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WEDNESDAy, JANuARy 9, 2019
Resolution Run gets Hermiston in step with the new year
By JAYATI RAMAKRISHNAN
STAFF WRITER
For some, the New
Year’s Resolution Run was
a chance to test limits with a
brisk workout. For others, it
was a chance to get out with
friends and family and start
the year off right. Each per-
son at Hermiston’s annual
first-of-the-year run had
different goals, which they
hoped would set the tone for
the rest of the year.
About 200 runners and
walkers spread out on the
Oxbow Trail after their start
at Riverfront Park, with
some walking just a mile,
and others completing a
10-kilometer trip.
The finish line beckoned
with snacks and hot choco-
late, as well as a raffle, for
which the grand prize was
a yearlong membership to
Club 24.
The event is in its fourth
year, and is organized by
an informal group of neigh-
bors and community mem-
bers who started exercis-
ing together a few years
ago. In the past, there was
a Hermiston resolution run
that was a fundraiser for the
cross-country team, but it
ended several years ago.
“A number of us met at
that resolution run,” said
Tim Beal, one of the orga-
nizers. “We started meet-
Staff photo by Kathy Aney
Cydney Sanchez, who runs on the Hermiston High School cross-country team, was the first female runner across the line during
the Resolution Run at Riverfront Park on New Year’s Day. For more photos, see A15.
ing with each other outside
of that to exercise. This is
a way for helping people
make connections outside of
that.”
Beal said they try to keep
the event simple, and let
people get whatever they
want out of it.
Hermiston resident Can-
dice Chavez came to the
run with her wife Jackie
and their six-month old son
Tarin, as well as her brother
and sister-in law.
“We thought, let’s do
something, it’s going to be a
great day,” she said. “It’s our
first time on this path.”
Erick Peterson was walk-
ing with his mother Betty,
as his wife and stepsons
walked up ahead.
“We have weight loss
and fitness goals, and we’re
hoping this will start it off
right,” said Peterson, who
is relatively new to Herm-
iston from Yakima. “It’s a
great way to see more of the
town.”
For others, it was a way
to stay in shape for bigger
goals to come. Hermiston
High School junior Greg-
ory Anderson quickly broke
away from the pack, coming
in first for the 5K run. Ander-
son, a cross-country runner,
said his watch stopped half-
way through, and he didn’t
know his exact time, but
estimated it was somewhere
around 18:30.
“My coach told me to do
a workout aiming for a 6:10
to 5:50 pace per mile,” he
said. Anderson said one of
his goals this year is to run
a 16:30-minute 5K during
cross-country season.
Jenelle Von Gunten, a
Heppner resident, came to
the run with her three sons,
her daughter, and her friend.
She and her friend Kathy
were starting an exercise
regimen and a cleanse on
New Year’s Day.
“It sets a good pace for
the whole year,” she said.
Von Gunten said she and
her family also have some
financial goals for the year.
“We just want to pay
attention, so we can enjoy
more,” she said.
WORSHIP
COMMUNITY
Price behind bars, facing federal court
By JADE MCDOWELL AND
PHIL WRIGHT
STAFF WRITERS
Jerome Martel Price of
Hermiston faces his sec-
ond criminal case in federal
court in four years.
He took a plea deal in
2015 for trespassing on the
Umatilla Indian Reserva-
tion, according to federal
court records. This time,
the U.S. District Attorney’s
Office of Oregon charged
Price, 33, with one count of
felon in possession of a fire-
arm. The charge stems from
Hermiston police arresting
Price on Dec. 10, 2018.
Umatilla County District
Attorney Dan Primus said
his office proceeded to pros-
ecute Price on charges of
felon in possession of a fire-
arm, second-degree criminal
trespass and criminal tres-
pass while in possession of
a firearm until the federal
prosecutors stepped in. But
Primus said this is not a case
of the feds stepping on local
toes.
“They really wanted to
reach out and help Uma-
tilla County,” he said. “They
know Umatilla County is a
rural county with a volume
of cases they can help with.”
Primus said his office has
a good relationship with the
U.S. Attorney’s Office and
he sees its assistance as a
means to help make rural
communities safer. He also
said while it is hard as a
prosecutor to give up a case,
he has full confidence in
the capabilities of the U.S.
Attorney’s Office.
