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Saturday, July 4, 2015 OFF PAGE ONE WATER: Out oI Pore tKan 00 reTuests WATERMELON: %ellinger )arPs only 5 Zere reFoPPended Ior Iunding KarYests aEout 20 aFres oI ¿elds Page 10A East Oregonian Continued from 1A :ater $ssoFiation, Kas taNen PontKs oI FareIul negotiations to PaNe sure tKey EalanFe FonserYation interests. 1oZ, state dollars are oI¿Fially in SlaFe to PoYe IorZard ZitK tKe SroMeFt¶s ¿rst SKase. ³7Ke legislature Kas ZorNed so Kard on our region¶s EeKalI, and on EeKalI oI tKe state oI Oregon to SroYide a SatKZay Ior sensiEle, Pulti-Eene¿Fial Zater deYeloSPent eIIorts to PoYe IorZard,´ said %oE /eYy, a longtiPe +erPiston IarPer and seFretary oI 1O:$. Out oI Pore tKan 00 reTuests to tKe &aSital &onstruFtion FoPPittee, only 5 Zere reFoPPended Ior Iunding, aFFording to Sen. %ill +ansell, 5-$tKena. :itK EiSar- tisan suSSort IroP Sen. 0iFKael 'ePEroZ, '-3ortland, +ansell sent a letter 0arFK to tKe FoPPittee¶s Fo-FKairs urging suSSort Ior Zater deYeloSPent and, in SartiFular, tKe 1O:$ SroSosal. :Kile grants Zill Ee aZarded FoPSet- itiYely to SroMeFts tKrougKout tKe state, +ansell said 1O:$ aSSears to KaYe a suEstantial Kead start ZitK tKe Ioundation tKey¶Ye already laid. ³)roP tKe Eeginning oI Py tiPe in tKe legislature, tKis Kas Eeen a toS Sriority oI Pine,´ +ansell said. ³1otKing FoPes Flose to tKe SrosSeFts Ior ZKat additional, sustain- aEle Zater deYeloSPent Peans Ior our loFal region¶s eFonoPy.´ ,I suFFessIul, Iuture SKases oI tKe 1O:$ SroMeFt Fould Euild out inIrastruFture eYen “From the beginning of my time in the legislature, this has been a top priority of mine.” — Sen. Bill Hansell IurtKer and taE otKer ZorN to Iully Pitigate iPSaFts to ¿sK and ZildliIe KaEitat. 5eS. *reg SPitK, 5-+eSSner, said Iunding in tKe IorP oI general oEligation Eonds is tKe PeFKanisP tKat Zill KelS get tKis and otKer Zater SroMeFts ¿nally oII tKe ground. ³$ lot oI IolNs KaYe ZorNed Kard on tKis,´ SPitK said. ³,t Zill Ee great Ior tKe region.´ 1O:$ &KairPan &raig 5eeder, oI +ale )arPs, tKanNed +ansell and 'ePEroZ Ior tKeir suSSort and aEility to reaFK aFross tKe aisle. ³:Ken Ze saZ tKe letter reTuesting tKe Iunding SaFNage, Ze tKougKt Ze PigKt KaYe a FKanFe,´ 5eeder said. 7Kere is great Ei-Sartisan interest in sustainaEle Zater, +ansell said. %y ZorNing togetKer, Ke said tKe state Zas aEle to sFore a PaMor YiFtory. ³:e KaYe Eeen aEle to do soPetKing tKis session , don¶t EelieYe Kas KaSSened EeIore,´ Ke said. ³, EelieYe Ze Zill Ee aEle to taNe PoPentous steSs IorZard ZitK tKese Iunds and tKe Zater-related SoliFy Eills tKat Zere Sassed tKis session.´ ²²² Contact George Plaven at gplaven@ eastoregonian.com or 541-564-4547. COUNCIL: 0ust Kold SuEliF Kearing on neZ art Continued from 1A 1 Pillion to 3endleton¶s SaYePent SreserYation Eudget. 7Ke FounFil Zill also disFuss ZKen to seeN Eonds Ior tKe Fity¶s Àag- ging IaFilities. StaII Kas suggested tZo diIIerent Eonds ² 5. Pillion Ior a neZ ¿re station and 4.4 Pillion Ior otKer IaFilities liNe tKe riYer SarNZay, tKe FonYention Fenter, tKe aTuatiF Fenter and Fity Kall. $t tKe Fity inIrastruFture FoPPittee¶s last Peeting, FoPPittee PePEers Zere sSlit aEout ZKetKer to Sut tKe Eonds on tKe 1oYePEer Eallot or at a later eleFtion. $ltKougK it Zon¶t Ee Fonsidered until tKe July 21 Peeting, tKe FounFil Zill also get its ¿rst looN at a SuEliF art ordinanFe. ,n tKe IaFe oI FritiFisP oYer tZo SriYately Iunded Eron]e statues in 3endle- ton¶s doZntoZn, 0ayor 3KilliS +ouN suggested tKe Fity IorPali]e tKe SuEliF art aSSroYal SroFess. 