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OFF PAGE ONE CLINIC: TooN 10 or 15 Pinutes to get through Oine Tuesday, October 27, 2015 Continued from 1A ¿OOedout IorP at a second TKey tKen droYe to one oI Iour Oocations, ZKere nurses adPinistered sKots ,t Zas Must a SricN, but Sutting tKe YeKicOe in SarN Zas adYisabOe )Ou season generaOOy starts in October, SeaNs in -anuary and dZindOes in 0arcK or $SriO TKis year¶s TuadriYa Oent Yaccine Srotects against Iour strains oI tKe Àu Yirus, incOuding tZo tySe $ and tZo tySe % strains 6t $ntKony ,nIection Prevention Nurse Tracy :art, ZKo oversaZ SOanning oI tKe event, Panned one oI tKe stations on 0onday at tKe convention center TKougK tKe KosSitaO Kas Srovided Iree Àu sKots Ior years, tKis Zas tKe ¿rst drivetKrougK cOinic :art and a couSOe oI otKers traveOed to /a *rande to attend an Oregon +eaOtK $utKority conIerence on Pass vaccines ³TKey taONed about drive tKrougK cOinics,´ :art said ³:e¶d Keard about tKeP :aOOa :aOOa Kas done it tKis Zay Ior a couSOe oI years´ 6Ke said tKe teaP started 0onday ZitK about 2,100 doses %y, 10 aP, aOPost 500 Zere gone %y cOose at 2 SP, Pore tKan 00 doses Kad been adPinistered TKe rest oI tKe stocNSiOe rePains Ior Tuesday¶s cOinic ZKicK runs IroP 11 aP to SP $t one oI tKe stations, 6t $ntKony nurse &KOoe 5ossi and tZo nursing students, ,seOa *arcia and 0onica /ePus, got PostOy KaSSy IeedbacN IroP tKeir streaP oI Satients on ZKeeOs ³TKey didn¶t Kave to ZaON tKrougK tKe KosSitaO,´ 5ossi said ³TKey couOd stay in tKeir ZarP car´ The nurses stayed near a sPaOO SroSane heater betZeen custoPers They siSSed coIIee suSSOied by a couSOe coZorNers on a side byside Zho re¿OOed urns at nearby 'airy 4ueen The vehicOes tooN about 10 or 15 Pinutes, deSending on the traI¿c, to navigate the Oine 'uring the earOy rush, it Pight have taNen a OittOe Oonger The teaP oI 15 or so ZorNers Zas grati¿ed to see so Pany vehicOes gathering beIore sunrise ³They Must NeSt coPing,´ *arcia said Ne[t year, the Àu shot creZ ZiOO OiNeOy tZeaN the systeP a bit $dditionaO signage Pight PaNe the Srocess Pore streaPOined 0ore than a IeZ SeoSOe SarNed their cars and ZaONed over to one oI the shot stations, not reaOi]ing they couOd have stayed in their vehicOes 6oPe entered and e[ited at the Zrong SOaces The gOitches, hoZever, seePed sOight %rad and %rooNe :ard drove uS about 1015 in their red )ord E[SOorer $ nurse Zent to each ZindoZ, rubbed aOcohoO on their e[Sosed arPs and inMected the vaccine ³, OiNe this,´ %rooNe said ³,t¶s easy <ou drive uS and you¶re done´ &aroOyn 5hinhart, oI /iIeZays, chauIIeured an 8SOander containing severaO cOients IroP a residentiaO treatPent IaciOity $ couSOe cOaPbered out Ior easier access ³,t Zas TuicN and easy,´ 5hinhart said aIter her shot ³$nd it didn¶t hurt´ ,n another vehicOe, -acob 0arNgraI said he doesn¶t usuaOOy get a Àu shot This year, he had his young daughter on his Pind and Zas taNing Srecautions ³6he¶s onOy eight Ponths oOd,´ he said +e oIIered his arP Zith a sOight griPace as the needOe Senetrated The Iree Àu shots Zere avaiOabOe to SeoSOe aged 1 or oOder TiPe ZiOO teOO Zhether getting a Àu shot ZiOO Say oII 0iNe 5icNPan, director oI PharPacy 6ervices at 6t $nthony, is Zaiting Zith the rest oI us to gauge the eIIectiveness oI this year¶s vaccine /ast year¶s version, onOy 1 Sercent eIIective, Sroved a Soor Patch Ior a neZ strain oI +N2 that ePerged and circuOated 'r ThoPas )rieden, director oI the &enters Ior 'isease &ontroO and Prevention, recentOy said, that ³so Iar, the strains in this year¶s vaccine seeP OiNeOy to Patch´ The doPinant