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PENDLETON BLIZZARD STOMPS RANKS THE DALLES FOURTH BASKETBALL/1B WORST 5A ZIKA VIRUS ‘SPREADING EXPLOSIVELY’ WORLD/6A FRIDAY, JANUARY 29, 2016 140th Year, No. 75 Your Weekend One dollar WINNER OF THE 2015 ONPA GENERAL EXCELLENCE AWARD MEACHAM Umatilla man charged with murder Three jailed after shooting death of Thadd Nelson • • • By PHIL WRIGHT East Oregonian Winter Chamber Music at the Vert Club Room Rivoli fundraiser brunch at Sundown Bar and Grill “The Murder of Handsome Jack” at Agape House For times and places see Coming Events, 5A Catch a movie Photo contributed by Marnie Elder DreamWorks Animation via AP Thadd Nelson was killed early Wednesday morning near Meacham. Joseph Aaron McIver of Umatilla was charged Thursday with murder in the shooting death of Thadd Nelson of Meacham. Two other men also are in Umatilla County Jail, Pendleton, in connection to the violent crime. Umatilla County District Attorney Dan Primus said he could not provide details of the crime while the police investigation continues. Nelson’s family said they are reeling from the loss. Primus arraigned the trio Thursday afternoon in separate cases. They appeared in circuit court in Pendleton via video from the jail. The state charged McIver, 22, of 81765 Harbor Lights Lane, Umatilla, with the lone count of PXUGHUZLWKD¿UHDUP7KHMXGJHVHW McIver’s bail at $10 million. Edward Duarte Ayala, 46, and Armando Vargas, 39, appeared before Circuit Judge Lynn Hampton. They said they live with others at 1065 W. Juanita Ave., Hermiston. The state charged Ayala with felon LQSRVVHVVLRQRID¿UHDUPXQDXWKR rized use of a vehicle and attempt to ÀHHSROLFH9DUJDVIDFHVFKDUJHVRI IHORQLQSRVVHVVLRQRID¿UHDUPDQG unlawful use of a weapon. Police used a spike strip to stop Ayala, Primus told the court, and caught him with at least ¿YH JXQV LQ his possession. Primus also said both men had substantial FULPLQDO KLVWR McIver ries in Fresno, California, including for domestic violence and weapons crimes. He said Vargas moved to Hermiston in the last week. Hampton set bail at $30,000 each and also set preliminary hearings for Wednesday, when they can enter pleas. See MURDER/10A Jack Black continues his “legendary adventures of awesomeness” in “Kung Fu Panda 3.” For showtime, Page 5A Weekend Weather Fri Sat Sun 46/35 45/31 41/28 Utilities tout coal transition plan By GEORGE PLAVEN East Oregonian The Oregon Public Utility Commission will hold a special meeting Friday in Salem to discuss a major proposal that would phase out coal from the state’s two largest electric utilities. House Bill 4036, or the Clean Electricity and Coal Transition Plan, would also UHTXLUH 3DFL¿F 3RZHU DQG Portland General Electric double their renewable energy mandate by 2040. The companies would stop using coal to serve Oregon customers by 2030. The deal was negotiated ZLWK3DFL¿F3RZHU3*(DQG a coalition of environmental JURXSV WKDW SUHYLRXVO\ ¿OHG ballot measures to cut coal out of Oregon’s electricity mix. Both utilities say HB 4036 includes safeguards that will save ratepayers hundreds of millions of dollars, compared See COAL/10A Staff photo by E.J. Harris Pendleton High School Spanish teacher Kathryn Youngman addresses the crowd gathered on Thursday at the Happy Canyon Arena in Pendleton to help her with her dream to be on The Ellen DeGeneres Show. More photos online at eastoregonian.com Teacher feels the love Youngman supporters gather at Happy Canyon or the Happy Canyon Night Show. There wasn’t a horse or bull in sight. They came to support The #YoungmanOnEllen Pendleton High School teacher campaign rolls on. $ SLQNFODG FURZG ¿OOHG WKH Kathryn Youngman, who is Happy Canyon Arena Thursday battling cancer for the third night. They weren’t there to time. They posed with huge watch Professional Bull Riding #YoungmanOnEllen banners in By KATHY ANEY East Oregonian the shadow of the Happy Canyon Saloon. They will send the photo to Ellen DeGeneres via social media, as part of the campaign to get Youngman on her show. The Spanish teacher has said she would love to meet DeGeneres because of the comedienne’s positivity and how she ends her show by exhorting her audience to be kind. The #YoungmanOnEllen campaign trended this week on Facebook and Twitter. The hashtag was retweeted by Gov. Kate Brown, former University of Oregon quarterback Vernon Adams, New York Yankee center ¿HOGHU -DFRE\ 0F&DEH$WODQWD See YOUNGMAN/10A HARNEY COUNTY STANDOFF: DAY 26 FBI shows video of Tuesday shooting of Finicum By NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS and TERRENCE PETTY Associated Press Chris Pietsch/The Register-Guard via AP Greg Bretzing, special agent in charge for the FBI in Portland, presents video of the shooting of Robert Finicum, shown at center left on the monitor, a spokesman for the armed occupiers of a wildlife refuge, during a press conference in Burns, Thursday. BURNS — The FBI released video Thursday of the shooting death of a spokesman for the armed occupiers of a wildlife refuge that shows the man reaching into his jacket before he fell into the snow. The FBI said the man had a loaded gun in his pocket. Authorities showed the video at a news conference to counter claims that the man killed in the Tuesday confrontation on a remote Oregon high country road — Robert )LQLFXP²GLGQRWKLQJWRSURYRNHRI¿FHUV 5HOHDVHRIWKHYLGHRFDPHDVIRXURFFX piers remaining at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge refused to leave without assurances they wouldn’t be arrested. The occupation began nearly a month ago. More online See the full video at eastoregonian.com. Viewer discretion is advised. During the Tuesday confrontation, the )%,DQG2UHJRQ6WDWH7URRSHUVDUUHVWHG¿YH PDLQ ¿JXUHV LQ WKH RFFXSDWLRQ LQFOXGLQJ Ammon Bundy, their leader. The video, shot by the FBI from an airplane, shows Bundy’s vehicle stopped by police on a road. He and an occupier riding with him — Brian Cavalier — were arrested. A white truck driven by Finicum ZDV VWRSSHG EXW WRRN RII ZLWK RI¿FHUV LQ pursuit. The video shows Finicum’s vehicle SORZLQJ LQWR D VQRZEDQN ZKHQ HQFRXQ See STANDOFF/8A
