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Wednesday, July 10, 2019
East Oregonian
REAL Oregon accepting
applications for Class 3
East Oregonian
SALEM — A program
designed to incubate new
leaders in Oregon agricul-
ture and natural resources
management is seeking
applications for its third
class, scheduled to begin
in November.
REAL
Oregon
(Resource Education and
Agricultural Leadership)
is seeking applications
from natural resource
professionals from around
the state for Class 3. Par-
ticipants have the chance
to learn about farming,
fishing and forestry over
a series of five sessions
held statewide, while also
networking with profes-
sionals in the field.
REAL
Oregon
is
designed to help mem-
bers grow into leaders
through training in board
governance, communica-
tion, conflict resolution,
public policy work, criti-
cal thinking, government
interaction, media rela-
tions, public speaking
and presentations.
Greg
Addington,
REAL Oregon’s direc-
tor, expects continued
interest in the program
Capital Press Photo/George Plaven, File
Greg Addington, director of REAL Oregon, says the lead-
ership program is recruiting applicants for its third class,
which begins in November.
this year.
“The application dead-
line for program consid-
eration is July 25 and we
expect it to again be com-
petitive,” he said.
The cost of the pro-
gram is $2,500.
Addington said it’s
important for interested
parties not to wait until
the last minute, adding,
“Applicants need to give
themselves some time. A
short essay is required as
well as reference letters.”
Application packages
and additional informa-
tion can be found on the
organizations
website
at www.realoregon.net.
The REAL Oregon board
of directors will review
application materials in
August and announce
members of Class 3 in
September.
REAL Oregon alumni
are serving on various
boards and commissions
and have been recruited
for other industry and
service-related organiza-
tions. In addition, many
alumni have pledged
their support to help with
future classes and even
serve on the organiza-
tion’s governing board.
“I hope it’s a testa-
ment to what we put
together
that
people
want to come back and
help make this program
even better,” said Bill
Buhrig, REAL Oregon
board chair.
Hermiston City Council votes to pursue
local improvement district
By JADE MCDOWELL
East Oregonian
HERMISTON — The
Hermiston City Council
voted Monday to begin
the process of pursu-
ing a local improvement
district that would pay
for improvements to the
South Hermiston Indus-
trial Park.
The LID would cover
neighboring properties
along Campbell and Pen-
ney drives, requiring
them to pitch in to pay
to pave the remainder of
Campbell Drive, install
water and sewer mains
in the area and create
what would essentially
be a new road — called
Southeast 10th Street —
connecting East Penney
Avenue to Highway 395
across from Bellingers.
The road, which would
create access to a piece
of industrial land owned
by the Port of Umatilla,
only exists on paper right
now.
The city plans to pur-
sue a federal grant to pay
for about half of the proj-
ect and the city and Uma-
tilla County will contrib-
uted a combined total
of 10%, leaving prop-
erty owners to contribute
about 40% of the cost.
Assistant city manager
Mark Morgan said if the
city fails to get the grant
it does not plan to pursue
the district after all.
If 60% of affected
property owners for-
mally reject the plan
before or during an Aug.
12 hearing, it would
also be blocked from
going forward. On Mon-
day, no property own-
ers expressed opposi-
tion and Port of Umatilla
manager Kim Puzey
expressed support.
The city council also
adopted a strategic plan
on Monday for the East-
ern Oregon Trade and
Event Center. Some of
the priorities in the plan
include securing water
rights for the site, updat-
ing the overall site plan,
beautification, improv-
ing security, building
storage and office space
for the Umatilla County
Fair, improving the RV
park, adding a multis-
ports facility and devel-
oping a marketing plan.
SUPPORT GROUPS
WEDNESDAY, JULY 10
OPEN AA MEETING, 12 p.m., Episcopal Church of the
Redeemer, 241 S.E. Second St., Pendleton. Coff ee is provided. (Ed
541-207-2548)
OPEN AA MEETING, 12 p.m., complex, 680 W. Harper Road,
Hermiston. (800-410-5953)
AL-ANON, 5-6 p.m., St. John’s Episcopal Church, 665 E. Gladys
Ave., Hermiston.
GRIEFSHARE, 6-7:30 p.m., New Hope Community Church,
1350 S. Highway 395, Hermiston. (Terri or Beth 541-667-3543 or
541-564-2595)
NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS, 6:30 p.m., Helping Hand, 346 S.E.
Second St., Pendleton.
WOMEN’S OPEN AA MEETING, 6:30 p.m., complex, 680 W.
