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REGION Thursday, January 28, 2016 East Oregonian PENDLETON Page 3A IRRIGON MaF.enzie under investigation for theft Pursuit begins with bank alarm and ends in arrest Manion Fontended Arbogast did not do the work and instead squatted in the residenFe, so she wanted him gone Former Pendleton Fity Slanner Evan She told MaF.enzie, who then told MaF.enzie is the subjeFt of a theft Arbogast he had 2 hours to get out of investigation, but his girlfriend said the the house ³+e was told to vaFate and remove real FulSrit is a Fon man she hired his items ² everything that MaF.enzie, who resigned wasn’t tools for the job,” Monday from his Sosition Manion said ³Anything not with the Fity, did not resSond removed by a Fertain date and to a reTuest for Fomment time would be taken to the Pendleton SoliFe Chief Stuart dumS +e resSonded that he Roberts said MaF.enzie Fould understood and agreed” be looking at Friminal Fharges, Arbogast said MaF.enzie though the Fase is not related one Saturday in DeFember to his resignation indeed took everything that EriF Arbogast said MiFhelle was not a tool Manion, MaF.enzie’s girl- But Roberts said MaF.- friend, hired him in 1ovember MacKenzie enzie did not make a run to to install in some two-by-fours and drywall at her 33 SW Court Ave the dumS ³+e stored a lot of it and started home ³I told them right off the bat that I’m selling it on soFial media,” Roberts said Roberts said MaF.enzie asserted not liFensed >as a FontraFtor@,” he said, so he would not touFh Slumbing or Arbogast rang uS big Fharges at a loFal hardware store for work he did not eleFtriFal Arbogast also said Manion agreed do, and selling the items was a way to to let him and his son stay in a room reFouS the losses Oregon law, however, in the house while he worked, so they does not allow for that ³<ou Fannot just take the SroSerty had a SlaFe to hang out All their deals were verbal, he said, and nothing was in and keeS it,” Roberts said ³And you absolutely Fannot turn around and sell writing +e said he used the room for more someone else’s SroSerty without their than a month and keSt a television and knowledge +e had no right to do that” Roberts also said Manion and Xbox system there for his son, as well as musiF gear ² sSeakers, amSs, a drum MaF.enzie should have followed a set, guitars and more for the oSen miF formal eviFtion SroFess to get Arbogast out of the house Manion maintained sessions he oSerates in Pendleton By PHIL WRIGHT East Oregonian she did not need to beFause Arbogast was not a tenant ³+e was hired to do SheetroFk and was holding drugmusiF Sarties instead,” she said in an online message ³1o tenant, no eviFtion Just handyman who turned out to be Friminal Fon man” ³Why would I need to squat"” Arbo- gast said ³I own my own >exSletive@ home” Roberts said even if Arbogast did not have Sermission to move in, Manion and Arbogast had ³kind of an oSened-ended verbal agreement to do this work,” the house was vaFant and Manion Fonsented to allow Arbogast to be there Roberts said landlords who eviFt squatters often have to go to Fourt, and even SoliFe must give 8 hours notiFe before removing anything from homeless FamSs Arbogast said he made a two-and-a- half Sage list of items that MaF.enzie took Roberts said Arbogast has yet to Srovide that list to SoliFe Roberts said the SoliFe reSort will soon head to the Umatilla County DistriFt Attorney’s Of¿Fe for Sossible Fharges Arbogast said Manion Said him about $1,00 in Fash, but she owes him $1,800 more Manion ¿led a small Flaims lawsuit on DeF 18 against Arbogast for $6,0 The ¿rst hearing in that Fase is MarFh 22 in Umatilla County CirFuit Court, Pendleton ²²² Contact Phil Wright at pwright@ eastoregonian.com or 541-966-0833. HERMISTON 'H¿EULOODWRUVDGGHG WRSROLFHYHKLFOHV East Oregonian +ermiston SoliFe who arrive on sFene at a mediFal emergenFy before Sara- mediFs will now have an automated external de¿bril- lator at their disSosal +ermiston PoliFe DeSart- ment Chief Jason Edmiston said the deSartment reFently SurFhased four Sortable AED units and a training unit The Sortable units will be SlaFed in four Satrol vehiFles driven by sergeants and ForSorals Edmiston said the $2,600 SurFhase means an AED will be aFFessible to an on-duty shift ³nearly 