REGION
Saturday, March 21, 2015
Eight contested races on May ballot
East Oregonian
Of the 136 seats up for
grabs on local boards and
commissions, only eight will
be contested on the May bal-
lot while 27 will be decided
by write-in.
The Port of Umatilla board
has three director positions on
the ballot, with Joseph Fran-
nell of Hermiston and Jerry
Imsland of Pendleton com-
peting for the same spot. Jerry
E. Baker of Athena and Kurt
Bendixsen of Hermiston are
each running unopposed for
two other open seats.
Susan E. Plass of Pendle-
ton is running against incum-
bent Bryan Branstetter, also
of Pendleton, for the Blue
Mountain Community Col-
lege Board of directors, while
three of the board’s other
zones have no candidates. Ed-
die de la Cruz of Hermiston
is running unopposed for the
Zone 5 seat.
The Hermiston School
Board has two contested rac-
es: James T. Leitch and Josh-
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and Rob Lovett is running
against incumbent David W.
Smith.
In Milton-Freewater, Tina
Kain and McKenzie M. Marly
are running for the same seat
on the school board and Wes
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will compete for a seat on the
ambulance district board.
Pilot Rock School Board
will also have a race between
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Rigby.
Two Boardman men, Mark
Pratt and Marty Broadbent,
are running for an at-large po-
sitions on Umatilla Morrow
Radio & Data District.
And Michelle M. Munro
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of Hermiston, are running
against one another for the
Umatilla County Library Dis-
trict.
Election day is May 19
and ballots will be mailed out
April 29. A full list of candi-
dates is available on the sec-
retary of state’s website.
Milton-Freewater teen killed in car crash on I-84
East Oregonian
A 14-year-old Milton-Freewater boy was killed
Thursday in a car crash that injured four other peo-
ple on Interstate 84 near Ladd Canyon.
About 7 p.m., Fisher Schroeder was sitting in the
center seat of a 2000 Ford Excursion that was pull-
ing a travel trailer. Todd Schroeder, 54, was driving
four passengers in the eastbound vehicle when it
lost control and rolled over into the center median.
Fisher was ejected from the vehicle and pro-
nounced dead at the scene.
Jerry Schroeder, 73, also of Milton-Freewater,
was seriously injured in the crash and transported
via air ambulance to Legacy Emanuel Hospital in
Portland. The driver and two other juvenile pas-
sengers suffered minor injuries and were treated
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Fisher was an eighth-grader at Rogers Ad-
ventist School in College Place, according to the
Walla Walla Union-Bulletin.
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The cause of the crash is under investigation, A 14-year-old Milton-Freewater boy died Thursday night in a
including the use of seat belts.
wreck near milepost 277 of Interstate 84.
HERMISTON
Rowdy teenagers at parks targeted by ordinance
By JADE MCDOWELL
East Oregonian
The Hermiston City Coun-
cil will consider an ordinance
Monday night to allow law
enforcement to trespass peo-
ple from city parks for “using
park equipment in any man-
ner other than its intended use
and design.”
According to the staff re-
port attached to the ordinance,
it came about because the po-
lice department has been get-
ting regular complaints about
some rowdy teenagers who are
reportedly causing problems
at McKenzie Park by littering,
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nating in the cook shack and
misusing equipment.
Police haven’t been able
to catch them in the act of
doing anything illegal, and
haven’t been able to per-
suade the teens to relocate
their hangout voluntarily, ac-
cording to the report.
The ordinance would give
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ple from parks for 30 days for
things like jumping bicycles
and skateboards from the ga-
zebo to the top of a picnic ta-
ble, which the teens have been
caught doing.
“Though this may not
cause damage (which is what
is needed for a vandalism
charge), it is not what the pic-
nic table was designed for,”
the report says.
On Monday the council
will also consider a slew of
budget adjustments involving
interfund loans to pay for var-
ious city projects.
One resolution would
transfer $115,000 from the
general fund to the reserve
fund to pay for improvements
to Victory Square Park.
