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Thursday, June 7, 2018
Guilty plea for DUII homicide
Ukiah man rolled
vehicle, throwing
East Oregonian
Anthony King Enriquez
of Ukiah drove drunk in
March and killed his friend
in a crash. Now he’s going to
prison for the crimes.
Enriquez, 42, pleaded
guilty Tuesday in Mor-
row County Circuit Court
to criminal negligent homi-
cide and driving under the
influence of intoxicants, Dis-
trict Attorney Justin Nelson
reported. Circuit Judge Eva
Temple sentenced Enriquez
to five years, five months in
state prison in accordance son. “The two then left for
to a plea deal. Enriquez will Ione in Mr. Herrig’s work
receive credit for the time he truck with Mr. Enriquez
spent in the Umatilla County driving the vehicle. Mr.
Jail, Pendleton, following Enriquez stated that he drove
the crash.
because Mr. Her-
rig was too intoxi-
Nelson
said
cated to drive.”
Enriquez
and
Enriquez
Joshua
Herrig,
reported he looked
35, were friends
down at his phone
and occasionally
at 5:33 p.m., Nel-
worked together.
son stated, and
They met during
when he looked
the lunch hour on
up he was off the
March 21 and pur-
chased three cases Enriquez
road. He over-cor-
rected, the pickup
of Budweiser.
“They then met back up crossed the highway and he
after work (around 5 p.m.) over-corrected again. The
and decided to go to Ione for pickup rolled, ejecting Her-
dinner,” according to Nel- rig. He died at the scene.
Enriquez got out of the
vehicle and admitted to
being the driver and to con-
suming three beers before
the crash, Nelson stated. A
blood draw two hours after
the crash showed Enriquez
had a blood alcohol content
of .19 percent, more than
twice the legal limit of .08
percent.
Nelson also said his
office and the victim assis-
tance office kept Herrig’s
family informed of the sta-
tus of this case and consulted
them prior to accepting the
plea deal. Herrig’s mother
and sister gave statements to
the court at the sentencing
hearing.
Rural program aims at catching colon cancer
By JAYATI
RAMAKRISHNAN
East Oregonian
Residents of some of the
most rural parts of East-
ern Oregon can now get
easier access to colon can-
cer screenings. The East-
ern Oregon Healthy Liv-
ing Alliance is offering
free screening kits to peo-
ple in Gilliam, Morrow and
Sherman counties. Peo-
ple between the ages of 50
and 75 can pick up a kit
from one of several differ-
ent locations in the three
counties.
The Fecal Immunochem-
ical Test kit allows people to
take the test, which checks
for blood in the stool, in the
privacy of their own home,
and then return the kit at a
designated location.
Colorectal cancer is pre-
ventable, according to the
organization’s press release,
and a person can mini-
mize their risk by getting
screened regularly.
John Adams, executive
director of the Eastern Ore-
gon Healthy Living Alli-
ance, said the organization
looked at all the counties
in the area and their health
needs.
“Based on population
and identified need, we’re
trying to share resources,”
he said.
The Healthy Living Alli-
ance focuses on much of
the same coverage area as
the Eastern Oregon Coor-
dinated Care Organization,
which provides services for
Medicaid-eligible people in
12 Eastern Oregon counties,
including Umatilla County.
East Oregonian
BRIEFLY
Pendleton City
Council adopts
$80M budget
At a meeting Tuesday,
the Pendleton City Coun-
cil unanimously adopted an
$80.1 million budget for the
2018-2019 fiscal year.
The budget includes a
$16.5 million for water and
sewer projects, $1.3 million
for street projects, $500,000
for a new fire engine, and
$100,000 for a 22-passen-
ger bus.
The city has not disclosed
how much money it expects
in marijuana tax revenue,
but given that the city coun-
cil is earmarking 50 percent
of revenue for street repair,
one can deduce that the city
is expecting $200,000 over
the next fiscal year.
The fiscal year runs from
July 1, 2018 to June 30,
2019.
Umatilla
County adopts
$79M budget
CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
Nolan the Colon provides information about colorectal cancer at the 2017
Family Health & Fitness Day at Hermiston High School. The Eastern Oregon
Healthy Living Alliance is offering free screening kits to people in Gilliam, Morrow
and Sherman counties.
Adams said rural coun-
ties in Oregon were a pri-
ority because of their aging
populations.
“Throughout
Eastern
Oregon, there’s higher rates
of older adults than the state
average,” he said.
According to the 2010
census, about 15 percent of
Morrow County residents
are 65 and older, while
about 25 percent in Sher-
man County and 27 percent
in Gilliam county fit that
demographic.
Adams added that one in
three Oregonians from ages
50 to 75 are not screened
as recommended, and that
Eastern Oregon’s rates of
screening are even lower.
The rate of new col-
orectal cancer diagnoses
in Morrow County is 43.2
percent, he said, as com-
pared to a state rate of 37.1
percent. He said the rate of
mortality in Eastern Oregon
communities from 2009 to
2013 was 18.9 percent, as
compared to 14.5 percent
statewide.
