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
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aEO\ one oI the EusLest nLJhts oI
the suPPer´
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7uesda\ PornLnJ
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Zas dLsSatFhed EaFN to the area
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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
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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