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East Oregonian
Saturday, May 12, 2018
DEATH NOTICES
AP EXPLAINS: ANALYSIS
Pauline D. Millett
Unprecedented tension
between Iran, Israel
Milton-Freewater
Oct. 2, 1936 - May 10, 2018
Pauline D. Millett, 81, of Milton-Freewater died Thurs-
day, May 10, 2018, at her home. She was born Oct. 2, 1936.
Graveside services will be held Monday, May 14 at 11 a.m. at
the Milton-Freewater Cemetery. Munselle-Rhodes Funeral
Home in Milton-Freewater is in charge of arrangements.
Nina Marie McCambridge
Pendleton
June 28, 1970 - May 10, 2018
Nina Marie McCambridge, 47, of Pendleton died Thurs-
day, May 10, 2018, in Walla Walla. She was born June 28,
1970, in California. Arrangements are being handled by
Pendleton Pioneer Chapel, Folsom-Bishop. Online condo-
lences may be sent to www.pioneerchapel.com
UPCOMING SERVICES
SATURDAY, MAY 12
BAUERMEISTER, DON — Celebration of life service
at 1:30 p.m. at the Columbia Basin Jr. Livestock Show sale
barn, south of Connell High School, 1100 W. Clark Road,
Connell, Wash.
BISHOP, SANDY — Funeral service at 9 a.m. at the
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 609 N.W. 12th
St., Pendleton.
GAMMOND, TERRY — Celebration of life from 2-4
p.m. at the Pilot Rock Community Center, 285 N.W. Cedar
Place.
KIRK, SHELDON — Celebration of life from 2-4 p.m.
at Weston Memorial Hall, 210 E. Main St.
PAASCH, DAVE — Memorial service at 11 a.m. at the
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 850 S.W. 11th
St., Hermiston.
PEAK, SHERRI — Celebration of life from 1-3 p.m. at
the Pendleton Eagles Lodge, 428 S. Main St.
SUNDAY, MAY 13
No services scheduled
MONDAY, MAY 14
MILLETT, PAULINE — Graveside services at 11 a.m.
at the Milton-Freewater Cemetery.
TUESDAY, MAY 15
No services scheduled
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MEETINGS
MONDAY, MAY 14
IRRIGON FIRE DISTRICT,
7 a.m., Irrigon Fire Department,
705 N.E. Main Ave., Irrigon. (541-
922-3133)
PENDLETON SCHOOL DIS-
TRICT, 6 p.m., Pendleton School
District office, 107 N.W. 10th St.,
Pendleton. (541-276-6711)
ECHO SCHOOL DISTRICT,
6 p.m., Echo Community School,
600 Gerone St., Echo. (541-376-
8436)
HERMISTON SCHOOL DIS-
TRICT, 6:30 p.m., district office,
502 W. Standard Ave., Hermis-
ton. (541-667-6000)
M I LT O N - F R E E WAT E R
SCHOOL DISTRICT, 6:30 p.m.,
Central Middle School, 306 S.W.
Second St., Milton-Freewater.
(541-938-3551)
ADAMS CITY COUNCIL,
6:30 p.m., Adams City Hall, 190
N. Main St., Adams. (541-566-
9380)
HEPPNER CITY COUNCIL,
7 p.m., Heppner City Hall, 111
N. Main St., Heppner. (541-676-
9618)
MILTON-FREEWATER CITY
COUNCIL, 7 p.m., Milton-Free-
water Public Library Albee Room,
8 S.W. Eighth Ave., Milton-Free-
water. (541-938-5531)
PILOT ROCK FIRE DIS-
TRICT, 7 p.m., Pilot Rock Fire De-
partment, 415 N.E. Elm St., Pilot
Rock. (541-443-4522)
HERMISTON CITY COUN-
CIL, 7 p.m., Hermiston City Hall
council chambers, 180 N.E. Sec-
ond St., Hermiston. (541-567-
5521)
TUESDAY, MAY 15
ATHENA CEMETERY DIS-
TRICT, 5:30 p.m., Athena City
Hall, 215 S. Third St., Athena.
