REGION
Tuesday, June 5, 2018
East Oregonian
HERMISTON
MEETINGS
Transportation provided, rules in
place for Toyota Center graduation
By JAYATI
RAMAKRISHNAN
East Oregonian
Hermiston’s graduation
this year will mark a lot of
changes, both for the indi-
viduals tossing their caps
and for the school district
itself.
The 332 members of the
class of 2018 will be the first
to graduate at a venue out-
side Hermiston, as their cer-
emony will be held at the
Toyota Center in Kennewick
on Thursday.
Billed by the school dis-
trict as a decision meant to
accommodate the grow-
ing number of graduates
and their families, the dis-
trict is also providing trans-
portation for those families
to get to the venue, which
is about 30 miles away from
Hermiston.
The Toyota Center is
located at 7000 W. Gran-
dridge Blvd., Kennewick,
WA 99336.
The district is provid-
ing buses for parents to and
from Kennewick, but district
spokesperson Maria Duron
said the high school already
sent a letter informing par-
ents that they need to sign
up if they want to use school
transportation. The deadline
was May 11, she said, but if
parents missed the deadline
and still need transportation,
they should contact counsel-
ing secretary Tammy Gattis
as soon as possible. Families
taking school transportation
to Kennewick need to be at
the high school parking lot
by 5:45 p.m.
Gattis can be reached at
541-667-6125 or at tammy.
gattis@hermistonsd.org.
Graduates will be bused
up to the Toyota Center on
the day of graduation, and
will need to be at the high
school by 5 p.m.
Graduation will also be
live-streamed at the dis-
trict’s YouTube channel. To
find it, family members can
search “HSD Communica-
tions” on YouTube.
Duron said there are some
clothing requirements for
graduating seniors. Those
students are not allowed to
wear shorts or flip-flops,
and caps and gowns are to
remain intact, with no addi-
tional decorations.
Though it’s been a com-
mon practice at previ-
ous graduations, Duron
said things like noisemak-
ers, silly string and confetti
will not be allowed in the
Toyota Center, and flow-
ers are not allowed on the
floor with graduates. Out-
side food and beverages are
also not allowed in the Toy-
ota Center.
“Due to the fact that there
will be subsequent gradua-
tions other than just ours, it
is imperative that the above
rules are followed,” Duron
said in a written statement.
A professional photogra-
phy studio, LifeTouch, will
be taking photos of individ-
ual students during the cere-
mony, and will be available
for purchase.
The
after-graduation
party will be at the Tri-
City Court Club after the
ceremony.
Pendleton woman
dies in Wallowa
County rollover
ENTERPRISE — A
Pendleton woman died Sun-
day in a single-vehicle crash
on Highway 3 in Wallowa
County.
According to a press
release from Oregon State
Police, Joanne Norris, 62,
was driving a 2005 Mer-
cury sedan southbound on
the highway about six miles
north of Enterprise when the
vehicle left the roadway and
rolled.
Emergency
personnel
responded at about 10:12
a.m. but Norris died at the
scene. She was the only per-
son in the vehicle.
OSP is in charge of the
investigation and were
assisted by the Wallowa
County Sheriff’s Depart-
ment, ODOT, and Enterprise
Fire Department.
TOLLGATE — Two peo-
ple were arrested at gunpoint
as they left a cabin police
say they were robbing.
According to a press
release,
two
Umatilla
County Sheriff’s Office dep-
uties responded to a cabin
near Milepost 12 on High-
way 204 in the Tollgate area
on Saturday morning after
a person viewing security
cameras off-site reported
two people breaking into the
back of the cabin.
The sheriff’s office said
the deputies surrounded the
cabin, where they could hear
Photo contributed by Oregon State Police
Joanne Norris, 62, from Pendleton, died Sunday in a sin-
gle-vehicle crash on State Route 3 in Wallowa County.
into custody at
gunpoint.
