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Tuesday, July 30, 2019
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East Oregonian
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Free shuttle to serve Umatilla
County Fair all week
By JADE MCDOWELL
East Oregonian
HERMISTON — A free
shuttle to and from the Uma-
tilla County Fair will help
fairgoers and rodeo patrons
avoid traffic and parking
fees.
The shuttle runs from
4 p.m. until 1 a.m. on Aug.
6-10 and will make contin-
ual loops between Hermis-
ton city hall (180 N.E. Sec-
ond St.) and the east gate of
the fairgrounds at the East-
ern Oregon Trade and Event
Center (1705 E. Airport
Road).
In its first year the shut-
tle ran earlier in the day, but
this year’s later schedule will
allow people to stay for the
rodeo and evening concerts
and get back into town safely
after a night of drinking at
the Wildhorse main stage or
Chute Eight.
Fair manager Angie
McNalley said the shuttle is
being sponsored by the city
of Hermiston and run by
Kayak Public Transit. While
school buses from Midco
have been used some years,
she said this year’s buses
will be air-conditioned and
handicapped-accessible.
Festivities for the fair kick
off Saturday with the Uma-
tilla County Fair parade at
6:30 p.m. Gates open for the
fair on Tuesday, Aug. 6. Pre-
sale rates for carnival tickets
will be available until Aug. 5.
BRIEFLY
Staff photo by Ben Lonergan
Hunter Blanchet, 9, races down the yellow water slide at Pendleton Aquatic Center Monday
afternoon. Pendleton Aquatic center is open noon to 8 p.m. through Sept. 2.
Hermiston police
investigating dead body
By PHIL WRIGHT
East Oregonian
HERMISTON — Herm-
iston police are investigat-
ing the death of a man after
a transient discovered the
body.
Brandon Smith said he
is homeless and late Friday
was walking the edge of
the One Stop Mart at 1050
S. Highway 395, Herm-
iston, looking for cans or
loose cash, when he passed
the air machine at the ser-
vice station and headed up
a small path to the back of
the bushes.
“I took a few steps into
the bushes and saw a per-
son with bad scratches and
blood,” Smith stated in a
social media message to
the East Oregonian.
Smith said he thought
a person was sleeping,
so he yelled and asked if
they needed help. When
no reply came, he said, he
called 911 and reported he
found a body or an injured
person.
Hermiston police Chief
Jason Edmiston confirmed
officers at approximately
10:50 p.m. responded to
that call and found the
body in a thicket of shrubs.
“The
34-year
old
deceased male has been
identified,”
Edmiston
stated, “but due to the
state of decomposition,
our agency is withhold-
ing additional information
from public release until an
autopsy is conducted.”
Edmiston added that
likely will take place early
next week.
Smith also said he had
a probation violation hear-
ing earlier that day, but the
judge postponed the sen-
tencing so he could present
evidence he was follow-
ing the probation require-
ments. If the judge had
not postponed the hearing,
Smith said, he would have
been in jail for 30 days and
not have found the body.
Sheriff’s office looking for
two men in separate cases
Jason Edward
Moore not seen
since July 9
East Oregonian
UMATILLA COUNTY
— The Umatilla County
Sheriff’s Office reported
two local men — Jason
Edward Moore and Casey
Hale — are missing in sep-
arate cases.
Deputies around 1 p.m.
Sunday responded to the
area near the nature trails
just north of Third Street
and Scapplehorn Road
along the Columbia River
in Umatilla after a citizen
who was picking black-
berries found a stack of
clothing, a cellphone and
a wallet with identifica-
tion belonging to Moore,
45, along with a suicide
note.
Marine
deputies
searched the water and
while others checked
Moore’s
last
known
address in Hermiston.
Associates
of
Moore
reported they had not seen
him since July 9 and his
current whereabouts were
Moore
unknown.
The sheriff’s office
reported
it
considers
Moore is missing and pos-
sibly in danger, and asked
anyone with information
regarding his whereabouts
to contact the 24-hour dis-
patch center and reference
case No. 19-1027.
In the second case,
Hale, 18, of Milton-Free-
water, is missing.
The sheriff’s office
reported Hale was last
seen on Friday at around
11 a.m. He was driving
a black 2013 Ford Edge
on Mill Creek Road, near
Camp Kiwanis at the Ore-
gon-Washington boarder.
The vehicle was found
unoccupied and crashed
approximately 20 feet off
the roadway near 61463
Mill Creek Road.
Hale is approximately
6 feet tall and weighs 200
pounds, with brown hair
and a beard.
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A third man, Dylan
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of Irrigon, was initially
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day, but was located Mon-
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County sheriff’s deputies
at a residence on Progress
Road in Hermiston. After
an investigation, Chris-
tensen was taken into cus-
tody and lodged at the
Umatilla County Jail on
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ing menacing, second-de-
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disorderly
con-
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at another, and attempted
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at around 6:45 p.m. Sun-
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Hermiston on drug charges
Hermiston fire burns
vehicles, two homes
HERMISTON — The Umatilla County
Sheriff’s Office arrested
three people Saturday on
drug charges.
The sheriff’s office in a
news release reported depu-
ties conducted a legal search
of the residence at 1735 N.E.
Second St., Hermiston.
Obrien
During the search, deputies
found “quantities” of meth-
amphetamine, heroin and
marijuana, along with evi-
dence of drug sales, pack-
aging materials and drug
paraphernalia.
Connors
Following the search,
deputies arrested Chris-
tina Lyn Connors, 34, of
Portland, for possession
and delivery of metham-
phetamine and heroin,
and Leah Renee Obrien,
50, of Hermiston, 50, for
Creason
possession of a controlled
substance.
Information from the incident led depu-
ties later that day to 1072 W. Orchard Ave.,
No. D6, Hermiston, where they arrested
Damion Nathaniel Creason, 28, of Port-
land, on a felony arrest warrant for a proba-
tion violation. He now also faces charges for
possession and delivery of a controlled sub-
stance, methamphetamine and heroin.
The trio is behind bars at the Umatilla
County Jail, Pendleton. The sheriff’s office
also reported the investigation is ongoing
and more charges are possible.
HERMISTON — A grass fire along
Highway 395 in Hermiston burned sev-
eral vehicles and two homes on Saturday
morning.
Umatilla County Fire District 1 was the
first on the scene, responding to the blaze,
which was between Theater Lane and Pun-
kin Center Road, shortly after 10 a.m. The
fire was under control by 1:40 p.m. Umatilla,
Irrigon, Boardman and Pilot Rock rural fire
protection districts offered mutual aid.
Umatilla County Fire District Chief Scott
Stanton said the fire was likely caused by an
illegal burn on a nearby property.
“When it’s hot and windy like that the
probability of an ignition is up to 90 to 100
percent,” he said. “That’s why we have the
burning season closure.”
Stanton said that the fire district and other
agencies faced access problems when trying
to contain the fire as it spread from one resi-
dence to another.
The fire caused closures on Highway 395
for several hours. No major injuries were
reported.
The fire district also extinguished a trac-
tor and grass fire that was reported shortly
before 5:30 p.m. Sunday on Brown Lane
near East Loop Road in Hermiston.
The cause is still under investigation, and
Stanton said that the fire district is unsure
whether the fire initiated on the tractor, or on
the surrounding land.
The fire district also responded to a rail-
road fire shortly after 1 a.m. Monday near
Cascade Street in Hermiston. Stanton said it
appeared that several railroad ties had caught
fire, and the fire was contained.
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