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Wednesday, September 9, 2015
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County Jail, Pendleton.
Pendleton Police Chief criminal mistreatment. The
Stuart Roberts said Tweet state dismissed the other
in 2014 had power of charges. Umatilla County
attorney for an elderly Circuit Judge Christopher
relative in Pendleton and Brauer sentenced her as
wrote checks to herself part of the plea agreement
from the victim’s bank to 30 days in jail and three
account. An investigation years probation. She also
led the Umatilla County must pay restitution of
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East Oregonian
BRIEFLY
ConAgra Foods
to hold hiring
event Friday
BOARDMAN —
ConAgra Foods Lamb
Weston will hold a hiring
event from 11 a.m. to
3 p.m. Friday, Sept. 11
at the SAGE Center in
Boardman.
Attendees should
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with a resume in hand.
ConAgra Foods is hiring
for multiple positions,
including general laborers,
lift truck operators and
packaging operators, at
its Boardman West Lamb
Weston potato plant.
The SAGE Center
is located at 101 Olson
Road. Applicants will also
need to apply online at
www.conagrafoodscareers.
com.
For more information,
contact the SAGE Center
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Volunteers
needed to set up
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HERMISTON —
Volunteers are invited to
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for Patriot Day, which
commemorates Sept. 11.
Those willing to erect
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Friday at 7:15 a.m. in front
of Hermiston Drug, 114
E. Main St., Hermiston.
Volunteers are also needed
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p.m., also meeting in front
of Hermiston Drug.
For more information,
contact Liz Marvin
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marvin@hermiston.
k12.or.us or visit
www.facebook.com/
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Award-winning
author to visit
during Round-Up
PENDLETON — Meet
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Rick Steber as he
participates in a book
signing event during
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Steber will be available
Wednesday, Sept. 16
from 10 a.m. to noon at
Armchair Books, 39 S.W.
Dorion Ave., Pendleton.
Steber’s latest book, “A
Better Man, the True Story
of One Man’s Incredible
Journey,” is based on the
life of Dave Franke. This
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loss and the strength of
love details Franke’s
career in construction and
his battle with alcoholism.
Steber, who lives near
Prineville, is the author
of more than 30 books.
His numerous awards
include the Western
Writers of America Spur
Award for Best Western
Novel, Western Heritage
Award, Benjamin Franklin
Award, Oregon Library
Association Award,
Oregon Literary Arts
Award and the USA Best
Book Award. Three of his
books have been optioned
to movie production
companies.
For more information
or to reserve a book,
call Armchair Books at
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about the author, visit
www.ricksteber.com.
Symphony
chorale sets
rehearsals
Councilors unhappy with
Powerline Road intersection
By JADE MCDOWELL
East Oregonian
A mismatch between what the city of
Umatilla was told and what was actually
built at the new intersection of Powerline
Road and Highway 730 has city coun
cilors grumbling.
The project moved the intersection
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on the bridge as people waited to turn left.
Oregon Department of Transportation
held a public open house about it in
February 2014 and made a presentation
to the city council in October, but later
made changes to the layout without
providing the city updated plans. ODOT
spokesman Tom Strandberg said the right
of way that was originally intended for
bike paths and sidewalks was needed
instead for the new section of Powerline
Road.
“A detailed review of the design prior
to construction discovered more room
was needed to adequately accommodate
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said in an email.
Last week the city council scheduled
a meeting with Umatilla public works
director Russ Pelleberg to discuss their
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through with ODOT that will take place
sometime in the next couple of weeks.
“The quality of work, to put it politely,
is poor in the mayor’s opinion,” mayor
David Trott said during the council
meeting.
Councilor Mary Dedrick said the
curves were so tight near the intersection
that she didn’t think people would even
be able to get up to the posted 35 mile
per hour speed limit that was posted, and
she was worried about people navigating
the new section of road in winter weather.
Councilor Mel Ray said the new
project was “really bad” and there are a
“multitude of issues,” including the lack
of curbs and sidewalks.
Back in October, making sure there
were bicycle paths and sidewalks was a
sticking point for the city. The project was
Staff photo by Jade McDowell
A car enters the new intersection of Powerline Road and Highway 730,
which was moved to accommodate turn lanes being added to the highway.
on Umatilla County land, so technically
ODOT didn’t have to add sidewalks and
curbs, but the city planning commission
was adamant that the department should
still follow the city’s codes requiring
them.
There was no money built into the
project for sidewalks or bike lanes, but
ODOT signed a memorandum of under
standing with the city that it would leave
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resources to add them later.
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along the edge of much of the road, which
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sidewalks and bike lanes were added. But
Strandberg said ODOT still intends to
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by continuing to work with the city to
“provide additional property for bike/ped
facilities.”
He said he was aware that the city
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and ODOT was committed to continue
working with them to address those
concerns.
Pelleberg said councilors were right
that putting in sidewalks was “going to be
a challenge to complete.” He said it could
still happen someday, though.
“The ODOT folks have given us their
word that they are not going to abandon
us,” he said.
He said there were a few other
issues that were going to be addressed,
including adding street lamps to the
intersection so people could better see
where the turn lanes were at night and be
less likely to miss the new turnoff, which
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sooner than the old intersection.
