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found at the scene
By PHIL WRIGHT
East Oregonian
Baker
County
District
Attorney Matt Shirtcliff deter-
mined Pendleton police Sgt.
Tyler Reddington was justifi ed
in shooting Matthew Lucas
Hoisington.
The shooting took place
the night of Nov. 29 near the
Pendleton Walmart, where
offi cers’
conduct
Reddington and Pend-
that night, including
leton police Cpl. Jon
Lehman
responded
“Reddington’s deci-
sion to fi re his weapon
to a report of a theft.
at Hoisington followed
Shirtcliff in a written
statement
reported
standard
police
Hoisington, 38, of
protocol
regarding
use of force and was
Mission, pointed a gun
completely justifi ed.”
at Reddington during a
Pendleton Police
foot chase. The offi cer
Chief Stuart Roberts
fi red his gun, shooting Hoisington
said the fi nding is good
Hoisington twice.
Police found two BB guns at news for the offi cers and depart-
the scene, Shirtcliff stated, and ment, but the actions of that
both looked like real .45-caliber night may weigh on Reddington
semi-automatic handguns.
See SHOOTING/10A
Shirtcliff concluded the
Pheasant
hunters bag
two suspects
on the lam
State audit
critical
of efforts
to boost
graduation
Matt Hoisington
allegedly stole
two BB guns
that resembled
handguns from
Walmart in Pend-
leton. Hoisington
was shot by po-
lice while running
and turning to
point one of the
guns at the offi -
cers, according to
the Baker County
District Attorney.
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the street
measured
r of
The report ration in a numbe
ton City system’s deterio
the index
ed
of 2015, Pendle
at
miles of road,
At the end ed a fee that increas by ways:
• Across 78 road system was scored and
Council institut for repairing streets
the city’s
third
se from 2016
ed nearly a worst for a two-point decrea
the city’s budget
from 2013.
62,
t and dedicat
160 percen e toward the towns street a fi ve-point decrease — the city’s busiest
ton’s
revenu
streets
its
l
Pendle
of
roads — were
• Arteria
than it
years later,
good”
well-traveled
roads. Two slightly worse shape
ered “very
and most
system is in the fee was put in place. Wayne rated at a 76, consid system. Collec-
was before Tuesday workshop, engineer, under the index’s rating connect arterials
that
te
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city’s associa
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presented index, which measur a 0-100
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condition street pavement on
quality of
scale.
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AVERTS
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East Oregon
Staff
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WINNER OF THE
THURSDAY, DECE
2017 ONPA GENERA
L EXCELLENCE
New year to bring
vehicles
One dollar
Lynda and John
their home on Carraher of Umatilla sit behind
Wednesday. The
Carrahers said a pile of requests for donations
they have received
from charitable
508 requests for
organizations on Staff photo by E.J. Harris
donations this
the coffee table
year.
in
GENEROSITY OV
ERLOAD
dip in donation during
By JAYATI RAMAKRIS
HNAN
East Oregonian
As Christmas
like the requests approaches, it can seem
for donations are
whelming.
over-
So much, in fact, that
at the beginning
this year, a Umatilla
of
La Ley manager camping on Fiesta Foods to raise Christmas donations
track of the requests couple began keeping
they received
By JADE MCDOWELL
East Oregonian
La Ley 99.5 radio station is getting
dispatches from an unusual location this week
— the roof of Fiesta Foods in Hermiston.
Gaudencio Felipe, the Spanish-language
station’s manager, climbed up to the roof
on Sunday and will be there until 5 p.m. on
Wednesday night (a total of 99.5 hours).
“He’s even got a little tent up there,” said
Fiesta Foods manager Leo Leal, who gave
permission for the unusual campout.
Felipe is broadcasting from the roof to
draw attention to a Christmas campaign
to collect food and clothing for children in
See ROOF/10A
different groups asking
for money.
“My husband
— Clara Bea Fitzgerald, city councilor and
member of the city’s Hispanic Advisory Committee
College freshmen talk roommates and re-dos at high school
Discuss the importance of
managing time and schedule
By ANTONIO SIERRA
East Oregonian
by Jade McDowell
& Sports in Hermiston
of Scott’s Cycle
end of the month
A sign in front
special. After the
at least $200
larger costing
advertises a Christmas
inch wheels or
bicycles with 26 to a $15 tax.
will be subject
Staff photo by E.J. Harris
Pendleton graduate Joshua Mendoza talks to students
about attending Western Oregon University while sitting on
a panel of graduates Tuesday at Pendleton High School.
from
told me the other day
so far,
“The reason he’s up there is he
is he has received
that
organizations supporting 86 appeals from
transmitting live, and asking
Medicare,” said Lynda trying to save
one social issue. Carraher. “That’s
people to donate food from
and
Carraher and her It’s just insane.”
husband, John,
clothing for needy children.”
