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REGION
East Oregonian
Tuesday, May 3, 2016
Canine competition ills Pendleton Convention Center
By KATHY ANEY
East Oregonian
Rembrandt was chilling.
The Old English sheepdog
lay on a grooming table getting a
beauty treatment Saturday courte-
sy of his owner, Jerry Holcombe.
In about 45 minutes, Holcombe
would lead Rembrandt into one of
four rings on the Pendleton Con-
vention Center’s main loor and let
the dog demonstrate to judges why
he is a champion. Until then, how-
ever, he lay boneless as Holcombe
combed gently through each layer
of fur.
“This calms him down,” Hol-
combe said.
Rembrandt, along with about
650 other dogs of 124 breeds,
was in Pendleton to compete in
the Walla Walla Kennel Club Dog
Show. This was the club’s 100th
show, though only its irst in Pend-
leton. Competition lasted through
Sunday.
Two of Rembrandt’s sheepdog
buddies lay on tables nearby get-
ting similar treatment.
Marlene Abrahamson, of Sea-
beck, Washington, tended to Bizzy,
his brown eyes covered by a veil of
white fur. She explained why she
and her husband, Fred, travel the
dog show circuit.
“It gets in your blood,” Abraha-
mson said. “You see how far you
can take your dog. You are with a
subculture of friends who you see
every weekend.”
Other dogs in the grooming
room included seven shih tzus, an
Afghan and a Beauceron named
Lex. On one end of the room, a
woman luffed and combed her
Kuvasz, a livestock dog that orig-
inated in Hungary. She applied
mousse and spray and then rubbed
some white chalk into his fur.
Out on the main loor, four dif-
ferent breeds – dachshunds, gold-
en retrievers, Newfoundlands and
Pembroke Welsch corgis – strut-
ted their stuff in separate areas.
Each owner ran their dog around
the ring and then paused to let the
judge run hands over the animal to
determine its conformation. This
was the beauty show.
The talent competition was out
back in the Round-Up Pavilion. In
one ring, Jan Lewis ran her Shet-
land sheepdog, Chloe, through her
paces. The dog cleared two jumps,
heeled, lay down, sat and came on
command. She also retrieved, but
Staff photo by Kathy Aney
A Shetland sheepdog named Chloe looks up at owner Jan Lewis
after retrieving an item that had her scent from a group of items
Saturday at the Pendleton Convention Center during the Walla
Walla Kennel Club Dog Show.
there was a twist. Lewis rubbed
her own scent onto a metal ob-
ject and gave it to the judge who
placed it among other objects on
the ground.
“Find mine,” Lewis command-
ed Chloe.
The dog ran to the assortment
of objects and sniffed. She took
one in her mouth and returned to
Lewis, sat and looked expectantly
at her owner. Lewis smiled.
Lewis spends about 10 hours a
week training her dog. She said the
two share “an incredible bond.”
“It’s fun to see what you can
teach an animal,” she said. “You
watch the lightbulb go on.”
In a ield near the Round-Up
Arena, other dogs chased moving
plastic bags as if they were rabbits
during an event called coursing.
In front of the convention center,
venders sold an array of products
for canines such as leashes, brush-
es, jerky, blankets, buffalo horns,
scissors, squeaky toys and prod-
ucts to keep dogs’ teeth clean and
coats shiny. Inside the convention
center, some new signage had ap-
peared – one handwritten sign on
a restroom door prohibited the use
of bathroom sinks for dog baths.
Debbie Milks, show chair-
woman, said participants seem to
approve of the club transplanting
the show from Walla Walla to the
Pendleton Convention Center.
Staff photo by Kathy Aney
A dog waits to go into the ring Saturday at the Pendleton Conven-
tion Center during the Walla Walla Kennel Club Dog Show.
“All we’ve heard are good
things about the venue,” Milks
said, “and there’s room to grow.”
The event included back-to-
back shows, one Saturday and one
Sunday. By the end of the week-
end, two dogs had emerged the
victors. An Affenpinscher named
Seamonkey’s Bazinga (owners
Debra and Danielle Nelson, Tiffa-
ny Skinner) took Saturday’s Best
in Show honors. Mojo’s Continua-
tion Of A Myth, an Akita owned by
Stacey Borrmann and handled by
Alvin Lee, prevailed on Sunday.
