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TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2017 Tuf Cooper of Weatherford, Texas, leaps through the air toward a steer as it is dragged through the grass by his horse during steer roping Saturday at the Pendleton Round-Up. For Round-Up results, see Page 1B. Staff photo by E.J. Harris 141st Year, No. 241 WINNER OF THE 2017 ONPA GENERAL EXCELLENCE AWARD One dollar Hass beats out Brazile Barreto to run for third term Texas cowboy puts together his best week ever at Pendleton East Oregonian By ERIC SINGER East Oregonian PENDLETON — For the past two years, Clayton Hass has skipped the Pendleton Round-Up, choosing to stay close to his Weather- ford, Texas home and rest up before heading to the National Finals Rodeo in Las Vegas in December. But this year, needing a strong fi nish to make the NFR in Las Vegas, Hass found his way to Pendleton. Prior to Round-Up he sat 21st in the world standings in steer wrestling, nearly $9,000 away from 15th, and 28th in team roping and needs some money in these last few weeks of the regular season. He made his trip to Round-Up worthwhile on Saturday as he won the steer wrestling title and placed in team roping earlier in the week to earn the coveted all-around championship and East Oregonian Let’er Buck trophy with $13,053 earned for the week. “Winning all-around at a rodeo like this is great because this is a different caliber of a rodeo than anything we go to,” Hass said. “You got the grass, you got the lane, the stock coming from behind you, it’s different and it’s great. Last two years I didn’t come here but I struggled a little bit this year and had to have a win and came over here and got it. See HASS/10A More inside More photos from the 2017 Pendleton Round-Up Page 6B Staff photo by E.J. Harris Clayton Hass of Weatherford, Texas, poses with the East Oregonian All-Around trophy on Saturday after winning the Pendleton Round-Up. More than a year away from the general election and eight months away from the primaries, state Rep. Greg Barreto, R-Cove, announced he will seek a third term in the Oregon House of Representa- tives. Barreto, who served as the deputy Republican leader during the Legisla- ture’s 2017 session, announced his bid for his District 58 seat in a Monday press release. “When I announced my fi rst Barreto campaign for state representative, I pledged to restore some common sense to the way our government does business in Salem,” Barreto said in a statement. “While it has not always been easy, I have worked hard to live up to that pledge and to serve our community to the best of my ability. I look forward to once again having the opportunity to earn the support of the residents of House District 58.” District 58 encompasses Union County, Wallowa County and a part of Umaitlla County, including Pendleton. The press release touted Barreto’s accomplishments from his tenure, including the introduction of legislation to attract more occupational therapists to rural communities and co-authoring a bill creating building code regulations for so-called tiny houses. Barreto is the vice-chair of the House Business and Labor Committee and also sits on the House Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee, Transportation Policy Committee and Rules Committee. During the last session, Barreto notably opposed a $5.3 billion transpor- tation package, which meant that none of the package’s funds went to projects in his district. Barreto did not return a request for comment as of press time. Barreto originally won the Republican nomination for the District 58 house seat in 2014, winning a race against John Turner, a former Blue Mountain Commu- nity College president who now serves as the mayor of Pendleton. Barreto handily See BARRETO/10A PENDLETON Man dies from self-infl icted wound after standoff Police respond to report of armed and intoxicated man By PHIL WRIGHT East Oregonian Police surrounded a Pendleton home for about fi ve hours on Sunday, unsure of what was happening inside. They had responded to a report of an armed and intoxicated man who had threatened his wife with a hunting rifl e, but all police efforts to communicate with him had failed. After receiving a warrant, police raided the home and found the man in the basement unresponsive with a gunshot wound. He was taken to the hospital but died later that evening. Pendleton Police Chief Stuart Roberts said the information the man was armed and drunk demanded police take caution and follow certain processes, but that did not lessen the frustration felt by fi rst responders. “What if we could have gone into the home sooner?” he speculated. “... Will the outcome be different?” Police at 10:31 a.m. Sunday received a 9-1-1 call from the man’s wife at 110 N.W. Seventh St., according to the Pendleton police reports. Alcohol played a role in the man’s life, Roberts said, and the wife and their two children fl ed the home, but she feared he turned the rifl e on himself. Pendleton police responded to the two-story home, along with offi cers from Oregon State Police and the Umatilla County Sheriff’s Offi ce. Police were in body armor with assault rifl es in hand. Neighbors reported police took positions in their yards near the house, See STANDOFF/10A Staff photo by E.J. Harris A combined police tactical unit moves out in response to a standoff situation Sunday at a house near Northwest Seventh Street and Bailey Avenue in Pendleton.
