RECORDS
Friday, October 21, 2016
PUBLIC SAFETY LOG
WEDNESDAY
1:40 a.m. - Someone stole a wooden rocker and a table from
a woman’s front porch on Southwest 11th Street, Hermiston.
She also said she has had trouble with people taking items from
her.
5:40 a.m. - A Weston man on North Franklin Street reported
a break-in at his garage and the theft of tools worth at least
$500.
1:23 p.m. - Staff at the Pendleton Chamber of Commerce,
501 S. Main St., Pendleton, asked police to remove a male from
the ofice who refused to leave and was smoking a cigarette.
1:36 p.m. - Pendleton emergency services responded to
the 200 block of Southwest 28th Drive, Pendleton, for a person
attempting suicide.
4:02 p.m. - A male wearing a hooded sweatshirt and blue
jeans threw rocks at vehicles at the Pilot Travel Center, 2115 S.
Highway 395, Stanield.
2:19 p.m. - A Hermiston-area woman reported the theft of a
lawn tractor.
2:41 p.m. - A mother reported a sex offender serving time at
Two Rivers Correctional Institution, Umatilla, used his relative to
send messages her daughter. The dispatch center advised her
on what authorities to inform.
2:57 p.m. - Hermiston police warned a dog owner after a
caller at Country Squire Estates, 1500 N.E. 10th St., Hermiston,
reported the dog destroyed his decorations.
2:58 p.m. - Pendleton police received a call about tenants on
Northwest Despain Avenue growing marijuana in violation of the
rental agreement.
3:39 p.m. - A student at Sunridge Middle School, 700 S.W.
Runnion Ave., Pendleton, reported her library book was lost
or stolen. A Pendleton oficer helped her ind the book in a
classroom.
4:18 p.m. - A Hermiston man on West Ridgeway Avenue
reported someone broke in and ransacked his residence.
4:58 p.m. - Two men in their 50s and with goatees were on
Northeast Mount Hebron Drive, Pendleton, in a white Honda
Ridgeline trying to sell beef to an off-duty deputy. A caller said
they may not have had a city business license.
9:56 p.m. - A law enforcement oficer reported hearing a loud
explosion in the area of East Ridgeway Avenue, Hermiston.
Police checked but did not ind anything suspicious.
9:58 p.m. - A Pendleton ambulance responded to Southwest
Houtama Road, Pendleton, for a person who accidentally
“double dosed” on Vicoden and morphine.
10:56 p.m. - A Hermiston man reported his daughter send
text messages indicating she could be suicidal.
ARRESTS, CITATIONS
•Oregon State Police reported a semitrailer driver caused a
crash near Stanield that sent one man to a hospital.
The crash happened on the westbound side on Interstate
84 near milepost 191 about three miles east of the turnoff for
Stanield when the semi driver at 9:44 p.m. tried to pass a
latbed tow truck hauling a vehicle on the bed and towing a
second. The semi rear-ended the truck, causing both vehicles to
travel onto the right shoulder of the road and crash on their sides
on an embankment.
The vehicle the tow was hauling ended up in the road,
according to state police, and the wreck totaled the semi and
tow truck. The crash also closed the highway for some time.
State police reported the tow driver, Karl Hartmut, 69,
suffered a head wound that bled, and an ambulance took him to
a hospital.
The semi’s driver, Nickinder Harbaksh Athwal, 27, was not
harmed, but state police cited him for following too close and
warned him for unsafe passing and careless driving.
•The Umatilla County Sheriff’s Ofice arrested Jerardo
Pedro Sital, 18, no address provided, for irst-degree theft, two
counts of identity theft, theft by receiving, criminal conspiracy,
second-degree burglary, and possession of methamphetamine.
DEATH NOTICES
Betty Anne Bedortha
Heppner
Feb. 26, 1928-Oct. 17, 2016
Betty Anne Bedortha, 88, of Heppner died Monday,
Oct. 17, 2016, at her home. She was born Feb. 26, 1928,
in Tokeland, Washington. Arrangements are with Sweeney
Mortuary of Heppner.