A list of the locations
where free screening kits
can be picked up is below:
Morrow County:
Columbia River Health
Services Clinic, 450 Tatone
St., Boardman
Pioneer
Memorial
Clinic, 130 Thompson St.,
Heppner
Ione Community Clinic,
365 W. 3rd St., Ione
Irrigon Medical Clinic,
220 NE Main Ave., Irrigon
Gilliam County:
Arlington Clinic, 120
On-The-Mall, Arlington
Gilliam County Court-
house, 211 S. Oregon St.,
Condon
Sherman County:
Sherman County Medi-
cal, 110 Main St, Moro
Grass Valley City Hall,
Second Street, Grass Valley
Rufus City Hall, 304 W.
Second St., Rufus
PENDLETON — The
Umatilla County Board of
Commissioners adopted the
$78.7 million budget for
2018-19. The county’s fiscal
year begins July 1.
The board held the bud-
get hearing Wednesday
morning at the county court-
house in Pendleton. Board
chair George Murdock said
the two days of budget com-
mittee meetings in May did
not use the typical line-by-
line budget readings and
instead focused on depart-
ment needs and building for
the future. He also said man-
agers tend to like the coun-
ty’s approach to start look-
ing at the next budget in
October.
In addition to adopting
the budget with a tax rate of
$2.85 per $1,000, the board
approved three positions for
the sheriff’s office — a dis-
patcher, corrections staff and
a criminal deputy. The new
budget includes the funds
for the positions.
Keep your eyes
peeled when
on the river
SALEM — The Oregon
Marine Board advised pad-
dlers, rafters and tubers to
look out for trees and other
river obstructions.
While the trees benefit
fish, they can prove a risk for
people on the river, accord-
ing to the written statement
DRONES: UAS is integral to the survival of the airport
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there is an immediate need
for that infrastructure.
“We have the cookies but
we don’t have the jar,” he
said.
Chrisman said the air-
port is currently renting out
50,000 square feet of space to
various companies, many of
them UAS businesses. And
there are enough drone com-
panies waiting for space that
airport management could
easily fill three new hangars.
While Chrisman said there
was “nothing tremendously
special” about the old Airport
Road industrial park concept
at the council workshop, he
added on Wednesday that
building the road was still a
“wise investment.” It would
take an additional $5.6 mil-
lion to extend utilities to that
site, which has been empty
since the city purchased the
40 acres of land for $500,000
in 2011.
Chrisman argued that fur-
ther success at the UAS range
could spur development off
Airport Road because drone
companies could look for
land to buy near the UAS
range, something they cannot
legally do on airport property.
“(Taxpayer) investment
(on Airport Road) will not
go for naught,” he said.
“We’re just shifting the
development.”
Mayor John Turner,
Chrisman and City Manager
Robb Corbett agreed that the
opportunity the UAS range
offered was too immediate to
pass up.
That means the range now
bears the responsibility of
being an economic develop-
ment engine, a prime source
of income for the airport, and
a way to pay back more than
$2.5 million in airport debt.
Turner said he often tells
residents that job creation is
not the most important mea-
surement of success for the
UAS range. With its poten-
tial to generate revenue for
the city, Turner stressed
the importance of “sending
money down the hill” to other
operations like street repair
and utility replacement.
Chrisman did highlight a
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few jobs created at the range,
saying they were two to three
times the average salary in
Pendleton. According to the
U.S. Census, Pendleton’s
per capita income is $22,281
per year and its annual
median household income is
$46,913. Turner said perma-
nent, local jobs were no lon-
ger the most important aspect
of drone range development.
He said the range can help
reduce the airport debt and
increase the local economy,
even if a large manufacturing
or assembly business never
decides to locate full-time in
the area.
Due to airline deregula-
tion, the rise of the Tri-Cities
and Walla Walla airports and
the decline in hobbyist avia-
tion, Chrisman said UAS is
now integral to the survival
of the Pendleton airport.
Although operational and
rental fees from drone com-
panies may make it easier
to sustain the airport, it will
eventually be expected to
pay back the loans it receives
from other city funds. As a
part of the 2018-2019 bud-
get adopted by the coun-
cil on Tuesday, the city will
pay back $200,000 next fis-
cal year.
When the airport will take
over debt repayment is the
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In the meantime, Turner,
who traveled to Washing-
ton, D.C., to lobby on the
city’s behalf, said the U.S.
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Turner said the city should
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nod in the next 90 days.
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Contact Antonio Sierra at
asierra@eastoregonian.com
or 541-966-0836.
UMATILLA — A con-
servation group will teach
people how to protect and
attract monarch butterflies
in their own yard during
a free workshop next
Saturday.
The Xerces Society, a
group that focuses on the
preservation and health of
invertebrates and their hab-
itats, will hold a workshop
at the Umatilla National
Wildlife Refuge in Irrigon
Saturday, June 16. Partici-
pants will go on a field trip
to find monarchs and milk-
weed, and learn about how
to help conserve the polli-
nating insect. They will hear
presentations from monarch
butterfly researchers, and
there will be activities for
children.
Space is limited for
the event and participants
must sign up in advance, at
www.fws.gov/pacific/reg-
ister. They can also con-
tact Lauren Richey at the
Xerces Society, at 503-232-
6639, ext. 123, or at lauren.
richey@xerces.org.
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and some obstructions will
become more dangerous as
river levels drop, requiring
people to portage around
them.
“We urge every boater
to plan ahead, prepare care-
fully, check the online
resources, and scout each
section of river before boat-
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“Life jackets are crucial, but
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