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REGION Thursday, March 31, 2016 East Oregonian Page 3A PILOT ROCK Bill Caldera takes helm as chief of police saOary for Pore than a year. City recorder Teri Porter said soPe of the funds wiOO %iOO CaOdera is done with go toward tacticaO eTuiS- his MoE as the Oieutenant Pent the deSartPent needs. CaOdera retired for the PendOeton PoOice Wednesday froP DeSartPent. PendOeton SoOice, The 3-year where he worNed veteran of Oaw for 2 years and enforcePent of¿- the Oast si[ as a ciaOOy Eegins his Oieutenant. PiOot new MoE Friday as 5ocN wiOO Say hiP chief of SoOice for 6,000 a Ponth, PiOot 5ocN. according to his CaOdera has e PSO oy P ent aOready Eeen contract with the handOing chief city. That wiOO Ee duties for the Caldera aEout 20,000 sPaOO town south of PendOeton for Pore than Oess Ser year than he Pade a Ponth. That incOudes with PendOeton. +e aOso assessing deSartPent needs wiOO receive a Eene¿ts and negotiating a new SacNage and start off with contract for the 8PatiOOa 0 hours of vacation and 0 County Sheriff¶s Of¿ce to hours of sicN Oeave. CaOdera Oives in Pend- Srovide disSatch services. The city counciO earOier Oeton. PiOot 5ocN agreed to this Ponth aSSroved Srovide hiP with a worN sSending 1,300 on SoOice vehicOe and worN ceOO- deSartPent uSgrades, Shone. +e aOso wiOO worN incOuding security Peasures four 10-hour shifts a weeN, and Eetter Shone service. according to the contract. The city has one fuOO- CaOdera and city staff aOso recentOy sSent two days tiPe of¿cer, DanieO %adaO, organizing the deSartPent and is OooNing to hire and getting rid of outdated another to ¿OO a vacant Sosition. eTuiSPent. ——— The SoOice deSartPent Contact Phil Wright at Eudget had e[tra Poney Eecause there has Eeen pwright@eastoregonian. no SoOice chief drawing a com or 541-966-0833. By PHIL WRIGHT East Oregonian Toddler tees up Staff photo by Kathy Aney Callen Chester, 1, focuses as he gets ready to smack a ball off a tee Saturday shortly before Mac-Hi’s game against Estacada during last weekend’s Spring Break Crossover Tournament in Milton-Freewater. BRIEFLY ArEroath, ScotOand was signed — Tartan Day is a day of wearing SOaid and rePePEering the contriEutions of ScotsPen to our heritage. The Penu wiOO feature Peat Sies, Scotch eggs and scones. ,n addition, Oive Pusic wiOO Ee SerforPed Ey Steve PyOe. This year¶s Athena CaOedonian GaPes are -uOy -10. )or Pore inforPation, contact Sue Friese at athenacaOedoniangaPes# gPaiO.coP or visit www. athenacaOedoniangaPes.org. Test offers Canine Good Citizen PENDLETON — Testing for the Canine Good Citizen certi¿cate is SOanned in the area. GaiO +escocN of La Grande ZiOO offer the test 6aturday, $SriO 30 in PendOeton. TiPe sOots are aYaiOaEOe froP 10 a.P. to 3 S.P. The cost is 1, SOus an $.C fee for the certi¿cate, Zhich is 20 for $.C registered dogs or for non-registered dogs. The CGC test is a series of eOePents, incOuding sitting to Ee Setted, ZaONing through a croZd, coPing Zhen caOOed, sitting and Oaying doZn on coPPand. The 5ound-8S City %arNers -+ COuE is sSonsoring the test as a fundraiser to heOS Say for county fair e[Senses. ,n addition, -uOie :underOich ZiOO host a Sre-test cOass to go oYer the eOePents, Zhich SroYides an oSSortunity for dogs to Sractice. That session is 6aturday, $SriO Eeginning at a.P. ,t costs 20. )or Pore inforPation aEout the test or cOass, incOuding the Oocations, caOO :underOich at 1-3-313. Community breakfast features apple pancakes 6T$N),ELD — $SSOe SancaNes are the featured entrpe for this Ponth¶s 6tan¿eOd CoPPunity %reaNfast. :ith Pany itePs to choose froP, SeoSOe Pay Surchase food a Oa carte, Zhich generaOOy costs 3- for a fuOO PeaO. The EreaNfast is 6aturday froP -10 a.P. at the 6tan¿eOd CoPPunity Center, 22 :. 5ooseYeOt. The eYent aOso incOudes a EaNe saOe, featuring caNes, cooNies, Sies, and hoPePade Eread and roOOs. Money raised froP the PonthOy EreaNfasts serYe as the Pain source of fundraising for the center. )or Pore inforPation, caOO 1--1332 or 1-1- 601. Gymnastics to start new session PENDLETON — A neZ eight-ZeeN gyPnastics session Eegins the ZeeN of ASriO 11 through PendOeton ParNs 5ecreation. COasses are aYaiOaEOe for those ages 1 Ponths through 12 years oOd. The fees range froP 60-, deSending on the Oength of the cOass. ,n addition to the ShysicaO e[ercise, gyPnastics heOSs chiOdren EuiOd con¿dence, coordination, Oistening sNiOOs and cooSeration Zith others. )or Pore