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TRAPSHOOTING: Hermiston sees 2 place in top 100 | SPORTS, B1 E O AST 143rd Year, No. 193 REGONIAN TUESDAY, JULY 16, 2019 $1.50 WINNER OF THE 2018 ONPA GENERAL EXCELLENCE AWARD WHISKY FEST Pendleton Bike Week to thunder into town Wednesday By BEN LONERGAN East Oregonian PENDLETON — Thou- sands of motorcycle enthu- siasts will ride into Pendle- ton this Wednesday for the fi fth annual Pendleton Bike Week and Northwest Moto Show at the Pendleton Con- vention Center. While last year’s event drew more than 16,000 attendees over the four- day event, Pendleton Bike Week co-founder Eric Fol- kestad expects turnout to exceed last year’s numbers. “We don’t have the smoke and hot weather from last year, so I expect a much better turnout,” he said. “We have a lot of interest from riders from throughout the country, we love Pendleton and it’s been really good for us to be here.” In place of the annual Sheriff Til Taylor Ride, Pendleton Bike Week will kick off with the “Ride With the Raiders” event at the Eastern Oregon Regional Airport in Pendleton. The event, a tribute to the Doo- litte Raiders, will feature a fl yover by a B-25 bomber similar to those used in the 1942 Doolittle Raid on Tokyo, Japan. The plane is set to touch down at the air- port where it will be met by a motorcycle hearse carry- ing the names of all Oregon service members who have died in the line of duty. This year, the North- west Moto Show will fea- ture a variety of motorcy- cles spanning many years, makes and models with a new Sheriff Til Taylor commemorative Harley Davidson expected to be a major attraction. Family day at Pendleton Bike Week is Thursday and will offer free admission for Umatilla County resi- dents and their families. The Seattle Cossacks Motorcycle Stunt and Drill Team will perform Friday and Saturday afternoon at the convention center for crowds. Prior to the wrap-up of Pendleton Bike Week See Motorcycles, Page A8 Staff photo by Kathy Aney Post Malone performs during Saturday’s Pendleton Whisky Music Festival. By WYATT HAUPT JR. East Oregonian P SEE PAGE B3 FOR MORE WHISKY FEST PHOTOS ENDLETON — A bet by con- cert promoters on the appeal of rap in a region where coun- try music is king paid off Sat- urday night as about 17,000 people fl ocked to Pendleton Round-Up Arena to catch two of the genre’s biggest names — Post Malone and 50 Cent — at Pendleton Whisky Music Fest. The daylong event drew people from across Oregon, as well as neigh- boring states, on a beautiful sunny day when the temperature hovered around the high 80s only to cool off a bit and give way to a star-fi lled evening sky by the time Post Malone took the stage amid much fanfare. For some concertgoers, such as Jake Thomas of Madras, the event marked his fi rst visit to Pendleton. But it was the second time he attended a concert at which Post Malone was performing. Thomas, who came to the show with Bridget Neikirk of Bend, said the fi rst time he saw Post Malone perform was in Brisbane, Australia. “It was just a random event,” said Thomas in recalling a moment leading up to the performance. “OK. So let’s go see (American DJ) Diplo and Post Malone ends up open- ing for him. And I’m just like, ‘This could be the best night of my … life.’” Thomas and Neikirk were pumped to be in the company of the thousands See Whisky, Page A8 Music fest puts demand on Pendleton police By PHIL WRIGHT East Oregonian P ENDLETON — Pend- leton police offi cers worked as human shields for the main entertain- ers Saturday night during the Pendleton Whisky Music Fest. Police Chief Stuart Rob- erts said accommodating the unusual request took every offi cer he had on duty in the Round-Up Arena. “It seemed like each time we pulled our people out of the venue, we’d have a skir- mish,” he said. As many as 17,000 peo- ple attended the event, now in its fourth year, and a throng of around 6,000 packed the party pit. Police handled sev- eral incidents of disorderly conduct, he said, and when offi cers could intervene they escorted people from the fes- Staff photo by Kathy Aney Police offi cers subdue a suspect during Saturday’s Pendleton Whisky Music Fest. tival and released them to responsible people rather than haul them to jail. Pendleton offi cers and Oregon State Police troop- ers on bicycles worked the event while security fell to three companies. TCB Secu- rity Services of Newport was the main provider, and Elite Security Professionals of Salem also was on site. Rover Security of Gresham, a staple of local events, kept eyes on the camp sites. Festival orga- nizers also brought in a secu- rity expert with the National Finals Rodeo in Las Vegas, Nevada, who created safety plans and coordinated efforts on the ground. Rapper 50 Cent and head- liner Post Malone had a num- ber of safety concerns, Rob- erts said, and he and his department strove to meet them. The most signifi cant challenge came in delivering the two entertainers from their green rooms at the nearby Pendleton Convention Center to the backstage of the musi- cal festival. The route wove around next to the new areas for campers, and Roberts said there was concern someone could run up to the vehicles. See Police, Page A8 CHI St. Anthony Hospital Family Clinic is recognized as a Patient -Centered Primary Care Home. 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