Even though the city had some
complaints, he said, the bottom line was
that the project did what it was intended
by alleviating dangerous bottlenecks and
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“It will take a little time for folks to get
used to but all in all I think it’s going to
work out,” he said.
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Contact
Jade
McDowell
at
jmcdowell@eastoregonian.com
or
541-564-4536.
STANFIELD
PENDLETON —
Rehearsals for the Holiday
Music Festival of the
Oregon East Symphony
Chorale are beginning
soon.
All community
singers are encouraged to
participate. The rehearsals
start Monday, Sept. 21 at
7 p.m. in the choir room
at Pendleton High School,
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The chorale will be
performing Ralph Vaughan
Williams’ “Fantasia
on Christmas Carols”
and Antonio Vivaldi’s
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will be available for loan
or purchase.
The Holiday Music
Festival is Sunday, Dec.13
at 6:30 p.m. at the Vert
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Dorion Ave., Pendleton.
The program will feature
a variety of community
vocal groups performing
Christmas music.
For more information,
call the symphony
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oregoneastsymphony.org.
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Submit information
to: community@
eastoregonian.com or
drop off to the attention of
Tammy Malgesini at 333
E. Main St., Hermiston
or Renee Struthers at
211 S.E. Byers Ave.,
Pendleton. Call 541-564-
4539 or 541-966-0818
with questions.
Desert Lanes Bowling Alley
Desert Springs Bottled
Water
Kroms Trucking
Krystal Ice
Farm City Pro Rodeo
Fiesta Foods
Harvest Foods
Hermiston Drug
Irrigon Fire Department
Irrigon Stokes Landing B & B
Java Junkies
Kennewick Dental
Kopacz Nursery
La Palma Restaurant
Les Schwab
Morrow Cold Storage
Morrow County Fair &
Rodeo
Napa Boardman
NW Metal Fabricators
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UMATILLA
Salon event cuts through hair loss
By TAMMY MALGESINI
East Oregonian
More than 13,000 inches
of hair has been donated
over the past 10 years to
Locks of Love through the
Main Stylin’ Nook.
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started the event 10 years
ago as a way to give back
through an event that related
to hair. At the time, she had
a couple of employees that
had cancer and she heard
about Locks of Love. The
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cially disadvantaged youths
under age 21 suffering from
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hold its annual Locks of
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26 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
at 540 S. Main St., Stan
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said appointments for hair
donations are still open. Six
stylists will be on hand to
take the hair donations.
To donate, people must
have 10 inches of hair cut.
Anyone donating, Kowal
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receive a free cut and style.
In addition, the event still
has openings for vendors.
There’s no charge to set up a
table to sell your wares. The
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food
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The Irrigon Watermelon Festival would like to thank all the
individuals and businesses who sponsored the Festival. With special
thanks to our major sponsors, Morrow County Unified Recreation
Dist and Bellinger Farms. Please suppport our sponsors by
patronizing their businesses and letting them know how much we
appreciate their community support. Without the tremendous
support of our volunteers,we would not have such a successful event.
AJ’s Printing
Amerigas
Bank of Eastern Oregon
Banner Bank-Hermiston
Banner Bank-Umatilla
Bi-Mart
Boardman Hardware
Boardman Farms
Boardman Foods
Bloomz Florist & Gift Shop
Carlson Drug
Chuck Wagon Café
Coca Cola
Columbia River
Community Health
Columbia View
Community Church
Commercial Tire
Con Agra
Cottage Flowers
Dairy Queen
East Oregonian
O’Reilly Auto Parts
Sharon’s Sweet Treats
Oregon Trail RV Park
Sherrell Chevrolet
Papa Murphy’s Pizza
Simplot Grower Solutions
Pat McNamee
Smitty’s Ace Hardware
Peach Tree Produce &
State Farm - Nate Conklin
Coffee
Starbucks
Pendleton Bottling-Pepsi Strebin Farms
Pendleton Round-up
Swain Motors
Pizza Hut
Tillamook Cheese Factory
Port of Morrow
Tom Denchel Ford
Qualls Honey House
Umatilla Electric
Quiznos
Walchli’s Farms
Raymond Couchman
Walkers Furniture
RDO
Wal Mart DC
Rick’s Carwash
Wayne Huwe
River Lodge & Grill
Wild Horse Casino
Rock Enterprises
Ye Old Pizza Shop
Rogers Toyota
Yo Country Frozen Yogurt
Sage Center
Sanitary Disposal
Sergio’s Mexican Restaurant
Special Thanks to Irrigon Marina Park Board, Caretakers Keith & Brenda Curnutt & Staff
Entertainment and advertising funded by Morrow County Unified Recreation District
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April Kowalski-Milbrodt, owner of The Main Stylin’
Nook in Stanfield. The salon’s annual Locks of Love
benefit is Saturday, Sept. 26.
and music with DJ Genesis.
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Locks of Love has been
a wonderful organization
to work with. They send a
thank you letter each year
regarding donations made
through Main Stylin’ Nook,
she said.
It takes about two years
to grow 10 inches of hair,
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brodt.
Although
some
people’s hair grows faster,
people will often wait to
donate as they don’t want
really short hair, Kowals
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inquire about vendor space
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Contact
Community
Editor Tammy Malgesini at
tmalgesini@eastoregonian.
com or 541-564-4539
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