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Tuesday, October 6, 2015
East Oregonian
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MILTON-FREEWATER
89-year-old woman
charged with hate crime
The of¿cers arrested
Gilmore and hauled her to
the Umatilla County Jail,
Pendleton, on initial charges
of second-degree intimida-
tion, third-degree criminal
mischief,
harassment,
attempted assault on a public
safety of¿cer and resiting
arrest.
Oregon classi¿es intim-
idation as a Class A misde-
meanor and as a hate crime.
Boedigheimer explained it is
“predicated upon the actor’s
perception, whether accurate
or not, of another person’s
race, color, creed, disability,
or sexual orientation.”
BOARDMAN
Council to consider recreational pot ban
By GEORGE PLAVEN
East Oregonian
Boardman City Council
will consider an ordinance
Tuesday night banning the
sale and production of recre-
ational marijuana in the city.
The prohibition would not
apply to medical marijuana
growers and dispensaries
under state law.
There are no dispensaries
open in either Umatilla
or Morrow counties, and
across Eastern Oregon local
governments have been
taking advantage of the law’s
opt-out section for qualifying
cities. Cities are allowed to
ban state-licensed marijuana
shops if they are in a county
where at least 55 percent of
voters opposed Measure 91,
which legalized recreational
marijuana statewide in 2014.
More than 60 percent of
voters opposed the measure
in Morrow County, and the
county court already banned
both recreational and medical
marijuana businesses at a
meeting Sept. 23. Planning
Director Carla McLane
said the county is willing to
reconsider its ban on medical
marijuana dispensaries if the
Oregon Health Authority
comes up with more direct
and stringent regulations.
The county’s opposition
to recreational marijuana
has been consistent across
the board, McLane said.
The county court remains
concerned about marijuana
being illegal under federal
law.
They aren’t the only ones.
Umatilla County has also
banned marijuana growers,
processors, wholesalers and
shops, along with the cities
of Athena, Elgin, Ione, Stan-
¿eld and Umatilla.
Zoning
regulations
were passed in Pendleton
that effectively ban mari-
juana businesses because
they violate federal law,
according to past East
Oregonian reports, while the
issue remains on the table in
Hermiston and Milton-)ree-
water.
As for Boardman, City
Manager Karen Pettigrew
said the only residents who
have been vocal about
the issue have been those
wanting to ban recreational
marijuana shops locally.
“Everybody I talk to
says, ‘I don’t want it here,’”
Pettigrew said. “We’re the
old-school people here,
mostly.”
Residents will have the
chance to speak up during
a public hearing at the city
council’s meeting Tuesday,
prior to the a ¿rst reading of
the ordinance.
The council meets at 7
p.m. at city hall, 200 City
Center Drive.
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Contact George Plaven
at gplaven@eastoregonian.
com or 541-966-0825.
BRIEFLY
6heriff¶s of¿ce says
Hermiston man
stole equipment
worth $50,000
HERMISTON — The
Umatilla County Sheriff’s
Of¿ce arrested a man
who stole equipment
worth $50,000. Nolan
Douglas McClatchy, 48, of
Hermiston, is in the Umatilla
County Jail, Pendleton,
on initial charges of ¿rst-
degree aggravated theft
by receiving and violating
parole.
Sheriff’s detective
Darrin Parsons received a
report Tuesday, Sept. 29,
from M&M Potato, 30572
)eedville Road, Hermiston,
about a theft of a generator
and trailer, the sheriff’s
of¿ce said in a written
statement. The business
pegged the value of the pair
at approximately $50,000.
Someone spotted
McClatchy hauling the
generator on a trailer with
his vehicle on )riday in
Hermiston near the area of
Baxter Road and Rivera
Lane. The sheriff’s of¿ce
reported Hermiston police
Sgt. Billy Osborne detained
McClatchy, who had an
outstanding warrant, at a
residence on Rivera Lane.
Parsons arrived a short
time later, and the of¿cers
then identi¿ed a stolen
pickup truck from the
Walla Walla area, which
McClatchy is associated
with. Then Parsons and
Osborne found the trailer
and generator while carrying
out a search warrant at
McClatchy’s residence,
79602 Brown Lane,
Hermiston.
“The case is under further
investigation,” according
to the sheriff’s of¿ce,
“and more charges are
anticipated.”
Security threats at
other colleges keep
BMCC on alert
PENDLETON — )our
days after a mass shooting
at Umpqua Community
College in Roseburg, Blue
Mountain Community
College was monitoring two
threats to colleges in the
region Monday.
The college sent out
a statement Monday
afternoon that Pendleton
Police Department had
informed the college that
an unspeci¿ed threat had
been made online against
colleges in the Northwest.
The threat was later traced
to a Spanaway, Washington
resident who was detained
by law enforcement.
Rogue Community
College in Grants Pass also
evacuated after a bomb
threat on Monday.
The statement released by
BMCC said the college felt
it was vital to keep students,
staff and the community
informed and to let them
know that the college was
“constantly evaluating
the potential impact each
new piece of information
has on our college and our
community” in partnership
with local law enforcement.
