WEDNESDAY, MAY 11, 2016
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Two Hermiston men hurt in early Sunday exchange of gunfire District offers
Gunire erupted at a
Hermiston apartment com-
plex early Sunday morn-
ing, sending two men to the
hospital.
Both men suffered non-
life threatening gunshot
wounds and the investiga-
tion is ongoing, Hermiston
Police Chief Jason Edmis-
ton said in a written state-
ment.
Gunire was exchanged
at the apartment complex
at the 600 block of South-
east Fourth Street, but law
enforcement — including
Hermiston detectives and
the Oregon State Police Fo-
rensic Division — are still
determining exactly what
happened.
Police received a report
of at least 10 gunshots at
3:16 a.m. and an ambu-
lance was dispatched, but
it was canceled when no
victims were found at the
scene. While en route to
the shooting, some police
oficers were redirected to
the emergency department
at Good Shepherd Medical
Center, Hermiston, after
two people with gunshot
wounds arrived separately,
according to Edmiston.
Adalberto G. Flores,
20, and a 17-year-old
male, both of Hermiston,
were taken to Good Shep-
herd Medical Center but
then transported out of the
classiied
employees 4
percent raise
By JENNIFER COLTON
Staff Writer
Classified employees
in the Hermiston School
District will receive
raises each year for the
next two years.
Monday, the Herm-
iston School Board of
Education unanimously
approved an agreement
with the Oregon School
Employees Association
Chapter 10, the local
union for the district’s
classified
employees.
Classified
employees
include those employ-
ees who are not certified
teachers or administra-
tors, such as classroom
assistants,
custodians
and maintenance work-
ers. The agreement is
the result of negotia-
tions between Hermis-
ton’s OSEA chapter and
the district.
The classified em-
ployees approved the
agreement on May 6,
and the school board ac-
cepted it on May 9, af-
ter meeting in a closed-
door, executive session.
The agreement cov-
ers the 2016-8 biennium
and includes a modified
salary increase for the
2016-17 school year and
a 4 percent cost-of-liv-
ing increase in the 2017-
18 school year. The in-
surance cap will also be
increased by $25 each
year.
“This agreement gives
us stability for the next
two years and provides
an important adjustment
in compensation to make
STAFF PHOTO BY DANIEL WATTENBURGER
An investigator looks for evidence Sunday at an apartment complex after a shooting on
Southeast Fourth Street near Highland Avenue, Hermiston.
Hermiston area to receive
further medical care, ac-
cording to Edmiston.
During the investigation,
Hermiston oficers arrested
Lalo Murillo, 21, of Herm-
iston on a Umatilla County
parole/probation detainer.
Edmiston could not conirm
if other people were involved
in the shooting or if the inci-
dent was gang related.
He did say the people in-
volved had “ties to criminal
elements associated with
gang behavior.”
“We need to allow the
investigation to run its
course before we are able
to categorize this as gang
related,” he wrote.
Edmiston did conirm
the department has seen an
increase in cases of grafi-
ti, a sign of gang activity,
but said the majority of
the recent cases, including
taggings at Riverfront Park
and the Oxbow Trail, were
not associated with gangs.
Hermiston man charged after hate crime
A Hermiston man is in
custody after allegedly as-
saulting a black Pendleton
man because of his race.
Vernon Allen Jewell,
52, approached Eddie
Scott at about 6 p.m. Sat-
urday in the parking lot of
Foxwood Apartments on
Orchard Avenue.
According to Hermis-
ton Police Chief Jason Ed-
miston, Jewell was
mouth in self-de-
“belligerent”
and
fense, according to
calling Scott racial
Edmiston.
slurs.
During the inves-
Jewell swung at
tigation, Jewell was
Scott, again calling
identiied as the pri-
him a racial slur,
mary aggressor.
according to Ed- Vernon
When Jewell was
miston. As Jewell Jewell
being taken into
continued to come
custody, he resisted
aggressively at Scott, he arrest, and oficer Carlos
punched Jewell in the Balli and another oficer
were able to gain control
of Jewell.
Jewell was charged
with second-degree in-
timidation
(aggravated
assault),
second-degree
disorderly conduct and re-
sisting arrest.
As of Monday, Jewell
was lodged in the Uma-
tilla County Jail with a
$15,000 bail.
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IN BRIEF
Drug court sets
graduation event
Nearly four dozen men
and women will celebrate
completion of requirements
for the Umatilla County
Drug Court.
Christine
Massingale
and Craig Rodriguez, alum-
ni of the program, are the
special speakers during the
event. The public is invit-
ed to celebrate with the 47
graduates Friday at 2 p.m.
at the National Guard Ar-
mory, 900 S.E. Columbia
Drive, Hermiston.
For more information,
contact Stephanie Miller
at 541-276-7824 or steph-
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Republican Women’s
gathering focuses on
guns
Jim Webster and Wayne
York are the guest speakers
of the upcoming Round Up
Republican Women’s meet-
ing.
Webster has a federal
irearms license to sell guns
and York is the owner/op-
erator of Oregunsmithing
LLC.
The public is invited to
attend the no-host luncheon
Thursday at 11:45 a.m. at
Commissioner
candidate to address
area Democrats
Tom Bailor, a Umatilla
County commissioner can-
didate, is the guest speaker
at the upcoming Umatilla
County Democrats lun-
cheon.
Everyone is invited to
the no-host event Saturday
from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.
at The Prodigal Son Brew-
ery & Pub, 230 S.E. Court
Ave., Pendleton.
For more information,
call 541-567-1072.
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comparative wages for
the quality we receive,”
Superintendent
Fred
Maiocco said.
In other business, the
board:
• Received pins in
recognition for years
of service. Board mem-
bers Karen Sherman
(35 years), Dave Smith
(five years) and Josh
Goller (1 year) each re-
ceived pins. The pins are
awarded for every five
years of service as well
as for the first full year
of service to the Herm-
iston School District as
an employee or board
member.
• Accepted the res-
ignation of five dis-
trict employees: sec-
ond-grade
teacher
Ashley Harsin, kin-
dergarten teacher Amy
Hoffert,
educational
assistant Amelia Ough,
custodian Bruce Kernal
and Deputy Superinten-
dent Wade Smith, who
will serve his last day
with the district on June
30 before taking over as
superintendent in Walla
Walla.
• Approved extra re-
sponsibility
contracts
naming Elise Flemming
head volleyball coach
and Krystofer Lopez
head lacrosse coach at
Hermiston High School.
• Heard a presenta-
tion on Oregon Rising,
a grassroots initiative
seeking increased fund-
ing for schools from the
Oregon Legislature.
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