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Saturday, July 23, 2016
East Oregonian
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Fire threatens homes in Gilliam County
By GEORGE PLAVEN
East Oregonian
A wind-driven wildire
continues to burn in rural
Gilliam County as ireighters
from across Eastern Oregon
race to get it under control.
The Scott Canyon Fire
erupted Thursday afternoon
along the banks of the John
Day River and spread quickly
toward the small unincorpo-
rated community of Mikkalo,
located halfway between
Arlington and Condon. Local
volunteers worked through
the night to protect farms
and homes, though 30 mph
wind gusts made for dificult
conditions again on Friday.
Chris Fitzsimmons, emer-
gency management coordi-
nator for Gilliam County, said
the blaze is now estimated
between 22,000 and 30,000
acres and still zero percent
contained. The cause remains
undetermined.
“It kind of blew up on us,”
Fitzsimmons said.
No structures have been
damaged, and Fitzsimmons
said the threat to homes appears
to be tempered. Some ranchers
did evacuate their animals as
a precaution, and the ire also
swept over farmland including
wheat ields and stubble.
Fire crews arrived from
Umatilla County, Wheeler
County, Heppner and Ione
to assist the Arlington and
Condon departments. The
Bureau of Land Manage-
ment’s Prineville District has
also sent a helicopter to do
water drops over the ire. As
of Friday morning, the ire
appeared to be moving north
into Hay Canyon.
Fitzsimmons said ire-
ighting efforts could last into
Saturday if the wind continues
to blow.
“We’ll be out there until
we get everything taken care
of,” she said.
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Contact George Plaven at
gplaven@eastoregonian.com
or 541-966-0825.
Photo courtesy Gilliam County Judge Steve Shaffer
Bureau of Land Management ire crews drop retardant on the Scott Canyon Fire, south of Arlington, on Friday.
BOARDMAN
HERMISTON
Ordnance Brewing to expand distribution Council to consider
public art plan Aug. 8
By GEORGE PLAVEN
East Oregonian
At just two years old, Ordnance Brewing is already
expanding its reach across much of the Northwest.
The brewery, based in Boardman, signed on with the
Odom Corporation earlier this month for distribution
across eastern Washington, Seattle, northern Idaho and
Alaska. The move comes as Ordnance prepares to roll
out 22-ounce bottles of its beers, which should hit store
shelves by September.
“We’ve been moving very quickly,” said Dewey
Weddington, director of sales and marketing for Ordnance.
“We’ve put together a solid team of salespeople with a lot
of experience.”
On Monday, the brewery oficially ramped up its
capacity from seven barrels to 50 barrels. Weddington
said sales have nearly quadrupled over the last two months
based on demand.
Ordnance already works with Hodgen Distributing in
Pendleton for local distribution. Weddington said they’re
also nearing a deal with Bigfoot Beverage, of Eugene, to
help ill out their Oregon market.
“As the brewery expands, we have far greater capacity
for draft and now bottled beer,” Weddington said.
Ordnance plans to start bottling its ive core beers,
including the Kolsch, FMJ IPA, EOD IPA, RX Rye Extra
Pale and Bloops blueberry wheat. John Ioane, senior vice
president of sales for the Odom Corporation in eastern
Washington, northern Idaho and Alaska, said Ordnance
initially came to them with their ducks in a row and ready
for market.
“That, and their team’s vision combined with an excel-
lent lineup of beers, made it an easy decision to bring them
on board,” Ioane said.
By JADE MCDOWELL
East Oregonian
Photo courtesy of Ordnance Brewing
Ordance Brewing’s Kolsch, a lighter German-style lager,
will be among the ive beers it plans to start bottling after
signing on with Odom Corporation earlier this month for
distribution across eastern Washington, Seattle, northern
Idaho and Alaska.
Hermiston’s city council
is keeping it short and sweet
on Monday.
The agenda for the
council’s meeting at 7 p.m.
at city hall does not include
a work session, or any new
ordinances or resolutions to
consider.
