just got to hang out and shoot the breeze with VRPHRIWKHRI¿FHUVGRZQ there who have been cops for several years, and it re- ally piqued my interest in becoming a law enforce- PHQWRI¿FHU´KHVDLG Poffenberger said he was too far along in his ed- ucation to change course, VR KH ¿QLVKHG KLV GHJUHHV in civil engineering and drafting. He then moved to Lewiston, Idaho, working for a custom granite com- pany for eight months but started applying for law en- forcement jobs. He knew he wanted to come back to eastern Oregon and was KLUHGIRUKLV¿UVWSROLFHMRE E\6WDQ¿HOG3ROLFH'HSDUW ment May 15, 2014. SEAN HART PHOTO 6WDQÀHOGSROLFHRIÀFHU 'DQLHO3RIIHQEHUJHUZDV KLUHGD\HDUDJRDIWHUWKH GHSDUWPHQWLQFUHDVHG RIÀFHUVDODULHVZLWKIXQGLQJ IURPDSXEOLFVDIHW\IHH FKDUJHGWRDOOXWLOLW\ELOOV ZLWKLQ6WDQÀHOG “It was kind of weird because, all of the sudden, you’re a cop,” he said. “I never really pictured myself EHLQJ D SROLFH RI¿FHU IRU a long time, and then I’m hired as a cop. It seemed like it happened pretty quick.” He said he has enjoyed WKH ¿UVW \HDU RI KLV QHZ career. Every day is unpre- dictable, he said. “There’s no telling what you’re going to get as far as something that’s going to come over the radio that you have to go and deal with,” he said. “It’s ‘Hey, the neighbor’s dog is in my yard again’ to somebody scraped bum- pers up at Pilot to here’s mom beating up dad. It changes every single day.” Poffenberger said he DOVR HQMR\V 6WDQ¿HOG $W ¿UVWKHVDLGKHZDVDIUDLG it might be too small, but it has grown on him. “Now that I’m here and getting to meet some of the people and interact with them and actually OLYLQJLQWRZQ6WDQ¿HOGLV awesome,” he said. “It’s a great little small town. You have shopping real close. You have mountains real close, and the river’s right there.” WRDFWXDOO\JHWRI¿FHUVKHUHDQG keep them here.” Poffenberger said a larger salary certainly helps financial- ly, but there is more to the job than money. He said one of the benefits is being able to make a difference in the community. The other new officer, Ryan McBride, agreed. “We’re a good team, so we can make a difference, I think,” he said. “The four of us get along really well. I think we’re doing positive (things) for the community.” years before I can write a book. I had to sign a waiver saying I won’t write anything until a cer- continued from page A1 tain deadline.” school, signed up for the mil- After serving, many of his itary police and then spent friends stayed in Washington, four years traveling nationally D.C., joining the Drug Enforce- and internationally with two ment Administration or the Se- different presidents. cret Service, McBride said, but “I went to (Washington), he chose to return to his home- D.C., and did four years at town of Olympia, Washington. Quantico, just doing Marine +HEHFDPHDQ(07¿UH¿JKWHU One security,” he said. “I got there until deciding to move to a top secret clearance and just a smaller town, when he saw WUDYHOHG ² HYHU\ZKHUH WKH an announcement of a vacancy president goes, we go. It’s pretty ZLWK WKH 6WDQ¿HOG 3ROLFH 'H elite duty.” partment. McBride said he traveled to “I did law enforcement in 49 states and 15 different coun- WKHPLOLWDU\VR,¿JXUHGLI\RX tries. Bill Clinton was president have it in your blood, you have for McBride’s first two years it in your blood,” he said. “I on the Marine One detail, and came here, and I like the guys he spent his last two years with a lot. ... I kind of look at it as George W. Bush. my retirement job. I did all the “My last day in the military, military stuff, and (it’s nice) to I was in the Oval Office hang- just come back here to the slow ing out with George Bush,” he pace. Being in D.C. and being said. “It was pretty cool. I’ve got LQ2O\PSLDLW¶VMXVWWKHWUDI¿F a cool picture of me and him, the way of life. This is quiet. what they call the ‘grip and grin’ It’s nice. Everybody knows where he’s like, ‘I thank you for your name. Everybody waves. your service’ kind of thing. It It’s fun.” was pretty neat.” McBride said he has no re- McBride said he trained with grets about not pursuing a career the FBI and received SWAT with a federal law enforcement training. He said the experience agency. He said he can have a was incredible, especially at larger impact on the community such a young age. here, and he plans to stay. “I can’t explain it,” he said. “I “This is more fun,” he said could write a book. I still can’t, of working in Stanfield versus though. I’ve got another couple Washington, D.C. “I can go out there and see the kids and make a difference. I can make a positive influence every day in someone’s life.” MCBRIDE STACKHOUSE continued from page A1 “Stackhouse ran from the crash where he contact- ed a victim on Northeast Seventh and Catherine. ... He assaulted her and at- tempted to steal her vehi- cle but was unable to get it Girl Scouts help area food banks started,” Edmiston said. 6WDFNKRXVH ÀHHLQJ RQ foot, was apprehended