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Birthday party
provides
Medicare
information
For seniors turning 65
soon, the Senior Health
Insurance Benefi ts Assis-
tance program would like
to invite you to a fun and
informative event.
The free event will
provide basic informa-
tion about Medicare,
recipients rights and re-
sponsibilities, Social Se-
curity and Social Security
Disability. The Medicare
Birthday Party is Satur-
day, Oct. 1, from 10 a.m.
to 1 p.m. in Conference
Center No. 2 at Good
Shepherd Medical Cen-
ter, 610 N.W. 11th St.,
Hermiston.
For more information,
contact 541-667-3507 or
cherrera@gshealth.org.
Agape House marks
30 years of helping
the community
Agape House
expands its
recycling program
STAFF PHOTOS BY KATHY ANEY
Agape House Executive
Director Dave Hughes looks
up from his computer work
Tuesday morning to answer a
question from a volunteer.
With the opening of
Hermiston’s BottleDrop
Redemption
Center,
fter 17 years of
Agape House now pro-
working at the front
vides three ways people
desk of the Agape
can donate recyclable
House,
Adelina
cans and bottles to help
Torres is far from
fund its weekend ele-
judging
anyone
mentary school food
who comes in to
program.
get an emergency
•Drop cans and bot-
food box to make it
tles directly at Agape
through the end of
House. For those with
the month.
“Some people, when they
large numbers of cans/
come in for the fi rst time, they cry
bottles or businesses
because they feel embarrassed,”
that collect them, call
she said. “I tell them it’s OK, but
Agape House for pick-
sometimes they pick up the box
up service. Proceeds
and they go outside crying.”
from cans/bottles donat-
The nonprofi t, which is cele-
ed this way also will go
brating its 30th anniversary with
to Agape House’s auto-
an open house on Sunday, serves
mobile gas program and
several hundred Umatilla County
other small needs.
residents per month with food,
•For those who have
clothing, showers, fi rewood, job
a personal BottleDrop
trainings, gas money and other
account, people can do-
help.
nate from their recycling
That knowledge doesn’t al-
account at www.bottle-
ways make the experience easier
dropcenters.com. Click
for those who fi nd themselves in
on “Fundraising,” en-
need of help.
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,
tours
be hosting a 30th anniversary open house with
On Tuesday morning Torres
and enter the
• Sept. 25 from 2-5 p.m. the Agape House will
on 500 Harper Road in Hermiston.
and her coworker Ovelia Mu-
amount to do-
information and refreshments at its building
s.
good
next parking lot sale of household
noz greeted clients as they
nate. Donors
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• Oct. 8 from 8:30-11 a.m. is the Agape House’s
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541-567-8774.
By JADE McDOWELL
Staff Writer
ODD FREEWAY CHASE INVOLVING TEENS LEADS TO CHARGES
By PHIL WRIGHT
Staff Writer
A 28-year-old man
and 17-year-old boy
from Hermiston face
multiple charges follow-
ing a harrowing stop-
and-go chase on Inter-
state 84.
Oregon State Police
reported a 16-year-old
girl from Stanfi eld and
a 16-year-old boy from
Umatilla were eastbound
on Interstate 84 from exit
182 around 7 p.m. Mon-
day in a red Jeep Grand
Cherokee when a silver
Mazda 6 passed them.
Christopher
John
Mallory and the 17-year-
old were in the Mazda,
which slowed in front
of the Jeep, eventually
making it stop in the fast
lane. Mallory and the
teen got out, ran to the
Jeep and tried to open
the doors. The boy driv-
ing the Jeep took off,
and the suspects gave
chase in the Mazda.
The scene played out
twice more, state police
reported, before the vic-
tims crossed the median
and tried to escape on
I-84 heading west.
Mallory
and
the
17-year-old again pur-
sued, passed the victims
and stopped in front of
them. The juvenile sus-
pect this time jumped on
the hood of the Jeep. The
victims again fl ed, and
the teen fell, suffering
minor injuries.
State police Sgt. Lisa
Sater said the boy had
pain in his left arm, left
leg and both wrists. Mal-
lory lives near Good
Shepherd Medical Cen-
ter, Hermiston, she said,
and he and the teen
walked to the hospital
for medical treatment.
That’s where state police
caught them.
Sater said a dispute
between an ex-boyfriend
and girlfriend, one in
each vehicle, led to the
dangerous game of high-
way tag, which lasted
about 30 minutes. The
two 16-year-olds were
not injured, she said, but
were shaken.
Troopers cited the
17-year-old and arrest-
ed Mallory for reckless
driving, second-degree
disorderly conduct, and
two counts each of ha-
rassment and reckless-
ly endangering another
person. The 17-year-old
also faces a charge of
second-degree mischief.
Mallory is in the Uma-
tilla County Jail, Pend-
leton.
Governor’s
race features
fi rst debate
in Bend
The fi rst debate be-
tween Gov. Kate Brown
and challenger Dr. Bud
Pierce is this weekend in
Bend.
Presented by the Or-
egon Territory Chapter
of the Society of Profes-
sional Journalists — in-
cluding sponsorship by
the East Oregonian —
the questions will focus
solely on issues facing
Oregon’s rural residents.
Candidates will get 90
seconds for opening
statements, then will fi eld
questions from a panel of
journalists, including Tim
Trainor, deputy managing
editor of the East Ore-
gonian; Emily Cureton,
producer and host with
Jefferson Public Radio;
Erik Lukens, editor of
The Bend Bulletin; and
Pedro Quintana, reporter
with KTVZ. Sara Roth,
producer of longform and
investigative projects for
KGW.com, will moder-
ate.
The event is Satur-
day from 6-7 p.m. at
Riverhouse on the De-
schutes, 2850 Rippling
River Court, Bend. Due
to space limitations,
tickets are required. For
general seating (free)
or premium seats ($20),
visit
www.eventbrite.
com/e/spj-gover-
nors-debate-tick-
ets-27499106568.
Grange hosts
Saturday
breakfast
Bring a hearty appetite
for a breakfast at the Co-
lumbia Grange.
The meal will be
served Saturday from
7:30-10:30 a.m. at the
Columbia Grange, 32339
Diagonal Blvd., Hermis-
ton. The price varies de-
pending on what a person
chooses to eat.
A business meeting
will follow the breakfast.
Everyone is invited to
enjoy the meal and learn
more about the grange
and its activities.
For more information,
call Scot Jacobson at
541-278-0615 or Doris
Reid at 541-567-8663.