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REGION Thursday, December 27, 2018 East Oregonian A3 Christmas day fire burns Helix home Residents of home safe but displaced in Helix house fire Staff photo by E.J. Harris Stylists Katie Jones, owner of the Speakeasy Salon and Boutique, and Melissa Braniff blow dry client Sara Reyburn’s hair Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2017, at Jones’ shop in Pendleton. A fire on Christmas day displaced a family in Helix. According to a GoFundMe page set up by a family member, the woman whose home burned down, Renae Swilling, was safe, as were her children and four dogs, and the family has a place to stay. Family members set up a fundraiser to collect $1,000 in donations for toiletries, warm clothing and coats, food, pet sup- plies and kitchen utensils. The East Umatilla County Rural Fire Protec- tion District, along with Speakeasy Salon adds space, staff and sauna East Oregonian The popular Speak- easy Salon and Boutique in Pendleton is expanding. Owner Katie Jones said the larger iteration of the Speakeasy should be ready for business the first week of February. Jones said in Septem- ber she realized the salon and spa end of the business was “truly busting out of the seams” and she saw two options: cut back or grow. For Jones, there really was only one choice. That meant parting with the retail clothing end of the business. Carolyn Britt, who managed the clothing store, bought the business to pursue on her own. Now Jones and company are ren- ovating the former retail space for the expansion. Jones said the salon will go from three hair stations to six while spa services is adding estheticians, a nurse practitioner for Botox and other treatments, and installing an infrared sauna. Jones also said the busi- ness is bringing in a bar- ber for the men folk. Not only will they be able to get a clean shave with a straight razor, Jones said, the Speakeasy is acquiring a liquor license to sell beer. The Speakeasy Salon and Boutique, 215 S.W. 10th St., remains open during the expansion, and Jones said the atti- tude toward customers will remain constant. “We’re definitely a fun loving group that appreci- ates our clients,” she said. Burglary suspects arrested in Weston By JAYATI RAMAKRISHNAN East Oregonian Umatilla County Sher- iff’s Office deputies arrested two men on Sun- day with outstanding fel- ony warrants, and for theft of firearms from several people. Officers contacted the two men, Jaime Flores Torres Jr. and Grego- rio Uribe Diaz, while they were parked on the shoul- der of Highway 204 out- side of Weston. Torres had a suspended license and no proof of insurance, and offi- cers found that he had out- standing felony warrants for his arrest. Diaz had out- standing felony warrants as well, and the men had sev- eral firearms in the backseat and center console of their car, a silver 1999 Honda Civic. While on the scene, a homeowner from a resi- dence off Highway 204 contacted deputies and said he had noticed buildings on his property had been bro- ken into. Officers found rifles, shotguns, and pistols belonging to that home- owner inside the vehicle, as well as more firearms that were reported stolen out of Walla Walla, Washington. Torres and Diaz were both lodged in the Uma- tilla County Jail, and each was charged with 10 counts of unlawful possession of a firearm, nine counts of theft in the first degree, nine counts of theft in the first degree over $1,000. Diaz was also charged with nine counts of first-degree theft for firearm recovery, and both had several other individual charges, includ- ing unlawful possession of meth, false information to law enforcement and felon in possession of a firearm. Pendleton police find body near Red Lion East Oregonian The Pendleton Police Department suspect an overdose led to the death of a Kennewick man found near Red Lion on Dec. 19, Police Chief Stuart Roberts said. According to Roberts, police responded to a call of a possible death near the “old Bi-Mart building” at the intersection of South- east Third Street and Nye Avenue. Officers eventually found an SUV in the Red Lion parking lot with a man slumped over in the driv- er’s seat. Police requested assis- tance from paramedics, but the man never showed signs of life despite emer- gency personnel perform- ing life-saving measures, and he was pronounced dead. Police found metham- phetamine, Oxycodone, drug paraphernalia, and trace amounts of heroin in the vehicle. They also iden- tified him as Rodney Price, 31, of Kennewick. Roberts said police do not yet have a toxicology report, but they suspect he died of an overdose. COMMUNITY CALENDAR THURSDAY, DEC. 27 ARTS AND CRAFTS FROM THE DRY SIDE, 9 a.m.-2 p.m., Hermiston Assembly of God Church, 730 E. Hurlburt Ave., Hermiston. Use Sev- enth Street entrance. Monthly business meeting at noon. (541-567-4446) CONDON CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, 12 p.m., Gilliam County Courthouse, 221 S. Ore- gon St., Condon. (541-384-7777) PENDLETON LIONS CLUB, 12 p.m., Roosters Restaurant, 1515 Southgate, Pendleton. ALTRUSA INTERNATIONAL OF HERMISTON, 12 p.m., ARC Umatilla County, 215 W. Orchard Ave., Hermiston. M I LT O N - F R E E WAT E R REPUBLICAN WOMEN, 12 p.m., Milton-Freewater Community Building, 109 N.E. Fifth Ave., Milton-Freewater. Bring a sack lunch; coffee will be provided. (Suni Danforth 541-215-9389) ”KNOWING WHAT YOU BELIEVE” WOMEN’S BIBLE STUDY, 1:30 p.m., First Bap- tist Church, 200 S.W. Willow Fork Drive, Boardman. Ladies are invited to learn more Your Family Deserves The BEST Technology... Value... TV!... 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Reg- istration forms available at the OES office or by emailing info@ oregoneastsymphony.org. (JD Kindle 541-276-0320) Helix and Athena’s Rural Fire Protection districts, responded to the fire. East Umatilla County RFPD public information officer Suzie Reitz said the fire happened around 3:45 p.m., and that it was not clear whether the family was home at the time of the fire. She said the fire mainly damaged the attic, but there was a lot of subsequent water damage as crews extin- guished the flames. Athena Fire Chief John Reitz (husband of Suzie Reitz) said the cause of the fire was not confirmed as of Mon- day, but it was initially thought to be a heat lamp that had been placed over some hay bales to warm some animals on the back porch. HERMISTON Greater Hermiston Community Foundation reaches $200,000 goal By JADE MCDOWELL East Oregonian The Greater Hermis- ton Community Founda- tion has reached its goal of raising $200,000 less than a year after taking its first donation. A group of community members began the char- itable foundation in the spring with the goal of pro- viding a sustainable fund from which to draw grants to support local commu- nity enhancement projects. Because grants will be awarded using the money generated from interest earned on the account, and never from the donations themselves, the foundation board agreed to not begin awarding grants until it had Christmas tree recycling available in Hermiston HERMISTON — The city of Hermiston is once again offering free Christmas tree recycling. Hermiston residents can drop off their old (real wood) Christmas trees next to the south parking lot at Butte Park until Jan. 28. Trees should be free of tin- sel, ornaments and other objects. After the drop-off deadline the city, in partnership with RDO Equipment and Vermeer, will turn the trees into mulch to be used in city parks. $200,000 for a year. “Surpassing this first major milestone will allow the GHCF to award its first grants in early 2020,” board president Greg Har- ris said in a statement. The Greater Hermis- ton Community Founda- tion board is made up of Harris, Nate Rivera, Cindy Middleton, Dennis Bar- nett, Roe Gardner, Greg Juul and Jeff Snell. 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