Bernard W. ‘Bernie’ Carper
Hermiston
Oct. 20, 2016
Bernard W. “Bernie” Carper, 84, of Hermiston died
Thursday, Oct. 20, 2016, at his home. Arrangements are
pending at Burns Mortuary of Hermiston.
UPCOMING SERVICES
FRIDAY, OCT. 21
GREENE, JOAN — Celebration of life service at 11
a.m. in the chapel at Burns Mortuary, 685 W. Hermiston
Ave., Hermiston.
LINDER, CORA — Interment at 2 p.m. at the Herm-
iston Cemetery.
MCLAUGHLIN, HERB — Funeral mass at 10
a.m. at St. Mary’s Catholic Church, 800 S.E. Court Ave.,
Pendleton, followed by private burial. A celebration of life
luncheon will follow services at 12 noon at the Pendleton
Elks Lodge, 14 S.E. Third St.
SATURDAY, OCT. 22
DOSS, CHET — Military graveside service at 11
a.m. at Skyview Memorial Park, 70116 S. Highway 395,
Pendleton.
FOWLER, KATHRYN — Graveside service at 10
a.m. at the Hermiston Cemetery.
GREENE, PAMELA — Celebration of life at 3 p.m.
at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 425 S.E.
Fourth St., Pilot Rock.
KNIFONG, MICHAEL — Memorial service at 3
p.m. at the Enterprise Baptist Church, 1420 W. North St.
MONACELLI, RUTH — Memorial gathering at 2
p.m. at the Oxford Suites, 1050 N. First St., Hermiston.
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more information, call 541-966-0818 or 1-800-522-0255, ext. 221.
MEETINGS
FRIDAY, OCT. 21
No meetings scheduled
MONDAY, OCT. 24
U M AT I L L A - M O R R O W
HEAD START, 11:30 a.m., 110
N.E. Fourth St., Hermiston.
(ktassie@umchs.org).
NIXYAAWII COMMUNITY
SCHOOL BOARD, 4:30 p.m.,
Nixyaawii Community School,
73300 July Grounds Lane,
Pendleton.
UMATILLA BASIN WATER-
SHED COUNCIL, 6 p.m., Staf-
ford Hansell Government Cen-
ter, 915 S.E. Columbia Drive,
Hermiston OR Pendleton City
Hall community room, 501 S.W.
Emigrant Ave.
HERMISTON CITY COUN-
CIL, 7 p.m., Hermiston City Hall,
180 N.E. Second St.
IRRIGON
COMMUNITY
PARK & RECREATION DIS-
TRICT, 7 p.m., Irrigon Fire Sta-
tion, 705 N. Main St., Irrigon.
M I LT O N - F R E E WAT E R
CITY COUNCIL, 7 p.m., Mil-
ton-Freewater Public Library Al-
bee Room, 8 S.W. Eighth St.
TUESDAY, OCT. 25
WEST UMATILLA MOS-
QUITO CONTROL DISTRICT, 3
p.m., district ofice, 3005 S. First
St., Hermiston. (Janie Cuellar
541-567-5201).
IONE SCHOOL DISTRICT,
3:30 p.m. work session, 4:30
p.m. board meeting, Ione
Schools, 445 Spring St.
UMATILLA COUNTY SOIL
& WATER CONSERVATION
DISTRICT, 6 p.m., USDA Ser-
vice Center, 1 S.W. Nye Ave.
Ste. 130, Pendleton. (Kyle Wag-
goner 541-278-8049 ext. 138).
East Oregonian
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Donors pour $458M into Calif. initiatives
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) —
Political donors have spent a record
$458 million on 17 statewide November
ballot initiatives in California, beating
the state’s own record for the most
spent on propositions appearing on state
ballots in a single year, campaign reports
iled Thursday show.