It was their fi rst winter break back from
college, and a handful of recent Pendleton
High School graduates were ready to
share their newfound wisdom.
Sitting in front of a group of high
school students who were their peers
a little more than six months ago, the
fi rst-year college students explained the
challenge of living independently for
the fi rst time, including making time to
sleep, eat and maintain a schedule.
Avery Madril of Western Washington
University said he was nervous to meet
his roommate for the fi rst time, someone
whose name he had only known for two
weeks before he moved into the dorms.
He eventually learned that they have
much in common.
Hailey Kendrick, a fi rst-year student at
Oregon State University, said her room-
mate’s snoring was prevalent enough that
she contemplated shoving and kicking her.
“Obviously, I didn’t because we’re still
friends,” she said, adding that she’s able to
sleep now with the aid of ear plugs and fans.
Blue Mountain Community College
student Emily Griffi n only lives a
few blocks away from the college’s
Pendleton campus and doesn’t have
to worry about living with people she
doesn’t know, although she admitted it
was a fun idea.
Griffi n encouraged her former peers
See COLLEGE/10A
holidays
counted 508 total
started collecting them requests since they
“And there’s 10 in January.
mailing days left,”
Lynda said.
Piled up on
table were most of the Carrahers’ kitchen
pleas from a range those envelopes, with
included Planned of organizations. They
Parenthood, the Oregon
Food Bank, the American
Lung Association
and the American
Civil Liberties Union.
John said he’s
around the holidays. noticed a slight uptick
said they haven’t But while the couple
compared notes
others, they wouldn’t
with
be surprised if the
Stacks of donated
canned goods Staff photo by E.J. Harris
See CHARITY/8A
the gymnasium
at the Salvation sit on a table in
Wednesday in
Pendleton
.
Taco Bell employe
e
Horizon Project links
developmentally
disabled
people with jobs
No. 47
kend
by failing to turn over
to defense attorneys. all their evidence
She called the
conduct “willful.”
“The defense has
tion so it can go a right to informa-
to a jury,” the judge
said, “so the jury can
decide.”
The setback comes
federal jury in Portland a year after a
acquitted Ryan
and Ammon Bundy
leading an occupation of all charges after
of a U.S. wildlife From left, Ammon
AP Photo/John
refuge in Eastern
Locher
Bundy, Ryan
Oregon in early 2016 Finicum, widow
Payne, Jeanette
of Robert
Bundy, Angela
Bundy, wife of “LaVoy” Finicum, Ryan
See STANDOFF/8A
Bundy, daughter
Ryan Bundy and
of
Jamie
Staff photo by E.J. Harris
Some charities see
142nd Year,
Your Wee
ys
Ryan Bundy, walk
courthouse Wednesda
y in Las Vegas. out of a federal
La Ley 99.5 FM general manager Gaudencio Filipe watches customers in the parking lot of Fiesta Foods from the roof of the store
Tuesday in Hermiston. Filipe has been camping out on the store to raise donations for families in need.
PENDLETON
Staff photo
Ryan and Ammon
Bundy and self-styled
Montana militia leader
Prosecutors were Ryan Payne.
trying to prove
the four broke
the law in a tense
armed confrontatio
n between Bundy
supporters and governmen
t agents who
gave up efforts
to confi scate Bundy
cattle in 2014.
Navarro didn’t
dismiss the case
outright, but said
she might after a
8 hearing. She also
Jan.
severely
prosecutors for suppressing criticized
and violating constitution information
al due process
MBER 21, 2017
Carbon
‘Cap and
invest’ bill
takes shape
l people
in taxes on bikes,
LAS VEGAS —
A U.S. judge in
Nevada dealt another
to federal prosecutors defeat Wednesday
trying to punish
leaders of armed
oppose federal standoffs meant to
authority over vast
swaths of land in the
American West.
