REGION
Friday, May 19, 2017
HERMISTON
Whatever fl oats your goat
New yoga studio brings in
barnyard friends for river event
By JADE MCDOWELL
East Oregonian
The goat yoga craze is
coming to Eastern Oregon.
No, the baby goats won’t
be doing downward facing
dog — but they will be
hanging out with the humans
stretching and posing on May
25 at 6:30 p.m. at Boardman
River Lodge.
“I had a huge request for it
because they’ve been doing
it in Portland and someone
just did one in the Tri-Cities,”
said Lauren Barth of Nourish
Yoga.
The special class, which
will take place outdoors as
participants play with six
baby goats and watch the
sun begin to set, is one of a
variety of just-for-fun yoga
classes Barth offers as part
of her new yoga-only studio
based in Hermiston.
Nourish Yoga offers
gentle yoga, Vinyasa fl ow,
hot yoga, meditation, “broga”
for men, kids’ yoga and a
variety of other classes in
Suite 202 of the Cornerstone
Plaza, behind Kobe Hibachi
Sushi. But Barth also likes to
mix it up with special events
like the goat yoga.
On June 17 at 3:30 p.m.
Barth will offer a wine and
yoga event at Echo Ridge
Cellars in Echo. She said she
moved the event earlier in
the day to encourage people
to go check out the food
and artists at the Echo Open
Air Market afterward. She
is also offering free yoga at
Riverfront Park in Hermiston
at 7 a.m. this Saturday.
Barth said she fi rst got
into yoga when her high
school offered a class, and
continued with classes
through college and adult-
hood, eventually earning her
teaching certifi cation and
becoming an instructor. She
opened her own studio in
January.
She said she also has an
extensive background in
martial arts and enjoys how
perfectly the two disciplines
fi t together.
“I love the yin and the
yang,” she said.
She said yoga can help
with balance, strength, fl ex-
ibility, focus, sleep, stress
management and can even
Contributed photo by Lauren Barth
Lauren Barth, pictured, opened Nourish Yoga in
Hermiston in January.
As Pendleton Under-
ground Tours come to life
Saturday, the Pendleton
Downtown
Association
wants to ensure Main Street
remains lively as well.
On the same day the
underground tours conducts
its annual re-enactment of
old Pendleton, the associ-
ation will be putting on its
Downtown Comes Alive
event to promote shopping
and patronage.
After the Downtown
Holiday Stroll brought more
than 900 people to Main
Street in December, the
association board wanted to
create a follow-up event.
Local dancers
to present ballet
performance
Contributed photo by Lauren Barth
Nourish Yoga will add baby goats to a yoga class on
May 25.
help combat anxiety and
depression.
If people want to intro-
duce their children to yoga,
Barth is offering classes at 9
a.m. and 6 p.m. on May 26
in her studio, targeted toward
children ages 3 to 10. The fee
will be by donation only, and
100 percent of funds donated
to the two classes will benefi t
the Made to Thrive nonprofi t
that helps low-income Herm-
iston students participate in
sports teams.
“Twenty-fi ve kids came
last time,” she said.
She said all of her classes
are “beginner-friendly” and
she’s always happy to take
requests for new times or
types of classes.
For a full schedule of
class offerings, pricing,
event sign-ups and other
information, visit www.nour-
ishwholeyoga.com or follow
Nourish Yoga on Facebook.
Barth is borrowing goats
from a friend for the event
on May 25, and said spaces
in the class are fi lling up fast.
“Baby goats only stay
baby goats for so long,” she
said, “so I don’t know how
long I’ll be able to offer that.”
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Contact Jade McDowell
at jmcdowell@eastorego-
nian.com or 541-564-4536.
College theatre program
will be strolling through the
area throughout the day.
A beer garden with cock-
tails from Oregon Grain
Growers Brand Distillery
will be featured at the Great
Pacifi c Wine & Coffee Co.
This is in addition to
the two dozen downtown
businesses and organiza-
tions offering special sales
and events, including the
ReRide Resale Western
Store and Boutique, Hamley
SteakHouse, New York
Richie’s, Pendleton Coffee
Bean & Bistro, the Chil-
dren’s Museum of Eastern
Oregon, Bella Cosa and the
Pendleton Center for the
Arts.
