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WINNER OF THE 2015 ONPA GENERAL EXCELLENCE AWARD
HERMISTON
City gives EOTEC $600K
By JADE MCDOWELL
East Oregonian
The Hermiston city council
agreed to give the Eastern
Oregon Trade and Event
Center 600,000 0onday,
on the condition that a city
administrator be given a seat
on the proMect’s board.
The contribution is the
¿ rst step in the EOTEC
board’s plan to ¿ ll a 2.2
million budget shortfall. The
board also plans to ask the
Umatilla County Board of
Commissioners for $600,000
and board member Dan
Dorran said local hoteliers
were willing to contribute $1
million if the city and county
stepped forward. The hotelier
money would be raised
through a city-sponsored
revenue bond that would be
paid back by the hoteliers
at a rate of approximately
$100,000 a year.
The city’s decision came
after two hours of discussion
in which councilors expressed
support for EOTEC but also
Tuestioned how the proMect
had ended up behind the
previously announced 2016
completion date and more
than $2 million short.
Doug Smith said original
talk of a $30 million or more
proMect completed in time for
the 2016 county fair came
across as Must hype.
“I hate to say it but I feel the
results so far have been kind
of dismal,” he said. “:hat do
we have? A half-constructed
building and pipes.”
Other councilors asked the
board why certain problems
hadn’t been addressed sooner
and why there had not been
more work to bring in money
from private donations and
sponsorships.
Dorran said that he took
“100 percent responsibility”
for encouraging the board
to go with a process where
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Staff photo by Gary L. West
John Frew, CEO of Frew Development, talks about the
Eastern Oregon Trade and Event Center during a joint
work session between the Hermiston City Council
and the EOTEC authority board. Next to Frew (left to
right) are EOTEC board member David Bothum, vice
chairman Dan Dorran and chairman Ed Brookshier.
:est meets
east during
legislative
excursion
Hansell stresses importance of
rural, conservative side of state
By GEORGE PLAVEN
East Oregonian
Hospital’s ¿ rst drive-through
À u shot clinic. 0otorists
navigated through a trio of
stations, getting a clipboard
and information sheet at the
¿ rst and dropping off the
Bill Hansell didn’t mince words when
emphasizing the importance of bringing ¿ ve
democratic lawmakers from western Oregon to
the state’s more rural, conservative east side.
“This could be historic,” said Hansell, the
local Republican senator
from Athena. “It’s very
important they see what
we’re trying to do here.”
Hansell, along with Rep.
Greg Barreto, R-Cove,
invited their legislative
colleagues from across
the political aisle over
for a ¿ eld trip 0onday to
Hermiston and Boardman,
where they toured Stahl Hansell
Farms, the former Umatilla
Chemical Depot and Port of
0orrow. The goal, Hansell
said, was to give them a
¿ rsthand look at the region
and better understanding
of how they can help the
natural
resources-based
economy grow.
“I want them to see the
potential of what we can Barreto
do and how we can do it,”
Hansell said. “Agriculture is key, but it spins off
into all the supporting industries.”
Five legislators À ew in 0onday morning to
the Hermiston 0unicipal Airport, including:
Senate 0aMority Leader Ginny Burdick,
D-Portland; Sen. Betsy Johnson, D-Scappoose;
Sen. Chris Edwards, D-Eugene and chairman of
the Senate Environment and Natural Resources
Committee; Sen. Lee Beyer, D-Spring¿ eld; and
Rep. Caddy 0c.eown, D-Coos Bay.
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Staff photo by E.J. Harris
OHSU nursing student Robert Gillespie of La Grande gives a seasonal fl u shot to Jacob Markgraf of Pendleton at a drive-
through fl u shot clinic Monday in Pendleton.
Drive-through clinic
Free À u shots attract 800
By KATHY ANEY
East Oregonian
Staff photo by E.J. Harris
OHSU nursing student Robert Gillespie of La Grande leans
into Christie Elder’s car at a drive-through fl u shot clinic
Monday in Pendleton.
People in this drive-through
lane didn’t get spiced lattes or
French fries. They received
something that might be even
better: A hedge against the
annual misery of coughing,
sneezing, body aches and
chills.
Hundreds of people got
À u shots 0onday from the
comfort of their cars.
A line of vehicles snaked
around
the
Pendleton
Convention Center parking
lot at 7 a.m. when St. Anthony
“We haven’t yet got-
ten into the thick of fl u
season. We’ll have
to wait and see if they
got it right this year.”
— Mike Rickman, director of
Pharmacy Services at St. Anthony
PENDLETON
SUV topples
historic windmill
Originally located
in Thorn Hollow
By PHIL WRIGHT
East Oregonian
An errant driver Sunday in
Pendleton took out a windmill
that has stood for more than
100 years.
The man who brought
the windmill to the museum,
though, said he was hopeful it
could rise again.
The windmill was an iconic
30-foot-tall,
6,000-pound
feature of the Umatilla County
Historical Society’s Heritage
Station 0useum, 108 S.:.
Frazer Ave. Society executive
director Barbara Lund-Jones
called the loss of the windmill
a blow to the museum’s very
identity. The society uses the
image of the museum and
windmill on its letterhead and
business cards.
Pendleton police Chief
Stuart Roberts in an email
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Staff photo by E.J. Harris
A driver crashed through the fence and into a windmill toppling the structure
Sunday at the Umatilla County Historical Society’s Heritage Station in Pendleton.