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BUDGET: County employed 420
a decade ago, down to 280 now
budget documents.
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Murdock said the county
WLPH RI¿FHU XQGHU WKDW FRQ- has a little wiggle room for
tract,” Rowan said.
requests, but an increase in
The criminal division of one place means a decrease
WKHVKHULII¶VRI¿FHKDVD somewhere else. He said it
million budget for 2014-15, will take a convincing argu-
and a proposal of $2.6 mil- ment for the budget commit-
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tee to consider that kind of
He also wants to boost move. The county employed
jail staff. Rowan said with 420 people full time a de-
an exception to one shift, cade ago, he said, and that’s
correction deputies work the down to 280 now. “The ulti-
jail control room. Hiring a mate goal,” as he stated in his
QRQFRUUHFWLRQ RI¿FHU IRU budget message, “is to create
that job, he said, would free a nimble organization de-
XSDGHSXW\WRIXO¿OOWKHUROH signed to do more with less.”
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The committee consists
Additionally, the sheriff’s of the three county commis-
RI¿FH SODFHG FRXUWURRP VH- sioners and three citizens.
curity under the roof of the The county’s budget hearings
corrections division. “By are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Wednes-
hiring the person to work in day and Thursday and 8 a.m.
control that also gives us lat- to noon Friday at the Umatil-
itude to assign a corrections la County Courthouse, 216
deputy to work in courthouse S.E. Fourth St., Pendleton.
security,” Rowan said, partic- Department head and staff
ularly during a major trial or will present their budget re-
to help handle high-security quests, and after each there is
offenders.
time for public input.
The jail budget for 2014-
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15 was $5.43 million, and the
Contact Phil Wright at
proposal for 2015-16 is $5.81 pwright@eastoregonian.com
million, according to county or 541-966-0833.
HISTORY: Victory at state isn’t
an automatic ticket to the nationals
minutes to 10. They located
photos in the Oregon Histor-
“It was called ‘the Tomb- ical Society archives. They
stone Bonus,’” Cope said, got behind the microphone
“because by the time you and then spent hours edit-
got it, so many years would ing. The result was “Walter
have passed, you’d be W. Waters and the Bonus
dead.”
Army: A Soldier’s Legacy.”
Waters, who lived in
The second-place state
Portland after the war, or- team of Tucker Wilson and
ganized about 300 men in Connar Westfall actually
1932 to travel to Washing- beat Cope and Flerchinger
ton, D.C., to support a bill during an earlier competi-
that would move up the date tion in Helix.
for receiving bonuses. The
“It was rather an upset
so-called “Bonus Army” victory for them (at state),”
took the train, riding in cattle said their teacher and advi-
cars. When they arrived at sor Lorin Kubishta.
the Capitol, the veterans had
Wilson and Westfall’s
attracted about 20,000 other documentary focuses on
supporters who camped in the Scopes Monkey Tri-
buildings abandoned during al, where John Scopes was
the Great Depression and tried in 1925 for breaking
marched against the slow Tennessee law by teaching
bonus.
evolution to his high school
“It was pretty much the class. Attorney Clarence
¿UVWFLYLOULJKWVPRYHPHQW´ Darrow defended Scopes.
Cope said.
Kubishta expects great
Congress defeated the things of both teams at na-
bill 62-18. Four years later, tionals.
however, legislators autho-
“Both
documentaries
rized $2 billion in bonuses are exceptionally strong,”
and in 1945 passed the G.I. he said. “I wouldn’t be sur-
Bill.
prised if one or both make
“Roosevelt vetoed the ¿QDOVLQ'&²WKDW¶VKRZ
bill, then Congress overrode good they are.”
the veto,” Cope said. “It
Victory at state isn’t an
helped pull Americans out automatic ticket to the na-
of the Great Depression.”
tionals, said Denise Brock,
The pair of young docu- education director at the Or-
PHQWDU\ ¿OPPDNHUV VWDUWHG egon Historical Society. If
with an idea and not much judges don’t think an entry
else.
will be competitive at the
“The topic is kind of national level, they won’t
obscure,” Flerchinger said. advance it.
