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82/54 BLAZERS BATTLE IN PLAYOFFS NATION/6A TUBMAN TO REPLACE JACKSON ON $20 BILL BASKETBALL/1B How Oregon pot dealers pay taxes NORTHWEST/2A THURSDAY, APRIL 21, 2016 140th Year, No. 134 One dollar WINNER OF THE 2015 ONPA GENERAL EXCELLENCE AWARD Tribes defend hatcheries Litigation puts ¿ sheries at risk, CRITFC says By GEORGE PLAVEN East Oregonian PENDLETON Bronzes to start talking back Council approves funding for self-guided tour of statues By ANTONIO SIERRA East Oregonian Pendleton’s bronzes have inspired plenty of conversation and now they’ll make some of their own. The Pendleton City Council approved funding for the Pend- leton Bronze Trail, a self-guided tour of 15 city statues that uses a mobile website to provide tourists with historical information. The city divided the $5,375 cost of developing and establishing the trail between the urban renewal district and the city’s art fund. The Duke Joseph Agency, a Carlton-based advertising agency that’s also involved in the city’s Oregon Unmanned Aerial Systems Future Farm project, will develop the website and host it for its ¿ rst year. According to material provided by Duke Joseph, the trail website will feature an interactive map with GPS and walking directions to each statue. Each statue will have its own page with photographs, a 60 to 75-word summary describing the person and their exploits and an See BRONZES/8A Columbia River tribes are speaking out against litigation that calls into question federal funding for hatchery programs across the Northwest. The Wild Fish Conservancy, a nonpro¿ t conservation group based in Duvall, Washington, has sued the U.S. Department of Commerce and National Marine Fisheries Service, accusing the agencies of violating the Endangered Species Act by not properly weighing the negative impact of hatcheries on wild ¿ sh populations. At least $12 million has been allocated every year to hatchery programs in the Columbia Basin under the Mitchell Act, which passed in 13 to mitigate ¿ sh losses from dams, irrigation, pollution and logging. But the Wild Fish Conser- See FISH/8A Mosquitoes, microbes and Zika Biologist gives primer on virus at BMCC By KATHY ANEY East Oregonian Staff photo by E.J. Harris An old bicycle adorns a planter on a street corner on Main Street in Echo. Sascha McKeon knows mosquitoes. The Blue Mountain Community College biology instructor talked about mosquitoes and the Zika virus Wednesday during BMCC’s Arts & Culture Festival. McKeon spent three years as a ¿ eld researcher studying the blood-sucking insects in the Brazilian Amazon. Her team gathered mosquitoes from diverse locations from the jungle to McKeon livestock corrals, running into the occasional tarantula, jaguar and crocodile. She collected larvae. She lured adult insects with her own carbon dioxide-rich breath and then sucked them into an instrument called a mosquito aspirator. McKeon drew a laugh from the audience in BMCC’s Bob Clapp Theatre while describing herself and fellow mosquito researchers. See ZIKA/2A Small town living Echo a ‘hidden gem’ of Eastern Oregon By JADE MCDOWELL East Oregonian Staff photo by E.J. Harris Echo fourth-graders Isiic Wade and Dominic Curiel make bark rub- bing on a tree in George Park on Wednesday in Echo. As small towns test strategies to attract economic development, Echo’s approach might best be described as “Plant it and they will come.” It’s a sort of reversal of many cities’ strategy: Instead of focusing on attracting busi- nesses in order to grow the tax base and have money to beau- tify the city, Echo is focused on beautifying the city to attract Incumbent faces upstart in city council Ward 1 race The Pendleton City Council Ward 1 race is a study in contrast. Councilor Becky Marks is a two-term incumbent who touts her experience in government and the progress the city has made at the Eastern Oregon Regional Airport and the downtown area during her tenure. That progress includes 84 percent occupancy rate for the downtown area, leasing all vacant building at the airport and establishing the Pendleton Unmanned Aerial Systems Range. Her opponent is James Tibbets, a young upstart who wants to upgrade the city’s technology and has a troubled past. The tagline “Get the Good Ol’ Boys Gone!” is featured prominently in much of his campaign material. “Why are we getting statues that very few people care about"” he wrote in the Oregon Primary Election See ECHO/8A Becky Marks PENDLETON By ANTONIO SIERRA East Oregonian more growth. “Basically, is the chicken ¿ rst or the egg"” asked Diane Berry, city manager. Berry, supported by the city council and private and public partners, has aggressively sought grants for art, trees, À owers and historical preserva- tion in the city of 715 people. The city has also worked to extend that beauti¿ cation to residences through programs Voters’ Pamphlet. “Last I knew, statues don’t ¿ ll potholes or lower taxes. I hear complaints from residents about the condi- tion of Pendleton all the time, and I’ve had it!” A third candidate — former tribal public defender Renee Caubisens — is listed in the ballot but has dropped her bid after the withdrawal deadline because of an health reasons. That leaves two people to vie for the seat, which primarily represents the downtown area, See COUNCIL/8A Age: 67 Occupation: Hometown: Carlton Years in Pendleton: 24 Highest Level of Education: Bachelor’s degree, Eastern Oregon University Family: Married, fi ve children, seven grandchildren, four great-grandchildren James Tibbets Age: 28 Occupation: Owner of James A. Tibbets Technology Solutions Hometown: Hillboro Years in Pendleton: 11 Highest Level of Education: Some college at BMCC Family: Single *Renee Caubisens is listed on the ballot but ended her campaign after the withdrawal deadline
