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REGION Wednesday, August 19, 2015 East Oregonian PENDLETON T9 goes froP grift to gift CoPPunity pitches in for special needs student’s new T9 Candis McClure Nnew she’d been ripped off — and she wasn’t too afraid to post online about it. Her son, Taylor, is a senior at Pend- leton High School with special needs. While he’s an aYid SeahawNs fan, participates in the Special OlyPpics, tracN and ¿eld and sits in on the school’s football practices, he spends Puch of his tiPe on his ;box Yideo gaPe console, connecting with other gaPers on ;box LiYe. So when a used 2” teleYision caPe up for 100 on a local FacebooN classi- ¿eds page, Candis was willing to put out the Poney. According to her, a sopho- Pore Taylor Nnew froP school dropped off the teleYision last Wednesday. When plugged in, the teleYision seePed func- tional — but, once the teenager left, the McClures tried to power it up again. The screen would go blacN. The faPily tried it again in Taylor’s rooP, but to no aYail. It was broNen. Enter Melinda TalleNpaleN, a fellow FacebooN classi¿eds user. She saw the post froP Candis that she had been hoodwinNed and decided to do soPething about it. She set about asNing people to pitch in to buy a teleYision for Taylor. Within 1 hours, said TalleNpaleN, Taylor had a brand new ” EPerson Àat screen froP Wal-Mart, along with a new D9D player and a new Madden Staff photo by Jonathan Bach Taylor McClure, 17, sits in his electric wheelchair next to his new Emerson 46-inch flat screen television. Around 15 to 20 community mem- bers donated money to buy it for him after an online seller sold him a broken television. NFL 2015 Yideo gaPe for his ;box. SoPe 15 to 20 coPPunity PePbers gaYe of thePselYes to PaNe it happen, with donations that ranged froP 10 to 150 each. For the elder McClure, the randoP act of Nindness was unexpected. She tracNed down the teen who sold her the busted T9 and got her 100 bacN, but this was soPething different. ³I felt Yery appreciatiYe,” she said Tuesday. TalleNpaleN Pet the McClures a year ago when she bought clothes froP Candis Yia the FacebooN page. She said she rePePbered Taylor’s sPile when the young Pan opened the door to greet her. “It’s not easy being a single parent,” TalleNpaleN said, noting she was one for years before she got Parried. TalleNpaleN said eYen if she hadn’t receiYed enough for the new teleYision froP other users, she would haYe put the rePainder of the balance on her Wal-Mart credit card. Now the teleYision has been installed in Taylor’s rooP aPong his 12th Man PePorabilia. %ut the McClures traded in the Madden Yideo gaPe for an N%A gaPe, because Taylor already receiYed a signed Yersion of the Madden gaPe when SeahawNs players %.J. Daniels and Will TuNuafu Yisited Pendleton in July. ——— Contact Jonathan Bach at jbach@ eastoregonian.com or 541-966-0809. Man arrested, woman faces sentencing for child neglect By PHIL WRIGHT East Oregonian A %oardPan Pan is in Mail on allegations he helped starYe a -year-old boy two years ago in HerPiston. His prosecution coPes in the waNe of the boy’s Pother taNing a plea deal for her role in the criPe. HerPiston police on Wednesday, Aug. 12, arrested Randall Edward McCoy, 29, on a warrant that stePPed froP a grand Mury indictPent of Aug. , according to 8Patilla County Circuit Court records. HerPiston Police Chief Jason EdPiston said his departPent inYestigated the case in April 2013 based on a report froP the Oregon DepartPent of HuPan SerYices that alleged McCoy and his girlfriend Charrity Richesin, 2, were not feeding her son and eYen tying hiP up to Neep hiP froP getting food. The subsequent inYes- tigation led to criPinal charges, he said, and to the state placing the boy and his two siblings into protectiYe custody. Court records identify only one boy as the YictiP. McCoy pleaded not guilty on Thursday in circuit court in HerPiston to one count of third-degree assault and two counts of ¿rst-degree criPinal PistreatPent. Rich- esin pleaded guilty in March to one count of ¿rst-degree criPinal PistreatPent. Her sentencing, according to court records, is Aug. 2 in HerPiston. Records also show the couple reside at the saPe address in %oardPan. “These types of cases are disgusting,” EdPiston said, “and we are tasNed with assisting other agencies to protect the interest of the children inYolYed.” He also credited detectiYes and state prosecutors for sticNing with the case Pore than two years to bring Richesin and McCoy to Mustice. 