100 SerFent of the time” +e said he has aSSlied for a grant that would be used to SurFhase three more and Slans to budget for an additional three during the 2016-201 ¿sFal year Edmiston said in an email that years ago while on Satrol he arrived before SaramediFs at a loFal restau- rant where a Fustomer was having a heart attaFk +e said he Serformed CPR with another Satron, but had no suFFess +e said researFh shows that using an AED early during an emergenFy Fan inFrease the Satient’s FhanFes at survival ³Our trooSs having yet another resourFe at their disSosal is imSortant for us in our attemSt to Srovide as Srofessional of a serviFe to those we serve as Sossible,” he wrote East Oregonian Photo contributed by Hermiston Police Department Four portable automatic external defibrillators were purchased to place in Hermiston Police Department patrol cars. Branding Fommittee seeks more members before Feb meeting +ermiston’s new branding Fommittee has had its ¿rst meeting, but it is not too late to Moin the Fommittee The Fity and +ermiston Chamber of CommerFe will Fontinue to aFFeSt aSSliFa- tions until its next meeting on Feb 1 The Fommittee is tasked with ¿nding a new brand, inFluding logo and tagline, to Sromote +ermiston after a majority of residents surveyed exSressed a dislike for the Furrent ³<ou Fan GROW here´ brand Following the reFommen- dation of a Fonsultant, the Fommittee of Fommunity members will Fome uS with two different FhoiFes of brand and Sresent them in a survey to +ermiston residents some- time in the future 'uring Monday’s Fity FounFil meeting Mayor David Drotzmann said he was Sleased to see the ¿rst meeting had a substantial turnout and that good ideas were brought forward +e said he was glad that the Fommittee inFluded reSresen- tatives from +ermiston +igh SFhool’s marketing Flass ³The adults in the room enjoyed having the kids around and they Fame out with some great ideas,” he said ASSliFations for the Fommittee and information on its Srogress Fan be found online at wwwhermiston- brandFom PLUTE: Last loFal reFall to make it to ballot was 2013 in Weston Continued from 1A billing disSute and $218,23 in attorney fees to Pendleton Plumbing, Plute said he aSSealed the ruling and eventually settled with the FomSany for an amount he Fouldn’t disFlose beFause of a Fon¿dentiality agreement As for the street utility fee, Plute noted that he was one of six FounFilors who voted in favor of the fee and .ishSaugh and his assoFiates did not voiFe their oSSosition to the fee when it was Sassed in DeFember .ishSaugh faFes a long road to reFall Plute Denton said that if .ishSaugh is suFFessful in gathering 0 signatures in 0 days and submits them, the Umatilla County EleFtions Division has 10 days to verify the signatures SuFFessful signature veri¿Fation will trigger a ¿ve-day Seriod where Plute will be given the oStion to resign or submit a statement of justi¿Fation If he submits a statement or takes no aFtion during those ¿ve days, the Fity will be required to hold a reFall eleFtion within the next 3 days If Pendleton voters then Fhoose to vote Plute out of of¿Fe in a reFall eleFtion, the Pendleton City CounFil will aSSoint a reSlaFement to ¿ll out the remainder of Plute’s term, whiFh runs through 2018 The last loFal reFall attemSt that made it to the ballot was in 2013, when Weston voters deFided to keeS their mayor, Duane Thul In 2012, four +ermiston Fity FounFilors and the mayor were the targets of a reFall attemSt but also keSt their Sositions after a vote Plute said he was less FonFerned about his title as Fity FounFilor than helSing to imSrove Pendleton, some- thing he Fould do as a regular Fitizen In summarizing his thoughts about the Setition, Plute quote former +ouse SSeaker Sam Rayburn ³A jaFkass Fan kiFk a barn down, but it takes a FarSenter to build one” SHOOTING: 1o one in Fustody for the killing Continued from 1A ¿red near mileSost 233 on the Oregon Old Trail Road in the MeaFham area on the reservation Tribal SoliFe, Pendleton SoliFe, Oregon State PoliFe and the Umatilla County Sheriff’s Of¿Fe resSonded, aFFording to Sams, and found one Serson shot Of¿Fers also detained several SeoSle in the area of the shooting for questioning DeteFtives from +erm- iston SoliFe and the Morrow County Sheriff’s Of¿Fe also joined the