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East Oregonian
Hurricane
Newton heads
toward resorts
in Baja Mexico
CABO SAN LUCAS, Mexico
(AP) — Hurricane Newton soaked
Mexico’s western Pacifi c coast Mon-
day and took aim at Baja California’s
twin resorts of Los Cabos, where res-
idents and offi cials braced for a pos-
sible direct hit two years after they
were slammed by a major storm.
Newton’s maximum sustained
winds increased to 75 mph, according
to the U.S. National Hurricane Cen-
ter in Miami, making it a Category
1 hurricane. The storm was centered
about 215 miles southeast of Cabo
San Lucas and San Jose del Cabo and
was moving northwest at 16 mph on a
forecast path that would bring it near
or over the area Tuesday morning.
Some tourists were still walking the
streets of Cabo San Lucas on Monday
even as workers began nailing ply-
wood over the windows of businesses.
Los Cabos Mayor Arturo de la
Rosa Escalante said storm shelters
were being opened and low-lying ar-
eas would be evacuated.
“There is no need for mass buy-
ing,” he said. “There is enough food
and fuel for the next 20 days.”
Police were stationed at shopping
malls to guard against the kind of loot-
ing that occurred after Hurricane Odile
struck the area in 2014 as a Category 3
storm, with 125 mph winds.
Earlier Monday, as a tropical
storm, Newton dumped torrential
rains that prompted some 100 people
to evacuate their homes and damaged
residences in Uruapan in the Pacif-
ic coast state of Michoacan, the city
government reported.
Some roads were blocked by fl ood-
ing and mudslides in the neighboring
state of Guerrero, where some peo-
ple were evacuated by helicopter. No
deaths were reported in either state.
Hermine lingers
offshore on East Coast
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Her-
mine twisted hundreds of miles off-
shore in the Atlantic Ocean on Mon-
day, creating large waves in some
southern New England beach waters
that lured in surfers despite the rough
surf and rip currents that kept most
beachgoers away on the last day of
the holiday weekend.
“These are more seasoned surfers
who live for the thrill of these waves,”
said Kim Buttrick, a meteorologist
with the National Weather Service in
Taunton, Massachusetts.
Hermine’s position Monday south-
east of Nantucket created 20-foot waves
and wind gusts of up to 50 kph about 55
miles southeast of the island, Buttrick
said. Hermine was expected to stall over
the water before weakening again.
Even as Hermine weakens, wind
gusts of 30 to 50 mph were expected
across southern Rhode Island and south-
eastern Massachusetts on Monday.
Tuesday, September 6, 2016
Team studies fi res this year in
’88 Yellowstone burn areas
By BOB MOEN
Associated Press
AP Photo/Ed Andreski, File
In this Aug. 24, 1988, fi le photo, Larry Walters, a U.S. Forest Ser-
vice fi refi ghter from Higgins, Miss., watches the North Fork fi re
burn in the Yellowstone National Forest.
CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Nearly
three decades ago, huge wildfi res
burned about a third of Yellow-
stone National Park. The park has
seen wildfi res every year since, but
the forests of new trees that grew
in the scars of those 1988 fi res
have helped curb their size and in-
tensity — until now.
Several wildfi res ignited by
lightning strikes this summer in
areas of the 3,400-square-mile
park that burned 28 years ago have
grown substantially. The largest
has burned about 60 square miles
since it started Aug. 8 on Yellow-
stone’s west side.
“Largely up until this point,
fi re has not necessarily carried
well through the ‘88 fi re scars,”
Yellowstone fi re ecologist Becky
Smith said. “I mean, it defi nite-
ly has before, but it usually takes
very specifi c conditions, like high
winds or a very specifi c fuel bed.
But this year, we’re defi nitely see-
ing it burn much more readily in
the ‘88 fi re scars.”
The park has called in a special
federal team that studies fi re be-
havior to fi nd out why.
“We’re trying to use it as a good
learning opportunity to try and re-
ally narrow our focus on how and
when the ‘88 fi re scars will burn,”
Smith said. The 1988 wildfi res
burned 36 percent of the park.
It’s the fi rst time Yellowstone
has used the special team’s ser-
vices, she said.
The 13-member team is study-
ing two fi res burning in the 1988
fi re scar. It has deployed special
heat-resistant equipment with
sensors, cameras and other instru-
ments to measure things like tem-
perature and wind where the fi res
are burning.