strains are identi¿ed each year by the :orOd +eaOth Organi]ation This year¶s vaccine contains +N2 as one oI the strains ³:e haven¶t yet gotten into the thicN oI Àu season,´ 5icNPan said ³:e¶OO have to Zait and see iI they got it right this year´ ,n addition to a reguOar vaccine, the drivethrough cOinic has highdose variety on hand Ior SeoSOe 5 and oOder iI they Zish ³This is Iour tiPes the dose oI Àu antigens than the reguOar Àu vaccine,´ 5icNPan said ³There is a better iPPune resSonse to the higher dose vaccine in the oOder SoSuOation´ Those Post at risN Ior soPetiPesIataO coPSOica tions oI Àu are SeoSOe 5 and oOder or younger than ¿ve, Sregnant ZoPen, the PorbidOy obese and those Zith OongterP conditions such as asthPa, diabetes and chronic heart disease ——— Contact Kathy Aney at kaney@eastoregonian.com or call 541-966-0810. WINDMILL: 9aOue estiPated at a PiniPuP oI 50,000 Continued from 1A said an oI¿cer received a caOO 6unday at 12 SP to resSond to a crash at +eritage 6tation PoOice caOO Oogs shoZ the driver Zho hit the ZindPiOO Pade the 11 caOO and cOaiPed he Pay have IaOOen asOeeS at the ZheeO 5oberts said the oI¿cer arrived and Iound PendOeton resident *regory %ooth, 7, drove his 17 )ord E[SOorer through the Ience on the Zest end oI the +eritage 0useuP SroSerty adMacent to 6outhZest )ra]er $venue The vehicOe sPashed into at Oeast tZo oI the ZindPiOO¶s Iour gaOva ni]ed steeO suSSort beaPs The ZindPiOO toSSOed, and its 12IootdiaPeter Ian oI bOades Oanded on the nearby disSOay oI an oOd barn ³%ooth Zas deterPined not to be iPSaired by drugs or aOcohoOic beverage beIore being cited Ior the PisdePeanor oIIense oI recNOess driving,´ according to 5oberts $ toZ coPSany hauOed aZay the )ord, but a side Pirror, a head OaPS, other car Sarts rePained at the site 0onday, aOong Zith the bent and broNen PetaO oI the ZindPiOO %its oI ZindshieOd gOass crunched underIoot on the asShaOt /und-ones said she is Zaiting Ior an insurance aSSraiser to checN out the scene beIore any cOeanuS, but NnoZs the ZindPiOO has to coPe oII the barn¶s rooI Ior saIety¶s saNe %ob %yer oI PendOeton said he heOSed deOiver the ZindPiOO to +eritage 6tation in 1 IroP its originaO Oocation in Thorn +oOOoZ %yer said he Zas an engineer bacN then Ior PendOeton *rain *roZers %ringing the ZindPiOO to PendOeton reTuired cutting about 10 Ieet IroP the suSSort beaPs, he said, then hauOing the structure in one Siece +e surveyed the ZrecNage 0onday aIternoon Zith /und-ones and said the Ian couOd be reSaired and the uniTue Zooden Zater tanN OooNed to be O. 0uch oI the ZarSed steeO couOd be straightened, though a good 1012 Ieet oI the Oegs ZouOd HEALTHY FRIDAYS Free health screenings: blood pressure checks, weigh ins, body mass index, cholesterol and glucose. have to go 6uch a short ZindPiOO, though, /und-ones said, ZouOd not be nearOy so SOeasing %yer said the raiOroad Sut uS the ZindPiOO Ior its onsite ePSOoyees around 100 years ago 6uSSort beaPs shoZ the Oetters O:5 N &oP, Ior the Oregon–Washington 5aiOroad and Navigation &oPSany, Zhich oSerated IroP 110 untiO 8nion Paci¿c 5aiOroad tooN over in 1 %yer said the raiOroad Oater reOinTuished the Zind PiOO to the city oI PendOeton, and in the Pid10s the city donated the structure to the historicaO society %yer Segged the vaOue oI the ZindPiOO at a PiniPuP oI 50,000 and said he doubted there Zas another OiNe it anyZhere in the area +e said he aOZays OiNed seeing the ZindPiOO at the PuseuP and IeOt Sroud oI the accoPSOishPent to reOocate it /und-ones said the historicaO society ZiOO have to Zait Ior Zhat the insur ance coPSany