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REGION Thursday, November 15, 2018 HERMISTON Two injured in Highway 395 crash East Oregonian Staff photo by Jade McDowell A damaged Ford Escort sits on Highway 395 in Hermiston across from Taco Bell after a crash Wednesday afternoon. of the highway, slowing traffic through the area for the rest of the afternoon. Bailey and Borstad’s vehicles were towed and Sprinkle was able to move his vehicle. Police Chief Jason Edmiston said law enforce- ment was still piecing together information from the scene Hermiston Police Depart- ment, Oregon State Police, the Oregon Department of Transportation and Uma- tilla County Fire District 1 responded to the wreck. UMATILLA Family Health Associates opens second location By JADE MCDOWELL East Oregonian A new Family Health Associates medical clinic in Umatilla is expected to pro- vide faster and more con- venient care for Umatilla residents. The clinic, located at the Umatilla Hospital District building at 1890 7th St., opens Thursday. The pub- lic was invited to an open house on Tuesday night and toured the building’s six exam rooms, procedure room and storage and office areas. Clinic manager Jolene Lloyd said the new clinic will help FHA better serve its Umatilla patients, but it also helps relieve some crowding at their Hermis- ton location on the Good Shepherd Health Care Sys- tem campus. “We have space issues in Hermiston because we’ve grown so much,” she said. “We’re practically Velcro- ing employees to the ceil- ing, so this will free up some space.” Dr. Derek Earl, FHA’s medical director, said they have about 1,200 patients from Umatilla, so opening up a location there was a “natural fit.” He said they already had 35 patients scheduled to be seen in the first two days the new clinic will be open. “We’re excited to be here,” he said. The building was orig- inally occupied by Encore Wellness 4 Life, which pro- vided medical care under a contract with the Umatilla Hospital District. When the district decided to end its contract with Encore and put out a request for proposals, Family Health Associates was one of sev- eral entities that submitted one, Earl said. The Umatilla clinic will offer all of the same ser- vices as the Hermiston loca- tion — including physicals, casting, minor procedures, pediatrics and concussion care — with the exception of their cosmetic clinic. Lloyd said patients should still call the main line at 541-567-6434 to schedule appointments. Umatilla taxpayers whose money funds the Umatilla Hospital District will be “fast-tracked” for appoint- ments with FHA, Lloyd said, as part of the agree- ment with the hospital district. Shera Salverda, a pri- mary care nurse practi- tioner, will provide care in Umatilla Monday through Wednesday while the rest of FHA’s providers will take turns covering Thursday and Friday. The clinic will be open from 7:45 a.m. to 5:15 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 7:45 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Fridays. ——— Contact Jade McDowell at jmcdowell@eastorego- nian.com or 541-564-4536. “We have space issues in Hermiston because we’ve grown so much” — Jolene Lloyd, clinic manager Local hunters end up on wrong side of the law East Oregonian Oregon State Police last week caught more local elk poachers. An anonymous caller Thursday at 2:01 p.m. reported four alleged tres- passers shot an elk on pri- vate land off the South Fork Walla Walla River Road near milepost 3 outside Milton-Freewater, accord- ing to state police. The four took off running when they caught sight of the troopers. While fleeing, they crossed onto two separate properties, and the land- owners wanted them cited for trespassing. One mem- ber of the band, a 17-year old boy, tried to hide him- self plus a gun. State police reported the teen came out from his hid- ing spot, where a trooper found a Ruger P-95 9-mm with 10 rounds in the mag- azine and a holster between rocks and a fence post. The teen claimed he borrowed the gun from an 18-year-old friend in September. All of the group are from Milton-Freewater. State police cited Petyon R. Breeding, 18, Camer- aon Michael Shannon, 18, Michael Patrick Shannon, 49, and the 17-year-old for two counts each of hunt- ing on another’s land. State police also gave Breed- ing and Cameraon Shannon citations for offensive litter- ing, and Cameraon Shannon also received a citation for failure to attach a big game tag. Troopers seized the elk carcass and also arrested Michael Shannon. He had a Umatilla County warrant for violating probation. Saturday afternoon another complaint about hunters led to more citations and seizures. A landowner on Gur- dane Road, Morrow County, reported someone shot, killed and field dressed a five-point bull and a cow elk on his property. He said he suspected the trespassers would return for the meat. Three state fish and game troopers waited in the area and contacted four people in a pickup with a horse trailer. State police reported the troopers found Gay Dennis Newman, 65, of Hermiston, shot the two elk. He vali- dated his wife’s second-sea- son spike tag for the five- point, according to state police, but that tag was valid for a different hunting unit. Game troopers took the elk and Newman’s rifle and cited him for taking a bull elk, taking an antlerless elk, borrowing a big game tag and hunting outside of unit boundaries. Mitchell C. Ashbeck, 71, of Echo, owned the pickup and trailer, and troopers cited him for aiding in a wildlife offense. 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Page 3A Trucking talk covers growing pot industry By PHIL WRIGHT East Oregonian Two Hermiston residents were taken to Good Shep- herd Medical Center on Wednesday afternoon after a crash on Highway 395. Kevin Bailey, 50, crashed his black pickup head-on into Elai Borstad, 25, who was driving a teal Ford Escort, according to the ini- tial report from the Hermis- ton Police Department. Bailey’s vehicle then sideswiped a semi-truck driven by Trenton Sprinkle, 58, from Forest Grove. Bailey was taken by ambulance to Good Shep- herd in Hermiston and Bors- tad was taken by private vehicle. Sprinkle was not hurt. The crash appeared to be related to Bailey suffering medical issues, according to the police report. The crash happened shortly before 3:30 p.m. in the 1600 block in front of Taco Bell in Hermiston and closed the three center lanes Divorce Divorce Divorce in in in 1-5 1-5 1-5 weeks weeks weeks Possible! Possible! Possible! 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