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East Oregonian
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Saturday, August 12, 2017
PENDLETON
BRIEFLY
First broken well back in operation
East Oregonian
Pendleton residents are still
waiting for an official go-ahead
to water their lawns again
after the town’s two largest
water supply wells went out
of service in the last week. But
city officials estimate that one
of the wells will be back in
operation by this weekend.
The wells at Stillman Park
and Roy Raley Park failed
within a few days of each other,
putting the city at a shortage of
about 4.6 million gallons of
water per day. City officials
on Monday asked Pendleton
residents to limit nonessential
water use, such as watering
their lawns and gardens, until
the wells were repaired.
unknown, but Patterson said
crews would return to Pend-
leton on Monday to work on
it. He said there was no current
estimate for when that well
would be repaired, but that a
new pump would be installed.
“We won’t know until
we pull out and look at the
condition of the column pipe,”
Patterson said.
On Friday, Patterson said
water supply in the town was
at about 5.5 million gallons per
day, and thanked residents for
their cooperation.
Patterson said the cost of
the repairs wouldn’t be fully
known until the work at the
Roy Raley well was done,
but he estimated it would be
somewhere between $30,000
The well in Stillman Park,
which provides about two
million gallons of water per
day, stopped working due to a
failure of rubber bushings. That
caused the pump to seize up,
said Pendleton Public Works
Director Bob Patterson.
Patterson said work on that
well was completed on Friday,
and the city was waiting on the
results of a water quality test,
which take 24 hours to come
back.
He said the well should be
in service again by Saturday
afternoon. At this point, he
said, residents should be able
to go back to normal watering
practices.
The cause of failure at the
Roy Raley Park well was
Assault leads to drug arrest
BIGGS JUNCTION — Oregon State Police
reported troopers investigating a Biggs Junction
man for assault found a drug lab in his home.
Trevor Patrick Beers, 39, got into an argument
Wednesday morning at the Pilot Travel Center
near Biggs with truck driver Michael Brunette,
45, of Salem. State police reported that during the
confrontation Beers struck Brunette across the
face before leaving.
Witnesses identified Beers, and troopers
responded to his residence outside Biggs Junction
off the Biggs-Rufus Highway. State police
reported troopers there saw evidence that Beers
was involved in the manufacture and extraction of
cannabinoids from marijuana into a concentrated
form. This process is commonly referred to as a
BHO laboratory, an acronym for butane honey oil
or butane hash oil.
State police obtained a search warrant and
arrested Beers inside his home without incident
and booked him into the Northern Oregon
Regional Correctional Facilities, The Dalles, on
the following charges: unlawful manufacture of
marijuana extract, two counts of felon in posses-
sion of a firearm, and harassment. The last charge
stemmed from the altercation with Brunette.
State police warned “these makeshift home
labs are extremely dangerous and potentially
deadly.” While they can create a substance with
four or five times the potency of a marijuana
plant, the labs also have resulted in explosions in
homes and apartments.
and $50,000.
Along with residents, Pend-
leton parks made some adjust-
ments to cope with the shortage.
Parks Director Donnie Cook
said on Wednesday that he had
turned off the water on City
Hall and Convention Center
property that morning, and said
he stopped watering Roy Raley
on Thursday. He added that
all parks would not be mowed
next week, which he hoped
would help the turf survive.
Cook said the water supply
at all parks except for Roy
Raley had been shut off to help
with conservation efforts, and
that some newly planted trees
and plants on Frazer Avenue
at Southwest Ninth Street
continued to be watered.
HERMISTON
Dan Dorran makes 20th fair his last
By JAYATI RAMAKRISHNAN
East Oregonian
Dan Dorran told the crowd
at the Umatilla County Fair
kickoff barbecue that this year
would be his last on the fair
board.
But he says he doesn’t want
to be honored for his 20 years
on the Umatilla County Fair
Board. In fact, he didn’t even
want to talk about it.
“It would take too long to
talk about all of that,” he said.
Instead, he spent the days
before his last fair as a board
member doing what he’s always
done: putting the fair together.
Dorran’s term on the board
is set to expire, but he plans to
continue serving on the Eastern
Oregon Trade and Event Center
board. He will also remain
involved with Friends of the
Fair and Rodeo, the fundraising
arm supporting both organiza-
tions.
Dorran, a Hermiston native,
said being on the fair board is
not an honorary or ceremonial
role. It’s a hands-on, working
board.
“We work every day, all day
long,” he said.
Leading up to this year’s
fair at its new home, Dorran
was busy. He showed a group
of city councilors around the
fairgrounds the day before it
opened. He noted details that
had been added this year and
Staff photo by E.J. Harris
Dan Dorran, left, talks to mutton buster Mason Menden-
hall, 4, of Hermiston after his ride Friday before the start of
the Farm-City Pro Rodeo in Hermiston.
said hello to vendors who were
new to the Umatilla County
Fair. He pointed out things that
needed to be fixed.
