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Page 14A OFF PAGE ONE East Oregonian Saturday, April 16, 2016 PATTERSON: Association singled out his work on the city’s water storage and distribution system Continued from 1A Top Ten honorees come from across the country, and recent award winners include public works professionals from Charlotte, N.C., Austin, Tex., and Phoenix. Despite the surprise of receiving recognition for managing a small-town public works department, Patterson said the association does a good job RI UHFRJQL]LQJ LQQRYDWLYH ZRUN EHLQJ GRQH ZLWK WLJKW ¿QDQFLDO FRQVWUDLQWV UHJDUGOHVVRIWKHVL]HRIWKHFLW\ The association singled out Patter- son’s work on the city’s aquifer storage and recovery water distribution system, which uses micro-turbines and regen- HUDWLYH GULYH WHFKQRORJ\ WR SRZHU ¿YH wells. 8WLOL]LQJ WKHVH PLFURWXUELQHV DQG D ¿UVWRILWVNLQG VLSKRQ GHVLJQ XVHG IRU ZDWHU ¿OWUDWLRQ WKH V\VWHP KDV VLJQL¿FDQWO\ UHGXFHG DTXLIHU ZDWHU level declines and has stored billions of gallons of water in a drought-plagued region that averages 12 inches of rain per year. Thanks to this technology, Patterson said Pendleton has the largest municipal storage program in Oregon and is considered one of the most drought-re- sistant water systems in the country. Patterson said Pendleton Water Superintendent Tim Smith was the primary creative force behind the project, Patterson’s main contribution being the idea’s “cheerleader” while staff was in the process of convincing the city council it was a worthwhile investment. In addition to aquifer storage, the association commended Patterson for developing the city’s geographic infor- mation system, leading the $1.2 million master planning effort for the city’s water, sewer and stormwater systems and his overall leadership. Interest in infrastructure and resources runs in Patterson’s family. His father a former powerhouse operator at Photo contributed by Darrin Walenta This 2015 photo shows Full Pint, a malting barley variety developed by Pat Hayes of OSU. BARLEY: Oregon has 234 brewing facilities Staff photo by E.J. Harris The membrane train is the central hub of the Pendleton water treatment plant with it’s more than 3,000 miles of micro-porous membrane that filters the water. The Dalles Dam. 3DWWHUVRQ¶V ¿UVW SDVVLRQ ZDV VRODU power, but as incentives dried up in the 1980s, he decided to major in civil engineering at Oregon State University. Patterson came to Pendleton in 1988 to work at the Oregon Health Division Water Program as a public health engi- neer. He started his career with the city in 1994 as a regulatory specialist. After a stint as the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reserva- tion public works director from 1996- 1999, Patterson returned to the city in 1999 as a special projects engineer before assuming the department’s top post in 2003. Within the past few years, Patterson began stockpiling accolades. Patterson served as president to the Oregon chapter of the association in 2013 and won the William A. Bowes Award, the chapter’s top honor. With assistance from the University of Oregon School of Journalism, Patterson put together a 14-page summary of his career and accom- plishments and sent it to association’s QDWLRQDORUJDQL]DWLRQ Even with top recognition from his peers in the public works profession, Patterson still has much more he wants accomplished in Pendleton, including a funded stormwater utility, fully implementing a preventive maintenance program and instituting system develop- ment charges. Patterson’s Pendleton reception will take place May 15 from 2 p.m.-5 p.m. DW *UHDW 3DFL¿F /DUU\ 6WHYHQV SDVW president of the association’s national RUJDQL]DWLRQVZLOOSUHVHQWWKHDZDUGDW 2 p.m. 5693E\FRQWDFWLQJ-XWWD+DOLHZLF] DW -XWWD+DOLHZLF]#FLSHQGOHWRQRUXV or by phone at 541-966-0240. ——— Contact Antonio Sierra at asierra@ eastoregonian.com or 541-966-0836. WINE: Not known exactly what year the elevator was built Continued from 1A studying the history of the building and has found a lot of people who are apprecia- tive of the lengths the family has gone to both preserve and improve it. “We’ve been getting a lot of people in with their stories, and it has been really cool,” she said. One of those people was 90-year-old Joseph Garcia, who stopped by unannounced on Friday morning with his daughter Debra Thorton to present the Bales with a painting of the grain elevator he made more than a decade earlier. He got a tour of the newly renovated building and mentioned the owls that used to live there. No one seems to know exactly what year