8Patilla County District Attorney Dan PriPus said he could not coPPent in detail on the case at this tiPe. BRIEFLY PRZeU RXW EULeÀ\ in Pendleton PENDLETON — A doZned tree EranFK ErieÀy cut power to parts of the North Hill and Southgate areas in Pendleton Thursday. Paci¿c Power spoNesPan ToP *auntt said the failure lasted froP Must Eefore 2 p.P. to 21 p.P. after Paci¿c Power crews rePoYed the Eranch. Appro[iPately 1,0 custoPers were affected Ey the outage. ,n a statePent, Pendleton PuElic WorNs Director %oE Patterson adYised water custoPers affected Ey the ElacNout to checN their irrigation settings, which can soPetiPes reset after a power outage and increase water usage. Local delegates elected for Angus convention Lori L. ThoPas, of HerPiston, and APy 5ayPond, of Pilot 5ocN, haYe Eeen elected delegates to the annual APerican Angus Association &onYen- tion NoY. 5 in OYerland ParN, .ansas. ThoPas and 5ayPond were chosen by fellow PePbers in Oregon to serYe as representatiYes. There are 2 delegates representing 2 states, as well as the District of &oluPbia and Canada, who will participate in business and elect ¿Ye directors to the association’s board of directors. ,n addition, EPily )olNestad of HerPiston has been elected as an alternate delegate. The APerican Angus Association, based in Saint Joseph, Missouri, is the nation’s largest beef breed organi]ation, serYing 25,000 PePbers across the 8nited States. The annual Peeting will taNe place in conMunc- tion with the 2015 Angus Means %usiness National ConYention and Trade Show West Nile virus detected in 0orroZ &ount\ East Oregonian By JONATHAN BACH East Oregonian NoY. -5 at the OYerland ParN ConYention Center. )or Pore inforPation about Angus cattle and the 2015 conYention, Yisit www. angus.org. Adams plans communit\ potluck ADAMS — LiYe Pusic, face painting and an educational birds of prey presentation by %lue Mountain Wildlife are all featured during the AdaPs CoPPunity PotlucN. The eYent is Thursday beginning at 5 p.P. at AdaPs City ParN. The city of AdaPs will proYide haPburgers, hot dogs, paper goods and drinNs. Those attending are asNed to bring a side dish to share. Other groups or organizations planning to attend include the AdaPs City Council, AdaPs Library %oard, Weston- McEwen Lions Club, AdaPs Ladies Club, AdaPs Public Library, AdaPs Neighborhood Watch and the East 8Patilla County Rural Fire Protection District, who will be bringing a ¿re trucN. Residents of AdaPs are encouraged to coPe to the parN to chat with your neighbor, enMoy the bird show and get to Nnow Pore about organizations in the coPPunity. For Pore inforPation, contact 51-5-0 or library#cityofadaPsoregon. coP. &ommunit\ 'a\s kicks off )rida\ P,LOT ROC. — CoPPunity yard sales, a parade, Yendors and wiener dog races are included in this weeNend’s Pilot RocN CoPPunity Days. The eYent NicNs off Friday froP 5-0 p.P. with a Class Reunion & CoPPunity Dinner at the Pilot RocN CoPPunity Center. The Peal, which features a choice of tri-tip or chicNen, costs 15 for adults or 12 for ages 5 or older. Call Annie Tester at 51--05 to RS9P. New this year, the Wiener Dog Race is Saturday at 10 p.P. at Pilot RocN City ParN. AdYance registration is 5, or 10 on race day. For registration forPs, stop by Pilot RocN City Hall or call 51--211. There’s also an all-breed dog costuPe contest at 1 p.P. There’s no fee to enter, and prizes will be awarded for best of show, Post original and looN-aliNe. Other Saturday eYents include a 3-D archery shoot, a horseshoe tournaPent, a quilt show, go-carts, a sticN horse rodeo and other children’s gaPes, and a car show. 9endors, including food, crafts and coPPercial itePs, will be open throughout the day. The parade starts at 5 p.P. at the ¿re station. Saturday eYening actiYities include a beer garden froP p.P. to Pidnight, liYe entertainPent including Irish Country and NaraoNe, and a Te[as hold µeP tournaPent. A coPPunity church serYice is planned Sunday at 10 a.P. at the parN. Also, a downtown cleanup effort begins at 10 a.P. OYernight caPping is aYailable in the parN and elePentary school. Also, trailer parNing at the football ¿eld parNing lot. For Pore inforPation, including a full