Once data are gathered from the
instruments, the team will provide
a summary of its fi ndings to Yel-
lowstone, said Carol Ewell, a team
squad leader. She said it’s unclear
when the summary will be com-
pleted because the fi res are still
burning and research is still being
gathered.
In general, forest and park man-
agers have gained a better under-
standing of the role fi res play in
forest ecosystems, Ewell said.
“We’ve had about 100 years
of fi re suppression-oriented fi re
management objectives, and now
we’re sort of turning the corner —
and we have been for almost 30
years now,” she said.
They’re getting better at man-
aging the risks of letting fi res per-
form their natural function in the
ecosystem, Ewell said.
For instance, fi res renew vege-
tation that provides better habitat
for wildlife.
“So wildlife might have a new
crop of grass or bushes come
through that are better for their
food source; maybe it will create
new snag trees for different bird
species to live in, or squirrels,” she
said.
In Yellowstone, the 1988 fi res
resulted in new lodgepole pine
forests and a more diverse nat-
ural habitat, and this year’s fi res
will provide new benefi ts as well,
Ewell said.
Cosby could get trial date at Tuesday evidence hearing
By MARYCLAIRE DALE
Associated Press
PHILADELPHIA — The
shape of Bill Cosby’s felony sex-
ual assault trial could become
clearer at a hearing Tuesday when
his lawyers fi ght to keep out key
evidence, including nearly 1,000
pages of damaging testimony he
gave in the accuser’s lawsuit.
Cosby, 79, is charged with
drugging and molesting a woman
he mentored at Temple University
in 2004.
His lawyers will ask a subur-
ban Philadelphia judge to suppress
testimony from the 2005 lawsuit,
when accuser Andrea Constand
said she was left semi-conscious
and Cosby said he was “not
stopped.”
And they want to bar jurors
from hearing a taped phone call
AP fi le photo
Bill Cosby departs the Mont-
gomery County Courthouse
after a preliminary hearing, in
Norristown, Pa.
between Cosby and Constand’s
mother, when the long-beloved ce-
lebrity and morals champion fears
he will sound like “a dirty old man
with a young girl.”
The criminal charges were fi led
in December, months after Cos-
by’s testimony in the woman’s
lawsuit was unsealed and a new
prosecutor reopened the case.
Cosby, in the deposition, ad-
mitted to a series of extramarital
affairs and described giving nu-
merous women drugs and alcohol
before what he called romantic
“rendezvous.” Some were in their
teens or early 20s.
Defense lawyers argue that
Cosby was promised he would
never be charged, so he felt free
to testify in Constand’s lawsuit.
However, a judge this year found
he was never granted immunity.
The comedian known as Amer-
ica’s Dad for the top-rated “The
Cosby Show” — which captured
the amusing travails of fatherhood
and painted a warm picture of
black family life during its 1984
to 1992 run — now fi nds himself
spending his time and fortune de-
fending tawdry accusations. Doz-
ens of women who accuse him of
similar conduct say his arrest was
a long time coming.
Cosby’s defenders instead sug-
gest he is a wealthy target for the
many women he met during fi ve
decades as an A-list celebrity.
“None of us will ever want to
be in the position of attacking a
victim. But the question should be
asked — who is the victim?” his
wife, Camille, asked as more ac-
cusers came forward in 2014.
In his deposition, Cosby said
he developed a crush on Constand
“probably the fi rst time I saw her”
at Temple’s arena. He was a uni-
versity trustee while she managed
the women’s basketball team.
When she visited his home one
night in early 2004 to discuss a
career change, Cosby found her
stressed and gave her three un-
marked pills. Constand thought it
was an herbal product. Cosby later
said it was Benadryl, though Con-
stand’s lawyer doesn’t buy that.
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PUBLIC SAFETY LOG
DEATH NOTICES
UPCOMING SERVICES
EDITOR’S NOTE: Due to the Labor Day holiday, activity logs
from some area law enforcement agencies were not available.
A more extensive Public Safety Log will be published in the
Wednesday East Oregonian.
Annie May Burgess
TUESDAY, SEPT. 6
MITZIMBERG, LILLIAN — Viewing from 9 a.m. to
noon at Pendleton Pioneer Chapel, Folsom-Bishop, 131 S.E.
