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OREGON EDUCATION
ASSOCIATION
Provide admin support to the
UniServ Consultants the lo-
cals and the councils. See full
description at
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our-association/employment
PT SECRETARY
20 hours per week
Position open in Pendleton law
firm. Organizational skills, atten-
tion to details, and knowledge of
Microsoft Office are a must.
Please submit letter of interest
to:
BB #235
211 SE Byers Ave.
Pendleton, OR 97801
CUSTOMER ACCOUNT
REPRESENTATIVE
Full Time with benefits includ-
ing 401k, paid vacation.
Optician Needed
Will train the right
candidate.
Will float as needed.
Send resume to:
Lana
1050 Southgate
Suite A
Pendleton, OR 97801
$12-15 an hr/DOE
Pendleton, OR.
jobs@oregoned.org
Must posses a valid driv-
ers license. Must pass drug
screening. Good driving re-
cord required.
Call (541)567-7368 to sched-
ule possible interview.
NEED A SMILING FACE!
Morrow County is now ac-
cepting applications for a full
time
Community
Counseling
Solutions (CCS) is seeking a
depending on qualifications,
located in Heppner. Position
is an integral member of the
County Management Team
dealing with all aspects of
Human Resources. This is
a full-time, exempt position.
FULL TIME CLINICIAN
to work in Hermiston, OR.
This position will provide
alcohol and drug treatment
services
to
individuals
enrolled in drug court. If
qualified, this individual will
also provide mental health
treatment services to same
population. Qualified indi-
vidual must be certified as
an alcohol and drug treat-
ment counselor in Oregon
(CADC). Additionally, indi-
vidual must have a Bache-
lor’s degree in social work or
psychology, or a high school
diploma and five years of
equivalent training/work ex-
perience, or equivalent com-
bination of education and
work experience.
Wage/
salary is $31,800 - $61,800,
DOEE. Please apply online
at
www.community
counselingsolutions.org
Morrow County has a pop-
ulation of 12,000, including
four (4) incorporated cities
and one (1) town. Agricul-
ture and natural resources
remain driving forces in the
economy. Other growing in-
dustries add to the diversity
of the economy including:
food processing, energy
generation, tourism and data
centers. The Columbia Riv-
er is the northern boundary
of Morrow County affording
recreational opportunities,
including fishing and water
sports. The southern part
of the county is forested pro-
viding hunting, fishing, ATV,
hiking and numerous other
recreational opportunities.
Morrow County boasts ex-
cellent schools with a variety
of extra-curricular activities
such as drama, athletics,
music, and outdoor recre-
ation. The Board of Com-
missioners is comprised of
three (3) nonpartisan, en-
ergetic and engaged local
residents. Well-developed
consensus-building
and
communication skills are
vital, and experience work-
ing closely and successfully
with elected officials is high-
ly desirable.
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Letter to:
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Company, L.P.
Attn: Shawn Lockwood
78145 Westland Road
Hermiston, OR 97838
E-Mail: shawn.lockwood@
perennialpower.net
Fax: (541) 564-8333
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Human Resources Man-
ager: Associate Degree in
Human Resources, Public
Administration, or related
field and two years of pub-
lic sector Human Resources
experience. Salary range
$4,509 - $6,344 per month,
depending on education and
experience, plus excellent
benefits.
to provide clinical services to
children receiving services
in the K-6 behavioral class-
rooms in Irrigon, OR. This
position will provide individ-
ual and family therapy, as
well as work with involved
personnel to implement be-
havioral interventions to
support positive change with
the ultimate goal of the child
returning to the mainstream
classroom. During summer,
this individual will provide
follow up clinical services
as well as see other agency
clients and/or work in agency
summer programs. Qualified
applicant must have a Mas-
ter’s degree in psychology,
social work, or other human
service related field or be
licensed. Individual will pro-
vide assessments, therapy,
case management, and other
related services. This is an
exempt, 40 hrs/week posi-
tion. Wages dependent upon
education and experience,
between $42,300 - $83,400.