by +3' RI¿FHUV DQG 8PDWLO OD &RXQW\ 6KHULII¶V 2I¿FH deputies on East Beech Av- enue near Highway 395. Stackhouse was taken to Good Shepherd Medical Center, where he was eval- XDWHGE\DQRI¿FHU CONTRIBUTED PHOTO Above, members of Echo Girl Scout Troop 50488, led by Jenny Thomas and Jamie Wiseman, and Hermiston Girl Scout Troop 51425, led by Amber Ruiz-Burleson and Rebecca Higgins, pose by food they collected during their annual Scouting for Food drive this year. Girl Scouts of Oregon and Southwest Washington in Service Unit 22 collected a total of 1,496 pounds of nonperishable food and $10 in donations for three Umatilla County food pantries during this year’s drive. On April 25, two Girl Scout troops rounded up 537 pounds of groceries for the Echo Food Bank and one Girl Scout troop gathered 200 pounds for Pendleton’s Sal- vation Army. Earlier in the month, three troops collected 759 pounds for Hermiston’s Agape House. Girl Scouts encourages everyone to continue making food and/or monetary dona- tions to their local food banks. The Girl Scouts is also in great need of adult volunteers — parents, grandparents or neighbors — to lead troops or join our area’s leadership service team. Several girls are waiting to join, but they need someone to be their leader. For more information about joining or volunteering for Girl Scouts, contact Addie Bower at 541-389-8146 or abower@girlscoutsosw.org. Visit us online at www.HermistonHerald.com sign up for our email newsletter at hermistonherald.com Get news from the Hermiston Herald delivered to your email Monday - Friday. for more information 1-800-522-0255 Church Directory NEW BEGINNINGS CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP Worship Service 10:30 AM Sunday School 9:00 AM Pastor J.C. Barnett Children's Church & Nursery Available 700 West Orchard Avenue P.O. Box 933 Hermiston, Oregon 541-289-4774 Seventh-day Adventist Church s h i W o r Saturdays Sabbath School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9:30 a.m. Worship Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11:00 a.m. p w i t h u s ! 1255 Hwy. 395 S. • 567-5834 oasisvineyard.us Worship 10:00 AM "come as you are" The Full Gospel Home Church 235 SW 3rd Phone 567-7678 Rev. Ed Baker - Rev. Nina Baker Sunday: Sunday School . . . . . 10:00 am Worship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11:00 am Evening Service . . . . . . 7:00 pm Wednesday Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:00 pm First United Methodist Church Of Hermiston Rev. Dr. James T. Pierce, Pastor Open Hearts, Open minds, Open doors "Casting all your care upon him; for he careth for you." 1 Pet. 5:7 191 E. Gladys Ave. Sunday Worship at 11am (541) 567-3002 Our Lady of Angels Catholic Church Grace Baptist Church 565 W. HERMISTON AVE. DAILY MASS: Monday-Friday . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . English 7:00 am THURSDAY . . . . . . . . . Spanish 6:00 pm SATURDAY: . . . . . . . . . English 5:00 pm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Spanish 7:00 pm SUNDAY: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . English 9:00 am . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bilingual 11:00 am . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Spanish 1:00 pm OFFICE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 567-5812 NEW HOPE COMMUNITY CHURCH 1350 S. Hwy. 395, Hermiston "People Making A Difference" Sunday Worship Services 9:00 am, 10:45 am Classes for kids during both Services en Español Dave Andrus, Pastor For more information call 567-8441 First Christian Church "Proclaiming the Message of Hope, Living the Gospel of Love" SUNDAY WORSHIP 10:45 AM SUNDAY SCHOOL 9:30 AM CHILDREN'S CHURCH 11:00 AM Nursery Provided 567-3013 775 W. Highland Ave., Hermiston Nursery provided for all services Echo Community Church 21 N Bonanza Street Echo, OR Phone: (541) 376-8108 Sunday School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9:30 am Worship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10:45 am Children’s Church . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11:15 am Potluck & Communion ~ First Sunday of the Month St. Johns Episcopal Church All People Are Welcome Scripture, Tradition and Reason Family service 9am Sunday Gladys Ave & 7th Hermiston Fr. Dan Lediard, Priest. PH: 567-6672 LANDMARK BAPTIST CHURCH 555 SW 11th, Hermiston 567-9497 Sunday School - 9:30 AM Worship - 10:45 AM 6:00 pm Wed Prayer & Worship - 7:00 PM “Proclaiming God’s word, growing in God’s grace” Allan Payne, Pastor 567-8241 855 W. Highland • Hermiston 125 E. Beech Ave. • 567-3232 Pastor David Dever Sun. Bible Classes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10:00am Sun. Worship Service . . . . . . . . . . 11:00am Sun. Evening Worship . . . . . . . . . . 6:00pm Wed. Prayer & Bible Study . . . 6:00pm www.hermistonlmbc.com To share your worship times call Amanda Jacobs 541-278-2683