Hermiston police officer
Riley Studebaker on Dec. 10
arrested Price on charges of
second-degree criminal tres-
pass and felon in possession
of a firearm. According to
the probable cause affida-
vit, a woman called about
2:40 a.m. to report her hus-
band was holding an intruder
at gunpoint in the alley
behind their East Gladys
Avenue home. Studebaker
arrived to find Price and the
caller’s husband in the alley.
The man told the offi-
cer he heard his cellar door
rattle and saw a motion-ac-
tivated light turn on in his
backyard. When he grabbed
his pistol and went to inves-
tigate, he told Studebaker
he saw the suspect in the
alley near his travel trailer
and pointed the gun at him,
ordering him to lay down
until police arrived. He also
alleged that a gun on the
ground at his feet, a loaded
Springfield XDM 40 cali-
ber semi-automatic pistol,
had been handed to him by
Price.
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regarding their rights when
someone intrudes on their
property and Oregon’s is “all
based on reasonableness.”
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sonable force for a citizen to
apply or an officer to apply
in that case?” he said. “I
can’t speak for the property
owner, but it’s dark out, and
the property owner doesn’t
know yet if they’re missing
anything.”
Studebaker wrote in the
affidavit that Price claimed
the gun on the ground was
the homeowner’s. Price said
he had been out for a walk
when he knocked on the
door of the home because he
thought a friend lived there.
When no one answered, he
said, he entered the back-
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show Price entered the
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and then entered the alley
to inspect a travel trailer
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Studebaker also states in the
document that the footage
showed Price handing a pis-
tol to the homeowner.
Edmiston said Price is
well-known to police in
the immediate area, and
had 36 arrests and 63 cita-
tions by local law enforce-
ment including the Hermis-
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125 E. Beech Ave. • 567-3232
Pastor David Dever
Sun. Bible Classes...................10:00am
Sun. Worship Service..............11:00am
Sun. Evening Worship..............6:00pm
Wed. Prayer & Bible Study......6:00pm
www.hermistonlmbc.com
The Full Gospel
Home Church
235 SW 3rd
Phone 567-7678
Rev. Ed Baker - Rev. Nina Baker
Sunday:
Sunday School........10:00 am
Worship...................11:00 am
Evening Service........7:00 pm
Wednesday Service..7:00 pm
“Casting all your care upon him;
for he careth for you.”
1 Pet. 5:7
First United
Methodist
Church
Hermiston
191 E. Gladys Ave , Hermiston OR
Grace Baptist Church
555 SW 11th, Hermiston
567-9497
Nursery provided for all services
Sunday School - 9:30 AM
Worship - 10:45 AM
6:00 PM
Wed Prayer & Worship - 7:00 PM
“Proclaiming God’s word,
growing in God’s grace”
St. Johns
Episcopal Church
Join Us
On Our Journey
With Jesus.
Sunday Worship 11am • 541-567-3002
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Rev. Dr. Jim Pierce, pastor
N.E. Gladys Ave & 7th, Hermiston
t. PH: 567-6672
We are an all inclusive Church
who welcomes all.
First Christian
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Family service 9am Sunday
NEW BEGINNINGS
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567-3013
Worship Service 10:30 AM
Sunday School 9:00 AM
Pastor J.C. Barnett
Children’s Church &
Nursery Available
700 West Orchard Avenue
P.O. Box 933
Hermiston, Oregon
775 W. Highland Ave., Hermiston
541-567-8441
“Proclaiming the Message of
Hope, Living the Gospel of Love”
Sunday School 9:15am
Worship Service 10:30am
Seventh-day
Adventist Church
1520 W ORCHARD AVE
Sunday Worship Service
10:30 am Classes for Kids @ 9:15 am
EKING JESUS, SHARING LIFE,
SEEKING
SERVING PEOPLE
www.hermistonnazarene.org
Saturdays
Sabbath School........9:30 a.m.
Worship Service......11:00 a.m.
English & Spanish Services
567-8241
Hermiston Jr. Academy
1300 NW Academy Lane, • Hermiston
Our Lady of Angels
Catholic Church
565 W. HERMISTON AVE.
DAILY MASS: Monday-Friday
...............................English 7:00 am
Thursday...............Spanish 6:00 pm
SATURDAY:.........English 5:00 pm
...............................Spanish 7:00 pm
SUNDAY:..............English 9:00 am
..........................Bilingual 11:00 am
..............................Spanish 1:00 pm
Offi ce..............................567-5812
To share your
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