REGION
Friday, May 24, 2019
LOCAL BRIEFING
Redcrane
Schmidt
PHS students
named Ford
Scholars
Two seniors at Pendle-
ton High School, Morning-
starr Redcrane and Vanessa
Schmidt, have been named
Ford Scholars by The Ford
Family
Foundation
of
Oregon.
Redcrane is a member of
National Honor Society and
competed for the PHS var-
sity cross-country and track
teams. She will attend Ore-
gon State University to major
in biology and hopes to attend
medical or dental school. Red-
crane is grateful to her family
for their support and encour-
agement, as well as Gregg,
Cooley and her teachers.
“This scholarship is truly
life changing, without it I
would never have been able
to attend my dream college.
Being a Ford Scholar is truly
a blessing. The biggest thank
you to The Ford Family Foun-
dation for helping make my
biggest dream a reality,” said
Redcrane.
Schmidt was on the var-
sity Rhythmic Mode dance
team and team captain for
two years. A member of
National Honor Society and
PHS Leadership, Schmidt
will attend University of
Portland, major in biology,
and wants to attend medi-
cal school. She thanked Jill
Gregg, PHS ASPIRE coor-
dinator, her mother, Gloria
Schmidt, and PHS teacher
Sonia Cooley.
“I am very blessed and
honored to be a Ford Scholar.
I am able to go to my dream
school while being debt free!
I would like to thank The
Ford Family Foundation for
this amazing opportunity;
they have changed my future
and whole life for the better,”
Schmidt said.
The Ford Scholars Pro-
gram offers a comprehen-
sive scholarship to help stu-
dents succeed in college
and beyond. In addition to
a generous fi nancial award,
recipients receive academic
guidance, leadership devel-
opment, personal and profes-
sional support and access to
the Ford Family alumni net-
work. Up to 125 renewable
scholarships are awarded
each year to students from
Oregon and Siskiyou County,
California.
ASPIRE
Coordinator
Gregg said, “Being recog-
nized as a Ford Scholar is a
great achievement because
not only are these students
strong inside and outside the
classroom, but they’ve been
selected because of their
potential as well. The Ford
Scholarship makes college
a fi nancial reality for these
students.”
For more information
about the Ford Scholars Pro-
gram, visit https://www.tfff.
org/sites/default/files/Ford-
ScholarsInfoDec2018.pdf
Spring chinook
fi shing ends
Saturday on
Umatilla River
PENDLETON — Ore-
gon fi sh managers announced
spring chinook angling on the
Umatilla River ends Saturday.
The Oregon Department
of Fish and Wildlife origi-
nally set June 30 as the last
day for chinook fi shing sea-
son on the river, but low
returns prompted the early
end. The closure runs from
the Highway 730 bridge to
the boundary of the Umatilla
Indian Reservation.
Bill Duke, ODFW district
fi sh biologist in Pendleton,
said the the agency does not
like to reduce fi shing oppor-
tunities, “but we need to
ensure adequate broodstock
will be collected to continue
the current level of hatchery
spring chinook production for
the Umatilla River.”
Just more than 300 adult
spring chinook have crossed
at Threemile Dam, accord-
ing to ODFW, will below the
pre-season adult return pre-
diction of 2,300 fi sh.
For the latest regulations
and other fi shing opportuni-
ties in the Northeast Zone,
visit https://myodfw.com/rec-
reation-report/fi shing-report/
northeast-zone.
Merkley schedules
town halls in
Eastern Oregon
counties
PORTLAND — Oregon
U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley will
hold town halls in Harney,
Grant, Wheeler and Gilliam
counties next week.
Merkley, a Democrat,
plans to update locals on his
work in Washington, D.C.,
answer their questions and
invite their suggestions about
how to tackle the challenges
facing Oregon and America.
“In our ‘We the People’
democracy, town hall meet-
ings are an essential tool for
me to hear from Oregonians
and represent their interests
back in D.C.,” Merkley said in
the announcement. “I invite
everyone in these counties
to come and discuss what we
need to do to strengthen our
state and our nation.”
