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REGION Tuesday, April 10, 2018 East Oregonian BRIEFLY Manslaughter plea could become murder case Livestream of candidate forum available HERMISTON — For citizens who can’t make it to Wednesday night’s candidate forum in Hermiston, ALTV broadcast students from Armand Larive Middle School will be livestreaming the event. The livestream can be found by going to ALTV. us and clicking on “Live Events.” ALTV teacher Rob Doherty said he will also make an archived copy of the video available on the website by the next morning. Attendees will have a chance to mingle with candidates over refreshments at 5:30 p.m. at Armand Larive Middle School, 1497 S.W. Ninth St. in Hermiston. The broadcast will begin at 6 p.m. when the candidates for Umatilla County Board of Commissioners respond to questions. After the commissioner candidates, Hermiston City Council candidates will take the stage. Political signs not allowed on state highway right of ways HERMISTON — As campaign season is in full swing, the Oregon Department of Transportation reminds citizens that political signs are not allowed to be posted in any Oregon state highway right of way. That includes trees, utility poles and fences within the right of way bordering highways such as U.S. 395, 730 and 207. Improperly placed signs may be removed by ODOT. Outside of the right of way but still within view of state highways, restrictions apply. Political signs on private property within view of a state highway must not be larger than 12 square feet unless given a variance by ODOT, must not have flashing or intermittent lights, must not have animated or moving parts, must not mimic the design of official highway signs and are not allowed at all in designated scenic areas. For more information about ODOT’s outdoor advertising rules, visit oregon. gov/ODOT/ROW/Pages/ Sign-Resources.aspx. Prestige Care offers cognitive assessments for seniors PENDLETON — McKay Creek Estates in Pendleton is offering free and confidential cognitive screening assessments to Pendleton seniors through the end of April. During the assessments, qualified health care professionals pose a series of basic questions designed to test a range of participants’ cognitive abilities. Each screening takes about 30 minutes, and participants do not need to bring any items or documentation with them. The assessment is part of Prestige Care’s dedication to offering programs and resources to support and care for those living with Alzheimer’s and other memory disorders. The organization partners with Alzheimer’s disease specialists who are experts on the latest research and information on dementia care. Early diagnosis of Alzheimer’s is critical to making informed decisions. 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The brigade was on a 550-mile convoy training exercise from Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash- ington, to Orchard Combat Training Center, Idaho. Kohrs said the training is to ensure the vehicles are in good order. “We’ve been working at this for the past week,” he said. Monday morning at about 8:30 a.m. the convoy was heading east on Interstate 84 a few miles west of Pendleton when a civilian SUV rear-ended one of the Humvees. Four personnel were in the big vehicle, Kohrs said, which went off road and turned over. Kohrs said the ambulance took two personnel to the hospital as a precautionary measure to make sure they were OK. He also explained the Army takes multiple safe- guards on training missions, including frequent stops to make sure drivers have rest and are keeping plenty of distance between their vehi- cles to allow room for civilian traffic. Oregon State Police and other agencies responded to the wreck. State police reported it planned to issue a news statement about the crash. PENDLETON — Conor Dayton’s manslaughter plea for killing Marcos Gutierrez Rodriguez could become a murder plea. Defense attorney L. Kent Fisher filed, according to court records, an affidavit March 21 in Umatilla County Circuit Court to support the withdrawal of the manslaughter plea and instead enter a plea to inten- tional murder. The move came seven days after the defense and prosecutors met in the chambers of Circuit Judge Christopher Brauer, who Thursday morning in Pendleton will preside over a hearing on the matter. The state accused Dayton, 24, of Milton-Free- water, of killing Rodriguez under a Milton-Freewater bridge in May 2017 and burning the body to cover HERMISTON Police take down suspect trying to escape around 280 pounds. Studebaker reported HERMISTON — police on Friday conducted Hermiston police on a legal search of McKeev- Sunday arrested Jacob er’s van and “found tools Arthur McKeever, the man and other property we they have been after since believe were stolen during April 2. McKeever, 29, of local thefts.” Sunday around 10 a.m., Hermiston, faces a range of charges according to Randy Hermiston police received Studebaker, Hermiston a tip McKeever was on the 200 block of