Byers Ave., Pendleton. Graveside services will follow at 2
p.m. at Olney Cemetery, Pendleton. Family and friends are
welcome to gather at the Pendleton Convention Center, 1601
Westgate, following the service.
RHODES, DON — Funeral services at 11 a.m. in the
chapel at Munselle-Rhodes Funeral Home, 902 S. Main St.,
Milton-Freewater. Concluding services and interment will
follow at the Milton-Freewater Cemetery.
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 7
No services scheduled
FRIDAY
6:51 a.m. - A door was kicked in at Barenburg USA, 60
Marine Drive N.E., Boardman, and two welders were stolen
sometime between 2 and 4 a.m., an employee reported. Morrow
County sheriff’s deputies took a theft report.
6:54 a.m. - Stereo equipment was stolen from a vehicle while
parked in the 900 block of Lamb Street, Milton-Freewater.
8:16 a.m. - The Morrow County Sheriff’s Department is
investigating credit card fraud reported by a resident of Northwest
Tumbleweed Boulevard, Irrigon.
1:51 p.m. - The Boardman Fire Department was called to
Threemile Canyon Farms, 75906 Threemile Canyon Road,
Boardman, to put out a semi full of hay that was on fi re.
SATURDAY
12:19 a.m. - The Umatilla County Sheriff’s Offi ce called the
Morrow County Sheriff’s Offi ce wanting to know if there had been
any reports from the vicinity of Riverpoint Farms, 28790 Westport
Road, Hermiston, about a shooting star or a possible plane going
down toward the west. Morrow County deputies investigated the
area, but found nothing.
10 a.m. - Items were reported stolen by a Walla Walla resi-
dent from the 100 block of North Main Street, Milton-Freewater.
11:48 a.m. - A resident of Southwest Fourth Street, Irrigon,
reported all his ducks and chickens were killed sometime during
the night. The Morrow County Sheriff’s Department is investigat-
ing.
2:08 p.m. - Items were reported stolen out of a vehicle on
Washington Lane, Irrigon, sometime Friday.
SUNDAY
5:58 p.m. - The Morrow County Sheriff’s Offi ce received a
report of possible child abuse.
8:25 p.m. - A woman came into the Morrow County Sheriff’s
Offi ce in Heppner to report another woman had punched her in
the face three times. Upon investigation, deputies determined the
case involved mutual combat and wrote up a report for the district
attorney’s offi ce.
ARRESTS, CITATIONS
Friday
•Boardman police arrested Santiago Lopez Ciprian, 31, no
address provided, for driving under the infl uence of intoxicants.
Saturday
•Milton-Freewater police arrested Pedro Uriel Rojas Villa, 21,
620 ½ S.E. Elm Ave., College Place, Wash., for duii, reckless
driving and recklessly endangering another.
•Paul Vicente Thompson, 25, address not provided, was
arrested for fi rst-degree burglary and fourth-degree aggravated
assault, both felonies, and misdemeanor charges of second-de-
gree disorderly conduct, second-degree criminal mischief and
interfering with making a report.
•Milton-Freewater police arrested Gregorio Diaz, 19, 271 N.E.
14th Ave., Milton-Freewater, for possession of methamphetamine
and on a Umatilla County detention warrant.
Sunday
•Milton-Freewater police arrested Jose Parra Ibarra, 25, 1405
Lilac, Milton-Freewater, for possession of methamphetamine.
•Oregon State Police arrested Bernabe Guardado Escalante,
29, address not provided, for felon in possession of a weapon.
•Milton-Freewater police arrested Jose Juan Rodriguez Coro-
na, 27, 1221 S. Mill St., Milton-Freewater, for possession of meth-
amphetamine and harassment constituting domestic violence.
Kennewick, Wash.
May 6, 1939-Aug. 29, 2016
Former Hermiston resident Annie May Burgess, 77, of
Kennewick, Wash., died Monday, Aug. 29, 2016, in Kenne-
wick. She was born May 6, 1939, in West End, N.C. A grave-
side service with military honors will be held Saturday, Sept.
10 at 11 a.m. at Mueller’s Funeral Home, 1401 S. Union St.,
Kennewick, Wash. A memorial and reception will follow at
12 noon at Grace Baptist Church, 4403 W. 10th Ave., Kenne-
wick. Mueller’s Funeral Home handled arrangements.
