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RIVERSIDE UPCOMING ANS HEADED TO VETER EVENT S DAY STATE FINAL /1B COMMUNITY/6A MUSTANGS ADVANCE TO LS QUARTERFINA B SPORTS/1B Tip of the hat; kick in the pants Generations of war OPINION/4A LIFEST Y LES Four veterans of the U.S. military share their stories of service WEEKEND, NOVEMBER 10-12, 2017 LIFESTYLES/1 C EMBER 8, 2017 WEDNESDAY, NOV 7 ER, 7, 201 , NOVEMB TUESDAY 142nd Year, No. 17 One dollar CE AWARD EXCELLEN GENERAL attack ’s story of ns hunter ist questio og ol bi f ol W OF THE WINNER 142nd Year, BULLDOGS READY FOR TOUGH FIGHT WORLD/2A SPORTS REGION/2A 44/30 TRUMP VISITS CHINA 46/38 SPORTS/1 HERMISTON MAN INJURED IN CRASH 49/36 2017 ONPA No. 16 bullet said. “If the and Niemeyer h one side path is throug it indicates to out the other, could have an animal not moving, g, and me U.S. Fish ist been standin shot was well A retired the Service biolog said and .” Wildlife as experience placed hit the wolf with 30 years y a wolf shot by A bullet that g forward most was unlikel it is elk hunter it was runnin have exited an Oregon man. likely would rear end, attacking the Niemeyer, who out the hips or acknowl- He w or Carter and oversa ry Niemeyer said. or fragments lives in Boise edge the bullet ected off on wolf recove consulted hout the West, could have defl a forensic work throug tions of the bone, but said to explain also said descrip — in one exam would have Dennehy, ry bullet trajecto out the other — that. 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UMATILLA NATIONAL FOREST Pilot Rock 74 Elgin 82 La Grande iv G r an de Ro n de R er Cove 203 UNION 244 Union WINNER OF THE AWARD L EXCELLENCE 2017 ONPA GENERA One dollar THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2017 142nd Year, No. 18 WINNER OF THE 2017 ONPA GENERAL EXCELLENCE AWARD Oversight problems endemic at Health Authority me ts new ho mb-bot ge OSP ice bo give ALLOWA WALLOWA WHITMAN TIONAL NATIONAL FOREST State pol cting bomb-inspe ents robot to stud nt Battle for the board Defending the hu Young tribal members look to stand out in crowded Board of Trustees fi eld Trooper keeps things fair in the forest er Rodeo City Inn own in a truck Two men chase ooter s church sh down Texa Bills take different tacks to covering fi re costs Deadl y day on quiet stretch of I-84 HOLIDAY WEEKE ND EDITION WINNER OF THE NOVEMBER 10-12 2017 ONPA GENERA L EXCELLENCE , 2017 AWARD $1.50 By GEORGE PLAVEN East Oregonian North Powder UEC lands $48.8M loan for power lines SPECIAL SECTI ON INSIDE One dollar 142nd Year, No. 19 BE By CLAIRE WITHYCOM Capital Bureau 237 tech- SALEM — While for blame nical failures are to Oregon Ukiah recent issues at the observers Health Authority, is likely 84 say mismanagement Day Ri ve r hn N. Fk. Jo at the root of its problems. NORTH FORK 30 that 10 miles JOHN DAY Last week’s news S WILDERNES Medicaid 395 O Media Group OHA overpaid GRANT Alan Kenaga/E million providers by $74 merely and Wildlife was Fish of Dept. over three years stream Source: Oregon the latest in a steady about the of negative news thousands agency, which has a budget of of employees and per year. billion roughly $10 La ment of outside In addition to the overpay- prob- Minam pack g collar. Kathy Aney ment issue, and recent patient Staff photo by Staff photo by E.J. Harris a trackin asked to not Candidate signs stand posted in a grassy area at the intersection of Mission and Market roads on Tuesday on the Umatilla Indian lems with verifying state UMATILLA on Tuesday. Gardner eligibility for Medicaid, Reservation. woods near Ukiah haunted he patrols the government is also of Cover to a hunter as agency. Dain Gardner talks he does with the by the specter Senior Trooper because of undercover work insur- Oregon State Police Oregon, a failed health cost his face published have a photo of ian ance exchange, which East Oregon taxpayers $300 million. may, issues nt Manageme million loan the list of ment A $48.8 in part, explain why long, said U.S. Depart from the lture will help errors is growing founder of Electric of Agricu lla Steve Buckstein, Institute, to Umati the the Cascade Policy “I always wanted build 25 miles and Cooperative an Oregon libertarian as lines, while By ANTONIO SIERRA tank. between the board and the rest of miles do this job. As far of new power Board of Trustees free-market think one sense another 41 East Oregonian the tribal community as one of this improving investments in “You know, in problems,” police work goes, their top issues. Candidates of lines and grid” projects. NAN they’re software another Johnny Sampson, 28, is the I RAMAKRISH is where it’s at.” When voters from the Confed- other “smart the upcoming Buckstein said. “In By JAYAT