REGION
Wednesday, October 7, 2015
East Oregonian
HERMISTON
Local agencies connect to help others
By TAMMY MALGESINI
East Oregonian
Employment,
adult
education
information,
haircuts, clothing, housing
resources and dental and
vision screenings are among
the services people will be
connected to during an event
at the Hermiston Conference
Center.
Project
Community
Connect & Veterans Stand
Down is Wednesday from 10
a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Herm-
iston Conference Center,
415 S. Highway 395. There
is no charge for any of the
services and each person will
receive a hot meal during the
event. More than 40 vendors
will provide resources and
services for those attending.
Transportation
can
be provided for those in
Milton-Freewater,
Pend-
leton, Umatilla, Irrigon
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Confederated Tribes of the
Umatilla Indian Reserva-
tion’s Kayak transportation
on the Hermiston Hopper
and Walla Walla Whistler.
For schedule information,
visit
www.ctuir.org/trib-
al-services/planning/kayak-
public-transit. In addition,
Morrow County residents
can arrange a ride by calling
Anita Pranger at 855-644-
4560.
Coordinated by Commu-
nity Action Program of East
Central Oregon, the event
helps connect people with
resources and provides
on-the-spot services for
veterans, the homeless and
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Judi Rae Rodriguez cuts Daniel Hurn’s hair during a Project Community Connect
event in Pendleton. A similar event is planned to provide services for veterans and
people who are homeless or at risk Wednesday at the Hermiston Conference Center.
“The hope for having an event like this
is for people in the community to get
connected to resources.”
— Maria Mendoza, case manager with CAPECO
other at-risk individuals in
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time in Hermiston.
Maria Mendoza, a case
manager with CAPECO,
said having the event in
Hermiston provides a closer
venue for people needing
services in Morrow County.
Mendoza said upwards of
200 people have participated
in past Project Community
Connect events.
“The hope for having an
event like this is for people
in the community to get
connected to resources,”
Mendoza said.
Volunteers
are
still
needed for the event. People
may work at the registration
table, as an escort to assist in
guiding people to locate the
services they are looking for
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out toiletries and other items.
To volunteer, contact Heidi
Zeigler at 541-966-0908 or
heidi.l.zeigler@state.or.us.
For more information
about the event, call Maria
Mendoza at 541-289-7755
or Jennifer Richards at
800-752-1139.
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Contact
Community
Editor Tammy Malgesini at
tmalgesini@eastoregonian.
com or 541-564-4539
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Umatilla National Forest.
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As of Sept. 29, all of
remains high throughout
northeast Oregon and south- Eastern Oregon remains in
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east Washington.
Fire season usually to the U.S. Drought
winds down by Oct. 1, 0RQLWRU 6HDVRQDO FDPS¿UH
though warm, dry weather restrictions will remain in
continues to linger in the effect on the Umatilla and
area, leaving forest fuels Wallowa-Whitman national
forests through the end of
primed to burn.
“Hunters
and
other the month.
Regulated use closures
recreationists are asked to
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by following the seasonal managed by the Oregon
restrictions,” said Brian Department of Forestry.
East Oregonian
Joe Hessel, unit forester for
the ODF Northeast Oregon
District, said the closures
— which limit chainsaws,
smoking
and
off-road
vehicle travel — will remain
until the woods get some
substantial moisture.
“At this point, protecting
natural resources as well as
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are our main priorities,”
Hessel said.
Deer hunters should
do their homework before
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remain closed around the
still-active Grizzly Bear
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Wenaha-Tucannon Wilder-
ness, including north of
Forest Service Road 62, east
of Sawtooth Trail and south
of TeePee Trail.
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Service land must be within
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rock and commercial rings
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won’t easily spread. Fires
must be attended at all times,
and campers are required to
have a shovel and one gallon
of water with them at their
campsite.
For more information,
contact the Umatilla National
Forest at 541-278-3716; the
Wallowa-Whitman National
Forest at 541-523-6391;
or visit the Blue Mountain
Dispatch website at www.
bmidc.org.
HERMISTON
Police chief provides details on big ag theft case
By PHIL WRIGHT
East Oregonian
Hermiston police Chief
Jason
Edmiston
said
old-fashioned police work
and modern technology led
to Friday’s arrest of a man
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generator from a local agri-
culture business.
The statements clarify
a narrative the Umatilla
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released Monday, including
which agency arrested
Nolan Douglas McClatchy,
48, of Hermiston. He is in
the Umatilla County Jail,
Pendleton, for violating
parole and on a charge of
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by receiving.
The heading on the
statement the sheriff’s sent
Monday afternoon to media
outlets said, “Sheriff’s
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in major farm theft case
in Hermiston.” Sheriff
Terry Rowan said Tuesday
while the heading may not
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of the statement credited machines — has a GPS unit
Hermiston police Sgt. Billy that allows tracking.
Osborne with detaining the
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suspect.
brought the information
M & M Potato, 30572 to Osborne, the day shift
Feedville Road,
sergeant,
who
Hermiston,
is
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in the county’s
the
equipment.
jurisdiction.
