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Injured hunter found, flown to hospital
Tuesday, October 31, 2017
HERMISTON
‘I Love My City’ spruces up Butte
By TAMMY MALGESINI
East Oregonian
Efforts to beautify the
town and let people know
they care about their commu-
nity continued this weekend
at another “I Love My City”
event, this time around the
Hermiston Butte.
The campaign started
in the fall of 2016 when
members of the Hermiston
Assembly of God wanted
to do something to help
the healing process when
the community was rocked
by tragedies. New Hope
Community Church, Templo
de Fe Esperanza y Amor and
other community members
have since joined the efforts.
Tim Beal, pastor of family
ministries at New Hope, said
there had been discussion
among the congregation
about doing something to
reach out to the community.
“When we saw what
Hermiston Assembly was
doing we thought that was a
similar vision to what we had
in mind,” he said. “It seemed
like an easy thing to partner in
and do together.”
The different churches,
Beal said, head up commu-
nity service projects and
activities several times and
also get together to work on a
larger outreach effort.
Organized by New Hope,
Saturday’s event included
about 75 people of all ages
— including babies in back-
packs, Beal said. Although
smaller children sometimes
slow down the progress
on projects, Beal said it’s
important to include all ages
as a way to encourage giving
back to one’s community.
“When
parents
and
adults model the selfless and
Man accidentally
stabbed himself
while field dressing
By ANGEL CARPENTER
EO Media Group
Contributed by Lukes Photos
Members of New Hope Community Church and others
from the community work on a clean-up effort as part
of the ongoing “I Love My City” campaign Saturday
near the Hermiston Butte.
giving attitude ... it leads to
a stronger community and a
stronger sense of community
support,” he said.
Using
wheelbarrows,
shovels, rakes and even an
all-terrain vehicle, partici-
pants helped pick up trash,
provide trail maintenance
near the Butte and paint equip-
ment at Funland Park. Beal
said they chose the particular
projects after talking to Larry
Fetter, director of Hermiston
Parks & Recreation. Fetter,
Beal said, provided a list of
possible projects that volun-
teer groups could do to help
the city.
Heidi Gray, along with
her children, Nattalie, 14,
and Luke, 12, helped during
a past event as well as Satur-
day’s clean-up day. She said
it was fun to participate in an
activity with family, friends
and neighbors.
“We have talked about how
if you want to see a change in
the community around you
it often takes getting out and
doing something about it,”
Gray said. “So in a small way
we did that today.”
Also, Gray said it offers a
way for kids to take owner-
ship in their town. Youths, she
said, might be more aware of
the impact of littering after
spending a day picking up
after others.
“And this way, they learn
leadership begins by getting
the dirty stuff done,” Gray
added.
Many participants donned
red “I Love My City” T-shirts.
Beal said the shirts stand out
and some people have asked
what they are involved with.
“We just believe God calls
us to take care for our city,”
he said. “For me, it makes me
more invested in the city with
pride and ownership.”
A larger “I Love My City”
project is planned in April,
Beal said. Information will be
available as the date nears.
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Contact
Community
Editor Tammy Malgesini at
tmalgesini@eastoregonian.
com or 541-564-4539
An injured hunter was
flown to a hospital in Bend
last week, after emergency
workers packed him out of
a remote site in northern
Grant County.
James Lee Moyer, 51, of
Mapleton shot a six-point
bull elk across the Indian
Creek drainage Oct. 26,
according to Grant County
Sheriff Glenn Palmer.
Moyer made his way
to the elk and was field
dressing the animal when
the knife he was using
slipped and he accidentally
stabbed himself about two
inches above the navel,
Palmer said.
Moyer’s wife, who was
650 yards across the canyon
with her husband’s parents
when the incident took
place, made it to his side
where cellphone service
was available and a call was
made to 911.
Long Creek and John
Day medical units were
dispatched as well as the
Grant County Sheriff’s
Office and the sheriff’s
Grant County Search and
Rescue team. Oregon State
Police and the Oregon
Department of Fish and
Wildlife also responded.
Palmer said Air Link
from St. Charles Medical
Center in Bend landed
Contributed photo
Long Creek Ambulance crew member Craig Palmer
assists injured hunter James Moyer (out of view)
with other volunteers. In the foreground is the six-
point bull elk, shot by Moyer, which he was field
dressing when he wounded himself.
about 150-200 yards above
Moyer’s location.
Palmer credited search
and rescue crews and
hunters in the area with
clearing logs, trees and
regrowth from the road
where the helicopter landed.
Moyer was carried on a
backboard to the helicopter.
