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About East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 21, 2015)
Jimmy Carter talks about his cancer NATION/6A COLBRAY MAY MISS SEASON HERMISTON FOOTBALL/1B F5I'A<, A8*86T , th <ear, No Your Weekend WINNER OF THE 2015 ONPA GENERAL EXCELLENCE AWARD 2ne Gollar Another ¿ re erupts near -ohn Day Ricco Ranch, Dixie Creek 6tanGarG Creek evacuate • • • Wheatstock music festival in Helix Morrow County Fair in Heppner Pilot Rock Community Days Saturday For times and places see Coming Events, 5A Catch a movie Alan Markfi eld/Lionsgate via AP Jesse Eisenberg and Kristen Stewart star in the stoner action-comedy, “American Ultra.” More inside By NANCY MCCARTHY and GEORGE PLAVEN East Oregonian :ilG¿ re has once again erupteG in rural *rant County, this time ThursGay evening near 3rairie City, prompting a familiar refrain of smoke¿ lleG skies anG resiGents on evacuation alert The Ela]e is locateG six to eight miles north of 3rairie City anG miles west from its closest point to the stillraging Canyon Creek Complex south of -ohn Day Forest 6ervice of¿ cials saiG the two ¿ res aren’t expecteG to join %y pm, the newly GiscovereG -erry’s Draw Fire haG alreaGy grown Eetween anG acres anG was See FIRE/3A Staff photo by Angel Carpenter A new fi re that started Thursday evening is endangering Prairie City. STANFIELD For showtime, Page 5A For review, Weekend EO A mile in their shoes Weekend Weather Fri Sat Sun 79/50 83/51 91/61 3overty simulation helps eGucators unGerstanG lives of poor stuGents Court rules pot odor ‘not inherently offensive’ By SEAN HART East Oregonian By ANTONIO SIERRA East Oregonian As the state continues to sort through marijuana regu lations, a recent court ruling coulG affect a 3enGleton orGi nance prohiEiting the oGor of marijuana from spreaGing to another property The Court of Appeals ruling on :eGnesGay was the result of a case involving criminal mischief charges Erought against a 3hilomath man AccorGing to the ruling, a 3hilomath police of¿ cer oEtaineG a warrant to search -areG :illiam /ang¶s apartment after neighEors repeateGly complaineG aEout the smell of marijuana smoke emanating from /ang¶s resi Gence The of¿ cer searcheG Lang’s home on suspicion of seconGGegree GisorGerly conGuct, the warrant citing a section of state statute that forEiGs people from See ODOR/10A • Three fi refi ghters who died fi ghting Washington blaze are mourned in their communities, including Walla Walla. 2A • Two Washington fi res bump Canyon City Complex off the top of the priority list, but high winds continue to put homes in danger. 3A • Governor Kate Brown promised as much help as the state can provide, but program for those who have lost homes is severely limited. 3A Staff photo by Kathy Aney Stanfi eld librarian Penny Anderson takes part in the poverty simulation Thursday in the Stanfi eld Elementary School gym. While getting a payday loan, she discovers the guy behind the counter (played by Echo Principal Keith Holman) has shorted her some cash. 6tuGents who live in poverty face a numEer of challenges that can negatively impact their eGucational performance To Eetter unGerstanG what these stuGents anG their fami lies experience, 6tan¿ elG anG (cho school Gistrict staff participateG in a poverty simulation ThursGay proviGeG Ey CoActive Connections Lori %eamer, Girector of operations anG outreach for the 6alemEaseG organi]ation, saiG many of the Earriers impoverisheG stuGents encounter are not immeGiately apparent to people who have not experienceG them For example, a stuGent who fails to turn in homework may not have a room or another Tuiet place to stuGy, she saiG, or may have to care for other siElings while parents are working A parent who misses a conference with a teacher may lack money for chilG care or transportation or may Ee unaEle to attenG Eecause of work hours, she saiG After a previous simulation at a miGGle school in the state, %eamer saiG teachers there Eegan offering home visits for parents who misseG conferences when they reali]eG what these stuGents anG families face “The goal is that the eGucators anG the staff are aEle to move forwarG anG improve outcomes for those stuGents anG, therefore, improve outcomes for the community as a whole,´ she saiG “:hen stuGents feel respecteG, when they feel unGerstooG, when Earriers that exist are Eroken Gown Eecause they’re iGenti¿ eG anG GiscusseG, then stuGents have a much greater chance at achievement´ 6tan¿ elG 6chool District 6uperintenGent 6helley Liscom saiG that Eecause so many of the Gistrict’s stuGents live in poverty, she wanteG her staff to “walk a mile in their See POVERTY/10A HEPPNER Morrow County Fair shows off homegrown talent By JADE MCDOWELL East Oregonian The Morrow County Fair is serving up a little slice of Americana all week, showcasing homegrown talent in everything from playing the ¿ GGle to raising animals -orGan 6chaiEle+enGren, , of ,rrigon haG the livestock part Gown 6he saiG she has shown animals at the fair so many times she has lost count, Eut she still looks forwarG to it every year ³, grew up showing,´ she saiG ³,t¶s Must an e[perience , love Going (very year is new´ This year she Erought a sheep anG a goat, which she was Eusy showing off Guring the +FFA conforma tion on ThursGay afternoon 6he GiGn¶t walk away with the top pri]e, Eut the MuGge GiG single her out to the auGience, praising her focus ³6he¶s Ge¿ nitely intense,´ he saiG ³, love a showman who comes to show´ Kaelyn Lindsay, of Heppner, guides her steer around the ring Thursday during conforma- tion at the Morrow County Fair in Heppner. Staff photo by Kathy Aney 6chaiEle+enGren saiG she enMoys EonGing with her animals anG e[periencing the ups anG Gowns of raising livestock, from worry when they escape to happiness when they are thriving %ut fair time is a whole Gifferent e[perience ³6tepping into the ring is like going into another worlG,´ she saiG ³2utsiGe the ring you¶re all e[citeG anG running arounG, Eut in the ring you¶re in the ]one´ Area musicians also haG their turn in the spotlight ThursGay At the talent show that afternoon, seven acts ² all girls Eetween the ages of anG ² competeG for a chance to move on to the state fair Ma/inGa Morter, , from ,one, was last year¶s winner 6he saiG Eefore the show that she haG maGe a mistake Guring last year¶s state fair performance anG was hoping for a chance to reGeem herself “I just like singing in front of people,´ she saiG 6he sang anG playeG the keytar, performing a renGition of 6aErina Carpenter¶s “MiGGle of 6tarting 2ver´ anG coming in thirG place 6econG place went to +annah Finch, an yearolG viola player originally from North Carolina who will Ee starting si[th graGe in +eppner in the fall It was 'aytona Tracy, , from +ermiston who won the talent show with a spunky tap Gance numEer set to “Forget AEout the %oy´ from the %roaGway musical “Thoroughly MoGern Millie´ Tracy saiG she has Eeen Gancing See FAIR/10A
