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Page 10A OFF PAGE ONE East Oregonian TRAFFIC: Two exits onto Airport Road during peak hours Continued from 1A The second will be the livestock exit on Ott Road, which has primarily been used for exhibitors and contestants. The main change for exiting the fairgrounds, Miller said, is that there will now be a direct exit from the rodeo parking lot onto Ott Road. He added that during peak hours, there would be two exits onto Airport Road: Those parked on asphalt could exit on the paved road, and those parked in the dirt parking lot could use the dirt road at the west end of the property. Entry Miller said fair orga- nizers have completely restructured entry into the fairgrounds. When patrons drive up on Airport Road, they will be met with several signs that direct them into one of four lanes. The fi rst lane, farthest right on the paved driveway, will be reserved for rodeo traffi c, buses and people picking up their children. Those cars will be forced to turn right on the asphalt parking lot and either go to the main fair gate or continue right to the rodeo grounds. The second lane — the left lane on the paved driveway — will be for season ticket holders and handicapped visitors. Those people will be directed into the main asphalt parking lot. The fi nal two lanes of traffi c will be directed to the Staff photo by E.J. Harris A water truck sprays down one of the dirt parking lots in an effort to control dust Thursday at the Umatilla County Fair in Hermiston. “Whether you’re talking about park- ing, RVs, traffi c entry, the livestock gate — this has been a brand new experience with new challenges.” — Don Miller, fair and EOTEC board member left of the paved driveway, onto the dirt. They will be sent to the far end of the parking lot, where they will turn left and be directed to park “It should keep the fl ow good, and resolve the high degree of delays we experi- enced on the fi rst big night of the fair,” Miller said. He added that he wasn’t worried about those paying for parking slowing down the process, and that signs should be clear enough that people will know where they are supposed to be. “We’ll have a minimum of one person in each lane doing ticketing,” he said. “We don’t think that will be any problem.” Miller said while orga- nizers knew there would be issues, they’ve been happy with the way different groups have worked together to solve problems. “Whether you’re talking about parking, RVs, traffi c entry, the livestock gate — this has been a brand new experience with new challenges,” he said. “The city of Hermiston, sheriff’s department, Hermiston Police Department, fi re and safety, we’re all meeting every morning and reviewing the diffi culties we’ve experienced on the previous day and addressing effective solutions.” ——— Contact Jayati Ramakrishnan at jramakrishnan@eastorego- nian.com or 541-564-4534 Continued from 1A who died of cancer three years later. After hitting 100 years, the centenarian stayed sharp, talking politics and playing pinochle. She walked a mile each day using her wheeled walker and stayed active in the Pendleton Friends of Lesbians and Gays to honor a grandson who is gay. Education was important to Anderson. Shortly before she died, she cast her vote in favor of a school bond measure from her hospital bed. She read voraciously. It was that latter quality that sparked the idea of how to honor Anderson. A recently installed tiny library now sits under two towering linden trees in the North Hill front yard of her grandson, Pendleton City Councilman Scott Fairley, and his wife, Kimbra Cook. permanent resident but was not born here,” Davis his wife, Maria Villegas, and said after the hearing. Yet their children on May 26, federal case law allows 2016, in their Milton-Free- for deportation of such water home. Maria Villegas residents who are guilty of died from her injuries. serious felonies, even in Davis argued Villegas the case of guilty except for could not understand the insanity. consequences of his actions Davis also said most in the moment nor could offenders who are guilty he control his behavior. but insane end up serving He also tried as much time or to kill himself, more in a mental she said, and his hospital than if mental state has they were going improved with to prison. treatment and Hampton also confi nement. forbid Villegas Jaclyn Jenkins, from having any Umatilla County contact with his chief deputy pros- children. The ecutor, said the Villegas judge noted the state had a third children are in the expert review the care of his side of two evaluations, but those the family and stressed they fi ndings were inconclusive must report any attempt he to whether Villegas was makes to contact them. in the midst of a mental “They’ve been moni- episode when he committed toring that, yes,” Davis the crimes. responded. “This is not how we Several family wanted the case to play out,” members and friends of Jenkins said. “I believed this Maria Villegas attended is the only course available the hearing. Two of them to us at this time.” addressed the judge before Hampton asked Villegas the sentencing. if he was now “in the full Maria Villegas’s mother state of his mind,” and he spoke through tears and replied he was. said this was not justice for Villegas pleaded guilty her daughter, who came to except for insanity to the United States to have a murder for the death of better life. Maria Villegas and to two “My daughter, my baby,” counts of attempted aggra- she cried. “I’m never going vated murder, one for each to hold her again because of child. Per the plea agree- what happened.” ment, Hampton sentenced A woman who said Villegas to a maximum Maria Villegas was like her term of life for the murder little sister told the court and to maximums of 20 their lives will never be the years each for the attempted same. murders. The charges all “We carry this hole in run consecutive. our hearts because she’s not Rather than prison, there,” she said. Villegas will serve his time After sentencing in a state mental hospital