REGION
Friday, May 8, 2015
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ODFW to present
fall hunting update
PENDLETON — The
Oregon Department of Fish
& Wildlife will provide
information about the fall
hunting season and big game
herds at a public meeting
Tuesday in Pendleton.
District wildlife biologists
will give discuss tags, survey
results and potential changes
to the 2016 regulations at the
meeting, which is scheduled
from 4-7 p.m. at the ODFW
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Lane.
Tag numbers should be
similar to last year, when
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deer, 59,568 elk, 2,492
pronghorn, 20 mountain
goat and 95 bighorn sheep
tags, according to the
agency. Final tag proposals
will be adopted by the Fish
and Wildlife Commission on
June 5 in Salem.
Hunters have until
11:59 p.m. Friday, May 15
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hunts in Eastern Oregon.
Applications are $8 per hunt
series, and a 2015 annual
license is required to apply.
It can be purchased at the
same time as the application.
Apply online at www.
or.outdoorcentral.us/or/
license.
Trip highlights
photo stops
PENDLETON — A
photography road trip
features stops at Steptoe
Butte and Palouse Falls.
Pendleton Parks &
Recreation is sponsoring the
trip and photography buff
Dave Byrd will provide tips
in getting the best shots.
To fully experience each
destination, some light
hiking is involved. There
will be a lot to see and do,
including vantage points of
massive wind turbines.
The trip, which includes
mini-bus transportation,
is Saturday, May 16,
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the Pendleton Recreation
Center. The return time is
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Those 16 and up are invited
to participate.
The $48 registration
fee is due by Friday, May
8. Participants must bring
money for lunch and
are encouraged to pack
some drinks and snacks.
To register, go to www.
pendletonparksandrec.com
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865 Tutuilla Road. For more
information, call 541-276-
8100.
Mother’s Day
brunch includes
entertainment
HERMISTON — Music
by the Coffey Brothers is
featured in a Mother’s Day
program at the Hermiston
Elks Lodge.
The public is invited to
the event, which includes
a Mother’s Day brunch
Sunday at 10 a.m. at 480 E.
Main St., Hermiston. The
meal, which follows the
program, is $8 per person.
For more information,
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541-571-5116.
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BMCC students honored for academics
East Oregonian
Two Blue Mountain Community
College students were honored
by Oregon Governor Kate Brown
last week as members of the 2015
All-Oregon Academic Team, which
recognizes students from the state’s
17 community colleges for their
classroom achievement and commu-
nity involvement.
Second-year BMCC students
Kevin Hawman and Kaylie
Thompson received their All-Oregon
Academic Team award, sponsored
by Phi Theta Kappa (the honor
society for 2-year colleges), during
an annual gala luncheon in Salem on
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Each college may select up to two
students each year, and those students
must be taking classes in pursuit of a
four-year degree and will transfer to
a university.
Hawman is an agriculture student
at BMCC who plans to transfer to
Oregon State University to continue
his agriculture studies this fall. After
completing his degree, Hawman
plans to return to Eastern Oregon
to work on his family’s farm in
Hermiston. He has been instrumental
in fundraising for an irrigation pivot
at BMCC, bringing in more than
$60,000 in donations to the project,
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discount on the system from Valley
Irrigation of Nebraska.
Thompson is a nursing student at
BMCC, and plans to pursue a master’s
degree in nursing at Eastern Oregon
University so she can work in either
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Sen. Bill Hansell poses with BMCC students Kaylie Thompson and Kevin Hawman in Salem on April
30. The two second-year students were honored as members of the 2015 All-Oregon Academic Team.
general nursing, geriatric health care,
pediatrics or mission work. In the
past two years, Thompson has taken
part in mission trips to Haiti and
Nicaragua to provide meals to fami-
lies and children, which completely
changed her outlook on life.
Thompson’s
mother
and
Hawman’s parents attended the gala
event, as did BMCC President Cam
Preus and BMCC Phi Theta Kappa
Advisor Velda Arnaud.
Every four-year institution in the
state offers a minimum $1,000 in
transfer scholarships to All-Oregon
Academic Team members and team
members vie for national scholar-
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Civil trial stemming
from sex crime case
begins in Pendleton
Randell Kerby not to return home or
he would face consequences.