The fundraising has soared at least
$20 million past California’s previous
record, when $438 million was spent
on the campaigns for and against 21
measures on 2008 ballots.
With inlation, fundraising in 2008
would be worth at least $490 million
today.
No other state has come close to
those amounts.
California is one of the few states
that empower voters to enact laws
affecting state revenue and spending.
The proposals going before the state’s
18 million registered voters put billions
of dollars at stake in this election.
“That’s big business,” said Jessica
Levinson, a professor at Loyola Law
School in Los Angeles, who commented
before the record was broken.
She and other campaign inance
experts stress that big money lows to
the contests that will have the biggest
inancial impact and the inal push
to sway voters is likely to include a
spending blitz.
“A lot of the oxygen is really being
sucked up by the presidential race,”
Levinson said. “For most voters, they’re
just starting to think about the ballot
measures.”
Proposition 61, a proposal to cap
what the state pays for prescription drugs
at the lowest price the U.S. Department
of Veterans Affairs pays, has drawn the
biggest spending.
Pharmaceutical companies have
contributed most of the $108 million
that’s been raised to defeat it, including
$22 million publicly disclosed Thursday.
The AIDS Healthcare Foundation,
which placed it on the ballot, has spent
about $14 million backing it.
Because Proposition 61 would not
force drug companies to change their
prices, the state legislative analyst says
its iscal effect on the $3.8 billion market
is unknown.
Tobacco companies are among the
other biggest spenders, contributing
more than $66 million to oppose Propo-
sition 56, a proposed $2 tax increase on
every pack of cigarettes sold in the state.
The California Hospital Association has
spent more than $46 million opposing
three measures that would affect funding
for Medi-Cal, the state’s health care
program for the poor.
Most of the funding has come directly
from the corporations facing massive
gains or losses to their own bottom line
on Nov. 8.
“They’re called citizen initiatives
because of who has to sign them, not
necessarily who has to pay for them,”
said Josh Altic, who directs research
on ballot measures at Ballotpedia, an
organization that aggregates electoral
data from all 50 states.
Two of the biggest individual donors
are Republican Charles Munger Jr., who
has contributed more than $10 million to
support Proposition 54, seeking greater
legislative transparency, and Napster
founder Sean Parker, who’s given about
$7 million supporting the effort to
legalize and tax recreational marijuana,
Proposition 64.
The totals exclude money that’s
transferred between allied campaigns as
well as duplicate contributions recorded
when one committee raised money for
more than one proposition.
The record amount also includes
“A lot of the oxygen
is really being sucked
up by the presidential
race. For most voters,
they’re just starting
to think about the
ballot measures.”
— Jessica Levinson,
Professor, Loyola Law School in Los Angeles
about $50 million raised in 2014 for
some of this year’s ballot measures.
That money does not appear in some
calculations the secretary of state’s
ofice provides online.
Where does all the money go? The
campaign reports show more than $40
million was used to pay signature-gath-
erers who circulated petitions to qualify
each of the 14 initiatives and one refer-
endum for the ballot. Two measures
were placed on the ballot by lawmakers,
a process that does not require signa-
tures.
Overall, the reports show roughly
$200 million has been spent on adver-
tising and political consulting irms that
coordinate research and media buys.
About $115 million was spent to
air 76,000 broadcast television adver-
tisements supporting and opposing
California initiatives through Oct. 17,
according to an analysis by the Center
for Public Integrity of data from Kantar
Media/CMAG, which monitors media
markets around the country and offers
a widely accepted cost estimate. That
igure does not include spending on
cable TV, radio, online or mailers, nor
the cost of producing ads.
COMING EVENTS
FRIDAY, OCT. 21
ADULT OPEN GYM, 6-7 a.m.,
Pendleton Recreation Center, 510
S.W. Dorion Ave. Half-court bas-
ketball. (541-276-8100).
WALKING FOR WELLNESS,
8:30-9:30 a.m., Pendleton Rec-
reation Center, 510 S.W. Dorion
Ave. (541-276-8100).