Below is the schedule for
the public meetings:
•Harney County town hall
— Wednesday, May 29, at
4 p.m. at the Lincoln Audi-
torium, 550 N. Court Ave.,
Burns.
•Grant County town hall
— Thursday, May 30, 1t
9 a.m. at the Madden Broth-
ers Performing Arts Center
auditorium, 116 N.W. Bridge
St., John Day.
•Wheeler County town
hall — Thursday, May 30, at
2 p.m. at the Wheeler High
School gym, 600 B St., Fossil.
•Gilliam County town
hall — Thursday, May 30,
at 5:30 p.m. at the Gron-
quist Building, Columbia
Room, 11650 Railroad Ave.,
Arlington.
Merkley has held a town
hall in each of Oregon’s 36
counties every year since
taking offi ce in 2009. These
town halls will be his 388th,
389th, 390th and 391st as a
U.S. senator.
Umatilla National
Forest prepares for
Memorial weekend
PENDLETON — Staff
of local national forests cau-
tioned their visitors this
Memorial weekend that not
all roads, trails and camp-
grounds are open.
Shaded areas and cut
banks on roads at higher ele-
vations may still have impas-
sible snowdrifts, and forest
staff have not yet worked on
most hiking and motorized
trails, according to a news
release from the Umatilla
National Forest.
The North Fork John Day
Ranger District closed For-
est Service Road 3963, which
travels to Bone Point, due to
downed trees. Contract crews
will be in the area clearing
trees as conditions allow. For-
est crews are working to open
certain lower elevation recre-
ation sites and campgrounds
in time for the Memorial
Day weekend. Some of the
more popular campgrounds
that will open for the holiday
weekend, but some camp-
grounds will remain closed.
Amy Linn, acting forest
recreation staff offi cer, said
hazard tree removal and other
safety issues take priority and
campground conditions will
vary as the seasonal work-
force comes on.
Most campgrounds charge
a fee of $8-$24 per night and
could impose other fees for
additional vehicles at a single
campsite. To fi nd out which
campgrounds are open and
closed and the status of trails
and roads, contact any Uma-
tilla National Forest offi ce
or visit the website at: http://
www.fs.usda.gov/umatilla.
Equipment caused
power loss
HERMISTON — Power
loss Wednesday affected
thousands of residents in
Umatilla, Stanfi eld, and
Echo, Hermiston. The Uma-
tilla Electric Cooperative
reported equipment at its
substation east of Stanfi eld
caused the disruption.
The power cut out at
4:52 p.m. Wednesday. The
cooperative reported the loss
affected nine substations and
13,165 meters. Crews restored
power to all customers at
6:38 p.m.
Eastern Oregon
towns top
affordability list
PENDLETON — Four
Eastern Oregon cities top a
recent list of Oregon’s most
affordable places to live, with
Hermiston taking the No. 1
spot.
The ranking comes from
HomeSnacks, a web-based
company in North Carolina
that seeks to deliver “bite-
sized infotainment about
where you live.” The com-
pany stated it used median
housing
costs,
median
income and overall cost of
living from the United States
Census Bureau to craft its list
of “The 10 Cheapest Places
To Live In Oregon For 2019.”
Hermiston was on top
with a income of $50,694 and
the median home value of
$148,200.
Baker City was second
with a median income of
$42,006 and the median home
value of $121,600. Pendle-
ton took third with a median
income of $47,851 and median
home value of $150,500. And
Umatilla came in fourth with
a median income of $38,796
and median home value of
$114,000.
Most of the remainder of
the list were small towns on
the west side of Oregon. Dal-
las was No. 5, Sheridan No. 6,
Creswell No. 7, North Bend
No. 8 and Scappose No.9.
Keizer fi nished off the
list with a median income of
$60,722 and median home
value of $214,400. The sub-
urb of Salem also has the larg-
est population of any town on
the list at 37,910.
East Oregonian
A3
Hermiston Downtown Association
kicks off ‘summer series’ with art show
By JADE MCDOWELL
East Oregonian
The Hermiston Down-
town District is kicking
things into high gear this
summer with a full slate of
events.
