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WEDNESDAY, JULY 15, 2015
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Umatilla sends zoning rules back to commission
By JADE McDOWELL
Staff Writer
After two months of considering a
proposed overhaul of Umatilla’s com-
mercial zone
the City
ZONING rules,
Council sent the
Planning Com-
mission back to the drawing board
this week.
The Planning Commission
began writing a comprehensive
set of regulations in October
2014, creating two new types of
commercial zones and detailing
which categories of businesses
are allowed in each commercial
zone after citizens pushed the city
to do something about the prolif-
eration of adults-only businesses
downtown.
But City Manager Bob Ward
said some council members voiced
the opinion that Umatilla had a rep-
utation for being unfriendly to busi-
nesses and that new, more stringent
commercial zone rules would rein-
force that negative image.
Councilor Mel Ray made a
motion to remand the rules back
to the Planning Commission for
revision during a special City
Council meeting Monday. The
motion passed, 3-2.
“I believe the intent is for the
council and Planning Commis-
sion to sit down at some point in
the future to discuss the vision
and purpose,” Ward said.
The council also passed a res-
olution extending the city’s mor-
atorium on new adult businesses,
which was set to run out Tuesday,
for another 110 days.
“There is a lot of work cut out for
both the council and the Planning Com-
mission and I don’t think this is some-
thing that will be resolved quickly,” said
Ward, about moratoriums on both adult
businesses and marijuana dispensaries.
Hermiston HONORING:
resident
arrested for
kidnapping,
assault
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Staff Report
A 22-year-old Hermiston man was
arrested on assault and kidnapping
charges Wednesday, July 8.
Hermiston Police Department Capt.
Darryl Johnson said of¿ cers were dis-
patched to the area of 850 S.W. 11th
St. in Hermiston for a report of a dis-
turbance involving a male and his girl-
friend at about 11:30 p.m. July 7.
During a canvass of the area, near
29 %irch Drive, of¿ cers
located the victim, who
said Benjamin Mar-
quez, 22, grabbed her
and attempted to take her
against her will to an un-
known trailer, Johnson
Marquez
said.
Marquez was locat-
ed at 1100 W. Sunland Drive and was
arrested at about midnight for felony
second-degree kidnapping and mis-
demeanor fourth-degree assault, he
said.
According to the Umatilla Coun-
ty Jail roster, Marquez is being held
on $50,000 bail for the kidnapping
charge.
for medical reasons, but for the
most part the young men Wil-
liams had sat next to in math
class and trained with on the
gridiron had been scattered
across military bases and the
provinces of Vietnam.
Williams said parents, sis-
ters and friends back home
tried to keep everyone up to
date on where their classmates
were.
“The grapevine was in full
effect back then,” he said.
Spearman was the second
friend from Hermiston Wil-
liams had lost in Vietnam.
About three years before, Wil-
liams had been a pallbearer
at the funeral of Greg Gessel,
Class of 1964.
A bench in Gessel’s hon-
or was dedicated by his class
at their 50-year reunion last
year, which was what gave
the Class of 1965 the idea.
The two wrought-iron bench-
es will sit side by side in
McKenzie Park from now on,
providing a further memorial
for two of the 17 names on
the park’s monument to the
soldiers from Umatilla Coun-
ty who never came home from
Vietnam.
The Class of 1965’s reunion
will kick off Friday at 5 p.m.
with a memorial service for
Spearman in front of the new
bench at McKenzie Park.
STAFF PHOTO BY JADE MCDOWELL
Gordon K. Spearman Jr. was one of the fallen soldiers in Hermiston Cemetery that had visitors to his grave on
Memorial Day 2014
Enhanced holiday patrols lead to DUII arrests
Herald staff report
The enhanced patrols
conducted by the Umatilla
County Sheriff’s Depart-
ment during the Fourth of
July weekend, July 3 to
July 5, led to three arrests
and nearly two dozen cita-
tions.
Deputies reported 26
additional citizen contacts,
according to a UCSO press
release. Deputies issued 21
citations and arrested three
people for driving under
the inÀ uence of intoxi-
cants. The blood alcohol
concentrations of the ar-
rested persons ranged from
.10 percent to .22 percent.
The legal limit is .08 per-
cent.
The Sheriff’s Depart-
ment only responded to
one motor vehicle crash
during the holiday week-
end, which was non-in-
jury and not alcohol- or
drug-related.
The primary intent of
these DUII/high visibility
enforcement events is to
increase law enforcement
presence in the community
and to prevent deaths from
impaired drivers.
“Holiday
weekends
like the Fourth of July can
sometimes be deadly on
our highways,” Sgt. Joshua
Roberts said in the release.
“I am grateful that we had
a safe holiday weekend and
that the deputies were able
to remove drivers from the
street that posed a risk to
our citizens.”
These events are funded
through a grant from the
Oregon State Sheriff’s As-
sociation. There are three
DUII/high visibility en-
forcement events planned
for August and September.
The ¿ rst event will be from
Aug. 11 through 15 during
the Umatilla County Fair
and Farm-City Pro Rodeo,
followed by Labor Day
weekend from Aug. 21 to
Sept. 7. The ¿ nal event
will be during the Pendle-
ton Round-Up from Sept.
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board. She places white
transfer paper between the
tracing paper and the board
and retraces the outline,
which leaves a thin white
guide on top of the black
board that is removed by
the scratching.
³:hen you ¿ rst start the
picture, it’s dead,” she said.
³,t’s like a À at animal, but
when you get the eyes, it
just sort of comes to life.”
Hoffman said it takes her
about a week to complete
a work of scratch art. She
said it is something anyone
can do, and the style al-
lows people to take breaks
and come back later with-
out having to worry about
paints drying out.
“I just think it’s enjoy-
able,” she said. “It’s re-
warding, and it’s fun to
share.”
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