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Thursday, May 12, 2016
East Oregonian
PENDLETON
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STANFIELD
Cattle Barons to celebrate Western heritage Convenience
store robber
gets 70 months
By TAMMY MALGESINI
East Oregonian
Pendleton Cattle Barons was created in
2008. In addition to celebrating the region’s
Western lifestyle, the event raises money
for area college students who are studying
agriculture.
The weekend features a horse and working
dog sale, ranch rodeo events, saddle bronc
championships, specialty artwork and western
craftsmanship, and some of the best back yard
grillers and brewers around. Activities take
place in and around the Pendleton Convention
Center, 1601 Westgate.
Visitors can pick up Western-themed
artwork, clothing, household items, decora-
tions, furniture, gear and tack at the Tradin’
Post Trade Show. Also, the Bit, Spur &
Engraving Show and Sale will sparkle with
bits, spurs, knives and much more. Many of
the items are for sale, offering visitors a chance
to take home some authentic cowboy gear. In
addition, the tooled fender contest features top
leather crafters.
Both shows run Friday from noon to 7
p.m. and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the
convention center.
Bring a hearty appetite and get ready to
taste some of the best tri-tip barbecue around
during Saturday’s Buckaroo BBQ Challenge.
More than two dozen teams will be iring
up the grills around 8 a.m. in the convention
center parking lot.
At 11 a.m., 500 “People’s Choice Judge”
badges will be available to those that pony up
$5. They will have an opportunity to get their
ill of barbecued tri-tip and then cast votes for
their favorite. Judging runs from 1-2:30 p.m.
“The buttons go pretty fast, so we
encourage people who want to judge to get
there early,” said Ryan Heath, who helps
East Oregonian
EO ile photo
Boardman ireighters Gene and Tammy Shepperd season some tri-tip beef while
competing in the 2015 Buckaroo BBQ Challenge during the Pendleton Cattle
Barons.
organize the barbecue challenge.
For those who aren’t oficial judges, there
should still be samples to taste, Heath said.
Back for a third year is the Buckaroo
Brewers Challenge. A panel of judges will
determine the winner. Though there isn’t public
tasting of the brewers’ creations, people can
quench their thirst in a beer garden presented
by The Prodigal Son Brewery & Pub.
The challenge events help raise money for
the Pendleton Outdoor School. In addition,
Heath said they are hoping to make a donation
to the Sunridge Middle School shop program,
so students can build picnic tables and other
things the outdoor school needs.
Also, in the parking lot area Saturday will
be a Pepsi trailer selling drinks. And a tent set
up by Grocery Outlet will provide information
about the store’s fresh meat program.
For a complete schedule of events, visit
www.cattlebarons.net or search Facebook for
“Pendleton Cattle Barons.”
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Contact Community Editor Tammy Malge-
sini at tmalgesini@eastoregonian.com or
541-564-4539
The 24-year-old Hermiston man who
robbed Stanield’s Center Market at
gunpoint in December has been sentenced
to almost six years in prison.
Judge Daniel J. Hill on Tuesday
sentenced Alfredo Lopez Rodriguez to 70
months in prison with no possibility for
early release after
he pleaded guilty
to
second-degree
robbery and coer-
cion.
At 2 a.m. on Dec.
6, 2015, Rodriguez
entered the Center
Market with his
face
covered
by a bandanna,
according to a press
release from the Rodriguez
Umatilla
County
District Attorney’s
Ofice. The man demanded the store clerk
give him all the money in the cash register
— $379 — while pointing a handgun
at the clerk. After receiving the money,
Rodriguez held the gun to the clerk’s head
and forced the clerk outside. Rodriguez
then led.
Rodriguez was booked into the Umatilla
County Jail on Dec. 15, 2015.
A Umatilla County Grand Jury indicted
Rodriguez for irst-degree robbery,
second-degree robbery, coercion, unlawful
use of a irearm, menacing and second-de-
gree theft.
BRIEFLY
Wastewater study could
increase industrial
opportunities
HERMISTON — The city of Hermiston
is looking for ways to boost its wastewater
capacity to the city’s southern industrial
zone.
To start down that road, the city council
accepted a $29,750 state grant Monday.
Those funds will be used to analyze options
for expanding wastewater capacity to
industrial land to the south, including the
Cook Industrial Site.
The Cook Industrial Site has been
designated “shovel-ready” by the Oregon
Business Development Department, which
means some industries could be ready to
start construction on the site within six
months if they wanted to.
Mark Morgan, assistant city manager, said
while that designation is true for industries
such as shipping, other industries such as
food processing would not be supported by
the current wastewater situation. Hermiston’s
wastewater treatment plant on the north side
of town is as far away from the southern
industrial zone as possible while staying in
the city limits.
“While we have a ‘shovel ready’ site,
it’s only certiied for industries that are low
water and wastewater intensive,” Morgan
said. “This study will help us identify how
we might go about increasing wastewater
capacity there so that we can quickly
accommodate a large user if one comes
along.”
Health program focuses on
lifestyle changes
HERMISTON — The promise of losing
weight or feeling healthy in six months
sounds like the tagline for a fad diet, but
the ACT — Achieve, Conquer, Thrive —
program at Good Shepherd Medical Center
puts science and experience behind its
claims.