Villegas and ordering him under the eye of the Psychi- to the care of the psychiatric atric Security Review board, Hampton said “that Board. If the state fi nds brings these proceedings, Villegas no longer would be these sad proceedings, to a a threat to himself or others, close.” he would not return home. ——— Rather, Davis explained, he Contact Phil Wright at would be deported. pwright@eastoregonian. “My client is a legal, com or 541-966-0833. - EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY - Administrative Support / Inside Sales Staff photo by E.J. Harris Ruty’s restaurant is in its fourth year serving food at the Umatilla County Fair in Hermiston. “The best reason to be here is it’s an advertisement. You get to meet more people.” — Natalie Hernandez, Ruty’s Restaurant Christian School. Not everyone working at food booths at the fair was a volunteer for a nonprofi t. Lined up along the grassy commons area were several local restaurants with the means to go mobile for the week. Elijah and Natalie Hernandez were busy serving up tacos, burritos and other Mexican food for Ruty’s Restaurant. Natalie said it was the Hermiston business’s fourth year at the fair. “The best reason to be here is it’s an advertisement,” she said. “You get to meet more people.” Elijah said business had been steady at their booth, especially after the rodeo got out on Wednesday night. Junior Ortega was working a booth for 395 Quickstop, also of Hermiston, which featured everything from nachos to snow cones. If anyone at the fair felt in need of a little refreshment, he said, “we can help them out.” His only complaint about the fi rst year in the new location was the hot weather, which he acknowledged was not something anyone could control. Having employees come out and work the fair all week is busy, Ortega said, but worth it. “It involves us with the community,” he said. “We see our local customers and gain new customers.” Mixed in with the local restaurants are the usual out-of-town vendors like Piggly’s BBQ that make their money traveling from event to event in the summer selling favorite fair foods like curly fries, Navajo Tacos, kettle corn, fresh-squeezed lemonade and corn dogs. ——— Contact Jade McDowell at jmcdowell@eastorego- nian.com or 541-564-4536. ANDERSON: Enjoyed talking politics and playing pinochle Continued from 1A VILLEGAS: ‘This is not how we wanted the case to play out’ Continued from 1A FOOD: Nonprofi t locations a little off the beaten path Hamm said they were a “great replacement” for the old buildings and the Lions Club was grateful for the accommodations. Ruth Carollo, who was taking orders for ice cream at the Vange John Memorial Hospice food truck next door, said the nonprofi t had no problem switching to their new digs. “The old fairgrounds booth was bigger, but the nice thing about this is it’s air conditioned,” she said. The one problem she did see was that the nonprofi ts, which were located along the wrought iron fence on the southern edge of the fairgrounds, were a little off the beaten path. Fewer people were stopping by, drawn in by the out-of-town food vendors they could see from the entrance. Carollo said she understood, though, that when the fair board was deciding where to put vendors they didn’t know for sure how the foot traffi c would fl ow in the new location. “It’s so hard to know,” she said. “I’m sure they’ll make adjustments.” She said she enjoyed getting to see the new fairgrounds and thought the rodeo grounds in particular were “beautiful.” “I think over time this will be a nice addition to Hermiston and the county,” she said. The only nonprofi t that decided they didn’t want to continue using the fair as a fundraiser was Hermiston Friday, August 11, 2017 The constantly fl uctuating collection of 25-or-so books is available to anyone who stops by the yard at 115 N.W. Eighth St. No library card is required. If you see a book you’d like to read, take it. Replace it with another. Or not. “There are no rules at this library,” said Fairley, who misses talking politics with his grandmother and getting soundly beaten by her in pinochle. Two local authors who live on the block, Sarah Woodbury and Toni Devine, placed some of their own books inside the wooden compartment with front- facing doors. Built by son-in-law John Mitchell in his Seattle woodshop, the library is a replica of the Fairview schoolhouse, which was built on land donated by Anderson’s father near where the family lived in Clyde, Washington. Robert Cline only attended school through eighth grade, but championed education, said Frasier. “He donated farmland to erect the Fairview School in 1902,” Frasier said. “Throughout their lives, my grandparents made whatever sacrifi ces were necessary to see that their fi ve children had the advantages of an education.” The hilltop school fi nally sagged and fell down, succumbing to the weather. In 1994, Anderson and her four siblings had a replica of the school built at the site honoring their parents’ dedication to education. The idea of modeling the little library after the school and placing it in Fairley and Cook’s front yard seemed like a natural. Cook, formerly children’s librarian at the Pendleton Public Library, was recently hired to run the library at Washington Elementary School. Cook said the little library is already getting use. One day, she was thrilled to see her middle school librarian Lorna Waltz checking it out and adding a few books. “People stop all the time to look,” Cook said. “But that was the biggest thrill.” She thinks the library is a perfect tribute to Roberta Anderson. “She was such a big proponent of community,” Cook said. “A neighborhood library — it doesn’t get any more basic than that.” Anderson’s little library, with a plaque denoting it as part of LittleFreeLibrary. org, is one of about 50,000 Little Free Libraries world- wide. ——— Contact Kathy Aney at kaney@eastoregonian.com or call 541-966-0810. Great work environment. Super awesome team. Good base pay PLUS commissions. 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