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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
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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