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REGION Friday, November 30, 2018 East Oregonian Page 3A Pendleton police again take the fight to cancer Go fetch By PHIL WRIGHT East Oregonian Pendleton police again are dropping their badges and donning aprons to help fight cancer. The men and women of the department will bus tables for tips Friday 5-8 p.m. at the Hamley Steakhouse, 8 S.E. Court Ave., and split the money between the local chapter of the American Can- cer Society and 3-year-old Anson Fairbank of Pendleton. Anson has leukemia, and his parents, Matt and Adrienne Fairbank, take him on frequent trips to Portland for treatment. Pendleton police assistant Diana Melton said this is the sec- ond year the department’s officers and staff have helped raise funds for the nonprofit and the Ansons. Last year the effort brought in more than $5,000. “It would be great if we could match that,” she said. Pendleton officers are partici- pating in No Shave November to help raise cancer awareness and vying against one another for who can bring in the most donations. Melton said the department will add those donations to what comes in at the Friday night event. The cops for the cause are on the clock Friday the same time the annual holiday stroll occurs in downtown Pendleton. “I am hoping people will just stroll on into Hamley’s and have a cocktail or an appetizer and drop a few bucks,” Melton said. Adrienne Fairbank runs the Anson Strong Facebook page where she posts updates about her son and family. She reported on Wednesday that Anson’s num- ber of white blood cells that fight infections again was in the “safe zone,” allowing him to restart oral chemotherapy and return to day care. She also expressed a heart- felt thanks to their grandparents for providing child care and allow- ing her and her husband to work. Hermiston man faces arson charges HERMISTON — Bradley John son was in the house, a woman who Bettencourt of Hermiston could take does not live there, he said, and she stamped out the flames. Clark also a plea deal in an arson case. reported someone may Bettencourt, 30, has have started the fire inten- pleaded not guilty to one tionally, but police do not count of recklessly endan- gering another person and think it was the woman. Hermiston police that two counts of first-degree day arrested Bettencourt arson stemming from the for arson, vandalism and Sept. 24 fire in his res- idence at 37 Dogwood violating parole sanctions. He has been in the Uma- Ave., Hermiston. The tilla County Jail, Pendle- recklessly endangering ton, since. charge is a misdemeanor, Bettencourt Circuit court records but arson is a class A fel- show the district attorney’s office ony in Oregon. Umatilla County Fire Dis- charged Bettencourt on Nov. 8. On trict crews responded that morn- Thursday morning, Judge Chris- ing to the home for a small fire on topher Brauer set a change of plea the kitchen floor. Battalion chief Ed hearing for Dec. 10. He also kept the Clark said at the time the fire did not trial readiness hearing in the case on cause structure damage. One per- the schedule for Dec. 13. Baker Boyer Bank hosts giving tree Staff photo by E.J. Harris Tula, a 4-year-old Weimaraner/boxer mix, chases down a ball thrown by her owner, Addison Schulberg, on Tuesday at Aldrich Park in Pendleton. Schulberg and his dog took advantage of the milder temperatures and a break in the rain to exercise in the park. MILTON-FREEWATER — A giving tree to benefit local chil- dren is available at Baker Boyer Bank. People are invited to remove tags and shop for presents. The unwrapped gifts need to be dropped off by Monday, Dec. 17 at the bank, 320 N. Columbia St., Milton-Freewater. For more information, contact Heidi Zeigler, District 12 Uma- tilla/Morrow Counties commu- nity development coordinator, at 541-966-0908. Feds threaten to sue Washington to block Hanford worker comp RICHLAND, Wash. (AP) — The federal government is threatening to sue Washing- ton state to block recent leg- islation that helps workers at a former nuclear weapons production site win compen- sation claims for illnesses. The U.S. Department of Justice recently informed Gov. Jay Inslee that the law violates the Supremacy Clause of the U.S. Consti- tution because it “purports to directly regulate” the fed- eral government and dis- criminates against it and its contractors. The Seattle Times reports the letter to Inslee warned of legal action if a settlement cannot be reached by Friday. The letter represents the Trump administration’s dis- pleasure with a state law passed last spring to help Hanford workers who fell sick, the newspaper reported. Hanford for decades made plutonium for nuclear weapons and thousands of workers are now engaged in the dangerous work of clean- ing up the resulting radioac- tive waste. The site is located near Richland, Washington. The Department of Energy, which operates Hanford, is a self-insured employer and pays out claims. The state Department of Labor & Industries makes the final determination on any cases that are appealed by Hanford workers. Under the new law passed this year, some can- cers and other illnesses are assumed to be due to chem- ical or radiological expo- sures at Hanford, unless that presumption can be rebutted by clear and convincing evidence. Representatives for Inslee and state Attorney General Bob Ferguson, both Demo- crats, said they were willing to discuss the new law with the federal government, but were unwilling to suspend enforcement. Ferguson told the news- paper he would look forward to defending the law if the federal government filed a lawsuit. “Hanford workers deserve to be compensated for the health issues caused by their dangerous work,” Ferguson said. Hanford Challenge, a nuclear watchdog group, and the United Association of Plumbers and Steamfit- ters, Local Union 598, both Live Music backed passage of the law. In a letter sent this week to Inslee, their leaders called the law “an appropriate response to address the doc- umented history of inade- quate treatment of the haz- ards associated with the Hanford cleanup.” The let- ter was signed by Tom Car- penter, Hanford Challenge’s executive director, and Ran- dall Walli, business manager of Local Union 598. The legislation signed into law in March by Ins- lee was propelled through the Legislature by the con- cerns of sick Hanford work- ers frustrated by state deni- als of their compensation claims. 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