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DAWGS COME UP SHORT AGAINST RICHLAND | A8 WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2019 HermistonHerald.com $1.50 INSIDE FIELD TRIP Umatilla County commissioner George Murdock is heading to the southern border of the United States to check out border crossing and detention issues himself. PAGE A3 FUN RUN The annual fun run, walk, dinner and auction in memory of agronomist Don Horneck will raise money for 4-H and the Funland playground. PAGE A4 RIP CITY Check out photos from last week’s Rip City Rally in Hermiston celebrating the Portland Trail Blazers. PAGE A13 BY THE WAY Kiwanis Kid’s Day on Saturday The city of Hermiston and Hermiston Kiwanis Club are teaming up to bring Kiwanis Kid’s Day to Butte Park on Saturday. The free family event will take place from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the park, with prizes, games, entertainment and other activities. • • • The Ready 2 Learn program recently turned the page with a $3,000 grant from the Wildhorse Foundation. The program supports early literacy in public libraries throughout Eastern Oregon. The grant money will be used towards monthly incentives for program participants. Children who use their Ready 2 Learn library card are entered into a monthly drawing to win early learning books and toys. Michelle Munro, a Ready 2 Learn volunteer, said the program began in 2013 to help children learn the skills necessary to be successful in kindergarten. Public libraries in Umatilla See BTW, Page A2 Staff photo by Kathy Aney Clyde and Edie Longfellow of Hermiston, recent inductees into the Idaho Rodeo Hall of Fame, are long-time attendees at the Pendleton Round-Up. Photo courtesy of Crystal Longfellow became a rodeo secretary. Clyde competed into his mid-50s, and Edie still oversees several rodeos a year. The Hermiston couple, which has given 54 years to the sport of rodeo, recently was rewarded for its dedication. Edie and Clyde will be inducted into the Idaho Rodeo Hall of Fame later this year, and Clyde, 77, was the parade grand marshal for the Lewiston Round-Up a couple of weeks ago. “It’s quite fl attering,” Clyde said. “You are just rolling along with your life, doing what you have to do. Both phone calls came on the same day. With word of mouth, everyone else knew before we did.” Clyde opted not to ride in the carriage provided by the Lewiston Clyde Longfellow rides Miss Brooks in the saddle bronc event at the 1974 Pendleton Round-Up. See FAME, Page A14 By ANNIE FOWLER STAFF WRITER It all started with a horse named Starlight. It was 1963. Edie Gottschalk and her fam- ily had just moved to Lewiston, Idaho, and she needed a place to board her horse. The Old Lewiston Round-Up Grounds was the perfect place. It was there that Edie met aspiring cowboy Clyde Longfellow. “I was boarding my horse, and was breaking them,” she said. Clyde was a pretty smooth talker back then. They soon began dating, and married in 1965. “She didn’t know my reputa- tion,” Clyde said with a grin and a twinkle in his eye. Rodeo soon became their life. Clyde rode broncs and Edie Umatilla prison boss resigns in wake of investigation By PHIL WRIGHT STAFF WRITER T HH File Photo 8 08805 93294 2 Bowser roy Bowser is out as superintendent of the state prison in Umatilla. Bowser served as the boss of Two Rivers Correctional Institution since 2017. He was under a human resources investiga- tion since April and on administrative leave since June for allegations of inappropriate and unprofessional conduct. Michael Gower, assistant director of oper- ations for the Oregon Department of Cor- rections, sent an email Friday morning to all department employees stating Bowser ten- dered his resignation effective the day before. Beyond that, Gower stated, Tyler Blewett will continue as acting superintendent until further notice. The East Oregonian fi led a public records request for Bowser’s resignation letter. The Department of Corrections denied the request. “The agency’s Department of Justice attor- ney will contact Mr. Bowser’s legal counsel to offer him an opportunity to hold a name clear- ing hearing,” according to an email from Jen- nifer Black, communications manager for corrections. “We cannot release any documen- tation until that decision is made.” Union president Robert Hillmick in an email replied the “overwhelming majority” of Amer- ican Federation of State, County and Munic- ipal Employees at the prison “are very happy about TRCI moving on to a new Superinten- dent” and excited about the future. Hillmick triggered the investigation in April when he emailed corrections director Colette Peters, alleging Bowser disparaged veteran employees, made a sexist comment to a woman employee and ignored the sex- ual assault of another employee. He sent the email to AFSCME members, other corrections staff and to state lawmakers, including Rep. Greg Smith, R-Heppner, and Sen. Bill Hansell, See PRISON, Page A14