“There’s not a lot out there.”
“If you’re going to rep-
They conducted inter- resent the state of Oregon,”
views of a National Guard Brock said, “it has to be
recruiter, a West Point pro- good.”
fessor and a woman who ex-
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perienced the Great Depres-
Contact Kathy Aney at
sion. They wrote a narration kaney@eastoregonian.com
and whittled it from 20 or call 541-966-0810.
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Tuesday, April 21, 2015
PENDLETON
American Idol star to headline Round-Up concert
Jack Michelson
to open for
Scotty McCreery
East Oregonian
American Idol winner
and country music star
Scotty McCreery will head-
line the 2015 Round-Up and
Happy Canyon Concert.
Opening for McCreery
will be Oregon’s own Jack-
son Michelson during the
Saturday, Sept. 12 event.
Tickets go on sale Thurs-
day, May 7.
Bill
Quesenberry,
Round-Up president, and
Jason Hill, president of the
Happy Canyon Night Show,
are excited about kicking
off Round-Up week with
the two solo artists.
McCreery burst onto
the national music scene in
2011 at the age of 17 when
he won the 10th season
of American Idol. He was
named Breakthrough Artist
at the 2013 American Coun-
try Awards
Establishing himself as
one of country music’s hot
new stars, by the time he
turned 21, McCreery had
sold nearly 2.5 million al-
bums and received plati-
num and gold album certi-
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albums debuted at the num-
McCreery
ber one position on the Bill-
board charts.
In addition to success
in the recording studio, the
singer/songwriter has prov-
en himself a hit on the road.
McCreery has toured with
Brad Paisley and The Band
Perry and headlined his
own tours.
His hits include “I Love
You This Big,” “The Trou-
ble with Girls” and “See
You Tonight.” All three
went platinum.
McCreery also believes
in giving back. He’s sup-
ported numerous charitable
causes, including St. Jude
Children’s Research Hospi-
tal, World Vision, The Opry
Trust Fund and MLB RBI
(Reviving Baseball in Inner
Cities).
Michelson
Concert opener Michel-
son was raised on country,
rock, reggae and soul mu-
sic. Known as an audience
pleaser, Michelson’s music
ranges from raw country
jams like “The Good Life”
to ballads like “Fire Burns
for You.”
Michelson began his
musical journey when he
was 12 and tried to learn
trombone, which he just as
quickly surrendered.
“I couldn’t play and sing
at the same time,” he said
of his venture into brass in-
struments. “Writing songs
came naturally after just a
few days.”
He has been selected to
perform at the third annu-
al Taste of Country Music
Festival in June in New
York state. He’ll share the
stage with headliners Tim
McGraw, Keith Urban,
Toby Keith, Sara Evans and
LoCash.
The Pendleton Round-
Up and Happy Canyon
concert is Saturday Sept.
12 from 7-10:30 p.m. in
the Happy Canyon Arena.
Tickets may be purchased
beginning Thursday, May
7 at 8:30 a.m. at the Round-
Up and Happy Canyon of-
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Pendleton. Tickets are also
available by phone and on-
line. Prices range from $40
to $130.
For more information,
call 541-276-2553, 800-
457-6336 or visit www.
pendletonroundup.com/
events/2015/concert.
FUEL: State will have to defend fuel standard in court
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things,” Wind said.
Here’s what Wind and
the future employees must
cross off their to-do list to
launch the program by Jan-
uary 2016:
• Incorporate changes to
the program that lawmak-
ers passed this year. Sen-
ate Bill 324, which Gov.
Kate Brown signed into
law March 12, modified
and made permanent the
fuel standard established in
2009. The new legislation
removed one of the cost
control provisions adopted
by the state’s Environmen-
tal Quality Commission
earlier this year, and instead
directed the commission to
design a system to limit
costs by issuing credits to
entities that use alternative
fuels. Senate Bill 324 also
added new exemptions to
the fuel standard for con-
struction equipment, water
craft and train locomotives,
and state employees must
write rules this year to im-
plement changes contained
in the new law.