(541-566-3862)
ATHENA-WESTON
SCHOOL DISTRICT, 5:30 p.m.,
Athena Elementary School li-
brary, 375 W. Fifth St. Budget
committee meeting at 5:30 p.m.,
regular meeting at 6:30 p.m. (Kim
Thul 541-566-3551)
MORROW COUNTY FAIR, 6
p.m., Morrow County Fairgrounds
office, 74473 Highway 74, Hep-
pner. (Ann Jones 541-676-9474)
IRRIGON CITY COUNCIL, 6
p.m., Irrigon City Hall, 500 N.E.
Main Ave., Irrigon. (541-922-
3047)
PENDLETON
DEVELOP-
MENT COMMISSION, 6 p.m.,
Pendleton City Hall, 501 S.W.
Emigrant Ave., Pendleton. (541-
276-1811)
UMATILLA CITY COUNCIL
WORK SESSION, 6 p.m., Uma-
tilla City Hall council chambers,
700 Sixth St., Umatilla. (Nanci
541-922-3226 ext. 105)
UMATILLA COUNTY SOIL &
WATER CONSERVATION DIS-
TRICT, 6 p.m., USDA Service
Center conference room, 1 S.W.
Nye Ave., Suite 130, Pendleton.
(Kyle Waggoner 541-278-8049
ext. 138)
STANFIELD CITY COUNCIL,
7 p.m., Stanfield City Hall council
chambers, 160 S. Main St., Stan-
field. (541-449-3831)
PILOT ROCK CITY COUN-
CIL, 7 p.m., Pilot Rock City Hall
council chambers, 143 W. Main
St., Pilot Rock. (541-443-2811)
EAST UMATILLA COUNTY
HEALTH DISTRICT, 7 p.m., dis-
trict office, 431 E. Main St., Athe-
na. (541-566-3813)
OREGON TRAIL LIBRARY
DISTRICT, 7 p.m., Oregon Trail
Library District office, 200 S. Main
St., Boardman. (541-481-3365)
PENDLETON CITY COUN-
CIL, 7 p.m., Pendleton City Hall
council chambers, 501 S.W. Em-
igrant Ave., Pendleton. (541-966-
0201)
WEDNESDAY, MAY 16
MORROW COUNTY BOARD
OF COMMISSIONERS, 9 a.m.,
SAGE Center, 101 Olson Road,
Boardman. (541-676-9061)
INTERMOUNTAIN EDUCA-
TION SERVICE DISTRICT, 6:30
p.m., North Powder Elementary
School, 333 G St., North Powder.
(Marla Royal 888-437-6892)
BOARDMAN
PLANNING
COMMISSION, 7 p.m., Board-
man City Hall, 200 City Center
Circle, Boardman. (541-481-
9252)
PILOT ROCK SCHOOL DIS-
TRICT, 7 p.m., Pilot Rock High
School library, 101 N.E. Cherry
St., Pilot Rock. (541-443-8291)
UMATILLA HOSPITAL DIS-
TRICT, 7:30 p.m., Umatilla Med-
ical Clinic, 1890 Seventh St.,
Umatilla. (541-922-3104)
THURSDAY, MAY 17
WEST EXTENSION IRRIGA-
TION DISTRICT, 9 a.m., Irrigon
Fire Department, 705 N.E. Main
St., Irrigon. (Lisa Baum 541-922-
3814)
ECHO CITY COUNCIL, 4
p.m., Old VFW Hall, 210 W.
Bridge St., Echo. (541-376-8411)
HERMISTON IRRIGATION
DISTRICT, 4 p.m., Hermiston
Irrigation District office confer-
ence room, 366 E. Hurlburt Ave.,
Hermiston. (541-567-3024)
UMATILLA COUNTY SPE-
CIAL LIBRARY DISTRICT, 5:15
p.m., Pendleton Center for the
Arts boardroom, 214 N. Main St.,
Pendleton. (Erin McCusker 541-
276-6449)
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By SARAH EL DEEB
Associated Press
B
EIRUT — In
the escalating
confrontation
between Israel and Iran,
Israel’s defense minister
called on Syria’s President
Bashar Assad on Friday to
rid his country of Iranian
forces based there —
warning their presence will
only cause more trouble to
the already war-ravaged
country.
Avigdor Lieberman’s
comments were followed
by threats from an Iranian
cleric that Tel Aviv or Haifa
would be in danger if Israel
did “anything foolish.”
