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LITTLE DARLINGS SPECIAL SECTION MEET THE JACKPOT RODEO QUEEN 3A INSIDE: 85/50 BUCKS LOSE TO EAGLES SOFTBALL/1B :('N(6'A<, A35,/ 2, 2 th <ear, No WINNER OF THE 2015 ONPA GENERAL EXCELLENCE AWARD Remember. One dollar Census snapshot of UmCo By JADE MCDOWELL East Oregonian Staff photo by E.J. Harris Manny Taiblum, a Jewish Holocaust surviver from Poland, holds up his hand to show his missing fi nger he lost while fi ghting the Nazis during World War II in the Polish resistance during a talk at BMCC on Tuesday in Pendleton. +olocaust survivor speaNs oI horror, resilience 0 By KATHY ANEY Ƈ EAST OREGONIAN ann\ 7aibluP¶s hair is Jra\ and he doesn¶t hear so well these da\s :hen he starts tellinJ his personal stor\, thouJh, he Porphs bacN into the scared 2\earold bo\ who returned to his hoPe one da\ in to ¿ nd his entire IaPil\ Jone 7he +olocaust survivor spoNe 7uesda\ PorninJ at the %lue 0ountain &oPPunit\ &olleJe Arts &ulture )estival 7he audience listened as 7aibluP told oI his chaotic liIe aIter the *erPan invasion oI Poland and how he survived to eventuall\ settle in the 8nited 6tates /iIe was once norPal Ior 7aibluP¶s IaPil\ +is Iather, a +asidic -ew who wore the traditional white shirt, blacN pants and \arPulNe, ran a store in the -ewish 4uarter oI :arsaw *erPan\ invaded in One da\, arPed Na]i police caPe to the store and ordered the IaPil\ to Pove to a place called the :arsaw *hetto 7heir tin\ apartPent contained onl\ a table, two chairs, a coal stove and three straw Pattresses 0ann\ slept on the Nitchen À oor :arsaw¶s entire -ewish coPPunit\, he said, was Iorced into an area oI about a sTuare Pile ³+itler concentrated a halI Pillion -ews there,´ said 7aibluP, who now lives in Portland )ood was scarce in the Jhetto and the bo\ concocted a plan to sneaN out, walN to the IarP oI a Pan who had once supplied his Iather¶s store and asN Ior Iood One niJht, the bo\ stole awa\ and walNed throuJh ¿ elds parallelinJ a road %\ da\breaN, he arrived at the IarP 7he IarPer Ied hiP and loaded hiP with Iood :hen darNness Iell aJain, he headed bacN luJJinJ a heav\ sacN :hen he returned to the Jhetto, however, he Iound a surreal scene ³0\ hoPe was ePpt\,´ 7aibluP said ³7he streets were ePpt\ ² , didn¶t see a lone soul, not even an aniPal , walNed around the streets cr\inJ´ +e ¿ nall\ Iound an elderl\ Pan coPinJ around a corner ³+e was shaNinJ,´ 7aibluP rePePbered ³+e said, µ7he Na]is caPe to the Jhetto and tooN awa\ , -ews includinJ \our IaPil\¶´ 7he soldiers shot an\one who resisted, the Pan said 7aibluP Jave hiP the Iood he¶d carried hoPe and wandered awa\ in shocN See HOLOCAUST/10A “I will not be here to speak to you this story forever. Don’t let the lessons from this evil fade away.” — Manny Taiblum, Holocaust survivor PENDLETON Large ¿ eld characteri]es atlarge council race By ANTONIO SIERRA East Oregonian No race better encapsulates the wide ¿ eld oI candidates coPpetinJ in the 3endleton Punicipal elections than the race Ior the atlarJe council seat )our naPes will be listed when ballots are sent to voters April 27, the ¿ rst Iourwa\ race Ior a 3endleton &it\ &ouncil seat since 2 AlthouJh people can still cast votes Ior IorPer candidate -iP 6wearinJen, the coowner oI - % AutoPotive ended his caPpaiJn and no lonJer wants the position 3aul &halPers is technicall\ the incuPbent, but he will Jo into the 0a\ 7 election with onl\ three Ponths oI e[perience &halPers, the 8Patilla &ount\ director oI assessPent and ta[ation and the owner oI a Pold abatePent coPpan\, was appointed to the council in )ebruar\ to ¿ ll a vacanc\ IollowinJ the resiJnation oI -ane +ill, beatinJ out Iellow atlarJe candidate 3aul 5abitaille and :ard candidate -aPes 7ibbets :hile &halPers is PaNinJ his ¿ rst run Ior oI¿ ce, he¶s been involved in See COUNCIL/10A Paul Chalmers Paul Rabitaille Rick Rohde Age: 57 Age: 65 Age: 68 Occupation: Umatilla County director of assessment and tax- ation, owner of Mold Tek LLC Occupation: Retired salesman Hometown: Palm Des- ert, California Occupation: Retired, former Wal-Mart Distribution Center worker Years in Pendleton: 21 Hometown: Pendleton Highest Level of Edu- cation: Some college at College of the Desert Years in Pendleton: 30 Family: Widowed, one child, one grandchild Family: Single, three children, fi ve grand- children Hometown: Gresham Years in Pendleton: 17 Highest Level of Edu- cation: Some college at Mt. Hood Communi- ty College Family: Married, Five children, seven grand- children Highest Level of Ed- ucation: High school diploma *Jim Swearingen is listed on the ballot but ended his campaign after the withdrawal deadline (ver\ \ear the 86 &ensus %ureau publishes a treasure trove oI dePo Jraphic inIorPation, but Puch oI it Joes unnoticed b\ entities that could bene¿ t IroP the research A search Ior 8Patilla &ount\ brinJs up Pore than , data sets over the past 7 \ears, containinJ tidbits oI inIorPation ranJinJ IroP the obvious +erPiston¶s population is \ounJer than Pendleton¶s to the une[ pected sliJhtl\ Pore woPen than Pen in 8Patilla &ount\ hold PanaJePent positions 7he 24 data ² the latest available ² is an esti Pate based on the detailed 2 &ensus and subseTuent Jrowth %ut it provides a series oI snapshots oI the lives oI (astern OreJon residents A saPplinJ oI trivia IroP the database on Iact¿ nder censusJov is Iound below Transportation: Pend leton worNers tend to spend less tiPe coPPutinJ than those IroP +erPiston, with 4 percent oI Pendleton residents drivinJ less than Pinutes worN, coPpared to 2 percent in +erPiston +erPiston residents Jet up Ior worN earlier, with percent oI worNers leavinJ Ior worN between PidniJht See CENSUS/10A HERMISTON Sheriff seeks to strengthen relationship with Hispanic residents By JADE MCDOWELL East Oregonian 6heriII 7err\ 5owan souJht to strenJthen the rela tionship between his oI¿ ce and 8Patilla &ount\¶s +ispanic residents 0onda\ as he Pet with +erPiston¶s +ispanic Advisor\ &oPPittee 'urinJ a presentation to the coPPittee and 2 audi ence PePbers, 5owan, who is runninJ Ior a second terP as sheriII, reassured theP that his oI¿ ce does not seeN out undocuPented iPPiJrants ³Please Nnow that the Iederal JovernPent has advised Pe that it will not support the deportation oI lawabidinJ people and , aJree with that,´ he said ,n response to Tuestions about whether people without leJal status in the countr\ could report criPes anon\ Pousl\, 5owan said he abso lutel\ encouraJed people to report criPes no Patter their citi]enship issues /ocal law enIorcePent and dispatchers are prohibited IroP asNinJ criPe victiPs about their iPPiJration status ³,I \ou¶re callinJ as a victiP and the\ start asNinJ about \our leJalness in this countr\, , should Nnow about it,´ he said +e also pointed out that the dispatch center has a 24/7 lanJuaJe line service, so iI soPeone who doesn¶t speaN See SHERIFF/9A