Oregonian CHAIR t erated Tribes of the Umatilla youngest candidate in the fi eld. An East One of a new power senior sense, they’re managemen Gary Burke* they’re — Dain Gardner, State Indian Reservation go to the polls employee for the tribal fi sheries projects is McNary to the problems, because Umatilla Elwood Patawa with the Oregon because they ts of the from tion, GEORGE PLAVEN on trooper to vote in the Board of Trustees department, Sampson said he By e complex, line studen substa so The Division Butte all the t got a surpris out East Oregonian election Tuesday, they’ll get to comes from a line of tribal leaders Hermiston boost reliability Police Fish and Wildlife don’t think through to deal VICE-CHAIR found School Distric when they consider a variety of experience — his grandfather, Carl, the chief which will and Hermiston to problems they’ll have Shana Radford ers of a ought he morning that Monday caretak joking Saturday ers, new — for UEC of the Walla Walla tribe, and his Gardner said, and age. Daylight broke d Blue Moun- with.” Jeremy Wolf* es custom been they’re the just any robot, either ly for a referee shirt. Gavin Kosey Energy Servic to a UEC swap his uniform out.” Problems have There are 20 people vying for father, Donald, was a former former over the snow-duste robot. Not ing where the distant ting robot Police. it fi gured the agency for get at Ukiah, accord SECRETARY inspec “We’ll near chairman of the General Council eight total seats on the Nov. 14 building tains carcass, the a bomb- Oregon State signaled the start ts After examining spokesman. man said the Kat Brigham* some time. ballot, including several fi rst-time — and is running for an at-large echo of rifl e blasts Eastern Oregon. determined used by the Turner told the studen in deep The spokes low-interest Cedric Wildbill Gardner and Sponseller “OHA has been the of elk season across senior trooper hit candidates, current members and seat on the board. Lt. Mike es and actually Middle School years, bullet to ell provid for loan that only one offi cers Dain Gardner, trouble now Jill-Marie Gavin, 29, is also others who have been on the board the co-op open-and- of Clara Brown State Police Fish some other TREASURER funding for improve its this feels like just a contin- elk, making it a relatively the with the Oregon his running for an at-large position on that he and about Umatilla’s active and But by simply taking or run previously. Division, began ission uation of problems that are Eugena Stacona case. update shut wanted Wildlife transm and heard to hunters, With the exception of Treasurer the board. With the board generally and n,” had the perfect Doris Wheeler program, the robot to 2,250-mile extra time and talking to keep level endemic to the organizatio of day at 5 a.m., noting Kathy Aney Rosenda Shippentower, every older and male, Gavin, a reporter robotics that included Staff photo by said it helps students system. ratic Sens. Ron said Jim Moore, director for hunting conditions to two Gardner just and for tribal radio station KCUW and incumbent is running for re-elec- to give the apply the skills they’re s talks y tempers. Center AT-LARGE (four seats) Gardner Democ heads and even here trying to keep the Tom McCall below-freezing temperature Trooper Dain Jeff Merkle c help them the real world. tion, with Shippentower running an interim editor for the Confeder- Ukiah on Tuesday. ground to easily Police Senior Aaron Ashley* rs “We’re just out Wyden and the loan Monday. Policy Innovation at Pacifi enough white on the game trail or herd Oregon State as he patrolled the woods near learning in of what state troope the for an at-large seat instead. Every ated Umatilla Journal, said she felt ced he said. n Jill-Marie Gavin invest- hunters fair,” announ Area ing things well-trodde lot Salem a University. smart spy Radford Sampson “A Wildlife offi cer position on the board — like she wasn’t being represented and Sally Kosey ‘I always wanted out and patroll other “This is a at the Bridge Creek he encounter The fact that the governor of elk. infrastructure do is going there are many said. Gardner said chair, vice-chair, secretary and and decided to jump into the race. town did through Sept. 24. to do this job’ Armand Minthorn* ment in our ” said Merkley, was reportedly not informed “This is my offi ce,” patrol truck. from Aug. 26 is a busy time for south of ,” he day, as two Hermiston the in highway, but of arose agency it lives on Shana Radford, a 33-year-old his an treasurer — is being contested and dispute who future, of when Scott Minthorn rat his fi rst do as Elk season bomb our Gardner, had shot behind the wheel the job working top Democ mittee of the issue speak to those things we from Umatilla