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Page 8A OFF PAGE ONE East Oregonian Tuesday, June 23, 2015 HERMISTON Collision leads to arrest on DUII, assault charges between the front and back seats, causing a 1.5-inch laceration on his forehead. While being moved A 20-year-old Herm- iston man was charged to the medical vehicle, shouted for drunk driving after Breckheimer crashing into another REVFHQLWLHV DQG ÀXQJ KLV head from side to side, vehicle Friday night. William Paul Breck- JHWWLQJ EORRG RQ RI¿FHUV and medical heimer was personnel, arrested at according to the about 9:38 p.m. report. He was near the inter- transported to section of West Good Shepherd Theater Lane Medical Center and Prickly for treatment and Pear Drive in evaluation. Hermiston, The report according to states Breckheimer DQ RI¿FHU¶V later consented to report provided Breckheimer a blood draw at the by Hermiston Police Chief Jason hospital and a Breathalyzer test at HPD, which showed Edmiston. Breckheimer was a blood alcohol content charged with driving under of .13 percent. He was WKH LQÀXHQFH RI LQWR[L processed and transported cants, third-degree assault, to the jail without further second-degree criminal incident. Edmiston said the mischief and minor in possession of alcohol and assault charge was related injuring another was lodged in the Umatilla to County Jail on $16,000 individual while driving drunk. The criminal bail. According to the report, mischief charge, he said, Breckheimer was found was related to a wall that unconscious in his 1992 was damaged during the silver Jeep Cherokee after wreck and the clean-up crashing into the back required on the police of a 2003 white Subaru vehicle. 2I¿FHUV DUH WUDLQHG WR Legacy driven by Sean Murray, who suffered a wear protective equip- large laceration to the back ment, Edmiston said, and of his head. Edmiston said QRQH RI %UHFNKHLPHU¶V Murray, 24, of Heppner, ERGLO\ ÀXLGV HQWHUHG WKHLU was taken to the Heppner systems. He said, when WKDW RFFXUV WKH RI¿FHUV hospital by his family. The report states when must be treated at the Breckheimer awoke, he hospital with medication DSSHDUHG LQWR[LFDWHG DQG that makes them sick, became combative when similar to chemotherapy. citizens tried to help him. $Q+3'RI¿FHUZDVSRNHG He was detained for his with a used hypodermic safety in the back of a needle last week and is Hermiston Police Depart- still recovering from the ment vehicle, but slammed required medication, he his head into the divider said. By SEAN HART EO Media Group Staff photo by E.J. Harris &DUÀLSVRQLQWHUVWDWHLQ3HQGOHWRQ Pendleton paramedics attend to the occupants of a vehicle that was involved in a single-vehicle rollover Monday on Interstate 84 in Pendleton. ATHENA City revs up for Hodaka Days By TAMMY MALGESINI East Oregonian Tommy Croft of Team Honda, Ron Pomeroy of Team Bultaco and Preston Petty, an AMA Hall of Fame member and industry innovator, are the celebrity guests during the 16th annual Hodaka Days. $OWKRXJK LW¶V EHHQ \HDUV VLQFH the trail bikes and motorcycles were manufactured in Athena, hundreds of Hodaka enthusiasts will make their way to the small Eastern Oregon town for the June 25-28 celebration. Athena City Park serves as celebration central, but activities are held throughout town. In addition, the trail ride starts and ends in Weston. Although several of the events feature only Hodaka or Yamaguchi bikes, the vendor booths and swap meet, auction, poker run and trail ride are open to all makes of motorcycles. $ VSHFLDO UDIÀH WR EHQH¿W$WKHQD¶V Gem Theater restoration project is planned Saturday, June 27 during the DZDUGVSUHVHQWDWLRQUDIÀHDQGDXFWLRQ — a 1973 Dirt Squirt restored by Greg Watkins and his crew at California Hodaka. Tickets are $5 each and are only being sold during Hodaka Days for a chance to win the chrome and UHGULGH7KHZLQQHUGRHVQ¶WKDYHWREH present to win. Another highlight of the event is the Ice Cream Social, set for Friday, June Photo contributed by Wade Quick Hodaka enthusiasts take to the streets during the 2014 Hodaka Days in Athena. This year’s event is June 25-28. 26 from 7:30-10 p.m. at the Swanson residence, 424 E. College St., Athena. Those in attendance will have an oppor- tunity to visit with other Hodaka enthu- siasts and look at some rare Hodaka and PABATCO history. Those planning to attend are encouraged to bring a lawn chair. Saturday, June 27 offers a full day of fun, including a parade, a swap meet, a bike show, a car show and a silent auction. 'RQ¶W IRUJHW WR SLFN XS DQ ,URQ Man card and get it punched as you participate or volunteer to help in events to earn a Hodaka Club Iron Man patch. To be eligible, participants must SDUWLFLSDWH LQ DW OHDVW ¿YH DFWLYLWLHV from events including the poker run, trail ride, parade, health check-up, bike show, observed trial or motocross. For more information, including a full schedule of events, visit www. hodakadays.org. GRADUATE: Earned a 3.62 grade point average Continued from 1A With help from people at the Pendleton Warming Station and Day Center, churches, the hospital, the Salvation Army, the Cele- brate Recovery program and a college success program called TRiO, she enrolled at BMCC, hit the books and earned a 3.62 grade point average. She starts an online Eastern Oregon University program this week. A