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East Oregonian
Tuesday, August 16, 2016
Chief surprised by violent
response to fatal shooting
MILWAUKEE
(AP)
— Following a night of
violence that left half a
dozen businesses in lames,
the Milwaukee police chief
expressed surprise at the
level of unrest that erupted
after the fatal shooting of a
black man by a black oficer.
“This was, quite frankly,
unanticipated,”
Chief
Edward Flynn said Monday,
two days after the worst of the
rioting hit the Sherman Park
neighborhood on the city’s
economically depressed and
largely black north side.
The chief’s statement
raised questions about
whether authorities could
have taken steps to curb the
violence, perhaps by sharing
details of the shooting earlier,
including the oficer’s race
or footage from his body
camera.
Randolph McLaughlin,
a Pace University law
professor and a civil rights
attorney, questioned how
Milwaukee leaders could
have expected the streets to
stay quiet on Saturday night
given the national debate
about law enforcement and
race.
“For a mayor to say
everything’s ine (and) we
just killed somebody, that’s
turning a blind eye to his
town,” McLaughlin said.
He said Mayor Tom
Barrett should have reached
out to residents and commu-
nity leaders and asked,
“What do we need to do to
make sure your community
is safe?” McLaughlin said.
“He needs to stay on the job.”
David Klinger, a Univer-
sity of Missouri-St. Louis
sociology professor who
studies police use of deadly
force, said it would not
necessarily have helped for
police to release the oficer’s
race sooner. He pointed out
that the city saw disruptions
on Sunday night, after his
race had been publicized,
Staff photo by E.J. Harris
Olivia Warner of Pilot Rock returns her market lamb, Blue, pack to his pen after the
youth livestock auction at the Umatilla County Fair on Saturday in Hermiston.
LIVESTOCK: Olivia’s lamb sold for $737
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Temperatures
inched
toward the 100-degree
mark as the Hermiston
afternoon wore on, while
fans and misters worked to
cool the auction barn at the
fairgrounds.
There were smiles from
the youth as they showed
their prized animals, but
there were also tears, as the
culmination of numerous
hours of work and care
came to a head at the sound
of the auctioneer’s voice.
After more than ive
hours, the 59th goat and his
handler were up.
Olivia had spent the
morning battling a headache
and prepping her lamb for
one last show.
She had low expectations
for the auction, hoping
to “break even,” but then
admitting she wouldn’t
know what breaking even
meant until she sat down
with her mom to tally up the
costs.
While waiting in the
shade outside of the barn,
Olivia and fellow lamb
handlers talked about how
much their animals might
sell for. One girl mentioned
that younger kids get
sympathy bids if they cry.
“Once you get to my age,
it’s not cute to cry anymore,”
Olivia said.
Since she had been
outside with Blue, Olivia
couldn’t see how the barn,
once humming with people
and activity, had quieted
down and the amount of
bidders had thinned out,
leaving fewer open wallets
to pull from.
Dressed in her FFA
blues, she lead Blue into the
barn and as quickly as it had
started, they were done.
Cascade
Agronomics
bought Blue for a modest
$6.50 a pound, just ive
cents less than the $6.55
auction average for sheep
that day.
At 113.49 pounds, he had
earned Olivia $737.69.
After Olivia and Blue,
the inal lamb was auctioned
and the fair week’s livestock
grand inale was over.
Olivia said she is happy
with how things went and
will continue to show lambs
until she graduates from
high school in 2019.
In fact, she’ll be showing
another lamb at the Pend-
leton Junior Livestock
Show in September.
Up next, though, is
volleyball try-outs and the
start of her sophomore year
as a Pilot Rock Rocket.
GOALS: Youth sports a $7 billion
industry that Pendleton could tap into
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available space in town for
the business to move to.
Buchert’s input got the
words “new and existing”
added to the “Develop
quality industrial, commer-
cial and residential lands
and properties” goal.
As the former Pendleton
School District Superin-
tendent, Jon Peterson has
been more involved with
the school board than the
city council, but he accepted
Turner’s invite.
