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Eagle photos/Angel Carpenter
Andrew Copenhaver, left, and
Melissa Hale lead 2-year-old Tye in
the Color Me Free Run along with
Debbie Hale, right.
A RAINBOW OF FUN FOR FAMILIES
Kickoff event raises domestic violence awareness
By Angel Carpenter
Blue Mountain Eagle
A
bout 50 participants
braced themselves as
brilliant hues of pow-
ders were thrown at
them during Heart
of Grant County’s Color Me Free
Run on Saturday.
Those lacing up for the fun
run and walk, held at the John
Day industrial park, started with
a white T-shirt and ended with a
rainbow of colors on their shirt,
pants, hair and face — the pow-
ders, made with cornstarch, are
nontoxic and wash out.
“It’s an event for our commu-
nity to kick off Domestic Violence
Awareness Month in October,” said
Heart’s executive director and vic-
tims advocate Shelley Whale-Mur-
phy.
Kim Hernandez of John Day leads
her children Milo, 5, and Emily, 2, in
the Color Me Free Run.
She organized the event
with victims advocate Cindy
Kalin and office coordinator
Tammy Larkin.
“It’s a team effort — we all
did our part,” Whale-Murphy
said.
She lauded the volunteers
who helped during the event,
about 15 in all.
“I can’t thank them
enough,” Whale-Murphy said.
“It’s really fun, and they al-
ways have a blast when they
participate in the throwing.”
High school students Sierra
Cates and Morgan Dethman
helped man a red paint powder
station.
See COLOR, Page A18
Where’s Walden?
Congressman
addresses lack
of in-person
town halls
Annabelle Raschio, 6, of John Day makes a run for it
as Morgan Dethman throws powder paint. In back is
9-year-old Joseph Burns of Hines.
McLean sentenced to 75
months for sexual abuse
Case involved
a minor and an
adult victim
Blue Mountain Eagle
By Jade McDowell
EO Media Group
Rep. Greg Walden was in
Eastern Oregon on Thursday,
but most residents were likely
unaware.
Oregon’s lone Republican
Congressman gave an update
to the Hermiston Rotary Club
on legislation he was working
on and took questions from
club members before head-
ing to another event in The
Dalles. Such semi-private,
EO Media Group/E.J. Harris
U.S. Rep. Greg Walden talks with attendees after a
contentious town hall meeting about health care May
8, 2017, in Baker City.
under-the-radar appearances
have become a popular line
of attack for his critics.
“Where’s Walden?” they
ask.
The activist group Indi-
visible even held a “Where’s
Walden?” caravan in late
See WALDEN, Page A18
A homeless John Day
man charged with sex crimes
against multiple victims plead-
ed guilty to two charges Thurs-
day.
George Earl McLean, 43,
pleaded guilty to one count of
first-degree sexual abuse and
one count of strangulation,
both felonies, in a plea agree-
ment in which 16 other charges
were dismissed, including
rape, sexual abuse, sexual
penetration, strangulation, ha-
rassment and
menacing.
G r a n t
County Cir-
cuit
Court
Judge William
D.
Cramer
George
Jr. sentenced
Earl
McLean to 75
McLean
months in pris-
on for the sex
abuse charge, the mandatory
minimum for the Measure 11
crime, which prevents Mc-
Lean from being eligible for
sentence reductions.
McLean was required to
register as a sex offender and
lost the right to possess fire-
arms.
See MCLEAN, Page A18