Harper Road, Hermiston. (800-410-5953)
NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS, 7 p.m., Episcopal Church of the
Redeemer, 241 S.E. Second St., Pendleton.
OPEN AA MEETING, 7 p.m., Yellowhawk Tribal Health Center,
73265 Confederated Way, Mission. (800-410-5953)
H.O.W. OPEN AA MEETING, 8 p.m., complex, 680 W. Harper
Road, Hermiston. (800-410-5953)
THURSDAY, JULY 11
OPEN SUPPORT GROUP, 10 a.m.-12 p.m., Bowman Building, 17
S.W. Frazer Ave., Pendleton. (541-276-6671 or 541-379-1589)
NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS, 10:30 a.m., Episcopal Church of the
Redeemer, 241 S.E. Second St., Pendleton.
OPEN AA MEETING, 12 p.m., Episcopal Church of the
Redeemer, 241 S.E. Second St., Pendleton. Coff ee is provided. (Ed
541-207-2548)
AS BILL SEES IT AA MEETING, 12 p.m., complex, 680 W. Harper
Road, Hermiston.
LOST AND FOUND YOUTH OUTREACH, 3 p.m., Pendleton Rec-
reation Center, 510 S.W. Dorion Ave., Pendleton. Help for youth
12-18 facing challenges. (Leslie 541-276-3987)
HEALTHY CHOICES AA MEETING, 5-6:30 p.m., St. Anthony
Hospital conference room 1, 2801 St. Anthony Way, Pendleton.
(541-207-2548)
WOMEN FOR SOBRIETY SUPPORT GROUP, 5:30-7 p.m., First
Christian Church, 516 S. Main St., Milton-Freewater. New mem-
bers welcome. (Kimberlie Krieg 541-861-3283)
TOPS, 6 p.m., Peace Lutheran Church, 210 N.W. Ninth St., Pendle-
ton. 6 p.m. weigh-in, 6:30-7:30 p.m. meeting. (Heather Endersby
541-969-6997)
CELEBRATE RECOVERY, 6-9 p.m., First Assembly of God Church,
1911 S.E. Court Ave., Pendleton. 6-7 p.m. large group, 6-8 p.m. Cel-
ebration Place (children K-5), 7-8 p.m. open share group, 8-9 p.m.
Solid Rock Cafe social time (all ages). Christ-centered 12-step pro-
gram for those with hurts, habits and hangups. Childcare is avail-
able for children ages 1-5. (541-276-6417)
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE/SEXUAL ASSAULT WOMEN’S SUPPORT
GROUP, 6-7:30 p.m., call for location, Pendleton. Sponsored by
Domestic Violence Services. (541-276-3322)
DOMESTIC VIOLENCE/SEXUAL ASSAULT WOMEN’S SUPPORT
GROUP, 6-7:30 p.m., call for location, Hermiston. Sponsored by
Domestic Violence Services. (541-567-0424)
NARCOTICS ANONYMOUS, 6:30 p.m., Helping Hand, 346 S.E.
Second St., Pendleton.
A3
Heppner man in
Baker County Jail
after vehicle thefts
Colby James
Hedman faces
multiple charges
after alleged
vehicle thefts
East Oregonian
BAKER CITY — A
Heppner man arrested near
Baker City Monday night
on charges of stealing two
vehicles and attempting to
elude police is a suspect in
a Walla Walla, Washing-
ton, murder investigation,
according to a press release
issued this afternoon by
the Walla Walla Police
Department.
Colby James Hedman,
23, is being held at the
Baker County Jail on two
counts of unlawful use of a
motor vehicle, attempting to
elude police, reckless driv-
ing, two counts of criminal
trespassing and one count
of hit and run with property
damage.
Walla Walla police iden-
tifi ed the homicide victim
as Kyle Jordan Martz, 35,
an employee at Whitman
College.
An autopsy will be
scheduled by the Walla
Walla County Coroner’s
offi ce to determine cause of
death, the press release said.
The Walla Walla inves-
tigation began around
6 p.m. Monday when police
responded to a report of a
missing roommate from a
residence in the 300 block
of South Fourth Avenue in
Walla Walla. While search-
ing the property, Martz’s
body was located and his
vehicle was found to be
missing.
Approximately
fi ve
hours later, Oregon State
Police notifi ed Walla Walla
investigators that the vic-
tim’s vehicle had been found
in the Baker City area and
that Hedman was being held
at the Baker County Jail.
