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FIREWORKS: .eeS a ¿re e[tinguisher or hose nearEy
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East Oregonian
Thursday, July 2, 2015
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Fan aYoid ¿res Ey launFhing
¿reZorNs in ZideoSen sSaFes
oYer FonFrete or asShalt, aZay
IroP Erush and Zeeds
+e suggested NeeSing
a ¿re e[tinguisher, hose or
EuFNet oI Zater aYailaEle as
a SreFaution +e added that
the EuFNet oI Zater Fould
also Ee used to Fool oII a used
¿reZorN oYernight EeIore its
disSosed oI
%enediFt said last year Zas
on the loZ end oI )ourthre
lated ¿res, Eut that doesn¶t
Pean the ¿re deSartPent is
taNing any FhanFes
³:e¶re going to hoSe
Ior the Eest, Eut e[SeFt and
SreSare Ior the Zorst,´ he said
Although Oregon heavily
restriFts the tySe oI ¿reZorNs
SeoSle Fan use, that hasn¶t
FurEed 3endleton¶s aSSetite
Ior FeleEratory SyroteFhniFs
&aPi 6attleZhite started
oSerating a ¿reZorNs stand
Zith her husEand seven years
ago in Iront oI AlEertsons
Today, they oSerate tZo tents,
ZhiFh are noZ loFated at the
Staff photo by E.J. Harris
A collection of the Fourth of July classic fireworks, the sparkler, at TNT Fireworks
stand on Wednesday in Pendleton.
:al0art SarNing lot and
0elanie 6Tuare
,t Zas Iairly Tuiet
:ednesday aIternoon, Eut
6attleZhite said Eusiness
starts to SiFN uS on July
and the aFtual holiday OI the
several roZs oI neatly staFNed
¿reZorNs, 6attleZhite said
she Zould Ee leIt Zith only a
Iolding taEle¶s Zorth oI goods
Ey the tiPe she Flosed shoS
Ior the season
6he said the ¿reZorN sales
is a loZPargin Eusiness, Eut
an enMoyaEle one
³,t¶s niFe to get out into the
FoPPunity,´ 6attleZhite said
SURGEON: )elder¶s focus is trauma reconstruction
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McCormack
CRASH: .reEs
graduated from
OSU in 200
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and sSeed are Eelieved to Ee
factors in the crash
.reEs graduated from
,one High 6chool in 200
and Oregon State University
in 200 Eefore returning to
ZorN as a Sartner at his fami
ly¶s ranch, the .reEs SheeS
ComSany He also served
on the Eoard of the :estern
5ange Association, and Zas
a memEer of the Oregon
SheeS *roZers and Oregon
Cattlemen¶s Association
Services for .reEs Zere
held 0onday at Arlington
Cemetery
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Contact George Plaven
at gplaven@eastoregonian.
com or 541-564-4547.
CREDITS: )ilm
ta[ credit e[tended
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giving laZmaNers a chance to
decide Seriodically Zhether
they should Ee continued,
modi¿ed or droSSed House
Bill 211 Zould e[tend 10
credits, most of Zhich Zould
otherZise e[Sire after the
2015 ta[ year
By far the Eiggest one is
the WorNing )amily Child
and 'eSendent Care ta[
credit, Zhich merges a variety
of e[isting ta[ credits into a
single one that can Ee claimed
Ey loZincome ZorNing
families to offset child care
e[Senses ,ts e[tension for
si[ more years is SroMected to
reduce revenue Ey aEout 0
million Ser year
/aZmaNers also oSted to
continue alloZing loZin
come ta[Sayers to claim a
ta[ credit for contriEutions
made to savings Slans NnoZn
as individual develoSment
accounts ,t¶s SroMected to
cost aEout million a year in
forgone revenue
A ta[ credit for ¿lm and
video Sroducers, Zhich
doesn¶t e[Sire for another
tZo years, also got a si[year
e[tension until 202 at a cost
of aEout 10 million annually
A ta[ credit for SeoSle Zho
Euy longterm care insurance
Zill e[Sire ahead of schedule
after laZmaNers concluded
it Zas used Srimarily Ey
SeoSle Zho Zould Euy the
coverage anyZay That move
is SroMected to save aEout
10 million to helS offset the
imSacts of alloZing the other
credits to continue
The Eill also Zould SrohiEit
Eusinesses from using ta[
credits to reduce their ta[ Eill
EeloZ the corSorate minimum
ta[ The corSorate minimum
is generally Said Ey Eusinesses
that are unSro¿taEle or those
that have high revenue Eut loZ
margins, liNe grocery stores
accident has never Eeen