STORY TIME, 10:15-11 a.m.,
Hermiston Public Library, 235 E.
Gladys Ave. (541-567-2882).
TODDLER STORY TIME,
10:15-10:45 a.m., Pendleton Pub-
lic Library, 502 S.W. Dorion Ave.
(541-966-0380).
FAFSA FRIDAY, 1-5 p.m.,
Blue Mountain Community Col-
lege TRiO ofice, 2411 N.W.
Carden Ave., Pendleton. Get help
applying for inancial aid and illing
out government-required forms.
Free. (FinancialAid@bluecc.edu
or 541-278-5759).
ECHO CRAZY CORN MAZE,
2-10 p.m., 2.5 blocks north of
downtown Echo (follow signs, no
parking available at site, tickets
available at the gate, 100 N. Du-
pont St.) Corn maze (lashlights
allowed), play area, straw bale
maze, ire pit and concessions.
Cost is $10 per person, ages
3-adult. Extra activities (additional
fee) may include train ride, corn
cannon and zip line. (echocorn-
maze@gmail.com or 509-528-
5808).
STORY & CRAFT TIME, 2
p.m., Echo Public Library, 20 Bo-
nanza St.
AFTER SCHOOL STORY
TIME, 4 p.m., Pendleton Public
Library, 502 S.W. Dorion Ave.
Older siblings welcome. (541-966-
0380).
FRIENDS OF THE WESTON
LIBRARY BOOK SALE, 4-7
p.m., Weston Public Library, 108
E. Main St. Hardcovers for $1,
paperbacks for 50 center, other
media available. Free admission.
(541-566-2378).
PENDLETON
FARMERS
MARKET, 4 p.m. to dusk, 300
block South Main Street, Pendle-
ton. Browse fresh produce, meats,
baked goods and plants, locally
crafted jewelry and items for the
home. EBT, debit and credit cards
welcome. (pendletonfarmersmar-
ket.net).
CRAB FEED BENEFIT DIN-
NER, 5 p.m., Mission Longhouse,
Confederated Way, Mission. Crab
feed with plenty of sides and live
music courtesy of James Dean
Kindle and the Eastern Oregon
Playboys. Tickets are $25 per
person. Proceeds beneit the new
Yellowhawk Tribal Health Center.
NIGHT AT THE CHILDREN’S
MUSEUM, 5-8:30 p.m., Children’s
Museum of Eastern Oregon, 400
S. Main St., Pendleton. Includes
dinner, games, crafts and a
movie. Costs $20 members/$25
non-members, $10 for each ad-
ditional child. Preregistration re-
quired. (541-276-1066).
FALL FESTIVAL, 5:30-7 p.m.,
Guardian Angel Homes, 540 N.W.
12th St., Hermiston. Chili or hot
dogs and all the ixings plus cider
and witch’s brew and desserts,
kids’ games and food, face paint-
ing, cupcake decorating, bounce
house, two freaky rooms and a
costume contest for ages 0-14;
cash prizes for 1st-3rd places in
each of four age groups. Free.
(Leilani Pratt 541-564-9070).
VFW BINGO, doors open at 6
p.m., games start at 7 p.m., Herm-
iston VFW, 45 W. Cherry St.
ABSOLUTELY
NOBODY
BENEFIT CONCERT, 7 p.m.,
New Hope Community Church,
1350 S. Highway 395, Hermiston.
Staff photo by Kathy Aney
Runners near the end of the one-mile course during
the 2015 A Very Poplar Run at the Boardman Tree Farm.
This year’s race is Saturday with late registration at 7
a.m. and races beginning at 9:45 a.m.
Former BMCC college quartet re-
unites for a beneit concert for Co-
rey and Stacy Cooley. Suggested
donation of $10 at the door.
FOLK NIGHT, 7-9 p.m., Pend-
leton Center for the Arts, 214 N.
