PENDLETON TIES
MILWAUKIE 2-2
Last witness to
Depot explosion
dies at 93 REGION/3A
BOYS SOCCER/1B
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 2015
139th Year, No. 231
WINNER OF THE 2015 ONPA GENERAL EXCELLENCE AWARD
One dollar
BOARDMAN
IRRIGON
SFhool
leaderV
TXerLed
E\ TSP&
One dead
in crash
East Oregonian
One perVon dLed ThXrVda\
nLght Ln a FraVh on InterVtate
4 near Boardman.
The Fall for emergenF\
VerYLFeV went oXt at aEoXt
925 p.m. to reVpond to
a headon FraVh on the
LnterVtate.
TrLpFheFN.Fom
reported the FraVh affeFted
the eaVtEoXnd laneV Eetween
the downtown and Port of
Morrow e[LtV.
Morrow &oXnt\ Xnder
VheLrff SteYe M\ren VaLd
he waV not \et at the VFene
EXt XnderVtood there waV a
YehLFle ¿ re and one perVon
dLed. +e dLd not Va\ Lf the ¿ re
FaXVed the fatalLt\.
EmergenF\ radLo FommX
nLFatLonV reported a YehLFle
waV on ¿ re and there ma\
haYe Eeen a YLFtLm LnVLde.
The\ alVo Vtated a Vmall FhLld
VXffered LnMXrLeV Ln the FraVh,
and a LLfe FlLght helLFopter
tranVported the FhLld.
Brown to
¿ [ energ\
ta[ FredLt
SroElePV
By HILLARY BORRUD
Capital Bureau
SALEM — Oregon
energ\ oI¿ FLalV haYe deFLded
not to IolloZ throXgh on theLr
Slan to reZrLte the rXleV Ior
ValeV oI energ\ ta[ FredLtV,
and *oY. .ate BroZn Va\V
TXeVtLonV raLVed aEoXt the
SrograP are EeLng addreVVed.
Both deYeloSPentV FoPe
Ln reVSonVe to an aXdLt E\ the
SeFretar\ oI State¶V OI¿ Fe
that Fon¿ rPed reSortLng
E\ the EO MedLa *roXS
PaPSlLn
MedLa
*roXS
StatehoXVe BXreaX that raLVed
TXeVtLonV aEoXt the SrLFLng
oI thoVe FredLtV Zhen Vold to
thLrd SartLeV.
PXElLFl\, the Oregon
DeSartPent oI Energ\ haV
VLnFe MarFh Sortra\ed the
SroSoVal aV a roXtLne tZeaN to
adPLnLVtratLYe rXleV.
+oZeYer,
LnterYLeZV
and SXElLF reFordV reYealed
energ\ oI¿ FLalV had alloZed
VoPe FoPSanLeV and Zealth\
LndLYLdXalV to SXrFhaVe the
ta[ FredLtV at deeSer dLVFoXntV
than alloZed Xnder Vtate
SrLFe regXlatLonV, and the
dealV aSSeared to FontradLFt
See CREDITS/8A
TeaFherV FommLVVLon
LnYeVtLgatLng reVponVe to
MFEllLgott allegatLonV
By SEAN HART
East Oregonian
Staff photo by E.J. Harris
Pendleton fi re personnel load a victim of a single vehicle rollover into a Life Flight helicopter Thursday in
the middle of the eastbound lanes of Interstate 84 near mile marker 209 in Pendleton.
Four hurt, three flee
LLfe FlLght taNeV
one awa\ from I4
wreFN Ln Pendleton
By PHIL WRIGHT
East Oregonian
FoXr people were LnMXred
ThXrVda\ Ln a Far FraVh Ln Pendleton
that EloFNed the freewa\ for hoXrV,
and an emergenF\ helLFopter À ew
one YLFtLm from the VFene.
A 1995 Ford E[plorer waV headLng
eaVt on InterVtate 4 when Lt FraVhed
a lLttle Eefore 230 p.m. near mLlepoVt
209, aFFordLng to a wrLtten Vtatement
from Oregon State PolLFe. The
prelLmLnar\ LnYeVtLgatLon reYealed a
tLre Elew oXt, whLFh FontrLEXted to
the YehLFle leaYLng the roadwa\. The
E[plorer entered the Fenter medLan
where Lt VtrXFN a dLrt emEanNment
and rolled at leaVt onFe.
Staff photo by E.J. Harris
Pendleton fi refi ghters treat one of the victims of a single vehicle roll-
over Thursday near mile marker 209 on Interstate 84 in Pendleton.
SeYen people were Ln the YehLFle
when Lt FraVhed, aFFordLng to
paVVenger and wLtneVV VtatementV,
and at leaVt two men were eMeFted,
See WRECK/10A
BXffer agaLnVt the Ela]e
µFLreVFapLng¶
proteFtV propert\
See IRRIGON/10A
Kentucky clerks to
license marriages as
their boss is jailed
By ADAM BEAM
Associated Press
By GEORGE PLAVEN
East Oregonian
+Ldden aPong a denVe
Vtand of treeV on -err\
:\land¶V PoXntaLn SroSert\
VtandV a VLngle whLte ¿ r, VSlLt
deeS down the PLddle E\
lLghtnLng where a SotentLal
wLld¿ re VPoldered for da\V.
FortXnatel\, :\land VaLd
the LnFLdent haSSened VoPe
tLPe Ln -Xne whLle the VhrXEV
were VtLll green enoXgh to
reVLVt EXrnLng. +e NnowV he
PLght not Ee Vo lXFN\ toda\.
“If that happened now,
Lt FoXld Ee a FoPpletel\
dLfferent Vtor\,” he VaLd.
