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WEDNESDAY, MAY 17, 2017
Staff photo by E.J. Harris
Snow covers the foothills of the Blue Mountains on Tuesday above Mission on the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation. A winter weather advisory is
in effect for much of the Blue Mountains with snow forecast at about 3,500 feet elevation, according to the National Weather Service.
ELECTION RESULTS
BOARDMAN
Backlash
against
gas plant
continues
By GEORGE PLAVEN
East Oregonian
Environmentalists rallied
again Monday to oppose
the expansion of the natural
gas-fired Carty Generating
Station in Morrow County,
even after Portland General
Electric suspended permit-
ting for two new units at the
project site near Boardman.
The Oregon Public Utility
Commission held a special
hearing in downtown Port-
land, where 260 protesters
gathered to speak out against
increased natural gas at Carty
— including Willa Wallace,
tribal activist from Pendleton,
who urged PGE to choose
See CARTY/10A
Organic farm
faces possible
quarantine to
control weeds
By ERIC MORTENSON
EO Media Group
Sherman County may
order owners of a 2,000-acre
organic farm to spray noxious
weeds or face a possible
quarantine.
Local wheat farmers say
weeds spreading from Azure
Farms, on the outskirts
of Moro in north central
Oregon, cost them money in
the form of additional herbi-
cide control. Most critically,
growers of certified wheat
seed say their crops will be
worthless if contaminated by
Rush Skeleton Weed, Canada
Thistle, Morning Glory and
White Top spreading from
the farm.
Spraying the weeds with
Milestone or other herbicides,
however, would cause the farm
to lose organic certification for
three years. Azure Standard,
which operates Azure Farms,
See WEEDS/9A
Staff photo by E.J. Harris
Pendleton Fire Chief Mike Ciraulo gives the thumbs up at an election night party Tuesday in Pendleton, after hearing the unofficial
results that the Pendleton fire bond had been approved by voters.
Fire hall approved
Pendleton voters Unofficial results
UNOFFICIAL VOTER TURNOUT:
approve first
Umatilla County: 25.1%
bond since 1996 Morrow County: 22.3%
By ANTONIO SIERRA
East Oregonian
A new Pendleton fire station
will soon rise on the old St.
Anthony lot on the east side of
town.
Pendleton voters approved
a $10 million bond in a special
election Tuesday with 60
percent approval, according to
unofficial results. The bond will
cover the construction of a new
primary station for the city’s fire
department and new emergency
equipment.
Bond supporters celebrated
the victory, the first successful
bond passage for the city in 21
years, at Mac’s Bar and Grill.
After Mayor John Turner
and Fire Chief Mike Ciraulo
led toasts to the bond’s victory
and the efforts of campaign
volunteers, the chief reflected
on the win.
“I have a happy heart and a
humble heart,” he said.
Although barred from
campaigning for the bond,
Ciraulo has been steadfast in
saying the current Fire Station
No. 1 at 911 S.W. Court Ave. is
inadequate for his department.
Built in 1959, the station is
too small, poorly located on a
corner lot near a street signal
and rife with asbestos and
PENDLETON FIRE BOND:
Yes: 60.2%
No: 39.8%
HERMISTON SCHOOL BOND:
Yes: 41.1%
No: 58.9%
UMATILLA/MORROW COUNTY
DATA DISTRICT, POSITION 1
Michael A. Roxbury: 52.2%
Loren Dieter: 47.8%
UMATILLA/MORROW COUNTY
DATA DISTRICT, POSITION 2
Kathleen Lieuallen: 67.4%
Rick Stokoe: 32.5%
PENDLETON SCHOOL
DISTRICT, POSITION 7
Debbie McBee: 68.9%
Chris Roop: 30.9%
PILOT ROCK SCHOOL
DISTRICT, POSITION 2
Jennifer Humphreys
Gourlie: 75.6%
Janice Schrein: 24.4%
MORE RESULTS ON PAGE 10A
carcinogens, according to city
officials.
The new station will be
built on the site of the old St.
Anthony Hospital at 1601 S.E.
Court Ave, a spot staff believe
will produce better response
times and provide more space
for emergency vehicles and
female personnel.
See PENDLETON/10A
EO file photo
Highland Hills first-grade teacher Madaline Laan checks students
answers during a math class at Highland Hills Elementary School.
Hermiston school bond fails
“We have more work to do
in educating the community
Hermiston voters soundly rejected about the challenges facing
the school district’s request for a
our growing district.”
$104 million bond that would have
By JAYATI RAMAKRISHNAN
East Oregonian
built three new schools.
In unofficial returns Tuesday
evening, out of 3,695 voters
59 percent opposed the bond and 41
percent approved.
The Hermiston school board
campaigned heavily for the bond,
which would have funded the
construction of a new elementary
school, new buildings for Rocky
Heights and Highland Hills
elementary schools, and significant
— Fred Maiocco, Hermiston School
District superintendent
expansion and upgrades to the high
school. They were disappointed at
the lopsided result.
“At this point, we need to step
back, regroup and take a look at our
options, if we have any, and go from
there,” said Karen Sherman, Herm-
See SCHOOL/10A
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