Chief U.S. District
Judge Gloria
Navarro in Las Vegas
in the long-awaite declared a mistrial
d case against states’
rights fi gure Cliven
Bundy, his sons
Photo courtesy Baker County
District Attorney’s Offi ce
highway, killing severa
on a
it over to the state
the sale and turn
new
quarterly basis.
will be levied on
Will pay for state’s
Two new taxes
in January.
package purchases
of new vehicles
$5.3B transportation
tax, applied to car
A vehicle privilege equals .5 percent
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By JADE MCDOWEL
dealers in Oregon,
price of new vehicles,
East Oregonian
of the retail sale motorcycles, vehicles
RVs,
and
ring in new taxes including 26,000 pounds or less tax,
weighing
A new year will also
vehicle use
on new vehicles. A
in
in Oregon.
t of Revenue is leases .5 percent, is applied to vehicles
also
The Oregon Departmen
that the taxes created the same categories that are purchased
be
reminding citizens
but will primarily
new $5.3 billion
to pay for the state’s kick in next year. outside of Oregon
or by an Oregon resident.
transportation package by the legislature used in Oregon
a statewide transit
Starting July 1,
of
percent
The package, passed
provide billions
one tenth of one
this summer, will to the state’s trans- tax will take of Oregon residents and
dollars in upgrades re, but the state must of the wages works in Oregon. Oregon
who
anyone
the tax,
portation infrastructu
required to deduct
pay for it.
raise the revenue to a fl at $15 fee will be employers are residents who work outside
and Oregon
Starting Jan. 1,
bicycle with at least
assessed on each for more than $200.
See TAXES/8A
26-inch wheels sold the money during
Businesses will collect
By KEN RITTER
Associated Press
A tip of
the hat to
Pendleton
Police 4A
AWARD
HERMISTON
run
Derailed on fi rst
PENDLETON
142nd Year, No. 46
Mistrial
PENDLETON
PENDLETON
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sleeping Saturday
his home in Pendleton
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OF THE YER
SPORTS/1B YEAR
NATION/6A
One dollar
in Nevada stand
ing from family DA: Police justifi ed in shooting theft suspect is latest
everyth
Fire takes
victory for Bund off
Two BB guns
fi re guts home
l with newborn as
his home was afl ame,
When he realized saved the cat, then
he said, he fi rst
photos. That was
grabbed some family
said. The fi re
Mother in hospita
all he could save, he
Fire Department
The Pendleton 7 a.m. Saturday about took Christmas gifts.
even
melted,” he said.
By PHIL WRIGHT
responded at about at space 21 of
“All the presents just
survived in
East Oregonian
to the trailer home
His pet frog, however,
Estates, 2712 N.E.
24, its large tank, though smoke blackened
Riverside Mobile
sound asleep on Riverside Ave., Pendleton. Bannick,
Kyle Bannick was
when a text
the glass.
what he could Monday
morning
Davis, 33, and
salvaging
Saturday
Andi
was
almost
the couch
His girlfriend,
girlfriend woke him. afternoon. Soot and char covered
were not at home
message from his
their two children He said they were
saved his life.
every surface.
stove
began.
re
the
fi
That text, he said, probably
were
on
the
ames
fl
when
the
He shined a fl ashlight there, only a
“I looked up, and was raining down
See FIRE/8A
the fi re started
Phil Wright
coming over and stuff “It just, like, went fl ue and said where has been sleeping.
Staff photo by
from
was
said.
he
feet
he
few
to where
around me,”
points a fl ashlight he escaped the fi re up in seconds.”
Kyle Bannick
morning when
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of pavemen
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sell
lead investi Land Management
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his
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Bureau of
into how
in their
who looked d an armed
by sheep
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rs in
surrounded
agency handle
d by a heat
said.
with ranche
ton-area
Fire, sparke
pasture,” she they slept in a trailer.
standoff alleging misconduct
the Pendle
eight
At night,
erupted in Michael and Jackie n
Nevada is blower memo, a
that for
the
whistle
d
“We did said.
a
home of and their three childre
in
that obtaine
she
repairs
months,”
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newspaper reported Friday.
sells began
our
by
The White in June. Michael
the mornin 99 percent of “It
document
obtained ive
ing
ts and
“We lost Whitesell said.
The memo
and rebuild
cal projec work.
nian/OregonL lead
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stuff,” Jackie
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loss.”
the attorne
By PHIL WRIGHT
together they friends helped,
was a total fell into the chicke
prompted Cliven Bundy to fi le
East Oregonian
The lamp the sawdust and
Family and aware of their situa-
defendant dismiss the case.
g
of
more at
contractors them to the front the
in
pen, ignitin
a motion to comes as U.S.
much
s
later
on the run Sunday
M.