Main St. Contra and Western-style
dancing, live music, live callers
and lots of fun. Admission is $5 or
$8 per couple; no partner neces-
sary. (541-278-9201).
“HAMMERSTEIN!”,
7:15
p.m., Blue Mountain Community
College Bob Clapp Theatre, 2411
N.W. Carden Ave., Pendleton. A
musical revue about the life and
work of Oscar Hammerstein II.
Tickets are $10 for adults, $5 for
students and seniors or $30 for a
family of four, available at Pendle-
ton Art + Frame, the BMCC Foun-
dation ofice or at the door. (541-
278-5775)
SAGE
CENTER
MOVIE
NIGHT, 7:15 p.m., SAGE Center,
101 Olson Road, Boardman. “Al-
ice Through the Looking Glass.”
Admission $3 per person, includes
free bag of popcorn. Bottled water
and concessions available for pur-
chase. All ages. (541-481-7243).
SATURDAY, OCT. 22
A VERY POPLAR RUN, 7
a.m. late registration and packet
pickup, races begin at 9:45 a.m.,
Boardman Tree Farm, 77200
Poleline Road, Boardman. 1-mile,
5K, 10K and 15K races. Cost to
participate is $25 by 8 p.m. Oct. 20
(includes T-shirt), $30 day of race.
T-shirts may be available for late
registers for $10 each. Pre-reg-
ister at http://eost.biz/averypop-
larrun/ Proceeds beneit Agape
House.
HERMISTON’S OWN FARM-
ERS MARKET, 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.,
McKenzie Park, 300 S. First St.,
Hermiston. Food, crafts, live mu-
sic, art.
DISCOVERY DAY, 8:30 a.m.
to 4 p.m., Family History Center,
850 S.W. 11th Ave., Hermiston.
Registration at 8:30 a.m. followed
by an opening session by Pres
Snell at 9 a.m. and workshops
every 45 minutes throughout
the day. Lunch from 11:30 a.m.
to 12:30 p.m. is included. Photo
scanning, family photo shoots,
Puzzilla demonstration every 15
minutes, children’s games, exhib-
its and contests and more. Bring
a thumb drive for scanned photos.
Free, but registration is requested;
NO babysitting will be provided.
(www.lds.org/familydiscoveryday).
LIL BUCKS OPEN GYM,
8:30-9:30 a.m., Pendleton Rec-
Live Music
9:00
PM
FRIDAY, OCT. 21
Elwood
reation Center, 510 S.W. Dorion
Ave. For students in irst and sec-
ond grade and parents/guardians.
Free basketball skills and pickup
games.
UMATILLA COUNTY PO-
TATO SHOW, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.,
Weston Memorial Hall, 210 E.
Main St. Food, crafts, school and
adult exhibits, rafles, quilt show
in Heritage Room, potato lunch
available for purchase and more.
Friends of the Library annual book
sale offers $1 hardbacks and 50-
cent paperbacks, plus other me-
dia for sale; $1 a bag from 3-4
p.m. Free admission.
FREE FOR ALL, 9:30-10:15
a.m. Pendleton Center for the
Arts, 214 N. Main St., Pendleton.
Family art experience for children
up to age 12. Children under 8
should be accompanied by an
adult. (541-278-9201).
COATS FOR KIDS AND
CHRISTMAS ASSISTANCE SIG-
NUPS, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Salva-
tion Army, 150 S.E. Emigrant Ave.,
Pendleton. Each child can pick out
a warm coat for winter weather
(some adult coats available), and
parents with children ages 16 and
younger can sign up for inancial
assistance for the holidays. (541-
276-3369).
HALLOWEEN STORY TIME,
11 a.m., Pendleton Public Library,
502 S.W. Dorion Ave. Wear a cos-
tume and enjoy fun Halloween
stories, a snack and a free book
for each child. Free. (541-966-
0380).
HIP & HANDMADE, 11 a.m.
to noon, Pendleton Center for the
Arts, 214 N. Main St., Pendleton.
