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HERMISTON
Weston-McEwen student
nominated for service academy
East Oregonian
Hayden Scott of Athena was one of
three students nominated by Rep. Greg
Walden for acceptance to U.S. service
academies.
Scott was nominated to the U.S.
Air Force Academy, the U.S. Naval
Academy and the U.S. Military
Academy. He is the son of Paul and Kara
Scott and a student at Weston-McEwen
High School.
Wyatt Perry of La Grande and
William Decker of The Dalles were
also nominated by Walden’s Service
Academy Nomination Board to the U.S.
Air Force Academy. The board, made
up of active and retired military officers,
interviews candidates and makes recom-
mendations based on their academic
performance, extracurricular activities
and character.
“I am honored and privileged to nomi-
nate these remarkable young Oregonians
to our nation’s service academies,”
Walden said in a statement. “Their years
of hard work and dedication have led
to these much deserved nominations.
Photo contributed by Good Shepherd Medical Center
Pictured back row from left to right: Rick Sherman,
Steve Eldridge, Dennis Burke, Kelly Sanders, Jim
Schlenker; Front Row: Chief Scott Stanton, Kaitlyn
Jackson, Theresa Brock, JW Roberts, Danny Hinton,
Dylan Spence.
Good Shepherd donates
life-saving equipment to
fire department
EO file photo
Hayden Scott does a pre-flight check on a Cessna 172 before taking off in
March 2016 out of the airport in Walla Walla.
These students have shown a desire to
grow intellectually, lead by example,
and serve their country by pursuing a
higher education at one our country’s
select service academies.”
Final selection for admission to
the academies will be determined by
academy officials in the spring.
HERMISTON
Cabin Fever brings warmth to winter blues
Music, comedy show
features local talent
By TAMMY MALGESINI
East Oregonian
After a bone-chilling
cold holiday season, John
Wambeke
&
Friends
provide a welcome reprieve
— ushering in 2017 with a
pair of Cabin Fever shows.
The annual event heats
up with music, laughter
and lots of familiar faces.
Instead of whistling while
he works, Wambeke dreams
up acts and sketches for the
yearly concert.
“You can tell I have way
too much time to think,”
he said with an exuberant
laugh. “My job is too easy.”
Washing
windows,
the Hermiston man said,
doesn’t require the use
of many brain cells. The
result — his creative juices
have lots of time to simmer
while climbing ladders and
wielding a squeegee.
Wambeke likens Cabin
Fever to “The Carol Burnett
Show” meets “Hee Haw.”
And, there will be lots
of pickin’ and grinnin’
as the inner workings of
Wambeke’s mind unfolds
on stage.
Among the cast of
characters Wambeke has
assembled over the years
Contributed by Lukes Photos
John Wambeke & Friends return for the ninth annual
Cabin Fever concert at the Hermiston Conference Cen-
ter. Tickets for the Jan. 14 and 21 shows are available
at Cottage Flowers.
is Joe Lindsay. Wambeke
is convinced the Lexington
farmer is cut from the same
cloth.
Lindsay, Wambeke said,
is known for his crazy
songs. Participating in a
handful of the Cabin Fever
shows, he said Lindsay has
carved out a niche.
“He’s the king of
commercials,” Wambeke
said.
Lindsay highlights the
event sponsors during
short vignettes — which,
Wambeke said provides a
fun and memorable way
to say thanks to those that
support the show.
Among
the
show’s
returnees are Corey Cooley,
Jimmy Creason, Eric Jepsen,
Luke Basile and the Frazer
Wambeke Trio, which
includes Frazer Wambeke
(piano/guitar/vocals), Juan
Hernandez (bass) and Derek
Munson (drums).
Of course, Cabin Fever
wouldn’t
be
compete
without Thelma and Eunice.
Wambeke and Pat Ward
don wigs for their recur-
ring sketch as the quirky
spinsters. The 2017 show
catches up with the duo as
they stage a cooking show.
Let’s just say they have a
blast when Eunice uses too
much rum in the rum cake
A newcomer to the Cabin
Fever stage, Dylan Ditchen
is one of Wambeke’s
music students. Playing
by ear, Wambeke said the
11-year-old is “a heck of a
piano player.”
In its ninth year, Cabin
Fever options include a pair
of Dutch oven dinner shows
or guests can choose to
attend the show only. Tickets
for the dinner, which are $38
each, are limited. Wambeke
encourages people to buy
tickets early to ensure a
spot at the dinner table for a
delicious meal cooked up by
Sharon’s Sweet Treats. For
those whose pocketbooks
are lacking after holiday
spending, show only tickets
are $15.
Tickets are available
for Saturday, Jan. 14 and
Saturday, Jan. 21. Both
shows are at the Hermiston
Conference Center, 415
S. Highway 395. For the
dinner event, the doors open
at 5:30 p.m. Show only
guests are invited to arrive
at 6:30 p.m. for the 7 p.m.
show.
Tickets are available
at Cottage Flowers, 1725
N. First St., Hermiston.
For more information, call
541-567-4305 or search
Facebook for “Cabin Fever.”
IRRIGON
Housing program to encourage building homes
By GEORGE PLAVEN
East Oregonian
The city of Irrigon
has amended its Housing
Development Program to
provide greater incentive for
building new homes in and
around the community.
The program, which
launched in February 2015,
is funded by the Columbia
River Enterprise Zone and
administered through the
Boardman
Community
Development Association.
It provides grants for home-
buyers to purchase or build
houses within the Irrigon
ZIP code, so long as they
live and work in Morrow
County.
Applicants
originally
received $5,000 grants,
though
homebuyers
intending to purchase an
existing home will now
receive only $2,000. Anyone
looking to construct a new
permanent home is still
eligible for the full $5,000.
