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Page 8A OFF PAGE ONE East Oregonian Wednesday, August 5, 2015 REHAB: Ultimate cost is still unNnown ELGIN: Fire 5% contained Continued from 1A shifted their to focus to stop the ¿re’s spread east along Middle 5idge The Ela]e is Must 5 percent contained, and the cause remains under investigation Highway 204 remains open, though travelers can expect delays Eetween miles 32 and 36 as pilot cars steer traf¿c around ¿re¿ghting eTuipment The Oregon Department of Transporta- tion has advised travelers to consider alternative routes Numerous forest roads have also Eeen closed for puElic and ¿re¿ghter safety Fire information of¿cer Kathy Arnoldus said the ¿re is still Eurning actively, though cooler weather is expected to help ¿re¿ghters gain the upper hand Engines from Union &ounty ¿re departments have Eeen assigned to protect structures, property and livestocN all went up in Àames, along with the dried grass and sageErush That’s forced Eirds and mammals to taNe up asylum in other nearEy wildlife areas, Marvin said, such as the Umatilla or Cold Springs refuges near Hermiston %ecause Coyote Springs is so small, ODFW does not expect any proElems for farmers dealing with a huge inÀux of wildlife “We’re talNing aEout a pretty small parcel The area doesn’t hold that many animals,´ Marvin said Coyote Springs remains open to the puElic, though with upland Eird and waterfowl hunting seasons on the hori]on, Marvin said hunters might have Eetter lucN trying elsewhere “<our success will liNely Ee lower,´ he said “,t’s value for wildlife haEitat has Eeen diminished until it can start to recover´ Marvin is not sure how much money it will ulti- mately cost to rehaEilitate Coyote Springs ,n the meantime, not everything aEout the ¿re is Ead the damaged trees could actu- ally provide some refuge for other species of Eirds liNe woodpecNers, he said, and Eurned up material does introduce nutrients EacN into the ground “Fire de¿nitely has a place on the landscape,´ he said “,t does play a Eene¿- cial role´ ——— Contact George Plaven at gplaven@eastoregonian. com or 541-966-0825. NIGHT OUT: Connections reduce crime Continued from 1A Staff photo by Phil Wright Richard “The Reptile Man” Richey of Colton draps a young reticulated python around the neck of a volunteer Tuesday evening during National Night Out at the Pendleton Family Aquatic Center. South said the neighEors all Neep an eye on the neighEorhood, which maNes it a Eetter and safer place to live NeighEor 9irginia Hoeye agreed She said neighEors will watch other people’s houses when they travel and picN up newspapers so noEody Nnows they are gone “, have never seen any crime happen in the 15 years , have lived here in this neighEorhood,´ she said “NoEody has ever hurt anyEody NoEody has ever EroNen into a house And that’s why , liNe it´ Hoeye said the community held a ElocN party aEout 14 years ago, Eut many of the residents have since moved She said the party this year provided a great opportunity for the neighEors to interact Hannah Garver said the neigh- Eorhood is nice Eecause people do looN out for their neighEors “We Nind of Neep an eye on everything for the most part,´ she said “, thinN Eecause of the fact that we are out so much and we do watch, , haven’t heard of anything really Ead happening here , thinN Must maNing yourself present Nind of helps reduce a lot of that too´ MARIJUANA: Committee douEts OHA’s aEilities Continued from 1A failed Ey at least 55 percent Umatilla County voters trounced Measure 91 Ey almost 63 percent Olsen said Umatilla is one of 12 counties that Tualify H% 3400 speci¿es six categories of mariMuana Eusinesses, he said, and the Eoard can vote to Ean all, some or Must one sort The draft of the county ordinance shows the Ean would cover all six: medical mariMuana processing sites, medical mariMuana dispen- saries, retail mariMuana producers, retail mariMuana processors, retail mariMuana wholesalers and retail mari- Muana retailers A memo from MaEEott to the Eoard explained the committee found the Oregon Health Authority lacNs the aEility to regulate medicinal pot, which the state agency oversees The county committee would reconsider its stance in the future, if the state health agency shows it can handle the MoE to “address local concerns aEout exposure to youth, leaNage to the ElacN marNet, inadeTuate moni- toring, inadequate testing, changes to federal laws´ and so on And Umatilla County, she continued, also “lacNs the resources to develop and implement rules and regula- tions for medical mariMuana dispensaries that satisfy committee memEers´ %anning recreational pot also made sense, she stated, given how county voters said no to Measure 91 The mariMuana committee also is recom- mending the Eoard adopt changes to the county’s land use laws to regulate pot Eusinesses ,n other Eusiness Wednesday, the county Eoard will consider: •A plan from the election department to install Eallot drop Eoxes in every city with a population of at least 1,000 within the county •And allowing all-terrain vehicles on certain county roads Continued from 1A “We’re always concerned with protecting private land,´ Arnoldus said “, thinN we’ve gained a lot of ground in the past day or so´ 3ortions of the ¿re are located in steep terrain and heavy timEer, Arnoldus said, which maNes it dif¿cult for ground resources to access Air tanNers and helicopters dropped water and ¿re retar- dant Monday to help slow its movement The ¿re is Eurning mostly on the national forest, Eut has crossed into some adMacent private land Fish haEitat is also threatened For more information aEout the ¿re, including road closures, visit www Eluemountainfireinfoorg The Umatilla National Forest information hotline can Ee reached at 1-877-958-9663, and the Union County Emer- gency Center at 541-963- 1049 FORESTS: Fire danger ‘extreme’ Continued from 1A only if: they are placed in the center of an area at least 10 feet in diameter and cleared of all ÀammaEle material placed in the Eed of a picNup trucN cleared of all ÀammaEle material or factory installed in a recreational vehicle, with the exhaust discharged in the center of an area at least 10 feet in diameter and cleared of all ÀammaEle material 6moNing is allowed only in enclosed vehicles, Euildings and developed recreation sites, or when stopped in an area cleared of ÀammaEle material The restrictions come as the ¿re danger rating has Eeen Eumped to extreme, and a 1,500acre ¿re threatens homes and property on the Umatilla National Forest near Elgin “The forest vegetation has cured to a highly ÀammaEle condition and our upper elevations are much drier than usual due to the lacN of winter snowpacN,´ said %rian *off, ¿re staff of¿cer for the forest “5ecent ¿res in the area have spread rapidly and are reTuiring consideraEle effort to contain´ For more information and a list of designated recreation areas where camp¿res are permitted, the Umatilla National Forest can Ee reached at 5121 The Malheur National Forest can Ee reached at 5155 000 The Wallowa Whitman National Forest can Ee reached in /a *rande at 541-962-8679, in Joseph at 541-426-5552, or in %aNer &ity at 541-52-124 August 2015 more winners. more often. a summer of music tributes a tribute to journey by dsb band 8.21.15 8pm rivers event center See Club Wild for full details Casino • Hotel • Golf • 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