Excellent benefits. Please
apply online at
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or contact Vicky Cambpell at
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until filled.
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Licensure, Certifications:
Human Resources Director:
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perience may be substituted
for degree. Salary range
$6,344 - $8,927 per month,
depending on education and
experience, plus excellent
benefits.
Welding Instructor: Walla Walla
Community College is seeking a
creative and talented trades per-
son focused on student success
who has a strong knowledge
background to fulfill the full-time
tenure-track role of Welding In-
structor in the Corrections Ed-
ucation program located at the
Washington State Penitentiary
in Walla Walla, Washington.
Qualifications: Five years of re-
cent, paid or relevant journey-
level work experience as a pro-
fessional welder or three years
beyond a degree or certification.
Annual Salary: $62,858 -
$69,131 . This position will re-
main open until filled. For prior-
ity consideration, applications
should be received by Friday,
June 29, 2018. For detailed po-
sition description, salary infor-
mation, qualifications and appli-
cation procedure please visit the
WWCC website at
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WWCC is an equal opportunity
employer.
MENTAL HEALTH
SPECIALIST III –
BEHAVIORAL CLASS-
ROOM CLINICIAN
Duties include working as a
liaison with the District’s con-
tracted agency for the devel-
opment and implementation
of communications and ma-
terials, relationship building,
strategic communication, en-
gagement with other commu-
nity stakeholders and working
as an ambassador for MCHD
in areas of community health
education and promotion of
District services.
Bachelor Degree in Com-
munications, Marketing or
related field with experience
in healthcare preferred, espe-
cially hospital or medical clin-
ic; excellent verbal and written
communication skills; must
have dynamic interpersonal
skills and good public speak-
ing ability; must be self-moti-
vated, highly organized and
have good prioritizing skills;
experience with various com-
puter software systems, social
media platforms and photog-
raphy.
Excellent wage/benefit pack-
age. Background check and
drug screen required. Appli-
cations and complete job de-
scription available at
www.morrowcountyhealth
district.org/employment
at Pioneer Memorial Hospital
or by contacting HR Director
Patti Allstott, 541-676-2949.
EEOE.
Job Description:
Monitor, operate and maintain
industrial equipment at a com-
bined cycle power plant. Per-
form minor repairs and trou-
bleshooting. Sample, test and
analyze plant water. Perform
plant housekeeping duties
and maintain plant cleanli-
ness. Industrial experience or
electrical license is beneficial
but not required. Full-time ro-
tating shiftwork position that
requires some overtime and
occasional call outs. Valid
driver’s license, High school
diploma or GED, drug testing
and background check re-
quired.
651 Help Wanted
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a
Community Relations
and Communications
Manager
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Human Resources Director
OR
Human Resources Manager
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is accepting applications for a
full-time
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Work on the Interstate at Umatilla
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work — including the parallel
over the Columbia
to wrap up prep
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Nurse Practitioner Jennifer Armstrong stands in abandoned two-story home that is being remodeled into a medical clinic, just
west of Highways 730 and 395.
City’s only clinic forced to move
By JADE MCDOWELL
East Oregonian
hen her contract with the
Umatilla Hospital Dis-
trict ends on Oct. 29,
Jennifer Armstrong wants her
patients to know she isn’t going
anywhere.
Armstrong, a nurse practi-
tioner, plans to open up a private
wellness center in Umatilla after
the hospital district board voted
in May to not renew her contract
to continue providing services at
the Encore Wellness 4 Life clinic
— the city’s only medical clinic.
Danice McBee, who sits on
the board, said the special taxing
district wanted to “go in a dif-
ferent direction” but they were
still discussing what that would
look like and are not ready to
announce anything yet. She
declined to elaborate on what
had prompted the decision. They
do plan to continue using the tax
money collected by the special
district to provide medical ser-
vices to the community in some
form after Armstrong’s contract
ends, she said.
