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Page 8A East Oregonian HORSE: Focus now is making sure the horse gets veterinary care euthanize it if that is the only option, but her aim is side of the state for the holi- to rehabilitate the horse. days, he said, and has been Scott Beckstead is the suffering ailments that kept Oregon Senior State Direc- him from being able to re- tor for The Humane Society turn. of the United States. He said Keeling said he arranged he saw photos of the horse’s for someone to take the last foot on Facebook a few three horses, but they left days before the EO’s story Mae because of the gimpy broke, and thinks the animal leg. And while he has been must be in pain. away, he said he entrusted a “My thought is, if the friend to look after Mae, but problem is being addressed the friend “disappeared off and the horse is getting the the face of the earth.” care it needs, then great,” he Keeling said he had an- said. “But at the very least it other friend check the pas- is animal neglect.” ture, and he claimed he did He said under Oregon not see Mae. Keeling said he law, failure to provide nec- ¿JXUHG VRPHRQH HQGHG XS essary veterinarian care is taking the horse. FODVVL¿HGDVFULPLQDODQLPDO “I feel just horrible for neglect. He said in some what has happened,” he said. parts of Oregon, the horse’s And he said he was owner would be on a fast working on getting Mae to track to court. a new home but would not “If this was a dog with identify where that home a bad back foot like that,” is or who would care for he said, “I don’t think there it. Cindy Mader said she would be any question.” spoke to Keeling on Friday Sheriff Terry Rowan said and again Tuesday, and he it took some time to track agreed to let her take the down Keeling in Portland horse and care for it on her as well as the owner of the land. pasture, and the focus now “Everybody in Mil- is making sure the horse re- ton-Freewater wants this ceives veterinary care. He taken care of,” she said. VDLGWKHVKHULII¶VRI¿FHWULHV Keeling said Mae’s hoof to work with animal owners has been misshapen since to take care of these kinds of suffering an injury while problems and to help ensure young. The hoof has been they don’t happen again. a constant problem to keep “For all we know, that healthy, he said, but a vet- horse might be under veteri- erinarian in December or nary care since day one,” he January checked Mae, gave said. “We just don’t know her some penicillin and re- that for a fact.” ported she was not in pain. 2QFHWKHVKHULII¶VRI¿FH Mader said she found the FRQ¿UPVWKHKRUVHLVUHFHLY- horse Friday and saw it has ing care, he said a criminal a serious, oozing infection LQYHVWLJDWLRQ LQWR ¿UVWGH- that has caused the whole gree animal neglect will leg to swell. She said the commence. horse walks with a limp. ——— Mader said she would Contact Phil Wright at pay for her veterinarian to pwright@eastoregonian. assess the horse and even com or 541-966-0833. Continued from 1A OWL: Review of the bird set WREH¿QLVKHGE\6HSW California on private tim- Continued from 1A berland and the reservation 4,000. 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Wednesday, April 8, 2015 OFF PAGE ONE STATUE: Approved MARIJUANA: Council can’t revise $5,000 donation for ordinance outside of a public hearing McClintock bronze Continued from 1A his empathy to the Sundown de- scendent’s who were offended by the decorations. “I think about if there was a bronze of my father, my grandfa- ther, would I want that happening?” he said. “And quite frankly, I would not.” J.J. Bell, one of the organizers of the petition, said he expected he and the other petitioners would have to ¿JKWWKHFRXQFLOWRDSSURYHWKHEDQ Bell said he was grateful for the council’s understanding and was proud to call Pendleton his home- town. In other statue news, the council also approved a $5,000 donation IURP8QLRQ3DFL¿F5DLOURDG&RIRU the Kathleen McClintock bronze. ——— Contact Antonio Sierra at asier- ra@eastoregonian.com or 541-966- 0836. Continued from 1A ters for marijuana grows before he votes for the ordinance. He also didn’t want to include recreational marijuana sales in the ordinance because they could be ren- dered moot by forthcoming rules from the Oregon Liquor Control Commission, which aren’t expected to go into effect until next year. City Manager Robb Corbett said he would make city staff available to ad- dress the council’s concerns. City planner Evan MacKenzie warned the council, however, that they couldn’t revise the ordinance outside of a public hearing at an open meeting. Although a city moratorium on med- ical marijuana dispensaries expires May 1, Wood said he was comfortable delib- erating past the