a High things is the dozen candidates are vying for running for the vice-chair position each claimed they sending him anywhere Helen Morrison who is the last year may “If you can’t enjoy something wrong Gardner, Pendleton area all the way hunters elk. Cameron Sponseller, and graduated has 22 years of expe- “One of those Senate subcom USDA. problems, Moore said. against incumbent Jeremy Wolf, four at-large seats. same the the Terry Parrish in 1990, program.” the there’s of the around Fish School ian the of here, ers on the out t, including an technic and three memb depending clearly A handful of younger candi- echoed Gavin and Sampson. Johnny Sampson with the Oregon Department that funds rural cooperatives to rience in law enforcemen Hermiston strated down to John Day, “There’s with you.” Turner the the fi rst day Saturday in the Ukiah & Wildlife, was already on scene problem,” ary organizational ts: “We need a younger genera- division demon dates is seeking a seat at the table Bob Shippentower “Ensuring men’s three years with Saturday marked for rifl e elk case. He spent ces necess t Area where explosives nt robots for studen corroborating both reli- Moore said. “As soon as Rosenda Shippentower in 2017. Three under-40 candidates tion,” said Radford, who added eight have the resour only assist with of the second season which runs Wildlife Managemen modern and See HUNT/10A three differe robot, a lightw open to spike bulls Woodrow Star* who were interviewed all said they that she ran with support of some stories. climb to maintain c infrastructure this was known by anybody out here,” hunting in Oregon, 12. The fi rst hunting was unbranched antlers. an ICore the can quickly used to “This happens regularly David Wolf Jr. able electri wanted to bring their experiences tribal elders. — bulls with ic opportu- who met regularly with arrived through Sunday, Nov. ily machine which to tell Oct. 25-29, while is primar , and provides econom No sooner than Gardner as younger tribal members and communities governor, they needed *incumbent rifl e season was deer and elk went stairs and reach for objects robot B. Shippentower Wildbill See CTUIR/6A nity that rural n need to the governor.” listed better communication archery season for observe and F6A, a heavy-duty for across Orego The federal Centers ty and to a Remotec for visibili es. Both thrive.” Harney Electric Medicare and Medicaid which is used notice to the TON a The Hines, or open packag s attached sent in late PENDLE Services based manipu several camera Cooperative, d an $11.7 agency about the overpay- robots had in Cub also receive to build 53 ment issue at some point a Green — Sally Kosey, 62-year-old at-large candidate to them. loan hotel. a one, as other re-open million line, among The third unique nickname. e See OHA/10A a Yet the hotel remains miles of hnan Hotel remains much for . Ramakris Robot, had it ‘Dill Pickle’ becaus by Jayati much like it has today improvements Placido Staff photo Middle since ive ell “We call dete- — the same Brown said Detect the past few years l and Clara open it’s green,” to High Schoo riorating and wide purchase in 2014 Lopez. Umatilla dares take ts were excited to to anyone who a robot with The studen robot was there barren discusses By PHIL WRIGHT was the shelter in its square, o Lopez learn that t from each grade learn East Oregonian tive Placid rooms. While the appearance ce to itself stay. A studen OSP Detec nts. of the audien horrid, the building point Poker players converge on School stude picked out notifi ed is signs Umatilla County derelict seems sound and T/8A See ROBO Wildhorse for tournament the owner of the to clean to a bit of clean-up. single- Old boxes from meals Rodeo City Inn place or microwave secure the and serving By KATHY ANEY up fi nes. fi ll one plastic East Oregonian expect to start paying & Prop- and other trash room on the no thinking in a Western Hotels “There was e was just ility container fl oor. Rubbish WEISSERT erties, a limited-liab Cali- building’s fi rst containers. By WILL Tristen Barnes curved his long fi ngers NO about it. Ther was the company in El Centro, former fi lls a few other and JIM VERTU over his cards, shielding them from the Press removed carpet bought the g. That Associated Someone fornia, doin the others at the poker table. His expression on west this.” from most rooms hotel a few miles GS, Texas was nonchalant, as if thinking about 2014 for bottom fl oor, but they also key to all f, driver ND SPRIN of Pendleton in condi- e Association something as inconsequential as his next air county SUTHERLA Rifl and the ndorf al after lack windows Nation and ran $379,000, ie Lange metal shooter trip to the grocery store. Inside his brain, concerns