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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.
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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
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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.
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