Not every moment went
smoothly. Back in the grooming
area, one dog decided she’d had
enough pampering. A black stan-
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PUBLIC SAFETY LOG
FRIDAY
2:41 a.m. - Males screamed and
yelled and disturbed the peace in the
area of the 100 block of South Main
Street, Pendleton.
7:43 a.m. - An employee of Edward
Jones, 352 S.W. First St., Pendleton,
told police someone broke out the front
window at the business.
8:27 a.m. - An Irrigon resident on
Southeast 13th Street reported two pit
bull dogs that killed three cats keep
running into the yard.
10:42 a.m. - The owner of a vacant
house on South Columbia Street, Mil-
ton-Freewater, reported someone kicked
in a door and turned on the water.
1:52 p.m. - A caller reported the theft
of a furnace from a bank-owned house
on West Walls Road, Hermiston.
2:48 p.m. - A man told Pendleton
police a male followed him home to
Southwest Kirk Avenue and tried to start
a ight. He said this was an ongoing
issue involving people having an affair.
5:31 p.m. - People at a party at a
house on Brockel Way, Hermiston,
parked cars on the road and blocked
entrances to homes. A caller also said
the party was loud and people were
screaming.
6:29 p.m. - A woman reported her
mother pushed her down in the Field of
Dreams parking lot in Hermiston and left
in a vehicle.
7:47 p.m. - A 9-1-1 caller reported
a man in his 50s holding a hand-
gun walked behind her apartment at
Ridgeway Village Apartments, 725 W.
Ridgeway Ave., Hermiston.
8:41 p.m. - A woman and a man
armed with a knife and another with a
golf club argued at a house on North
Fourth Street, Athena. A neighbor yelled
at them, and they left from the front of
the house. The man with the club also
charged another neighbor. Law enforce-
ment did not ind them.
10:10 p.m. - A Pilot Rock resident re-
ported her wheelchair stuck in the door
and her dog ran outside, was “barking
at everyone” and would not come back
in. The caller also said a member of Life-
ways was there but stated the company
did not allow her to help with the dog.
SATURDAY
12:56 a.m. - A woman on Joy Lane,
Hermiston, reported her boyfriend hit her
with his ist.
6:42 a.m. - An Oregon State Police
trooper took possession of approximate-
ly 30 pounds of small arms ammunition
from the evidence technician at the
Pendleton Police Department. The
ofices of the two agencies are next to
one another on Airport Road, Pendleton.
State police plan to destroy the ammuni-
tion at a later time.
1:23 p.m. - A caller reported some-
one “busted” the door on a garage on
Willow Creek Road, Heppner, entered
and broke a water pipe, which then
caused a lood in the garage. No one,
though, broke into the house.
2:26 p.m. - A pickup caught ire at
Fulton and McCormmach roads, Pend-
leton. A caller said everyone got out of
the vehicle.
2:58 p.m. - Two black Labradors ran
loose at the soccer ield on Third Street,
Umatilla, and kept chasing the children,
who then could not play their game.
Police did not ind the dogs.
3:04 p.m. - Two vehicles crashed at
Northwest Geer Road and West Theater
Lane, Hermiston, and one car caught
ire.
3:31 p.m. - The owner of a shop on
Wagon Wheel Loop, Irrigon, reported
some lawbreaker removed 40-50 bolts
to try and gain entry, but did not because
there was another way to get in.
6:26 p.m. - A poacher in a white
full-size Ford shot a turkey out the
window of his vehicle at Couse Creek
and Kinnear roads, Milton-Freewater.
The shot wounded the bird on private
property, and the male driver took off.
Law enforcement did not ind him.
SUNDAY
12:13 a.m. - People shot water
guns off the roof of an apartment on
the 200 block of Southwest First Street,
Pendleton.
12:17 a.m. - A man told Pendleton
police a woman stole his 1997 Saturn
from Riverside Mobile Home Estates,
2712 N.E. Riverside Ave., Pendleton.
8:08 a.m. - A woman told Pendleton
police a man got of out jail and called
her so much she blocked his calls, but
she wanted to speak to an oficer. She
also said she was going to court to get a
restraining order against him.
