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CHILDERS CLEARS HURDLES FOR GOLD TRACK & FIELD/1B 75/50 Rodeo deep in the heart of Helix REGION/3A TUESDAY, MAY 26, 2015 139th Year, No. 158 WINNER OF THE 2013 ONPA GENERAL EXCELLENCE AWARD One dollar Sheriff defends dispatch billing By PHIL WRIGHT East Oregonian Staff photo by Kathy Aney Roger Rasico, of VFW Post 922, salutes the fl ag Monday during a Memorial Day observance at Olney Cemetery in Pendleton. A GRATEFUL NATION Remembering those who gave their lives for U.S. freedom morning and addressed almost 100 people gathered on the lawn for a Memorial Day observance. $86ÀDJULIÀHGLQWKHEUHH]H It’s a matter of gratitude. “Gratitude” is the word at his right shoulder. “So much of our history Griswold High School history teacher Lorin Kubishta writes revolves around those who have on the board every year on the VDFUL¿FHGHYHU\WKLQJ´.XELVKWD ¿UVW GD\ RI VFKRRO +H DVNV KLV said. “Our nation has suffered VWXGHQWVWRWKLQNEDFNDJHQHUD more than one million war dead tion or two or three to people on in its history. I tell my students, WKHLUIDPLO\WUHHVZKRVDFUL¿FHG ‘They should not be forgotten.’” It disturbs Kubishta that a their lives. Kubishta talked about the recently released survey shows Staff photo by Kathy Aney yearly tradition as he stood that high school students have Dave Chorazy, of Pendleton, played “Taps” at the end of Monday’s Memorial Day observance at Olney Cemetery in under some giant maple trees See PENDLETON/8A Pendleton. Chorazy once played in the Navy Band. at Olney Cemetery on Monday By KATHY ANEY East Oregonian HERMISTON Tribute to the flag’s red stripes 4750 and American Legion Post 37, as a “lasting tribute of respect.” After his remarks VFW 6L[ KXQGUHG $PHULFDQ ÀDJV Commander Teddy Richards waved gently in the breeze read out the names of all the area Monday morning at Hermiston veterans who died in the last year. Cemetery as a crowd gathered to The crowd then stood silently at pay their respects to the men and attention while “Taps” was played women who died in the service of and the National Guard honor guard ceremoniously unfolded and their country. ³7KH UHG RI RXU FRXQWU\¶V ÀDJ WKHQUHIROGHGDQ$PHULFDQÀDJ Lori Scott, who has come to is made redder by their heroism,” Duane Storms of VFW Post 4750 the Memorial Day ceremony at Hermiston Cemetery every year told the audience. He described the Memorial Day See HERMISTON/8A ceremony, sponsored by VFW Post By JADE MCDOWELL East Oregonian Staff photo by Jade McDowell Flowers and a fl ag in honor of Memorial Day adorn one of the many veterans’ graves at Hermiston Cemetery. Umatilla County Sheriff Terry Rowan is defending his agency against accusations it has not been forthcoming about charges for dispatch services. He also said he will make an effort to explain the center’s practices to police and city leaders to clear the air and mend relationships. 7KH VKHULII¶V RI¿FH FRPPXQL FDWLRQV FHQWHU SURYLGHV DQG GLVSDWFK VHUYLFHV IRU SROLFH ¿UH and ambulance agencies, including for Pendleton and Hermiston. This year the agency sought to correct an old problem — not charging smaller cities what it should for dispatch services. That raised some hackles in 8PDWLOOD 6WDQ¿HOG DQG 3LORW 5RFN And Hermiston Police Chief Jason (GPLVWRQ SXVKHG WKH VKHULII¶V RI¿FH to explain how it calculates the tab. 5RZDQXQGHUVKHULII-LP/LWWOH¿HOG and Capt. Kathy Lieuallen, head of WKH VKHULII¶V RI¿FH FRPPXQLFDWLRQV division, recently sat down with the East Oregonian to do just that. The total expenses for the FRPPXQLFDWLRQV FHQWHU IRU See DISPATCH/8A California looks Down Under for drought advice Associated Press SYDNEY — California has turned WR WKH ZRUOG¶V GULHVW LQKDELWHG FRQWL nent for solutions to its longest and sharpest drought on record. Australia, the land poet Dorothea Mackellar dubbed “a sunburnt country,” suffered a torturous drought from the late 1990s through 2012. Now Californians are facing their own “Big Dry,” and looking Down Under to see how they coped. Australia also faced tough water restrictions — along with dying cattle, EDUUHQ¿HOGVDQGPRQVWURXVZLOG¿UHV that killed 173 people. But when the UDLQV¿QDOO\UHWXUQHG$XVWUDOLDQVKDG fundamentally changed how they handle this precious resource. They treat water as a commodity to be conserved and traded, and carefully measure what’s available and how it’s EHLQJ XVHG (I¿FLHQF\ SURJUDPV FXW their average daily use to 55 gallons, compared with 105 gallons per day See DROUGHT/8A HERMISTON With city funding set aside, park users have suggestions By JADE MCDOWELL East Oregonian As Hermiston puts more focus on its parks, frequent users of the city’s greenspace have plenty of ideas for things they would like to see. The city put aside more than $250,000 in a reserve fund for park projects in the coming year, LQFOXGLQJ PRQH\ IRU LPSURYH ments to Victory Square Park and Sunset Park and $85,000 to build a skate park. Most of the city’s parks were full of children, teenagers and picnicking families on Monday as residents took advantage of a sunny holiday weekend. Janelle and Tony Carrera said McKenzie Park, where their boys ZHUHVZLQJLQJIURPWKHSOD\HTXLS ment Monday, was their favorite. Janelle said they use all of the parks around town but McKenzie Park has the most shade, which is an important factor in the summer when it’s hot. It’s no surprise, then, what she would like to see Hermiston’s park budget used for. “Trees, trees and trees,” she said. Tony added that he would also See PARKS/8A Staff photo by Jade McDowell Sisters Emily, Taylor and Naomi Hancock (pictured left to right) play on a see-saw at Victory Square Park on Memorial Day.