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Airk Schaaf, 10, watches as Deven Barkley, 17, shoots a basket while
swimming at the Pendleton Family Aquatic Center on Wednesday
in Pendleton.
Fred Ziari of IRZ Consulting
and most of the 30 Brazilian farm-
ers he hosted in Hermiston this
week don’t speak the same lan-
guage — but they do share a com-
mon goal.
“We are blessed because we
have food,” Ziari said, gesturing
to nearby trays of fruit and pas-
tries laid out for the guests from
Brazil. “But I travel to Africa and
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IRZ Consulting, one of multiple
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helps farmers around the world
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said the Hermiston-based business
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can legally practic
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for first time in 120
days
By PHIL WRIGHT
East Oregonian
Can
ODOT fire
employee for
advocating
for shooting?
a lot of the same services (as the
A state DMV employee
current clinic) are going to be
who is accused of
here,” she said. “It’s not going
posting a
comment on Facebook
to feel like a clinic, but we will
that
migrants should
be
still do what patients are accus-
the border has been shot at
tomed to.”
put on
paid leave while
Those extra services will
gon Department the Ore-
of
include living quarters for hos-
portation investigates Trans-
pice care, adult respite care and
the
comment.
even longterm care, Keith said.
Thousands of callers
and
They also plan to sell products
commenters have
called
such hemp-based CBD sup-
the agency to dismiss on
Lori
plements and kombucha, a fer-
McAllen for the
post,
mented tea (the Mayo Clinic’s
the incident has drawn and
inter-
website states that while kom-
national media attention.
bucha does contain health-pro-
“We take this matter
very
moting substances such as pro-
seriously and very
ally,” the agency person-
biotics, in light of health claims
posted on
its Twitter account
about things like preventing can-
Staff photo by Kathy Aney
day, June 21. “The Thurs-
Nurse Practitioner Jennifer Armstrong will move the Umatilla cer, currently “valid medical
doesn’t reflect our comment
Clinic to an abandoned two-story home that is being remodeled. studies of kombucha tea’s role in
agency
human health are very limited”). values and is disturbing
and
Armstrong and her husband Highway 395. The abandoned They want to add RV spots for hurtful. Thank you for your
Mark Keith, who have already white two-story house will be family members of patients to be patience as we complete the
opened a second Encore Well- converted into a medical clinic able to stay overnight during vis- investigation.”
McAllen, a Linn
ness 4 Life location in Kenne- by November if all goes accord- its if needed and create walking
resident who has County
wick, are hoping to open the new ing to plan, while the “wellness trails around the property.
worked
private clinic on Nov. 1 so that complex” will add hospice hous-
A group of practitioners who for the DMV for about 10
Umatilla doesn’t see any gap in ing, walking trails and other fea- Armstrong currently contracts months, earns $2,883 per
services. They have purchased tures later.
with have agreed to follow her to month as a full-time trans-
portation service
a three-acre lot just west of the
“It’s going to take a while to
tative, said David represen-
House, an
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intersection of Highway 730 and get all the other things built, but
ODOT spokesman
.
It’s unclear
whether
the agency can legally
fire
McAllen for the
comment.
The outcome could
HERMISTON
depend
By JADE MCDOWEL
East Oregonian
Staff photo by
Sun
City renovates
historic VFW ha
ll
By JADE MCDOWEL
L
East Oregonian
T
he old VFW hall
in
is back in community Echo
use.
The hall
during much of the was closed
extensive renovations spring for
used for a city council , but was
meeting
Thursday.
“It’s pretty well done
for a couple of minor except
things,”
city administrator
Diane Berry
said.