Southwest 11th police lieutenant. A Hermiston officer Street. Officers responded, last Monday night at about arrested McKeever without 10:45 stopped a burgundy incident and drove him to the Hermiston Police Mercury van for a Department for lighting violation processing. near the intersec- Once there, tion of Northeast McKeever tried Fifth Street and to get away East Gladys from officers, Avenue. The according to driver ditched the Studebaker, and van and ran off. in spite of the McKeever handcuffs he put was the vehicle’s McKeever up a fight that registered owner, ended when cops Studebaker reported, and the suspect took him to the asphalt. who fled looked like Officers suffered minor scrapes and abrasions McKeever. The van was full of during the struggle. Police eventually booked property that may have been stolen, according McKeever into the Umatilla to Studebaker, and the County Jail, Pendleton, department impounded the for attempting to elude a vehicle for further inves- police officer, possession tigation. Hermiston police of burglar’s tools, first-de- took to Facebook to ask the gree theft, resisting arrest, public for help in spotting attempted escape and on McKeever, who stands 6 local and Idaho warrants feet 3 inches tall and weighs related to drug crimes. East Oregonian PENDLETON Symphony season crescendos with ‘Violin Concerto’ East Oregonian The season finale concert for the Oregon East Symphony welcomes guest soloist Augusta Schubert. The program’s center- piece is Felix Mendelssohn’s “Violin Concerto,” which features the Midway High School (Waco, Texas) junior. Schubert is co-concert- master of the Midway High School Camerata Orchestra and Waco Symphony Youth Orchestra. The teenager’s musical lineage includes her mother, Amanda Schubert, who is a violin instructor at Central Texas String Academy, and her father, Mark Schubert, a lecturer on trumpet at Baylor University. Both are members of the Waco Symphony and will join the Oregon East Symphony as section musicians. The performance is Saturday, April 21 at 7:30 p.m. in the Vert Auditorium, 480 S.W. Dorion Ave., Pendleton. Tickets are $20 for adults, $15 for students and seniors or $45 for a family of four. The concert program also will feature a perfor- mance of Beethoven’s “Second Symphony” and Mozart’s “Overture to Don Giovanni.” A reception in the Vert Club Room will follow the concert. Schubert has attended many summer music camps, including Credo Oberlin and the Boston University Tanglewood Institute Violin Workshop. Most recently, she placed second in the Houston Civic Symphony concerto competition, and she was awarded honorable mention in the Juanita Miller Concerto Compe- tition — 2017 marked her third year of participating in the All-State Orchestra at the Texas Music Educators Association convention in San Antonio. As an added educational component to the concert, the Oregon East Symphony will perform two works in collaboration with Preludes, the symphony’s beginner level preparatory orchestra. The Preludes orchestra, which is conducted by Hermiston-based violinist Melinda Tovey, will perform Jean Baptist-Lul- ly’s “March for a Turkish Ceremony” and Terry McQuilkin’s “Salisbury Overture” as stand part- Pergolas · PaƟo Covers · Awnings Sunrooms · PaƟo/Solar Shades Screens & More! Proudly Serving Eastern Oregon With Quality Outdoor Living FREE Estimates! Products Since 2009 ! www.mybackyardbydesign.com 541-720-0772 102 E Columbia Dr. Kennewick WA 99336 License #188965 RE-ELECT Bryan Wolfe District 3 Umatilla Electric Board Member • P roven leadershiP & exPerience • B oard memBer since 1996 • c ertified credentials Paid for by Bryan Wolfe 80897 Wolfe Lane, Hermiston, OR 97838 Contributed photo Augusta Schubert is the guest soloist for the Or- egon East Symphony’s season finale. The concert is April 21 at the Vert Audi- torium, Pendleton. ners with the Oregon East Symphony string orchestra. The Preludes’ performance is sponsored in part due to generous grant funding from the Umatilla County Cultural Coalition and the Pendleton Rotary Foundation. Advance tickets are avail- able at www.oregoneastsym- phony.org, Pendleton Art + Frame, 36 S.W. Court Ave., and the symphony office at 345 S.W. Fourth St., Pend- leton. They also will be sold at the door. For more informa- tion, call the symphony office at 541-276-0320. up the crime. Dayton pleaded guilty on Jan. 18 to first-degree manslaughter and first-degree abuse of a corpse. The state recommended a 20-year sentence for the crimes, twice the mandatory minimum for manslaughter, in part because Dayton tried to cover up the killing. Defense attorney Herman Bylenga, who has represented Dayton in court appearances, said he conferred with Fisher and would not comment on the case. District Attorney Dan Primus said Monday that he could not comment on the case. Pending the outcome of Thursday’s hearing, Dayton goes to court April 18 for sentencing. Court records also show Dayton owes $5,000 to the state’s Crime Victims Compensation Program for funeral costs.