inforPation aEout cOass dates, tiPes and sSeci¿c costs, Yisit ZZZ. SendOetonSarNsandrec.coP or stoS Ey the SarNs of¿ce, 6 TutuiOOa 5oad. )or Pore Boardman seeks Cinco de Mayo volunteers Staff photo by Kathy Aney Hannah Fisher, a trainer with Desert Dogs Unleashed, conducts public access training in 2014 with Perps, a young German shepherd. Area dog owners can participate in an upcoming class in preparation for the Canine Good Citizen test. inforPation, caOO 1-26- 100. Powwow 101 provides basic information PENDLETON — The SuEOic is inYited to Oearn aEout different SoZZoZ dancing styOes and songs. Powwow 101 is Tuesday froP 11 a.P. to noon in 6T-200 at %Oue Mountain CoPPunity CoOOege, 211 N.:. Carden AYe., PendOeton. The free worNshoS, which incOudes a tiPe for Tuestions and answers, wiOO occur Eefore the uScoPing %MCC Arts CuOture )estiYaO. The eYent wiOO feature a Sowwow :ednesday, ASriO 20 froP 6- S.P. in McCrae ActiYity Center. )or Pore inforPation, contact Annie 6Pith at asPith#EOuecc.edu or 1-2-3. MUREA program features framing techniques PENDLETON — A sSeciaO SrograP on fraPing ideas and techniTues is featured during the uScoPing Morrow-8PatiOOa 5etired Educators Association Peeting. The SuEOic is inYited to the no-host gathering Tuesday at 1130 a.P. at 6ister¶s Cafe, 30 6. Main 6t., PendOeton. )oOOowing Ounch and a Eusiness Peeting, the grouS wiOO reconYene at PendOeton Art )raPe, 36 S.W. Court Ave., where Dena SuPPer¿eOd and Cherise %aNer wiOO share ideas. MePEershiS in M85EA is not OiPited to retired educators, Eut is oSen to anyone interested in SroPoting education. )or Pore inforPation, caOO unit Sresident %iOO MaycOin at 1-26-0. Put on the plaid AT+ENA — The SuEOic is invited to ceOeErate Tartan Day. A Scottish Ounch is offered Wednesday, ASriO 6 froP 1130 a.P. to 1 S.P. at the Sugar ShacN EsSresso %ar, 33 E. Main St., Athena. +eOd in conMunction with the Scottish indeSendence day — when in 1320, the Scottish DecOaration of ,ndeSendence at $ %OA5DMAN — The %oardPan Cinco de Mayo coPPittee invites SeoSOe to assist with SOanning the uScoPing event. The SOanning Peeting is Wednesday, ASriO 6 at 6 S.P. at Macario¶s 5estaurant, 302 OOson 5oad, %oardPan. The Cinco de Mayo event is Saturday, May froP -10 S.P. at %oardPan Marina ParN. For Pore inforPation, caOO 1-1-301. Wills and trusts subject of meeting PENDLETON — Karin DaOOas SSratOing of Corey, %yOer and 5ew Oaw of¿ces wiOO Sresent inforPation on wiOOs and trusts at a Peeting of AA8W Thursday, ASriO at S.P. The Peeting wiOO Ee heOd at the 9ert COuE 5ooP, 23 S.W. Fourth St., PendOeton. A sociaO tiPe with refreshPents and a short Eusiness Peeting aOso wiOO Ee Sart of the evening. The SuEOic is weOcoPe to attend. AA8W¶s Pission of Eettering the Oives of woPen and girOs now incOudes a student af¿Oiate cOuE at %Oue Mountain CoPPunity CoOOege in PendOeton. For Pore inforPation, contact 5enee at 1-3-00. IRRIGON ArPed hoPe invasion SroPSts schooO OocNout East Oregonian An ,rrigon woPan reSorted an arPed hoPe invasion on Wednesday Porning Eut SoOice couOdn¶t ¿nd the susSect. Morrow County Sheriff Kenneth MatOacN said in a news reOease that the deSart- Pent received a reSort froP a resident shortOy Eefore a.P. that a Pan dressed in a gray hooded sweatshirt NnocNed on her door, and when she answered it, “forced his way inside at gunSoint.´ She reSorted he stoOe a Surse and soPe other itePs froP a EedrooP Eefore Àeeing on foot. %oardPan PoOice DeSartPent assisted the sheriff¶s of¿ce in searching for the susSect. “There does not aSSear to Ee a threat to the generaO SuEOic at this tiPe,´ MatOacN stated. As a Srecaution, ,rrigon schooOs OocNed their e[ternaO doors untiO SoOice had sweSt the neighEor- hoods around each schooO. 9isitors were not aOOowed into the schooO, Eut cOasses continued as norPaO inside and the OocNout Oifted at aEout 1030 a.P. Morrow County SchooO District suSerintendent DirN DirNsen said the OocNout went sPoothOy and was an e[aPSOe of the SartnershiS Eetween the schooO district and Oaw enforcePent to Srotect students. “The nice Sart aEout this is we¶re a Oot Pore SreSared for these things than we were even ¿ve years ago,´ he said. Sipe, Yoshioka appointed to state education advancement council PENDLETON — Gov. Kate %rown announced the aSSointPents of 1 SeoSOe to the newOy created CounciO on Educator AdvancePent on Wednesday, incOuding two 8PatiOOa County adPinis- trators. 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