Another resolution would
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reserve fund, including one
for a skate park and one for a
new entrance to Public Works
off Elm Street.
The third resolution au-
thorizes a list of expenditures
not originally included in the
2014-2015 budget that will
cover increased personnel
costs, equipment costs, main-
tenance, software and other
unexpected expenses.
The supplemental budget
can be examined online at
www.hermiston.or.us or at
city hall, 180 N.E. Second St.
The council will also dis-
cuss its goal-setting process
and consider the annexation of
property at 1855 N.E. Second
St. Before its regular meeting
the council will listen to a pre-
sentation by Blue Mountain
Community College at 6 p.m.
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BUSINESS BRIEFLY
InterMountain ESD hires new
communications specialist
PENDLETON — Michele Madril has been hired
as the new communications specialist at InterMountain
Education Service District.
Madril replaces Casey White-Zollman, who recently
took a position as vice president of communications
at Blue Mountain Community College. Madril will
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worked as director of Christian education and family
ministry at First Presbyterian Church in Pendleton.
Madril can be reached at michele.madril@imesd.k12.
or.us or 541-966-3115.
Emily Waite hired as Boardman
chamber executive director
BOARDMAN — The Boardman Chamber of
Commerce recently hired Emily Waite as its new
executive director.
Hailing form Texas, Waite has past chamber
experience and brings lots of fresh new ideas to the
Boardman chamber, said Anna Browne, board president.
A meet-and-greet open house is planned but no date
has been set.
For more information, call 541-481-3014 or stop by
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Olson Road, Boardman.
Luncheon features business safety tips
and BMCC bond information
HERMISTON — The March Business to Business
luncheon will include tips on how to protect your
business from being victimized and information about the
Blue Mountain Community College bond proposal.
Erica Sandoval of the Hermiston Police Department
will discuss Prevention Through Environmental Design.
The topic will provide tips on how businesses can
fortify their property to minimize the likelihood of being
victimized.
Also, Cam Preus, president of Blue Mountain
Community College, will share details about the bond
that will appear on the May 19 ballot. She will explain
about the new facilities, overview of the bond and how it
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for years to come.
The no-host luncheon meeting is Tuesday at 11:45
a.m. at the Hermiston Conference Center, 415 S.
Highway 395.
The meal is $10 for members and $13 for non-
members. To RSVP, contact 541-567-6151 or info@
hermistonchamber.com.
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business@eastoregonian.com
IRRIGON
Freshman invited to medical conference
By JADE MCDOWELL
East Oregonian
This summer a freshman
from Irrigon Jr./Sr. High
School will rub shoulders
with Nobel Prize winners
and some of the top surgeons
in the world.
Based on a nomination by
school staff, Katlin Newdi-
ger was invited to attend this
year’s Congress of Future
Medical Leaders. The con-
ference is designed to inspire
young would-be medical
professionals at a time when
the American Association of
Medical Schools is warn-
ing that America will face a
shortage of 90,000 doctors
by 2025.
The death of a classmate
last fall inspired Newdiger to
become a psychiatrist to help
people with depression and
prescribe medications that
can treat mental illnesses.
physiology winners, the U.S.
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a nurse, or a nurse practi- surgeon who performed the
tioner,” she said, “but then a ZRUOG¶V ¿UVW VXFFHVVIXO IXOO
girl at school committed sui- face transplant. She will also
cide, and I decided I
get to rub shoulders
wanted to become a
with other future
psychiatrist to help
medical students.
people like that.”
“Being able to
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people is really ex-
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citing for me,” she
her, but they know
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about her career as-
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pirations and know
able to go, Newdi-
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ger needs to raise
seriously.
enough money for
“I’m a straight A student the $985 tuition and plane
and I aim for A pluses,” she tickets to Lowell, Massachu-
said.
setts, before the conference’s
While at the conference April 27 deadline.
Newdiger said she will get to
Anyone interested in
watch a surgery performed helping her with fundraising
live and hear from a variety can call her at 541-561-6054
of speakers, including four or email katlin.newdiger@
Nobel Prize for medicine or gmail.com.
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