The agenda does include
a proclamation for National
Night Out, the June inan-
cial report and committee
reports.
The city also sent out a
press release announcing
that it will consider adop-
tion of a public art master
plan during its August 8
meeting. The proposed plan
is available for viewing on
the city’s website.
The plan lists ive
general themes for Herm-
iston’s public art: water,
agriculture, watermelons,
heritage and transportation.
It identiies 37 potential
locations for art instal-
lations and creates a set
of policies for the city to
follow in accepting and
maintaining art. It does not
call for city funds to be set
aside for art, but instead
creates an approval system
for community members to
raise donations.
Mayor David Drot-
zmann, who has been a
part of the Community
Enhancement
Commit-
tee’s efforts on the plan,
said in a statement that
he was excited about the
opportunity to enhance the
community through art.
“This plan is a proactive
approach to head-off the
challenges that can come
up when someone proposes
placing art in our public
spaces,” he said. “My hope
is that by going through
this extensive process now,
it will be much easier to
install public art that the
entire community is proud
of.”
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Contact Jade McDowell
at jmcdowell@eastorego-
nian.com or 541-564-4536.
BRIEFLY
Center Market to
provide U-Haul
rentals
STANFIELD — U-Haul
now has a neighborhood
dealer in Stanield.
The company announced
Friday that Center Market,
530 N Main St., will offer
trucks, trailers, equipment
rentals and in-store pickup of
boxes from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Monday through Friday and
8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday.
After-hours drop-off will
also be available.
Customers can reserve
U-Haul rentals at the Center
Market location by calling
541-449-8793 or visiting
www.uhaul.com/locations
and searching for Stanield.
According to a news
release from the company,
Center Market owner
Parvinder Kaur is “proud to
team with the industry leader
in do-it-yourself moving and
self-storage to better meet
the demands of Umatilla
County.” The release said
use of rental trucks and
trailers helps keep more
personally owned vehicles
off the road for less trafic
congestion and pollution.
Residents who take
their picture in front of a
U-Haul product and upload
it to www.uhaulfamous.
com or Instagram using
#uhaulfamous could get
their face painted on the side
of a U-Haul truck.
Sports physicals
offered at HHS
Contributed photo by U-Haul
Center Market’s owners stand next to a U-Haul truck.
spokeswoman Jackie Peck
said visiting hours will
reopen at 8 a.m. Saturday.
Several inmates started
ighting in the yard Thursday
afternoon, and after verbal
commands and pepper spray
didn’t work, a warning shot
was ired to end the ight.
EOCI was put on
lockdown and a total of
47 inmates were put in
special housing. Peck said
two inmates were taken to
St. Anthony Hospital and
are already back at EOCI
following treatment.
The investigation into the
cause of the ight is ongoing.
Aerial spraying
for mosquitoes
Sunday evening
HERMISTON — The
West Umatilla Mosquito
Control District will
conduct an aerial spraying
for mosquitoes Sunday after
sunset over several areas
along Diagonal Road, Hat
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EOCI reopens
visiting hours
following ight
PENDLETON —
Following a ight inside
the walls of Eastern
Oregon Correctional
Institution Thursday, the
facility remains on partial
lockdown.
Although the west
side of the prison is still
on lockdown, EOCI
Rock State Park and Power
City north of Hermiston.
The application comes as
the district has discovered
West Nile virus in six
mosquito samples collected
from near Stanield,
Umatilla, Hat Rock and
Spearman Road east of
Hermiston. The most recent
samples tested positive
on Friday, July 16 at the
Oregon State University
Veterinary Diagnostic Lab
in Corvallis.
For more information,
contact the district ofice at
541-567-5201 or visit www.
wumcd.org.
HERMISTON — Sports
physicals will be offered
Thursday, Aug. 4 at
Hermiston High School.
Students from Echo,
Stanield, Hermiston,
Umatilla and Irrigon and
welcome and encouraged
to take advantage of this
opportunity.
The staff from Family
Health Associates will be
providing physical exams
from 8-11 a.m. The cost
is $10 and the physical is
valid for two years.
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