d his rifl e — A former — Johnn down church shut it down due to counsel tioners. The exterior who grabbe to open fi re on however, he planned his next move. instructor too dangerous to street County helped chase are the crime. who stairs people they over 26 across that reported climb. He and another player were locked in barefoot n who slaughtered at someone, Willeford hailed Doug Olsen in June him a strategic battle. The dealer dealt cards the gunma own Texas church was pickup that it was aimed the owner informed up the random shots,” ew with the E.J. Harris rapid-fi re to the two, while the other See HOTEL/10A at a small-t Staff photo by y, along with the killer weren’t just y during an intervi in Fort crews would clean to chase an via AP /KHOG seven Texas Hold ’em players watched. as a hero Monda -Statesm room at the Rodeo property and get it ready said Monda who helped ustin American mass on Tuesday in a stations KHBS as. truck driver Barnes stealthily peered at the card and Nick Wagner/A broken window was television Fayetteville, Arkans magazine a about the s, he Staff photo by E.J. Harris through ers said seen down. rd, 55, rland Spring Graffi ti can be of Pendleton. to report Smith and rd said he loaded his Tristen Barnes of Salem watches the betting at the table while fl icked his glance to the cards on the speaks Church in Suthe another man street to the Stephen Willefo Springs home Sunday Willefo City Inn outside he playing a cash game Tuesday during the Fall Poker Rodeo at table. So far, he had a pair of fi ves. A land Langendorff t across the he and that she’d Baptist Johnnie at his Suther er alerted him Church and ran barefoo he saw gunman Devin church where the First fl urry of bidding and dealing ensued. By ndorff says Wildhorse Resort & Casino in Mission. exchanged shooting at Monday. Lange after he fl ed the Baptist where when his daught an re at the First he immediately church Kelley, 26, and Texas, on the gunm e. heard gunfi Patrick rd said weapon safe. peopl Willeford chased down than 20 re. nearby. Willefo rifl e from his one after gunfi saw me and I saw him,” killed more retrieved his hearing the shots, “He TER/8A — just ‘Pop! “I kept See SHOO rapid shots I knew every another, very Pop!’ — and someone, Pop! Pop! shots represented those one of UMATILLA NATIONAL FOREST Veterans Day Tribute erous building on notice for dang “Sometimes we need a younger voice to get a different viewpoint.” If there is one thing Oregon Rep. Greg Walden and Sen. Ron Wyden can agree on, it is changing how the U.S. pays for battling increasingly large and expensive wildfi res burning vast swaths the American West. The current practice, known as “fi re borrowing,” essentially forces the federal government to shift money away from fi re preven- Two wrecks hours tion programs to foot the bill for apart block traffic; fi refi ghting, which topped a record Walden at least one dead $2.5 billion in 2017. By TIM TRAINOR Wa l d e n , East Oregonian Oregon’s lone Republican A usually quiet stretch congressman of Interstate 84 in Washington, Boardman was the west of site of two D.C., has called terrible scenes Thursday, one fi re borrowing an of which stopped “endless cycle,” Wyden traffic for much of eastbound the while Wyden, a Javier Tejeda and day. Tyler Democrat, recently described it as Hall were traveling eastbound a “broken system.” Both men are on the interstate just before calling for a permanent fi x to the noon when they saw a plume problem, albeit through clashing of dust and smoke just ahead proposals, where the similarities end. of them, then heard and Wyden, along with fellow watched as multiple vehicles Sen. Bill Hansell Democratic Sen. Jeff Merkley, have — semi-trucks, pickup trucks during an early and Rep. Greg Barreto listen joined a bipartisan group of senators and small passenger vehicles morning coffee to a question on — crashed into one hour talk at Hamley climate pushing for the Wildfi re Disaster another. Cafe on Wednesda from former Pendleton City Staff photo by Councilor Chuck y in Pendleton Funding Act of 2017, which would “It was terrible, it was E.J. Harris . Wood, third from awful,” said Tejeda, right, make federal disaster funding avail- who works with Hall for able when fi refi ghting costs exceed Electric. He called Gordon’s 911 as Hall the 10-year average. ran toward the crash, breaking In a letter sent Tuesday out to a windshield with White House budget director Mick a hammer, stabbing through an Mulvaney, the senators urged passing air bag and ripping Barreto, Hansell hear the bill as part of a comprehensive seatbelt off so he a man’s bill could get disaster aid package. The Trump ideas from constitue him out of nts By JADE MCDOWEL administration