Search
and
rescue
personnel, ODFW and
Oregon State Police assisted
Moyer in field dressing and
packing the bull elk to an
awaiting vehicle.
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BRIEFLY
Attempted dog theft leads
to stabbing in Hermiston
HERMISTON — A Hermiston man was
arrested Sunday night after he allegedly
stabbed another man during a dispute about
a dog.
Jason Simpkins, 30,
is accused of cutting
Jonathan Sager, 30,
with a knife on the 900
block of Southwest
11th Street, causing
non-life-threatening
lacerations to his
back. According to
the Hermiston Police
Simpkins
Department, Simpkins
was trying to take a
dog belonging to Sager, a transient. Simpkins
and Sager know each other, officers said.
Police took Simpkins into custody several
blocks from where the incident happened.
He was charged with assault in the second
degree, robbery in the first degree and
criminal mischief in the second degree. He
was lodged in the Umatilla County Jail on
$105,000 bail.
Sager was taken to Good Shepherd
Medical Center, Hermiston, for his injuries
and released the same night. He still has the
dog with him.
Power outage places TRCI
on partial lockdown
Two Rivers Correctional Institution was
placed on partial lockdown Saturday during
a lengthy power outage that affected approx-
imately 590 Umatilla Electric Cooperative
customers northeast of Hermiston.
UEC spokesman Steve Meyers said the
outage was due to a transformer failure at
the utility’s Power City substation, knocking
out power north of Diagonal Road and east
of Highway 395. Officials are not sure what
caused the transformer to fail, Meyers said.
Kaycie Thompson, public information
officer for TRCI, said the prison went into a
“modified lockdown,” as opposed to a full
lockdown, beginning at 11:43 a.m., though
laundry facilities continued to run through
the afternoon.
“We do have backup generators, so we’re
not in the dark at the institution when the
power goes out,” she said.
TRCI contracts to provide laundry
services for a number of medical facilities
around the area, Thompson explained. About
68 inmates were working on the laundry
crew Saturday.
“We were able to manage everything
pretty well,” she said.
Power was restored to the prison at 4:42
p.m., according to UEC, and to all customers
by 5:46 p.m.
PHS teacher honored for
culturally responsive teaching
PENDLETON — Eastern Oregon
University recognized Pendleton High
School teacher Sonia Cooley as its 2017
Culturally Responsive Teacher Leader.
Cooley received the biyearly award
at the university’s La Grande campus on
Wednesday and was recognized for the
success of Pendleton’s Oregon Teacher
Pathways program, which has sent 13 PHS
graduates to EOU’s education program.
In a press release, Tawnya Lubbes, the
director of EOU’s Center for Culturally
Responsive Practices, said Cooley was
frequently described by students as one of
their most influential teachers.
“Sonia’s work with the Oregon Teacher
Pathway program should be commended,
as she has impacted the future of many
students,” Lubbes said in a statement. “Her
leadership in culturally responsive practices
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Eighty pounds of pills
collected at DEA event
HERMISTON — On Saturday, a deposit
site for unused prescription pills was set up
in front of the Hermiston Police Department,
for Umatilla County residents to come and
deposit medications.
Hermiston Police Chief Jason Edmiston
said they collected about 80 pounds of
prescription medications which the Drug
Enforcement Administration will dispose of
for them. The event was one of many across
the state of Oregon, and across the United
States, organized by the DEA to crack down
on the opioid crisis affecting people across
the nation.
A similar event in April brought in more
than 12,000 pounds of prescription pills to
collection sites around Oregon. Locally,
Pendleton Police Department has a disposal
box where people can deposit unused pills.
Utilities Commission to hold
hearing on Idaho Power plan
The Public Utilities Commission
of Oregon will hold a public comment
hearing Thursday in Ontario on Idaho
Power Co.’s 2017 Integrated Resource
Plan.
The plan covers Idaho Power projects
like the Boardman to Hemingway
transmission line and the end of coal-fired
operations at the Boardman plant.
“Opportunities like this to visit different
parts of the state and hear directly from
utility customers is very important to me
and the other commissioners,” commission
Chair Lisa Hardie said in a statement.
“The comments, whether in person at the
event or in writing, will help us reach an
informed decision.”
For those who cannot attend the
meeting, the commission is accepting
mailed comments at P.O. Box 1088 in
Salem, email comments at puc.publiccom-
ments@state.or.us or by phone at 1-800-
522-2404. Idaho Power’s plan application
can be viewed on the commission’s
website.
The hearing will be held at the Four
Rivers Cultural Center in Ontario, 676
S.W. Fifth Ave., from 5:30 p.m. to 8 p.m.
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