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REGION Saturday, March 19, 2016 East Oregonian BRIEFLY PENDLETON Umatilla Co. OKs anti-tobacco job By PHIL WRIGHT East Oregonian Umatilla County will hire an employee to help keep minors away from tobacco. Umatilla County Public Health won a $133,000 state grant to fund a tobacco prevention coordinator. The grant expires June 30, 2017. The county board of commis- sioners on Wednesday voted 3-0 to approve the job. George Murdock, chairman of the board, said the coordinator would work with merchants to make tobacco less appealing to young people. The statewide cigarette smoking rate for 11th graders is 9.8 percent, according to Oregon Public Health, but Umatilla County has a rate of 17.8 percent. Statewide data also shows 16.8 percent of those students get their smokes from stores and gas stations. More than 80 percent, however, use friends and family as their source. The county board also tweaked the boundaries of the Athena-Weston and Milton-Freewater school districts. The change covers about 90 acres on the farm of Preston Winn of Weston. Winn, who turned 60 a week ago, told the board his ancestors established the farm near Weston in 1875, and for the last 20 years his family lived in a house on the farm. But he also reno- vated the old house he grew up in about a quarter of a mile away, and a month ago moved there. That house now is in the Milton-Freewater School District. Winn said he would like to keep living in the Athena-Weston School Page 3A District and continue his 20-plus years of service on the district’s board of direc- tors. County tax assessor Paul Chalmers told commis- sioners the change likely is to have minimal affect on the tax revenue from either district because the state ZRXOG EDFN¿OO DQ\ JHQHUDO fund money Milton-Free- water schools would lose. The county board approved the change 3-0. The board also held a SXEOLF KHDULQJ DQG ¿UVW reading for the plans to move the human services division from the community justice department to public health. Human services handles addiction treatment, veteran affairs and developmental disabilities. Commissioner George Murdock said public health is the division’s rightful home. The board, though, held off on approving a deputy director position to oversee human services. Murdock and fellow commissioner Larry Givens said that should wait until the reorganization goes into effect July 1. The money is in the budget for the position, which would pay D\HDUSOXVEHQH¿WV And the board authorized the road department to buy a 2000 CPS belly dump trailer from Woodpecker Truck & Equipment for $22,500. Belly dump — or semi bottom dump — trailers have a container that dumps material from the belly of the trailer. Road department director Tom Fellows said this would replace the coun- ty’s much older trailer. “I appreciate the explana- tion,” Murdock quipped. “I thought we were starting an exercise program.” HEPPNER Bartholomew Building dedicated of Oregon’s worst natural disaster. Bartholomew was responsible for 94 estate proceedings before he died. By GEORGE PLAVEN +LV¿QDODFWZDVWRDSSRLQW East Oregonian D QHZ JXDUGLDQ IRU ¿YH children in Ione. :KHQDPDMRUÀDVKÀRRG “He was a guy who ripped through the heart was always thinking about of downtown Heppner in others, which is the kind of 1903, killing 247 people, public servant you’d want,” the devastation pushed Tallman said. Alba G. Bartholomew to his With the Bartholomew breaking point. Building now complete, As county judge, it was county administrator Jerry Bartholomew’s job to settle Sorte said they are turning Staff photo by George Plaven the estates of victims whose their attention to potential Wahner, the great-great-grandson of Alba loved ones were swept Gus Bartholomew, speaks during the dedication ceremo- building upgrades — or a away in the raging waters. ny for the Bartholomew Building on Friday as Morrow brand new facility — on Historical records indicate County Judge Terry Tallman looks on. the north side of the county. Bartholomew worked Those conversations are still broke ground in 2014, and ongoing. himself to death at the age speak. “It’s a privilege to have was paid for by revenue of 58, with his obituary “We are now getting reading that he “collapsed such a beautiful building collected by the county to the point where we are under the strain of his labors dedicated to my great-great from investment partner- starting to crunch some attending to public and grandfather,” said Wahner, ships signed with wind numbers,” Sorte said. “We’ll ZKROLYHVLQ6WDQ¿HOG farm developers. private affairs.” be continuing that, presum- The Bartholomew Commissioners