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Saturday, October 31, 2015
East Oregonian
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HERMISTON
Wyden to address
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idea to dress as rival Star
Wars characters, because
Star Wars is “really cool.”
Plenty of kids wouldn’t She and her brother have
be caught dead matching come up with coordinated
clothes with their brother Halloween costumes from
or sister, but sometimes the movies before, including the
sibling rivalry is suspended Wizard of Oz.
“We were Scarecrow and
in the name of Halloween.
During the Treats on Dorothy,” she said.
Sometimes the coordi-
Main event in Hermiston
on Friday there were plenty nation is the parents’ idea.
of examples of siblings in Twins Zoey and Avery
Timmons, age two, were
coordinated costumes.
Riley Campbell, 9, was dressed as a chicken and
gathering candy dressed as an egg, with Zoey sporting
Princess Leia, complete with yellow chicken feet impro-
the Star Wars character’s vised from a pair of rubber
signature “cinnamon roll” gloves.
“They were in vitro,
hairstyle. Her brother Tyler
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her as Darth Vader.
Riley said it was her the egg,” Karen Timmons
By JADE MCDOWELL
East Oregonian
Staff photo by Jade McDowell
Twins Avery and Zoey Timmons, 2, dressed as “the
chicken and the egg” for Halloween.
when we really need it.”
The solar ITC covers
30 percent of the cost for
After Congress passed a homes and businesses to
two-year budget deal early install solar panels, though
Friday morning, Oregon it is slated to start phasing
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tax breaks for renewable of the Alliance for Solar
Choice, said the credits
energy.
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revisiting a potentially vital rooftop solar industry since
provision for the federal WKH\ZHUHSDVVHGLQ
Using
data
from
solar Investment Tax
Credit, which would allow Bloomberg New Energy
solar companies to qualify Finance, the Solar Energy
Association
once they have started Industries
construction. As it stands, predicts the U.S. would
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Wyden said the solar
Wyden, who serves
as the ranking democrat industry is primed for
on the Senate Finance growth and could be a
Committee, said it is major jobs producer for
extremely important to Oregon. He threw his
address the solar ITC, support behind the credit,
which was not included as well as the “commence
in a tax extenders bill that construction” provision.
“I’m committed to
passed the committee in
getting that in, too,” he said.
July.
In the long-term, Wyden
However, Wyden said
there is still time to get is pushing for broader
something done before reform in clean energy tax
the bill makes it onto the incentives, taking 44 indi-
6HQDWH ÀRRU +H H[SHFWV vidual tax breaks now and
negotiations will take place boiling them down to three:
incentives for clean elec-
in the next few days.
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in my mind that important IXHO DQG HQHUJ\ HI¿FLHQF\
Eastern Oregon communi- That comes as part of a
ties like Arlington would joint energy bill sponsored
take a real hit if this doesn’t by Sens. Maria Cantwell,
get resolved,” Wyden told D-Washington, Harry Reid,
the East Oregonian on D-Nevada, and Chuck
Schumer, D-New York.
Friday.
“This bill is built around
Columbia Energy Part-
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proposed a 2,000-kilowatt law ought to reward clean
solar project in Arlington. energy with incentives that
Gilliam County Judge spark innovation in the
Steve Shaffer spoke with private economy,” Wyden
Wyden about the impor- said.
Solar power remains
tance of developing solar
energy during the senator’s relatively sparse in Oregon,
town hall visit Oct. 11 at accounting for just .02
percent of the state’s energy
Arlington City Hall.
“I’m not sure how long mix. Hydroelectricity is the
we are going to be able to largest power source, at
rely on hydro as our main SHUFHQW
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source (of power),” said
Contact George Plaven
Shaffer. “I think if we can
just help (solar) get off the at gplaven@eastoregonian.
ground, we can get a return com or 541-966-0825.
By GEORGE PLAVEN
East Oregonian
Staff photo by Jade McDowell
Evelyn Christensen, left, and Landry Christensen
dressed as peanut butter and jelly for Hermiston’s
Treats on Main.
said, explaining how the two
costumes went together.
Lindsey Hector said she
dressed Evelyn Christensen,
4, and Landry Christensen, 3,
up as peanut butter and jelly
because the two of them are
best friends, the kind that go
together “like peanut butter
and jelly.”
