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KEVIN McCLENAHEN OF UMATILLA BMCC PREPARES FOR FIRST SEASON HERMISTON/3A SOCCER/1B SHARING THE GIFT OF MUSIC Visit the Pendleton Round-Up Gift Shop for a free keychain 94/60 WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 17, 2016 140th Year, No. 218 WINNER OF THE 2016 ONPA GENERAL EXCELLENCE AWARD One dollar WHEELER COUNTY PENDLETON Voters recall Judge Perry City drops SeaPort, chooses Boutique Gov. Brown will appoint replacement By GEORGE PLAVEN East Oregonian Perry Voters in Wheeler County have recalled Judge Patrick C. Perry, less than four months after a group of local of¿ cials asked him to resign. Perry was removed from of¿ ce following a special election Monday, with 406 votes in favor of the recall and 208 opposed. The results were veri¿ ed Tuesday Ey Secretary of State Jeanne Atkins, and Gov. Kate Brown will appoint someone to ¿ ll the vacancy through the end of the year. The recall is effective immediately. A spokesman for Gov. Brown¶s of¿ ce said the position will Ee ¿ lled as Tuickly as possiEle, and the seat will Ee added to the NovemEer Eallot for a six-year term. Anyone inter- ested has until Tuesday, Aug. 0 to ¿ le for the MoE. More inside Grant Co. Commissioner Boyd Britton beats recall Page 2A Perry was elected county Mudge in 2012, presiding over Muvenile and proEate See JUDGE/8A Staff photo by E.J. Harris River Engum of Pendleton, center, teaches a class about robotics to the group of campers on the right as other campers observe and take notes on the session during the Greater Oregon Science Technology Engineering and Math camp Tuesday in Umatilla. Two-day summer camp gives teens hands-on STEM training By ALEXA LOUGEE East Oregonian Staff photo by E.J. Harris Campers watch as a robot gets tested during the Greater Oregon Science Technology Engineering and Math camp Tuesday in Umatilla. While other teens are enMoying the last few carefree days of summer, 11 students met in a science classroom littered with tuEs of /ego-like parts, miniature laptops and roEots. High school students from around the region met in Umatilla this week for a Greater Oregon Science Technology Engineering and Math camp. School administrators from Umatilla, Stan¿ eld, Hermiston, Boardman, Pend- leton, Pilot 5ock, /a Grande and Crane selected a student amEassador to come to the two-day camp. Students were trained in how to survey their schools to identify successful STEM learning experiences, and to help provide feedEack to make STEM teaching opportunities more student friendly. Umatilla superinten- dent and STEM advocate Heidi Sipe trained the students on tips for Eeing a professional communicator, including making eye contact and offering posi- tive correction. See STEM/2A By ANTONIO SIERRA East Oregonian SeaPort Airlines will no longer have a port in Pendleton. Following eight years as the city’s Essential Air Service provider, the Pendleton City Council unanimously voted to select a Eid Ey BoutiTue Air of San Francisco over the incumEent Portland-Eased airline at a meeting Tuesday. Boutique will provide 21 round- trip À ights per week from Pendleton to Portland with an option to add an additional round trip, which could go to either Seattle or Boise, Idaho. Boutique is requesting an annual 2.27 million EAS suEsidy, which is paid for through the U.S. Department of Transportation. The company will Ee on a two-year contract. Although several memEers of the council thanked SeaPort for its service and expressed remorse over the split, no one argued that the city should remain with its current airline. “Boutique seems like it has a Eetter track record,´ Mayor Phillip Houk said. “It seems to me like it was an easy decision from everyEody that’s acquainted with the facts. I feel Ead for SeaPort as well as appreciate the time spent with us, Eut I think you have to do what’s right and Eest for the community.´ Boutique sold itself as a high quality alternative, touting its reliaEility, customer service and the À eet of Pilatus PC-12s it uses to transport passengers. Because the Pilatus is a faster plane with a sealed caEin, Boutique of¿ cials told the airport commis- sion that they offered a quiet, smooth À ying experience that could get passengers to Portland in aEout 4 minutes. SeaPort operated the Pilatus when it ¿ rst arrived in Pendleton, Eut switched to the Cessna Caravan several years ago, a plane that the airport commission agreed was a slower, rougher aircraft. Chrisman vetted Boutique’s claims Ey talking with airport managers from EAS cities in Cali- fornia, Arizona, Utah, New Mexico and AlaEama. “There was a lot of consistency in their responses, almost to a man and woman.´ he said. “They talked aEout the high-quality equipment and planes, how folks felt like they’re rock stars riding in these things. The on-time performance was another thing they keyed on.´ See AIRLINE/2A PENDLETON All are welcome Businesses display stickers of inclusion By KATHY ANEY East Oregonian Unless you’re looking for it, you might miss the new sticker on the front window of the Great Paci¿ c Wine Coffee Co. In rainEow letters, the six-inch- wide sticker reads “Welcome EveryEody. We proudly support full and equal access´ Also included on the cling- style sticker is a matrix Earcode that directs to the Oregon law that Ears discrimination Eecause of race, color, sex, national origin, marital status, age or “We’re not out to make people feel un- comfortable. We want to make people more comfortable. That’s what this is all about.” — Vickie Read, PFLAG member sexual orientation in a place of “puElic accommodation.´ Most of those entering Great Paci¿ c in search of a latte or See STICKERS/8A Staff photo by E.J. Harris One of the fi rst Pendleton businesses to display the PFLAG “Welcome Everybody” sticker in the window of their establishment was The Great Pacifi c Wine & Coffee Co. on Main Street in Pendleton.