Free drop-in art project class for
adults. (541-278-9201).
ECHO OKTOBERFEST, 2-10
p.m., Echo Ridge Cellars, 551
N. Thielsen St., Echo. Food, live
music with Rowdy Fix (6:45 p.m.),
craft brewers, games for all ages
and more. Cost is $15, includes
3 coupons (4 if purchased in ad-
vance) which can be applied to
purchases of food, beer, haunted
house or corn maze. Features
Barley Brown and Prodigal Son
craft beers, sausage and sides
from H&P Cafe, Alexander’s
Chocolate Classics and more.
Additional coupons available for
$5 each. Tickets available at the
H&P Cafe, Echo Ridge Cellars or
from any Echo Kiwanis member.
All proceeds beneit maintenance
projects at St. Peter’s Catholic
Church.
SCARECROWS ON MAIN
AND MORE, 12 noon to 5 p.m.,
downtown Echo. Enjoy scare-
crows created by residents,
pumpkin decorating, book give-
aways and an art project from
2:15-3 p.m. Free.
ECHO CRAZY CORN MAZE
AND HAUNT, 2-10 p.m., 2.5
blocks north of downtown Echo
(follow signs, no parking avail-
able at site, tickets available at
the gate, 100 N. Dupont St.) Corn
maze (lashlights allowed), play
area, straw bale maze, ire pit
and concessions. Haunt (sepa-
rate path) 7-9 p.m., NO lashlights
allowed. Cost is $10 per person,
ages 3-adult. Extra activities (ad-
ditional fee) may include train ride,
corn cannon and zip line. (echoc-
ornmaze@gmail.com or 509-528-
5808).
SOCIAL MEDIA FOR BEGIN-
NERS, 2 p.m., Pendleton Public
Library, 502 S.W. Dorion Ave. An
introduction to Twitter, Facebook
and Instagram. Free, but registra-
tion required. (541-966-0380).
SAGE CENTER MOVIE MAT-
INEE, 2:15 p.m., SAGE Center,
101 Olson Road, Boardman. “Al-
ice Through the Looking Glass.”
Admission $3 per person, includes
free bag of popcorn. Bottled water
and concessions available for pur-
chase. All ages. (541-481-7243).
ECHO HAUNTED HOUSE,
7-9 p.m., Echo Ridge Cellars
warehouse, 551 N. Thielsen St.
Cost is $2 per person; volunteers
welcome. (Gary Marcum 541-377-
7766).
GOSPEL
BLUEGRASS
FESTIVAL, 7 p.m., First Chris-
tian Church, 518 S. Main St., Mil-
ton-Freewater. Som eof the best
gluegrass musicains in the region
will perform. A time of fellowship
and refreshments will follow the
concert. Free and suitable for all
ages.
“HAMMERSTEIN!”,
7:15
p.m., Blue Mountain Community
College Bob Clapp Theatre, 2411
N.W. Carden Ave., Pendleton. A
musical revue about the life and
work of Oscar Hammerstein II.
Tickets are $10 for adults, $5 for
students and seniors or $30 for a
family of four, available at Pendle-
ton Art + Frame, the BMCC Foun-
dation ofice or at the door. (541-
278-5775)
10/21-10/23
Cineplex Show Times
$5 Classic Movie
10/26
DIRTY HARRY
Jack Reacher:
Never Go Back (PG13)
1:10* 4:00 6:40 9:20
Keeping Up With the Joneses
(PG13)
12:10* 2:30* 4:50 7:10 9:40
The Accountant (R)
1:20* 4:10 7:00 9:50
Ouija: Origin of Evil (PG13)
12:20* 2:40* 5:00 7:20 10:00
Miss Peregrine’s Home for
Peculiar Children (PG13)
1:00* 6:50
The Magniicent Seven (PG13)
3:50* 9:30
Credit & Debit Cards accepted
Cineplex gift cards available
* Matinee Pricing
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