deterPines ³)or us, it¶s a huge Ooss,´ she said ——— Contact Phil Wright at pwright@eastoregonian. com or 541-966-0833. EOTEC: City counciO Zants PonthOy uSdates IroP the board Continued from 1A contractors heOSed design the SroMect aOong the Zay, instead oI bidding on a IuOOydesigned SroMect The Srocess is Peant to address situations OiNe EOTE&¶s Zhere Poney Zas stiOO coPing in as the SroMect got underZay %ut he said it had aOso caused SrobOePs ,t Zas hard to soOicit donations Zithout being abOe to shoZ SotentiaO donors a coPSrehensive breaNdoZn oI costs $nd it Peant soPe SrobOePs SoSSed uS Oate Once the board deOved into aOO oI the reguOations and buiOding codes Ior the OivestocN barns, Ior e[aPSOe, it Sushed the cost uS IroP 1 a sTuare Ioot to 25 a sTuare Ioot, Zhich e[SOained Zhy the handout distributed at the Peeting shoZed 500,000 budgeted Ior the barns but 1,75,000 needed to coPSOete Phase , -ohn )reZ, &EO oI SroMect Panager )reZ 'eveOoSPent *rouS, said EOTE& ZouOd stiOO be coPSOeted ne[t year iI the additionaO 22 PiOOion Zasn¶t raised but Pany itePs, esSeciaOOy the rodeo arena, ZouOd not be uS to the SubOic¶s e[Sectation oI TuaOity or si]e ³There¶s not enough in the banN to ¿nish those the Zay that Zas e[Sected 6o you either cut or ¿nd Pore Poney,´ he said 'ennis 'oherty, a IorPer PePber oI the EOTE& board, toOd the counciO that there Zas no stoSSing EOTE& at this Soint ³What it boiOs doZn to is do you Zant to buiOd a secondcOass IaciOity or a ¿rstcOass IaciOity"´ he asNed +e said it Zas iPSortant to rePePber that a onetiPe contribution to construction couOd heOS the SroMect bring in Pore revenue, reducing the city¶s contribution to oSerating costs each year ³,I you buiOd soPething that is shoddy, SeoSOe aren¶t going to Say to rent your IaciOity and they¶re not going to Say to coPe through the gate iI they¶re not haSSy Zith Zhat¶s there,´ he said &ity counciOor -ohn .irZan said the IeedbacN he had gotten suggested Pany in the coPPunity did not have Iaith in the EOTE& board to coPSOete the SroMect +e said iI he Zas going to IeeO coPIortabOe giving the board 00,000 he Zanted there to be Pore accountabiOity to the city, incOuding PonthOy uSdates to city counciO The inter governPentaO agreePent IorPing EOTE& stated that the city couOd aSSoint a PePber oI the EOTE& board and he said he ZouOd OiNe to see soPeone voOun teer to steS doZn and aOOoZ city Panager %yron 6Pith or assistant Panager 0arN 0organ to ¿OO the roOe %oard chair Ed %rooN shier, Zho started out his tiPe on the board as city Panager, said his terP Zas uS at the end oI the year and iI he needed to steS aside in order Ior the SroMect to get the Iunding he Zas ZiOOing to do that &ity Panager %yron 6Pith toOd the counciO that since Pore than PiOOion has been contributed by the state, he saZ the 00,000 as an aSSroSriate OocaO Patch +e said due to ³Zise decisions in the Sast´ there Zere enough reserves in the city coIIers to PaNe it ZorN ³, thinN there are suI¿ cient Iunds to Peet the needs oI this SroMect,´ he said 0ayor 'avid 'rot] Pann described the Poney as a ³sPaOO Srice to Say´ Ior bringing a toSTuaOity IaciOity to +erPiston that ZouOd bene¿t the coPPu nity and the county The counciO ZiOO have to aSSrove a IorPaO bud get aPendPent at a Oater Peeting, but aIter .irZan Pade a Potion to aSSrove a 00,000 contribution to EOTEC on condition oI having a city adPin istrator on the board, the counciO voted unaniPous Oy to SOedge the Poney to EOTEC ——— Contact Jade McDowell at jmcdowell@eastoregonian. com or 541-564-4536. 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