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SEAHAWKS SEASON PREVIEW Canyon Creek fi re evacuations lifted FOOTBALL/1B 81/55 REGION/3A TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2015 139th Year, No. 233 WINNER OF THE 2015 ONPA GENERAL EXCELLENCE AWARD One dollar HERMISTON 1HZÀDJWLHVODUJHVWLQVWDWH easy task. Cathy said the family had to KLUHDQHQJLQHHUDQGWKHQKLUHFRQWUDF tors to dig a 20 foot deep hole and install Madras and the Forest Grove memorial a wide culvert full of cement and rebar ÀDJSROHDVWKHELJJHVWÀDJÀRZQLQWKH to create the base for the pole before state of Oregon. XVLQJDFUDQHWRHUHFWWKHIRRWURG Cathy said it was the biggest one her They plan to complete the project KXVEDQG FRXOG ¿QG IRU VDOH ,W WRZHUV by adding permanent spotlights and RYHU VHYHUDO RWKHU ODUJH ÀDJV LQ WRZQ a circular cement driveway that pulls including the 18 by 25 foot one owned around the pole, and Cathy said Staff photo by E.J. Harris by Glenn and Erin Chowning that has Lawrence wants to add a plaque and become a landmark on Orchard Avenue. ODQGVFDSLQJWRWXUQWKHÀDJSROHLQWRD Cathy and Lawrence Pedro are fl ying one of the largest U.S. fl ag that money can buy at their home Monday on “You can see it for miles, especially memorial tribute to his grandparents. Westland Road west of Hermiston. The fl ag measures at night when it’s all lit up,” she said. in at 60 feet by 30 feet and can be seen from Interstate See FLAG/8A 6XSSRUWLQJ VXFK D ODUJH ÀDJ LV QR 84. Oh say, you can see it from the interstate By JADE MCDOWELL East Oregonian Drivers entering Hermiston via :HVWODQG 5RDG DUH EHLQJ JUHHWHG E\ D PDVVLYH$PHULFDQ ÀDJ YLVLEOH IURP the interstate after Cathy and Lawrence Pedro added a 100 foot pole to their yard last Thursday. 7KH ÀDJ LV IHHW E\ IHHW DQG ZHLJKVSRXQGV,WWLHVWKHRQHVÀRZQ at the Erickson Aircraft Museum in %DVVDQJOHUVJLYH FROGUHVSRQVHWR ZDUPZDWHUUHJV “It’s like feeling lost in a familiar place.” — Shawna Kirk, stroke survivor Bag limits to end on three rivers By GEORGE PLAVEN East Oregonian Staff photo by E.J. Harris Stroke survivor Shawna Kirk demonstrates a sitting leg exercise at a meeting of the Rebounders on Thursday in Pendleton. Bouncing back after a brain injury By KATHY ANEY East Oregonian They call themselves the Rebounders. Most of the people sitting in the circle last week had all suffered strokes or traumatic EUDLQ LQMXULHV /LNH ¿QJHU prints, no two brain injuries are the same, but many of the Rebounders struggle with similar challenges — foggy memory, balance issues and clunky cognitive functioning. The gathering began with the usual mantra. “I am better than I was yesterday, and I will be better tomorrow than I am today,” they intoned. Two survivors — Shawna Kirk and Larry Salina — led the meeting this day. They VWDUWHG ZLWK SK\VLFDO PRYH ment. Together, the members circled their arms, twisted their torsos, gyrated their hips and shared a huge belly laugh. They chatted about music therapy, brain games, goals and the importance of social Speech patholo- gist Ailea Villanueva asks the Rebound- ers group if they know any celebrities with traumatic brain inju- ries during a meeting in Pendleton. Staff photo by E.J. Harris See REBOUNDERS/8A %XG+DUWPDQFDQVHQVH\HDUVRISURJ ress beginning to unravel. As one of the original members of the 2UHJRQ %DVV DQG 3DQ¿VK &OXE LQ Hartman, of Portland, fought for the state’s ¿UVWHYHUEDJOLPLWVRQEDVV¿VKLQJWRSURWHFW the species from overharvest. 