8:43 a.m. - A woman asked to meet
with a Umatilla police oficer in front of
the Riverside Sports Bar & Lounge,
1501 Sixth St., Umatilla, because she
wanted to press charges against the un-
known man and woman she fought with
behind the city’s other strip club, Honey
Bunnz Hideout, 1201 Sixth St.
10:08 a.m. - A caller reported a
vehicle, possibly a Chevrolet pickup,
ran her off the road last night at East
Birch Creek and Indian Lake roads,
Pilot Rock. Her vehicle was totaled, she
said, but drivable. The Umatilla County
Sheriff’s Ofice is investigating.
10:13 a.m. - Three males and four
females fought at a house on East
Wade Street, Adams.
11:49 a.m. - Marijuana and prescrip-
tion medications were stolen from a
vehicle on East Main in Hermiston.
12:38 p.m. - Pendleton police
received a report of possible dog neglect
on Northwest Bailey Avenue.
1:30 p.m. - An Echo woman called
police about a raccoon that appeared
to stumble as it crossed West Buckley
Street to her yard and climb in her tree.
2:18 p.m. - A Pendleton resident on
Southeast Court Place reported a neigh-
bor dumped “black water” on the ground
from an RV and the stuff stank.
2:27 p.m. - A caller on West Ferndale
Road, Milton-Freewater, asked to speak
to a Umatilla County sheriff’s deputy
about someone “lying their homemade
go-cart/plane” too close to his horses.
3:06 p.m. - A man told Pendleton
police his wife hit him on the head while
he was sitting on the couch.
4:02 p.m. - A vehicle was “drifting”
and “spinning cookies” at Field of
Dreams in Hermiston. The caller shut
the gate to lock the vehicle inside to wait
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COMING EVENTS
for police repsonse.
6:09 p.m. - A caller reported a man
living in a camper at Hat Rock State
Park, Hermiston, lit a small bomb in a
plastic sports drink bottle.
6:45 p.m. - The Umatilla County
Sheriff’s Ofice received a report that
a landlord came to her property on
Eastside Road, Milton-Freewater, and
kicked the renters’ dog, ran at one of the
occupants and then left.
7:05 p.m. - Pilot Rock police received
a complaint about a male driving a
four-wheeler at Southwest Third and
Alder streets. The driver goes too fast
and does not wear a helmet, a caller
reported, and he is endangering children
in the area.
7:38 p.m. - A caller told Stanield
police he saw a male get out of a white
Jeep Cherokee with a silver gun in his
hand and jump into a white Toyota Tun-
dra. The caller also said both vehicles
still were in the middle of Highway 395.
8 p.m. - A Pendleton man told his
neighbors on Southeast Sixth Street not
to park in front his driveway, and they
yelled at him.
8:52 p.m. - A man reported someone
was breaking into his house on West
Columbia Lane, Hermiston, and he
locked himself in the bathroom.
11:37 p.m. - The Morrow County
Sheriff’s Ofice received a report of a
male and female ighting, screaming
and yelling at Third Street and Nevada
Avenue, Irrigon. The caller said some-
one yelled, “Stop, you’re hurting me.”
ARRESTS, CITATIONS
Saturday
•Pendleton police arrested Amber
W. McCovey, 42, of Pendleton, on two
warrants for failure to appear, for failure
to pay ines, on a Umatilla Indian Reser-
vation warrant and on tribal charges of
felony theft, three counts of forgery and
two counts of misdemeanor theft.
•Umatilla Indian Reservation police
arrested Jose A. Tiscareno, 29, of Walla
Walla, for possession of methamphet-
amine.
•Pendleton police arrested Darin
Wayne Beals, 52, of Pendleton, for
contempt of court and possession of
methamphetamine.
Sunday
•Oregon State Police arrested Corey
Duane Thacker, 46, of Weston, for
driving under the inluence of intoxicants
and refusing to take an intoxication level
test.
•Milton-Freewater police arrested
Antonio Meza Ibarra, 39, of 311 N.