In addition to its First
Thursday events — featuring
special deals at downtown
businesses the fi rst Thursday
of every month — this year
the group of downtown busi-
ness owners is also partner-
ing with the city of Hermis-
ton and Greater Hermiston
Area Chamber of Commerce
on a new slate of activities
meant to draw more visitors
downtown.
The fi rst of those events
took place on Saturday, with
an art festival that offered
up live entertainment, food
and classes for painting, fl o-
ral arranging and cookie dec-
orating. Local artists’ work
was also featured, and prizes
were awarded in the profes-
sional and high school divi-
sions (see glance box).
“We thought it turned
out really well,” Hermiston
Downtown District president
Judy Pederson said.
Hermiston artist Mary
Corp said the juror for the
event remarked to her that
there was “a lot of quality art”
to be found there.
“I was happy with the
amount of participation we
had,” she said. “I would
always love to see more, but
we had a strong group of
artists.”
She said she would encour-
age local artists to plan ahead
to join next year’s festival.
The event was centered
around Hermiston’s festi-
val street that opened in June
Photo contributed by Judy Pederson
A child works on a painting project at this year’s Hermiston
Art Festival.
2018 next to city hall. The
festival street will play host
to other events this summer,
including a brand new Cork
and Barrel event on June 29
featuring locally sourced
appetizers, craft brews and
wines.
July 13 will be Spudfest,
a family-friendly activity day
previously known as Funfest.
Pederson said the downtown
association is taking the lead
on the event this year, instead
of the chamber, and decided
to return to the name by
which it was known decades
ago.
On Aug. 3 the association
will host a “pre-party” down-
town prior to the Umatilla
County Fair parade.
After the fair, on Aug.
17, the downtown district is
launching a new event known
as Melonfest, which will cele-
brate all things watermelon. It
will include bathtub races in
tubs painted like watermelon,
a watermelon costume con-
test, seed-spitting contest and
more.
Other events planned for
the summer include a “Farm
to Junk” antique/vintage
shopping event and a Harvest
Fest in September.
“We’ve got a great sum-
mer lineup,” Pederson said.
She said the district will
be looking for vendors and
volunteers for each event.
For more information call
541-667-5026.
ART FESTIVAL WINNERS
Winners of the Hermiston Art
Festival on May 18 were:
Professional division:
Laura Gable, fi rst place
Michelle Walchli, second place
Pam Sharp, third place,
Justin Stark,
Jasmine Lei
Hermalinda Ledesma
Jamin Zamudio
Araceli Medina
Kyra Gomez
Bryon Bonifer
Anniston McGraw
honorable mention
Andrea Eiden,
people’s choice
High school gold star
winners:
Ashley Cameron
Kamryn Aldred
Pendleton police arrest man on
13 counts of child pornography
photographs depicting chil-
dren from about 2 to 7 years
old in sexual acts.
Steven Moses Enko, of
From there, Bowen
Pendleton, is in jail on 13 obtained records for social
counts of child pornography. media websites and followed
The case began for Pend- a trail to Enko.
leton police on
Pendleton police
May 29, 2018,
on Wednesday eve-
when
detective
ning arrested Enko, 38,
Howard Bowen
and booked him into
received a “Cyber
the Umatilla County
Tipline Report”
Jail, Pendleton, on 13
and related infor-
counts of fi rst-degree
mation from the
encouraging child sex
Enko
Oregon Depart-
abuse. He remains
ment of Justice
in the jail in lieu of
about
apparent
$100,000 bail.
child pornography, accord-
Pendleton police Lt.
ing to a search warrant affi - Charles Bynum said the
davit. The material included investigation into Enko
By PHIL WRIGHT
East Oregonian
continues.
Also, the federal child
pornography case against
Jason Newsom of Pendleton
could be coming to a close.
FBI agents last July
arrested Newsom, 43, on
three counts of transportation
of child pornography and one
of possession of child por-
nography. The federal court
since then granted several
delays for the trial, and in
April granted the defense’s
latest request to push back
the trial from a May 7 start.
Court records show Fed-
eral Judge Michael H. Simon
reset the three-day trial to
start July 9 for “purposes of
plea negotiations.”
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