FRIDAY, MARCH 10, 2017
Layers of fog hang on the hills overlooking
the Minam River on Thursday north of Elgin.
Staff photo by E.J. Harris
141st Year, No. 104
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WINNER OF THE 2016 ONPA GENERAL EXCELLENCE AWARD
PENDLETON
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City’s fi rst
marijuana
dispensary
to open
Saturday
Separate proposed shop
permitted despite large
public opposition
East Oregonian
Staff photo by E.J. Harris
Coho salmon smolts shoot out of a hose into the Lostine River on Thursday outside of Wallowa. The Nez Perce tribe is reintroducing
the fi sh to the Lostine River after a 31-year absence of a coho salmon run.
Nez Perce, ODFW reintroduce salmon species to Grande Ronde Basin
By GEORGE PLAVEN
East Oregonian
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The Lostine River fl owed gently
Thursday afternoon through Wolfe
Ranch near Wallowa, where a truck
hauling young coho salmon backed
slowly down a gravel drive to the
water’s edge.
For the fi rst time in 31 years, coho
were released into the Grande Ronde
Basin, following a ceremony hosted
by the Nez Perce Tribe and Oregon
Department of Fish & Wildlife.
Approximately 50 people gathered
to celebrate the occasion, marking
a major milestone in the effort to
restore a once-abundant fi shery.
Guests watched from just upstream
of the tribe’s Lostine salmon weir as
a thick hose connected to the tanker
For video about the
reintroduction of
coho salmon visit
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belched tens of thousands of fi nger-
size smolts into the river. Silver
fl ashes darted around the stream
bank before the fi sh eventually took
to the current and began their long
journey to the Pacifi c Ocean.
All together, eight trucks trans-
ported half a million coho — or
kállay in the Nez Perce language —
to the Lostine River from the ODFW
hatchery at Cascade Locks where
they were reared. Tribal offi cials said
See COHO/10A
Staff photo by E.J. Harris
Coho salmon smolts swim close to the banks of the Lostine
River after being released Thursday east of Wallowa.
Four months after Pendleton
voters legalized marijuana sales,
the city will get its fi rst recre-
ational pot shop.
Kind Leaf Pendleton has
received both its state and city
marijuana licenses, allowing it to
open its doors Saturday at 8 a.m.,
according to Kind Leaf co-owner
Brandon Krenzler.
Krenzler said it will be thrilling
to open the store, especially after
navigating a regulatory process
that includes a site plan approval,
background checks and thousands
of dollars in licensing fees.
Besides the drug itself, Kren-
zler said Kind Leaf will also
sell other marijuana products
like edibles, topicals and vaping
equipment.
Not including Kind Leaf’s
three owners, Krenzler said the
store will employ eight people.
In addition to being the fi rst
dispensary in Pendleton, Kind
Leaf is also the fi rst cannabis
retailer in Umatilla County. The
county and every other city in it
have opted to ban marijuana sales.
Pendleton joins a handful
of Eastern Oregon cities with a
legal marijuana market, including
Huntington, Sumpter and La
Grande, although the latter only
allows medical marijuana.
Pendleton has proven to be
attractive to prospective mari-
See MARIJUANA/10A
PENDLETON
Remembering the Doolittle raiders
Celebration at airport on
“It takes a special kind of
April 29 for 75th anniversary bravery to know that you’re
not coming back to safety.”
By ANTONIO SIERRA
File photo
A B-25 bomber from the 17th Bombardment Group
takes off from the deck of the USS Hornet on April
18, 1942, on its way to bomb the city of Tokyo, Japan.
Sixteen bombers took off from the carrier on the raid
that was lead by Lt. Col. Jimmy Doolittle.
East Oregonian
— Armondo Borboa, on the Doolittle mission
Only remnants remain of the bustling
Army base at the Pendleton airport during
World War II, but organizers are looking
to revive the spirit for a day.
The Oregon National Guard and the
Pendleton Air Museum are sponsoring
the Doolittle Raiders Gala April 29 at the
National Guard Armory.
The gala is in commemoration of the
75th anniversary of the Doolittle Raids.
Led by Lt. Col. James Doolittle and
featuring a group of soldiers stationed in
Pendleton, the 80 members of the Army
Air Corps’ 17th Bombardment Squadron,
the “Doolittle Raiders,” fl ew a one-way
bombing mission to Japan in response
to the Pearl Harbor attacks, boosting
American morale. All the planes landed
in hostile territory. Eight men were killed
in action or executed as prisoners of war,
while many others were tortured and
starved throughout the length of the war.
Armondo Borboa was researching the
75th anniversary of Pearl Harbor when
he learned that the Doolittle Raiders were
also celebrating their diamond jubilee.
See DOOLITTLE/10A