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140th Year, No. 182
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Pendleton
man dies
in logging
accident
La Grande Observer
COVE — A Pendleton man was killed
Friday in a logging accident outside of Cove,
according to Union County Sheriff’s Sgt.
Nick Pallis.
Just before 8 a.m., the La Grande Fire
Department, Cove Quick Response Team
and the Union County Sheriff’s Offi ce were
dispatched to Moss Springs Road, about
fi ve miles outside of Cove, to respond to the
accident.
According to Pallis, Patrick Corley, 48,
was operating a forwarder, which picks up
logs and stacks them in a pile, when the
machine rolled over and down the hill. Other
employees of the company, Corley Logging
based in Pendleton, were on site and called
for medical response after the accident.
Police said Corley died at the scene and
the case remains under investigation. The
Occupational Safety and Health Administra-
tion and the county medical examiner will be
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DA checking
open cases
for evidence
of tampering
By PHIL WRIGHT
East Oregonian
Hot tubers
Staff photo by E.J. Harris
A group of inner tubers fl oat down the Umatilla River near the
10th Street bridge on Monday in Pendleton. The river will be
one way to beat the heat this week as temperatures reach up
near 100 degrees before cooling this weekend, according to the
National Weather Service. For the week’s forecast, see Page 2A.
The Umatilla County District Attorney’s
Offi ce continues to investigate to what extent
a crime lab technician’s drug tampering
affected 1,354 cases.
District Attorney Dan Primus said he has
one deputy prosecutor handling the work and
did not know when the project will fi nish.
These are open cases, he said, and his offi ce
has dismissed some and declined to prosecute
others that forensic analyst Nika Larsen
worked on, but he said he did not know how
many.
“I’m concerned about justice,” Primus said.
“If there are cases that need to be dismissed,
if that’s what has to happen, that’s what has to
happen. Justice is not always a conviction.”
So far though, Primus said, he has not
asked the court to overturn — or vacate —
convictions.
Morrow County District Attorney Justin
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PENDLETON
Promenade offers a touch of European class
Shop holds grand
opening Monday
By ANTONIO SIERRA
East Oregonian
According to owner Ronna
Hayden, not only does Prome-
nade Design sell high-end furni-
ture, chandeliers and bouquets,
it also sells the stories behind
them.
Promenade opened its doors
Monday, welcoming a steady
stream of customers to the 1409
S.W. Emigrant Ave. store.
Hayden, a Pilot Rock resi-
dent, said she wanted to add a
“European fl air” to the usual
western wares sold in Pendleton.
Hayden has a bachelor’s
degree in architecture and design
from the University of Central
Missouri and did interior design
and general contracting work
for dental offi ces across Oregon
before she decided to move into
local retail.
Hayden said one of her
main goals was to avoid mass
market goods from China made
of cheap materials like plastic,
instead opting for original goods
made from wood and metal.
She imports items from
Denmark, Italy and France and
purchases domestically from
locales like central Texas and
Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Hayden said her store is
unique because she could tell
customers the history behind
the antique and vintage goods
she sells and the craftsman who
made it.
Although the goods housed
within its walls have a history,
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Staff photo by E.J. Harris
Owner Ronna Hayden opened her business Promenade Design on Monday in
Pendleton.