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About Hermiston herald. (Hermiston, Or.) 1994-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 26, 2015)
Hermiston Herald WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26, 2015 SPORTS ABOUT TOWN PAGE 10 Lightning sparks fires in Morrow County By SEAN HART Staff Writer www.HermistonHerald.com $1.00 Economics New role TEACHERS GET Shedding the defensive title to defend the title LESSON IN POVERTY PAGE 8 PAGE 10 RUNNING BACK COLBRAY SIDELINED Teacher, coach on leave pending investigation State commission investigates former basketball coach following two investigations by local law enforcement By SEAN HART Staff Writer $ +erPLston teacher and for Per coach Ls on adPLnLstratLve leave pendLnJ an LnvestLJatLon E\ the 7eacher 6tandards and 3ractLces &oPPLssLon -aNe Mc(llLJott Zho Zas a teacher at $rPand /arLve MLd dle 6chool and the head Eo\s EasNetEall coach for +erPLston +LJh 6chool Zas placed on paLd adPLnLstratLve leave $uJ +erPLston 6chool 'LstrLct 'ep ut\ 6uperLntendent :ade 6PLth saLd 7uesda\ 7he dLstrLct post ed a MoE openLnJ for the Eo\s EasNetEall coachLnJ posLtLon on $uJ “We are told the Teachers 6tandards and 3ractLces &oP PLssLon has found suf¿ cLent evLdence of poten tLal ZronJdoLnJ ZhLle Mr Mc(llL Jott Zas a teacher at a forPer dLstrLct´ 6PLth saLd “To P\ McElligott NnoZledJe thLs has nothLnJ to do ZLth Zhen he Zas a teacher at +erP Lston´ (lL]aEeth .eller dLrector of lLcensure and professLonal prac tLces for the coPPLssLon con ¿ rPed Mc(llLJott Zas the suE Mect of an open LnvestLJatLon Eut saLd she Zas unaEle to dLsclose an\thLnJ further $ PessaJe left for Mc(llLJott for coPPent earlLer thLs ZeeN Zas not returned as of Tuesda\ evenLnJ 6PLth saLd the coPPLssLon dLd not LnforP the dLstrLct aEout the nature of the LnvestLJatLon +e saLd teachers under LnvestL JatLon are placed on adPLnLs tratLve leave untLl Lt Ls coPplete ZhLch he antLcLpated E\ thLs fall Mc(llLJott Zas hLred E\ +erPLston 6chool 'LstrLct Ee See LEAVE, A18 STUDENTS BACK TO SCHOOL TODAY /LJhtnLnJ ¿ res NeSt FreZs Eus\ Monda\ evenLnJ Ln MorroZ &ount\ MorroZ &ount\ 6herLII¶s 2I ¿ Fe dLsSatFh reFeLved PuOtLSOe FaOOs IroP out SP 6Jt 6arah 6PLth saLd and ¿ re ¿ Jhters IroP PuOtLSOe aJenFLes re sSonded to ¿ ve seSarate LnFLdents ³,t Zas NLnd oI Fra]\ Ln here Oast nLJht´ she saLd ³,t Zas SroE aEO\ one oI the EusLest nLJhts oI the suPPer´ 6PLth saLd the ¿ res Zere on 6o FLaO 5LdJe southZest oI +eSSner %aseOLne /ane and 6and +oOOoZ 5oad northeast oI +eSSner three PLOes north oI /e[LnJton %OaFN horse &an\on and 3LSer &an\on east oI +eSSner and near (LJht PLOe 5oad northZest oI ,one 8nLts IroP +eSSner ,one /e[ LnJton and %oardPan Zere dLs SatFhed to the ¿ res she saLd and the Oast unLt dLd not Oeave the sFene oI the ¿ re northZest oI ,one untLO 7uesda\ PornLnJ $t noon ,one )Lre 'eSartPent Zas dLsSatFhed EaFN to the area oI (LJhtPLOe 5oad and )ourPLOe 5oad Ior a À are uS 6PLth saLd no LnMurLes Zere re Sorted IroP an\ oI the LnFLdents and no struFtures Zere daPaJed City releases survey about community brand STAFF PHOTO BY SEAN HART )URPOHIW6HDQ6DPDQWKDDQG$OL/LQNHOKHOS-DFRE/LQNHOSODFHVFKRROVXSSOLHVLQKLVQHZGHVNLQ/LQGD%DNRV·ÀUVWJUDGHFODVVURRPDW:HVW3DUN Elementary School in Hermiston during an open house Monday. Hermiston district begins school year with record enrollment of 5,600 students By SEAN HART Staff Writer More students than ever are enroOOed Ior the ¿ rst da\ oI sFhooO toda\ Ln the +erPLston 6FhooO 'Ls SCHOOL trLFt ' e S ut \ 6uSerLnten dent :ade 6PLth saLd aOthouJh the nuPEers usuaOO\ deFOLne as sFhooO Jets underZa\ IroP IaP LOLes Zho Poved durLnJ the suP Per the dLstrLFt FurrentO\ has FOose to students enroOOed ³/ast \ear Ze SeaNed at aEout students and settOed Lnto a student Fount´ he saLd ³,I Ze IoOOoZ suLt sLPLOar O\ thLs \ear Ze shouOd settOe Ln EetZeen and stu dents´ 7he dLstrLFt Ireed uS soPe sSaFe Ior students E\ OeasLnJ a sTuareIoot dLstrLFt oI¿ Fe EuLOdLnJ at 6: th 6t and FonsoOLdatLnJ Pan\ dLIIerent IunFtLons there that Zere SrevL ousO\ housed Ln other sFhooOs 6PLth saLd (ven ZLth three ad