Walla Walla Police
detectives responded to
Baker City and determined
that Hedman was a suspect
in the homicide. Hedman is
believed to be a transient,
the press release stated.
Police do not believe Hed-
man and Martz knew each
other.
Hedman was arrested
in Baker City after Rob-
ert Borders, of Baker City,
reported the theft of a
tan Ford
pickup
shortly
before
11 p . m .
M o n -
day from
his home,
Hedman
accord-
ing to state
court documents and a news
release from Baker County
Sheriff Travis Ash. Depu-
ties responded to Borders’
home and found Hedman
on the freeway side of Old
Trail Road, where he failed
to follow commands from
the deputies and fl ed on
foot.
Oregon State Police and
Baker City Police responded
and helped deputies search
for Hedman. But he circled
around and returned to Bor-
ders’ home, according to the
sheriff, and took a yellow
Jeep Wrangler. One of the
deputies noticed the vehicle
speeding away and followed
it on Old Trail Road.
Hedman drove through
a fence separating the free-
way and Old Trail Road,
then drove to the free-
way onramp at Chandler
Lane crossing at milepost
298, about 5 miles north of
Baker City. Ash reported
Hedman tried to turn west
onto the eastbound travel
lanes, but two state police
troopers used their cars to
block Hedman’s progress
down the highway.
The police cars and the
Jeep sustained minor dam-
age in the collision, and
Hedman suffered minor
injuries from broken glass,
according to Ash. The
troopers took Hedman
into custody without fur-
ther incident at 11:10 p.m.
Authorities rerouted east-
bound traffi c through a
short detour during the
investigation.
BRIEFLY
Hermiston man
dies in motorcycle
crash
HERMISTON — A
Hermiston man died Mon-
day when the motorcycle he
was riding collided with a
pickup. Oregon State Police
also reported it is investigat-
ing whether alcohol use was
a factor in the crash.
State police troopers
from the Pendleton Area
Command and other emer-
gency personnel responded
to the report of the crash at
4:21 p.m. on Highway 207
near milepost 4.
The preliminary inves-
tigation revealed David
Wayne Morgan, 75, of Herm-
iston, was driving north on
the highway in a gray 2013
Dodge pickup towing a
horse trailer when he turned
left onto the Circle K con-
venience store. Nathaniel
John Bloomer of Hermis-
ton was heading south on a
1984 Yamaha XT2 motorcy-
cle and struck the side of the
trailer.
Bloomer died from his
injuries at Good Shepherd
Medical Center, Hermiston,
according to state police. He
was 56.
Personnel from the Ore-
gon Department of Trans-
portation, Umatilla County
Fire District No. 1 and the
Umatilla County Sher-
iff’s Offi ce also responded.
Authorities closed the high-
way for approximately one
hour following the crash.
Hermiston police
seek public’s help
fi nding offender
HERMISTON — Herm-
iston police are asking the
public for help fi nding Aus-
tin Lonnie Black after he ran
from offi -
cers
and
dropped
a gun that
fi red.
Police
want
to
arrest Black
on a pro-
Black
bation vio-
lation warrant and weapon
offenses, according to Herm-
iston police Lt. Randy Stude-
baker, but he took off Mon-
day from police.
“We believe that during
the chase he either acci-
dentally dropped or dis-
carded a loaded fi rearm,
which fi red when it hit
the ground,” Studebaker
reported. “Nobody was hurt
and there was no property
damage reported during this
incident.”
Black is 25, stands 6 feet
tall and weighs about 170
pounds. He has a distinc-
tive tattoo on his neck. Local
police have arrested Black
more than 20 times.
Studebaker also warned
there is the possibility Black
remains armed.
“If you see him, do
not attempt to appre-
hend him yourself,” Stude-
baker advised. “Call 911
immediately.”
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July 12th-14th
Athena Caledonian Games
Featuring Celtic Band: Skweez the Weezle
Friday July 12
Saturday July 13
9:00am - 8:00pm
Parade starts at 9am
Vendors,
7:00pm
Entertainment,
Candle lighting
Dancing,
ceremony and the
Piping
& Scottish
Blessing of the Clans
Athletic
Competitions,
Performing:
Unforgettable Celtic Pipe Bands, Kids’ Games,
Story Tellers,
Fiddler, Anna Burgess
Tattoo
5:30pm-7:00pm
Dinner in City Park
Sunday July 14
9:30am
Church Service in the Park
Blue Mountain Wildlife and Birds
Ceud Mile Failte • 100,000 Welcomes
A Family FREE Event with
Scottish Music, Dancing & Sport
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