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BROADDUS TAKES JOB IN BEND BASKETBALL/1B Cowboy pastor FAITH/8A FRIDAY, JUNE 19, 2015 139th Year, No. 176 WINNER OF THE 2013 ONPA GENERAL EXCELLENCE AWARD Your Weekend • • • PENDLETON City considers new taxes, fees and bonds Kids’ Fishing Day at Umatilla forest pond Pendleton Relay for Life Sunridge School track Northwest Run/Walk for Epilepsy, Hermiston Funds could fix streets, build fire hall and upgrade facilities For times and places see Coming Events, 6A Catch a movie Disney-Pixar via AP, File “Inside Out,” is Pixar’s animated adventure through the emotional memories of childhood. For showtime, Page 5A For review, Weekend EO Weekend Weather Fri Sat Sun 81/52 82/52 87/57 Staff photo by Kathy Aney Cracks split the asphalt on Southwest Perkins Avenue. PRQWKWUDQVSRUWDWLRQXWLOLW\IHHZLWKDQDQQXDOLQÀD tionary increase, which would generate an estimated LQWKH¿UVW\HDU+DOIWKHPRQH\FROOHFWHG E\WKHIHHZRXOGJRWRZDUGUHSDLULQJVWUHHWVLQYHU\ By ANTONIO SIERRA poor condition. East Oregonian Unlike the gas tax, the utility fee would not VXQVHWDQGGRHVQRWUHTXLUHYRWHUDSSURYDO “This would be an ongoing program and is Following countless public meetings and long discussions, Pendleton city staff presented a number UHFRPPHQGHGWREHUHYLVLWHGHYHU\¿YH\HDUVMXVW of costly recommendations to restore of the city’s like the local gas tax,” a staff report states. “A list of VWUHHWVZRXOGEHSURYLGHGIRU\HDULQ ÀDJJLQJVWUHHWVDQGIDFLOLWLHV7KXUVGD\ For the time being, city staff recommended coordination with water, sewer, and storm needs. A taking a two-pronged approach to funding the city’s QHZOLVWZRXOGEHGHYHORSHGIRUWKHIROORZLQJ¿YH years whether or not a local gas tax is supported crumbling street system. One source of funding would come from a local or increases in water, sewer, and storm rates is FHQWJDVWD[ZKLFKZRXOGUHTXLUHYRWHUDSSURYDO initiated.” Ultimately, the new taxes and fees would add The tax would generate an estimated $550,000 per \HDUDQGUHTXLUHYRWHUVWRDSSURYHLWHYHU\¿YH\HDUV See TAXES/10A The other source would come from a $5 per Supervised swimming Library district turning the page on leadership Aquatic centers ask parents WRKHOSVXSHUYLVHFKLOGUHQ By GEORGE PLAVEN East Oregonian With multiple resigna- tions and a director halfway out the door, the Oregon Trail Library District tries to rebound from a botched library opening and board that struggled to function. The district, which oper- ates libraries in Boardman, Irrigon and Heppner, has struggled to conduct busi- QHVVDIWHUWKUHHRI¿YHERDUG members announced they will step down. At least three meetings were canceled in recent months because the board could not gather a quorum. Meanwhile, Director Marsha Richmond handed in her resignation April 30 to accept a new position as Umatilla County Special Library District Coordinator. 7KH ERDUG GLG KRZHYHU retain Richmond on a part- time basis through June to help with the budget and DOORZWLPHWR¿QGDQLQWHULP director. See LIBRARY/12A One dollar By JADE MCDOWELL East Oregonian Aquatic centers can be an appealing option for keeping children busy during the summer months, but managers hope parents act responsibly when dropping off their youngsters. Both the Hermiston and Pendleton family DTXDWLF FHQWHUV KDYH UXOHV DJDLQVW OHDYLQJ XQVXSHUYLVHGFKLOGUHQ\RXQJHUWKDQQLQH 'DQ(DUSUHFUHDWLRQVXSHUYLVRULQ+HUP LVWRQVDLGHPSOR\HHVDWWKHJDWHDUHYLJLODQW about checking the ages of children on their student pass. If a child under nine is dropped off alone they are asked to call their parents and wait in the lobby until someone at least See POOL/10A Lifeguard Layton Kirsch watches over swimmers Wednesday at the Pendleton Aquatic Center. Spout Springs Ski Area up for sale Resort listed at $1.25M By GEORGE PLAVEN East Oregonian The area’s closest downhill ski resort is up for sale. Spout Springs Ski Area is RI¿FLDOO\ RQ WKH PDUNHW IRU D cool $1.25 million, as current owner John Murray looks to retire. Murray, 66, has owned the 1,400-acre resort since 1999. Located on Highway 204 in the Blue Mountains near Tollgate, Spout Springs offers 800 feet RI YHUWLFDO VNLLQJ ZLWK D EDVH HOHYDWLRQRIURXJKO\IHHW The business runs on a lease with the Umatilla National Forest, and includes two double chairlifts, a lodge and restaurant, rental shop and ski patrol building. It is listed through Coldwell Banker First Realtors in Walla Walla. Between ski seasons, 0XUUD\RSHUDWHVDIXOOVHUYLFH marine center and dry dock in Portland. His son, Rick, has VHUYHG DV PDQDJHU DW 6SRXW Springs but also works as a Staff photo by Kathy Aney DNA study links Kennewick Man to Native Americans By MALCOLM RITTER AP Science Writer Contributed photo Spout Springs Ski Area is on the market for $1.25 million, as current owner John Murray is looking to retire. SURIHVVLRQDOPDULQHVXUYH\RU With no other family to run the resort, Murray said he has decided — reluctantly — to sell. “It’s been good to me,” he said. “It’s nice, because the marine industry really dies GRZQRYHUZLQWHU´ Established in the 1920s, Spout Springs was the training center for the U.S. and Norwegian Olympic ski jump teams in the 1950s and 1960s. Murray said the hill sits at a FRPIRUWDEOH HOHYDWLRQ ZLWK See SKI/12A An ancient skeleton found nearly 20 years DJRLQDULYHULQ:DVKLQJWRQLVUHODWHGWR1DWLYH Americans, says a DNA study that could help UHVROYH D long-running GLVSXWH RYHU LWV ancestry and custody. The skel- eton, known as Kennewick Man, is about 8,500 years old. The new AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File work argues A plastic casting of the against earlier skull from the bones s u g g e s t i o n s known as Kennewick that it wasn’t Man in Richland, Wash. connected to PRGHUQQDWLYHSHRSOHVWKHUHVHDUFKHUVVDLG 0RVWVFLHQWLVWVWUDFHPRGHUQQDWLYHJURXSVWR 6LEHULDQDQFHVWRUVZKRDUULYHGE\ZD\RIDODQG bridge that used to extend to Alaska. But features of Kennewick Man’s skull led some scientists to suggest its ancestors came from elsewhere. See DNA/12A
