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East Oregonian
Wednesday, August 2, 2017
Staff photo by E.J. Harris
Staff photo by E.J. Harris
A sign reading “motor home, sweet motor home” hangs on the wall of Pete and Joy
Goubeaud’s charred RV.
FIRE: ‘We’re spending our
savings through our retirement’
Continued from 1A
in a combat survival mode.
It is a stressful situation, he
said, with no end in site.
To make matters worse,
the Goubeauds have also
run into diffi culties with
their insurance company. An
adjuster did not arrive until
nearly a week after the fi re,
Joy said, and though some
confusion remains, right now
the couple has been told none
of contents of the RV are
covered under their policy.
In the meantime, Pete has
managed to purchase another
smaller RV that he found
on Craigslist, fi tting in an
air conditioner to keep cool
during this week’s intense
heat wave.
It hasn’t been easy for the
couple.
“We’re spending our
savings through our retire-
ment,” he said. “Basically,
everything is toast.”
Despite the personal
tragedy, Joy said she has been
amazed by the acts of kind-
ness within the Pendleton
community. She especially
praised the locals who helped
them escape their burning
Staff photo by E.J. Harris
Joy Goubeaud sits outside of her motor home sur-
rounded by some of her smoke-damaged belongings
on Tuesday in Pendleton. Goubeaud and her husband,
Pete, were traveling through town on July 21 when the
couple’s motor home caught fi re, leaving them strand-
ed in Pendleton.
RV, the fi re department and
police Sgt. Tyler Reddington,
who helped connect them
with the American Red
Cross.
The Oxford Suites also
provided them a room, even
during the immensely busy
Pendleton Bike Week. Still,
the couple doesn’t like to be
away from the rest of their
remaining possessions.
“I have a lot of nice things
to say about Pendleton,
Oregon,” she said. “The
locals have been phenomenal
extending kindnesses to us.”
For those who wish to
help, there is a recovery
account set up at Wells Fargo.
Donations can be made in the
Goubeauds’ name.
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Contact George Plaven
at gplaven@eastoregonian.
com or 541-966-0825.
FILM: Working on writing a pilot for a crime show
about missing or murdered American Indian women
Continued from 1A
so participating in the fi lm
taught her more about the
issues facing American
Indian women. She also
enjoyed the chance to
be around cast and crew
members who were Amer-
ican Indians, too.
“It felt special,” she said.
“I felt honored to be a part
of it. We don’t know a lot
of other natives, so it was a
cool way to get pulled back
into that culture.”
Isaac Trimble said he had
participated in 48HFP in
the past as an actor or crew
member, but this was his
fi rst time putting together
a team of his own. He said
the group couldn’t do any
writing ahead of time, but
did jot down one-line ideas
of different stories they
could tell that would high-
light their heritage.
When he drew the silent
fi lm genre, he immediately
thought of the line on their
brainstorming white board
that said “the story of missing
and murdered women in
Indian Country” and decided
to use the silence of the fi lm
as a metaphor for how the
issue is a “silent epidemic”
that often goes without much
media coverage.
He said that after a couple
of female members of his
team dropped out, he put out
the word to friends asking
if anyone knew of any
American Indian actresses
in Oregon who would be up
for the challenge. Someone
recommended the Frost
sisters and they agreed to
give up their weekend to
work on the fi lm with a
bunch of strangers.
“That takes a lot of
bravery and courage, and
Cassa and Lacy stepped up
to the plate,” Trimble said.
He said the team was
“fl oored” to win best fi lm
and excited to go to France.
The rules of 48HFP
dictate that the short fi lms
can’t be available online
to the public until after the
Filmapalooza in March, but
a short preview is featured
on the team’s GoFundMe
account SendaFilmTeam-
toFrance.
Trimble said the team is
working on writing a pilot
for a crime show about
missing and murdered
American Indian women.
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Contact Jade McDowell
at jmcdowell@eastorego-
nian.com or 541-564-4536.
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Stanfi eld Police Chief Bryon Zumwalt calls out a winning number during a raffl e
at the National Night Out party on Tuesday in Stanfi eld.
STANFIELD: Had a drone obstacle course
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fi re district helped cook and
the business community
donated food, paper goods
and door prizes. After
giving the long food line
a chance to die down and
the children a chance to
work off some energy on
the playground, Zumwalt
read off ticket numbers for
dozens of prizes, ranging
from candy and thermoses
to a paddle board and
barbecue grill.
He also announced
Stanfi eld’s neighbor of the
year, which residents could
submit nominations for in
the weeks leading up to
the event. Neighbor of the
Year Daniel Barton, who
has lived in Stanfi eld since
2009, said he didn’t know
why he was nominated, but
it could be connected to the
time he spends volunteering
with Little League teams.
Amanda Harris was at
National Night Out with
her three children and said
she liked “just getting the
community
together,”
whatever the event. She
lives in neighboring Echo
now, but grew up in Stan-
fi eld and still has family and
employment connections
to the community. She said
she heard about the event
through word of mouth.
Staff photo by E.J. Harris
Maritza Madrigal with the education department of
Good Shepherd Medical Centers fi ts Amaya Claustro,
4, of Stanfi eld with a free bicycle helmet during the
National Night Out party on Tuesday in Stanfi eld.
“It’s just really nice to have something
we can all do, all enjoy, all age groups,
and I think it builds community spirit.”
— Amanda Harris, Echo mother of three
“Just growing up in
a small town, you know
everything going on,” she
said.
Janet and Paul Day
were sitting in the shade
waiting for their daughter
and grandson to arrive.
Janet said the free National
Night Out barbecue was a
fun addition to the “nice,
family oriented community
events” Stanfi eld offers.
“It’s just really nice to
have something we can
all do, all enjoy, all age
groups, and I think it builds
community spirit,” she said.
After the fi nal prize
giveaways
the
police
department planned a “bike
rodeo” for the children, a
drone obstacle course and a
movie.
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Contact Jade McDowell
at jmcdowell@eastorego-
nian.com or 541-564-4536.
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