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and getting rid of outdated another to ¿OO a vacant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.
Matt <oshioNa and
+eidi SiSe wiOO Moin Pore
than a dozen educators,
adPinistrators and Oegis-
Oators on a coPPittee that
wiOO OooN into e[Sanding
SrofessionaO deveOoSPent
oSSortunities for teachers.
<oshioNa is the director
of curricuOuP, instruction
and assessPent for the
PendOeton SchooO District
and SiSe is the suSerinten-
dent of the 8PatiOOa SchooO
District.
“We aOO want Oregon¶s
students to Oearn froP
caring, coPSetent, and
cuOturaOOy
resSonsive
educators,´ %rown said
in a statePent. “The
CounciO¶s efforts wiOO heOS
ensure educators have
PeaningfuO oSSortunities
to e[Sand their sNiOOs and
caSacity to Sursue ongoing
SrofessionaO Oearning and
OeadershiS deveOoSPent.´
The counciO wiOO reSort
its ¿ndings and recoPPen-
dations to %rown Ey SeSt. 1.
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