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Another ¿ re erupts near -ohn Day
Ricco Ranch, Dixie Creek
6tanGarG Creek evacuate
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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.
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For review, Weekend EO
A mile in
their shoes
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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