In addition to cocktails
at Great Pacifi c, the Oregon
Grain Growers distillery
at 511 S.E. Court Ave. is
hosting a “Mix it Up!” fund-
raiser for the Oregon East
Symphony.
The event will include
unique cocktails inspired by
the symphony musicians,
hors d’oeuvres and a Dutch
auction. Tickets are sold at
the door.
Turner said the associ-
ation is already planning
bring back the holiday stroll
for 2017, and if Downtown
Comes Alive is successful,
these types of associa-
tion-sponsored events could
become regular mainstays
2-3 times per year.
New ag wells prohibited in Walla Walla subbasin
By MATEUSZ PERKOWSKI
EO Media Group
SALEM — Oregon’s
water
regulators
have
unanimously voted to stop
permitting new agricultural
wells in Northeast Oregon’s
300,000-acre Walla Walla
subbasin due to groundwater
depletion concerns.
At its May 11 meeting,
the Oregon Water Resources
Commission also designated
the subbasin as a “serious
water management problem
area,” which means irrigators
with existing basalt wells
must install fl ow meters to
measure their water usage
and report it to state regula-
tors.
The restriction on new
wells doesn’t apply to exempt
uses, such as domestic uses
and livestock watering.
The
decision
was
prompted by requests from
senior water right holders in
the region who complained
of being unable to pump
enough water, said Justin
Iverson, groundwater section
manager for the Oregon
Water Resources Depart-
ment, which is overseen by
the commission.
“We do have a pretty
wide distribution of water
level declines across the full
basin,” Iverson said.
Groundwater levels have
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been dropping by up to four
feet a year in the deeper
basalt aquifer and up to one
foot a year in the shallower
alluvial aquifer, he said.
The commission’s actions
are intended to prevent the
problem from growing worse
and to improve OWRD’s
data about water usage in the
region, Iverson said.
The next step will be
fi nding ways to stabilize
groundwater levels in the
Walla Walla subbasin, with
the department encouraging
the local community to
implement a voluntary, long-
term water plan, he said.
Irrigators will have until
the end of 2018 to install
La Grande Observer
Commissioner
Steve
McClure, who said he was
a very nice person.
“He was the second of
two kids my brother had,”
McClure said. “Bud had a
couple of kids. He was a
super, nice, gentle man.”
McClure said he hasn’t
been able to speak to his
family directly.
UCSO Sgt. Bill Miller
could not offer many
additional
details
of
the accident Thursday
afternoon. Miller said
deputies were still on the
scene. He said it was a
“remote area” and there
was no cause of the accident
determined.
From what he had been
informed, Miller said the
accident occurred on a
county road near Forest
Service Road 62, north
of Lookingglass Fish
Hatchery.
BRIEFLY
Downtown comes alive with the underground
“We wanted to fi nd ways
to get people downtown and
show community pride,”
said Molly Turner, the asso-
ciation’s executive director.
The resulting event was
Downtown Comes Alive,
which will feature similar
events
and
promotion
without the icy weather and
yuletide theme from 9 a.m.
to 11 p.m.
Shortly after the event
kicks off, the Pendleton
Lions will parade down
Main Street at 10 a.m.
The
Main
Street
Cowboys will bring their
calliope to the downtown
area while actors performing
as period characters from
Blue Mountain Community
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Elgin man killed in
logging truck crash
A 41-year-old Elgin man
was killed Thursday in a
logging truck wreck.
According to a Union
County Sheriff’s Offi ce
press release, the Union
County Dispatch Center
received a call from the
Lookout Mountain area
in northern Union County
about a logging truck crash.
UCSO Deputy Travis
Perkins arrived on scene
from Elgin. The deputy
administered fi rst-response
medical aid to Justin Lee
“Bud” Hook until an
ambulance arrived, but
Hook was pronounced dead
at the scene due to injuries
sustained in the crash. Hook
was the sole occupant of
the truck at the time of the
accident.
Hook was the nephew
of
Union
County
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fl ow meters on their wells,
which is a year longer than
initially planned, he said.
The
deadline
was
extended because local
contractors likely wouldn’t
have enough time to install
the equipment by the end
of 2017, since they’d have
to wait until the irrigation
season ends in autumn,
Iverson said.