LaVonne D. ‘Coly’ Cox
Phoenix, Ariz.
Dec. 23, 1934-July 25, 2016
Former Milton-Freewater and Walla Walla resident La-
Vonne D. “Coly” Cox, 81, of Phoenix, Ariz., died July 25,
2016, at his home. He was born Dec. 23, 1934, in Palouse,
Wash. Memorial services will be held Thursday, Sept. 8 at 2
p.m. at the Munselle-Rhodes Funeral Home in Milton-Free-
water. Inurnment will be in the Washington State Veterans
Cemetery in Medical Lake, Wash. Munselle-Rhodes Funeral
Home is handling arrangements.
Bill Dyer
Fossil
Dec. 11, 1938-Sept. 1, 2016
Bill Dyer, 77, of Fossil died Thursday, Sept. 1, 2016, in The
Dalles. He was born Dec. 11, 1938, in Winona, Mo. Arrange-
ments are under the care of Sweeney Mortuary of Condon.
Terry W. Lightle
Hermiston
Oct. 18, 1950-Sept. 2, 2016
Terry W. Lightle, 65, of Hermiston died Friday, Sept. 2,
2016, in Hermiston. He was born Oct. 18, 1950, in Ottawa,
Kan. A celebration of life service will be held Friday, Sept. 9,
2016, at 11 a.m. at Burns Mortuary chapel, Hermiston. Burial
with military honors will follow at the Hermiston Cemetery.
Burns Mortuary of Hermiston is in care of arrangements. Sign
the online guest book at burnsmortuaryhermiston.com
Wanda Rose Murphy
Hermiston
Sept. 4, 2016
Megamillions
22-28-41-46-60
Megaball: 3 Megaplier: 3
Estimated jackpot: $92 million
Lucky Lines
03-08-10-15-FREE-20-23-28-31
Estimated jackpot: $73,000
Pick 4
1 p.m.: 6-1-0-7
4 p.m.: 0-1-8-9
7 p.m.: 4-4-6-8
10 p.m.: 8-9-7-7
Estimated jackpot: $74,000
Pick 4
1 p.m.: 9-6-5-9
4 p.m.: 7-7-5-3
7 p.m.: 5-4-9-1
10 p.m.: 6-1-0-9
Win for Life
Wanda Rose Murphy, 57, of Hermiston, died Sunday, Sept.
4, 2016, in Hermiston. Arrangements are pending at Burns
Mortuary of Hermiston.
Floyd E. Parrott
Fossil
May 27, 1939-Sept. 4, 2016
Floyd E. Parrott, 77, of Fossil died Sunday, Sept. 4, 2016
at his home. He was born May 27, 1939. Arrangements are
pending at Sweeney Mortuary of Condon.
09-36-52-69
Sunday, Sept. 4
Lucky Lines
03-07-09-14-FREE-20-22-26-32
Estimated jackpot: $75,000
Pick 4
1 p.m.: 4-6-6-7
MEETINGS
TUESDAY, SEPT. 6
PENDLETON SCHOOL DIS-
TRICT WORK SESSION, 8 a.m.,
4 p.m.: 7-0-9-0
7 p.m.: 3-5-8-6
10 p.m.: 1-1-0-6
Monday, Sept. 5
Pick 4
1 p.m.: 2-7-5-1
4 p.m.: 6-2-9-8
UMATILLA COUNTY BOARD OF
COMMISSIONERS, 9 a.m., Umatilla
County Courthouse room 130, 216
S.E. Fourth St., Pendleton.
UMATILLA MORROW RADIO &
DATA DISTRICT, 1:30 p.m., Board-
HERMISTON AIRPORT ADVI-
SORY COMMITTEE, 4 p.m., Herm-
man City Hall, 200 City Center Cir-
cle. (Shawn Halsey 541-966-3774).
iston Airport lounge, 1600 Airport
Way.
WESTON LIBRARY BOARD,
BLUE MOUNTAIN BOARD OF
EDUCATION, 5 p.m. work ses-
5:30 p.m., Weston Public Library,
108 E. Main St.
ATHENA-WESTON SCHOOL
DISTRICT WORK SESSION, 6 p.m.,
Weston-McEwen High School, 540
E. Main St., Athena.
IRRIGON PLANNING COMMIS-
SION, 6 p.m., Irrigon City Hall, 500
N.E. Main St.
