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Pendleton parents prefer pre-Round-Up school start REGION/3A DUCKS PREPARE FOR BUCKS 42/28 FOOTBALL/1B WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 7, 2015 139th Year, No. 59 WINNER OF THE 2013 ONPA GENERAL EXCELLENCE AWARD One dollar BOARDMAN Proposed transmission project may run through Morrow County ag land By GEORGE PLAVEN East Oregonian Staff photo by George Plaven Todd Adams, left, of Idaho Power, discusses the Board- man to Hemingway Transmission Line Project with farmer Earl Aylett during a public meeting Monday in Boardman. A proposed transmission line stretching 300 miles from Boardman to southwest Idaho could cost local farm- ers millions of dollars in lost production, depending on the route ultimately selected by federal agencies. It’s all part of the delicate balancing act as Idaho Pow- transfer electricity between the two regions, while con- sidering impacts to agricul- ture, wildlife and other re- sources. The U.S. Bureau of Rec- pact Statement for the proj- ect, known as Boardman to Hemingway, after four years of scoping and tracing nu- man to gather input on the report. About 40 people at- including farmers concerned transmission line might af- fect their ability to raise the line could be located. In some cases, growers worried the line would take of Land Management, U.S. production. Craig Reeder, Department of Energy host- said that’s left a number of the Northeast Oregon Water Association. “We’re frustrat- ed, but we’re optimistic peo- ple will wake up.” proposal that would build transmission towers along the east side of Bombing ect easements, Hale Farms See POWER/6A houses Monday in Board- PENDLETON “The land is not replace- able,” said Reeder, who also IRRIGON Business licenses to remain the same By ANTONIO SIERRA East Oregonian After prolonged de- bate, the city council Pendleton’s business li- cense fees unchanged. By taking no action, tential domino effect that higher fees for temporary business licenses issued the week of Round-Up. City staff asked the council to consider amending an ordinance to allow the proration of li- censes for businesses that come into Pendleton after February, when the city’s business year begins. To make up for the $3,400 shortfall from adopting the amendment, staff presented the option to raise the fees for tem- porary businesses that operate during Round- Up. The fees for in-town temporary businesses is $100 while out-of-town- ers pay $160. After is- suing 51 licenses to out- of-town businesses and 22 to in-town stores, the city generated $10,360 in 2014. sent during the public bling the amendment. Finance Director See BUSINESS/6A Doe see doe Staff photo by E.J. Harris A herd of deer graze in a fi eld in the Umatilla National Wildlife Refuge on Tuesday outside of Irrigon. that protects sage grouse habitat By KEITH RIDLER Associated Press new strategy might look like. But she noted Jewell’s order marks a BOISE, Idaho — Interior Sec- retary Sally Jewell is calling for a the department in terms of how it protects a wide swath of sagebrush country in the intermountain West that supports cattle ranching and is home to a struggling bird species. She issued an order Tuesday seeking a “science-based” ap- proach that safeguards the greater sage grouse while contending with “We’re undergoing a top-to- Re-elected labor commissioner sets priorities for term By PETER WONG Capital Bureau PORTLAND — As economic issues re- main on center stage for the Oregon Legisla- ture, newly re-elected Labor Commissioner she said. AP fi le photo Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell speaks to reporters on Jan. 22, 2014 in Salt Lake City. Scientists say warmer and dryer More inside and California. The order from Jewell, who toured southern Idaho last summer force and sets a March 1 deadline for it to report on guidelines to be season. “Targeted action is urgently greater sage grouse and other wild- The U.S. Forest Service has scrapped a $10 million ad campaign aimed at improving its image. 2A maintain ranching and recreation economies that depend on sage- brush landscapes,” Jewell said in a statement. Task for member Janice Schneider, assistant secretary for Land and Minerals Management, declined to comment on what the ly cheatgrass. plants such as sagebrush, in turn rely on them, notably the greater sage grouse. Since 2012, Schneider noted, more than 2.5 million acres of sage grouse habitat has burned on U.S. Bureau of Land Management land. See WILDLIFE/6A Avakian them during its 2015 session. The issues range from more state grants to re-establish career and technical education in public schools to a higher state minimum wage and pay equity. Despite Oregon’s turn has had lingering effects on many fam- ilies. making ends meet, especially those who are was sworn in for a second four-year term at a ceremony in Portland. See LABOR/6A
