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Tuesday, July 16, 2019
East Oregonian
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Caledonian athletes show some muscle
Staff photo by Kathy Aney
Staff photo by Kathy Aney
A competitor in the hammer toss winds up for a throw during Saturday’s Caledonian Games
in Athena. Other highland events included the caber toss, stone put and sheaf toss, which
involves throwing a straw bale over a crossbar with a pitchfork.
A competitor in the stone put prepares to throw during Saturday’s Caledonian Games in Ath-
ena. Besides the Highland Games competition, the annual event included Highland dancing,
Scottish food, pipe and drum playing and other activities.
BRIEFLY
Hermiston
announces free
watermelons
HERMISTON — Herm-
iston city leaders will be
making their annual good-
will pilgrimage to Portland
on Aug. 2 to give samples of
local produce and network
with metro-area leaders.
The event in Portland’s
Pioneer Square at noon will
include giveaways of water-
melons and other fresh
Hermiston-grown produce,
plus a seed-spitting con-
test between Hermiston and
Portland officials.
It is sponsored by the
city of Hermiston, the city
of Portland and the Greater
Hermiston Area Chamber
of Commerce, with pro-
duce donated by Botsford
and Goodfellow, Pollock
and Sons, Bellinger Farms,
Walchli Farms and Walchli
Organic.
The annual giveaway
began in the 1980s when
then-mayor Frank Harken-
rider loaded up a pickup
truck with watermelons and
challenged Bud Clark, then
Portland’s mayor, to a seed
spitting contest. After a hai-
tus in 2007 it was restarted
in 2015.
Stanfield open
house to discuss
Highway 395
STANFIELD — The
city of Stanfield and Ore-
gon Department of Trans-
portation will hold a com-
munity meeting Thursday
to discuss planned changes
to Highway 395.
The meeting is at 6 p.m.
in the Stanfield Secondary
School cafeteria, 1120 N.
Main St.
ODOT is funding an
improvement project for
the highway between Hard-
ing Street and Ball Avenue.
Improvements will include
paving repairs, new wheel-
chair ramps, bulb-outs and
other features to improve
pedestrian safety and slow
traffic through town.
In June ODOT employ-
ees pitched the idea of
including a “road diet”
that would take the high-
way down from five lanes
to three (one northbound,
one southbound and a cen-
ter turn lane). The change
would be designed to
encourage vehicles to obey
the speed limit and to help
pedestrians cross more
quickly. City councilors
voted to postpone the deci-
sion until they had held a
public meeting to gather
feedback.
On Thursday, ODOT
will give a presentation
about the proposed safety
improvements and take
questions and comments.
For questions about the
meeting contact city hall at
541-449-3831.
TRCI reports
in-custody death
UMATILLA — An
inmate at Two Rivers Cor-
rectional Institution in
Umatilla died early Mon-
day morning, according
to a press release from the
Oregon Department of
Corrections.
Lindsey Llaneza, 65,
passed away in the infir-
mary
at
TRCI.
Llaneza
entered
DOC cus-
tody
on
April
15,
2004, from
Llaneza
Multnomah
County with an earliest
release date of June 23,
2021.
Two killed in crash
BAKER CITY — Two
Baker City men were killed
in a single-vehicle crash
early Sunday morning on
Highway 30 between Baker
City and Haines.
The driver, Jesse Butler,
30, and his passenger, Tra-
vis Culbertson, 36, both
died in the crash, according
to Oregon State Police.
A preliminary investi-
gation by OSP showed that
Butler was driving south on
Highway 30 when he failed
to negotiate a curve near the
intersection with Chandler
Lane, about 5 miles north of
Baker City.
According to OSP, But-
ler’s car, a Chevrolet Mal-
ibu, crashed through a
guardrail, rolled several
times and struck a utility
pole.
Butler was ejected from
the car and died at the scene,
as did Culbertson.
Highway 30 was closed
for several hours.
OSP is continuing the
investigation,
and
the
agency had no other infor-
mation this morning.
OSP was assisted at the
Thank you to
Hermiston High School’s
Project Graduation
Celebration
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Committee & HHS Class of 2019
Oregon Heritage
Commission to
meet in Baker City
BAKER CITY — The
Oregon Heritage Commis-
sion is set to meet in Baker
City in late July.
The meeting will start July
28 at 1 p.m. with a tour of
heritage sites surrounding the
historic downtown.
The following day, a pub-
lic business meeting will
begin at 9 a.m. at the Geiser
Grand Hotel, 1996 Main St.,
Baker City.
The agenda includes
reports on 2018 grant and
MentorCorps
programs,
long-term planning, approval
of Cultural Trust part-
ner funds and reports by
commissioners.
The Heritage Commission
is comprised of nine people
representing Oregon’s heri-
tage and geographical diver-
sity who have been appointed
by the governor. There are
nine advisory representatives
from state agencies and state-
wide organizations. The mis-
sion of the Oregon Heritage
Commission is to secure, sus-
tain, and enhance Oregon’s
heritage by ensuring coordi-
nation of heritage initiatives
by public and private orga-
nizations; advocacy on its
behalf; education of the pub-
lic about its extent and value;
and promotion and celebra-
tion of its diversity.
Commission meetings are
open to the public and their
agendas include opportuni-
ties for public comment. The
meeting site is accessible to
people with disabilities. Spe-
cial accommodations for the
meeting — including transla-
tion services — may be made
by calling 503-986-0690 at
least 72 hours prior to the
start of the meeting.
7/16
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individuals, , and businesses (past
and present) who donated time,
money and/or supplies to help make
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THANK YOU!”
Kerri Hodges
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Val Juul
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Debbie Lorentson
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Ronda Wright
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County Sheriff’s Office,
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