“A couple things we’ve done
differently,” he said, driving
the group by the concert stage
where a new musical act will
perform each night. “We’ve
opened up the concert area a
lot more. You’ll be able to see
clear across the grounds to the
concert area.”
He knew all about the food
being sold at the fair, and the
people selling it.
“Like Zach here, out of
Arizona,” he said, pointing to a
young man who was working at
Piggly’s Barbecue. “Zach and
his dad travel the West Coast
doing this. They’ve got a great
product.”
He stopped to say hello to a
woman setting up a Hawaiian
Teriyaki cart, also new to this
year’s fair.
“One thing about the fair
folks,” he said. “They’re some
of the most incredible partners
we’ve dealt with. Everybody
works together.”
He added that in a partner-
ship, it’s OK to get frustrated.
“In a half-hour, I’m gonna
get mad at all of them, because
we’re going to be so plugged
up, we’re not going to be able to
get the rest of the folks in,” he
said, nodding at a vendor who
was busy plugging cords into
an electrical outlet.
Dorran drove the councilors
around the grounds with
obvious pride in how the project
has come together — but also
with a realistic approach to the
challenges ahead.
“The ‘warts,’” he said,
taking them to the back of the
lot where several pieces of
equipment from the old fair-
grounds were stored. “This is
where we spent our Christmas
vacation, we moved everything
from the old grounds.”
Dorran was hesitant to talk
about his own work in making
the fair happen, noting all the
people it takes to put on the
event.
“It’s not me,” he said.
“There’s so many other people.”
And of course, it’s not
goodbye to everything. He
was still in the ring, dodging
sheep and chasing after kids as
the announcer of the Mutton
Bustin’ event at the Farm-City
Pro Rodeo, a fan favorite.
“Some day, I’ll tell the story
of how I started doing that,” he
said.
Until then, he’ll keep doing
what he likes best — helping
it all come together one more
time.
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HEPPNER — A Heppner man was arrested
Thursday by the Morrow County Sheriff’s Office
for several counts of forgery, identity theft, and
fraud.
Kyler Dial, 28, was arrested for first-degree
criminal mistreatment and nine counts of second
degree forgery, identity theft, third-degree theft
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Corrections
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Oregonian in the Aug. 11, 2017, story “Villegas
pleads guilty but insane to murder” stated he
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REGIONAL CITIES
Forecast
TODAY
SUNDAY
A t-storm in spots
in the p.m.
Clouds breaking;
breezy, cooler
95° 63°
79° 53°
MONDAY
TUESDAY
Mostly sunny and
pleasant
Nice with plenty of
sunshine
WEDNESDAY
Mostly sunny and
pleasant
PENDLETON TEMPERATURE FORECAST
81° 57°
83° 56°
85° 61°
HERMISTON TEMPERATURE FORECAST
83° 55°
97° 66°
PENDLETON
through 3 p.m. yesterday
TEMPERATURE
HIGH
LOW
98°
88°
105° (1933)
66°
59°
38° (1896)
PRECIPITATION
24 hours ending 3 p.m.
Month to date
Normal month to date
Year to date
Last year to date
Normal year to date
0.00"
0.00"
0.13"
11.30"
7.34"
8.08"
HERMISTON
through 3 p.m. yesterday
TEMPERATURE
Yesterday
Normals
Records
HIGH
LOW
98°
89°
105° (1971)
61°
58°
45° (2007)
PRECIPITATION
24 hours ending 3 p.m.
Month to date
Normal month to date
Year to date
Last year to date
Normal year to date
0.00"
0.00"
0.07"
6.59"
4.99"
5.99"
SUN AND MOON
Sunrise today
Sunset tonight
Moonrise today
Moonset today
Last
New
Aug 14
Aug 21
5:52 a.m.
8:08 p.m.
10:51 p.m.
11:07 a.m.
First
Full
Aug 29
87° 58°
89° 63°
Seattle
75/59
ALMANAC
Yesterday
Normals
Records
85° 59°
Sep 5
Today
Spokane
Wenatchee
93/62
91/67
Tacoma
Moses
75/57
Lake
Pullman
Aberdeen Olympia
Yakima 96/65
91/57
65/59
75/56
97/64
Longview
Kennewick Walla Walla
76/59
95/65 Lewiston
99/66
Astoria
96/66
67/57
Portland
Enterprise
Hermiston
81/60
Pendleton 87/55
The Dalles 97/66
95/63
90/68
La Grande
Salem
91/58
82/58
Albany
Corvallis 81/56
78/55
John Day
91/59
Ontario
Eugene
Bend
97/66
79/55
89/54
Caldwell
Burns
96/62
87/50
Astoria
Baker City
Bend
Brookings
Burns
Enterprise
Eugene
Heppner
Hermiston
John Day
Klamath Falls
La Grande
Meacham
Medford
Newport
North Bend
Ontario
Pasco
Pendleton
Portland
Redmond
Salem
Spokane
Ukiah
Vancouver
Walla Walla
Yakima
Hi
67
90
89
64
87
87
79
92
97
91
85
91
89
93
62
67
97
97
95
81
91
82
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89
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95
97
Lo
57
52
54
54
50
55
55
61
66
59
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NATIONAL WEATHER TODAY
Sun.