The changes were approved
Tuesday by the Irrigon City
Council.
“If people are building
a home, they’ll get a much
bigger incentive,” said city
manger Aaron Palmquist.
Since
the
Housing
Development Program was
established, Palmquist said
the city has awarded 62
applications, with 15 more
in the queue. However,
among those, just three have
resulted in new develop-
ments.
“That’s not really a good
percentage,” Palmquist said.
In addition, Palmquist
said the changes will make
the program more sustain-
able, and allow more people
to potentially receive grants
and move into town.
“Our council is looking
at how can we have strength
and stability in the program,
as well as longevity,” he
said.
In order to qualify for a
grant through the Irrigon
Housing
Development
Program, applicants must
first attend a homebuyers
training
class
offered
through CAPECO. The
house must be used as the
applicant’s primary dwelling
for at least five years. No
funding will be awarded
until all conditions have
been met.
For more information,
contact Irrigon City Hall at
541-922-3047.
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Contact George Plaven
at gplaven@eastoregonian.
com or 541-966-0825.
East Oregonian
The Umatilla County
Fire District 1 received an
early gift from Good Shep-
herd Community Health
Foundation — five Zoll X
series monitor and defibril-
lator combinations, and a
donation of $15,000 toward
the purchase of another
monitor. The monitors cost
about $32,000 each.
The new monitors
will allow all emergency
responders to be trained on
the same device, according
to a press release from
Good Shepherd.
“Being able to have all
monitors the exact same is
an enormous advantage,”
said Capt. J.W. Roberts in
the release. “Crews will
only need to be proficient
on a single machine, no
matter which unit they are
responding on, significantly
reducing the potential for
errors while simplifying
training.”
The new monitors
include
features
like
diagnostic tools, which
can detect heart attacks,
respiratory issues and
BRIEFLY
Missing hunter
found dead in
Wallowa County
ENTERPRISE — A
Lostine man died of
natural causes while
hunting outside of
Wallowa on Saturday.
Scott Colony, 65, of
Lostine, was found dead
by Wallowa County
Search and Rescue team,
which had received a call
of an overdue hunter at
5:19 p.m. that day.
The team found
Colony’s vehicle parked
in Little Bear Creek and at
9:30 p.m. located his body
in rugged terrain above the
vehicle.
Wallowa County
Sheriff Steve Rogers said
Colony likely died from a
medical issue.
Sager hired as
court services
manager
MISSION — Kelly J.
Sager will serve as the first
court services manager
for Tribal Court for the
Confederated Tribes
of the Umatilla Indian
Reservation.
Sager is currently an
attorney and director of the
CTUIR’s Office of Child
Support Enforcement. She
will assume her newly-
PENDLETON
Traffic stop leads to arrest of wanted robbery suspect
East Oregonian
Pendleton police during a
traffic stop caught a criminal
suspect they wanted for
more than a month.
Benjamin Breazille, 41, of
Pendleton, was the passenger
in a car police stopped for
multiple violations early
Tuesday on the 800 block
of Southeast Byers Avenue,
Pendleton, according to
police chief Stuart Roberts.
An officer saw Breazille was
not wearing a seatbelt and
decided to cite him for the
traffic violation.
Breazille, though, “gave
multiple false names and
dates of birth,” Roberts
reported, to conceal his
identity.
Officers eventually iden-
tified Breazille and found
he had a parole violation
warrant and was wanted
in connection to a Nov. 12
crime.
A man that date at about
8:30 at night caught a male
breaking into his pickup on
the 400 block of Northwest
Bailey Avenue.
“When
the
owner
confronted Breazille near
the
vehicle,
Breazille
assaulted
him
before
fleeing the scene,” Roberts
reported. “Breazille was an
acquaintance of the victim,
who positively identified
Breazille as the person who
unlawfully entered his
vehicle, assaulted him and
robbed him (used force to
commit theft).”
During the traffic stop
Tuesday, police also found
Breazille, a convicted felon,
had an illegal knife.
Police booked Breazille
into the Umatilla County
Jail, Pendleton, on charges
stemming from the robbery
and assault, as well as for
giving false information,
felon in possession of a
weapon and carrying a
concealed weapon.
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other potential problems
in patients. They provide
automatic
defibrillation,
and coach emergency crews
on high-quality ventilations
and chest compressions.
The monitors can retrieve
vital signs quickly and
accurately, and immedi-
ately show breathing and
airway status. The monitors
also have a feature that will
detect carbon monoxide
poisoning in any patient,
and can be used to test
whether firefighters have
been
overexposed
to
smoke.
“When a first responder
uses a monitor, it can
be linked directly to the
emergency room, giving
our physicians an opportu-
nity to make an informed
decision about the patient
and the appropriate care
they should receive upon
arrival,” said Good Shep-
herd president and CEO
Dennis Burke in the release.
“It will also help EMS and
physicians make decisions
on where patients should go
for treatment — if a more
invasive course of action is
determined.”
created position Jan. 1.
According to a news
release, the position
was created to meet the
demands of the court’s
expanding responsibilities
under the federal Violence
Against Women Act, the
Tribal Law and Order
Act and the court’s
recent designation as an
authorized participant
with the National Crime
Information Center.
In a statement, Judge
Bill Johnson said Sager is
a “much valued addition to
the Court.”
“She will enhance
the Court’s ongoing
mission to provide highly
professional and efficient
criminal and civil judicial
services to Tribal members
and the community-at-
large and maintain and
advance the high standard
of administration of
justice that the Court has
established,” Johnson said.
He said under
Sager’s leadership the
Office of Child Support
Enforcement provided
much-needed financial
support for “the Tribe’s
most valuable resource, its
children.”
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from staff and wire reports,
and press releases. Email
press releases to news@
eastoregonian.com
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