the elevator was built, but the date on the concrete building next to it is 1909. And the grain elevator was in operation by the 1940s. The property was used by Pendleton Grain Growers in the 1950s and the co-op sold it to Glenn and Joyce Rohde in 1984. Kim Bales said she and her husband Jay bought their 89-acre vineyard near Echo in 2010 while living in Seattle, and bought the grain elevator property from the very well,” he said. “We’ll collect some baseline data malting barley. on these varieties and go “Hopefully, at the end from there.” of the day, we can develop Oregon has 234 brewing some unique characteris- facilities operated by 194 tics,” Walenta said. “We brewing companies in want the rest of the brewing 72 cities across the state, and malting industry to according to the Oregon know that, hey, these Brewers Guild. OSU says Oregon malt barleys are top craft malting is also starting quality. That’s the direction to gain a foothold in Oregon, we’re heading.” with the newest malt The Oregon Wheat company ramping up to full Commission is funding the production in Baker City. research, with a $13,000 That company, Gold grant for 2015 and 2016. Rush Malt, should be ready 7KH¿UVW\HDURIWHVWLQJZDV to go by later this spring, a success, Walenta said, with said owner Tom Hutchison. all three locations demon- Hutchison said he wants strating they were capable to process local barley for of growing malting varieties expanding microbreweries, that meet standards from the and has already drawn American Malting Barley interest from Eastern Oregon $VVRFLDWLRQ 6SHFL¿FDOO\ favorites like Prodigal Son malting barley must have in Pendleton, Barley Brown a lower protein content of in Baker City and Ordnance 8-12 percent, with plump Brewing in Boardman. kernels that weigh at least 48 “We grow excellent pounds per bushel. malting barley out here in The trick for farmers, Eastern Oregon,” Hutchison Walenta said, is balancing said. “Why can’t the brew- the right amount of nutri- eries source that locally? ents to the crop, especially That’s the niche we’re trying nitrogen. More nitrogen can WR¿OO´ help increase overall yields, Hutchison said he’s but too much pushes the keeping a close eye on amount of protein too high. the OSU trials, but admits This year’s tests will focus he’s a small operation. on measuring exactly how Great Western Malting, in much is too much, Walenta Vancouver, Washington, said. could be another outlet for Walenta planted the test Oregon barley growers, plots on Monday, and will Walenta said, though it provide an update at the 40th requires rail transportation annual Union County Crops to reach the facility. and Conservation Tour on Walenta said he doesn’t June 22. Other trials are believe malting barley will being held in the Willamette be as important as wheat Valley and Klamath Basin. among farmers, but could Walenta said he thinks the be another viable option if Grande Ronde Valley is the demand for locally made well-situated to grow quality craft beer continues. barley for local breweries. “We hope to see the “We know we can grow industry grow,” he said. spring grains here. We do it “There’s opportunity there.” Continued from 1A Staff photo by Jade McDowell Initials carved into the walls of the old Echo grain el- evator were preserved when the building was turned into a tasting room for Echo Ridge Cellars. Rhodes in 2012. “My husband was looking at different vineyards and came over here and fell in love with it, and how beau- tiful and quiet it is here,” she said. Last week they opened the tasting room inside the old grain elevator. Within the next year they plan on turning the neighboring 14,400-square-foot storage building into a winery that could hold large events like wedding receptions and RI¿FHSDUWLHV6RPHGD\LIDOO goes well, they would like to add a brewery, too. “We’ve got high hopes,” Kim said. She said they don’t plan on operating a restaurant, but they do plan on putting D ZRRG¿UHG SL]]D RYHQ LQ the outside seating area and FRRNLQJ SL]]DV VRPH QLJKWV when the weather is nice. H&P Cafe and the Wheat and Barley Pub also have agreed to deliver food to the tasting room if people call and order it. Kim said that is one of several businesses that have welcomed the family to Echo, including Knerr Construction, which did the renovations, and Sno Road Winery, which Kim said refers people to Echo Ridge Cellars just as they give referrals in return. “There’s no competition,” she said. “We’re on the same team.” “We’re all Team Echo,” Berlyn chimed in. 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