Given that many families
have to travel to places like
Yakima and the Tri-Cities
to get to youth sporting
events, Peterson said before
the meeting he would be
in favor of prioritizing the
construction of a youth
sports complex.
Pat Beard of Travel
Pendleton echoed Peterson’s
opinion, saying youth sports
was a $7 billion industry.
“Create youth sports
complex” was added to the
list.
Oregon East Symphony
Executive Director J.D.
Kindle was one of the
arts representatives on the
committee.
Prior to the meeting,
Kindle said he’d like to see
arts and culture recognized
as a quality of life booster
and economic driver, citing
the “Wednesdays in the
Park” concert series as
evidence.
While he didn’t get
a chance to propose an
arts-related goal, Kindle did
suggest historic building
Initial list of goals for 2017-2019
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Improve communications between city and public
Support UAS range development
Foster downtown development
Develop properties of all types
Preserve and restore historic buildings
Develop sustainable infrastructure
Increase workforce housing
Increase tourism
Create youth sports complex
Ensure public safety
Foster relationships with community organizations
Foster close collaboration with CTUIR
rehabilitation as a goal,
which made the list.
After more than an hour
of discussion, the commit-
tee’s work wasn’t done.
Turner asked members
to return Aug. 22 to discuss
any remaining goal sugges-
tions and whittle the list
down to 10 priorities.
From
there,
the
committee will show the list
to public bodies, community
organizations and the public
at-large to help igure out
ways to execute the goals
and further consolidate the
list around three to four
priorities.
Turner said he wants the
council to adopt the goals in
January.
Besides
the
afore-
mentioned members, the
committee includes City
Manager Robb Corbett,
Economic
Development
Director
and
Airport
Manager Steve Chrisman,
Becky
Marks,
Paul
Chalmers, Neil Brown,
McKennon McDonald and
Jake Cambier of the Pend-
leton City Council, coun-
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though the intensity was less
than the previous night.
He also said the city may
have hesitated to give the
oficer’s race sooner for fear
it would identify him.
Remy Cross, a criminol-
ogist at Webster University
in St. Louis, said the oficer’s
race probably does not
matter to many people in the
community.
“They see the institution
as racist, not the individual,”
Cross said. “Once you put on
the uniform, you’re blue, and
blue sees black as bad.”
Flynn said it was “an error
in narrative to assume” that
because police shot someone
that the shooting will be
controversial “so let’s have
a riot.”
Cecil Brewer, 67, who
owns an apartment house
directly across from the
intersection where protesters
burned a gas station on
Saturday night and hurled
rocks at police on Sunday
night, said the rioting was all
but inevitable.
On Monday, the mayor
issued a proclamation
applying the city’s curfew
to 17-year-olds. Until then,
it had applied to teenagers
16 or younger. Barrett also
moved the summer curfew
back by one hour, to 10
p.m., and warned that the
rule would be enforced more
tightly.
The problems began
Saturday afternoon when
police stopped a rental car
that was driving suspi-
ciously, Flynn said. Sylville
Smith bolted from the car
with a gun, leading an
oficer on a short foot chase
before the oficer shot the
23-year-old. Police said the
man was leeing a trafic
stop but released few other
details.
The violence erupted
later that evening.
During a news confer-
ence around midnight
calling for calm, Barrett said
people were gathering at
the scene when he left at 5
p.m. Saturday, but they were
peaceful and he thought
everything
was
under
control.
At another news confer-
ence Sunday afternoon,
Flynn offered new details,
revealing that the oficer
who opened ire was
black, like Smith, and said
body-camera video showed
Smith had turned toward the
oficer and refused to drop
his weapon. He also said
the oficer shot Smith in the
chest and arm. Some people
interviewed on the north side
had speculated that Smith
was shot in the back.
INSURANCE: Agreement only for one year
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of the Oregon Department
of Consumer and Business
Services. “This is a short-
term solution to provide
more options in 2017, but
we need to focus on long-
term solutions to stabilize
the individual market.”
