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RUBIO, CRUZ ATTACK TIP OF THE HAT TO HERMISTON FIRST RESPONDERS OPINION/4A DEBATE/7A SCHIMMEL PARENTS FIRED SPORTS/1B FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2016 140th Year, No. 95 One dollar WINNER OF THE 2015 ONPA GENERAL EXCELLENCE AWARD STANFIELD Your Weekend Policies ignored, no laws broken DO- LnYestLJatLon ILnds no FrLmLnal aFtLYLt\ • • • “Eleemosynary” at Bob Clapp Theatre, Pendleton Oregon Mandolin Orchestra at the Vert Tillamook Cheese Days at SAGE center For times and places see Coming Events, 6A By PHIL WRIGHT East Oregonian 6tan¿ eld SolLFe FhLeI Br\on =XPZalt and /t. 7ro\ /a0onte 7ooPEV IaLled to loJ eYLdenFe and dLd not FondXFt a Pandator\ FrLP Lnal EaFNJroXnd FheFN on a reVerYe oI¿ Fer. BXt the OreJon DeSartPent oI -XVtLFe IoXnd theLr LneStneVV ZaV not FrLPLnal. 7he toZn¶V toS oI¿ FerV Zere VXEMeFted to a MXVtLFe deSartPent LnYeVtLJatLon that EeJan NoY. 9, 2015 Lnto alleJatLonV oI PLVFondXFt. 7he deSartPent :edneVda\ aIternoon releaVed dLJLtal FoSLeV oI LtV VeYen SaJe reSort, an aXdLo reFordLnJ oI LnYeVtLJatorV TXeVtLonLnJ =XPZalt and a -an. 19 letter IroP VenLor aVVLVtant attorne\ Jeneral -ohn 7VenJ to 6tan¿ eld &Lt\ 0anaJer BlaLr /arVen. 7hat letter Vtated that ZhLle =XPZalt and 7ooPEV IaLled to Peet SroIeVVLonal VtandardV, the\ dLd not EreaN the laZ. 7he MXVtLFe deSartPent EeJan LtV LnYeVtLJatLon aIter 6tan¿ eld oI¿ Fer Zumwalt See POLICE/12A Toombs Catch a movie PENDLETON House tries to revive energy bill Lionsgate via AP ‘Gods of Egypt’ For showtime, Page 5A Weekend Weather Fri Sat Sun 58/42 56/39 59/39 By HILLARY BORRUD Capital Bureau Watch a game vs. Lost River vs. Heppner Saturday, 2 p.m., at Heppner Staff photo by E.J. Harris HERMISTON Drotzmann running for re-election By JADE MCDOWELL East Oregonian +ermLston 0a\or DaYLd Drot]mann has announFed he Slans to run Ior reeleFtLon. Drot]mann, an oStome trLst and owner oI /LIetLme 9 L s L o n 6ourFe, has been ma\or sLnFe -anuar\ 201. +e saLd on 7hursda\ that he Slanned to ¿ le SaSer Drotzmann worN at FLt\ hall later Ln the da\ to run Ior a thLrd term. &andLdates haYe untLl 5 S.m. on 0arFh to ¿ le Ior ma\or or munLFLSal MudJe. See MAYOR/12A Darrin Umbarger plugs a charging cable into his wheelchair at a recharging station on Thursday at Commu- nity Park in Pendleton. This is the fi rst electric wheelchair recharging station in the city. /eadLnJ the FharJe on ZheelFhaLr PoELlLt\ 6tate Jrant starts SroJram to Lnstall FharJLnJ statLons By ANTONIO SIERRA East Oregonian DarrLn UPEarJer ZantV to JLYe 3endleton Zheel FhaLr XVerV theLr PoELlLt\ EaFN. UPEarJer, the &EO oI &learYLeZ 0edLatLon and DLVaELlLt\ 0edLFal &enter and a ZheelFhaLr XVer, haV dealt ZLth hLV eleFtrLF ZheelFhaLr rXnnLnJ oXt oI SoZer. ³YoX¶re at the PerF\ oI eYer\Eod\,´ he VaLd. +LV VolXtLon ZaV to Vtart a SLlot SroJraP to Staff photo by E.J. Harris The new wheelchair recharging station should accommodate 98 percent of all electric wheelchairs. LnVtall ZheelFhaLr FharJLnJ VtatLonV aFroVV the FLt\. UPEarJer aSSlLed Ior and reFeLYed a 1,000 Vtate Jrant to Vtart the SroJraP and the ¿ rVt FharJLnJ VtatLon ZaV LnVtalled :edneVda\ at &oPPXnLt\ 3arN ZLth helS IroP the 3endleton 3arNV and ReFreatLon DeSartPent. 