investigation Primus said there was only one viFtim and no one is in Fustody for the killing +e also said he Fould not reveal the viFtim’s identity at A false alarm at an Irrigon bank resulted in an arrest anyway after a driver Àed the sFene when SoliFe showed uS The Morrow County S h e r i f f ’s Of¿Fe reSorted that deSuties resSonded to an alarm Fall at the Bank of Eastern Oregon, 230 S )irst St in Irrigon, around 818 am on :ednesday As they arrived, a blaFk 1issan Perrin SiFkuS truFk sSed away from the sFene and 'eSuty Colleen 1eubert gave Fhase while 'eSuty Todd Sie[ sSoke with bank emSloyees and determined it was a false alarm AFFording to a news release from the sheriff’s of¿Fe, 1eubert attemSted to Serform a traf¿F stoS after the truFk did not obey the stoS sign at South First Street and Southeast :yoming Avenue After the vehiFle failed to Sull over and ran a seFond stoS sign, 1eubert informed disSatFh she was involved in a Sursuit southbound on 'ivision Street The Sursuit Fovered several Founty roads and Fut aFross Interstate 8 and onto Srivate SroSerty owned by the GreenWood 5esourFes, reaFhing sSeeds of uS to miles Ser hour AFFording to the news release, at 8 am the susSeFt tried to turn north on County Line Road but lost Fontrol of the vehiFle and slid into a dirt embankment, Fausing two Àat tires ' e S uties arrested the driver, LawrenFe Allen 3errin, 3, of Irrigon and Fharged him with felony elude, misdemeanor driving while susSended, reFkless driving, reFkless endangerment and Friminal tresSass +e was lodged at Umatilla County Jail with 2,000 bail The sheriff’s of¿Fe reSorted that more Fharges are Sending Passengers Brian William Barnes, 2, of Umatilla and Cassandra Lynn +uling, 33, of Irrigon were detained but released after Tuestioning Boardman PoliFe 'eSartment and Oregon State PoliFe assisted in the Sursuit LoFal sFhool distriFts win matFhing grants for bond SroSosals HERMISTON East Oregonian East Oregonian this time This is the ¿rst homiFide of the year in Umatilla County, whiFh had two in 201 ² one in MarFh in +ermiston and the other in August in Milton-Freewater Both remain unsolved — T H U R S D AY S — BURGERS & BEERS H A M L E Y S a lo o n COURT & MAIN, PENDLETON • 541.278.1100 ——— Contact Antonio Sierra at asierra@eastoregonian. com or 541-966-0836. Three Umatilla County sFhool distriFts got some extra helS in their bond FamSaigns The state DeSartment of EduFation awarded grants to 16 sFhool distriFts as a Sart of the Oregon SFhool CaSital ImSrovement MatFhing Program, inFluding the EFho, Athena-Weston and Milton-Freewater Uni¿ed distriFts All grants are Fontin- gent on eaFh sFhool distriFt suFFessfully Sassing a bond While all distriFts were evaluated by the deSart- ment based on Fommunity Soverty levels, sFhool distriFts that submitted their grant aSSliFations during an early ¿ling Seriod were entered into a lottery The Athena-Weston SFhool DistriFt literally won the lottery, joining ¿ve other distriFts in reFeiving a $ million Fommitment ³We are extremely haSSy that our distriFt is eligible to reFeive this grant,” Athena-Weston interim suSerintendent Jim Reger said in a state- ment ³It’s a great boost to our efforts of getting our bond Sassed this May and making some great imSrovements to sFhools in both of our Fommunities” The distriFt wants to Sair the grant with $ million to Say for things like seFurity and maintenanFe imSrove- ments While they didn’t win any lotteries, Milton-Free- water and EFho also reFeived $ million Fommitments from the state The Sotential for a state grant further raises the stake for Milton-Freewater, whiFh already reFeived a $1 million Fommitment from a Srivate foundation that is also Fontingent on Sassing a bond The sFhool distriFt is SroSosing a $12 million bond to a Fommunity that’s been averse to Sassing bonds in the Sast But if the distriFt is suFFessful, Milton-Freewater would reFeive a $31 million windfall that would Say for a new elementary sFhool, athletiF ¿elds and imSrovements to a distriFt that has buildings well over a Fentury old The EFho SFhool DistriFt is seeking a $ million bond A Drama By Tennessee Williams BY PERMISSION OF DRAMATISTS PLAY SERVICE January 29, 30, February 5, 6, 7*, 12, 13, 14* 2016 ltww.org | 1130 E. 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