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REGION Tuesday, October 13, 2015 East Oregonian Page 3A Hermiston man dies in crash, woman injured PENDLETON Chair-ity Auction raises cash for medical loan closet By TAMMY MALGESINI East Oregonian East Oregonian The public will have an opportunity to grab a seat and help raise money to support the Clearview Disability Resource Center Medical Loan Closet. In its second year, the Chair-ity Dinner and Auction features themed chairs people can bid on. On the auction block will be two dozen chairs, including one from the Oregon State Capitol donated by Sen. Bill Hansell. Also, themed chairs will feature the Oregon Ducks, the Seattle Seahawks and a camping package, said Carol Umbarger of Clearview Mediation. “We have had really good response from those making and creating the chairs,” Umbarger said. “They have fun with it.” The Chair-ity Auction and dinner is Saturday, Oct. 17 with a social hour at 5 p.m. at the Pendleton Convention Center, 1601 Westgate. The cost is $30 per person. The buffet-style meal, which is at 6 p.m., features tri-tip, baby red potatoes, green beans, salad and cobbler. The chairs go up for auction at 7 p.m. Umbarger said some of the busi- nesses have been mum about the chairs they plan to donate, but she expects the event will be fun for everyone. In addition, it serves as the sole fundraiser for the medical closet, which checks out needed medical equipment like library A Hermiston man died and a woman suffered injuries Saturday morning near Paterson, Washington, when their car crashed into a semi. Alfredo S. Rivera, 69, died at the scene, according to D SUHVV QRWL¿FDWLRQ IURP :DVKLQJWRQ 6WDWH 3DWURO +LV passenger, Manuela M. Rivera, 64, of Hermiston, required DQHPHUJHQF\ÀLJKWWR.DGOHF5HJLRQDO0HGLFDO&HQWHULQ Richland, Washington. Washington State Patrol reported charges are pending for the semi’s driver, Pablo G. Cancino, 48, also of Herm- iston. Alfredo Rivera was driving a maroon 1999 Oldsmobile Bravada westbound on Highway 14 about 10 miles east of Paterson when Cancino at about 5:40 a.m. turned the semi east onto the highway from the entrance to Agri-Northwest. Cancino cut off the sports utility vehicle, Washington State Patrol reported, which slammed into the semi. Washington State Patrol reported investigators did not know if the Riveras were wearing seat belts, but no alcohol or drugs were involved in the collision. Hermiston police QRWL¿HGUHODWLYHVRIWKHGHDWK ——— A Pendleton woman was involved in a separate crash Saturday at about 5:40 p.m. near Prosser, Washington, involving seven vehicles and the death of an eight-month old boy. All seven were southbound on State Route 221, according to Washington State Patrol, where a dust storm made it hard to see, causing the wrecks. The 66-year-old Pendleton resident was one of four people who were not injured in the smash up. The infant died at Prosser Memorial Hospital, Prosser, and ambulances took seven people to area hospitals, including a 7-year-old boy and a 17-year-old girl. Photo contributed by Carol Umbarger Chairs and associated gifts are lined up for the inaugural Chair-ity Dinner and Auction. In its second year, the Saturday, Oct. 17 event will help raise money for Clearview Disability Resource Center’s Medical Loan Closet. books. Money is used to help transport items as well as providing needed repairs to equipment. Umbarger, along with her husband, Darrin, began developing the disability resource center from their kitchen table LQ²UHFHLYLQJQRQSUR¿WVWDWXVWKH following year. Darrin, who was diag- nosed with multiple sclerosis in 1988, was motivated to assist others in need. The Medical Loan Closet sprouted from Umbarger’s own progression with multiple sclerosis, which resulted in the need of different types of equipment, sometimes for short periods of time. Medical equipment that people are no longer using that someone else PLJKWEHQH¿WIURPLVORDQHGIRURQHWR three months through the program. That includes everything from walkers and bedside commodes to wheelchairs and hospital beds. Equipment is cleaned, inspected and repaired for others to use. Clearview has been providing the free service to WKHFRPPXQLW\IRU¿YH\HDUV7KHIXQG- raiser assists in providing continued support for the program. For more information about the Medical Loan Closet or to reserve a ticket for the Chair-ity Dinner and Auction, contact 541-276-1130, clear- YLHZRI¿FH#JPDLOFRP RU VWRS E\ 307 S.W. Sixth St., Pendleton. A limited number of tickets will be sold at the door. ——— Contact Community Editor Tammy Malgesini at tmalgesini@eastorego- nian.com or 541-564-4539 BRIEFLY Infant dies in Irrigon IRRIGON — A six-week-old boy died Monday after being rushed from an Irrigon home to Good Shepherd Medical Center, Hermiston. According to a press release from the 0RUURZ&RXQW\6KHULII¶V2I¿FHWKH mother of the child called dispatch at 10:58 a.m. frantic because her son was not breathing. The dispatcher relayed the information to nearby deputies and began to give emergency directions to the woman, but the woman was too hysterical to follow them and phone contact was broken. When dispatch called back, another woman answered and the dispatcher began relaying emergency instructions to her. Deputies arrived within three minutes of the initial call, according to MCSO, and deputy Oscar Madrigal began CPR. An