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FRIDAY, APRIL 22, 2016
140th Year, No. 135
WINNER OF THE 2015 ONPA GENERAL EXCELLENCE AWARD
Your Weekend
LOCAL CIRCUIT COURT JUDGE RACE
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One dollar
Candidates take different
approach to the bench
By PHIL WRIGHT
East Oregonian
The two attorneys vying for the
local circuit court have attitudes
on opposite ends of the judicial
spectrum.
Jon Lieuallen of Pendleton and
John Ballard of Hermiston were
part of a candidates forum Thursday
in Heppner. Ballard told the crowd
of about 50 he would not coddle
criminals.
“There are certain people who
need to die in prison,” he said. “And
I have no qualms about sending
someone to prison for the rest of
their life.”
Lieuallen said most people who
go to prison also get out.
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thing you focus on, because the
person is going to be back (in the
community),” he said.
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bilitation doesn’t work: “It costs
just as much to lock them up, and
we’re safe that way.”
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Photo courtesy Malvin Jamison
Malvin Jamison shot and
killed this cougar April 11 on
the Umatilla Indian Reserva-
tion while turkey hunting.
Man kills
cougar
before it
attacks
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vs.
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Doubleheader
By TIM TRAINOR
East Oregonian
Saturday, Noon, 2:30 p.m.,
at Hermiston
Malvin Jamison knew it was
a life or death moment. Fox?
Coyote? Cougar. As it leaped
toward him he pulled the trigger.
Jamison, 53, is an enrolled
member of the Confederated
Tribes of the Umatilla. He works
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nician and describes himself as an
avid outdoorsman. He has hunted
nearly every game animal Eastern
Oregon has to offer — duck,
pheasant, chukar, deer, elk and
plenty of turkeys.
He has a favorite spot to go for
gobblers, a canyon in the foothills
of the Blue Mountains on the
reservation — that’s as detailed
as Jamison will be about the exact
location of his encounter.
He went up to that spot to hunt
turkey on April 11, waking before
dawn and leaving the house before
his wife woke up. He didn’t tell
anyone where he was going — a
big mistake for such a seasoned
outdoorsman — but hoped he
would be back home with a bird in
hand before his wife had gotten out
of bed.
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half mile walk from where he left
his vehicle, and began to imitate the
sounds of female turkeys, a trick
used by hunters to draw big males
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had set out a fan — a decoy made
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feathers that can make wary birds
more comfortable to approach.
He called for about 30 minutes,
then walked another quarter mile
to a spot where he has had success
in the past. He sat under a group of
hawthorn trees and started another
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HERMISTON
City seeks
input on
public art
By JADE MCDOWELL
East Oregonian
The city of Hermiston is
jumping into the art world.
Consultant
Rebecca
Couch of Moscow, Idaho,
is writing a public art plan
overseen by the city’s
Community Enhancement
Committee. The public
will have opportunities to
comment on elements of the
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plan is slated to come before
the city council for approval
in July.
Couch said her visits to
Hermiston have revealed
plentiful opportunities for
adding more art to the public
square.
“They don’t have a lot of
art currently, and they have
a lot of public buildings that
I would describe as blank
slates,” she said.
Hermiston does have
some public art pieces,
such as the clock tower and
water fountain installation at
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Main Street murals and
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Staff photo by E.J. Harris
Eileen Laramore, a member of the Umatilla County weed board, walks though a patch of garlic
mustard, an invasive plant species, while creating containment zones for the plant Wednesday in the
Oxbow property in Hermiston.
Invasive garlic mustard
encroaches on Oxbow site
Volunteers work to
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By GEORGE PLAVEN
East Oregonian
Eileen Laramore patrols the edge of
the Umatilla River along the Bureau of
Reclamation’s Oxbow site in Hermiston,
her eyes trained on the bright green
invaders with the broad leaves and small
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It’s already too late to stop garlic
mustard from moving in, Laramore said.
The highly invasive weed is virtually
impossible to eradicate once it’s been
found. All they can do is raise awareness
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Staff photo by E.J. Harris
Garlic mustard is an invasive species whose root system
produces a toxic that kills off native plant species.
PENDLETON
Ward 2 candidates put
their experience to the test
By ANTONIO SIERRA
East Oregonian
an advocate for the city spending
within its means and highlighting
his 18 years on the city’s budget
Though none are the incumbent, committee.
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the three candidates in Pendleton
City Council Ward 2 race have fascinating,” Ehmann said.
A longtime attorney originally
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seat, opened up the race that primarily tion technology.
According to the Oregon State
covers North Hill, Westgate and the
Bar, Ehmann was facing disbarment
Eastern Oregon Regional Airport.
Information technology analyst when he submitted his resignation to
Bob Ehmann is running to rejoin the Oregon Supreme Court in 2003.
The disbarment order was the
the city council, which he served on
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a combined 36 years on various city 10 disciplinary rules across several
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committees and commissions.
On the campaign trail, Ehmann
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has touted himself as a budget wonk,
Bob Ehmann
Scott Fairley
Rex Morehouse
Age: 66
Age: 49
Age: 77
Occupation: Self-em-
ployed information
technology analyst
Occupation: Eastern
Oregon coordinator for
the state’s regional
solutions offi ce
Occupation: Retired
salesman
Hometown: Pendleton
Years in Pendleton: 30
Years in Pendleton: 35
Years in Pendleton: 23
Highest Level of Ed-
ucation: Law degree,
Lewis & Clark College
Highest Level of
Education: Bachelor’s
degree, University of
Oregon
Highest Level of Ed-
ucation: High school
diploma
Hometown: Whittier,
California
Family: Married
Family: Married, one
child
Hometown: Spirit
Lake, Idaho
Family: Widowed,
two children, two
grandchildren, two
great-grandchildren