This agreement is only
for one year and does not
address the underlying
issues causing companies
to decrease coverage, such
as insuficient payments by
the federal government to
cover losses from high-risk
customers.
The U.S. Centers for
Medicare and Medicaid paid
out only 12.6 cents on the
dollar to insurers under the
“risk corridors” program,
one of three programs
designed to reduce risk and
prevent loss for insurers and
act as incentive for compa-
nies to insure more people.
According to insurers this
resulted in steep losses for
cilors-elect Dale Primmer
and Scott Fairley, Casey
Beard of the Round-Up
Association, Gail Nelson
of the Pendleton Chamber
of Commerce, George
Murdock of the Umatilla
County Board of Commis-
sioners, Roberta Lavadour
of the Pendleton Center for
the Arts, Diane Drebin of
BMCC, Mike Short and Art
Hill of Round-Up Develop-
ment Corp., Fred Bradbury
of the Pendleton Downtown
Association and Larry
Blanc and Katy Norton of
St. Anthony Hospital.
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at asierra@eastoregonian.
com or 541-966-0836.
several companies, causing
them to raise premiums and
narrow network coverage.
Bridgespan, Regence and
Providence’s rates will rise
from three to six percent
more than indicated back in
July.
“While bringing back
these plans throughout the
state is in the best interest
of consumers, we know
continued rate increases are
not sustainable,” Allen said.
“In the coming months,
we will work with the
Governor’s ofice, legis-
lators, and stakeholders to
develop proposals for the
2017 legislative session that
address the underlying costs
of health care so that Orego-
nians throughout the state
continue to have coverage
options.”
Josh Goller of Simmons
Insurance in Hermiston in an
email called the announce-
ment a “positive develop-
ment for our region,” but
cautioned, “it will still be
important to evaluate how
the pricing and networks for
these carriers compare for
these plans for next year.”
The state of Oregon is
hosting two town halls in
Umatilla County this week
to answer questions about
health insurance in Eastern
Oregon.
A
meeting
in
Milton-Freewater will be
held Tuesday from 6 to 8
p.m. at the public library, 8
S.W. Eighth Ave.
An additional meeting
will be held Wednesday
night in Hermiston from 6
to 8 p.m. at Good Shepherd
Hospital in room CC2.
Oficials
from
the
Oregon Health Insurance
Marketplace are hosting the
town halls.
Called Health Insurance
101, these meetings will
discuss the basics of health
insurance, as well as options
that exist for all Oregonians.
There will also be time
for audience questions.
“Country Scenes &
Children’s Dreams”
August 17-21, 2016
FAIR: www.morrowcountyoregon.com/fair
Wednesday, Aug. 17 th
Dr. Solar Magic Show
Kid Fun Zone
The Junebugs
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Police move in on a group of protesters throwing
rocks at them in Milwaukee, Sunday.
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Thursday, Aug. 18 th
Friday, Aug. 19 th
Dr. Solar Magic Show Dr. Solar Magic Show
Kid Fun Zone
Old Time Fiddlers
Ice Cream Social
Talent Show
FFA Floral Design
Murray's Wine Tasting
Featuring:
Joe Lindsay
Nate Bosford
Saturday, Aug. 20 th
Dr. Solar Magic Show
Kid Fun Zone
Parade
FFA Awards
Buyers Luncheon
Livestock Auction
OTPR/NPRA Rodeo
After Rodeo Band:
Jessie Leigh
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4-H Food Contest
4-H/FFA Small Animal
Showmanship
Watermelon Contest
Pet Show for the
Public
4-H Fashion Show
RDO Tractor Pull
OTPR NPRA SLACK
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Kid Fun Zone
OMSI
4-H/FFA
Showmanship
Master Showmanship
OTPR/NPRA Rodeo
After Rodeo Band:
Jessie Leigh
Sunday, Aug. 21 st
All Exhibits Released
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