deadline to craft the right ordinance. If the council doesn’t pass an ordi- nance before the expiration date, Wood said the city could deny any dispensary applications because they would be in vi- olation of federal law. Councilman Al Plute criticized the city for not working on a set of rules ear- ly in the year-long moratorium, instead waiting until the eve of the deadline to seriously discuss the issue. Mayor Phillip Houk responded there wasn’t enough regulatory framework from the state to create local laws during most of the temporary ban. The next city council meeting is scheduled for April 21. One action the council did take was approving a 1.3 percent raise for Cor- bett. After meeting behind closed doors to evaluate Corbett, the council recon- vened to approve the raise by a 6-2 vote, with Plute and councilman Tom Young voting against. Before the vote, Houk praised Corbett for his hard work and ethical integrity. ³1RWHWKDWWKHUHDUHDORWRIDUHDVWKDW we can improve and continue to improve upon,” said Houk. Corbett, who’s served as city manag- er since 2011, will see his annual salary boosted from $119,025 to $120,572. EO Media Group Photo by Joshua Bessex Ships wait in the Columbia River near Astoria on Feb. 11 due to port shutdowns upriver. PORT: 7HUPLQDO¿OOLQJOHVVWKDQMREVGRZQIURPEHIRUH+DQMLQOHIW ken to agricultural producers who can no longer afford to potatoes. Processing plants, export their products now such as Lamb Weston at the that the river system has been Port of Morrow, also export effectively taken out of the packaged foods in contain- equation. ers. In a previous interview Kim B. Puzey, who serves with the East Oregonian, as general manager at the Craig Reeder, vice president Port of Umatilla and presi- of Hale Farms, said compa- GHQWRIWKH3DFL¿F1RUWKZHVW nies could face long-term Waterways Association, said impacts as well by straining there used to be as many as their relationships with cus- 12 carriers in Portland 15 tomers. years ago, which was enough “A lot of times when you for a weekly barge call in lose business like this, it’s Umatilla. not like you can pick up the 1RZ WKH SRUW FDOOV RQ ball and run with it again,” only a few barges per year, Reeder said. Puzey said. And while the Elvis Ganda, chief execu- decade-long downturn in tive of ICTSI Oregon, which volume is not due entirely to took over container-terminal labor disputes, he said it has operations in 2010, said he is been exacerbated by them. working to attract new lines “There is now, for all in- to the port. But years of labor tents and purposes, no car- slowdowns at the docks has rier service left at Oregon’s made Portland a hard sell — ocean port,” Puzey said. on top of the 100-mile-inland Puzey said he has spo- port’s existing challenge of Continued from 1A - C ONCLUDED - C ONCLUDED only being able to accom- PRGDWH YHVVHOV WKDW FDQ ¿W through the Columbia River channel. Ganda blames the dock- workers for intentionally sabotaging the port because of a grudge against ICT- SI Oregon -- to the point of making the terminal unat- tractive for shipping lines. “While ICTSI Oregon will continue efforts to at- tract new customers, no carrier will want to make a long-term commitment to the terminal so long as (In- ternational Longshore and Warehouse Union) workers delay cargo and vessels as a strong-arm tactic to get what they want,” Ganda said. “We hold the ILWU fully accountable for its actions; therefore, it is imperative that the ILWU leadership in San Francisco publicly com- mit that its efforts to interfere with productivity in Portland are over.” A spokeswoman for the ILWU said Hapag-Lloyd’s decision is not a surprise. The union, usually through the headquarters in San Fran- cisco, has accused ICTSI Oregon of poor management practices. Even though Ganda esti- PDWHVWKDW7HUPLQDOLV¿OO- ing less than 100 jobs each week, down from 550 when Hanjin and Hapag-Lloyd were still calling, union spokeswoman Jennifer Sar- gent downplayed the impact to workers. “Terminal 6 is just one of eleven export terminals in Portland. Longshoremen work at the other ten termi- nals and enjoy positive rela- tions with the terminal oper- ators.” ——— George Plaven of the East Oregonian contributed to this story. Saturday, April 18, 2015 Hermiston Conference Center 5 p.m. - 7 p.m. Our Annual Meeting theme “Homegrown” will recognize an array of products grown and processed in our local area. Learn about UEC accomplishments in the past year, and what we expect in the year ahead. As always, attendance is free to UEC members. We hope your will join us! Featured Speaker J Judy Hill Lovins of Aspen Colorado, a A fine art photographer and “homegrown” native of Hermiston, will share her life story.