Elizabeth St., No. R13, Milton-Freewa-
ter, for duii.
•Pendleton police arrested Charles
Lee Mason, 30, of Baker City, for felony
fourth-degree assault and misdemeanor
harassment, both related to domestic
violence.
•Pendleton police arrested Kylie Ann
West, 34, of Hermiston, on ive war-
rants, driving while suspended/revoked,
giving false information to police, and
felon in possession of a weapon.
•Umatilla County Sheriff’s Ofice
arrested Elizabeth Rodriguez Sauceda,
40, on two counts of felony fourth-de-
gree assault.
TUESDAY, MAY 3
TERRIFICALLY FREE TUESDAY,
all day, Children’s Museum of Eastern
Oregon, 400 S. Main St., Pendleton.
(541-276-1066).
ADULT OPEN GYM, 6-7 a.m.,
Pendleton Recreation Center, 510
S.W. Dorion Ave. Half-court basket-
ball. (541-276-8100).
WALKING FOR WELLNESS, 8:30-
9:30 a.m., Pendleton Recreation
Center, 510 S.W. Dorion Ave. (541-
276-8100).
REP. GREG WALDEN TOWN
HALL, 8:45 a.m., Port of Morrow
Riverfront Center, 2 Marine Drive,
Boardman. Everyone welcome.
JUNGLE STORY TIME, 10 a.m. to
noon, Children’s Museum of Eastern
Oregon, 400 S. Main St., Pendleton.
Free with paid admission. (541-276-
1066).
PRESCHOOL
STORY
TIME,
10:30-11 a.m., Stanield Public Li-
brary, 180 W. Coe Ave. (541-449-
1254).
BOARDMAN SENIOR MEAL SER-
VICE, 12 noon, Boardman Senior
Center, 100 Tatone St. Costs $4 for
seniors 55 or $5 for adults. (541-481-
3257).
HERMISTON SENIOR MEAL SER-
VICE, 12 noon, Hermiston Senior
Center, 435 W. Orchard Ave. Costs
$4 or free for children under 10.
Extra 50 cents for utensils/dishes.
Meals on Wheels available. Trans-
portation arranged by donation.
(541-567-3582).
PENDLETON SENIOR MEAL
SERVICE, 12 noon, Pendleton Se-
nior Center, 510 S.W. 10th St. Costs
$3.50 or $6 for those under 60. Pool,
puzzles, crafts, snacks, Second
Time Around thrift store 9 a.m. to 1
p.m. For Meals On Wheels, call 541-
276-1926. (541-276-7101).
HELP WITH MEDICARE, 3-5 p.m.,
Hermiston Public Library, 235 E.
Gladys Ave. Senior Health Insurance
Beneits Assistance Ofice answer
Medicare questions. For individual
consultations, call 541-667-3507.
CRAFTERNOONS, 4 p.m., Pend-
leton Public Library, 502 S.W. Dorion
Ave. Drop in for a group or individual
craft project. (541-966-0380).
INSIDE OUTSIDE THE LINES
ADULT COLORING, 6-7:30 p.m., Ir-
rigon Public Library, 490 Main St.
All materials provided by the library.
Bring snacks to share. Free.
PENDLETON KNITTING GROUP,
6 p.m., Prodigal Son Brewery & Pub,
230 S.E. Court Ave. (541-966-0380).
PENDLETON EAGLES BINGO,
6:30-9 p.m., Pendleton Eagles
Lodge No. 28, 428 S. Main St. (541-
278-2828).
STORY AND CRAFT TIME, 6:30
p.m., Milton-Freewater Public Li-
brary, 8 S.W. Eighth Ave. For ele-
mentary school-age children. (Lili
Schmidt 541-938-8247)
HERMISTON EAGLES BINGO, 7
p.m., Hermiston Eagles Lodge, 160
N.W. Second St. (541-289-7107).
WEDNESDAY, MAY 4
ADULT OPEN GYM, 6-7 a.m.,
Pendleton Recreation Center, 510
S.W. Dorion Ave. Half-court basket-
ball. (541-276-8100).
