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Page 10A OFF PAGE ONE East Oregonian Friday, July 31, 2015 STRIP CLUB: City BREWER: Grand opening on Saturday has denied license and Hermiston, once populated by a lingering hoppiness and a spiciness those who worked at the now-closed born of an encounter with rye malt. His Umatilla Chemical Depot. 0D\¿HOG VDLG KH KDV ERQGHG ZLWK other favorite is Old Craig, an English Boardman. One plus, he said, is the strong ale named after Craig Coleman, ODFNRIWUDI¿F who is one of six owners of Ordnance ³,GRKRUULEO\ZLWKWUDI¿FOLJKWV´KH and the associated Neighbor Dudes said with a slow grin. “Morrow County Tap House in Hermiston. The current doesn’t have a single one.” beer list offers some heady choices of Asked to describe a typical day at lagers, wheat beer, a rainbow of ales WKHEUHZHU\0D\¿HOGWRRNDVLSRI5; (pale, golden, red and brown), porter, Kolsch, English bitter, imperial stout and pondered. The life of a brewer, he and inventive names such as Harry the said, is predictable in only one way. “There’s never a typical day,” he Porter and Of Chimpanzees. The key to brewing excellent said. Supply and demand often dictates EHHU 0D\¿HOG VDLG ³LV OHDUQLQJ KRZ his schedule. Recently, a boiler went different ingredients play together.” GRZQLQWKHPLGGOHRIDEDWFK0D\¿HOG In RX (short for rye extra), he found a averted disaster by substituting an old balance between rye and hops. 0D\¿HOGPRYHGWR%RDUGPDQIURP German process called kettle sour. He a Colorado brewery when offered the ¿QDOO\PDGHLWWREHGDWDP 0D\¿HOG¶VEHHUVDUHVWDUWLQJWRJHW Ordnance head brewer position by Coleman, who had launched the brewery noticed. Full Metal Jacket, an English in 2014 with his friend and neighbor IPA, got Best Beer at the Beerex Fest Mark McLeod. McLeod has since died. in February. Oregon Beer Growler ³:H EUHZHG RXU ¿UVW EDWFK RQ Magazine named Wheatville and RX +DOORZHHQRIODVW\HDU´0D\¿HOGVDLG Pale Ale as “Perfect Pints.” He loves The craft brewery gets its name trying new techniques. At the moment, from a ghost town between Boardman he has what he calls “the sour project.” Sour beer is more tart and acidic than Continued from 1A Continued from 1A states. “Bunn stated Evans picked up a spray can Bunn had purchased and hit him in the back of the head an unknown amount of times.” On March 12, 2014, Evans turned himself in at the Hermiston Safety Center, where he was issued a citation for charges of fourth degree assault, unlawful use of a weapon and physical harassment. After he was found guilty of all three counts Jan. 28, 2015, Evans was sentenced to 30 days in jail and nine years probation. Despite being months removed from Evans’ convic- tion, his motives for attacking Bunn remain unclear. Hermiston Police Chief Jason Edmiston wrote in an email that Evans didn’t talk with authorities when he turned himself in. And in an interview with the East Oregonian, Bunn said he’s still uncertain as to why Evans attacked him. Bunn said he was still months away from opening Honey Bunnz and had kept that information close to the vest. Bunn also said he was acquainted with Evans but didn’t share a personal history with him. Evans to did not respond to repeated requests for comment. With Umatilla not an option due to its temporary ban on strip clubs, Evans applied to reopen Night Moves at 15 N. Columbia St. in Milton-Freewater. According to a business license application dated June 23, Evans planned to open a “juice bar with exotic entertainment” and employ three people. Often, the dancers themselves work as private contractors. Evans listed a Madras address in his application. While Milton-Freewater doesn’t require conditional approval to open a strip club, City Manager Linda Hall said the city denied his business license application Wednesday. Although she declined to give the exact reason why the city denied the application, Hall said staff was not aware of Evans’ conviction before the East Oregonian contacted her Wednesday. Hall anticipates Evans ZLOO ¿OH DQ DSSHDO WR WKH city’s decision, which will be considered by Hall. If Hall upholds the city’s decision, Evans can appeal her ruling to the Milton-Freewater City Council. Hall said an appeal must EH¿OHGZLWKLQGD\VRIWKH city’s rejection, giving Evans until Aug. 7 to submit his appeal. If necessary, Evans could technically make his case at the city council’s next meeting Aug. 10, but Hall anticipates the appeals process will take longer. ——— Contact Antonio Sierra at asierra@eastoregonian.com or 541-966-0836. BUST: Multiple buys before search warrant “Mr. Cervantes is very well known to all law enforce- oxycodone pills prescribed to ment in Umatilla County,” someone else. Cervantes was charged Edmiston said. “He has a with possession and delivery history of being involved in of the drugs, felon in numerous investigations of SRVVHVVLRQ RI D ¿UHDUP DQG extreme violence to include frequenting or maintaining attempted murder.” In 2007, Cervantes was a place where controlled charged with attempted substances are used. He murder and assault following was lodged at the Umatilla a brawl in which he stabbed County Jail, Pendleton. Roberts said a tactical Kevin Verwey at an apart- team is only deployed in ment complex on Dogwood conjunction with a search Avenue in Hermiston. During warrant when an individual the trial, Cervantes claimed poses an imminent threat. he used his pocket knife in He said the narcotics team self defense, and the state XVHV FRQ¿GHQWLDO LQIRUPDQWV argued he intended to kill to provide the information Verwey. The jury convicted necessary to obtain a warrant. Cervantes of second-degree “We generally make assault in a 10-2 vote but multiple buys before the unanimously agreed he was innocent of attempted murder search warrant,” he said. Edmiston said Cervantes after a two-day trial. The prosecuting attorney has an extensive criminal representing the state argued history with 14 arrests and 73 charges. He said he is for a Measure 11 sentence hopeful the combination of 70 months, but the Circuit of commercial quantities Court judge downgraded of controlled substances WKHVHQWHQFHWR¿YH\HDUVRI DQG D ¿UHDUP ZLOO OHDG WR probation and 180 hours of community service each of Cervantes’ incarceration. those years. Continued from 1A traditional beer and ages in oak barrels for months, letting the microorganisms do their work. “Sour beer is becoming really popular on the west side of the Cascades,” he said. “Hopefully, it appeals to locals soon.” Ordnance, currently a seven-barrel brewery, will soon expand into a 30-barrel brew house, increasing capacity from 240 to 900 gallons. Coleman has watched (and tasted) 0D\¿HOG¶V ZRUN ZLWK LQFUHDVLQJ approval. “We got really lucky,” he said. “Someday, if he sticks with it, he’ll be one of the old gray hairs in the business that everyone looks up to.” The brewery, at 405 N. Olson Road in Boardman, will have a grand opening August 1 from noon to 10 p.m. with food, games, live music and, of course, beer. A shuttle will run from Neighbor Dudes in Hermiston every two hours starting at noon. More information is available at www.ordnancebrewing.com. ——— Contact Kathy Aney at kaney@ eastoregonian.com or call 541-966- 0810. 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