“Please rest assured that
BMCC is focused upon the
safety and security of our
students and employees,”
the statement said.
Pendleton Book Co.
Invites You To
Join Pendleton Friends of the
Library at their Annual Book Sale
Wyden to hold
town halls in
Boardman,
Arlington
BOARDMAN — U.S.
Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon,
will visit Boardman and
Arlington on Sunday as
part of his promise to hold
annual town hall meetings
in each of Oregon’s 36
counties.
Wyden will stop ¿rst
at Boardman City Hall at
130 p.m., before moving
on to Arlington City Hall
at 4 p.m. The senator has
held 745 town halls since
being elected to the Senate
in 1996.
“Throwing open the
doors of government is how
we do things in Oregon
and the best way I know
to follow the )ounding
)athers’ intent that elected
of¿cials hear directly from
their constituents,” Wyden
said.
The meetings are free and
open to the public.
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Staff photo by E.J. Harris
Book run
Pendleton High School senior Nolan Bylenga uses a handcart to move boxes
of books Monday at the Pendleton Public Library. Bylenga and members of the
Buckaroo cross country team helped move books out of the library and pack
them on pallets so they can be moved to the Pendleton Convention Center for
the Pendleton Friends of the Library book sale. The book sale is open to the
public Friday and Saturday.
Elfering aims for second term as
Umatilla County commissioner
March to ¿le for the 2016
primary election.
Elfering credited his
Umatilla
County
Commissioner Bill Elfering “decades of background in
announced Monday he will the private business sector”
as very useful in
seek a second
public
service.
term on the board
He stated he took
of commissioners
over
managing
in 2016.
the
county’s
Elfering in a
e c o n o m i c
written statement
development
said he was
department
in
pleased
with
January,
and
accomplishments
quickly refocused
in his three years
the
department
in of¿ce, citing
on the “investing”
the streamlining Elfering
of effort and
and refocusing
of county government resources in business
resulting
in
nearly expansion and jobs.
“More taxpayers, not
$400,000 of savings to
taxpayers while building a higher taxes,” Elfering
more responsive govern- stated, “that’s what will
everyone
in
ment with emphasis on bene¿t
service to Umatilla County Umatilla County residents,
cities and county govern-
residents.
County
elections ment.”
Other accomplishments
manager Kathy Allen also
said Elfering turned in his he touted included the ¿rst-
candidate ¿ling )riday ever strategic plan for the
and is the ¿rst to declare. county, making videos of
Candidates have until commissioners’ meetings
East Oregonian
s
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h
P
available to the public and
continuing education to
enhance service of county
employees.
Elfering said in the
statement during the next
term he wants to continue
his close af¿liation with
irrigators through the
Northeast Oregon Water
Association to bring more
land under cultivation with
high value agriculture.
“We’re on schedule to
bring a $2 billion increase to
the economy of the region,”
according to Elfering. “I
want to continue to share in
that effort.”
He also said he is eager
to continue as chairman
of the Columbia Develop-
ment Authority working
to complete the transfer
of land from the Umatilla
Army Depot and its indus-
trial development.
Elfering also named
Mark Gomolski as his
campaign chairman and
Ginny Holthus as his
campaign treasurer.
D e s
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Winner of
the ONPA
2015 General
Excellence
Award
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An
89-year-old
Milton-)reewater woman
faces a hate crime and more
after police reported she
called an of¿cer a racial
slur and sprayed him with a
garden hose.
Milton-)reewater police
Chief Doug Boedigheimer in
a written statement reported
two of¿cers at about 304
p.m. Sunday responded to a
complaint at 417 Miller St.,
where Juan Castillo-Epifanio
reported his neighbor, Lydia
Gilmore, sprayed him with
her garden hose because she
doesn’t like “Mexicans.”
The man also told police
Gilmore sprayed a personal
vehicle at the residence.
Of¿cers contacted Castil-
lo-Epifanio and Gilmore,
according to the chief, and
the elderly woman greeted
one with the racial slur, “wet
back,” then sprayed him
with the hose.
The second of¿cer took
the hose from Gilmore.
“Ms.
Gilmore
also
physically struggled with
of¿cers,”
Boedigheimer
stated, “kicking them, and
refusing to walk to the patrol
vehicle.”
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East Oregonian
A
ERIC
SINGER
Sports reporter
Eric joined the East Oregonian staff in August after
graduating from Ohio University, where he was a staff writer
for the WOUB TV station and freelancer for a local newspaper.
He grew up in Lancaster, Ohio and now lives in Pendleton.
He is engaged to be married in November.
He is a die-hard sports fan, rooting for Ohio teams the
Reds, Bengals, Blue Jackets and Cavaliers.
Contact Eric at esinger@eastoregonian.com or 541-966-0839.
Tri-Cities Native Returns Home
Dr. Guy Jones, a Hanford High School graduate,
has just joined the medical team at your
Tri-Cities Cancer Center as our third radiation
oncologist.
Most recently Dr. Jones served as the
Chief Resident for the National Cancer
Institute (NCI) at the National Institute of Health (NIH).
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