traumatic or frightening,´
he said “,t gave me the
SersSective that ,¶m Must
lucNy to Ee here , NnoZ ,¶m
living on EorroZed time and
have a deEt to reSay´
)elder said he loves
the diversity of his chosen
sSecialty, everything from
nerve reSair and ¿[ing cleft
Salates to Eurn reconstruc
tion and reattaching limEs
“:hen SeoSle thinN of
Slastic surgery, they tend to
thinN of cosmetic surgery,´
he said, “Eut it¶s so much
Eroader in reality´
'uring medical school,
)elder sSent a ZeeN
interning Zith 5ogers,
helSing the )lorida surgeon
Zith a mi[ture of cosmetic
and reconstructive surgeries
)elder¶s focus is trauma
reconstruction He said the
Srofession Erings a constant
stream of challenges, mayEe
a motorcycle accident victim
Zith “Eones sticNing out and
not enough sNin and muscle
to cover the Eones A Slastic
surgeon might Ee called in
to transSlant muscles and
connect nerves´
)elder recently returned
from a stint in CamEodia
Zith OSeration Smile,
Zhich Srovides free surgery
for children in more than
0 countries )elder and his
felloZ surgeons did 100 cleft
liS and cleft Salate surgeries
“,t Zas a transformative
e[Serience for me,´ he said
“,t got me out of my EuEEle
there is a Zhole other
Zorld out there´
On June 19, he graduated
from his si[year residency
The only shadoZ Zas the
aEsence of 5ogers )elder¶s
last contact Zith his mentor
came si[ years ago on
0atch 'ay, the day medical
students all around the
country learn Zith Zhich
residency Srogram they are
matched )elder, a medical
student at Baylor College
of 0edicine, called 5ogers
to share the e[citing neZs
of his match Zith *eorge
toZn The conversation Zas
their last
“He une[Sectedly Sassed
aZay of a heart attacN a
ZeeN later,´ )elder said
)elder recently started
a felloZshiS in SeriSheral
nerve and hand surgery at
Washington University in
St /ouis, 0issouri When
his medical loans are Said,
he is considering taNing his
sNills overseas
“,¶d liNe to ZorN aEroad
in a country Zith a lot of need
and not a lot of resources,´
he said “SomeZhere Zhere
the need is oEvious and
SalSaEle´
His mother said John¶s
Sositive and humEle attitude
reminds her of 5ogers, Zho
didn¶t taNe credit for Sutting
her son EacN together
“When Ze thanNed him,´
0ary recalled, “he said, µ,
didn¶t do it *od guided my
hand¶´
Photo contributed by Hermiston Police Department
Volunteers from Hermiston Police Department and
New Hope Community Church clean up Funland.
FUNLAND: *rouS ZorNed
for tZo hours in the heat
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+erPiston 3oliFe 'eSart
Pent teaPed uS Ior a ZorN
Sarty
Chief Jason Edmiston
said the SroMeFt Zas initi
ated Ey Teresa %est, Zho
ZorNs in the of¿Fe of the
church and is married to
retired +3' sergeant Tim
%est
³6he Zanted to have
some Sositive interaction
EetZeen the youth at their
church and our deSart
ment,´ Edmiston said
The grouS ZorNed for
tZo hours in the heat to
reEuild a section of fence
and Saint over graf¿ti
)etter said earlier this
year 6tarEucNs emSloyees
reSainted the Earn at
)unland, 5'O ETuiSment
emSloyees Sainted the
John 'eere comEine and
+ermiston /eadershiS did
a ³maMor restoration´ of the
train, rocNet shiS, decN and
stage
+e said :al0art 'C
and the /ions CluE usually
do a SroMect at the SarN
every summer
At the nearEy sSray SarN,
volunteers from Home
'eSot Sut doZn a Eonding
agent to helS the Saint sticN
Zhen artist 5egan %oysen
Sainted a Sirate and
mermaidthemed mural at
the SarN
³:e Zere having some
dif¿culty maNing last year¶s
Saint MoE sticN,´ )etter said
)etter said there is
alZays more ZorN to
Ee done at )unland and
he has SroMects lined uS
for any Eusiness, church
grouS, service cluE or other
organi]ation looNing for a
service SroMect ,nterested
Sarties can contact him at
city hall at 51501
“Hermiston has a very
longstanding tradition of
community SroMects,´ he
said “:henever there is a
challenge they alZays rise
to the occasion´
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Contact Jade McDowell
at jmcdowell@eastorego-
nian.com or 541-564-4536.