Fire Department, Meacham. (541-
786-2069).
BOARDMAN CITY COUNCIL, 7
p.m., Boardman City Hall, 200 City
Center Circle.
PENDLETON CITY COUNCIL, 7
p.m., Pendleton City Hall council
chambers, 501 S.W. Emigrant Ave.
PILOT ROCK CITY COUNCIL,
7 p.m., council chambers, 143 W.
Main St.
STANFIELD CITY COUNCIL, 7
p.m., council chambers, 150 W.
Coe St.
UMATILLA CITY COUNCIL, 7
p.m., Umatilla City Hall, 700 Sixth
St.
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 7
OREGON WHEAT COMMIS-
SION, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Port of Mor-
row, 2 Marine Drive, Boardman.
(Diana Thompson 503-467-2161).
MORROW COUNTY COURT,
9 a.m., Bartholomew
ing upper conference
When they say “Back to school!”
and you say “Jump in the pool?”
Build-
room,
sion/executive session (if need-
ed), 6 p.m. regular meeting, Blue
Mountain Community College
Milton-Freewater campus, 311 N.
Columbia Ave.
CONDON CITY COUNCIL, 7
p.m., Condon City Hall, 128 S.
Main St.
UMATILLA RURAL FIRE PRO-
TECTION DISTRICT, 7 p.m., 305
Willamette Ave., Umatilla (McNary).
9/5-9/6
Cineplex Show Times
$5 Classic Movie
9/7 12:00 PM
GUNFIGHT AT THE O.K. CORRAL
Hell or High Water (R)
4:50 7:30 9:50
Don't Breathe (R)
5:00 7:10 9:40
Hands of Stone (R)
1:50* 4:20 6:50 9:30
Ben Hur (PG13)
7:20
Suicide Squad (PG13)
4:30 10:00
Saturday, Sept. 3
Powerball
07-39-50-59-67
Powerball: 25 Power Play: 3
Estimated jackpot: $170 million
Megabucks
02-04-16-17-37-48
Estimated jackpot: $1 million
Lucky Lines
02-05-12-13-FREE-19-23-25-32
110 N. Court St., Heppner.
Pendleton School District offi ce,
1100 Southgate Suite 8.
MEACHAM VOLUNTEER FIRE
DEPARTMENT, 7 p.m., Meacham
LOTTERY
Friday, Sept. 2
OBITUARY POLICY
The East Oregonian publishes paid obituaries. The obituary can in-
clude small photos and, for veterans, a fl ag symbol at no charge.
Obituaries may be edited for spelling, proper punctuation and style.
Expanded death notices will be published at no charge. These in-
clude information about services.
Obituaries and notices can be submitted online at www.eastorego-
nian.com/obituaryform, by email to obits@eastoregonian.com, by fax
to 541-276-8314, placed via the funeral home or in person at the East
Oregonian offi ce.
For more information, call 541-966-0818 or 1-800-522-0255, ext. 221.
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Tues - Fri 9am - 5:30pm
Saturday & Evening by Appointment
On sale at the Chamber Oice until 5:00 p.m. Tuesday, Sept 13th.
$21 each ($30 each after 9/13). Cash or Check payable to
Davis Shows NW only. Chamber Oice Hours are Monday-Friday
8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Closed Labor Day
We need volunteers to stuf 500 RV Welcome
Packets for Round-Up! Cofee and treats will be
available! Please call the Chamber oice at (541) 276-7411 or
email info@pendletonchamber.com if you'd like to help!
TICKET RESALE PROGRAM
The Pendleton Chamber of Commerce Ticket Resale Program is
in full swing! The Chamber ofers this service to the community
to help those who have unused PBR, Concert, Rodeo, or Happy
Canyon tickets.
• Tickets need to be turned in to the Pendleton Chamber of
Commerce in order to be sold.
• The Chamber charges a 25% commission on the face
value of the ticket, and if the ticket is sold, payouts are
mailed after the irst of October.
If you are looking for tickets, please stop by the Chamber oice
to see what we have available at 501 South Main Street or
call (541) 276-7411. Open Mon-Fri 8:30am-5pm; Saturday of
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