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Lybrand gets 15 days in jail
for probation violation
Rivoli restoration
secures $96K grant
By PHIL WRIGHT
East Oregonian
Jason Lybrand of Pendleton is stuck
in the Umatilla County Jail until next
week for violating his drug probation
that began April 4.
The downtown Pendleton business
owner is not going to prison for the
first-time offense, but he is under court
orders to clean up his act.
Lybrand, 46, began three years of
probation on April 4 after pleading
guilty in Umatilla County Circuit Court
to one count each of methamphetamine
possession, a felony, and marijuana
delivery, a misdemeanor. Six weeks
after taking the plea deal, he found
himself in the county jail for breaking
key conditions of the probation.
He faced the violations at a hearing
Wednesday afternoon in circuit court
in Pendleton with attorney Michael
Breiling by his side. Circuit Judge Jon
Lieuallen presided.
Witnesses for the state included
Lt. Charles Byram of the Pendleton
police and Rick Partlow, supervisor of
Umatilla County parole and probation
officers.
Byran testified he found digital
weigh scales with marijuana residue
at Lybrand’s tattoo and adult business
during the April 17 execution of a search
warrant for drugs as well as 50 rounds
of .40-caliber ammunition in Lybrand’s
pickup. His probation banned drugs and
guns and their related items.
Prosecutor Micah Johnstone with the
district attorney’s office asked Byram
how sure he was the residue was pot.
Staff photo by Phil Wright
Jason Lybrand and his defense attorney Michael Breiling listen to a wit-
ness Tuesday in Umatilla County Circuit Court, Pendleton, during Lybrand’s
probation violation hearing.
“One-hundred percent,” the officer
answered.
Partlow took to the stand and char-
acterized Lybrand as a criminal who
would not conform to the constraints
of probation. He argued for sending
Lybrand to prison for six months.
Breiling countered that was too
harsh for a first-time offense “on
something petty as this” and unusual
for Umatilla County. The attorney also
demonstrated Lybrand has otherwise
been meeting his probation conditions,
including providing a urine sample free
of drugs. Partlow eventually conceded
local circuit court judges tend to grant
offenders second chances rather than
revoke their probation.
Lieuallen, a former defense attorney,
took that route,
“I’m not ready to revoke his proba-
tion,” the judge said. “There is concern
here.”
Then he told Lybrand, “I’m putting
you on notice.”
Lieuallen sentenced Lybrand to 15
days in jail, but gave him credit for time
served. He gets out of jail Tuesday. The
judge also ordered Lybrand to remove
any drug-related items from Wicked
Kitty Tattoo & Piercing, where he has
been living.
Local groups plan Memorial Day ceremonies
By TAMMY MALGESINI
East Oregonian
Several local veterans’
organizations are holding
Memorial Day ceremonies
in Pendleton, Hermiston
and Irrigon to remember
the sacrifices of those who
have served in our nation’s
military.
Leading up to Memorial
Day, an Avenue of Flags
will be erected at Olney
Cemetery, 865 Tutuilla
Road, Pendleton, and the
Hermiston Cemetery, located
off Highway 395 at the south
end of town. Both displays
will remain through Memo-
rial Day.
As of Monday, the flag
count for Olney was 142,
which represents people
buried in the cemetery
who were killed in action,
prisoners of war and other
veterans, said Melissa Porter,
office specialist at Pendleton
Parks & Recreation.
Post commander Ron
Jardine of Veterans of
Foreign Wars Post No. 4750
in Hermiston said Hermis-
ton’s Avenue of Flags likely
will be close to 800. The
impressive display of Old
Glory grows each year as
local veterans die and are laid
to rest at the cemetery.
Boy Scouts recently
helped with clearing the
holes where the flagpoles will
be placed. And, members of
the Hermiston High School
football team will assist with
putting the flags in place
Friday at 5 p.m. Jardine said
others are welcome to help
— including their removal
Monday at 5 p.m.
Memorial Day ceremo-
nies at both cemeteries are
planned:
•In Pendleton, Friends
of Olney and Veterans of
Foreign Wars Post 922 will
host the event Monday
at 11 a.m. It will include
the posting of colors and
several speakers, including
Clifford Smith, VFW District
8 commander; Virginia
Roberts, Friends of Olney;
and Richard Halverson, VFW
department commander. In
addition, special music will
be provided by Ron Martin
and Cindy Powell. Also,
Dave Chorazy will play
“Taps.”
There will be no service
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Retired Sgt. Maj. Ted Culbertson salutes as an Oregon
National Guard honor guard carries the flag during a
past Memorial Day ceremony at Olney Cemetery in
Pendleton.
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Folsom-Bishop.
•In Hermiston, members
of VFW Post 4750 and
American Legion Post 37
are heading up the program
Monday at 10 a.m. at the
Hermiston Cemetery. Jardine,
who served in the U. S. Army
from 1966-68, will present a
short message. Also, special
recognition will honor all
local veterans who have died
in the past year. In addition, a
flag folding and presentation
ceremony will be conducted
for a local veteran who
recently died and has yet to
receive military honors. The
gathering will conclude with
the playing of “Taps.”
