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Wednesday, November 22, 2017
East Oregonian
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STANFIELD
Idaho homicide suspect taken into custody
East Oregonian
A suspect in a Lewiston,
Idaho, double homicide was
taken into custody Tuesday
in the parking lot of the Pilot
Flying J Travel
Center in Stanfield.
According
to the Lewiston
Police
Depart-
ment,
Richard
Allen Carlin, 73,
was involved in
an
altercation
Tuesday morning
that left two people
dead and another Carlin
man
severely
injured with a stab wound
in the back. As of Tuesday
evening, Lewiston Police
said the third victim was
hospitalzed in serious but
stable condition.
Lewiston Police issued a
call for agencies around the
Northwest to keep an eye
out for Carlin’s red Toyota
Corolla with Idaho plates,
noted that he was likely
headed south and warned
that he could be dangerous.
Not long after the
warning went out, Stanfield
Police
Chief
Bryon
Zumwalt
was out on patrol
in an unmarked
pickup and spotted
a car matching the
description exiting
off Interstate 84
into Stanfield.
After
Carlin
pulled into the
truck stop parking
lot, Zumwalt said
officers approached the
vehicle while Carlin was still
inside and arrested him about
10:30 a.m. without incident.
Zumwalt said Carlin was not
alone in the vehicle, and that
his female passenger was not
a suspect in any crime.
“She had no involvement
or knowledge of his crimes,
and had just gotten a ride
from the suspect,” said
Zumwalt in a press release.
Carlin was arrested on a
warrant and detectives from
Lewiston were on their way
to Umatilla County, Zumwalt
said. Carlin was transported
and booked into the Umatilla
County Jail, Pendleton.
Lt. Jeff Klone with the
Lewiston Police Department
said police do not believe
the killings were random,
and they think Carlin knew
the victims. Names of
the victims have not been
released pending notification
of next of kin, but Klone said
the victims were all adults.
Klone said Carlin is a
registered sex offender, but
he did not know about the
man’s specific history with
the Lewiston Police Depart-
ment.
He said at this time,
police don’t think there are
any other suspects at large.
Staff photo by E.J. Harris
A Stanfield Police officer takes photographs of a vehicle that was driven by
double-homicide suspect Richard Carlin of Lewiston, Idaho.
PENDLETON
HERMISTON
Parks smoking ban goes into effect Venuworks to run EOTEC starting 2018
East Oregonian
On Friday, Pendleton
parks became tobacco-free
zones.
The parks’ tobacco ban
went into effect that day,
meaning cigarettes and other
forms of nicotine consump-
tion are no longer allowed in
those public spaces.
According to an FAQ
published by the Pendleton
Parks and Recreation, the
ban includes cigarettes,
e-cigarettes and smokeless
tobacco. The ban applies to
all parks property, meaning
people can’t bypass the ban
by smoking in their cars.
Other
smokable
substances, like marijuana
or methamphetamine, will
remain illegal to use in parks
and other public spaces.
After a six month
“education period” ends on
April 17, the city will begin
enforcing the ban. Although
the Pendleton Police Depart-
ment will be able to cite
people caught using tobacco
in parks, the FAQ states
“issuing citations is not the
goal of the ordinance.” Citi-
zens can report people using
tobacco in parks to parks
staff or the police, but those
calls won’t take precedence
over more immediate needs
with law enforcement.
Tobacco
is
already
banned in parks in Umatilla
County and the city of
Umatilla, in addition to 17
other cities and counties
across the state.
Hermiston
seems
unlikely to follow suit
any time soon. During the
Hermiston City Council’s
Sept. 25 meeting, councilor
Jackie Myers reported to the
council that the city’s parks
and recreation committee
had discussed the topic of
a smoking ban in city parks
and the committee did not
plan on putting together
anything for the council to
consider.
“There wasn’t a whole
lot of interest, and one that
was extremely opposed to (a
ban), so currently we don’t
have any recommendation
on that,” she said.
The rest of the council
did not comment or express
any disagreement with the
committee’s lack of interest
in pursing a ban.
HERMISTON
New sushi restaurant opens Friday
By JADE MCDOWELL
East Oregonian
After nearly a year of signs
promising it will “open soon,”
Shiki Hibachi Sushi in Herm-
iston really is opening Friday.
The Japanese restaurant
will offer sushi, tempura,
bento meals and a variety of
other Japanese foods, along
with beer, wine, liquor and
Japanese sakes. Some seats
will feature an up-close
cooking show right in front of
the grills.
“Just come in and explore
and experience,” manager
Zoe Zhou said.