“Last year they were
presents. This year I though
‘I should dress them up
as peanut butter and jelly
because they do everything
together,” she said.
JaCory Harris, 4, and his
brother JaQuan Harris, 2,
were dressed as Mario and
Luigi, representing their
favorite video game char-
acters. And real-life sisters
Hailey and Whitney McKay,
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sisters Elsa and Anna from
the movie Frozen.
In some cases mom and
dad got in on the act. Jacob,
Hannah and their son Jaden
Galbraith were a family of
minions from the movie
Despicable Me because
Jaden loves the movie.
“I got him the minion
costume and then thought,
‘Why not have us all be
minions?’” Hannah said.
As they passed another
small minion accompanied
by her own parents someone
shouted “Look, I found your
family!”
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Contact Jade McDowell
at jmcdowell@eastorego-
nian.com or 541-564-4536.
PENDLETON
Former councilor opposes ban on pot sales
North Bonneville, Wash.,
neither of which reported
public safety issues.
With their state mandated
Steve Taylor no longer
has a vote on the Pendleton security systems, early
City Council. But if he did, closing times and off-site
he would vote to allow mari- consumption, Taylor said
marijuana stores posed a
juana sales.
As a member of the much lesser threat to public
Oregon Liquor Control safety than bars or taverns.
If he was still on the city
Commission’s Recreational
Marijuana Rules Advisory council, Taylor said he would
Committee, the former support opting into the state
Pendleton city councilor regulated sales system. In
is the committee’s lone the event that there was a
representative from Eastern groundswell of resistance
to the idea, Taylor would
Oregon.
Ironically, the Pendleton advocate for the referral of
City Council could vote to a ban to the ballot, where
ban the sales of marijuana voters could take their time
at a meeting Tuesday, which to research the issue.
Taylor didn’t buy the
would render the rules and
regulations Taylor has spent argument that a local
the past several months ballot measure would be a
working on irrelevant in simple rehash of Measure
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Pendleton.
Taylor said he went into Pendleton voters rejected.
the committee appointment While Measure 91 was a
with an open mind and has vote to legalize marijuana,
FRPH WR ¿QG PDQ\ RI WKH Taylor said a city ballot
perceptions about legal mari- measure would cover a
totally different issue. Under
juana sales untrue.
Taylor said he spoke with Oregon law, cities and
marijuana retailers and local counties can ban sales, but
possession
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By ANTONIO SIERRA
East Oregonian
and personal grows can’t be
prohibited.
The last time the city
council voted on marijuana,
it voted 5-3 to direct City
Attorney Nancy Kerns to
draft a ban of recreational
and medical marijuana sales.
Councilor Al Plute voted
against the ban and has
been vocal in his support
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revenue for the city, which
he thinks could include mari-
juana sales.
Taylor
said
Plute’s
unwavering support for
locating new revenue streams
has created some common
ground between Taylor and
the man who beat him in a
council race in 2010.
“I haven’t always agreed
with Plute, but he now holds
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years (on the city council),”
said Taylor.
The council will also
enable system development
charges for water, sewer and
stormwater drainage, which
is the next procedural step for
the city to create a one-time
charge for developers based
on the building’s impact on
utilities.
The charges won’t be
implemented
until
the
council adopts rates at a later
date.
The meeting will be at the
council chambers in city hall,
500 S.W. Dorion Avenue,
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Contact Antonio Sierra at
asierra@eastoregonian.com
or 541-966-0836.
Demolitions could
shake up Boardman
bombing range
Residents may see dust
clouds or feel the ground
shake during explosive
demolitions Tuesday Nov. 3
through Thursday Nov. 5 at
the U.S. Navy’s Boardman
Bombing Range.
The Explosive Ordnance
Disposal Detachment North-
west from Naval Air Station
Whidbey Island, Washington,
will
conduct
explosive
demolition operations at the
range. The work will take
place during daylight in the
central section of the range,
according to a statement from
the Navy, and will not pose a
threat to people or property.
Anyone with questions
or concerns can contact the
Whidbey Island public affairs
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If you call a contractor yourself,
that still counts as DIY.
Bruce Smith and
the Boda Boyz
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Tribute
10 pm - Midnight
Oct. 31st
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