The sheriff’s
deputies arrested
Amber
Pauline
Livingston
37,
of Walla Walla,
for
first-degree
burglary,
sec-
ond-degree
crim-
Livingston
Williams
inal mischief and
the sounds of talking and
a misdemeanor
ransacking coming from the warrant for failing to appear
inside, and waited for assis- in court on a previous crim-
tance from a trooper from inal trespass charge, and
the Oregon State Police Jonathan Prescott Williams,
40, of Milton-Freewater for
Pendleton office.
As soon the suspects left first-degree burglary, pos-
the cabin, the press release session of methamphet-
states, police took them amine, unauthorized use of
Field fire knocked down near Highland apartments
HERMISTON — The
cause of a fire behind some
Hermiston apartments Sun-
day night is still not known,
but officials say the blaze
was quickly contained
and did not threaten any
structures.
Umatilla County Fire
District crews were called to
a grass fire in a field behind
Highland Manor apartments
on West Highland Avenue
and Southwest 11th Street
around 10:45 p.m., and had
the flames out by around
TUESDAY, JUNE 5
MORROW
COUNTY
PARKS COMMISSION, 1:30
p.m., Morrow County Public
Works conference room, 365 W.
Highway 74, Lexington. (Kirsti
Cason 541-989-9500)
UMATILLA MORROW RA-
DIO & DATA DISTRICT, 1:30
p.m., Umatilla County Fire Dis-
trict Station 23, 78760 West-
land Road, Hermiston. (Shawn
Halsey 541-966-3774)
PENDLETON
SCHOOL
DISTRICT WORK SESSION, 3
p.m., Pendleton School District
office, 107 N.W. 10th St., Pend-
leton. (541-276-6711)
WESTON
LIBRARY
BOARD, 5:30 p.m., Weston
Public Library, 108 E. Main St.,
Weston. (541-566-2378)
IRRIGON PLANNING COM-
MISSION, 6 p.m., Irrigon City
Hall, 500 N.E. Main St., Irrigon.
(541-922-3047)
STANFIELD CITY COUN-
CIL, 7 p.m., Stanfield City Hall
council chambers, 160 S. Main
St., Stanfield. (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)
UMATILLA CITY COUNCIL,
7 p.m., Umatilla City Hall council
chambers, 700 Sixth St., Uma-
tilla. (Nanci 541-922-3226 ext.
105)
PENDLETON CITY COUN-
CIL, 7 p.m., Pendleton City Hall
council chambers, 501 S.W.
Emigrant Ave., Pendleton. (541-
966-0201)
BOARDMN URBAN RE-
NEWAL AGENCY, 7 p.m.,
Boardman City Hall, 200 City
Center Circle, Boardman. (Jack-
ie McCauley 541-481-9252)
BOARDMAN CITY COUN-
CIL, 7:15 p.m., Boardman City
Hall, 200 City Center Circle,
Boardman. (Jackie McCauley
541-481-9252)
WEDNESDAY, JUNE 6
Sheriff’s office arrests two for theft near Tollgate
East Oregonian
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a motor vehicle, possession
of burglary tools and sec-
ond-degree criminal mis-
chief, and second-degree
criminal mischief.
Once they were taken
into custody, the sheriff’s
office said that Williams
admitted he had driven a
stolen black sedan found
near the cabin.
The sheriff’s office inves-
tigation revealed there
could be additional victims
and the office is encourag-
ing anyone with property in
the Weston Mountain area
to check it and report any
thefts to the dispatch center
at 541-966-3651.
For local news, visit
eastoregonian.com
11:15 p.m.
Fire marshal Scott Goff
said the fire burned about a
quarter of an acre, and the
fire’s spread was limited
because the property man-
ager had mowed the field the
week before.
MORROW
COUNTY
BOARD OF COMMISSION-
ERS, 9 a.m., Morrow/Grant
County OHV Park, 71000 E.