Hi
67
75
77
68
80
71
75
76
83
77
81
74
71
87
62
67
88
85
79
72
77
77
75
70
73
80
84
Lo
53
42
46
55
44
46
51
50
55
51
50
47
45
61
50
54
58
50
53
54
40
53
53
43
54
57
51
Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day.
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WORLD CITIES
Today
Beijing
Hong Kong
Jerusalem
London
Mexico City
Moscow
Paris
Rome
Seoul
Sydney
Tokyo
Hi
87
92
87
70
75
76
68
80
88
71
84
Lo
72
83
68
53
56
57
54
66
73
51
76
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Sun.
Hi
83
91
89
71
75
81
73
87
87
70
87
Lo
72
84
69
54
55
64
55
66
73
49
76
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WINDS
Medford
93/60
(in mph)
Klamath Falls
85/50
Boardman
Pendleton
REGIONAL FORECAST
Eastern Washington: Partly sunny today;
a thunderstorm in spots near the Idaho
border and in the mountains.
Cascades: Partly sunny, a thunderstorm in
spots this afternoon.
Western Washington: Low clouds followed
by some sun today; however, low clouds at
the coast.
Northern California: Mostly sunny today;
cooler in the interior mountains.
Sunday
WSW 10-20
WSW 10-20
UV INDEX TODAY
Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows.
Coastal Oregon: Cooler in the south today
with clouds breaking for some sun; mostly
cloudy elsewhere.
Eastern and Central Oregon: Partly sunny
today; a shower or thunderstorm in spots.
Today
WSW 7-14
W 6-12
1
4
7
7
4
2
8 a.m. 10 a.m. Noon 2 p.m. 4 p.m. 6 p.m.
0-2, Low
3-5, Moderate 6-7, High;
8-10, Very High;
11+, Extreme
The higher the AccuWeather.com UV Index™ num-
ber, the greater the need for eye and skin protection.
Forecasts and graphics provided by
AccuWeather, Inc. ©2017
-10s
-0s
showers t-storms
0s
10s
rain
20s
flurries
30s
40s
snow
ice
50s
60s
cold front
70s
80s
90s
100s
warm front stationary front
110s
high
low
National Summary: Showers and storms will extend from New England and New York state
to the Southeast states and lower Mississippi Valley today. Storms will riddle areas from the
southern Plains to the central Rockies.
Yesterday’s National Extremes: (for the 48 contiguous states)
High 109° in Palm Springs, Calif.
Low 33° in Tuolumne Meadows, Calif.
NATIONAL CITIES
Today
Albuquerque
Atlanta
Atlantic City
Baltimore
Billings
Birmingham
Boise
Boston
Charleston, SC
Charleston, WV
Chicago
Cleveland
Dallas
Denver
Detroit
El Paso
Fairbanks
Fargo
Honolulu
Houston
Indianapolis
Jacksonville
Kansas City
Las Vegas
Little Rock
Los Angeles
Hi
84
88
78
81
85
87
96
73
89
79
77
76
96
85
78
94
74
77
88
97
78
92
80
105
87
87
Lo
66
73
70
65
57
73
66
67
77
60
58
60
79
56
59
72
54
55
77
77
58
76
61
84
70
67
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Sun.
Hi
89
89
83
82
87
88
88
84
90
80
79
79
96
82
81
90
65
71
88
95
80
92
81
104
78
86
Lo
66
73
65
63
60
74
60
65
76
62
61
60
80
57
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50
55
76
78
63
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64
80
68
66
Today
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Hi
Louisville
84
Memphis
87
Miami
91
Milwaukee
75
Minneapolis
79
Nashville
85
New Orleans
89
New York City
79
Oklahoma City
80
Omaha
82
Philadelphia
81
Phoenix
102
Portland, ME
71
Providence
74
Raleigh
86
Rapid City
78
Reno
93
Sacramento
91
St. Louis
83
Salt Lake City
94
San Diego
78
San Francisco
69
Seattle
75
Tucson
96
Washington, DC 82
Wichita
79
Lo
64
70
78
59
61
66
76
68
68
63
69
85
62
68
71
52
58
60
63
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68
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59
76
70
65
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Sun.
Hi
84
83
92
76
74
86
89
82
85
80
84
102
82
85
86
78
92
91
84
93
78
71
72
94
84
84
Lo
67
70
80
61
60
69
77
67
69
66
67
83
58
63
71
54
58
62
66
72
68
61
56
76
69
68
Weather (W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain,
sf-snow flurries, sn-snow, i-ice.
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