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EBOLA OUTBREAK OVER ALAN BUCKS RICKMAN BEAT DIES AT 69 TIGERS PAGE 6A WORLD/10A SPORTS/1B Episcopal Diocese announces new bishop FAITH/8A FRIDAY, JANUARY 15, 2016 140th Year, No. 65 Your Weekend • • • One dollar WINNER OF THE 2015 ONPA GENERAL EXCELLENCE AWARD HERMISTON Night at the Children’s Museum in Pendleton College funding seminar at Pendleton City Hall Paul Gorham memorial scholarship breakfast For times and places see Coming Events, 5A Catch a movie Universal Pictures via AP Kevin Hart and Ice Cube star in the action comedy movie, “Ride Along 2.” For showtime, Page 5A Weekend Weather Fri Sat Sun 44/33 44/36 47/35 Watch a game vs. Weston-McEwen vs. Heppner Friday, 6 p.m., at Heppner Brown unveils two-tiered minimum wage plan Staff photo by E.J. Harris The Oregon Department of Transportation will embark on a major highway project along the Highway 395 corridor running from Hermiston north to Highway 730. The focus of the project will be on paving and safety and will run from March through August. Highway 395 revamp this summer as possible will be done at night to UHGXFH WKH LPSDFW RQ DGMDFHQW EXVL nesses. One lane in each direction will always be open, but the work ZLOO GLVUXSW WUDI¿F ÀRZV WKURXJK WKH By JADE MCDOWELL The department will grind out corridor, which sees an average of East Oregonian the old asphalt and place two inches 16,850 vehicles per day. Strandberg said safety along the of new pavement on the six-mile As the Oregon Department of section of highway from Southeast busy stretch of highway has been an Transportation gears up for a summer Fourth Street to Highway 730. All increasing concern for ODOT, espe- of construction on Highway 395 in intersections will get ADA-compliant cially after two serious crashes north Hermiston, the department is putting wheelchair ramps and a cement of town late in 2015. “Whenever you have a situation PHGLDQZLOOUHSODFHWKH\HOORZWUDI¿F an emphasis on driver safety. The corridor through the center delineators at the intersection of 395 like that where it’s heading out of town but you still have all those businesses RI+HUPLVWRQZLOOEHWKHVXEMHFWRID and Elm Avenue. 2'27 SXEOLF LQIRUPDWLRQ RI¿FHU PDMRU UHSDYLQJ SURMHFW IURP 0DUFK See HIGHWAY/12A Tom Strandberg said as much work through the end of August. Department of Transportation focusing on VDIHW\LQFRQMXQFWLRQZLWKFRQVWUXFWLRQ By PARIS ACHEN Capital Bureau PENDLETON By the numbers ODOT has identii ed the Highway 395 corridor from Stani eld to Umatilla through Hermiston as one of the busiest — and most dangerous — in Eastern Oregon. Here are the numbers from 2010-2014. Vehicles per day .... 16,850 Total crashes.............. 450 Fatalities ........................ 2 Serious injuries ............. 15 Moderate injuries ......... 90 Minor injuries ............. 228 Forest Service deliberates on Blue Mountains plan revision SALEM — Gov. Kate Brown unveiled a plan Thursday for a two-tiered minimum wage in the state. The proposal would grad- ually boost the minimum from $9.25 to $15.52 in 2022 only in the Greater Portland area. Housing prices and cost of living have prompted researchers from one Portland-area think tank to describe the need for a higher Final EIS due by September By GEORGE PLAVEN East Oregonian See WAGE/12A Well known around Pend- leton as “Bottle Dave,” for his predilection for collecting bottles and cans he recycles for a refund, Gately also collected all manner of stuff that began to spill out of his house and into his yard. Police Chief Stuart Roberts said law enforcement has issued ¿YH RU VL[ FLWDWLRQV WR *DWHO\ over the past several years for Now that the latest round of public meetings has come to an end, the Forest Service says it is in “deliberation mode,” digesting feedback on the Blue Mountains Forest Plan Revision. $¿QDOHQYLURQPHQWDODQDO\VLVRIWKHSODQLVGXH by September, though local stakeholders are left wondering how and if their input will factor into any new alternatives. Nick Smith, executive director of Healthy Forests, Healthy Communities, said the current proposal leaves a lot to be desired in terms of active forest management. He wants to see more thinning of overgrown tree stands to make the landscape PRUHUHVLOLHQWWR¿UHDVZHOODVFUHDWHWLPEHUMREV But, Smith said, it’s not entirely clear what the Forest Service is doing to address those concerns. And he’s not the only one. Lindsay Warness, forest policy analyst for Boise Cascade, and Union County Commissioner Mark Davidson said they are also worried about where the process goes from here. “Now, the question is are they really going to listen to us,” Davidson said. “That’s really the frustration across the entire interior West.” Smith, Warness and Davidson met Tuesday with the East Oregonian editorial board to discuss shortcomings they see in the current proposed See DAVE/12A See FOREST/12A Staff photo by E.J. Harris Dave Gately and Pendleton Police Chief Stuart Roberts move a shelf while clearing out items from Gately’s home Thursday in Pendleton. Police pitch in for forced cleanup ‘Bottle Dave’ issued five or six citations over several years for his unruly yard By ANTONIO SIERRA East Oregonian Dave Gately’s yard under- went an impromptu extreme makeover Thursday, courtesy of the city of Pendleton. But as Pendleton police helped him load nearly two decades worth of collected odds and ends into a nearby trailer, under order of the city’s nuisance ordinance, Gately said he was ready to be rid of it. The police showed up at Gately’s 417 S.W. Eighth Street home before 8 a.m. and began the laborious process of cleaning up the property.