The renovation has
included
laminate flooring
to
worn-out carpet, replace the
an
keep rainwater from awning to
pooling
outside the front
door, a new The historic VFW hall
Staff photo by
sidewalk, interior
in Echo is more
E.J. Harris
and exterior our
than 100 years
old.
paint and a remodel
efforts to rejuvenate
room. A wall was of the bath- give new life to historical and incorporated in 1904.
also
The city
to expand the kitchen removed ings instead of tearing build- provides a brochure
outlining
area.
them a walking
down and rebuilding
No one knows the
tour of 23
something ical
it was built, but Berry exact year lesser in their place,”
sites that date back histor-
she
to the
late 1800s
knows it dates back said she
According to a history said.
to at least piled
com- building or early 1900s. The
1910.
on the city
that houses
website, the town of Echo’s and the community city hall
“This is just another
center was
was settled
step in in 1860,
platted in 1880
and
See VFW/8A
“This is just anothe
new life to histori r step ... to rejuvenate and give
c buildings.” — Diane
Berry, Echo
mayor
Harmony Club sma HERMISTON
ller but still going
after 80
By JADE MCDOWEL
years
L
each meeting going
East Oregonian
back to 1938.
According to an
account
Eighty years after
the group’s scrapbook written for
in 1955, the
ing on Loop Road the women liv- Harmony Club
was
decided to form
an official social club,
Agnes Harrick. She the brainchild of
the club is still
going.
Road, which loops lived on Loop
from East High-
The Harmony Club,
land Avenue in Hermiston
all the way
high of 107 members, which had a down to Stanfield,
has only seven
and wanted to get
today, including
to know her neighbors
its
Road member. But first non-Loop
Wagner is the club’s better.
during
fall, win- doesn’t
member who
ter and spring the
live on
ladies meet twice
a like getting out Loop Road. She felt
month for at least
two hours.
of the house more,
“The object was
and club president
to get better
Polly Van
acquainted with
neighbors and be Brake asked the group to take a De
of benefit to others,”
vote
on letting her in.
Van De Brake said
Carol Pomeroy said, vice president the club may
be
piece of paper with showing off a to be, but it is smaller than it used
still
official club rules
and objectives. “There’s
members enjoy. something that its
the constitu-
tion, so they did it
“We’re keeping
legit.”
it going,” she
Pat Wagner, club
said. “So many
secretary-trea-
of the ladies on
surer, said she has
all the minutes of
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well underw season for industr
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Majority Leader
Sponsored
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ing, where ay at a 3-acre farm hemp is said Kurtz, we do a lot of Ed McCauley. the
by
provision Mitch McConnell, Senate
kneeling to different trials,”
varieties to Adam Kurtz is testing near Bor- ticular
defines hemp
R-Ky.,
tural
inspec
as an
guidelines. ensure they meet new seed Candy strain of hemp named t one par- list commodity and
removes it agricul-
. “We’re testing
regulatory
of federally
Sour Space
from
Kurtz is enterin
advance so
A full Senate controlled substances. the
we can offer genetics a year in
g his third
vote on the
season grow- ner farms.”
could come
them to our
Farm Bill
as
part-
Hemp growe
If the House early as July 4.
rs such as
goes along
Kurtz are
with the Senate
opti-
,
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Pendleton attorney
Robert Klahn finds
himself facing new
his own behavior. standards, for the law and
Klahn has practiced
law in Pendleton
37 years. He has
for
won
als. He said on 10-15 more than 100 jury tri-
cases he lost, his
won on appeal.
client
But there was no
in February with the appeal of the deal he made
Oregon State Bar
a 120-day suspension
to serve
of his law license
began Feb. 18. He
that
returned to work Tuesday.
The suspension was
not related to his
formance as a criminal
per-
defense
lawyer,
the Oregon State
which
Bar
the past. This time, disciplined him for in
his behavior landed
in trouble.
him
Klahn on Wednesday
said he did not want
to get into details.
agreement with the He said he came to an
out of line. Klahn, bar that his behavior was
female clerk on her 65, said complementing a
he grew up, but those appearance was the way
“Saying she looks days are no more.
