HERMISTON TO HOST INAUGURAL DIA DE LOS MUERTOS PENDLETON UPSETS NO. 1 RAVENS IN SEASON CLOSER REGION, A3 SPORTS, B1 E O AST 143rd Year, No. 271 REGONIAN FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 1, 2019 $1.50 WINNER OF THE 2019 ONPA GENERAL EXCELLENCE AWARD Your Weekend • Dia De Los Muertos, Hermiston High School • Holiday Bazaars, Pendle- ton, Irrigon and Umatilla • Dinner With Friends Fundraiser, Pendleton FOR MORE INFO, VISIT WWW.EASTERNOREGONEVENTS.COM Weekend Weather FRI SAT SUN 47/24 50/27 54/31 Oregon test scores on the decline Staff photo by Ben Lonergan A child dressed as a ghost pirate strolls down Main Street among crowds of costumed trick-or- treaters on Thursday afternoon. By ROB MANNING Oregon Public Broadcasting PORTLAND — Student test scores fell in Oregon and Washington on the assessment known as the “Nation’s Report Card,” a trend that mirrors national declines over the last two years. The National Assessment of Educational Progress, or NAEP test, is given every two years to a sample of fourth- and eighth-grade students in every state. Oregon’s results for fourth-graders remain below the national average on both reading and math. Eighth- grade scores were very close to the national average, two years ago, and stayed that way this year. Washington has histori- cally performed better than Oregon and the national aver- age on the NAPE tests. That remained the case for this year’s eighth-graders. But fourth-graders slipped to being on par with the country as a whole. Washington’s top education Staff photo by Jade McDowell Lucas Tullis, 4, dressed as Harry Potter for Treats on Main in Hermiston. East Oregonian Staff photo by Jessica Pollard PENDLETON — Businesses along Main Street opened their doors to robbers, pirates and dinosaurs on Thursday night for the annual downtown trick-or-treat. The hundreds of costumed children fi lled the sidewalks toting buckets and bags to collect candy in celebration of Halloween. While several children dressed as postal or delivery workers, Lillee Vie- ira, 5, was the only person dressed as a mailbox. Vieira’s mother said the costume idea came when the pair were driving and she asked her what she wanted to be for Halloween. Further down the street, past a gaggle of kids dressed as green plastic army men and a child dressed as a whoopee cush- ion, Paul Melton was handing out candy. Marisa White and Hannah Schulz, both of Hermiston, dressed as puppet and pup- pet-master during Treats on Main on Thursday afternoon. See Halloween, Page A8 See Scores, Page A8 Good Shepherd community meeting highlights patient care Hospital announces plans to start oncology clinic, sleep center and cardio rehabilitation expansion By JADE MCDOWELL East Oregonian HERMISTON — When Mar- cus Engle took the stage during the Good Shepherd Community Health Care System Community Meeting on Wednesday night to talk about patient care, he was speaking from experience. At age 18, Engle, who authors books and gives speeches nation- wide about improving the patient experience, was coming home from a hockey game in St. Louis with his friends when a drunken driver crashed into the side of the vehicle where he was a passen- ger. The crash broke every bone in his face and others throughout his body, took his eyesight, required a tracheotomy and resulted in hun- dreds of hours of surgeries. He doesn’t remember much from his arrival at the Level 1 trauma center 3 miles away, other than the intense pain, but he does remember Jennifer. “Most of the night I was uncon- scious, and the only thing that gave me comfort in that messed up world was the fact that someone was holding my hand,” Engle said. Every time he had a moment of consciousness, she would squeeze his hand and repeat, “My name is See Good Shepherd, Page A8 Staff photo by Jade McDowell Marcus Engle, with his guide dog Elliot, speaks at the Good Shepherd Health Care System Community Meeting at Hermiston High School on Wednesday.