WEDNESDAY, JULY 20, 2016
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LOCAL NEWS
Woman on
motorcycle
leads oficers on
120 mph chase
Suspect arrested
on eluding,
drug charges
westbound at milepost
154. The oficer attempted
to pull her over, but she
sped away.
Gilliam County Sher-
iff Gary Bettencourt said
Scholl pulled into Arling-
ton to get gas when she
By GEORGE PLAVEN
Staff Writer
encountered another dep-
A 39-year-old woman uty and sped back onto
was arrested Thursday af- the highway heading east.
ter leading oficers
Bettencourt
said
on a motorcycle
they clocked Scholl
chase on Interstate
at speeds up to 120
84 in Morrow and
mph.
Gilliam
counties
Scholl ran out of
that reached speeds
gas at milepost 146,
in excess of 120
hopped the guard-
mph.
rail and attempted to
Shannon Marie Scholl
run toward the Co-
Scholl, of Vancou-
lumbia River. Bet-
ver, Washington, also tencourt said Scholl fell
tried to lee on foot after down a steep embankment
running out of gas on the and was quickly arrested.
freeway. She was charged Nobody was seriously in-
Friday in Gilliam Coun- jured in the chase.
ty Circuit Court with two
The Morrow Coun-
counts of attempting to ty Sheriff’s Ofice has
elude a police oficer, also cited Scholl with
reckless driving and pos- speeding, driving while
session of methamphet- suspended and driving
amine.
without insurance. She
The pursuit began in was taken to Northern
Morrow County, where Oregon Regional Cor-
a deputy clocked Scholl rectional Facility in The
driving 92 mph on I-84 Dalles on $1,000 bail.
NEWS IN BRIEF
Echo church sets Bible
school
Art show seeks
participants
Singing, games, Bible
stories and skits are featured
during vacation Bible school
in Echo.
Open to ages 3-12, the
event is Monday, July 25
through Friday, July 29 from
6:30-8:30 p.m. at the Echo
Community Church, 21 N.
Bonanza St. Participants also
will receive snacks.
The free event is open
to children of any faith. For
more information, call Donna
at 541-376-8664.
Artists from any medi-
um are invited to apply to
participate in the 16th an-
nual Harvest of Art Show,
which runs in conjunction
with the city’s festival,
which has been re-named
Milton-Freewater Rocks!
Entry forms are available
at the Milton-Freewater Li-
brary, The Arts Portal Gal-
lery or by calling Blanche
Mason at 541-938-5126.
The deadline to enter is Sat-
urday, Aug. 13. There is a $7
fee for each entry.
The show opens Friday,
Aug. 19 from 11 a.m. to 7
p.m. at Central School, 306
S.W. Second Ave., Mil-
ton-Freewater. It continues
the same hours on Satur-
day, Aug. 20 and Sunday,
Aug. 21 from noon to 4
p.m. A closing reception is
set for Sunday, with prizes
awarded and artists’ work
returned.
For more information,
call 541-938-5516 or 541-
938-5126.
Tri-Cities group jazzes
up park series
A mixture of jazz and
rhythm and blues will be per-
formed by 7-Wheel Drive
during the upcoming Music
in the Parks.
Based out of the Tri-Cities,
the band features singer Lori
Tyler with Steve Haberman
on piano, Gary Danielson,
baritone sax; Wayne Land,
alto sax; Stan Pitman, trum-
pet; Dave Campbell, bass;
and Jerry Larson, drums.
The free concert is Mon-
day at 7 p.m. at Irrigon Ma-
rina Park. Concessions are
available for purchase from
Judy’s Chuck Wagon.
People are encouraged to
bring a blanket or chair and
enjoy the music. The concert
series alternates each Mon-
day between Boardman and
Irrigon marina parks. It runs
through Aug. 22. For more
information, call Tami Sher-
er at 541-571-0844 or Renee
Couchman at 922-1560.
STAFF PHOTO BY ALEXA LOUGEE
One of several windows damaged in a string of incidents around Hermiston.
NIGHT OF MISCHIEF PROVES COSTLY FOR CAR OWNERS
By ALEXA LOUGEE
Staff Writer
A vandal with a BB gun
is believed to have caused
damage to vehicles in
Hermiston and possibly be-
yond in the early morning
hours last week.
The Hermiston Police
Department was dispatched
to six calls of car windows
either broken or shot at on
Tuesday, July12. Hermis-
ton Police Captain Darryl
Johnson believes all the in-
cidents were related.
According to reports, the
vandal or vandals appear
to have used a BB gun to
shoot at empty vehicles, but
as far as car owners could
tell, nothing had been sto-
len from any of the vehi-
cles. In some cases the win-
dow shattered and fell out;
in other cases the window
was hit and cracked.
STAFF PHOTO BY ALEXA LOUGEE
Islas Auto Sales along Highway 395 had four cars with
windows damaged July 12.
In a report taken from
Aspen Grove Apartments,
three
tenant
vehicles
parked along the road near
the complex had windows
damaged. In each reported
case the shattered window
was a side window.
Bloomz Coffee Bar opens downtown
By JADE McDOWELL
Staff Writer
A quick latte or cinnamon
roll is now within easy walk-
ing distance of downtown
businesses after Bloomz
Coffee Bar opened Tuesday.
The coffee shop, locat-
ed at 140 NE 2nd Street,
is leasing space from Sim-
mons Insurance Group
on the former RoeMark’s
property next to Scrubs
Life. It offers a variety of
food and drinks, including
coffee, lemonade, choc-
olates, bagels, breakfast
sandwiches, scones and
other pastries.
“We’re trying to serve
the downtown business
base,” said Rod Zumwalt,
one of the shop’s co-own-
ers.
His family also owns
Bloomz Floral & Boutique,
which will continue to be
located nearby at 215 E
Main St. He said they hope
to build a relationship with
regular customers from the
downtown area who will
stop in for a coffee and
maybe some breakfast too
on the way to work.
The shop is not com-
pletely furnished yet (more
seating will be forthcoming
in the next few days) but is
open for business. Zumwalt
said after the soft opening
they will continue to adjust
the hours and other compo-
nents according to demand.
“We will start 8 a.m. to
5 p.m. Monday through Fri-
day, but we’re going to play
it by ear what the customer
base wants,” he said.
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The cost to replace the
windows can range dras-
tically depending on the
vehicle’s make, model and
year, according to Kellye
Finch at West Coast Auto
Glass in Hermiston. Car
owners are looking at costs
between $325 and $1,400
per window, including la-
bor, to repair the damage.
The Umatilla County
Sheriff’s Ofice also took
a report July 12 from Islas
Auto Sales north of Herm-
iston on Highway 395 re-
garding four vehicles with
window damage. Each of
the cars had a side window
that appeared to be shot
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Benito Islas, the manag-
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they’ve been in business for
10 years, and have not had
something like this hap-
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recently moved and this is
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