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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 29, 2017
142nd Year, No. 52
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Your Weekend
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First Day Snowshoe Hike
at Emigrant Springs
Murder mystery dinner
theater in Hermiston
The Spazmatics at
Wildhorse on Sunday
For times and places
see Coming Events, 5A
Catch a movie
Niko Tavernise/Twentieth Century Fox
Hugh Jackman gets so
excited about starting a
circus that he bursts into
song and dance in “The
Greatest Showman.”
For showtime, Page 5A
Weekend Weather
Fri
Sat
Sun
Staff photo by E.J. Harris
Pedestrians and vehicles navigate snow-covered roads on Thursday in downtown Pendleton.
PENDLETON’S SNOW POLICY
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Bakery must
pay fi ne for
refusing to
serve lesbians
By PARIS ACHEN
Capital Bureau
SALEM — Oregon’s
Court of Appeals has upheld
a decision to require the
owners of a Gresham bakery
to pay a lesbian couple
$135,000 in damages for
refusing to make them a
wedding cake.
Sweet Cakes owners
Aaron and Melissa Klein’s
refusal to bake the cake for
Rachel and Laurel Bowman-
Cryer in January 2013 made
national headlines and
prompted Bureau of Labor
and Industries Commis-
sioner Brad Avakian to
award the damages to
the couple for emotional
distress.
On Thursday, Dec. 28,
the court affi rmed BOLI’s
conclusion that the Kleins
violated the civil rights of
the couple and Oregon’s
law that businesses not
LET IT STAY
Downtown streets still covered as businesses see customers slowly return
Snowfall
brings out
entrepreneurs
By PHIL WRIGHT
East Oregonian
Downtown Pendleton busi-
nesses weathering this winter’s
snow and ice differ on whether
the city should have a snow plow.
The sales crew at the Hamley
Western Store, 30 S.E. Court
Ave., said Thursday they would
like to see the city cleared streets
of snow that fell more than 36
hours prior. Jessica Lapp and
Rachelle Erb said they have been
walking to the store for each
shift, and even traveling on foot
has been treacherous.
“I put on trail spikes just to get
to work,” Lapp said.
Store manager Penny French
lives outside Adams, and said the
worst driving of her trip to work
was not on the long stretch of
Highway 11, but the city streets
she had to navigate in Pendleton.
Pendleton Public Works
Director Bob Patterson said the
city has plows for the runways
at the Eastern Oregon Regional
Airport, because those are a
requirement of the Federal Avia-
By JADE MCDOWELL
East Oregonian
looking at getting a plow if the
winters continue to deliver loads
of snow and worse on a more
frequent basis. But a plow would
mean residents could not park on
streets, would have to deal with
berms and digging out vehicles.
The snow plow discussion in
Snowfl akes drifting from
the sky may elicit groans
from people worried about
driving in it, but for others the
snowfall is an opportunity.
From teenagers armed with
snow shovels to landscapers
with plow attachments for
their trucks, private snow-
clearers can help fi ll in the
cracks after government snow
plows clear (or don’t clear)
the streets and city-owned
parking lots.
Gary Foust of Hermiston
said when snow hits it is hard
for work to continue at the
metal recycling yard he owns,
so he advertises snow removal
services to keep busy.
See PENDLETON/3A
See SNOW/8A
Staff photo by E.J. Harris
Traffi c negotiates a snow-covered Main Street on Thursday in
downtown Pendleton.
tion Administration. But on city
streets, rather than remove snow,
the city drops gravel, especially
at intersections and on inclines.
Erb said that is little help.
Vehicles press the gravel down,
she said, and soon enough the
snow and ice cover it and the
traction is gone.
But Patterson said the city is
See BAKERY/8A
HERMISTON
Calpine business manager enjoys
outdoor adventure in his spare time
By JAYATI RAMAKRISHNAN
East Oregonian
Staff photo by Jayati Ramakrishnan
Jeff Krupp moved to Hermiston in March, and
enjoys skiing and boating in his spare time.
Jeff Krupp’s relocation to
Hermiston could be considered
a power move.
Krupp, 45, moved north
from Hayward, California in
March to accept a new position
as business manager with his
longtime employer power-gen-
eration company Calpine.
“I’ve held all kinds of
different management positions
in power,” he said. “One area
that was the weakest was
fi nance. When the opportunity
came up, it was a way for me to
hone that skill.”
Krupp had lived in California
high-voltage electricity, power
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distribution,” he said. “I’ve had
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for about 17 years, but is happy
to be in Eastern Oregon.
“I love it here,” he said. “I
wish there was more trees, but
I think the community is some-
thing to be proud of. People are
nice, they stick together.”
Though Krupp now handles
the day-to-day fi nancial opera-
tions for Calpine’s Hermiston
Power Project facility, he has a
long history with the company.
“I’ve worked in turbine
controls, all the way up through
ation manager roles through
different plants.”
Born in Nevada, Krupp
served four years of active duty
in the Navy and two more in
the reserves. He was largely
stationed in the Mediterranean
and the Middle East.
After his service, he was
enrolled in a college class
where his lab partner mentioned
that a power plant was hiring.
He started working there, the
beginning of a long career in
power.
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