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Friday, May 6, 2016
East Oregonian
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County ATV
proposal drives
into opposition
Property owners
concerned riders
will cause problems
By PHIL WRIGHT
East Oregonian
Staff photo by Jade McDowell
New ‘water feature’ in downtown Hermiston
McKenzie Park was looded Thursday morning after a thunderstorm swept through Hermiston.
BRIEFLY
EOTEC invites
public to irst open
house
HERMISTON — The
Eastern Oregon Trade and
Event Center is readying
to hold an open house next
Friday.
The public from 3-7 p.m.
on May 13 can check out
the event center at 1705 E.
Airport Road, Hermiston,
and learn about its history
and future. The event will
include a welcome ceremony
at 4:30 p.m.
Heather Cannell,
the center’s business
development manager, said
there will be tours, wine
tastings and hors d’ oeuvres.
The center’s board of
directors will attend, along
with Hermiston Mayor Dave
Drotzmann, members of
the city council, Umatilla
County commissioners and
other oficials.
The center is a
partnership between the local
governments of Hermiston
and Umatilla County and
will house the county fair
and Farm City Pro Rodeo
in 2017. Hermiston City
Manager Byron Smith told
county commissioners at
their Wednesday meeting the
event center’s construction
is in the inal phases. He
also said the inal design on
the barns is close, and the
EOTEC board could seek
bids for that work starting in
mid-May and is looking to
June to seek bids on building
the rodeo arena.
The event center already
has 10 bookings he said,
which include a regional
meeting of the League of
Oregon Cities on May 18.
White Eagle
Grange hosts
bingo night
PENDLETON — A
progressive jackpot bingo
game, a 50-50 pot and
regular bingo games are
planned during Bingo Night
at White Eagle Grange.
The event is Saturday
from 6:30-8:30 p.m. at the
grange hall, 43828 White
Eagle Road, Pendleton
(between Pendleton and
Pilot Rock on Highway 395
South). Regular cards are 50
cents each, and jackpot and
blackout bingo are $1 each.
Popcorn and beverages are
available by donation.
For more information,
contact Gail Wilson
at 541-276-3778 or
g.wilson@q.com.
Oldies Night
features hits of ‘66
MILTON-FREEWATER
— Get ready to be
transported back 50 years
when Oldies Night in
Milton-Freewater features
songs of 1966.
BJ the DJ will spin
familiar tunes — from
one-hit wonders to the
familiar sounds of The
Beach Boys, The Beatles,
Simon & Garfunkel, The
Righteous Brothers, The
Supremes, The Tijuana
The public is invited to the irst open house of the
Eastern Oregon Trade and Event Center on May 13
from 3-7 p.m.
Brass, Frank Sinatra and Ray
Charles.
The free event is
Saturday beginning at 7
p.m. at Wesley United
Methodist Church, 816 S.
Main St., Milton-Freewater.
Refreshments will be
available by The Frogs.
For more information,
contact Bob Jones at
541-938-7028 or dubuquer@
charter.net.
Elks lodge sets
Mother’s Day
brunch
HERMISTON — The
Coffey Brothers will perform
during a Mother’s Day event
at the Hermiston Elks Lodge.
A special service
honoring mothers, which is
open to the public, is Sunday
at 10 a.m. at the lodge, 480
E. Main St., Hermiston.
A champagne brunch is
available from 11 a.m. to
1 p.m. The cost is $9 per
person.
For more information,
call the lodge at 541-567-
6923 or Jim Voss at 541-571-
5116.
practical, low-cost
gardening techniques for
building, planning, planting,
maintaining and harvesting a
successful vegetable garden.
It doesn’t matter if you
live in an apartment or on
acreage, everyone can learn
something from the course.
Classes are conducted
inside and outside, with
classroom lectures followed
by time in the garden for
hands-on learning. Textbook,
seeds and other goodies are
available to class participants
for free.
For more information
or to register, contact
Colleen Sanders at
541-278-5403, colleen.
sanders@oregonstate.edu,
Adrienne Berry at 541-566-
0334, adrienneberry@
yellowhawk.org or visit
www.oregonfoodbank.org/
our-work/building-food-
security/education-programs/
seed-to-supper.
Umatilla
County
Commissioner Larry Givens
wants to take a harder look at
a plan to open certain county
roads to all-terrain vehicles.
The county board of
commissioners held a
public hearing Wednesday
to introduce the proposal
to allow all-terrain vehi-
cles on certain two-lane
gravel county roads east
of Highway 11 and north
of Wildhorse Road and
Abel Road in the Weston
and Milton-Freewater area.
But Givens said he heard
from property owners and
ranchers concerned with
ATV riders causing prob-
lems, such as vandalism.
Terry Nielsen during
a phone call Tuesday
afternoon said vandals and
thieves are some of her top
reasons for opposing the
county’s proposal. Allowing
ATV riders to use those rural
roads, she said, would invite
more crime.
She and her husband,
Bill Nielsen, live in Junction
City but own a home and
land on scenic Abel Road
near Weston. She chided the
county for not contacting
her or other property owners
about the new ordinance.
Nielsen also said they
lease land to cattle ranchers
who do not want folks
harassing their cows. And
the area is home to wildlife
of all kinds, even wolves,
she said, and having a bunch
of ATV riders there will run
off game and other animals.
The proposal would
limit ATV use to daylight
hours but would not limit
the time of year riders could
use the roads. The county
also would require drivers
have a valid license, a valid
state-issued ATV permit
and an Oregon ATV safety
education card. They also
would have to pay $10 to
buy a Umatilla County ATV
permit, which the county
could revoke if riders break
the law or misbehave.
The new county law
would end June 30, 2017,
but the county board could
renew it.
Commissioner
Bill
Elfering at Wednesday’s
meeting said the experiment
would depend on the ATV
users policing themselves.
“Self policing?” Givens
asked.
“Yes, that’s right,”
Elfering replied.
Board chairman George
Murdock said he suspected
those who would misuse
ATVs already are misusing
them.
At the meeting, ATV
proponent Jessie Shaw of
Milton-Freewater said he
and the group who want the
new local law would not
tear up private property or
ruin farmland. He said the
state already allows farmers
to drive ATVs, so this would
allow other people to legally
use them.
No one else spoke for
or against the proposal.
The board set June 1 as the
meeting to consider voting
on the ordinance.
Givens said he still has
concerns about new ordi-
nance that the county needs
to address.
SUBMIT COMMUNITY NEWS
Submit information to: community@eastoregonian.
com or drop off to the attention of Tammy Malgesini at
333 E. Main St., Hermiston or Renee Struthers at 211
S.E. Byers Ave., Pendleton. Call 541-564-4539 or 541-
966-0818 with questions.
Seed to Supper
offers gardening
program
People can learn to grow
their own food during a
six-session course offered
by OSU Extension Service
and the Yellowhawk Tribal
Health Center.
Seed to Supper began this
past week at Yellowhawk
and continues Thursdays
from 5-7 p.m. at the health
center, 73265 Confederated
Way, Mission. The other
upcoming sessions begin
Sunday, May 22 from 3-5
p.m. at the OSU Extension
Service in Umatilla Hall at
Blue Mountain Community
College, 2411 N.W. Carden
Ave., Pendleton.
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