HIDDEN CHAMBER
FOUND INSIDE
GREAT PYRAMID
PENDLETON
WINS RAINY
REQUA BOWL
WORLD/6A
SPORTS/1B
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2017
142nd Year, No. 14
Your Weekend
Watch a game
Judge allows Logman home treatment
Woman pleaded guilty to knife attack,
will not have to go to state hospital
vs.
By KATHY ANEY
East Oregonian
La Salle Prep vs. Hermiston
Friday, 7 p.m., at Kennison
Field, Hermiston
Weekend Weather
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Staff photo by Kathy Aney
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WINNER OF THE 2017 ONPA GENERAL EXCELLENCE AWARD
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A relieved Vanessa Logman smiles at her husband
at the end of Thursday’s hearing. The judge decided
on a conditional release instead of commitment to
the Oregon State Hospital. Logman cut the throat
of a man while in the grip of mental illness.
The woman who cut
a man’s throat while in a
mental crisis will not have
to go to the Oregon State
Hospital.
Vanessa Logman never
denied pulling a knife and
cutting Bill Porter’s neck
near Pilot Rock and injuring
his ex-wife on July 4, 2015.
Psychological evaluations
suggest that the mother of
four had a break with reality
driven by her bipolar disorder
and a change in medication.
The defense and prosecution
agreed to request 10 years
under supervision by the
state Psychiatric Security
Review Board in exchange
for Logman pleading guilty
to assaulting Brenda Porter.
The judge agreed.
The only question was
whether Logman would
continue
treatment
in
Pendleton or go to the state
mental hospital in Salem.
On Wednesday, Logman
Winter
weather
coming
to higher
elevations
See LOGMAN/10A
Elk hunter
kills wolf in
self-defense
First documented case
in Oregon since wolves
returned in 1990s
East Oregonian
LA GRANDE — The
Oregon Department of
Transportation is warning
motorists that roadways will
be slick beginning Friday
and through the weekend as
low temperatures and mois-
ture — with the possibility
of snow — come into the
region.
The warning is aimed
especially at drivers in
higher elevations during
early morning hours, with
the risk of “skidding, sliding
and subsequent crashing”
because of a loss of traction.
ODOT also warns that
snow plows and deicer
trucks may be on the roads,
and motorists should stay
several car lengths behind.
Studded tire season
began Wednesday and will
conclude March 31, 2018.
While the modifi ed tires
provide traction, ODOT has
asked drivers to consider
using other safety measures
— such as traction tires or
chains — or postpone travel
if possible. A 2014 study
showed studded tires caused
about $8.5 million annually
on Oregon highways.
The National Weather
Service
is
predicting
temperatures in the 30s with
snowfall at Meacham all
weekend, with a chance of
snow at lower temperatures
Saturday and Sunday night.
Visit tripcheck.com for
updated road conditions.
sat in the gallery holding
hands with her husband
Dan, waiting for court.
Around them sat 25 friends
and family members. That
morning, Logman, 32, had
hugged her sons goodbye,
knowing she might not return
home for days, months or
years. As they sat waiting,
Dan leaned close and whis-
pered to her. Nervousness
fl ed for a moment as she
laughed.
Umatilla County Circuit
Court Judge Daniel J. Hill
would need to consider
whether Logman, who had
By GEORGE PLAVEN
East Oregonian
Staff photo by E.J. Harris
A PEACEFUL FUTURE
The winning poster entry for the for the Lions Clubs International’s peace poster contest was
by Sunridge seventh-grader Erin Picken. For more on the contest, see Page 10A.
A 38-year-old Clackamas man
says he feared for his life when he shot
and killed a gray wolf Friday, Oct. 27
while hunting elk in Union County,
according to Oregon State Police.
Upon further investigation, the
hunter will not face charges after
authorities determined the shooting
was in self-defense — a fi rst for
Oregon since wolves returned to the
state sometime in the late 1990s.
The hunter, who was not identifi ed
in a press release, reported himself to
OSP and the Oregon Department of
Fish & Wildlife. The man said he was
hunting elk alone when he repeatedly
noticed some type of animal moving
around him.
A short time later, the man
observed three of what he assumed
were coyotes. One began running
directly toward him, and “fearing for
his life” he shot it once at a distance
of 27 yards. The other two then
disappeared out of sight, and the man
returned to his hunting camp in the
Starkey Wildlife Management Unit.
Still unsure if what he shot was
actually a coyote, the man returned
to the site with fellow hunters and
discovered the animal was a wolf.
A wildlife biologist examined the
carcass, and found it was an 83-pound
female associated with the OR-30
pair, which has been occupying the
Starkey and Ukiah units since April.
After consulting with the Union
County District Attorney’s Offi ce,
authorities decided not to prosecute
the hunter. Killing wolves is illegal in
Oregon, except in defense of human
life or in limited circumstances
involving livestock predation.
An initial examination indicates the
wolf was not a breeding female, but a
DNA analysis will be done to be sure.
See WOLF/10A
Hermiston Foods employees prepare for life after closure
CAPECO and Worksource Oregon
help train those looking for new careers
By JADE MCDOWELL
East Oregonian
Nearly 200 Hermiston
Foods employees are
getting help seeking new
jobs as the plant prepares
to process its last vegetable
this month.
NORPAC Foods Inc.
announced at the end
of June that it would be
shutting down the vege-
table-processing plant —
Hermiston’s ninth largest
employer — in order to
consolidate the plant’s
operations with a facility in
Quincy, Washington.
According to a Worker
Adjustment and Retraining
Notifi cation sent to the
state, 199 people will be laid
off, including 14 salaried
employees, and “closure
separations are anticipated
to begin November 13,
2017 or within fourteen
(14) days thereafter.” The
notice states that there will
be “some limited work”
decommissioning the plant
in the ensuing months.
The notifi cation is
required by law for layoffs
involving at least 50
people. It gives the state’s
dislocated worker unit a
chance to partner with state
and local agencies to help
workers with the transition
to unemployment or their
next job.
“The goal is to re-em-
See FOODS/10A
Staff photo by E.J. Harris
Hermiston Foods on South Highway 395 in Hermiston
will shut down in November, laying off 199 employees.