7Ke result is a tKree- Sage ordinanFe tKat deter- Pines KoZ tKe Fity FounFil sKould aSSroYe, disSose and reloFate SuEliF art. 7Ke ordinanFe doesn¶t Must aSSly to tKe Eron]es Eut also aSSlies to otKer IorPs oI art oZned Ey tKe Fity, ZKiFK inFlude Saintings, PosaiFs, Pi[ed- Pedia installations and arFKiteFture. %eIore Euying, FoPPis- sioning or aFFeSting a SieFe oI art as a donation, tKe FounFil Pust reFeiYe a reFoPPendation IroP tKe arts FoPPission and Kold a SuEliF Kearing. 'onated ZorNs oI art are not guar- anteed SerPanent SuEliF disSlay. :Ken Fonsidering art, tKe ordinanFe states tKe FounFil sKould looN at Tuality, tKe SroSosed site, Fost, PaintenanFe and duraEility, PediuP, Kistory, SuEliF liaEility and suSSort oI tKe ³Fity¶s goals, SoliFies or Yision.´ ³5eSresentation oI Fultural diYersity´ is also an enFouraged Ieature to Fonsider. Site seleFtion Kas its oZn set oI Friteria, inFluding YisiEility, Sedes- trian aFFessiEility, unoE- trusiYeness, oZnersKiS and ZKetKer tKe art SieFe enKanFes tKe surrounding enYironPent. ,I tKe Fity Zants to PoYe an art SieFe IroP one site to anotKer, tKe FounFil needs to Fonsider tKe saPe Friteria. 'eForatiYe art SieFes at Fity IaFilities Zill Ee disSlayed at tKe Fity Panager¶s disFretion. 7Ke sale or donation oI a SieFe oI SuEliF art Zould also reTuire a SuEliF Peeting and a FoPPission reFoPPendation EeIore tKe FounFil Fould taNe aFtion. 3uEliF art Fould Ee rePoYed iI it¶s daPaged Eeyond reSair, tKe site is unsuitaEle EeFause it¶s unaFFessiEle or destroyed, tKe art is Iaulty in design or ZorNPansKiS, Sresents a tKreat to SuEliF saIety or reTuires e[FessiYe or unreasonaEle Pain- tenanFe. 7Ke art Fan Ee PoYed eitKer tKrougK a reFoPPendation IroP tKe art FoPPission or tKe Fity Panager. 7Ke Peeting Zill Ee Keld at tKe FounFil FKaP- Eers in Fity Kall, 500 S.:. 'orion $Yenue. ²²² Contact Antonio Sierra at asierra@eastoregonian. com or 541-966-0836. Continued from 1A aKead oI sFKedule and Must in tiPe Ior tKe )ourtK oI July. +arYest tySiFally lasts tKrougK early OFtoEer, %ellinger said, ZitK sales SeaNing around /aEor 'ay. ³:aterPelons are tKe IaFe oI suPPer,´ %ellinger said. ³:e¶re selling a Iun Iruit. ,t¶s eTuated ZitK SiFniFs, good tiPes and SeoSle enMoying tKe niFe ZeatKer.´ ,t Zill Ee anotKer ZeeN, PayEe 10 days EeIore +erPiston ZaterPelons start sKoZing uS at PaMor groFery stores, Eut tKey are already aYailaEle Ior sale at loFal SroduFe stands. %ellinger Kires EetZeen 0-5 seasonal ZorNers to KarYest rougKly 20 aFres oI ZaterPelon ¿elds on tKe IarP, IroP +erPiston to ,rrigon. 7Ke laEor is Kard under tKe Kot sun, as FreZs stand in lines tossing 20-Sound Pelons into tKe EaFN oI a Zaiting truFN. :orNing TuiFNly, tKe SitFKing FreZs are usually aEle to ¿ll a truFN in 20-0 Staff photo by E.J. Harris Armando de Robles sorts watermelons by weight Friday at the Bellinger Farms sorting warehouse outside of Hermiston. Pinutes. )roP tKere, Pelons Kead EaFN to tKe sorting ZareKouse ZKere tKey run doZn an assePEly line and are arranged Ey si]e and Yariety. SoPe Pelons don¶t PaNe tKe Fut ² tKey are PissKaSen, sunEurned or oYerriSe. 