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GET READY FOR GOAT YOGA ROCKETS BLAST OFF AT STATE Kick in the pants to low voter turnout REGION/3A SPORTS/1B OPINION/4A FRIDAY, MAY 19, 2017 141st Year, No. 154 One dollar WINNER OF THE 2016 ONPA GENERAL EXCELLENCE AWARD Your Weekend • • • Pendleton Underground Comes to Life Law Enforcement Memorial Ceremony Seffarine in concert at Pendleton Arts Center For times and places see Coming Events, 5A Catch a movie Twentieth Century Fox via AP Everything probably goes just fi ne and everyone’s innards likely stay inside their bodies as a crew of earthlings explore a distant planet in “Alien: Covenant.” For showtime, Page 5A Weekend Weather Fri Sat Sun Staff photo by E.J. Harris Morrow County is considering Bombing Range Road as a green energy corridor, where multiple renewable energy facilities could connect to the grid via a single transmission line. 72/50 72/49 76/50 HERMISTON Supporters speculate why school bond failed By JAYATI RAMAKRISHNAN East Oregonian The Hermiston School District’s $104 million bond failed decisively in Tuesday’s election, and the district will spend the next few months trying to fi gure out what went wrong and what its next steps will be. “At Monday’s school board meeting, the members will begin to unpack some of what they’re hearing from community members and via social media,” said district superintendent Dr. Fred Maiocco, adding that the district was in conversations with a third party to help gather community feedback in a more structured way. He added that once the new board is seated, the See BOND/10A Pilot project seeks to balance agriculture, energy in Morrow County By GEORGE PLAVEN East Oregonian As more wind and solar projects take shape in Eastern Oregon, the Umatilla Basin fi nds itself caught between interests. On the one hand, Oregon utilities must provide an increasing amount of energy from renewable sources, and green energy developers are eager to build around the region. Farmers, “It’s a whole lot however, worry about a mess of better to have transmission lines criss-crossing their this corridor with property to connect one big transmis- to the power grid, cutting over fi elds sion line through and taking valuable land out of produc- it than four small tion. corridors over a The confl ict 10-mile area.” is so great that Gov. Kate Brown — Kent Madison, established an Madison Ranches in Echo advisory committee in October 2015 to brainstorm possible solutions. After more than a year of meetings, the committee issued its fi nal report in February, taking stock of local agricul- ture and energy needs. Morrow County offi cials also asked to work with the state Department of Land Conservation and Development on a pilot project that, if successful, would allow multiple renewable energy facilities to combine into a single large Staff photo by E.J. Harris Siting a portion of the Boardman to Hemingway transmission line on Navy land is crucial to establishing a green energy corridor across Bombing Range Road in Morrow County. transmission corridor — eliminating the veri- table spiderweb of power lines that would be required to connect each individual project. In a letter dated March 30, Gov. Brown expressed support for the project and directed the department to work with Morrow County on crafting temporary rules later this year. Carla McLane, Morrow County planning director, said there are no concrete plans in place, but the advisory committee was critical to lay the groundwork and create goodwill. “We are at the point where we have this See ENERGY/10A PENDLETON Learning to give Teens reach out with student-led foundation By KATHY ANEY East Oregonian Staff photo by Kathy Aney Freshman Emily Rinehart, the only non-senior in the fl edgling CommuniCare Club at PHS, introduces a grant recipient Tuesday night at the Pendleton Center for the Arts during the miniature foundation’s fi rst grant award ceremony. Eight teenagers fi nished a long humanitarian journey Tuesday night by giving away $8,000. Last fall, the Pendleton High School students formed a tiny foundation called the Commu- niCare Club. The philanthro- pists-in-training learned about nonprofi ts from advisor Jill Gregg. They raised $500, which was increased by the Harold and Arlene Schnitzer CARE Foundation with an additional $7,500. The students invited nonprofi ts to apply for grants funding projects geared toward homelessness or scholarships. After fi elding a dozen requests totaling $20,000, the students conducted interviews and site visits. Whittling the list down was incredibly diffi cult, the teens discovered. They didn’t anticipate caring quite so much. “I didn’t expect it to be as emotional as it was,” said Dania See FOUNDATION/10A