2Q6HSWWKH2UHJRQ)LVKDQG:LOGOLIH &RPPLVVLRQDSSURYHGVSRUW¿VKLQJUHJXOD WLRQV IRU WKDW LQFOXGHV UHPRYLQJ EDJ OLPLWV RQ DOO ZDUPZDWHU ¿VK ² LQFOXGLQJ EDVV ZDOOH\H FUDSSLH SDQ¿VK DQG FDW¿VK — in the Columbia, John Day and Umpqua ULYHUVOHDYLQJ+DUWPDQGHÀDWHG “I’ve been at the forefront of making sure WKHVH¿VKKDYHWKHULJKWWRH[LVWLQ2UHJRQ´ he said. “As of last Friday, I felt like all of these efforts we put in have all been in vain.” Hartman, who attended the commission’s meeting in Seaside, said he felt his arguments against ending bag limits on warmwater ¿VK IHOO RQ GHDI HDUV +H LVQ¶W ZRUULHG WKH ¿VKHULHV ZLOO EHFRPH RYHUO\ GHJUDGHG EXW said it simply sends the wrong message to anglers. “To me, it devalues the resource,” Hartman said. “It says to the angling public WKDWWKHVH¿VKGRQ¶WPHDQDQ\WKLQJ´ (LJKWHHQ SHUFHQW RI 2UHJRQ ¿VKHUPHQ said they consider themselves primarily ZDUPZDWHU DQJOHUV DFFRUGLQJ WR D survey by the state Department of Fish & :LOGOLIH$QRWKHUSHUFHQWVDLGWKH\¿VKHG for warmwater species at some point during the past year. :KHQLWFRPHVWREDVV¿VKLQJ2UHJRQKDV EHFRPHDZRUOGFODVVGHVWLQDWLRQ/DVW\HDU %DVVPDVWHU0DJD]LQHUDQNHGWKH&ROXPELD 5LYHUWKLQLWVOLVWRIWRSSODFHVWR¿VK for bass in the U.S., while Field & Stream 0DJD]LQHDOVRQDPHGWKH-RKQ'D\5LYHUDV WKHEHVWVPDOOPRXWKEDVVULYHULQWKH:HVWLQ its May 2015 issue. Lonnie Johnson, conservation director for the Oregon Bass Angler Sportsman Society, RU %$66 VDLG PRVW EDVV ¿VKHUPHQ DUH FDWFKDQGUHOHDVHRQO\UHPRYLQJEDJOLPLWV See FISH/3A MISSION 3LQWVL]HGDQFHUV ¿QGWKHLUUK\WKP Tamastslikt Cultural Institute. (YHQWRIIHUVORZNH\ $OH[ VHHPHG ORVW LQ introduction to powwow /LWWOH wonderment, his eyes wide at the avalanche of sensory input. $OH[¶V GDG /HODQG $OOHQ Tiny dancers got their watched with a smile. The chance to shine Saturday at the single father of three had brought his children from ¿IWKDQQXDO.LG]3RZ:RZ 2QH\HDUROG $OH[ $OOHQ their home in Lapwai, Idaho, clutched his older sister’s to attend. “They dance for fun,” he hand and made his way slowly VDLG RI KLV FKLOGUHQ $OH[ around the large room with Olivia and Lewis. “It makes the other dancers during the opening group circle dance. me feel good to watch them. It They moved in time to loud makes me feel proud.” 2UJDQL]HU &DVVDQGUD drumbeats and singing that See POW WOW/3A pierced the usual quiet of the By KATHY ANEY East Oregonian Staff photo by Kathy Aney Emery Kordatzky, 6, stands patiently as a strap is adjusted during the 5th Annual Kidz Pow Wow on Saturday at Tamastslikt Cultural Institute. Staff photo by Kathy Aney Olivia Allen, 7, holds the hand of her little brother, Alex, during the 5th An- nual Kidz Pow Wow on Saturday at the Tamastslikt Cultural Institute.