:Lld¿ re LV weLghLng
eVpeFLall\ heaY\ thLV \ear on
the PLndV of prLYate foreVt
ownerV lLNe :\land, who
haV 1,250 aFreV Xp NarNXV
Lane near :eVton. NXPeroXV
large Ela]eV FontLnXe to wreaN
haYoF aFroVV the NorthweVt,
deVtro\Lng do]enV of hoPeV
and leaYLng the enYLronPent
Ln lLPEo.
*LYen the LntenVLt\ of
reFent ¿ re VeaVonV, :\land
VaLd landownerV Fan¶t aYoLd
thLnNLng aEoXt PanagLng
theLr foreVtV Ln a wa\ that
gLYeV theP the EeVt FhanFe to
VXrYLYe ELgger, hotter Ela]eV
looPLng Ln droXght — a praF
tLFe Nnown aV “¿ reVFapLng.”
For \earV, :\land haV
VeFXred grantV throXgh
Three adPLnLVtratorV who
worNed for Morrow &oXnt\
SFhool DLVtrLFt Ln 2013 are
EeLng LnYeVtLgated E\ the
TeaFher StandardV and PraF
tLFeV &oPPLVVLon.
SXSerLntendent
DLrN
DLrNVen VaLd the FoPPLVVLon
LV looNLng Lnto the adPLnLV
tratLon¶V reVSonVe to allega
tLonV of a Ve[Xal relatLonVhLS
Eetween a forPer teaFher and
VtXdent. +e VaLd he reSorted
LnforPatLon aEoXt a forPer
VtXdent who VaLd Vhe had
Ve[ wLth -aNe MFEllLgott,
a forPer Path teaFher and
FoaFh at IrrLgon -XnLor
SenLor +Lgh SFhool, to the
Morrow &oXnt\ SherLff¶V
Of¿ Fe and the TeaFher Stan
dardV and PraFtLFeV &oPPLV
VLon LPPedLatel\ when he
reFeLYed the LnforPatLon Ln
SeStePEer 2014.
The
FoPPLVVLon
Fon¿ rPed Lt haV oSen
LnYeVtLgatLonV on DLrNVen,
BlaLne *anYoa and &raLg
BenVen. *anYoa waV the
IrrLgon SenLor +Lgh SFhool
athletLF dLreFtor froP 200
to MarFh 2014 and waV hLred
aV the athletLF dLreFtor at
+erPLVton +Lgh SFhool Ln
-Xne 2014. +e Fon¿ rPed the
LnYeVtLgatLon waV regardLng
the adPLnLVtratLon¶V reVSonVe
to the allegatLonV aEoXt
MFEllLgott.
dr\ dLrt road Xp the hLll from
hLV FaELn.
“It¶V a lot of hard worN oXt
there wLth the FhaLnVaw, I¶ll
tell \oX that,” :\land VaLd.
AS+LAND, .\. — A de¿ ant FoXnt\ FlerN went to
MaLl ThXrVda\ Ior reIXVLng to LVVXe ParrLage lLFenVeV to
ga\ FoXSleV, EXt ¿ Ye oI her deSXtLeV agreed to LVVXe the
lLFenVeV thePVelYeV, SotentLall\ endLng the FhXrFhVtate
VtandoII Ln Rowan &oXnt\, .entXFN\.
8.S. DLVtrLFt -Xdge DaYLd BXnnLng VaLd he had no
FhoLFe EXt to MaLl .LP DaYLV
Ior FontePSt aIter Vhe LnVLVted
that her ³FonVFLenFe wLll not
allow” her to follow federal
FoXrt rXlLngV on ga\ ParrLage.
³*od¶V Poral law FonÀ LFtV
wLth P\ MoE dXtLeV,” DaYLV
told the MXdge Eefore Vhe waV
taNen awa\ E\ a 8.S. ParVhal.
³YoX Fan¶t Ee VeSarated froP
VoPethLng that¶V Ln \oXr heart
and Ln \oXr VoXl.”
BXnnLng
offered
to
releaVe DaYLV Lf Vhe woXld Davis
SroPLVe not to Lnterfere wLth
her ePSlo\eeV LVVXLng ParrLage lLFenVeV on FrLda\
PornLng. BXt DaYLV, throXgh her attorne\V, reMeFted that
offer and FhoVe to Vta\ Ln MaLl.
*a\ and leVELan FoXSleV Yowed to aSSear at the
Rowan &oXnt\ FlerN¶V of¿ Fe for the ¿ fth tLPe on FrLda\
to Vee Lf the deSXt\ FlerNV woXld NeeS theLr SroPLVeV.
³:e¶re goLng to the FoXrthoXVe toPorrow to get oXr
ParrLage lLFenVe and we¶re Yer\ e[FLted aEoXt that,”
VaLd ASrLl MLller, who haV Eeen engaged to .aren
RoEertV for 11 \earV.
AV word of DaYLV¶ MaLlLng VSread oXtVLde the federal
FoXrthoXVe, hXndredV of SeoSle Fhanted and VFreaPed,
³LoYe wLnV LoYe wLnV” whLle DaYLV¶ VXSSorterV
Eooed.
DaYLV¶ law\er, Roger *annaP, VaLd Lt waV the ¿ rVt
tLPe Ln hLVtor\ an APerLFan FLtL]en haV Eeen MaLled for
See FIRE/10A
See MARRIAGE/10A
Staff photo by E.J. Harris
A white spruce tree stands split by a June lightning
storm on the heavily forested property of Jerry Wyland
outside of Weston.
the Oregon Department of
ForeVtr\ to thLn oYerFrowded
treeV on the propert\ hLV
famLl\ pXrFhaVed EaFN Ln
190. +LV moVt reFent proMeFt
LnYolYeV remoYLng Vmaller
treeV and ladder fXelV along a