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Saturday, October 15, 2016
East Oregonian
PENDLETON
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ECHO
Contributed by Echo School District
Echo School District plans to start construction on a 3,000-square-
foot expansion (shown in color on the loor plan) in March.
Staff photo by E.J. Harris
Duane Davies uses a chainsaw to delimb a tree that was blown over during the early morning wind-
storm Friday at the Columbia Basin Agricultural Research Center north of Pendleton. Wind knocked
over numerous trees on the property and caused some damage to a greenhouse.
Storm knocks out power
By PHIL WRIGHT
East Oregonian
A windstorm that blew through Eastern Oregon
early Friday morning knocked out power to hundreds
of residents on Pendleton’s North Hill and uprooted
trees at the nearby Columbia Basin Agricultural
Research Center.
Paciic Power spokesperson Ry Schwark said 330
customers lost power at 12:05 a.m. when trees fell on
powerlines in Pendleton. And electricity went out for
471 customers at 12:45 a.m. when a power pole broke,
knocking out a transformer. Pendleton police reported
that occurred at Northwest 10th Street and Gilliam
Avenue.
The company restored power to all but one customer
by 10:11 a.m., he said. The inal work needed is
replacing the power pole and transformer, but Schwark
said he had no estimate on when that would happen.
“That takes a fair bit of time,” he said.
Paciic Power provides electricity to customers
across the Northwest, including Portland and several
coastal counties, which the overnight storm hit hard.
Cannon Beach, Gearhart, Hammond, Seaside and
Warrenton all had blackouts affecting more than 500
customers, according to the company’s website Friday
morning.
Pendleton ire responded around 7:20 a.m. to a
power pole ire at Pendleton Grain Growers McKennon
Station, 4600 N.W. McKennon Road, and also Friday
morning to Northwest Sixth Street and Carden Avenue
for cables knocked down by the wind. Fire department
staff said neither were major incidents.
The wind whipped up to 78 mph at CBARC,
about 9 miles east of Pendleton, uprooting trees and
damaging a greenhouse on the property.
Photo courtesy Ed Struthers
A power pole snapped in the wind sometime
early Friday morning at the corner of 10th and
Gilliam on Pendleton’s North Hill.
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Will include a second
gym, new classrooms
By JADE MCDOWELL
East Oregonian
A planned expansion of Echo
School will mean more space for
students, but also for the commu-
nity.
The 3,000-square-foot expan-
sion of the school, paid for by
a $4 million bond that voters
approved in May and a $4 million
match from the state, will include
a second gym, new classrooms,
wood and metal shops, a commu-
nity gathering space and a itness
room that will be available for
community use in the evenings.
Superintendent
Raymon
Smith said Echo School is at 281
students after its enrollment grew
by 40 kids over the last two years.
“We’re bursting at the seams,”
he said.
Smith said currently the
school’s gym is booked solid from
6 a.m. to 8 p.m. most days, so
adding a second gym to the K-12
school will help relieve some of
that scheduling pressure.
The district will also be adding
a itness room with workout
equipment that can be separated
from the rest of the school and
locked with a keycode access.
During the day, students will use
the equipment, but during the
off hours community members
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exercise there for free.
“If they want to be able to come
in and work out at 11 at night, they
can,” Smith said.
The same will go for the new
commons area with tables and
chairs set up, which could be used
as a community gathering space.
In addition to three general use
classrooms, the expansion will
include an art room, a science
room, an agriculture room, a
metal shop and a wood shop.
Smith said the designated spaces
will provide new opportunities for
those programs — the art teacher
will have room for a kiln, for
example.
“We’re looking to expand our
offerings, but also to bring our
offerings up to date,” he said.
A new entryway attached to the
front of the current building will
help control access to the school
and make the front entrance more
obvious to visitors.
Smith said the district plans to
break ground on the expansion
in March and take 12 months to
complete it. Security upgrades
paid for by the bond, however,
will be installed much sooner.
Smith said if anyone has ques-
tions about the planned expansion
or wants to give input they are
welcome to contact the district
ofice or stop by the school.
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Contact Jade McDowell at
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