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REGION Saturday, March 26, 2016 Preliminary route for B2H line pushed farther south %/M stiOO anaOy]ing agency SreIerred route By GEORGE PLAVEN East Oregonian $ ¿naO EnYironPentaO ,PSact StatePent on the SroSosed %oardPan to +ePingZay transPission Oine Zon¶t Ee reOeased untiO Oater this suPPer, Eut at Oeast one SotentiaO route shoZs the %ureau oI /and ManagePent is heeding OocaO concerns in 8PatiOOa and MorroZ counties. 7he %/M uSdated its SreOiPinary SreIerred aOter- natiYe Ior the 00-PiOe Oine, Zhich reÀects tZo PaMor changes sought Ey the coun- ties ¿rst, the Oine in MorroZ &ounty Zas shiIted onto the Zest side oI %oPEing 5ange 5oad south oI %oardPan, onto 1aYy Oand as oSSosed to high-YaOue IarPs across the road. Second, the aOign- Pent Zas Sushed Iarther south through 8PatiOOa &ounty in order to aYoid iPSacting additionaO IarP- Oand Zhere groZers Zorried the Oine couOd taNe acres oI croSs out oI Sroduction. 7aPara *ertsch, nationaO SroMect Panager Ior the %/M, said they are continuing to ZorN Zith aOO agencies, incOuding the counties, and haYen¶t Pade any ¿naO deci- sions yet. %ut the SreOiPinary SreIerred aOternatiYe does SroYide a gOiPSse into the route anaOysis so Iar. ³7here¶s no such thing as a route Zithout iPSacts. 7hat¶s Must the Zay it is,´ *ertsch said. ³,t¶s a EaOancing act to do the Eest thing that Ze can to eOiPinate Post iPSacts Zith our cooSerating agen- cies.´ %oardPan to +ePingZay, SroSosed Ey ,daho 3oZer, is a 00-NiOoYoOt Oine that ZouOd run IroP Must outside %oardPan to MeOEa, ,daho, near %oise. ,t ZouOd aOOoZ the tZo regions to share eOec- tricity during tiPes oI SeaN dePand. EstiPates Ior the SroMect haYe ranged EetZeen 0-0 PiOOion. $ draIt E,S Zas reOeased in 201, and the %/M continues to anaOy]e coPPents that Zere suEPitted IroP the SuEOic. 7he ¿naO E,S ZiOO incOude anaOysis oI the agency SreIerred route and aOternatiYes. Once it is issued the SuEOic ZiOO haYe 0 days to reYieZ and SroYide addi- tionaO coPPents. ³:e¶re OooNing at tech- nicaO considerations, enYi- ronPentaO considerations and econoPic considerations,´ *ertsch said. ,daho 3oZer estiPates the SroMect Zon¶t coPe onOine untiO 2022 or Oater. ,n a recent editoriaO, Mitch &oOEurn, Zho¶s in charge oI 00-NiOoYoOt SroMects Ior the coPSany, said the need Ior %oardPan to +ePingZay is stiOO strong. ³:hen ¿nished, the SroMect ZiOO heOS SroYide OoZ-cost energy to ,daho 3oZer¶s custoPers in southern Idaho and Eastern Oregon,´ &oOEurn said. 3roMect PaSs and a tiPe Oine are aYaiOaEOe to YieZ at ZZZ.EoardPantoheP- ingZay.coP. ——— Contact George Plaven at gplaven@eastoregonian. com or 541-966-0825. UMATILLA SociaO caPSaign shoZs ZoPen in tech ¿eOds By JENNIFER COLTON East Oregonian Students IroP 8PatiOOa are ZorNing to change the Iace oI engineering. 7his ZeeN, 8PatiOOa students Oaunched the ZeEsite ZZZ.IacesoIengi- neering.coP, a Moint eIIort EetZeen 8PatiOOa¶s FI5S7 5oEotics CoPSetition teaP 12 ³Con¿dentiaO´ and F5C teaP 0 ³Canine Crusaders´ oI .ettOe FaOOs, :ash. 7he ZeEsite is a sSin-oII oI the IOooN- OiNeanengineer caPSaign to shoZ girOs and young ZoPen they can EecoPe engineers. The Canine Crusaders has 2 PePEers on the teaP, incOuding si[ IePaOe students IroP .ettOe FaOOs TeaP Con¿dentiaO has 2 IePaOe students, aOPost haOI its totaO enroOOPent. ³:e haYe 6 Sercent IePaOe reSresentation on our teaP. That¶s Sretty rare,´ ZeEsite designer and 8+S Munior CaPeron SiSe said. ³Most oI the F5C teaPs you see are SriPariOy Eoys.