0arNed E\ a ErLJht ElXe VLJn, the FharJLnJ VtatLon LV a VPall Jra\ Eo[ Xnder a Vhelter on the eaVt VLde oI the SarN. 3rotrXdLnJ IroP the Eo[ LV a Vhort Ford that UPEarJer eVtLPated LV FoPSatLEle ZLth 9 SerFent oI eleFtrLF ZheelFhaLrV and VFooterV. AIter 1520 PLnXteV oI FharJLnJ at the VtatLon, ZhLFh elLFLtV a TXLet hXP Zhen aFtLYated, the Zheel FhaLr LV IXll\ FharJed and read\ to Jo. UPEarJer VaLd there LVn¶t de¿ nLtLYe LnIorPatLon on hoZ Pan\ ZheelFhaLr XVerV lLYe Ln 3endleton EeFaXVe Pan\ oI theP Vta\ LndoorV. UPEarJer VaLd a ZheelFhaLr ZLth a Erand neZ Eatter\ ZLll JLYe a See WHEELCHAIR/12A Bill would allow states to buy national forest land /eJLslatLon Lntended to boost loJJLnJ By GEORGE PLAVEN East Oregonian An AlasNa FonJressman wants to allow states to aFTuLre uS to 2 mLllLon aFres oI natLonal Iorest land Irom the Iederal JoYernment to manaJe SrLmarLl\ Ior loJJLnJ. ReSublLFan ReS. Don YounJ LntroduFed the 6tate NatLonal Forest 0anaJement AFt oI 2015 Ln 6eStember, Iour months beIore armed mLlLtants beJan oFFuS\LnJ the 0alheur NatLonal :Lld lLIe ReIuJe near Burns. 7he mLlLtants, led b\ Ammon Bund\, deFrLed the SerFeLYed mLsmanaJement oI SublLF lands durLnJ the 41da\ standoII and demanded the\ be returned to loFal Fontrol. YounJ’s bLll ² the 6tate NatLonal Forest 0anaJement AFt oI 2015 ² would let state leJLslatures deFLde LI the\ want to bu\ natLonal Iorest land Irom the Forest 6erYLFe, or e[FhanJe land oI eTual Yalue wLth the Ieds. 7he Joal Ls to sSur tLmber See FOREST/12A EO fi le photo Horseshoe Lake as seen from August Island in the Eagle Cap Wilderness of the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest in Eastern Oregon. 6A/E0 ² /aZPaNerV Ln the OreJon +oXVe XVed a laVtdLtFh PaneXYer 7hXrVda\ eYenLnJ to reYLYe a reneZaEle enerJ\ ELll that had Vtalled dXe to ReSXElLFan oSSoVLtLon Ln the 6enate. /aVt ZeeN the +oXVe SaVVed a ELll that would d o u b l e the state’s renewable e n e r J \ mandate to reTuLre the state’s two LnYes torowned utLlLtLes, 3aFL¿ &orS and 3ortland *eneral EleFtrLF, to use sourFes suFh as solar and wLnd to serYe 50 SerFent oI theLr Fustomers’ enerJ\ demand b\ 2040. It would also reTuLre the two utLlLtLes stoS usLnJ Foal Sower to serYe theLr Fustomers. ReSublLFans Ln the 6enate, who oSSose the bLll, are draItLnJ a mLnorLt\ reSort. BeFause the\ haYe no dead lLne to SroduFe the reSort, the moYe Fould eIIeFtLYel\ NeeS the measure Irom FomLnJ to a Yote beIore the end oI the sessLon. 7he +ouse &ommLttee on Rules Yoted 2 7hursda\ nLJht to Sass a seSarate SLeFe oI leJLslatLon alread\ Sassed b\ the 6enate Ln whLFh suSSorters Lnserted the renewable enerJ\ bLll. 7hat bLll now Joes to the Iull +ouse Ior a Yote. +ouse ReSublLFans TuLFNl\ resSonded wLth a moYe to emSlo\ the same taFtLF as theLr 6enate FolleaJues, althouJh Lt Ls unlLNel\ to bu\ muFh oI a dela\. Under +ouse rules, the mLnorLt\ reSort must be submLtted b\ 5 S.m. FrLda\. II Sassed b\ the +ouse, the new bLll must then Jo baFN to the 6enate Ior aSSroYal. 7he enerJ\ bLll was draIted SrLYatel\ b\ 3aFL¿ &orS and 3ortland *eneral EleFtrLF, enYLronmental JrouSs, the renewable enerJ\ Lndustr\ and &LtL]ens UtLlLt\ Board oI OreJon. It has been FontroYersLal sLnFe beIore the leJLslatLYe sessLon beJan, beFause oI news reSorts that *oY. .ate Brown’s admLnLstratLon LnstruFted the 3ublLF UtLlLt\ &ommLssLon not to Jo SublLF wLth FonFerns the bLll would be e[SensLYe Ior Fustomers and do lLttle to reduFe emLs See ENERGY/12A
