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SOFTBALL: Winner of the tournament
will play in the Little League World Series
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COUNCIL: New ire station is
contingent on voters passing a bond
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airport supplied the party
accessories and signage.
Several of the signs
proclaimed “212 degrees,”
which a few of the players
explained.
“Water can’t boil at 211
degrees, but it can at 212
degrees,” said right ielder
Ellie Samford.
“It’s all about that extra
degree,” Jeness said.
“Every time we make an
error …” Duchek said.
“… it reminds us to shake
it off,” inished right ielder
Kylie Parsons.
They will take that
resolve with them to San
Bernardino. The
team
advanced to the regional
inals after coming from
behind to defeat Southeast
Portland 8-4 last Wednesday
in Redmond. They will
arrive in San Bernardino
Wednesday, July 20, 2016
station would hurt parking
prospects for future devel-
opment.
Although Mayor Phillip
Houk and Councilor Becky
Marks liked the idea of
a downtown ire station,
they joined the other coun-
cilors in supporting the St.
Anthony site to show a
united front.
Ciraulo said he misspoke
when he said Pendleton
Cinema was the over-
whelming favorite among
the 53 attendees of a series
of public meetings to discuss
the possible ire station sites.
Although
Pendleton
Cinema was the preferred
site, Ciraulo said they were
both generally well-liked.
A new ire station is
contingent on voters passing
a bond, which the council
has tentatively set for the
May 2017 ballot.
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at asierra@eastoregonian.
com or 541-966-0836.
WATER: Expect to inish construction by March 2017
Staff photo by E.J. Harris
Sue Lilienthal grabs DeLaney Duchek in a
headlock while joking around during a send-off for
the Pendleton 11/12-year-old all-star team Tuesday at
the Eastern Oregon Regional Airport in Pendleton.
Thursday afternoon and
play Montana on Friday
morning in pool play. After
additional games against
Utah and Alaska, the team
will be seeded in a bracket
against the rest of the 12
Staff photo by E.J. Harris
Airport Ofice Administrator Erica Stewart serves cake
to Josie Wilson during a send-off for the Pendleton
11/12-year-old all-star team Tuesday at the Eastern
Oregon Regional Airport in Pendleton.
teams for single-elimination
play.
But before focusing on
that, the team needed to
thank their public. They
hiked up the steps to the
airport’s upper balcony,
shouted “thank you” to the
crowd of 100 or so below
and gave a high-decibel
whoop. They posed for
photos under the airport’s
bucking horse, then slapped
hand with fans lined up on
both sides of the hallway
leading to the tarmac. A few
players wiped tears. The pair
of airplanes took off just as
the sun sunk to the horizon.
The team that wins the
regional tournament will
play next month in the Little
League Softball World
Series in Portland.
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kaney@eastoregonian.com
or call 541-966-0810.
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pace of growth, the port is
planning to build a 15-mile
pipeline to pump additional
efluent to Madison Ranches
near Echo.
Neal said the project
will beneit both sides,
providing water to the farm
and creating lexibility for
the port to handle its waste-
water.
“It’s a good it,” Neal
said. “You can grow basi-
cally any crop with that
process water.”
Neal said they expect
to start construction in
September and inish by
March 2017. The pipeline
will run underneath both
Highway 730 and Interstate
84 between the port and
Madison Ranches. The
entire project is expected
to cost between $12-$13
million, and has been backed
by the state Infrastructure
Finance Authority.
Neal said the number
of acres the port can use
to apply wastewater will
Staff photo by George Plaven
Wastewater generated by businesses at the Port of
Morrow is used to help irrigate nearby farmland.
nearly double following the
build-out.
“We obviously have had a
lot of growth the past couple
of years,” he said. “We’re
trying to play catch-up and
add some capacity.”
The port currently pumps
wastewater to three different
farms around Boardman,
totaling roughly 6,000 acres.
Ron McKinnis, engineer
at the port, said they would
have to build a wastewater
treatment facility if they
didn’t use land application.
Not only would that be more
expensive, but he said the
farms would also lose out
on water rich in nitrogen and
phosphorous.
“It really is a good recy-
cling project,” McKinnis
said. “There’s a good crop
beneit at the end of the
day.”
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Contact George Plaven
at gplaven@eastoregonian.
com or 541-966-0825.