— but you can’t do nice today or something
that,” Klahn said.
The Bar reported
plaints about Klahn it has received 20 com-
missed seven. His during his career and dis-
2000 and his second first reprimand came in
in 2005. The Bar
pended his license
sus-
for
communicating with 60 days in 2008 for not
pension lasted 90 clients. The second sus-
days for failing to
legal matters so a
client could make explain
decisions.
informed
Klahn’s latest trouble
was for more than
trying to deliver complimen
ts.
Klahn in early 2015
represented a young
mother who faced
a conviction for drunk
ing. She wanted
driv-
to
jail time because take a plea deal to avoid
she
Contestants
infant. Klahn tried was breastfeeding her
year’s final rush down the
employees about to engage women court
was won
raceway
breastfeeding and
during the
by Penny
like cows, could
if they,
, a four-y
12th annua
ear-old dachs
their milk dries up. receive medication when
l Dogtona
hund owne
400
The Oregon State
d by Elano wiener dog races
Staff photo
re Bailey
ber discipline panel Bar’s trial three-mem-
by E.J. Harris
of Vanco on Friday in Pendle
heard those complaints
uver, Washi
ton. This
in May 2017 in Hermiston.
ngton.
documents, one employee According to Bar
told Klahn to stop
See KLAHN/8A
James Shelton
asks
City Council meeting questions about changes
Staff photo
to a noise control
on Thursday in
public after renovation
ordinance during by E.J. Harris
the VFW hall in
Echo. The 1910-era
the Echo
s this spring.
hall reopened to
the
This undated photo
Photo contributed
by the Harmony
from the Harmony
Club
members in the
Club’s scrapbook
club’s early days.
show
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Klahn
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Orquestra Pacifico
Friday on Main
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Movies in the park
in Ione, Pendleton
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places
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slow going June
82 bridge was
High School
the Interstate
the Hermiston
Progress across
on the way to
7 for motorists
in Kennewick.
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bump
cut ties with the lob-
Umatilla County could 10 counties east of
bying group that represents
the Cascade Mountains.
with the Eastern Ore-
By ANTONIO SIERRA
Harris
File photo by E.J.
“It isn’t we’re at odds ,” Commissioner
East Oregonian
utility work-
gon Counties Association
City of Pendleton marks a wa-
George Murdock
er Sean Tarter
t 16th
Manager Robb Cor-
“We bett City
said. “We just
ter main on Southwes
left the Pendleton City
in Pendleton.
don’t find we have
Street in 2015
Council meeting Tuesday
common issues.”
appreciate with
higher pay and more
county
The
joined
job
security than when he
in 2014
the group started
it.
association,
the
The
council went behind
that
which advocates
all
and
closed doors to discuss Cor-
for counties that
fund-
receive
do ... It’s bett’s contract and when
they
fed-
members re-emerged, they
ing through
programs
unanimously raised his sal-
eral
just whether or ary
from $123,256 annually
such as Payment
to $133,500. Corbett had
in Lieu of Taxes
not our issues worked
and Secure Rural
on one-year con-
Schools. The asso-
are congru- tracts since he was hired in
ciation bases its
2011, but the council also
dues on a small
ent with their amended his deal so that
percent of what
he now serves on a “rolling
receive in
counties
issues.”
contract.”
wish it was to com-
the PILT program,
— George
The council gave Corbett
plicated than most
Manager
, a sterling evaluation on May
councils approved pare,” Hermiston Assistant City
which are kick-
Murdock
But as both city
in an email.
