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NO DO-OVER FOR STARNES VOTERS BUCKAROOS SEEK NEW TERRITORY SPORTS/1B NORTHWEST/2A THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2018 143rd Year, No. 12 One dollar WINNER OF THE 2018 ONPA GENERAL EXCELLENCE AWARD Trick or treaters air it out Staff photo by Jayati Ramakrishnan Dulcie Hays is the Oregon GED Edu- cator of the Year. Hays is a teacher at Two Rivers Correctional Institution in Umatilla. Resilient spirit propels instructor to GED award Staff photo by E.J. Harris Abraham Shippentower, 8, the Tyrannosaurus rex, faces off against Bryce Mitzimberg, Godzilla, while participating in Trick or Treat Downtown on Wednesday on Main Street in Pendleton. Inflatable costumes in vogue, superheroes still popular Hays teaches inmates at TRCI, draws on her own background By JAYATI RAMAKRISHNAN East Oregonian East Oregonian H alloween in Pendleton has blown up in a big way this year. It’s not that the holiday is any more popular than usual, it’s just that inflatable costumes were a hot item at this year’s Trick or Treat Downtown. Inflatable Tyrannosaurus rexes were the most common sighting, but an inflatable sumo wrestler, Minion and Homer Simp- son were also spotted gallivanting down South Main Street, adding a significant amount of mass and height to the throngs of trick or treaters looking for candy from downtown businesses. Elliott Becker, 9, followed the trend but went for a unique look, dressing up as an inflatable chicken. His mother Jessica said he chose the costume because he thought it would be humorous, but it had unintended consequences. “A lot of the little kids don’t think it’s funny,” she said. “They think it’s terrifying.” Although the lineup of costumes was more gassed up than usual, old standbys like princesses and superheroes were still popular with the young masses. Batman and Captain America were well represented, and characters from newer Staff photos by E.J. Harris Left: The Randle family — Tyray, left, Tyra, 6, and Orkesia are dressed as characters from the movie “Black Panther” on Wednesday while participating in Trick or Treat Downtown on Main Street in Pendleton. Right: Landon Lopez, 10 months old, of Pendleton wears a Jack-Jack costume from the movie “The Incredibles.” films like “Black Panther” were mixed in with the crowd. The Randle family chose to go as three different “Black Panther” charac- ters because they wanted to dress as a group, and they thought that it was cul- turally appropriate. Tyray was the king and titular super- hero, his wife Orkesia was a member of the Dora Milaje, the corps of guards who See TRICKS/8A Dulcie Hays knows what it’s like to have no one believe in you. Growing up in Irrigon in a poor fam- ily, she said teachers and classmates never expected her to succeed. Now the 2018 Oregon GED Educator of the Year, Hays draws on her own back- ground as she helps inmates work toward their General Education Development certificates. “I don’t give up on people who soci- ety has already given up on,” she said. “I get that.” Hays won the statewide award after a 15-year career with BMCC, 13 of which she’s spent working as a teacher at Two Rivers Correctional Institution. She teaches inmates, who are working toward their GED degrees, covering several subjects and every skill level. She also teaches a few times a week at the BMCC Hermiston campus, working with other GED students. Hays still thinks about the experiences that shaped her early education. Capable and ready to learn, she was hampered by other barriers. “We were the poorest, whitest trash family in Irrigon,” she said. “People never let me forget who my brothers were, who my cousins were. So I hated school. Freshman year, I missed so much MORE TRICK OR TREAT PHOTOS FROM HERMISTON / 3A See AWARD/8A Local ag puts bucks into Oregon governor’s race By PHIL WRIGHT East Oregonian Ag producers, lawyers and their companies are the largest local contributors to Oregon’s gubernatorial race. Gov. Kate Brown, Dem- ocrat, has raised more than $9.9 million this year and has total contributions pushing $12.7 million. But Republican challenger Knute Buehler has raised almost $14.4 million, with Nike owner Phil Knight giv- ing $2 million. No surprise the donors in the 12 cities in Umatilla County and five in Mor- row County favor Buehler. He received contributions from 102 local individuals or businesses while Brown received 34, according to ORESTAR, the Oregon Sec- retary of State’s website for campaign finance activity. Brown has 12 donors from Hermiston and 20 from Pendleton, and the last two are big businesses in Boardman. Buehler has 37 contributors from Herm- iston, 34 from Pendleton. Helix, Ukiah and Lexington show no donors for either campaign. Contributions ranging from $100-$500 are com- mon on the local scene. Sev- eral exceed that many times over. Threemile Canyon Farms of Boardman donated $10,000 — $5,000 last year and $5,00 this year — to re-elect Brown, and the sis- ter company Castle Rock Farming gave her cam- paign $10,000 this year. Farmer Bob Levy of Herm- iston donated $12,500 to both camps either person- ally or through companies. And Pendleton lawyer and cattle rancher Henry Loren- zen’s Rural Services Com- pany also gave $10,000 to the Buehler effort. Levy and Lorenzen declined to comment on the donations. The Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation gave Brown $7,000, and Camille Preus, the recent president of Blue Mountain Community Col- lege, gave $2,000. 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