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Over the years, the equipment enthusiast has displayed some of his tractors in the Old Iron Show. This year’s event is Friday, June 5 through Sunday, June 7 at Roy Raley Park in Pendleton. 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For info visit www.watereducationcenter.org &LW\ DWWRUQH\ *DU\ /XLVL QRWHG WKDWWKHYLGHRLVDOVRXVHIXOHYLGHQFH LQ FRXUW :KHQ DQ RI¿FHU KLWV ³UHFRUG´ WKH FDPHUD DXWRPDWLFDOO\ VDYHV WKH VHFRQGV RI IRRWDJH SULRU WR KLWWLQJ WKH EXWWRQ 7KDW PHDQV LI WKH\ KLW UHFRUG ZLWKLQ VHFRQGVRIVHHLQJDWUDI¿FYLRODWLRQ LWJHWVFDXJKWRQFDPHUDIRUDMXGJH WRUHYLHZ ³7KH\¶OOFRPHLQDQGVZHDUWKH OLJKWZDV\HOORZ´/XLVLVDLG 0D\RU'DYLG'URW]PDQQVDLGKH VXSSRUWHG+3'¶VXVHRIFDPHUDVDV D ZD\ WR KROG RI¿FHUV DFFRXQWDEOH DQGFLWL]HQVDFFRXQWDEOH ³,IZHFDQGRDQ\WKLQJWRGHHV- FDODWHFULPHWKHQWKDW¶VDZLQ´KH VDLG PUBLIC SAFETY LOG TUESDAY •A Morrow County sheriff’s deputy at about 1 a.m. assisted a stranded driver. The driver reported he was on Interstate 84 westbound near Boardman in a Dodge Stratus with a U-Haul trailer when a tire blew out. On top of that, the driver said, the tire jack did not work. The deputy helped him change the tire. •An employee of Eastern Oregon Center For Independent Living, Pendleton, told police at 8:51 a.m. someone damaged a company vehicle during the weekend. •An Irrigon resident at 10:15 a.m. reported possible prowlers in the night moved items around her house on Southeast California Avenue. •A Pendleton woman at 10:47 a.m. complained about her neighbor on Southwest Eighth Street spraying her dog through the fence with a pressure nozzle. She also advised he has a history of poisoning the previous tenant’s dog. •A Umatilla resident at 11:13 a.m. reported someone parked their car in front of her garage on Sloan Avenue and she would like it removed. •A caller at 11:59 a.m. reported the theft of an old truck frame and other metal from an old farmhouse on Speare Canyon Road, Echo. The caller also said he saw an older gray car creep by, and when he came out it drove by again. He also said there KDVEHHQJUDI¿WLRQWKHROGEXLOGLQJV+HVDLGKHGLGQRWQHHG contact but wanted law enforcement aware of this. •A Hermiston-area man on Northeast Seventh Street at 4:08 p.m. reported he had “an encounter” with a neighbor who “took a couple of swings” at him. •An Irrigon man at 5:05 p.m. reported the theft of medication from his mailbox on Northwest Washington Avenue. 7KH8PDWLOOD&RXQW\6KHULII¶V2I¿FHDWSPUHFHLYHG a report of a neglected horse in a small pen near a bridge over McKay Creek outside Pilot Rock. •A hitchhiker and his wife at 5:47 p.m. reported they were the victims of theft. A man in a white Dodge van gave the couple a ULGHWRWKH3LORW7UDYHO&HQWHU6WDQ¿HOGWKHQOHIWWKHPDQGWRRN their belongings. The male victim claimed the van had a Texas license plate on the vehicle and a New Mexico plate on the dashboard. He also said the driver was drunk. Law enforcement checked this off as a civil problem. •A Pendleton caller at 7:55 p.m. reported someone cut through a screen in an attempt to break into her residence on Southwest Hailey Place. They were not successful, she said. •A renter in the midst of facing eviction at Chinn Apartments, Hermiston, tried to run over the people evicting him. The would-be victims reported the incident and said they would wait at the apartments for law enforcement. ARRESTS, CITATIONS •Milton-Freewater police released details on Sunday’s arrest of Ronnie Cowden. 3ROLFH&KLHI'RXJ%RHGLJKHLPHUUHSRUWHGRI¿FHUVDWDERXWSP 6XQGD\UHFHLYHGDFDOOWRUHVSRQGWR6(6L[WK$YHIRU SHRSOHLQD¿JKW3ROLFHDWWKHVFHQHWKRXJKGLVFRYHUHGEURWKHUV Ronnie Cowden, 38, and Donald Cowden, 35, were in a physical confrontation in front of other family members. “The incident was apparently caused by a dispute regarding automobile tires, and who they belonged to,” according to Boedigheimer. 2I¿FHUVGHWHUPLQHG5RQQLH&RZGHQDOOHJHGO\KHOGDER[ knife to Donald Cowden’s throat with one hand while tightly grasping his brother’s throat with the other hand, constricting Donald Cowden’s ability to breathe, Boedigheimer reported, and 'RQDOG&RZGHQ¶VMXYHQLOHVRQZDVWKHZLWQHVV2I¿FHUVDOVR seized a utility knife they found by a woodpile near a detached outbuilding next to the residence. 2I¿FHUVDUUHVWHG5RQQLH&RZGHQIRUPHQDFLQJVWUDQJXOD- tion, unlawful use of a weapon and harassment, and took him to the Umatilla County Jail, Pendleton. Boedigheimer also stated the incident was domestic violence under Oregon Law because the suspect and victim are biological brothers.
