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.
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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.´
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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
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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.
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