Flame
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tion moved the effort meant
seconds
Burglary suspects picked the wrong
n Road. out of
Whitesell
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line. All
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south Morrow County
smoke poured
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n pose the never stalled.
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three
canyon for a getaway.
was
e team
28, and Desireea
and
Pendleton.
and their
“Our goal fl ew, and we did
the home.
about defens prosecutors have
Daniel Faustino Arce,
moments, tment
up behind
Whitesell their home near months to repair
snow
75 percent of high school
of
she said.
Devin, 23, ended on TREO
before the
that federal over complete
arrived within
d for
Delane
Fire Depar battled Michael and Jackie
een,”
graph
14.
ton
worke
had
s
hunters
that by Hallow in real beds, hot
recent photo
the Pendle well. Crews
not turned records about the
ng of March
students graduate on time
bars after pheasant held the desperate
es, and friend
for this
it the morni
other
our
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evidence
arrived as for more than an hour.
, their relativ
ravaged
Ranches, Heppner,
us back on
of FBI and
more family
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until
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rst
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gunpoint
indoor
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By PARIS ACHEN
the
said
agents
of two month
She said that
said.
until late
arrived.
Whitesell
government She has dismissed
offi cers
Capital Bureau
photographs
feet,” Jackie had to improvise. her water. “amazing.”
months —
until
reported
County
was
standoff.
than seven before they could including some and family heir-
fi re
They also home-schools
Morrow
a week —
Pendleton to 19 structure
Attorney
the jury for — while she
October — into their home. few the children
Whitesell the home was unin-
District
are and quilts.
The Oregon Department of
ded
those
a
a
their
n, but
Wednesday the issue.
move back
day they it respon year, most of
recovered
looms of silverw
Justin Nelson said
members,
Education has failed to help school
n
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to block
5 below alongside
Tuesday by Oregon Secretary of
ing court
conspiring
onto Interstate
the countr the family with basics
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school districts during high school
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Rhea Creek Road
fi re back
percent worse than those who
grazing fees also charged with
uish a house
their Jeep Cherokee
ning
to exting
remain in the same school system.
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and extorti month in U.S.
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and MICHAEL SISAK
That became
the
began last in Las Vegas.
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graduation performance.
car chase, and one
District Court
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n, lead case
for suspects
Desireea Devin
making the fi rst- The percentage of Oregon
Larry Woote
— An Amtrak train
students who graduate on time has
investigator
round at Britt. Nelson
DUPONT, Wash. new route hurtled off an overpass
agent and Bureau of Land said Britt broke off
t.
cars up for the past fi ve years —
This image
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some of its inched
in law enforcemen
ever run along a faster
the U.S.
also testifi
Monday and spilled
even with increases in the number
and decided to bring said, the Jeep thieves
from video
south of Seattle on below, killing at least three people,
Management, grand jury that
Meanwhile, he
provided by
said.
credits required — but the rate
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60100 block
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before a federal
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KOMO-TV,
remains third worst in the nation.
injuring dozens and turned to the train’s speed. A website
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train
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about a quarter of
is signifi cantly lower.
investigation
owner Phil Carlson
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Monday.
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to the U.S.
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known for jokes,
hard work
accompanies Leach
well-known by many to his job, said he is
customers, some of
whom even leave
him
“There’s people tips.
nize him, who really who always recog-
notice how hard he
works,” she said.
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Hermiston’s own
East Oregonian
found restocking Mark Leach can be
down tables and the napkins, wiping
Regulars at the Hermiston
emptying garbage
Taco Bell Taco Bell’s lobby
in
on weekday afternoons
expect to be himself the lobby on most days. He calls
greeted with a smile
supervisor.
by
Mark
Leach, one
“I help the customers
of the store’s most
that need it with
enthusiastic workers.
their pops, like the
“I love my job,” he
help to put their lids little kids that need
Leach, 52, has been said.
working at Taco
Kelly Shockman on,” he said.
Bell for a year and
of Horizon
employment program a half through an said keeping the front of house Project
that helps individuals at Horizon Project and stocked with cups, napkins, organized
hot sauce
with develop- packets and other
mental disabilities
items is his “pride
and
Avila, a Horizon hold jobs. LaTonya joy.”
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claimed three crash in Wheeler County
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