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Thursday, July 14, 2016
East Oregonian
Grant County approves
medical pot dispensaries
By ANGEL CARPENTER
EO Media Group
The Grant County
Court voted unanimously
Wednesday
to
allow
medical marijuana dispen-
saries in the county, outside
of municipalities.
Judge Scott Myers
and commissioners Boyd
Britton and Chris Labhart
all voted yes on the move to
opt in on Measure 91, while
still continuing the ban on
recreational sales.
Myers said they will get
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attorney Ron Yockim, who
has been advising the court
on the topic.
About 20 people were in
attendance at the meeting
held at the county court
chambers.
Advocates spoke to the
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“We appreciate that the commissioners
made the right decision for the medical
marijuana patients in the county.”
— Haley Olson, a vocal advocate on the issue
court about also allowing
marijuana producers and
processors in the county.
However, the court said
those allowances would
have to go be agreed on
with a vote from the people.
Still, advocates were
pleased by the commis-
sion’s actions.
“I think the county
court’s approval of dispen-
saries shows the changing
attitudes toward medical
marijuana in Grant County,”
said chief petitioner David
Kilpatrick.
“We appreciate that
the commissioners made
the right decision for the
medical marijuana patients
in the county,” said Haley
Olson, who has also been a
vocal advocate on the issue.
“This decision came after
very emotional testimonies
from patients.”
“We worked really hard
for the medical patients of
Grant County,” Cindy Kidd
added. “I’ve been pulling
for them. They’ve had to
travel out of town. Medical
marijuana patients have
to travel to the dispensary
themselves. I’m glad that
I was a part of it — this is
huge for Grant County.”
Rock camp gets ready to roll
East Oregonian
EO file photo
Counselor Levi Cecil of Portland sets up a micro-
phone to record a song by Sophie Arnold during a
studio production class during the 2015 Pendleton
Center for the Arts Rock & Roll Camp X. Registration
is open for this year’s free camp, which is Aug. 8-12
in Pendleton.
writing and recording songs,
making band merchandise,
interviewing
musicians,
forming a band, jamming
with professionals, creating
a music zine, learning an
instrument and much more.
Staff photo by Alexa Lougee
Islas Auto Sales along Highway 395 had four cars with windows damaged Tuesday.
Night of mischief proves
costly for car owners
By ALEXA LOUGEE
East Oregonian
PENDLETON
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a Garage Bands 101 class to
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camp in 2006, Pendleton
Center for the Arts is gearing
up for its 11th annual Rock &
Roll Camp.
For youths ages 13-18, the
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years, bringing in musicians
as camp counselors from
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and beyond. Organizers
continue to offer the oppor-
tunity for budding teenage
musicians to participate at no
charge.
The 2016 event is Aug.
8-12 from 8:30 a.m. to 4
p.m. each day at Pendleton
Center for the Arts and
other nearby venues. The
camp crescendos with a
free outdoor concert Friday,
Aug. 12 at 7 p.m. in the 400
block of South Main Street,
Pendleton.
Daily activities include
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No prior music experience is
required.
For more information or to
register, call 541-2787-9201,
visit www.pendletonarts.org
or stop by the arts center at
214 N. Main St., Pendleton.
A vandal with a BB gun
is believed to have caused
damage to vehicles in Herm-
iston and possibly beyond
in Tuesday’s early morning
hours.
The Hermiston Police
Department was dispatched
to six calls of car windows
either broken or shot at.
Hermiston Police Captain
Darryl Johnson believes all
the incidents were related.
According to reports, the
vandal or vandals appear to
have used a BB gun to shoot
at empty vehicles, but as far as
car owners could tell, nothing
had been stolen from any of
the vehicles. In some cases
the window shattered and fell
out; in other cases the window
was hit and cracked.
In a report taken from
Aspen Grove Apartments,
three tenant vehicles parked
along the road near the
complex
had
windows
damaged. In each reported
case the shattered window
was a side window.
The cost to replace the
windows can range drasti-
Staff photo by Alexa Lougee
One of several windows damaged in a string of
incidents around Hermiston.
cally depending on the vehi-
cle’s make, model and year,
according to Kellye Finch
at West Coast Auto Glass
in Hermiston. Car owners
are looking at costs between
$325 and $1,400 per window,
including labor, to repair the
damage.
The Umatilla County
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report Tuesday from Islas
Auto Sales north of Hermiston
on Highway 395 regarding
four vehicles with window
damage. Each of the cars had
a side window that appeared
to be shot with a BB gun.
Benito Islas, the manager
of the car dealership, said
they’ve been in business for
10 years, and have not had
something like this happen
before. The business recently
moved and this is only the
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He said they are looking at
their security camera footage
and hope to get a better idea
of a suspect or suspects.
teacher workshops.
Workshops last 6-7 hours
and will prepare teachers to
teach the computer science
courses for grades K-5.
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workshop for teachers will
be July 21 at the district
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5126. The deadline to enter
is Saturday, Aug. 13. There
is a $7 fee for each entry.