Morphine Lane (33 miles south
off Highway 74), Heppner. (Ro-
berta Lutcher 541-676-5613)
HERMISTON
AIRPORT
ADVISORY COMMITTEE, 4
p.m., Hermiston Airport lounge,
1600 Airport Way, Hermiston.
(541-567-5521)
UMATILLA
COUNTY
CHARTER REVIEW COMMIT-
TEE, 5:30 p.m., Milton-Freewa-
ter Public Library Albee Room,
8 S.W. Eighth Ave., Milton-Free-
water. All interested persons
are encouraged to attend and
provide input. (Doug Olsen 541-
276-6208)
MEACHAM VOLUNTEER
FIRE DEPARTMENT, 6 p.m.,
Meacham Fire Department,
Meacham. (541-786-2069)
BLUE MOUNTAIN BOARD
OF EDUCATION, 6 p.m., Blue
Mountain Community College
Pioneer Hall boardroom, 2411
N.W. Carden Ave., Pendleton.
5 p.m. executive session, 6
p.m. regular meeting. (Shannon
Franklin 541-278-5951)
CONDON CITY COUNCIL,
7 p.m., Condon City Hall, 128
S. Main St., Condon. (541-384-
2711)
UMATILLA RURAL FIRE
PROTECTION DISTRICT, 7
p.m., Umatilla Fire Department,
305 Willamette St., Umatilla.
(541-922-2770)
WESTON
PLANNING
COMMISSION, 7 p.m., Memori-
al Hall, 210 E. Main St., Weston.
(Debi Russell 541-566-3313)
THURSDAY, JUNE 7
ADAMS PLANNING COM-
MISSION, 6:30 p.m., Adams
City Hall, 190 N. Main St., Ad-
ams. (541-566-9380)
MONDAY, JUNE 11
IRRIGON FIRE DISTRICT,
7 a.m., Irrigon Fire Department,
705 N.E. Main Ave., Irrigon.
(541-922-3133)
PENDLETON
SCHOOL
DISTRICT, 6 p.m., Pendleton
School District office, 107 N.W.
10th St., Pendleton. (541-276-
6711)
HERMISTON
SCHOOL
DISTRICT, 6:30 p.m., district
office, 502 W. Standard Ave.,
Hermiston. (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)
M I LT O N - F R E E WAT E R
CITY COUNCIL, 7 p.m., Mil-
ton-Freewater Public Library Al-
bee Room, 8 S.W. Eighth Ave.,
Milton-Freewater.
(541-938-
5531)
PILOT ROCK FIRE DIS-
TRICT, 7 p.m., Pilot Rock Fire
Department, 415 N.E. Elm St.,
Pilot Rock. (541-443-4522)
AT H E N A - W E S TO N
SCHOOL DISTRICT, 7 p.m.,
Athena Elementary School li-
brary, 375 S. Fifth St., Athena.
Budget committee meeting at
5:30 p.m., board meeting at 6:30
p.m. (Kim Thul 541-566-3551)
HERMISTON CITY COUN-
CIL, 7 p.m., Hermiston City Hall
council chambers, 180 N.E.
Second St., Hermiston. (541-
567-5521)
Pendleton School Board to
approve ‘status quo’ budget
East Oregonian
Following a tumultuous
2017-2018 budget season,
the financial picture for the
Pendleton School District’s
2018-2019 fiscal year looks
a lot clearer.
The district’s bud-
get committee recently
approved the $50.3 million
budget, which is set to be
adopted by the Pendleton
School Board June 11.
Budget
highlights
include a 2.1 percent cost-
of-living salary increase for
staff, a $125,000 increase
in costs for the Public
Employees Retirement Sys-
tem, a $100,000 increase
in technology costs, and
$155,000 in expenditures to
buy new curricula for ele-
mentary school science and
K-12 health.
Beyond that, Budget
Officer Michelle Jones
described the budget as
“status quo” based on the
staffing levels and programs
offered in 2017-2018.
During the last budget
cycle, the district struggled
to maintain staffing lev-
els as the Oregon Legisla-
ture debated the education
budget.
The school board autho-
rized 10 layoffs before a
higher than expected state
budget allowed them to hire
four people back and create
a new kindergarten teacher
position.
Happy 8th Birthday
Kynlee!
You are a treasure and joy to
everyone you meet!
Have a wonderful birthday
with all your friends and family!
We think of you all the time!
- Love Grandpa & Grandma Powell
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