2018-2019 fis-
backs to counties
ner
Mark Morgan wrote
By ANTONIO SIERRA
budgets for the upcoming
County Commissio 15 but didn’t renew his con-
budget is signifi-
for the loss of tim-
tract. Tuesday was the last
East Oregonian
cal year, Pendleton’s
General fund
ber revenue. For
$14,600 a scheduled meeting before
its nearby neighbor.
membership costs
cantly larger than million while Herm-
Hermiston city bud-
Umatilla County, due.
the 2016-2017
Of Pendleton and
ry.
ver the course of of Hermiston Pendleton’s is $80.1
part is discretiona
will the end of the fiscal year.
year and that bill is
gets, only a small
cities
is $54.9 million.
of commissioners
Having only received
fiscal year, the city
in reve- iston’s officials from both cities say the Mainly derived from property taxes,
The county board
But
public meeting Wednesday
received $70.5 million just $48.1
allocate that revenue.
with- cost-of-living increases in
decide during its
tell the whole story.
received
can choose how they
to pay the tab or
of the
raw numbers don’t
prior years, the increase in
nue while Pendleton
similar sized cit- Both general funds pay for most
morning in Pendleton
.
“I know we’re fairly
pay represents the largest
but on
million.
draw from the association County’s top issue
to confirm what ies, so people like to compare us, much
Umatilla
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raise in Corbett’s Pendleton
said
‘so
The numbers seem
Herm-
being
Murdock
BUDGETS
million
out:
See
bearing
of their budget
wrangling $1.1
career.
other statistics were city while Pendleton this issue
is to “actively pursue”
it’s a little more com-
to accom-
renovate the jail
larger,’ I would say
When
the
council
iston is a growing
from the state to
mental health prob-
returned to an open meet-
is stagnating.
modate people suffering a priority for the East-
been
ing, Mayor John Turner said
lems. That has not Association.
Counties
the city determined Cor-
they
ern Oregon
group and all that
bett’s new salary by finding
issues
“We appreciate the
whether or not our
the average between the sal-
do,” he said, “It’s just
their issues.”
aries of the Hermiston and
are congruent with
to the association
The value of belonging in March between
La Grande city managers.
and
was a topic of discussion
ners for Umatilla Hermiston City Manager
the boards of commissio
Byron Smith earns $137,330
Morrow counties. Commissioner Don Rus-
per year while La Grande
Morrow County out that while the asso-
City Manager Robert Strope
the in $129,675 annually.
sell at the time pointed
brings
issues such as PILT, other
ciation lobbies on
If the council had cho-
of Counties and
National Association
sen not to raise Corbett’s
lobby for those payments.
Elfering
organizations also
salary at all, he would have
Commissioner Bill
, and behind one of his sub-
Umatilla County return on investment fallen
of
Larry
called it a matter
ner
Commissio
ordinates.
As both the police
its
fellow Umatilla County
chief
the group was “spinning
no and the public safety
Givens said while management, it made
director,
Stuart Roberts is
need
wheels” over forest Umatilla County’s set
Aney
by Kathy
to earn $124,109 per year
Staff photo
efforts to lobby for
starting
July 1.
Aney
Kathy
Staff photo by
Human Resources Direc-
See EOCA/5A
costs for the Eastern
tor Andrea Denton explained
covers all operating
’s budget.
city of Hermiston
that Corbett’s new rolling
first year that the
equivalent in Pendleton
fiscal year is the EOTEC doesn’t have a direct
contract requires a specific
The 2018-2019
Event Center.
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action from council to end
Oregon
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city. If the council takes no
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Pendleton
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to no avail. searching
On Friday
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located the
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a day earlier d a description
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By JADE
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Zeddrik Cota,
the 12-yea
boy who landed
r-old
crash, is awake in intensive care Hermiston
Nick Gutier and moving around after a bike
.
family friend rez, a close
said Zeddri of the Cotas,
weeks of k had a few
rehab ahead
him and was
of
drinking all
of his food
throug
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a
right now
straw
injuries, but because of his
happy” and he was “still
more advent ready to go on
body will ures once his
let him.
“He’s a
Cota
tough
Gutierrez
wrote in a kid,”
Facebook
Zeddrik
message.
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School on skate park near Hermi around the
ston High
when he did June 14, according
to his family
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,
face-first to
according
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ent below,
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