´ That oEserYation isn¶t onOy OiPited to roEotics coPSetitions. :hen SiSe tried to search *oogOe IPages Ior ³engineer,´ onOy “So much of the media tells our young girls that they should be seen and not heard ... Our goal is to compete with that.” — Naomi Edwards, a computer science engineer and head mentor for the Kettle Falls team Iour oI the ¿rst 2 iPages shoZed ZoPen. “When you search engi- neers, you shouOd haYe a Yariety oI SeoSOe, and that¶s Zhat this caPSaign is trying to do,´ SiSe said. The .ettOe FaOOs teaP had aOready Moined the hashtag caPSaign, had a Shoto shoot and Pade Sosters shoZing its teaP as IOooNOiNeanengi- neer. NaoPi EdZards, a coPSuter science engineer and head Pentor Ior the .ettOe FaOOs teaP, said the initiatiYe shoZs Zhat ZoPen are caSaEOe oI. “So Puch oI the Pedia teOOs our young girOs that they shouOd Ee seen and not heard or oYer-se[uaOi]ed,´ she said. “Our goaO is to coPSete Zith that, to Sut soPe iPages in Iront oI our young girOs to SroPote the good things these girOs are doing and are caSaEOe oI. My dreaP is to see this cuOture change.´ 8PatiOOa students saZ the Sosters at a recent roEotics coPSetition and IorPed a SartnershiS Zith the Wash- ington schooO. The teaPs haYe set uS Shoto Eooths at eYents to taNe Shotos to Sost on TZitter and other sociaO Pedia. With Oregon sSring EreaN this ZeeN, SiSe tooN the tiPe to draIt the ZeEsite using the Crusaders¶ Shotos. The ZeEsite Oaunched on Tuesday and has aOready Erought in contacts IroP as Iar as IOOinois and attention IroP *oY. .ate %roZn¶s oI¿ce. 8PatiOOa SOans to host their oZn Shoto shoot in EetZeen uScoPing coPSe- titions. “We¶re Must going to Oet it groZ and see Zhere it goes,´ SiSe said. “We¶re hoSing to Ering this into the engineering coPPunity and not Must the roEotics coPPu- nity. For noZ Ze¶re going to see Zhere it goes and do our Eest to reSresent aOO the SeoSOe Zho are changing the ZorOd.´ ! s g n i l r a L itt le D This special section will be full of adorable little darlings that have arrived over the last 3 years to bless many families and our communities. Families will want to keep this special keepsake for their child and family for years to come. East Oregonian Page 3A HERMISTON City to consider senior center designs By JADE MCDOWELL East Oregonian 7he +erPiston &ity &ounciO ZiOO OooN at designs Ior the neZ senior center on Monday night. 7he counciO ZiOO Oisten to a Sresentation oI the design conceSt Ior the +arNenrider &enter during a 6 S.P. ZorNshoS, then Ee asNed to Yote on aSSroYaO oI the design during its reguOar S.P. Peeting. 7he city has Eeen gath- ering inSut IroP a senior center adYisory coPPittee, Eut ¿naO controO oI the design rests Zith the city counciO Eecause the 2 PiOOion Eeing used to EuiOd the center caPe IroP a &oPPunity 'eYeOoSPent %OocN *rant aZarded to the city. 7he adYisory coPPit- tee¶s ¿rst choice oI Oocation Ior the center Zas on the undeYeOoSed Oots on South- east )ourth Street Eehind :aO-Mart, Eut the SroSerty oZners decOined the city¶s oIIer on the Oand. 7he city counciO then aSSroYed the coPPittee¶s second choice, Zhich stretches across the SarNing Oot Eehind the +erPiston 3uEOic /iErary, 5idgeZay $Yenue and an acre oI +erPiston SchooO 'istrict SroSerty. On Monday the counciO ZiOO aOso consider an inter- goYernPentaO agreePent Zith the Oregon 'eSartPent oI 7ransSortation, aOOoZing the deSartPent to instaOO soOar-SoZered Oighted stoS signs on +ighOand $Yenue and Orchard $Yenue. 