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
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Contact Phil Wright at pwright@
eastoregonian.com or 541-966-0833.
HERMISTON
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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
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H A M L E Y S a lo o n
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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
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