dLtLonaO FOassrooPs at the hLJh sFhooO hoZever the IaFLOLt\ Ls aOread\ IuOO and e[FeedLnJ Lts Fa SaFLt\ oI students he saLd 6uSerLntendent )red MaLoF Fo saLd he Zas SOeased ZLth the neZ dLstrLFt oI¿ Fe and that Lt has aOread\ LPSroved FoOOaEoratLon and s\nerJ\ ³,¶P Post SOeased Ior our students that Ze FouOd SuOO aduOts out oI SerPanent sSaFe so students FouOd have SerPa nent sSaFe and not Ee Sut Lnto SortaEOe FOassrooPs´ he saLd ³6eFondO\ ,¶P reaOO\ SOeased to Ee aEOe to SuOO dLsSarate IunF tLons and oSeratLons IroP aFross the dLstrLFt Ior the ¿ rst tLPe ever See SCHOOL, A18 HERMISTON HERALD 7he FLt\ oI +erPLston and &haPEer oI &oPPerFe are asNLnJ Ior LnSut on the FLt\¶s Erand $nsZers on the anon\Pous surve\ ZLOO Ee FoOOeFted E\ an Ln dependent consultant and used to assess perceptLons oI the ³+erPLs ton <ou &an *52: +ere´ Erand developed E\ the cLt\¶s )utures 7asN )orce %randLnJ and &oPPu nLt\ 3roPotLon &oPPLttee $ccordLnJ to a neZs release the purpose oI developLnJ a cohesLve ³Erand´ Ior +erPLston Ls to JLve +erPLston an LdentLt\ proPote +erPLston¶s lLvaELlLt\ rePaLn the larJest cLt\ Ln (astern 2reJon at tract Pore EusLnesses and IaPLlLes to the area and Lncrease tourLsP 7he cLt\¶s attePpt to adopt the ³<ou &an *52: +ere´ Erand proPotLnJ the Ldea that +erPLston Ls a prLPe place to JroZ ever\thLnJ IroP produce to EusLnesses Iell À at ZLth soPe cLtL]ens 7he coun cLl heard crLtLcLsP last \ear IroP people Zho dLdn¶t lLNe the paLnt MoE on the Zater toZer that replaced a ZaterPelon LPaJe ZLth the taJlLne and others saLd sloJan opened the cLt\ up to MoNes aEout ParLMuana cultLvatLon 7he stated purpose oI the sur ve\ Ls to ³deterPLne LI an\ chanJ es should Ee Pade EeIore PovLnJ IorZard Iurther ZLth the coPPu nLt\ Erand´ 7he surve\ Ls avaLlaEle onlLne at ZZZherPLstonErandcoP and can also Ee ¿ lled out E\ hand at +erPLston¶s 6aturda\ MarNet at Mc.en]Le 3arN 6aturda\ IroP aP or at :alMart 6at urda\ IroP aP to pP Judge appointed to top legal post in National Guard By SEAN HART Staff Writer $ +erPLstonEased cLrcuLt court MudJe Zas recentl\ naPed the top leJal oI¿ cLal Ior the 2re Jon 1atLonal *uard ,n -ul\ *ov .ate %roZn ap poLnted &ol 'anLel - +Lll state MudJe advocate Zhere he ZLll supervLse Pore than MudJe ad vocates and leJal personnel for the LAW Juard and serve as a leJal advLsor to the adMutant Jeneral +Lll Ls onl\ the ¿ fth state MudJe advocate Ln 2reJon and ZLll serve Ln the role untLl he resLJns or Ls relLeved -udJe advocates perforP a va rLet\ of leJal dutLes ,n addLtLon to advLsLnJ coPPanders +Lll saLd the\ handle PLlLtar\ MustLce such as defense Ln dLscLplLnar\ pro ceedLnJs and offer servLces such as preparLnJ ZLlls and poZers of attorne\ for servLce PePEers +e saLd Puch of hLs tLPe and STAFF PHOTO BY E.J. HARRIS Umatilla County Circuit Court Judge Daniel J. Hill, a colonel in the Oregon National Guard, has been deployed twice during his tenure in the guard — once to New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina in 2005, and once to Afghanistan in 2006. effort Ls preparLnJ for the possLELl Lt\ of a catastrophLc tsunaPL and earthTuaNe that LPpacts 2reJon ³,f Ze Jet the ELJ tsunaPL the\¶re talNLnJ aEout Ln the &asca dLa fault Lt¶s JoLnJ to Ee ELJ´ he saLd ³,t¶s JoLnJ to cause a lot of daPaJe and a lot of recover\ tLPe 2ur PaLn effort rLJht noZ Ls pre parLnJ for that´ +Lll Zas deplo\ed as staff MudJe advocate for a tasN force that responded to the devasta tLon froP .atrLna Ln and he saLd chanJes sLnce then ZLll help LPprove responses to future dL sasters +Lll saLd the\ learned les sons froP that dLsaster and Eetter JuLdes noZ e[Lst to help navLJate ³the patchZorN of dLfferent laZs´ that reJulate federal and 1atLonal *uard actLons 3rovLdLnJ a unL¿ ed response to a dLsaster as larJe as .atrLna Zas one of the dLf¿ cultLes he saLd Eut plannLnJ noZ e[Lsts for dualhat coPPanders Zho can lead Eoth state and federal troops ³.atrLna Zas reall\ a unLTue e[perLence sLnce Lt Zas the ¿ rst real doPestLc operatLonst\pe event that the 8nLted 6tates had of that NLnd of scale´ he saLd ³,t Zas TuLte unLTue to see hoZ the pro See HILL, A6