WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 13, 2016
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jobs for trying to cover
up non-injury crash
District honors Educators of the Year
Hermiston School District
recognized 10 teachers Mon-
day night with its annual Edu-
cator of the Year awards.
The district also honored
Sunset Elementary School
principal Devin Grigg as Ad-
ministrator of the Year.
Grigg has been in educa-
tion for 21 years, including
11 years with Hermiston
School District, and has
served as principal at Sunset
for the past seven. Superin-
tendent. Fred Maiocco said
Grigg puts student learning
ahead of everything he does
and is quick to study out
a solution when he sees a
need. Through his participa-
tion in the Hermiston Lion’s
Club, he has also become
the district’s point person
when a student needs help
obtaining glasses or a vision
screening.
“He is a tremendous edu-
cator,” Maiocco said.
Educator of the Year re-
cipients honored at Monday
night’s school board meet-
ing were nominated by their
coworkers. Maiocco said he
hoped the teachers hung up
the award in their classrooms,
where students and their par-
ents would see it.
“It is important that we let
them know you are an exam-
ple,” he said.
Recipients were Melody
Bustillos, Mary Robinson,
Lisa McElroy, Ashlie Stan-
ley, Robbie Storagee, Stacy
Shaefer, Jessica Campbell,
Deanna Plum, Dia Bernabe
and Arta Jones.
The educators will also be
presented to the community
at the Hermiston Chamber of
Commerce’s Distinguished
Citizens Awards banquet on
Feb. 3. The district will then
select one recipient to be
nominated for Oregon Teach-
er of the Year.
Devin Grigg
Sunset Elementary
Robbie Storagee
Sunset Elementary
Mary Robinson
Hermiston High School
Ashlie Stanley
Armand Larive Middle School
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Bryon Zumwalt and Lt.
Monte Toombs remain on
paid administrative leave,
but details are emerging
about what led to former
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missal from the force and
threat to sue the city, which
lead to an investigation of
the chief and his lieutenant.
McBride has alleged his
dismissal was the result of
him reporting misconduct
by his supervisors.
The East Oregonian re-
ported Saturday, Jan. 9, that
McBride and a deputy with
the Umatilla County Sher-
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jobs for trying to cover up
a non-injury crash that fol-
lowed a night of off-duty
drinking.
The deputy, Allen “Al”
Plum, resigned his position
with the Umatilla County
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Department on Oct. 5.
In November, McBride
threatened to sue the city of
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duct on the part of Zumwalt
and Toombs.
Many of details reported
by the East Oregonian Sat-
urday came from a 36-page
investigation report con-
ducted after Plum crashed
his Toyota Tacoma pick-
up into the guardrail of a
bridge. The crash occurred
on Hinkle Motel Road
south of Feedville Road on
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the Hinkle rail yard.
The full East Ore-
gonian story by report-
er Phil Wright, which is
supplemented by talking
to those close to the in-
vestigation, can be found
online at: http://www.
eastoregonian.com/eo/lo-
cal-news/20160108/crash-
cover-up-attempt-cost-two-
cops-their-jobs. A link to
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that occurred after the crash
can also be found online at
that address.
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Stacy Shaefer
West Park Elementary
Jessica Campbell
Rocky Heights Elementary
Melody Bustillos
Hermiston High School
Lisa McElroy
Sandstone Middle School
Dia Bernabe
Desert View Elementary
Arta Jones
District-wide support
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him on the needs
has been nominated
and concerns of the
by Gov. Kate Brown
state’s women. The
for a seat on the Or-
commission’s stated
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Women.
goals today include
Beas Fitzgerald
advocating for equal
was the only Umatil-
treatment in the
la County resident on
workplace and under
the governor’s latest Clara
the law, celebrating
list of names submit- Beas
the accomplishments
Fitzgerald
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of the state’s women
mation.
and helping women
The Oregon Com- access resources and edu-
mission for Women was cation.
Deanna Plum
Highland Hills Elementary
New manager embraces challenge of changes to fair
By JADE McDOWELL
Staff Writer
The Umatilla County Fair
has a new director.
Don Slone, director of the
Harney County Fair for the
past 25 years, will take over
management of the Umatilla
County Fair starting Feb. 1.
Slone is also the president
of the Oregon Fairs Asso-
ciation, which county com-
missioner Larry Givens said
made him an ideal candidate.
“He’s got a vast amount of
experience not only with the
Harney County Fair, but with
fairs around the state,” Giv-
ens said.
He said Slone has visited
the Umatilla County Fair-
grounds and worked with lo-
cal fair staff in his capacity as
president before.
Slone is replacing Peggy
Anderson, who announced
her resignation in August in
order to take a job as fair di-
rector in Josephine County,
where she grew up.
At the time, the fair board
announced that the position
would likely be reduced from
full-time to part-time in light
of the planned move to the
Eastern Oregon Trade and
Event Center, where business
manager Heather Cannell
could take on some duties
previously associated with
the fair director.
On Thursday Givens said
the decision to use the current
fairgrounds for an additional
year means Slone’s position
will be full-time for 2016.
After that, Givens said, it is
undecided exactly what the
position will look like while one, he said.
“It’s going to be
Slone helps the fair
probably the biggest
transition to the EO-
challenge I’ve encoun-
TEC grounds.
tered in my life,” he
After growing up in
said.
Burns, spending sever-
At last week’s con-
al years on the Harney
ference for the West-
County Fair Board and
ern Fair Association
then managing the fair
— which includes 11
for more than 25 years, Don
Slone
states and Canada —
Slone said he felt it was
Slone was made the
time to seek out a new
association’s 2016 treasurer,
challenge.
The idea of helping move with the understanding that
the Umatilla County Fair he will serve as vice president
from its place in the center of the association in 2017 and
of Hermiston to the new fa- president in 2018.
Slone is also serving as the
cilities being constructed at
the Eastern Oregon Trade and president of the Oregon Fairs
Event Center is an exciting Association for the second
Mike Stratton
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time. He said that position has
given him the opportunity to
work with all three Umatilla
County commissioners and a
variety of fair board members
over the years.
He has been active in the
Burns sports community over
his career, coaching baseball
and softball and playing in
an over-30 Harney County
basketball league. During his
college career at Eastern Ore-
gon State College (now East-
ern Oregon University) from
1971-1973 he played basket-
ball, baseball and soccer. He
served as president of the 4H
Leaders Association and was
a Parks and Recreation com-
mittee member for six years.
He said he appreciates that
the Umatilla County Fair has
kept its focus on agriculture
while other fairs have drifted
from that mission. He also
likes the way the Farm-City
Pro Rodeo complements the
fair. Slone said he loves at-
tending other county fairs in
his free time, because there is
always something to learn.
“I’m not only a person
who works at a fair, but I am
a fan of other fairs,” he said.
Givens said Slone is a re-
spected leader in the county
fair world and the county
commission and fair board
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perience necessary to take
on the challenges associated
with moving the Umatilla
County Fair to a new venue
in 2017.
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