The war of words fol-
lowed the worst face-off
to date between Israel and
Iran. Israel fired dozens
of missiles at what it said
were Iranian positions in
Syria on Thursday, hours
after it said its forces in the
occupied Golan Heights
were targeted by Iranian
rockets.
The brief but intense
confrontation raised fears
the region may be slid-
ing into an unprecedented
direct conflict between the
two archenemies.
Here is a look at why
the two countries are at
each other’s throats and
why Syria could be the
ground for a showdown.
Why Syria?
Iran sent massive mil-
itary help to its ally, Syr-
ian President Bashar Assad,
to rescue his rule against
armed rebellion during that
country’s 7-year-old civil
war. With the war wind-
ing down in favor of Assad,
Israel — which saw him as
the lesser of two evils com-
pared to Islamic hard-lin-
ers among rebels — is now
finding that his victory has
brought Iran closer to its
borders.
Israel has increasingly
warned that it sees Ira-
nian influence in Syria as
a threat, pointing to Iran’s
military presence inside the
country as well as that of
Iranian-backed militiamen.
Israeli officials have said
that 80,000 Shiite fighters
in Syria are under Iranian
control, including forces of
Lebanon’s Hezbollah and
Iraqi and Afghan fighters.
Iranian officials and
their allies have spoken of
securing a corridor from
Iran to Lebanon, through
AP Photo/Hadi Mizban, File
There may not be much Iran can do about President Donald Trump’s withdrawal
from the nuclear deal, but across the Middle East, the Islamic Republic has a vari-
ety of ways it can hit back at the United States and America’s regional allies. Iran
sponsors a range of Shiite militias in Iraq and enjoys deep ties to the country’s
economy and political system.
Syria and Iraq. Israel fears
that will allow Iran to more
easily transfer weapons to
Hezbollah, Lebanon’s pow-
erful Shiite guerrilla force,
and reinforce the militant
group’s influence over the
region. During the civil
war, Israel is believed to
have carried out hundreds
of strikes in Syria, mainly
hitting weapons shipments.
Tension has been build-
ing. An airstrike on a mil-
itary base in Syria last
month, which Iran and
Russia blamed on Israel,
killed seven Iranians.
In February, Israel shot
down an Iranian drone that
entered its airspace, trig-
gering a clash in which an
Israeli warplane crashed
after being struck by Syrian
anti-aircraft fire.
What does the nuclear
deal have to do with ris-
ing tensions?
Israeli Prime Minister
Benjamin Netanyahu was
a sharp critic of the Iran
nuclear deal. Now, with
President Donald Trump’s
decision to withdraw from
it, Netanyahu may be
emboldened to pursue his
confrontation with Iran.
Tehran, meanwhile, is
under pressure from the
U.S. and Western allies to
negotiate a new deal, one
that goes beyond restrict-
ing the nuclear program to
curb Iran’s military power
in the region. Iranian offi-
cials have rejected any new
accord.
Tehran has not com-
pletely walked away from
the nuclear deal, since the
Europeans are still partici-
pating. But if it completely
collapses and the U.S.
imposes heavy new sanc-
tions on Iran, prospects for
major fallout with Israel
are higher.
Have Israel and Iran
always been mortal
enemies?
During the rule of Shah
Mohammed Reza Pahlavi,
Iran had close relations
with Israel starting in the
1950s, including diplo-
matic representations and
direct flights. The two
countries were the main
allies of the United States
in the region, and Iranian
oil was shipped to Israel
during the 1973 war.
But the 1979 Islamic
Revolution ousting the
shah ended that. The rev-
olution’s leader, Ayatollah
Khomeini, declared Israel
an “enemy of Islam” and
cut all ties. Hostile rheto-
ric has escalated over the
decades since. Israel con-
siders the government in
Iran an existential threat.
But unlike Israel and
its Arab neighbors, the
two countries have never
had a direct confrontation.
Instead, Israel has fought
Iran’s ally, Hezbollah, the
last time in a 2006 war that
saw massive destruction
in southern Lebanon and
concentrated rocket fire on
Israeli cities.
Is the Mideast sliding
to an all-encompassing,
ruinous war?
The reported Iranian
attack on Israeli positions in
the Golan and Israel’s bom-
bardment of suspected Ira-
nian posts in Syria appeared
to be warnings by each side
that it is willing to respond
— but not necessarily that
they want to plunge into
war.