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A Milton-Freewater man acquitted lawsuit in federal court that claimed
of raping his stepdaughter is back in an inept investigation led to false
charges of sex crimes and the arrest.
court, this time as the plaintiff.
Randell Kerby and his wife An amended lawsuit claimed the
Cheryl are suing Gay Davis, an Kerbys suffered emotional stress and
Oregon Department of Human the actions of state authorities robbed
Services employee, for her role in them of due process and subjected
confronting the family following the them to illegal search and seizure.
2011 not guilty verdict and telling They ask for a jury to decide any
Randell Kerby he could not return damages.
Oregon Department of Justice
home. The lawsuit claims the actions
violated their right to due process attorney Heather Van Meter
and Davis had no legal authority to represents Davis and told the
prevent Randell Kerby from going six-member jury that Davis was
doing her job when she warned
home to his family.
Jury selection and opening Randell Kerby not to go home. The
arguments in the civil trial began state agency still considered him a
Thursday morning in the John F. danger to the accuser’s two siblings
Kilkenny United States Courthouse, who lived in the home.
The Kerby’s initially named
Pendleton. Judge Michael W.
Mosman is presiding over the trial, several co-defendants, including
the Oregon Department of Human
which should conclude next week.
The Umatilla County Sheriff’s Services, former Umatilla County
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for multiple counts of raping and sheriff’s detective Rhiana Sheridan
abusing the girl. The case went to and deputy county prosecutor Kate
trial at the Umatilla County Court- Hansen. Court actions removed those
house, Pendleton, and a jury on Sept. defendants, leaving Davis as the lone
29, 2011, found him not guilty. But target of the lawsuit.
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and a sheriff’s detective met the
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East Oregonian
from the Coca-Cola Foundation and
USA Today.
Along with meeting Gov. Brown,
Hawman and Thompson also
met with State Sen. Bill Hansell
(R-Athena) and Rep. Greg Baretto
(R-Cove), who also recognized the
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Umatilla County
continues investigation
into director, employees
By PHIL WRIGHT
East Oregonian
Umatilla County’s human
services director and two alcohol
and drug counselors remain on
paid leave in the midst of an
internal investigation.
County
Commissioner
George Murdock said the county
does not know if department
head Carolyn Mason and the two
workers committed any wrong-
doing.
“We are as anxious as
anybody to get to the bottom of
it,” he said, adding the county
will reveal any information as
soon as it can.
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The county human services
umbrella covers mediation for
families, drug, alcohol and
gambling prevention, develop-
mental disabilities and veterans
services.
Human
services
employed almost 26.5 full-time
equivalent workers in 2015-16
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budget documents, with 14.5 of
those in addiction services. The
county’s proposed budget for
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six full-time employees to the
addiction services division.
County counsel Doug Olsen
said a team from Greater Oregon
“We are as anxious
as anybody to get to
the bottom of it.”
— George Murdock,
County Commissioner
Behavioral Health, Inc., based
in The Dalles, was involved in
the investigation. Olsen said the
county receives funding from
GOBHI for alcohol and drug
programs, so the organization
has the ability to review the
program and look at the books.
But Kevin Campbell, the
health organization’s CEO,
said county’s investigation did
not prompt the recent general
review. He said GOBHI period-
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members to evaluate programs
of its partners. He explained
the probes look at access to
services, for example, or how
well programs track clients. This
review was not out of the ordi-
nary, he said, and the team turned
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over to the county as well as the
Oregon Health Authority.
Campbell also said the state is
likely to conduct its own review,
and GOBHI is in a monitoring
mode to ensure people have
access to the county services.
Mother’s Day
Tearing paper
creates art
PENDLETON — A
mixed media class will
encourage youths to rethink
collages.
Torn Paper, which
incorporates elements of
sculpture, painting and
assemblage, begins each
project with the simple
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new and surprising uses
for it. Experimentation is
encouraged, and students
will come home with some
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pieces.
Open to ages 7-12, the
four-session class is offered
on Saturdays from 1-2
p.m. beginning May 16 at
Pendleton Center for the
Arts, 214 N. Main St. The
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there’s a $5 materials fee.
To register or for more
information, call 541-278-
9201.
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community@eastoregonian.
com. Call 541-564-4539
or 541-966-0818 with
questions.
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