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Tuesday, October 13, 2015
East Oregonian
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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
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passenger, Manuela M. Rivera, 64, of Hermiston, required
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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-
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307 S.W. Sixth St., Pendleton. A limited
number of tickets will be sold at the
door.
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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
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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
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Rogelstad said they have suspicions
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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
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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..
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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
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and Bureau of Land Manage- Supervisor Tom Montoya said ¿UHV
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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. In 2014, the for logging in a designated
analysis, which outlines how NRCS funded $1.4 million for old-growth forest near Twin
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life to recreation and scenery. 3,000 acres.
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acres of commercial logging
Bill Gamble said in a previous
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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
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East Oregonian
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like to express our gratitude and thanks to
the following individuals and organizations
for all their hard work, equipment and $$
needed to help us complete the track
renovation from Aug. 14 to Oct. 18.
Tyrel Burns
Bill Patterson
Jay Johnson
Justin Alznauer
Kash Leon
Mike Gatlin
Mike McKnilly
Robert Winkler
Jeff Mills
Jeff Waggoner
Eileen Waggoner
Wayne Bedard
Steve Draper
Paul Villavicencio
Carl Dagget
Michelle Casady
Austin Burns
Jordan Smith
Keri Dunnington
Mike Schubert
Rod Smith
Shawn Gatlin
Jeff Hemphill
Grant Parker
Justin Parker
Doherty Welding, LLC
Hadden Excavating
Hatley Construction
Woodpecker Truck
Byrnes Oil
NWB Sales, Inc.
Doherty Fence, LLC
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