GOOD SHEPHERD AUXILIARY
BOOKS ARE FUN SALE, 7:30 a.m.
to 4 p.m., Good Shepherd Medical
Center pharmacy lobby, 610 N.W.
11th St., Hermiston. Large selection
of unique books and gifts. Proceeds
help fund auxiliary medical scholar-
ships and medical equipment.
WALKING FOR WELLNESS, 8:30-
9:30 a.m., Pendleton Recreation
Center, 510 S.W. Dorion Ave. (541-
276-8100).
BABY BOOGIE & TAPPIN’ TOD-
DLERS, 10-10:45 a.m., Hermiston
Public Library, 235 E. Gladys Ave.
(541-567- 2882).
PRESCHOOL STORY TIME, 10:15
a.m., Pendleton Public Library, 502
S.W. Dorion Ave. (541-966-0380).
STORY TIME, 11:15 a.m. to noon,
Hermiston Public Library, 235 E.
Gladys Ave. (541-567-2882).
PENDLETON SENIOR MEAL
SERVICE, 12 noon, Pendleton Se-
nior Center, 510 S.W. 10th St. Costs
$3.50 or $6 for those under 60. Pool,
puzzles, crafts, snacks, Second
Time Around thrift store 9 a.m. to 1
p.m. For Meals On Wheels, call 541-
276-1926. (541-276-7101).
STANFIELD SENIOR MEAL SER-
VICE, 12 noon, Stanield Communi-
ty Center, 225 W. Roosevelt. Costs
$3.50 for seniors, $6 for others.
TOT TIME, 1-2 p.m., Pendleton
Recreation Center, 510 S.W. Dorion
Ave. For children ages 0-5. Cost is
$1 per child. (541-276-8100).
ADULT BEGINNING COMPUTER
COURSE, 3 p.m., Pendleton Pub-
lic Library meeting room, 502 S.W.
Dorion Ave. Free, but registration
required. (541-966-0380).
COLUMBIA YOUTH SOCCER
CLUB SIGNUPS, 4-6 p.m., Windy
River Elementary School, 500 Ta-
tone St., Boardman.
VEGAN/SUSTAINABLE LIVING
POTLUCK SUPPER, 7 p.m., call 541-
969-3057 to RSVP and for driving
directions. Bring a vegan dish and
recipe. Gluten-free friendly group.
THURSDAY, MAY 5
ADULT OPEN GYM, 6-7 a.m.,
Pendleton Recreation Center, 510
S.W. Dorion Ave. Half-court basket-
ball. (541-276-8100).
GOOD SHEPHERD AUXILIARY
BOOKS ARE FUN SALE, 7:30 a.m.
to 4 p.m., Good Shepherd Medical
Center pharmacy lobby, 610 N.W.
11th St., Hermiston. Large selection
of unique books and gifts. Proceeds
help fund auxiliary medical scholar-
ships and medical equipment.
WALKING FOR WELLNESS, 8:30-
9:30 a.m., Pendleton Recreation
Center, 510 S.W. Dorion Ave. (541-
276-8100).
PRESCHOOL STORY AND CRAFT
TIME, 10:30 a.m., Milton-Freewater
Public Library, 8 S.W. Eighth Ave.
(Lili Schmidt 541-938-8247).
BOARDMAN SENIOR MEAL SER-
VICE, 12 noon, Boardman Senior
Center, 100 Tatone St. Costs $4 for
seniors or $5 for adults. (541-481-
3257).
HERMISTON SENIOR MEAL SER-
VICE, 12 noon, Hermiston Senior
Center, 435 W. Orchard Ave. Costs
$4 or free for children under 10.
Extra 50 cents for utensils/dishes.
Meals on Wheels available. Trans-
portation arranged by donation.
(541-567-3582).
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dard poodle named Charity sud-
denly jumped from her table and
bolted out a side door. The dog
streaked away in search of what-
ever distraction beckoned. She
was soon back for extra grooming
and a trip to the ring.
Her owners, Scott and Nadine
Carter from Boise, are a fun-lov-
ing pair who know how to roll with
the punches and are learning how
to navigate in the dog show world.
“We’re weekend warriors,”
Scott said. “This is just a vacation
with our dog.”
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