On
Osborne also was
Sept. 29 someone
working with a
with the business
basic
descrip-
told
sheriff’s
tion of a white
detective Darrin
pickup hauling a
Parsons of the
trailer with a tarp
theft of a $50,000
covering
some-
generator and a
thing.
trailer. Rowan said McClatchy
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and
Parsons developed
behold,” Edmiston
information that pointed to said, Osborne spied the
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used that to obtain a search +HUPLVWRQRII%D[WHU5RDG
warrant for his residence, and also saw McClatchy get
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iston.
said Osborne pulled up as
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case
advanced McClatchy was trying to
Friday, Edmiston said, unhook the trailer and told
when a Hermiston police the suspect they needed to
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a relative who works for
Osborne
found
M & M Potato and stated McClatchy was wanted for
the generator was on the
move. The generator — like
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violating parole and arrested
him, Edmiston said, and the
tarp did not cover all of the
generator, so Osborne had a
“plain view” of the machine.
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came from Pendleton with
the search warrant for
McClatchy’s place. Rowan
said Parsons and Osborne
determined a pickup at the
Rivera Lane address was
stolen and related to the
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the search warrant and found
the trailer at McClatchy’s
residence.
Edmiston said Herm-
iston police arrested and
processed McClatchy and
transported him to the jail.
Rowan said there is more
work to be done and more
charges are likely.
———
Contact Phil Wright at
pwright@eastoregonian.
com or 541-966-0833.
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BRIEFLY
Elgin teen dies
in early morning
head-on crash
Farmers to be
contacted for
CEAP survey
LA GRANDE — A
nearly head-on crash
Tuesday killed an
18-year-old Elgin man.
Jason Tyler Parsons
died about 6:40 a.m. while
traveling westbound on
Highway 82, just north
of La Grande. According
to Oregon State Police,
Parsons was driving a
Dodge truck when it
crossed over the centerline
and struck an eastbound
International truck driven
by David Zemmer, 29, of
Baker City.
Parsons was pronounced
dead at the scene. Zemmer
reported only minor
injuries. Highway 82 was
shut down for more than
four hours while Oregon
State Police and others
investigated at the scene
and removed wreckage.
According to Oregon
State Police, the accident
remains under investigation.
PENDLETON —
Eastern Oregon farmers
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the National Agricultural
Statistics Service between
October and February
2016 as part of a national
survey on management and
conservation practices.
The Conservation
Effects Assessment
Project, or CEAP, gathers
information from growers
in order to determine the
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conservation practices, and
improve programs that can
help farmers protect their
land, water and soil.
NASS representatives
will visit eligible farms
to learn about production
practices, fertilizer
applications and pest
management. All NASS
survey information collected
is kept private by law.
Andrea Mann, district
conservationist with
the Natural Resources
Conservation Service in
ODOT taking
Pendleton, said several local
applications for
farmers were contacted at
the end of September and
chain-up permits
believed the call to be a
The Oregon Department scam. She wants producers
of Transportation will issue
to be assured the survey is
permits for individuals
legitimate.
interested in chaining up
The NEAP survey will
commercial vehicles during be conducted over two
the winter months along
years, with a second survey
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from Sept. 2016 through
The department’s
Feb. 2017. The information
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will ultimately serve as a
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tool not only for farmers,
permits for I-84 in the
but for legislators and the
Umatilla County area; the
general public in crafting
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conservation policies.
Grande will issue three
For more information
permits for the I-84 Ladd
about CEAP, visit www.
Canyon area in Union
nass.usda.gov.
County; and the District 14
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Large Highway
one permit for I-84 west of
Ontario in Malheur County. 395 project begins
Interested parties have
with small markers
until Oct. 31 to contact the
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Oregon Department of
(see contact information
Transportation crews
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will begin preparing for
hold random drawings
permanent improvements
Nov. 2 to determine who
to U.S. Highway 395 in
will receive a permit offer.
Hermiston, Oct. 14.
ODOT Permit Specialist
The crews will place
Tom Lapp in a written
delineators on the roadway
statement said those
marking where center
individuals will have a
week to complete the permit median barriers will be
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application and return it to
U.S. 395 and Elm Avenue
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The permits will be valid intersection, according to
an ODOT press release.
between Nov. 1, 2015 and
The markers will be
April 1, 2016, according to
installed on the Umatilla-
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are the only people the state 6WDQ¿HOGKLJKZD\RQERWK
the north and south sides at
will allow to provide the
the intersection with Elm
service.
Avenue (Oregon Highway
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207). There will be minimal
contact the appropriate
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control in place.
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During the 2016
S.E. Third St., Pendleton;
construction season,
541-278-3450;
ODOT will install center
Lisa Hayes, ODOT
median barriers on U.S.
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395 at Oregon 207 that will
Island Ave., La Grande;
prevent left turn movements
541-963-8407;
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John Eden, ODOT
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have increased over the
S.E. First St., Ontario;
past several years, turning
541-823-4016.
and rear-end crashes have
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become more common
Tribes of the Umatilla
in the area, according to
Indian Reservation also
the release, and the center
will issue some permits
median barrier is designed
for the Umatilla County
to improve safety and keep
area to tribal members.
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Call 541-276-3570 for
For more information
information about those
visit www.oregon.gov.
permits.
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member and looking ahead to college. His
involvement in Key Club encompasses many
volunteer hours in all kinds of community
activities. Jacob is an all-around great student
who always exemplifies a positive attitude and
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