has committed to Tejeda his vehicle. L said he described East By JADE MCDOWEL releasing that package sometime the in horror of Oregonian L the scene to the East Oregonian the coming weeks. Umatilla County If your street has “Year after year, the broken who answered his dispatcher new factory next a pothole or the 911 call, A last-minute wildfi re budgeting system short- but once he narrowed vomit, it can be hard door smells like lation had pushed flight cancel- down changes prevention funding, literally the location of the to know who to state Senator call for help. Bill Hansell’s bedtime adding fuel to fi res,” Wyden said told in he needed to crash was be trans- The most passionate 2 a.m. on Wednesday back to a statement. “Putting an end to ferred fi re to Morrow County in the world might Facebook rant but he was still sitting morning, for assistance. borrowing would at long last allow in front of amount of likes, get a gratifying constituents at Hamley’s “The phone (then) America to get ahead of the West’s Cafe in will stay as long but that pothole Pendleton by 8 a.m. as the governmen natural disasters — wildfi res.” kept ringing and ringing,” just agency t in charge “I may fall asleep he In October, the Senate did said. pass He said it felt like more know about it. So of the road doesn’t said, perhaps only up here,” he than a minute before half-jokingly. a $36.5 billion emergency supple- government” and who exactly is “the he got He and through how Rep. mental that included $576.5 million to a new dispatcher, a sure you hear your can you make were hosting the Greg Barreto well-reasoned first of five to fi ght wildfi res, in addition delay $18.7 that he thought was too treatise on why the joint town halls long with lives on neighborhood park over two days, billion for the Federal Emergency needs another restroom? the line. He broaching a wide-rangin g series Andrew Management Agency Disaster Relief See Cities I-84/11A Clark of Pendleton Staff photo by Fund, $16 billion for National Flood City officials in small E.J. Harris islation with Sen. See TOWN HALL/16A discusses domestic towns are Bill Hansell on violence leg- Insurance Program debt forgiveness often so accessible, morning coffee Wednesday before you might have a hour talk at Hamley Cafe in Pendleton an early . See FIRES/6A See Ground work the end, Barnes held two pairs. When the other player laid down his pair of aces, Barnes smiled and raked in the $148 pot. At age 20, Barnes is one of the youngest players at the Wildhorse Poker Round Up, which runs Nov. 2-12. “I’ve been playing poker as long as I can recall,” said Barnes, who was schooled by his father, a semi-profes- sional player. Barnes is barred from most other tournaments until he hits 21. However, since alcoholic beverages aren’t served on the fl oor at Wildhorse, the Poker Round Up is open to anyone 18 or older. The Salem poker player, who is studying to get his real estate license and works as a back fl ow tester, feels comfortable with players decades his elder. On Wednesday, as Barnes’ chip See POKER/6A PILOT ROCK Korean War veteran Navy stories with shares students By ANTONIO SIERRA East Oregonian Standing in front the entire Pilot Rock of nearly School District, Bob Deno was nervous. The Pilot Rock student body lines to the gymnasiu Staff photo by E.J. Harris m for a Veterans a hallway as veterans and their Day Concert on Thursday in Pilot families walk Rock. II Bob Stang ier of Pendle ton Iraq War J.D. Lamb ert of Pendle ton Who are you going to call? GOVERNMENT/16A Young player quickly learns art of holding, folding World War shown of local veterans. Deno, who tours in Korea, served four keynote speaker at was the scheduled right in the event, of the proceedings. the middle Deno looked crowd of a few dozen over the and the entire student veterans body, some outfitted in stars and stripes, and proceeded to find some levity in his experience with war. The Korean War veteran was in the Pilot School gym to for Rock High Veterans Day the school’s celebration. After a school-host fast, veterans and ed break- were ushered into students assembly where a morning He talked about choirs performed bands and the Navy and seeing joining tunes led by music patriotic he would be stationed the ship on for teacher Jacob Try and a slideshow was See VETERANS/16A Vietnam War Ron Jardin e of Hermi Generatio n of war s ston Korean War Tom Tangn ey of Pendle ton Four vetera ns of the U.S . military sha re their sto ries of servic e Photos by E.J. Harris, stories by Kathy Aney ♦ East Oregon ian Subscribe and get it all, five days a week. Get full online access with a print subscription. Call us! 1-800-522-0255 ext. 1 SEE WEEKLY ADVERTISING CIRCULARS INSIDE
