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WINNER OF THE 2015 ONPA GENERAL EXCELLENCE AWARD
Wheeler Co. judge faces recall
Perry accused of relationship with young subordinate
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By GEORGE PLAVEN
East Oregonian
Wheeler County Judge
Patrick C. Perry is the latest
elected offi cial in Eastern
Oregon to face a recall.
A petition to recall Perry
received 169 valid signatures,
which were more than enough
to place it on the ballot in rural
Wheeler County — population
1,381. Perry has indicated he
will not resign, and a special
recall election will be held
Monday, Aug. 15.
Seven county offi cials
already called on Perry to
resign in April: Treasurer
Sandra Speer; Clerk Barbara
Sitton; Assessor Donald
Cossitt; Justice of the Peace
Robin Ordway; Commis-
sioners Lynn Morley and
Robert Ordway; and Sheriff
Chris Humphreys. They cited
“serious allegations” that have
tainted Perry’s leadership, but
did not go into details.
The Wheeler County
Sheriff’s Offi ce and District
Attorney’s Offi ce forwarded
allegations to the Oregon
Department of Justice on April
29. A spokeswoman for the
DOJ confi rmed there is an
investigation into Perry, but
could not provide additional
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Warning
shot fi red at
EOCI to stop
inmate brawl
By East Oregonian
Correctional offi cers at
EOCI fi red a warning shot
Thursday after dozens of
inmates brawled in the west
recreation yard.
No injuries to inmates
or guards were reported by
press time.
According to a press
release from the Oregon
Department of Correc-
tions, a number of inmates
engaged in a “series of
fi ghts” about 2:30 p.m. in
a yard at Eastern Oregon
Correctional Institution in
Pendleton.
Staff fi rst deployed
pepper spray on the inmates,
but the fi ghting continued.
Later “a warning shot was
fi red into a designated safe
area,” said the DOC. After
the shot was fi red, the
inmates stopped fi ghting,
according to the release.
A total of 47 inmates
were placed in special
housing for their involve-
ment in the altercations.
The institution remains
on full lockdown, and
visiting is canceled until
further notice.
The fi ghts and gunshot
is under investigation,
according to the DOC.
The cause of the brawl is
unknown at this time.
Inmates
will
be
interviewed in order to
determine how many were
involved in the fi ght, EOCI
spokesperson Jackie Peck
said.
Mystery on the Columbia
Human skeleton found along riverbank, identity unknown
U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Offi cer 1st Class Levi Read
This March 21 fi le photo shows the Columbia River near Cathlamet, Wash.
4,000 new unidentifi ed remains are found every year in the U.S.
By NATALIE ST. JOHN
EO Media Group
CATHLAMET, WASH. —
Wearing Levi’s, a red button-down
shirt, gaiters and hiking boots, the
skeleton recently found on the bank
of the Columbia River looked like it
was dressed for a hike.
By the time a boater discovered
him in late May a remote area near
Pillar Rock, about 27 river miles
upstream from the Pacifi c, the
unidentifi ed man’s only possessions
were a 1999 penny and a lens cloth in
his jeans pocket. But he still had his
teeth, complete with good-quality,
modern dental work.
To Wahkiakum County Coroner
Dan Bigelow, it seemed like a decent
starting point for an investigation.
But two months later, he is still
trying to fi nd the man’s name. While
his list of possible identities for the
middle-aged man keeps growing, his
list of promising leads has dwindled
to practically nothing.
“Just about anybody who disap-
peared anywhere in the Columbia
River basin could credibly be this
person,” Bigelow said in early July.
Despite these setbacks, Bigelow
is still trying to fi nd out who the
man was, and how he ended up in
Wahkiakum County. He recently
delivered the remains to the state’s
only certifi ed forensic anthropolo-
gist, and he is taking a closer look at
missing persons cases from across
the Northwest and beyond.
“It’s a hell of a shame,” Bigelow
said. “I can’t help thinking there is
somebody out there looking for this
guy.”
Bones on river banks
The source of so much life,
the Columbia’s deep waters and
swift currents are also implicated
in a lot of deaths. According to an
ongoing Oregonian analysis, at
least 36 people have drowned in the
Columbia since August 2006.
The river also inevitably tempts
individuals faced with the pressing
dilemma of where to dispose of a
body. In September 2006, a couple
found a large bag fl oating in the
river near Portland. It contained
the dismembered remains of Doug
Adamson, 52. In August 2012,
Grant County, Wash., deputies
recovered 75-year-old Toshio Ota,
a missing Seattle man. He was the
victim of a homicide by blunt-force
trauma. In January 2015, boaters
discovered the body of Jessica
Newton, 40, on Bachelor Island
near Ridgefi eld. She too had died a
violent death.
Bigelow knows all about the
misfortune that can wash in with
the tide. In 1998 — well before he
was elected — a local found a dead
woman on a small island in the
river. To his regret, no one has ever
been able to identify her.
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Trump says America in crisis — and he’ll fi x it ‘fast’
By JULIE PACE
and ROBERT FURLOW
Associated Press
AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite
Republican Presidential Candidate Donald J. Trump, speaks during the fi nal day
of the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Thursday.
CLEVELAND
—
Declaring America in crisis,
Donald Trump pledged
to cheering Republicans
and still-skeptical voters
Thursday night that as presi-
dent he will restore the safety
they fear they’re losing,
strictly curb immigration and
save the nation from Hillary
Clinton’s record of “death,
destruction, terrorism and
weakness.”
Confi dently addressing
the fi nale of his party’s
less-than-smooth national
convention, the billionaire
businessman
declared
the nation’s problems too
staggering to be fi xed within
the confi nes of traditional
politics.
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Ivanka Trump raises
issues father rarely
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“I have joined the
political arena so that the
powerful can no longer beat
up on people that cannot
defend themselves,” Trump
said.
The 70-year-old celebrity
businessman’s acceptance
of the Republican nomina-
tion caps his improbable
takeover of the GOP, a party
that plunges into the general
election united in opposition
to Clinton but still divided
over Trump. Underscoring
his unorthodox candidacy,
Trump doubled down on the
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