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PURSUIT ENDS WITH SELF-INFLICTED GUNSHOT WOUND DAY 2 OF FARM-CITY PRO RODEO REGION, A3 SPORTS, A8 E O AST 143rd year, No. 211 REGONIAN Friday, august 9, 2019 $1.50 WINNER OF THE 2019 ONPA GENERAL EXCELLENCE AWARD Your Weekend UMATILLA COUNTY FAIR • Pure Bathing Culture, The Lodge, Pendleton • Broadway Block Party, Milton-Freewater • Science Pub, Prodigal Son Brewery & Pub, Pendleton FOR DATES, TIMES AND VENUES, VISIT WWW.EASTERNOREGONEVENTS.COM Weekend Weather FRI SAT SUN Staff photo by Ben Lonergan Delaney Daugherty seasons meat at the International Foods booths at the Umatilla County Fair Wednesday afternoon. 87/58 79/58 79/56 Shooting rattles Latino community By JADE MCDOWELL East Oregonian HErMistON — When news of another mass shooting begins to spread, certain elements can bring the tragedy home for the people who weren’t there. a shooting at a church might make the religious take pause, or country music fans might scope out the nearest exit more carefully after a shooting at a concert. after a gun- man posted a rac- Barron ist screed against Latinos before killing 22 peo- ple in an El Paso, texas, Walmart, members of Herm- iston’s Latino community are Roman feeling that extra measure of concern. “this realized a lot of fears people have that it is this bad, that the hate can be on this level,” city councilor roy Barron said. Barron is a member of a small local grassroots organiza- tion called raices — spanish for “roots” — that has helped put together educational forums and rallies on immigration-related issues in Hermiston area. He said See El Paso, Page A7 Staff photo by Ben Lonergan Hanan Sbaih, 7, works the grill at the the International Foods booth at the Umatilla County Fair Wednesday afternoon. The Umatilla County Fair continues daily through Saturday at the Eastern Oregon Trade and Event Center in Hermiston. Food at the Umatilla County Fair is often a family business By JADE MCDOWELL East Oregonian H ErMistON — as umatilla County Fair attendees roam the booths and barns, it is often fam- ilies who provide the fuel for their adventure. Children help their parents serve up funnel cakes, or spouses work in tandem to take orders and fry corndogs. at the international Foods booth, which serves up treats such as kebabs and gyros, Louie sbaih’s 7-year-old daughter Hanan sbaih was pushing meat and fresh vegetables around the grill. “yesterday she asked me, ‘Please daddy, i’m bored, can i wait on custom- ers?’” he said. He said she did such a good job that some customers returned the next day to ask for her specifically to make their food. He doesn’t want her taking over his business someday, though — the sin- gle father is determined to make sure his daughter achieves her goal of becoming a judge. “My father’s a lawyer, my brother is a lawyer, my cousins are lawyers,” he said. “i went to college but didn’t finish. i want my daughter to be not just a law- yer but a judge, over all of them.” See Food, Page A7 Ready for the storm By ALEX CASTLE East Oregonian HErMistON — as the umatilla County Fair opened its gates for business on thurs- day, dark clouds rolled in overhead while a damp warmth clung to the air. Most vendors appeared unconcerned with tents propped above them and their valuables, while others without that luxury nervously watched the darkness wash over the grounds at Hermiston’s Eastern Oregon trade and Event Center. according to the National Weather ser- vice, there’s plenty more where they came from and the fair is ready for it. “We have an entire emergency manage- ment plan in place,” director of fair security John Eckhardt said. Early thursday morning, the NWs issued a red flag warning, indicating the area’s warm temperatures, low humidity and strong winds have combined for critical fire conditions. that risk is elevated by predicted thunder- storms with abundant lightning that follows a dry period in the region, according to the warning. storms were expected to begin thursday afternoon and evening with more occurring Friday and extending into saturday after- noon. the NWs projects the storms will gradually produce more and more rainfall with them and the red flag warning is in effect until 10 a.m. on saturday. Emergency contingencies at the fair are coordinated by umatilla County sheriff Terry Rowan and his office. While the emergency management plan doesn’t explicitly outline the procedure for thunder and lightning in the area, rowan and Ekchardt echoed the same plan of get- ting people to shelter, whether that be at the ground’s event center, barns, or people’s per- sonal vehicles. Much of the plan, rowan said, is dedicated to mitigating the risks of high winds that the fair commonly faces each year. if the winds exceed 20 mph, the carnival will stop operat- ing the Ferris wheel and other elevated rides until the gusts subside. Eckhardt said that other rides would still be operational during severe winds and that See Storm, Page A7