Jurying the exhibit is Leslie
Cain, an award-winning
landscape artist from the
Walla Walla Valley,
Ten prizes will be
awarded, ranging in value
from $25 to $75. In addition,
each visitor to the Harvest
of Art Show may vote for
people’s choice award.
The show opens Friday,
Aug. 19 from 11 a.m. to 7
p.m. at Central School, 306
S.W. Second Ave., Milton-
Freewater. It continues the
same hours on Saturday,
Aug. 20 and Sunday, Aug.
21 from noon to 4 p.m. A
closing reception is set for
Sunday, with prizes awarded
and artists’ work returned.
For more information,
call 541-938-5516 or
541-938-5126.
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ARLINGTON — The
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state 84 near Arlington for
several hours Tuesday was
caused by a passing Union
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North Gilliam Rural Fire
Chief Joe Claughton.
Claughton said there
was a brake malfunction on
one of the rail cars, which
ignited the blaze at 11:30
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1,200 acres between the
highway and tracks along the
Columbia River.
David Anderson, who
coordinates Arlington’s
volunteer ambulance
service, said smoke from
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wreck on the freeway. Nine
people were taken to Good
Shepherd Medical Center in
Hermiston with minor inju-
ries. The Oregon Department
of Transportation shut down
I-84 in both directions to
prevent further accidents.
Flames also jumped the
westbound lanes and burned
about a quarter-mile stretch
of the median, Claughton
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p.m., and the highway was
reopened. There were no
other injuries reported and
no structures damaged.
Let ’er Buck Run
is Saturday
PENDLETON — People
are invited to don pink attire
and show their support for
the Tough Enough To Wear
Pink campaign.
In its 11th year, the
campaign raises money and
awareness for two local
cancer support programs.
It helps to breast cancer
patients from time of
diagnosis through recovery.
The Pendleton Round-Up
and Happy Canyon Let
’er Buck Run begins with
check-in Saturday from
7-7:45 a.m. at the ticket
booth near the bucking
horse statue in front of the
Round-Up Grounds.
Registration for the 5K
event is $25. It starts at
8 a.m. In addition to age
category awards, prizes
will be presented for the
best man and best woman
dressed in pink. Also, a 1K
Dash ’n’ Splash for children
ages 3-11 starts at 9 a.m. The
cost is $15, and participants
will receive a free pass to the
Pendleton Aquatic Center,
a slice of pizza and soda
after the race. On race day,
a limited number of Let ’er
Buck Run T-shirts will be
available for $15 and Dash
’n’ Splash shirts for $12.
To register, visit www.
pendletonroundup.com
or pick up a form at the
Pendleton Round-Up and
Happy Canyon gift shop,
1114 S.W. Court Ave.
To become a sponsor
or for more information
about TETWP, contact
Casey White-Zollman at
cmwzollman@gmail.com
or Jill Gregg at jill.c.gregg@
gmail.com.
Cost-share grants
available for
thinning forests
PENDLETON — The
Oregon Department of
Forestry has announced
cost-share grants available
for landowners to thin private
forests in southern Umatilla
County.
Hans Rudolf, stewardship
forester with ODF in
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Pendleton, said the goal is to
reduce the amount of hazard
fuels in the area and lower the
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lands located from Battle
Mountain south to Grant
County, east to Union County
and west to Morrow County
are eligible for funding.
Landowners are
reimbursed 75 percent
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Cost-share rates are
predetermined by ODF based
on the complexity of the
project. Hazard fuel reduction
involves thinning small-
diameter trees of 7 inches or
less, as well as other material
not typically used by lumber
mills.
For more information,
contact Rudolf at 541-276-
3491.
Computer
sciences coming to
Hermiston schools
HERMISTON — With
the coming of a new school
year, Hermiston School
District will be ushering in
a new partnership bringing
computer science instruction
to elementary schools.
The district has teamed up
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an organization dedicated to
bringing computer science to
every school and increasing
interest of girls and minority
students in computer sciences.
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Harvest of Art Show
seeks participants
MILTON-FREEWATER
— Artists from any medium
are invited to apply to
participate in the 16th
annual Harvest of Art Show,
which runs in conjunction
with the city’s festival,
which has been re-named
Milton-Freewater Rocks!
Entry forms are available
at the Milton-Freewater
Library, The Arts Portal
Gallery or by calling
Blanche Mason at 541-938-
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July 15
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The student population
of the school district is 48.5
percent Hispanic, according
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Cortaberria, with 2,623 of
the district’s 5,396 students
identifying as Hispanic.
“We are excited to have
the opportunity to partner
with Code.org,” said
Mindy Barron, instructional
technology coach for
Hermiston schools.
Code.org offers
completely free classroom
courses consisting of about
20 lessons that teachers have
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a way best suited for their
classroom. The curriculum
blends online tutorials with
unplugged activities that
teach computing concepts
without a computer and align
with national standards.
In addition, the
partnership will include
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