7he Oighted signs are designed to catch driYers¶ attention and aOert theP to the Sresence oI Sedestrians. 7hey ZouOd Ee instaOOed at Orchard $Yenue and South )irst Street, Orchard $Yenue and SouthZest SeYenth Street, +ighOand $Yenue and SouthZest SeYenth Street, and +ighOand $Yenue and South First Street. Other stoS signs aOong Eoth aYenues ZouOd Ee reSOaced Zith Oarger signs that are not soOar-SoZered. O'O7 ZouOd Say Ior the entire SroMect. 7he city counciO ZorN session and reguOar Peeting ZiOO Ee heOd at city haOO, 10 N.E. Second Street. PENDLETON 6ZHDULQJHQXQRI¿FLDOO\GURSVIURPFRXQFLOUDFH East Oregonian -iP SZearingen¶s naPe ZiOO stiOO aSSear on the EaOOot, Eut the Pan hiPseOI is no Oonger seeNing eOection to the oSen 3endOeton City CounciO at-Oarge seat. SZearingen said Friday that he ZiOO not caPSaign Ior the seat Eut decOined to giYe the reason Ior his unoI¿ciaO ZithdraZaO. SZearingen said he ZouOd haYe ¿Oed to Zith- draZ, Eut he didn¶t return IroP Yacation untiO aIter the ZithdraZaO deadOine March 11. That Peans SZearingen couOd stiOO garner Yotes and Zin the Iour-Zay at-Oarge race desSite his desire to droS IroP the eOection entireOy. Since SZearingen¶s situ- ation isn¶t coPPon, eOection oI¿ciaOs Zeren¶t ready Zith iPPediate ansZers as to Zhat ZouOd haSSen iI SZearingen Zon. 3endOeton City 5ecorder $ndrea 'enton reIerred the question to the Oregon Secretary oI State¶s OI¿ce. OI¿ce sSoNesZoPan MoOOy Woon said there¶s nothing in state OaZ Earring a candidate IroP decOining eOection, Eut said Pore sSeci¿c ruOes ZouOd Ee handOed Ey the county eOec- tion oI¿ce. .athy $OOen, an oI¿cer Zith the 8PatiOOa County EOections 'iYision, said the issue ZouOd require research and did not caOO EacN Zith a de¿nitiYe ansZer Ey Sress tiPe. SZearingen said he hoSes either 5icN 5ohde or 3auO ChaOPers Zins the at-Oarge race. The other candidate is 3auO 5aEitaiOOe. The PuniciSaO eOection is May 1. The The Great Great Easter Egg Hunt Egg Hunt Easter We have hidden 15 different Easter eggs in today’s East Oregonian newspaper. Find each Easter egg and enter to win a $25 gift certificate to The Saddle Restaurant or the Rainbow Cafe. Each egg is carefully hidden throughout the pages of news articles today. Can you find them all? ( ) Page # ( ) Page # ( ) Page # ( ) Page # ( ) Page # ( ) Page # ( ) Page # ( ) Page # ( ) Page # ( ) Page # ( ) Page # ( ) Page # ( ) Page # ( ) Page # ( ) Page # Once you have found all 15 eggs ... Fill out this entry form 1. Write the page you found each Easter egg on. 2. Fill in your contact information (name, address, phone, email) 3. Mail your entry or hop on over to the East Oregonian, 211 SE Byers, Pendleton, Oregon 97801. 4. All entries must be received by April 1st. Name: Phone: Address: Email: Submit a photo of your Little Darling (Age 0 - 3) & be entered into a drawing for prizes by local sponsors! It’s F RE E! Send in, or drop by, a full color high resolution photo, your child’s name and a message to your child today! Little Darlings 211 SE Byers, Pendleton, OR 97801 333 E. Main, Hermiston, OR 97838 or email classifieds@eastoregonian.com Deadline for photos: April 4 th Publish date: April 13 th Your Name: Phone Number: Child’s Name: Message: Breakfast all day - the best! 2220 SE Court Ave. Pendleton, OR 97801 541-276-1075