schedule, Yisit www.cityofpilotrocN. orgcoPPunitydays, or call 9irginia Carnes at 51-3- 532 or 51-99-033. Page 3A West Nile Yirus, a Pild Àu-liNe disease spread by Posquitoes, has been detected at a Morrow County testing site. The Posquitoes were collected on the night of August 10 at the 8Patilla National Wildlife Refuge. ³The risN of contracting West Nile Yirus Pay be low, but we do encourage people to taNe appropriate precau- tions to protect thePselYes against Posquito bites,” said *reg %arron, Panager of the North Morrow 9ector Control District. He said the district will continue Posquito control operations using ultra-low YoluPe, trucN-Pounted sprayers and possibly helicopter spraying to reduce adult Posquito populations. Eighty percent of people infected with West Nile Yirus exhibit no syPptoPs. The rest usually haYe Yery Pild syPptoPs, such as feYer, headaches and nausea lasting froP three to six days. In a few cases, Pore seYere syPptoPs Pay occur including conYul- sions or disorientation, feYer aboYe 100 degrees and seYere headache, stiff necN, Pental confusion, Puscle weaNness, shaNing, paralysis or rash. Contact your health care proYider if you experience any of these syPptoPs. Health care proYiders Pay contact the Morrow County Health DepartPent for inforPation on West Nile Yirus testing serYices that the Oregon Public Health Lab offers. Pendleton Pan heads for deal in child porn case By PHIL WRIGHT East Oregonian A Pendleton Pan facing charges of child pornog- raphy has a hearing to change his plea. Jeffrey Carl Spain, 31, goes to circuit court Aug. 2 in Pendleton on the criPinal case that began in late 201. He has been in the 8Patilla County Jail, Pendleton, since his arrest Dec. 10. He has pleaded not guilty to the following • six counts of using a child in a display of sexually explicit conduct; • ¿Ye counts of luring a Pinor; • and one charge of ¿rst-degree possession of Paterials depicting sexually explicit conduct of a child and luring a Pinor. The 8Patilla County District Attorney’s Of¿ce accused Spain of inducing a girl to send pornographic iPages of herself to hiP six tiPes froP Sept. 11 to Dec. 5, 201. The grand Mury indictPent does not specify how old she was. Spain faced charges of sodoPy and sexual abuse in 2011 in 8Patilla County, according to records, but the case was disPissed. Another Pan facing accusations of sex criPes in Pendleton is on the laP. Anthony Lee Pruitt, 2, is wanted on a warrant for ¿Ye counts of second-degree sexual abuse. Pendleton Police Chief Stuart Roberts said the departPent’s school resource of¿cer in February McKay Creek Estates presents: SAFETY Join us as we host a lecture series to increase safety awareness on fall prevention, common home injuries and provide solutions to keep you and your loved one safe! S receiYed a request to Peet with a high school coun- selor and a student. That’s when the of¿cer learned the 1-year-old girl had sexual intercourse with Pruitt Pultiple tiPes in NoYePber 201. Pruitt was 23 at the tiPe, Roberts reported. Roberts said the case rePained under inYesti- gation for the next Ponth or so, until police found and interYiewed hiP. Once police had suf¿cient eYidence, the departPent sent it to the district attorney. Roberts stated the warrant for Pruitt’s arrest is the result of a grand Mury indictPent. The indictPent of May 2 reYealed soPe of their encounters tooN place at Wildhorse Resort and Casino, seYeral Piles froP Pendleton, as well as near the Pendleton ChaPber of CoPPerce. Pruitt, belieYed to be liYing in Portland, neYer showed for a June 23 for a felony arraignPent in circuit court in Pendleton, proPpting Judge Lynn HaPpton to issue a warrant for his arrest. ³It is not uncoPPon for people anticipating criPinal charges to run,” Roberts stated. ³If we haYe inforPa- tion concerning the where- abouts of such offenders, we will solicit the assistance froP the law enforcePent of Murisdiction to get the person into custody.” Without that, though, Roberts stated, there is little Pore police can do but wait for the warrant to be serYed. FIRST SafetyMan says “Always be Safe to Ensure an Active & Independent Lifestyle” The Truth Behind Senior Moments TUESDAY, AUGUST 25, 3:30 PM Learn what’s normal and what is not when it comes to short-term memory loss. 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