She said Friday will be a
soft opening. While there will
always be some issues to work
out in the first week or two of
a new restaurant’s opening,
she expects the transition will
go smoother than most since
the staff have been working
shifts at Shiki Hibachi Sushi’s
Walla Walla and Kennewick
locations.
“All our chefs and workers
have been in training at our
other locations so when they
come in they will be prepared
and know what they are
doing,” she said.
At the time they signed
the lease for the space on
the corner of Highway 395
and Elm Avenue — the
busiest intersection in Eastern
Oregon, according to the
Oregon Department of Trans-
portation — there were no
other Japanese restaurants in
Hermiston, but Kobe Hibachi
Sushi opened up shortly there-
after and Shiki Hibachi Sushi
wanted to make sure it was
offering something different.
Zhou said the restaurant
took so long to open because
they were concerned about
doing things the right way.
She said it took time to
custom-design decor and
kitchen equipment and ship
the pieces over from Japan,
and navigating liquor license
laws and other Oregon
regulations for the first time
lengthened the process too.
She said she and fellow
manager Pin Jiang were
excited and nervous to open.
The two have extensive
experience in the restaurant
industry, which for Zhou has
ranged from being a server in
her family’s restaurant at age
EO file photo
Shiki Hibachi Sushi will open its doors for the first
time Friday at 1240 N. First St., Hermiston.
14 to owning her own restau-
rant in Ellensburg, Wash-
ington. She said customer
service is especially important
to her, and she encouraged
people to drop in and ask
questions and check out the
place even if they aren’t eating
there that day.
“I don’t want it to be just a
business relationship with my
customers — you come, you
have dinner, you pay me, you
leave,” she said. “I want to do
better than that.”
If people want to bring a
large party or get one of the
six seats in front of the hibachi
cooking tops, Zhou suggested
they make a reservation.
The restaurant at 1240 N.
First St. opens its doors for
the first time “about” noon
on Friday, Zhou said, but
normal hours will be 11 a.m.
to 9:30 p.m. Monday through
Thursday, and 11 a.m. to 10:30
p.m. Friday, 12:20-10:30 p.m.
Saturday and 12:30-9 p.m. on
Sundays. For more informa-
tion or to make a reservation
call 541-303-1558.
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By JADE MCDOWELL
East Oregonian
The Eastern Oregon
Trade and Event Center
board has approved a deal
for VenuWorks to run the
facility starting Jan. 1, 2018.
The venue management
company will get $9,000 a
month plus a commission on
the sale of naming rights and
other sponsorships.
The board voted unan-
imously during a special
meeting on Tuesday to
authorize board chair Byron
Smith to sign the contract
negotiated with VenuWorks
as soon as some final tweaks
to the legal language are
added.
For its base management
fee, which will be in addition
to payroll costs for a general
manager and operations staff,
VenuWorks will provide
financial
administration,
event booking, marketing,
sales and event production
assistance. Interim manager
Nate Rivera said VenuWorks
had requested a base fee of
$10,000 with a 3 percent
cost of living increase each
year, but agreed to $9,000
and a 2 percent annual
increase. They also wanted
to start Jan. 15 but have
agreed to start on Jan. 1.
The EOTEC board wanted
a three-year contract but the
final agreement was for a
five-year contract with the
opportunity for a no-cause
exit after three.
“In any contract you
don’t get everything you
want,” Rivera said. “We
made some concessions,
but both of us felt this was
reasonable.”
Smith said payments
by the city of Hermiston
and Umatilla County will
be adjusted as needed to
meet the obligations of the
contract. During a presen-
tation at EOTEC’s Nov. 3
meeting, VenuWorks esti-
mated that under its manage-
ment the facility would
operate at a $116,350 loss
for the first year, a $93,362
loss the second year and the
city and county could go
back to their regular $75,000
per year contributions after
that. The company operates
fairgrounds,
convention
centers and other event
facilities around the country,
including the Toyota Center
in the Tri-Cities.
On Tuesday the board
also took time to compli-
ment the new wheel line
donated by Elmer’s Irriga-
tion and Valmont N.W. in
time for the Hermiston Farm
Fair, which will take place
at EOTEC Nov. 29 through
Dec. 1. The line will help
irrigate the winter wheat
planted for dust control on
the southwestern portion
of the property used for
overflow parking during the
Umatilla County Fair.
“You might be from
Eastern Oregon if you think
a wheel line looks nice,”
board member Kim Puzey
joked.
EOTEC’s next meeting is
scheduled for Dec. 29.