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Wednesday, September 23, 2015
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the stop light on Southgate
Drive/Highway 395, then
turned right and entered the
A Wilsonville man who parking lot of Burger King,
claims he was not driving 601 Southgate.
Allen had a
impaired faces charges
after an Oregon State freshly lit ciga-
Police trooper found 11 rette, the trooper
“but
pounds of marijuana in his noted,
was unable to
vehicle in Pendleton.
The trooper arrested mask the over-
Gene Lee Allen, 44, for whelming odor
marijuana
possession of more than of
32 ounces of pot as well emanating from
as for driving under the the vehicle.”
Allen told the Allen
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in this case a controlled trooper he was
from
substance. Allen now is in coming
the Umatilla County Jail, Wilsonville and heading to
Ontario to see his brother,
Pendleton.
The arrest happened according to state police.
after the trooper tried to The trooper asked Allen
stop a blue Honda Accord about his driving, and he
at 11:41 p.m. Monday at said he was not impaired
the Exit 209 offramp from and stated he would take a
westbound Interstate 84, sobriety test.
State police reported
according to state police.
The Honda continued to Allen failed that test.
By PHIL WRIGHT
East Oregonian
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Pendleton firefighters respond to a shop fire at 112 S.E. 19th Street on Tuesday
in Pendleton. Firefighters quickly extinguished the blaze that was reported as an
acetylene tank fire.
BOARDMAN
$2M grant submitted for migrant
and seasonal Head Start preschool
to 2002. Another 184 chil-
dren also meet the low-in-
come requirement for Early
The
Oregon
Child Head Start.
As it is, Walker said
Development Coalition will
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for a $2 million Community Boardman — including
Development Block Grant toddlers and infants — ride
to build a new migrant the bus one hour each way
and seasonal Head Start to Hermiston, and 26 kids
are stuck on the program’s
preschool in Boardman.
Boardman City Council waiting list.
Umatilla Morrow Head
held a public hearing
Monday night on the Start does have a program in
application, which drew Boardman, though Walker
no comments. The council said they aren’t able to
already agreed to sponsor serve every child. The new
migrant and seasonal Head
OCDC’s request last year.
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organization
based
in growing need.
Head Start is managed
Wilsonville that operates
migrant, seasonal and early under the U.S. Department of
Head Start programs around Health and Human Services
the state, including Herm- and targets school readiness
iston and Milton-Freewater. for children of low-income
Rod Walker, senior facilities families. Programs include
manager, said the new nutrition, language skills,
Boardman school would literacy and socialization.
Migrant and seasonal
serve up to 100 children in
Head Start is done in
the community.
According to a 2014 conjunction with the agri-
OCDC assessment, there are cultural growing season to
an estimated 1,265 migrant accommodate farmworkers
and seasonal children living and food processors, a
in Morrow County — a 200 major source of jobs and
percent increase compared industries at the nearby Port
By GEORGE PLAVEN
East Oregonian
of Morrow.
If their grant is approved,
Walker said they could break
ground on a new Boardman
facility by next summer and
have the school open by
early 2017. OCDC is in talks
with the Umatilla County
Housing Authority to buy
land next to Boardman’s
Castle Rock Apartments.
“It’s
a
competitive
process,” Walker said.
“Right now, all we can do
is get our application in and
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City Manager Karen
Pettigrew said the city
would administer the grant
and retain the deed to the
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turning it over to OCDC.
Pettigrew said it is
important to have child
care services available
for migrant and seasonal
workers in the community.
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facility right in our commu-
nity to serve those kids,”
Pettigrew said.
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PENDLETON
Christmas Eve shooter going to prison
and sentenced Sabin to
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unlawful use and discharge
The man who shot counts, and another 2.5
another man in Pendleton years on the
on Christmas Eve in 2014 felon in posses-
pleaded guilty to felony sion charge.
Court records
weapons charges. Umatilla
County Circuit Court also show Sabin
records show Anthony will be under
Michael Sabin, 26, of state supervision
Pendleton, received a for two years
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Sabin in an
years for his crimes.
Sabin pleaded guilty unrelated case
pleaded Sabin
Friday in circuit court in also
Hermiston to one count guilty Friday to
each of unlawful use third-degree robbery. He
of a weapon, unlawful will serve time for that
discharge of a weapon and concurrent with the other
felon in possession of a case.
Pendleton police Chief
weapon. Each is a felony
that carries a maximum of 6WXDUW 5REHUWV LGHQWL¿HG
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Senior Judge Rick Roll pistol-whipped Brandon
presided over the hearing Valera, 25, of Pendleton,
By PHIL WRIGHT
East Oregonian
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FRIDAY
Mostly sunny and
delightful
Partly sunny and
nice
Partly sunny and
pleasant
75° 47°
79° 50°
SATURDAY
SUNDAY
Nice with clouds
and sunshine
Sunshine
PENDLETON TEMPERATURE FORECAST
77° 48°
76° 48°
73° 37°
HERMISTON TEMPERATURE FORECAST
78° 43°
81° 51°
PENDLETON
through 3 p.m. yesterday
TEMPERATURE
HIGH
LOW
70°
75°
91° (1975)
46°
48°
31° (1902)
PRECIPITATION
24 hours ending 3 p.m.
Month to date
Normal month to date
Year to date
Last year to date
Normal year to date
0.00"
0.81"
0.37"
5.82"
8.53"
8.75"
HERMISTON
through 3 p.m. yesterday
TEMPERATURE
HIGH
Yesterday
Normals
Records
LOW
69°
76°
96° (1967)
46°
46°
31° (1932)
PRECIPITATION
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Normal month to date
Year to date
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0.29"
3.48"
4.98"
6.41"
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Sunrise today
Sunset tonight
Moonrise today
Moonset today
Full
Last
Sep 27
Oct 4
78° 47°
76° 39°
Seattle
68/54
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Yesterday
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6:52 p.m.
4:06 p.m.
1:17 a.m.
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Oct 12
Oct 20
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Wenatchee
71/45
75/51
Tacoma
Moses
69/49
Lake
Pullman
Aberdeen Olympia
Yakima 74/45
72/42
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70/48
78/45
Longview
Kennewick Walla Walla
71/51
77/52 Lewiston
78/43
Astoria
77/50
68/53
Portland
Enterprise
Hermiston
75/53
Pendleton 75/44
The Dalles 78/43
75/47
80/50
La Grande
Salem
75/39
76/50
Albany
Corvallis 76/48
78/46
John Day
77/48
Ontario
Eugene
Bend
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73/44
Caldwell
Burns
82/50
78/37
Medford
82/50
Klamath Falls
77/36
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Mainly clear tonight. Partial sunshine
tomorrow.
Cascades: Mostly sunny today, except some
clouds across the north. Patchy clouds
tonight.
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by sunshine at the coast today; mostly
sunny elsewhere.
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that struck Valera
in his side. Valera
required surgery
at a Seattle trauma
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Then, according to state
police, the trooper searched
the Accord and found
approximately 11 pounds
of marijuana in packages
in the cab and
trunk. Under the
new Oregon law, a
person is allowed
to carry no more
than an ounce of
marijuana outside
of their residence.
The
trooper
took Allen to the
Umatilla County
Jail,
Pendleton,
where he blew
0 percent on an alcohol
intoxication level breath
test and provided a sample
of urine. State police also
reported Allen refused a
drug evaluation.
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National Summary: An Atlantic storm will bring rain from Florida to southeastern Virginia
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forecast from Minnesota to Colorado.
Yesterday’s National Extremes: (for the 48 contiguous states)
High 99° in Porterville, Calif.
Low 24° in Boca Reservoir, Calif.
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