had ably, for the next several On Friday, Morrow opened in decided to use its share months.” &RXQW\ RI¿FLDOV GHGLFDWHG Building the new government admin- November, located next of wind energy dollars istration building that bears to the Morrow County to improve infrastructure Bartholomew’s name. The Courthouse. It is now home across the county, including ceremony included several to the county administrative facilities and roads. Judge Terry Tallman members of the judge’s RI¿FHV SXEOLF KHDOWK MXYH- extended family, such as nile services, special trans- led a commemoration of Bartholomew, praising his great-great-grandson Gus portation and accounting. The $4.2 million project resolve in the aftermath Wahner, who was invited to Project completed in November Three prosecuted for Medicaid fraud PENDLETON — A trio of Milton-Freewater residents face multiple counts of theft and fraud. Court records show the Umatilla County grand jury in February indicted Jesse Patrick Jackson, 29, Chelsey Sumerlin Breeding, 31, and Frederick L. Breeding, 71, for running a Medicaid scam for several thousand dollars. Frederick Breeding is disabled, but the state alleges Jackson and Chelsey Breeding were committing home care worker fraud from April 2012 through 2015 so they all could UHFHLYHJUHDWHUEHQH¿WV than needed. The Oregon Department of Justice plans to charge each as follows: • Jackson with eight counts of making a false claim for health care SD\PHQWIRXUFRXQWVRI¿UVW degree theft and four counts RI¿UVWGHJUHHDJJUDYDWHG theft by deception; • Chelsey Sumerlin Breeding with 13 counts of making a false claim for KHDOWKFDUHSD\PHQW¿YH FRXQWVRI¿UVWGHJUHHWKHIW DQGVL[FRXQWVRI¿UVW degree aggravated theft by deception; • And Frederick Breeding with four counts of making a false claim for health care payment and two each IRU¿UVWGHJUHHWKHIWDQG ¿UVWGHJUHHDJJUDYDWHGWKHIW by deception. Their arraignments are Tuesday morning in circuit court in Pendleton. Grants increase public safety in Hermiston HERMISTON — The Hermiston Police Department received almost $29,000 in two grants to EHQH¿WSXEOLFVDIHW\ Hermiston Chief Jason Edmiston in a written statement reported a grant of $26,985 from the Oregon Department of Transportation will cover RYHUWLPHFRVWVIRURI¿FHUV to enforce the rules of the road during upcoming construction along the Highway 395 corridor. “We would encourage our citizenry to slow down and avoid distractions during the construction,” he added. And the department will buy three automated external GH¿EULOODWRUVIRUSDWUROFDUV thanks to an $1,800 grant from the Good Shepherd Community Health Foundation. Edmiston stated the foundation has provided opportunities to numerous organizations and groups in the Hermiston area, and the WKUHHGH¿EULOODWRUVZLOOEHD ERRQWRSDWURORI¿FHUV Chamber to hold forum for council candidates PENDLETON — Candidates for Pendleton City Council will make their case to the Pendleton Chamber of Commerce and the public at a forum April 20. All 14 candidates have been invited to the Pendleton Masonic Lodge at 1350 N.W. Carden Ave. to participate in the forum from 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. “The Chamber believes it is important to offer our members and the community at large a chance to meet the candidates. It is wonderful to see such a large number of people willing to step into a leadership role,” chamber Executive Director Gail Nelson said in a statement. The forum will take place during the chamber’s regularly scheduled luncheon, tickets for which cost members and employees of member businesses $13. Non-members and members who pay after April 15 will be charged $16. Seating will be available for those who do not want lunch, but all attendees must RSVP. To make a reservation, call the chamber at 541-276- 7411. Training focuses on nonpro¿t board of¿cers PENDLETON — A special training workshop for QRQSUR¿W ERDUG PHPEHUV LV planned in Pendleton. The session will present information that will be helpful to new members as ZHOODVYHWHUDQRI¿FHUVZKR would like to brush up on their skills and network with others. Offered by Center for 1RQSUR¿W 6WHZDUGVKLS WKH training is Saturday, April 9 from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Pendleton Convention Center, 1601 Westgate. An early registration discount is offered to those who sign up by Friday. The cost is $75, or $60 for graduates of the Ford Institute Leadership. The fee increases by $15 after March 25. Presentations are made by the Oregon Department of Justice along with a OHDGLQJ QRQSUR¿W FHUWL¿HG SXEOLF DFFRXQWDQW QRQSUR¿W consultant and board leadership specialist. 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