• Talk to fuel importers
about changes in which
entity is responsible for
complying with the fuel
standard. State law places
the burden of complying
with the standard on fuel
importers and producers,
but until January 2015 im-
porters were defined as the
entities that owned the fuel
when it was first placed in
a stationary tank in Oregon.
That would have placed the
compliance requirement on
gas stations, and Wind said
“we wanted to go higher up
the fuel distribution chain.”
Now, an importer is defined
as the entity that owns the
fuel when it crosses the
border into Oregon.
• Inform fuel importers
and producers of changes
in reporting requirements.
Importers and producers
have already started to re-
port to the state the amount
of carbon generated during
the life cycle of various fu-
els, from extraction to com-
bustion.
But as the variety of pro-
duction methods increases,
the state wants more details
about the fuels. For exam-
ple, Wind said there used to
“The agency has done a terrific
amount of work in laying the
groundwork for implementation.”
— Jana Gastellum, climate program director for the
Oregon Environmental Council
be five types of corn etha-
nol and now there are more
than a dozen, each with a
different level of carbon
content. Oregon wants fuel
producers and importers to
use these more specific re-
porting categories.
• Build a webpage with
information about all regu-
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any entities that register to
generate carbon credits.
The state will also have
to spend time in upcoming
months defending the fuel
standard in court. The same
month lawmakers passed
Senate Bill 324, the petro-
leum industry and truckers
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fuel standard at the Oregon
Court of Appeals and U.S.
District Court in Portland.
Nonetheless, one of the
groups that pushed for the
state to adopt the fuel stan-
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schedule.
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in laying the groundwork
for
implementation,”
Jana Gastellum, climate
program director for the
Oregon
Environmental
Council, said in a written
statement. “And Oregon
doesn’t have to start from
scratch. For example, the
credit platform isn’t be-
ing created brand new, but
merely revised based on
California’s already suc-
cessful web tool creating
both time and cost savings
for Oregon.”
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BRIEFLY
Tickets available
for Irrigon awards
banquet
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time to get tickets to celebrate
the people and businesses of
Irrigon.
Time to Shine, the
Irrigon Chamber of
Commerce’s Citizen
Recognition banquet, is
Friday from 6-9 p.m. at
Stokes Landing Senior
Center, 195 N.W. Opal Place.
Tickets purchased in advance
are $25 each and at the door
they are $30.
Chef Donna will be
preparing diners a choice
of salmon or prime rib and
Anderson Events will provide
no-host wine and beer for the
celebration.
For more information or
to reserve tickets, call Phyllis
Danielson at 541-922-3857.
Classes offer
caregiver help
Free trainings with a focus
on Alzheimer’s, medication
concerns for older adults
and issues with dementia are
offered through Oregon Care
Partners.
Designed for caregivers,
family members and people
working in the health care
profession, the upcoming
classes include:
•Living with Mid-Stage
Alzheimer’s For Caregivers
Thursday, April 30 from
9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at NE
Public Transit Building, 2204
E. Penn Ave., La Grande
•Understanding
Medication in Older Adults
Part 2: Care Team Principles
Wednesday, May 13 from
9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Eastern
Oregon University, La Grande
•Person Centered
Dementia Care: Leading Your
Team to Success
June 8-9 from 9 a.m. to
4:30 p.m.
Red Lion Hotel, 304 S.E.
Nye Ave., Pendleton.
For a full list of free
classes or to register, visit
www.oregoncarepartners.
com. For more information,
call Kathleen Stuart at 503-
334-9516.
Can drive bene¿ts
Umatilla seniors
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of seniors at Umatilla High
School are raising money for
a safe and sober graduation
party.
A can drive is planned as
part of the effort Saturday
from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at
Columbia Harvest Foods,
1411 Sixth St., Umatilla.
Also, donations can be
made at www.gofundme.
com/retfb7f
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