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Pendleton woman killed in Virginia BUCKS REBOUND FOR BLOWOUT VICTORY BOYS BASKETBALL/1B 39/27 REGION/3A TUESDAY, JANUARY 13, 2015 139th Year, No. 63 WINNER OF THE 2013 ONPA GENERAL EXCELLENCE AWARD ROASTED One dollar PENDLETON 42 20 Shooting hoax triggers mistaken warning By PHIL WRIGHT East Oregonian A shooting Friday near Pendleton was bogus, but some Neighborhood Watch members received this mes- sage about the incident not long after a 9-1-1 call: “If seen do not approach them! Call them into dispatch only. These people are out to kill.” Greg Hodgen, head of the Neigh- borhood Watch program for the sher- iff’s of ce, said he sent an all-caps email to about 200 Neighborhood Watch members Friday soon after the sheriff’s of ce received a report of a shooting at 4:35 p.m. in the area near Stage Gulch Road, west of the East- ern Oregon Regional Airport, Pend- leton. He explained he was about to leave work for the day when he got word about the reported shooting, so he dashed off the message and sent it as quickly as he could, and there was a lot of adrenaline pumping as he worked. “I wanted to put the fear of God in people,” he said, but admitted the mes- See HOAX/2A AP Photo/Brandon Wade Oregon players walk off the fi eld after the NCAA college football playoff championship game Monday in Arlington, Texas. After fast start, Ducks zzle in title game By ANTONIO SIERRA East Oregonian Things started so well for Duck fans. Mac’s Bar and Grill in Pendle- ton was abuzz Monday with both Ducks faithful and temporary converts, ready to watch the Uni- versity of Oregon play Ohio State for the rst College Football Play- offs national title. Clad in an Oregon scarf, Stephanie Markle sat at a table next to her husband Mike, who sported the orange hat of Oregon State University, the Ducks’ bitter in-state rival. The couple said they live in a house divided, with three children pledging allegiance to the Ducks, three other children claiming Bea- ver fandom and one child consid- ered a bipartisan “platypus.” Oregon scored rst, taking the ball 75 yards with little resistance and the bar went wild. As an alum, Pendleton Pub- lic Works Director Bob Patter- son was in an Oregon State fan, though he put his support behind Staff photo by E.J. Harris Jeni McGlothan of Pendleton, and Lisa and Dan Ward react to a dropped pass Monday in the fi rst quarter of the Oregon Ducks’ 42-20 loss to the Ohio State Buckeyes in the NCAA championship football game while watching at Mac’s Bar and Grill in Pendleton. For more on the game, see SPORTS/1B Oregon for the night. He said he could set his Civil War feelings aside if it meant more respect for the state. Ohio State scored three times, building a 21-7 lead in the rst half, but Ducks fans were con- dent their team would come storming back. Oregon graduate Erik Thom- asser said the team’s early play was indicative of the Ducks’ in- experience in big games, although he fully expected for Oregon to pull out the victory in the end. But as the night wore on and the Buckeyes built their lead, the bar began to empty. After Ohio State sealed the win, those that were left of the Mac’s audience were given a chance to offer their own post- mortem headlines. “A disappointing loss,” Markle said. “Oregon had its chances” Pat- terson said. Although equally dissatis ed with Oregon’s loss, Gwen Lewis’s chagrin was mitigated slightly by winning tickets to a future Ducks game as a part of a raf e held ear- lier that evening. A huge fan of college football, Lewis was ex- cited for the opportunity to attend only her second college football game. Still, her proposed headline summarized Oregon’s defensive woes. “They didn’t get their Ducks in a row,” she said. ——— Contact Antonio Sierra at asi- erra@eastoregonian.com or 541- 966-0836. Idaho police seek motive in shooting Suspect John Lee jailed for death of three people By NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS Associated Press SPOKANE, Wash. — Police in Moscow, Idaho, asked for help from the public on Monday as they sought a motive in the shooting deaths of three people over the weekend. Moscow Police Chief David Duke said suspect John Lee remained jailed in adjacent Whitman County, Wash- ington, and has not yet been questioned by of cers. “Mr. Lee, if we are able to talk with him and he cooperates, maybe will give us the reasons,” Duke said. “In the meantime, we are seeking community assistance from anybody who had con- tact with him.” “We’d like to know about his recent activities, anything to give us a clue as to why he would do this,” Duke said. Lee, 29, was expected to make a See SHOOTING/2A Kitzhaber draws on history for fourth inauguration His parents were part of the World War II generation, and his father was in the U.S. 3rd Army, SALEM — John Kitzhaber led by Gen. George Patton, that sounded a philosophical note or helped conquer Nazi Germany in 1945. His politi- t o as he too o ce cal inspiration was Monday as Oregon Kennedy, a senator governor for the More to come from New York fourth time. For the outlook on who was assassi- In remarks he the upcoming legis- nated during a bid prepared for a joint lative session from for the presiden- session of the Leg- Eastern Oregon’s cy in 1968, when islature, Kitzhaber representatives, see Kitzhaber was a invoked memories Wednesday’s EO. college student. of his parents and Kitzhaber said Robert Kennedy in calling for expanding prosperity the war united the nation in a to thousands of Oregonians who common purpose, and Kennedy’s have not shared in the state’s eco- campaign raised questions about nomic recovery from the Great See KITZHABER/2A Recession. By PETER WONG Capital Bureau AP Photo/Don Ryan Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber, middle, is sworn in for an unprecedented fourth term by Senior Judge Paul J. De Muniz in Salem on Monday. Stand- ing next to Kitzhaber is his fi ancé, Cylvia Hayes.