•In Irrigon, a service is
Monday at 11 a.m. at the
Desert Lawn Memorial
Cemetery,
located
off
Highway 730 in Irrigon. Joe
Cox, a local Navy veteran,
will head up that ceremony,
along with members of
Hermiston VFW Post 4750
and American Legion Post
37.
Regardless of where
people
reside,
Jardine
encourages the community
to attend a ceremony to
commemorating Memorial
Day. He said it provides an
opportunity to thank those
who have served our country.
“I think it shows respect
for the military,” Jardine said.
Those planning to attend
any of the ceremonies are
welcome to bring lawn
chairs, if desired.
Originally called Deco-
ration Day, Memorial Day
was first observed May 30,
1868. The day was initially
set aside to place flowers
on the graves of Union and
Confederate soldiers at
Arlington National Ceme-
tery, according to the Oregon
Department of Veterans’
Affairs. Now, as a federal
holiday, Memorial Day is
observed the last Monday of
May each year.
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Additional Memorial Day
observances can be added to
the East Oregonian coming
events calendar. Submit
information to: www.easter-
noregonevents.com, commu-
nity@eastoregonian.com
or drop off to the attention
of Tammy Malgesini at 333
E. Main St., Hermiston or
Renee Struthers at 211 S.E.
Byers Ave., Pendleton. Call
541-564-4539 or 541-966-
0818 with questions.
East Oregonian
The Rivoli Restoration
Coalition secured a $96,000
grant from the Pendleton
Development Commission,
but they’ll have to work for
it.
At a special meeting
Tuesday, the commission
voted to grant the coalition
$96,000 on the condition
that the group raises the rest
of the money for the down-
town theater’s first phase of
construction.
Andrew Picken, presi-
dent of the coalition, said
the nonprofit has built
momentum since they
started raising money for
the first phase in January,
securing about one-third of
the $560,000 for the first
phase of construction.
The money, which
includes a $100,000 grant
from the state through the
Pendleton Downtown Asso-
ciation, will pay for some
internal demolition, excava-
tion and beam installation.
In addition to getting
them closer to their fund-
raising goal, Picken said
the coalition will try to use
the commission’s financial
commitment to leverage
more money from other
organizations. Additionally,
the donation would meet the
PDC’s goals to increase the
vitality and tourism to the
downtown area.
Denying the commis-
sion’s request would disap-
point the coalition, Picken
said, and “take the wind out
of our sails.”
“If it’s not improved, it
will just be another sad old
building in Pendleton,” he
said.
The counterargument to
Picken’s points was supplied
by Pendleton resident Mike
Navratil, who pointed
to the $69,376 the urban
renewal district has already
contributed to the Rivoli at
various stages of the project
and questioned how the
coalition would continue to
raise money.
Navratil also said a city
donation to the Rivoli would
conflict with its efforts to
maintain the Vert Audito-
rium, which has more than
a $1 million in deferred
maintenance.
“They are in direct
competition with (the Vert),
whether they want to admit
to it or not,” he said.
Coalition member Peter
Walters said that when
the Rivoli restoration is
complete, it will have more
capabilities beyond the Vert
and other local venues.
“What we’re proposing
is a much grander, much
more technically capable
venue than a decades-old
junior high auditorium,” he
said, adding that he wasn’t
trying to disparage the Vert.
Mayor John Turner said
he wanted to put the fund-
raising impetus on the coali-
tion, so he made a motion to
donate $96,000 contingent
on the group raising the other
$464,000 that encompasses
Phase 1 first.
The
commission
approved Turner’s motion
5-2, with councilors Jake
Cambier and McKennon
McDonald voting against.
Councilors Becky Marks
and John Brenne were
absent.
Hermiston students will attend
national science conference
East Oregonian
Two local students will
attend a national conference
this summer, where they
will listen to science and
technology experts along
with 1,500 other students
from around the country.
Jeremy Bowden, a
freshman at Hermiston High
School, and Lina Dunn,
a sophomore at Irrigon
Junior-Senior High School,
were nominated to attend the
three-day event, the National
Conference of Future Scien-
tists and Technologists.
The students will convene
in Boston this summer,
where they will spend three
days listening to Nobel Prize
winners, deans of colleges
around the U.S., and young
scientists like themselves.
“I’m excited,” Bowden
said. “I like doing tech-re-
lated stuff, I’ve always been
fond of programming and
messing with electronics.”
Dunn said she is eager to
hear from the speakers, and
to ask questions.
“I really enjoy learning
how things work at the
molecular level,” she said.
Dunn said she plans to
pursue science after high
school, and hopefully study
physics.
Students have to finance
their own trips, and many
fundraise or ask family and
friends for help.
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