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FOUNDATION AWARDS $260K MORROW COUNTY SCHOOLS/3A BASEBALL/1B 63/42 DAWGS DROP DOUBLE HEADER 250 more troops being sent to Syria NATION/7A TUESDAY, APRIL 26, 2016 140th Year, No. 137 One dollar WINNER OF THE 2015 ONPA GENERAL EXCELLENCE AWARD LA GRANDE High schooler to be tried as adult 15-year-old to stand trial Ior sFhool shootinJ Slot By PHIL WRIGHT East Oregonian Staff photo by E.J. Harris Keeping it cool A trio of deer take shade underneath a tree near McNary Dam on Monday outside Umatilla. A 15-year-old La Grande boy will be tried as an adult on ¿ Ye Ielony Founts oI FriPinal FonsSiraFy stePPinJ IroP a Slot to Nill SeoSle at the Fity¶s SubliF hiJh sFhool. Union &ounty DistriFt Attorney .elsie 0FDaniel said a Jrand Mury indiFted 0iFah SFhult]e, who aSSeared Ior 0onday¶s arraiJnPent on the FharJes in Union &ounty &irFuit &ourt Yia Yideo IroP a MuYenile Mail in :alla :alla. &irFuit -udJe %rian DretNe set bail Ior SFhult]e at 250,000 and he will return to Fourt 0ay Ior a Slea hearinJ. 0FDaniel said she iden- ti¿ ed SFhult]e beFause the UMATILLA seYerity oI the FharJes. &ourt reFords show eaFh Fount is a &lass A Ielony. Under OreJon law, that Peans the FriPinal FonsSiraFy was to FoPPit Purder, treason or a seSarate &lass A Ielony. 0FDaniel said she would not answer questions about the Fo-deIendant, a See SCHOOL/8A Most new voters won’t have say in primary 0 SerFent oI µPotor Yoters¶ reJistered as unaI¿ liated By ANTONIO SIERRA East Oregonian Staff photo by E.J. Harris Ruben Garcilazo, a maintenance worker for the Marina Apartments in Umatilla, boards up the windows of an apartment building Monday that was damaged by fi re on Friday. )ire disSlaFes two do]en Donations oI Fhildren¶s FlothinJ needed By JENNIFER COLTON East Oregonian A ¿ re that sSread inside the walls oI a UPatilla aSartPent buildinJ destroyed the hoPes and Pany oI the belonJinJs oI nine adults and 15 Fhildren )riday niJht. The sPell oI sPoNe and burnt SlastiF still hunJ in the air around 1521 SeFond Street on 0onday aIternoon while Yolun- teers boarded uS windows, and the Jrass around the buildinJ was still wet IroP hours oI worN )riday by ¿ re¿ Jhters. At around 720 S.P. )riday, one oI the residents oI UPatil- la¶s 0arina ASartPents notiFed sPoNe FoPinJ IroP the side oI the buildinJ, aFFordinJ to aSart- Pent PanaJer Sara +olIord. The resident Iound the sPoNe risinJ IroP near the Sower bo[ and noti¿ ed his neiJhbors, then helSed eYeryone Jet out. The residents attePSted to loFate the Fause oI the sPoNe beIore FallinJ -1-1 around 730 S.P. UPatilla Rural )ire resSonded and deterPined there was a ¿ re, but they had trouble loFatinJ it. ³It was a Yery diI¿ Fult ¿ re beFause it was in the walls and it was in between À oors oI the ¿ rst and seFond aSartPent as well,´ UPatilla )ire &hieI SteYe Potts said 0onday. ³Our Juys started to Jet worn out. :e Must needed Pore helS tearinJ À oors and FeilinJ aSart.´ %y 753, UPatilla Rural )ire See FIRE/8A :ith the Sresidential raFes still FoPSetitiYe in both PaMor Sarties, OreJon Yoters haYe a rare FhanFe to PaNe a diIIerenFe late in the SriPary season. There¶s one FatFh out oI the 2,243,077 reJistered Yoters in OreJon, only 6 SerFent oI theP will be able to Fast a ballot Ior the ReSubliFan or DePo- More inside FratiF Sresidential Cruz, Kasich raFes in the 0ay 17 make deal to try SriPary. to stop Trump That¶s beFause Page 7A OreJon has a Flosed SriPary, whiFh Peans that Yoters who are unaI¿ liated or reJistered with a third Sarty Fan¶t SartiFiSate in the PaMor Sarty SriParies. An eYen sPaller share oI UPatilla &ounty Yoters will be able to Yote in the SriParies. AFFordinJ to Yoter reJistration data FolleFted by the OreJon SeFretary oI State EleFtions DiYision in 0arFh, 35 SerFent oI the Founty¶s Yoters won¶t haYe a say in the PaMor Sarty SriPary. Tuesday is the deadline to reJister or FhanJe Sarty aI¿ liation, whiFh Fan be done at oreJonYotes.orJ, and ballots will be sent out Wednesday. The state has Pade Yoter reJistration inFreasinJly easy to aFFess in reFent years. In addition to traditional and online reJistration, the state reFently enaFted ³Potor Yoter´ reJistration, whiFh autoPatiFally reJisters SeoSle to Yote when they obtain or renew their driYer¶s liFense at the D09. See PRIMARY/8A Alley adPits lonJ odds as ReSubliFan in blue OreJon By PARIS ACHEN Capital Bureau LaNe OsweJo enJineer and teFh e[eFutiYe Allen Alley entered the Jubernatorial raFe NnowinJ he IaFes lonJ odds aJainst DePo- FratiF GoY. .ate %rown. Alley, a IorPer deSuty FhieI oI staII under GoY. Ted .ulonJosNi, has twiFe had the dauntinJ e[SerienFe oI runninJ Ior oI¿ Fe as a ReSubliFan in the liberal stronJhold state. +e Pade an unsuFFessIul bid Ior state treasurer in 200 and Ior JoYernor in 2010. +e still rePePbers hundreds oI younJ Portlanders booinJ hiP when he was intro- duFed as the ReSubliFan Fandidate Ior state treasurer at Willamette Week¶s &andidates Gone :ild talent show in OFtober 200. The hostile reFeStion Iailed to deter Alley IroP SerIorPinJ his talent ² a ³Iull- throated Tar]an yell liNe -ohnny :eissPuller, SoundinJ Py Fhest.´ ³It was so Iunny beFause I Fould see the More to come For a profi le on Republican gubernatorial candidate Bud Pierce see Wednesday’s East Oregonian IaFes. They¶re all booinJ,´ Alley said. ³I start this Tar]an yell, and it Joes on Ior 15 seFonds or so. They all Jet quiet, and then all oI a sudden, soPe start FlaSSinJ. Then by the tiPe I Jet to the FresFendo, eYeryone is FlaSSinJ and FheerinJ and yellinJ, and I Must tooN a bow and walNed oII staJe.´ The ReSubliFan Jubernatorial Iront-runner hoSes his business and SolitiFal baFNJround and unFonYentional SoliFy SroSosals will hold the saPe Sower as his Tar]an yell, this tiPe, oYer OreJon Yoters in the JoYernor¶s raFe. ³Allen Alley, on SaSer, is the tySe oI ReSubliFan who does well in OreJon ² a See ALLEY/8A Paris Achen/Pamplin Media Group Republican gubernatorial candidate Allen Alley is the former state party chairman and worked as an engineer and tech executive.