“It’s really focused on lifestyle change,”
said Cassandra Zabel, and educator at the
Good Shepherd Diabetes and Nutrition
Center. “There are no special products to
buy. We just want to help people along
the path to creating lifestyle changes and
preventing chronic disease.”
ACT is a six-month, individualized
program that includes twice-monthly group
classes and twice-monthly individual
appointments.
Good Shepherd will subsidize 90 percent
of the cost, so a 30-minute session will
cost patients $4 and an hour-long session
will cost $8. The program requires neither
insurance billing nor physician referral.
There is no upfront cost and classes are on a
“pay as you go” model.
“It’s a self-referral program,” Zabel said.
“Anyone who wants to give us a call can.”
Each session is limited to 20 people, but
Zabel said the center plans to roll out classes
on an ongoing basis.
Anyone interested can call the diabetes
and nutrition center at 541-667-3517.
Spring chinook ishing season
extended on Columbia
Anglers will have three bonus days to ish
for spring chinook on the Columbia River in
Oregon and Washington.
Wildlife oficials from both states
approved the extension during a joint
meeting Wednesday, based on an updated
estimate of 188,800 upriver salmon entering
the mouth of the Columbia in 2016. The
season will reopen on Friday and run
through Sunday, above and below Bonne-
ville Dam.
“We know anglers were anxious to get
back on the water, and we’re happy that the
run update allowed us to be able to offer
some additional spring chinook ishing,”
said Tucker Jones, Columbia River program
manager with the Oregon Department of
Fish & Wildlife.
The daily bag limit is two in-clipped
adults per day, of which only one can be a
chinook. Sockeye salmon must be released.
Anglers can also keep in-clipped steelhead
and shad during those days open for chinook
ishing. All other permanent regulations
apply.
For more information, visit ODFW’s
website at www.dfw.state.or.us.
Umatilla County Drug Court
sets graduation event
HERMISTON — Nearly four dozen men
and women will celebrate completion of
requirements for the Umatilla County Drug
Court.
Christine Massingale and Craig Rodriguez,
alumni of the program, are the special
speakers during the event. The public is
invited to celebrate with the 47 graduates
Friday at 2 p.m. at the National Guard Armory,
900 S.E. Columbia Drive, Hermiston.
For more information, contact Stephanie
Miller at 541-276-7824 or stephanie.j.miller@
cc.doc.state.or.us.
Dance team sets can drive
PENDLETON — The Rhythmic Mode
dance team is holding a can and bottle drive
this weekend.
People are asked to drop off recyclable
cans and bottles Saturday from 8 a.m. to 3
p.m. at Roy Raley Park, 1205 S.W. Court
Ave., Pendleton.
Members of the Pendleton High School
team also will be out and about Saturday
morning for people that may require pick-up
service.
For more information or to schedule a
pick-up, call Joni Sirovatka at 541-377-1333.
Wheat Walk/Run provides
grange scholarships
LEXINGTON — A fun run/walk is
planned to provide money for the Lexington
Grange Scholarship Fund.
The 5K Wheat Walk/Run is Saturday with
registration at 8:30 a.m. at the Lexington
Grange, 66296 Marquardt Road. The event
begins at 9 a.m. The cost is $10 or $16 with an
event T-shirt.
Prizes will be awarded and a portion of the
proceeds will support the grange’s scholarship
fund for Morrow County students.
For more information, contact Haley
Winters at haley.winters@ionesd.org.
Registration forms are available at http://goo.
gl/forms/MT14lYmtLt. For other grange
activities, visit www.lexgrange726.wix.com/
grange.
Bull riders compete in
champions tour
HERMISTON — Some of the rankest
bulls will be matched up against some of the
best cowboys in the Paciic Northwest this
weekend during The Coastal Farm & Ranch
Challenge of Champions Tour.
Presented by Bonney’s Ag & Auto
Repair, catch the action Saturday at 7 p.m.
at the Umatilla County Fairgrounds, 515 W.
Orchard Ave., Hermiston. Tickets are $14 in
advance or $18 at the gate. Children under 5
are admitted free. The gates open at 5:30 p.m.
Nearly three dozen bull riders will compete
for cash and prizes. Riders include PBR, NFR
and top circuit qualiiers, as well as collegiate
and high school inalists.
Also, the public is invited to meet some of
the cowboys with a live bull Saturday from 11
a.m. to 1 p.m. at Bonney’s Ag & Auto, 81600
Highway 395 North, Hermiston. Also, free
hot dogs and test drives are offered from 10
a.m. to 1 p.m.
For more information or to buy tickets,
visit www.cctbullriding.com. Tickets are also
available in Hermiston at Bonney’s, Tom’s
Country, Midway Tavern and Northwest Farm
Supply.
Library friends set book sale
IRRIGON — The Friends of Irrigon
Library will host a book sale at the Irrigon
branch of the Oregon Trail Library District.
The sale is Friday, May 20 and Saturday,
May 21 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 490 N.E.
Main St., Irrigon.
Books in good condition can be donated
for the sale through Wednesday, May 18.
They can be dropped off at the Irrigon
branch or the Boardman branch, 200 S.
Main St.
For more information, call 541-922-0138.