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FRIDAY, JANUARY 13, 2017
141st Year, No. 64
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Your Weekend
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Dancing with the
Hermiston Stars
Piano mastery
workshop in Pendleton
Christmas Cantata in
Milton-Freewater
For times and places
see Coming Events, 3A
Catch a movie
CBS Films and Lionsgate Films via AP
Mark Wahlberg goes on a
citywide manhunt to fi nd
the terrorists responsible
for the Boston Marathon
bombing in “Patriots Day”
For showtime, Page 5A
One dollar
Fighting the cold
Local warming stations busy as
temperatures drop below freezing
By JAYATI RAMAKRISHNAN
East Oregonian
As temperatures drop, local
warming stations are busier
than normal as they work to
provide shelter for people left
out in the cold.
The Hermiston Warming
Station, at 1075 S. Highway
395, Hermiston, has had an
average of 12 people per night.
“Some nights we have as
many as 16, which is the most
we’ve ever had,” said Trish
Rossell, a longtime volunteer
at the station.
The station, which is open
nightly from 7:30 p.m. to 6:30
a.m., can hold up to 22 people,
but Rossell said they work
with other communities to
accommodate people.
“If we get over 22, we
make arrangements for one
of our other partners to help,
like Pendleton or the Pasco
Mission,” she said.
Rossell said the station has
had a lot of success working
with Desert Rose Ministries to
get people from the warming
station into more permanent
housing, like apartments —
but once those people are
placed, there’s a new crop that
need help.
“It’s a very transient
See SHELTER/10A
Staff photo by E.J. Harris
Volunteer John Taylor, right, checks in guests Thursday evening at the Neighbor
2 Neighbor warming station in Pendleton.
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PENDLETON
Hundreds
expected at
rally against
Trump’s
immigration
proposals
By PARIS ACHEN
Capital Bureau
SALEM — A pro-immi-
grant rally set for Saturday
at the Oregon Capitol
could draw several hundred
demonstrators
opposed
to President-elect Donald
Trump’s positions on immi-
gration.
U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden,
U.S. Rep. Kurt Schrader
and several state lawmakers
are scheduled to participate
in the rally from 11:30 a.m.
to 1 p.m. on the steps of the
Capitol.
As of Wednesday more
than 500 people had indi-
cated they plan to attend and
2,000 had expressed interest
on the event’s Facebook
page.
The rally is one of 50
See RALLY/10A
Frozen fl ow
Staff photo by E.J. Harris
Chunks of ice fl ow past a frozen island in the middle of the Umatilla River on Thursday
in Pendleton. Temperatures in the area are forecast to remain below freezing through
Sunday, according to the National Weather Service. In Malheur County, offi cials are
asking the National Guard to consider using explosives to blast away a mile-long ice
fl oe blocking parts of the Snake River. For more see page 2A.
HERMISTON
Pregnancy Care Center opens in new location
Offers counseling,
parenting classes
By JADE MCDOWELL
East Oregonian
Pregnancy Care Services
celebrated their new home with
a ribbon cutting Thursday after
moving from the Cornerstone
Plaza into 105 S.W. Second St., in
the back of Granary Square next to
Taste of Thai.
Director Debbie Cissna said
the location, which is about four
blocks from Hermiston High
School, will be more accessible
for teenagers and other women
who fi nd themselves unexpectedly
Staff photo by Jade McDowell
Pregnancy Care Services director Debbie Cissna cuts the ribbon in front
of the center’s new home on the back side of Granary Square.
pregnant and in need of “free and
confi dential” support.
“Our mission is to provide
empowerment to women who are
making pregnancy decisions,” she
said.
According to Oregon’s public
health department there were 331
teen pregnancies (defi ned as any
woman age 10 to 19) in Umatilla
County during the 2013-2015
biennium. In the Hermiston offi ce
(Pregnancy Care Services also has
a location at 311 S.E. Dorion Ave.
in Pendleton), Cissna said they
tend to get 12 to 15 walk-ins per
month. In an offi ce that is open
four days a week, that can translate
See PREGNANCY/10A
“Our mission is to provide empowerment to
women who are making pregnancy decisions.”
— Debbie Cissna, Pregnancy Care Services director