Irrigon ambulance arrived eight minutes later and transported the infant to Good Shepherd, where he was declared dead by emergency room medical staff. Brian Snyder, an MCSO detective, was assigned to investigate the death and in an initial report found no signs of foul play. The investigation is ongoing and an autopsy is scheduled for Tuesday. The parents and child were visiting from out of town. Fire destroys house, displaces two in Boardman BOARDMAN — Fire destroyed a house Saturday on the 100 block of Northwest Columbia Avenue in Boardman. Nobody was hurt in the blaze, said Boardman Fire Chief Marc Rogelstad. The American Red Cross assisted two adults ZKRZHUHGLVSODFHGE\WKH¿UH Rogelstad said they have suspicions DERXWZKDWVWDUWHGWKH¿UHEXWKDYH QRWFRQ¿UPHGDFDXVH,WLVQRWEHLQJ investigated for arson. Rogelstad said more information would be available Tuesday. Umatilla County mailing ballots Wednesday PENDLETON — Umatilla County Elections Division plans to mail ballots Wednesday for the Nov. 3 election. Only voters in the city of Pendleton and within the Umatilla Fire Protection District will receive ballots, according to a written statement from the elections division. The last day to register to vote is Oct. 13, and voters who are registered can update their registration and receive a ballot up until 8 p.m. on election day. The county elections division also encouraged voters to use a ballot drop box to ensure the ballot reaches the elections RI¿FHE\SPRQHOHFWLRQVGD\ The county has place a new ballot box at the rear entrance of Umatilla City Hall, 700 Sixth St., Umatilla, across from the utility payment drop box. The county also moved the Pendleton drop box to a safer location in the rear parking lot of the county courthouse at 216 S.E. Fourth St.. &DQGLGDWH¿OLQJSDFNHWVIRUWKH0D\ 17, 2016, primary election are available LQWKHHOHFWLRQRI¿FHDQGRQOLQHDWZZZ umatillacounty.net/elections for the open county positions of county commissioner position 3 and the Umatilla County sheriff. 7KHODVWGD\WR¿OHLV0DUFK Arts center offers line dance instruction PENDLETON — If you’ve always wanted to learn line dancing, the Pendleton Center for the Arts has the class for you. April Dyntera will teach a full-day workshop Saturday, Oct. 17 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the arts center, 214 N. Main St. Dyntera will cover a range of dances and musical genres, proving that line dancing is not just for country enthusiasts. (YHQLI\RX¶UHDOLQHGDQFHD¿FLRQDGRWKH workshop will teach you a few new moves. The day will feature upbeat, moderate- paced dancing with brief breaks every hour; a one-hour lunch break includes optional no-host lunch delivery from the *UHDW3DFL¿F:LQHDQG&RIIHH&R Cost to attend is $30 at the door, or $25 if pre-registered by Oct. 14. For more information, or to register, call the arts center at 541-278-9201. ——— 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. Environmental analysis released for forest management of Elkhorn 2009 to make communities thinning trees around existing more resilient and better roads and on ridge tops to SURWHFWHG DJDLQVW ZLOG¿UHV form strategic breaks where Forest ¿UH¿JKWHUV FDQ VDIHO\ FDWFK The U.S. Forest Service Wallowa-Whitman and Bureau of Land Manage- Supervisor Tom Montoya said ¿UHV No new permanent roads ment say plans to treat 47,000 collaboration will help ensure acres of trees on the east face SURMHFWVWKDWUHGXFH¿UHIXHOV are proposed for the project, of the Elkhorn Mountains and promote healthier vegeta- though foresters would temporarily reopen about 105 would have little to no impact tion are closely coordinated. “This effort has truly made miles of existing closed roads on health, safety and natural this project an integral part in order to support loggers. resources. An environmental analysis of the ‘all hands, all lands’ Gamble said some of those roads could be stay open if of the East Face Vegetation principle,” Montoya said. Private landowners, state they do not pose any threat Management Project also says the proposal would not affect and federal agencies all joined to resources or exceed the any farmland, wetlands, wild together to form the East Face allowable road density. The project would amend and scenic rivers or critical of the Elkhorn Mountains Partnership, which in turn the Wallowa-Whitman habitat. The public has until Friday, came up with the manage- forest plan twice to allow Nov. 6 to comment on the ment project. 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It also aims mental analysis is available ness, including the popular WRUHGXFHWKHWKUHDWRI¿UHWR on the Wallowa-Whitman Anthony Lakes recreation local watersheds that provide National Forest website at area. One of the alternatives water for cities, irrigation and www.fs.usda.gov/wallowa- whitman. could incorporate up to 10,442 ¿VK La Grande District Ranger ——— acres of commercial logging Bill Gamble said in a previous Contact George Plaven at in the woods. Most management would interview that foresters are gplaven@eastoregonian.com take place in the La Grande particularly interested in or 541-966-0825. and Whitman districts of the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest, along with a smaller Providing the Most Advanced Digital chunk of land managed by the Hearing Technology BLM. 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