sense of accomplish- ment replaces the despera- tion of those early days. 7KH7H[DVQDWLYHVDLGVKH ended up on the streets after her marriage failed in 2013. Figuring out the logistics of living was a full-time job. “I slept in park bathrooms and broke into storage units and construction sites,” Sacco said. “Sometimes I ZDV VR VFDUHG ,¶G ZDON DOO night.” She carried her laptop and some clothes in a backpack. She remembers wandering into the old St. Anthony Hospital one frigid night near Christmas. “It was cold and my back was hurting. At that point, I GLGQ¶W NQRZ ZKHUH HOVH WR go,” Sacco said. “The people at the hospital — they were having a Christmas party — they gave me something to eat and a courtesy ride to the warming station.” Sacco almost cried at the warmth — both in tempera- ture and temperament. “The people there treated me with respect,” she said. “They treated me as a human being.” Whenever the mercury dropped to freezing, Sacco now knew she had a warm place to sleep. During the day, she could go to the day program at the First Meth- Contributed photo Carlin Sacco hugs her daughter, Zoey, 5, after gradu- ating from BMCC earlier this month. Sacco overcame homelessness and other challenges to earn her two- year transfer degree. odist Church. There was Wi-Fi there and she started DSSO\LQJIRU¿QDQFLDODLG,Q spring of 2014, she started classes at BMCC. For a while, she continued to camp. She brushed her teeth in the restroom at Wal-Mart or Safeway, got a cup of coffee and hiked to school. Her sister-in-law gave her money to rent a locker, so she locked up her computer and books for the night. She did her homework on campus and then walked back to her campsite. Even- tually, she could afford a tiny apartment. $OOLVRQ 6HYULQ 6DFFR¶V student success coach and TRiO advisor, marveled at WKHVWXGHQW¶VGULYH “Even through all of the KDUGVKLSV LQ &DUOLQ¶V OLIH she has shown great pride in not only completing her education at BMCC, but H[FHOOLQJ LQ DOO WKH FRXUVHV she has taken,” Sevrin said. TRiO is a federally funded program to help ¿UVWJHQHUDWLRQORZLQFRPH or disabled students earn baccalaureate degrees. Sacco stopped by the TRiO RI¿FH DOPRVW GDLO\ IRU training, pep talks, advice or just a peanut butter sandwich or a cookie. 7KH VXFFHVV ¿QLVKLQJ her transfer degree is sweet, EXW VKH GHÀHFWV WKH EXON RI the credit. So many others helped, she said. The man who noticed her worn-out shoes as she panhandled and bought her a new pair. A couple who paid for a night at a hotel. The warming shelter volunteer who helped repair her torn tent. The college advisor who talked her out of quitting school last October. The people at her church, the First Assembly of God, who gave her furnishings and kitchenware when she ¿QDOO\ PRYHG LQWR KHU OLWWOH apartment. And on and on. “I am grateful,” she said. “Where would I be without all those people who helped me?” She gives most of the credit, though, to God. ³6RPHWLPHV , ZDVQ¶W sure how I was going to get through,” she said. “I just had faith in God.” 6DFFRVWLOOGRHVQ¶WKDYHD FXVK\H[LVWHQFH6KHKDVQR car, so she walks to her job at Grocery Outlet. She has work to do to regain custody of her children, including therapy sessions. Having survived homelessness, however, she feels gratitude for small things such as bath- rooms and doors that lock. Currently Sacco is majoring in politics and economics with a minor in interdisciplinary rhetoric and writing. Someday, she hopes to affect policy. “I want to pay it forward,” she said. “I want to advocate for women and families and the homeless.” ——— Contact Kathy Aney at kaney@eastoregonian.com or call 541-966-0810. TAXES: Bill would OLIWDFDSRQFLJDUWD[HV Continued from 1A some particular outcomes in mind, and also balancing the need to pay for them,” said House Speaker Tina Kotek, D-Portland. Several Republicans REMHFWHG WR PDUU\LQJ WD[ credits, which decrease UHYHQXHZLWKWD[LQFUHDVHV in a single bill. The move allows Democrats to get around a requirement that revenue-raising bills be approved by a superma- jority of the House and Senate. While Democrats have the majority of both FKDPEHUV WKH\¶G QHHG WR gather support from at least one House Republican to DGYDQFH WKH WD[ LQFUHDVHV on their own. “If this is constitutional, that part of the constitution has no meaning,” said Rep. John Davis, a Wilsonville Republican who serves on the Revenue panel. 7KH GHEDWH RYHU WD[HV highlighted a simmering disagreement between Democrats in the House and the more conservative Senate. Sen. Mark Hass, a Beaverton Democrat who OHDGV WKH 6HQDWH¶V UHYHQXH committee, sounded a pessimistic tone about WKH ELOO¶V FKDQFHV LQ WKDW chamber. ³:H¶UH JRLQJ WR WU\ RXU EHVW WR ¿QG VRPH PLGGOH JURXQG EXW ,¶P not sure the majority of the 6HQDWH ZLOO YRWH IRU D WD[ increase,” Hass said. “I just FDQ¶WVD\´ The House bill is esti- mated to raise nearly $50 million in new revenue RYHU WKH QH[W WZR\HDU budget cycle. It would HOLPLQDWH D WD[ FUHGLW WKDW helps people pay for long- term care insurance. Kotek VDLG LW¶V XVHG SULPDULO\ E\ people who would buy the coverage anyway. It also would lift a cap RQ FLJDU WD[HV 2UHJRQ WD[HV FLJDUV DW SHUFHQW of the wholesale price, up to 50 cents per cigar. Lifting the cap is estimated to generate more than $5 million a year. 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