There’s no sunset clause
for the prohibition on new
agricultural wells, so new
permits cannot be issued
unless the commission
changes the rules, he said.
It’s possible the commis-
sion could reach such a
decision if new data shows
that additional well drilling
in some areas would not be
harmful, he said.
Even before the new rules
were adopted, OWRD was
denying new groundwater
rights applications on a case-
by-case basis, since hydro-
geological evaluations have
consistently shown the water
isn’t available, said Brenda
Bateman,
administrator
of the agency’s technical
services division.
The situation has gotten
to the point where the agency
needed to establish a broader
policy against new well
permits, she said.
PENDLETON — The
Jr Jam Ballet will present
a fully narrated version
of the Russian fairy tale
“The Firebird,” along with
“Aurora’s Wedding” from
“The Sleeping Beauty.”
Julie Sneden-Carlson
brings 50 local dancers
together to perform
the ballet classics.
The performances are
Thursday, May 25 and
Friday, May 26 at 7 p.m.,
and Saturday, May 27 at
2 p.m. in the Bob Clapp
Theater at Blue Mountain
Community College,
2411 N.W. Carden Ave.,
Pendleton. The cost is
$5 for adults and $3 for
youths under age 12.
For more information,
contact Sneden-Carlson at
snedcarl@yahoo.com or
970-261-5331.
Feves gallery
features student
artwork
PENDLETON — A
variety of two-dimensional
and three-dimensional
pieces are currently on
display at the Betty Feves
Memorial Gallery.
The Student Art
Show features drawings,
paintings, sculptures,
ceramics and photography.
The work of Blue
Mountain Community
College students, the
show continues through
Thursday, June 1 in the
Pioneer Hall art gallery at
BMCC, 2411 N.W. Carden
Ave., Pendleton. The
gallery is open Monday
through Thursdays from
9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. and
by appointment by calling
541-278-5952.
Awards will be given for
best of show, fi rst through
third places and honorable
mention. This year’s judge
is Shari Dallas, a local
artist and art educator
who received a degree in
fi ne arts and education
from Whitman College.
In addition to the judge’s
awards, gallery visitors can
vote for the people’s choice
award.
For more information,
call 541-278-5952 or
visit www.bluecc.edu/
community/feves-art-
gallery.
Funfest seeks
vendors
HERMISTON — As
Hermiston prepares to
celebrate the 12th annual
Funfest, organizers are
seeking vendors for the July
8 event.
Debbie Pedro,
Hermiston Chamber of
Commerce executive
director, said last year’s
event attracted more than
5,000 people. Vendors have
an opportunity to get a lot
of visibility with thousands
of people in attendance.
Setting up a vendor booth,
Pedro said, offers an
opportunity to promote
your business, art work,
crafts, commercial products
or fundraisers. Also, vendor
booths can join the fun by
setting up a game booth.
Different size booths
are available. Space is
$35 or $65 for nonprofi t
vendor booths, $45/$80
for chamber members or
$65/$125 for commercial
vendors.
The application and
additional information
is available at www.
hermistonchamber.com.
For questions, contact
541-567-6151 or info@
hermistonchamber.com.
Special grief
camp accepting
applications
WALLA WALLA — A
camp that specializes
in providing a weekend
experience is available for
grieving children ages 7-14.
Camp Amanda programs
help kids begin to talk about
their feelings related to a
death of someone special
and teaches them coping
skills. Camp leaders include
professional bereavement
counselors and specially
trained volunteers.
Participants also engage in
traditional camp activities.
In its 33rd year, up to 30
children may participate in
Camp Amanda. There is
no charge to the children
or their families. The camp
dates are July 28-30.
The deadline for
registering is June 15,
or when the available
spaces are fi lled. For more
information, call Walla
Walla Community Hospice
at 509-525-5561 or visit
www.wwhospice.org/
campamanda.
THE FAMILY OF
Richard Crosby
wish to express their thanks to the
following people for their kind,
thoughtful support:
Juniper House
Pendleton Convention Center
Safeway Pharmacy
Pendleton Pioneer Chapel
Special thanks go to family, friends and
neighbors for their love and kindness.