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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 17, 2016
140th Year, No. 218
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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.