7Kose are Fulled ZKile tKe rest get SaFNaged into FardEoard Eins ZitK tKe IaPiliar and ZelFoPe slogan, ³7Key¶re Kere´ Selling +erPiston ZaterPelons FoPes ZitK a ParNeting adYantage, as Zell as a resSonsiEility, %ellinger said. &ustoPers e[SeFt tKe Eest, and tKis year groZers e[SeFt to deliYer. ³, tKinN it Fould Ee a year ZitK really KigK Tuality and really good yield,´ %ellinger said. ³7Kis is tKe signature oI our toZn.´ ²²² Contact George Plaven at gplaven@eastoregonian. com or 541-564-4547. TEST: 5ougK data, not EroNen doZn Ey sFKool Continued from 1A diI¿Fult test, FoPEined ZitK teaFKers¶ ine[SerienFe in SreSaring students Ior tKe neZ IorPat, Kad state oI¿Fials SrediFting only 5 SerFent oI students Zould Sass tKeir state tests. 7Ke ¿nal 5 SerFent oI tests to Ee graded inFlude tKe tests tKat Zere suEPitted inFoP- Slete, so tKe ¿nal results Zill liNely Ee a little loZer. %ut so Iar tKe only Fategory ZKere students are Ialling sKort is in 11tK grade PatK, ZKere only 1 SerFent oI students KaYe sFored a tKree or Iour on tKe test¶s Iour-Soint sFale. ,n 11tK grade EnglisK, KoZeYer, SerFent oI students KaYe Sassed tKe test, deIying tKe state¶s SrediFtion oI 41 SerFent. 7Kird graders Kad tKe loZest EnglisK sFores, ZitK a Sass rate oI 4 SerFent, Eut tKe KigKest PatK sFores, also at 4 SerFent. +erPiston SFKool 'istriFt assistant suSerintendent %ryn %roZning said sKe Zas surSrised and relieYed tKat tKe state Zas getting tKe tests graded Pore TuiFNly tKan e[SeFted. +erPiston reFeiYed a SreliPinary reSort 7Kursday sKoZing 0 SerFent oI tKeir distriFt¶s tests Kad Eeen graded. 7Kis year¶s data is still Iar EeKind ZKen distriFts are used to getting tKe inIorPation, KoZeYer, EeFause FoPSuter- i]ed sForing oI tKe old O$.S test gaYe distriFts SerFent oI test sFores instantly. 7Ke uSsKot is teaFKers KaYe Eeen Slanning FurriFuluP and adPinistrators setting goals ZitKout a detailed SiFture oI KoZ tKeir students¶ SerIor- PanFe on tKe ¿rst year oI SParter %alanFed Peasured uS. ³:e don¶t KaYe tKe targets Ze need to set yet EeFause Ze don¶t NnoZ ZKere Ze¶re starting IroP,´ sKe said. 7Ke data tKe distriFt Zas giYen 7Kursday is rougK and not EroNen doZn Ey sFKool, Eut %roZning said it looNs liNe +erPiston is on traFN to align ZitK or e[Feed state aYerages. 3endleton SFKool 'istriFt assistant suSerintendent 7riFia 0ooney said 3end- leton students also seeP to Ee surSassing tKe state¶s e[SeFtations, a IaFt sKe said didn¶t FoPe as a surSrise. 7Ke test FaPe ZitK a lot oI KySe, sKe said, Eut in tKe end tKe resSonse IroP students tended to Ee, ³,t Zas Must ZKat Ze KaYe Eeen doing in Flass all year.´ ³:Ken Ze get tKe ¿nal results Ze¶re still going to identiIy areas Ior groZtK and FeleErate areas oI suFFess,´ sKe said. 8Patilla SFKool 'istriFt suSerintendent +eidi SiSe said in an ePail tKat aIter years oI teaFKing tKe &oPPon &ore standards and Zaiting Ior tKe state testing PeFKanisP to FatFK uS ZitK tKe distriFt¶s FurriFuluP, sKe Zas KaSSy teaFKers Zill KaYe tKe tools to start PaNing Pore data- driYen adMustPents to tKeir FurriFuluP. ³, looN IorZard to seeing tKe ¿nal data and ZorNing ZitK our teaP to use tKe data to redesign instruFtion Ior our students,´ sKe said.