But if they do escalate,
the region could face one of
its worst cross-border con-
flicts in decades, one that
could potentially drag in the
United States, a major ally
of Israel, and Russia, which
is Syria’s mightiest ally.
Although Iran may not
be a match for Israel’s mil-
itary power, it has a vari-
ety of allies and ways to hit
back if corned by the U.S.,
Israel and Saudi Arabia,
Iran’s regional rival.
Iran has an ally in
Hamas, the Palestinian mil-
itant group in Gaza. In Leb-
anon, Hezbollah would
stand ready to support its
patron Iran. In Iraq, Iran
sponsors a range of Shiite
militias and has close ties to
the political leadership.
In Yemen, the war in
its fourth year is seen as a
proxy between Saudi Ara-
bia and Iran and can be a
place for Tehran to retal-
iate and increase pres-
sure. Saudi Arabia already
accuses Iran of providing
missiles that Yemeni rebels
have fired toward Riyadh.
Oregon defense contractor avoids prison
By STEVEN DUBOIS
Associated Press
PORTLAND — An Ore-
gon defense contractor who
bribed a government offi-
cial to secure more than
$170 million in contracts
was sentenced Friday to a
year on probation and fined
$5,000.
The 75-year-old contrac-
tor, who goes by Sky after
changing his name from
William Hovelman, sat qui-
etly in a wheelchair at the
federal courthouse in down-
town Portland. Defense
attorney Michael Levine
said Sky suffered a massive
stroke about a week after
pleading guilty to conspir-
acy in April 2016, and has
difficulty speaking.
“My client has unfor-
tunately capped off a very
long and illustrious career
with a felony conviction,”
Levine said. “For some
folks, like my client, a fel-
ony conviction is a ter-
rible, terrible stigma and
punishment.”
Sky’s
Ashland-based
firm, Sky Research Inc.,
specializes in aerial sur-
veys of old military bomb-
ing and gunnery ranges
to find weapons debris.
Court documents say a pro-
gram manager for the U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers
in Nebraska rigged bids on
nine contracts between 2002
and 2012. In exchange, Sky
provided him with cash and
other perks.
The program manager,
Jerry Hodgson, was sen-
tenced in December to two
years on probation. In rec-
ommending a sentence of
probation for Sky, the gov-
ernment noted his health
problems and the desire to
avoid a sentencing disparity
with Hodgson.
Affidavits filed to obtain
search warrants in 2012 out-
lined much of the investi-
gation. U.S. Army Special
Agent Derek W. Lindbom
wrote that an informant con-
tacted the Army’s inspector
general in 2010 to report
that Hodgson returned con-
tract bids to Sky Research
with instructions on how to
change the forms to win.
Assistant U.S. Attorney
Scott Bradford said in a sen-
tencing memorandum that
Sky made some cash pay-
ments in Hodgson, and also
paid for an Alaskan fishing
expedition as well as meals
and accommodations in
Vietnam and Costa Rica.
“On almost every con-
tract on which SRI worked
with Hodgson, Hodgson
told SRI what to bid; he pro-
vided the price structure,”
Bradford wrote.
SCHOLARS
Local Burger King employee receives
surprise scholarship award
Irrigon grad earns master’s degree
from Brescia University in Kentucky
Gabrielle Cuthburt, a 2018 Pendleton High School
graduate, received quite a surprise Thurs-
day during her regular shift at Pendleton’s
Burger King restaurant — a scholarship
presentation party.
HB Boys L.C., under the parent com-
pany of Burger King, selected Cuthburt as
the recipient of a Burger King McLamore
Scholarship, a regional employee award,
Cuthburt
worth $5,000.
In addition to an oversized check, Cuth-
burt and her family, friends and coworkers enjoyed cake,
ice cream and balloons as part of the presentation ceremony.
Rebecca L. Moore of Irrigon received a Master of
Social Work degree May 5, 2018, during commence-
ment exercises for Brescia University in Owensboro,
Ky.
Brescia University is a Catholic, liberal arts insti-
tution founded in the Ursuline tradition of personal
and social transformation through education by the
Ursuline Sisters of Mount Saint Joseph in 1950.
Directed to academic and moral excellence in a stu-
dent-centered environment, Brescia offers undergrad-
uate and graduate programs that serve students who
seek success through rewarding careers and service
to others.