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ALTV sending crew to cover the eclipse Woman has a hundred
Will attempt to
livestream event
from Warm Springs
eclipse glasses stolen
By JAYATI RAMAKRISHNAN
East Oregonian
An Irrigon woman’s
viewing party was eclipsed
after someone stole 100
pairs of solar glasses out
of her vehicle Wednesday
evening.
The Morrow County
Sheriff’s Department said
several items were stolen
from a car just before 6
p.m. on Southeast Thomas
Street in Irrigon.
Patricia
Martinez,
whose vehicle was burglar-
ized, said in addition to the
eclipse glasses the thief
stole a travel carry case.
Martinez, who owns the
Sub Zero Restaurant and
Lounge in Irrigon, said she
knows who stole the items
out of her car, but the police
have yet to reprimand that
person.
The 100 pairs of glasses,
Martinez said, were meant
to be shared with Irrigon
residents who wanted
to watch the eclipse on
Monday.
“It was going to be kind
of a community event,
just to try to do something
together,” Martinez said.
They weren’t alive during
the last eclipse, but the
students from Armand Larive
TV will be hard at work to
document this one.
Five students from the
Hermiston middle school’s
television class will travel to
Warm Springs this weekend
to interview scientists, profes-
sors and viewers during the
event.
“We saw this as a once-in-
a-lifetime opportunity,” said
Robert Doherty, a science
teacher at Armand Larive,
and the advisor for the TV
program, which is a class
available to seventh and
eighth graders at the middle
school. The team produces a
program each month, where
they try to average two news
stories. They also livestream
events around the school and
community, including the
Breakfast of Champions and
sporting events.
For the eclipse, the team
will attempt to livestream a
show on Sunday evening, as
well as the eclipse itself on
Monday morning.
“Because
it’s
inter-
net-based, there may be so
much internet traffi c we can’t
succeed with the livestream,”
Doherty said. “But we’re still
going to do the news story and
put it in our monthly show.”
The fi ve students taking
part are Tanner Bales, JaLay
Burns, Katherine Haight,
Tristan Stephenson and
Dayton Tracy. Burns is an
incoming eighth grader and
the rest are about to enter
Hermiston High School.
They will be camping on
the football fi eld at Warm
Springs Middle School,
along with people from all
over: scientists from NASA,
professors and students from
the University of Washington,
and 50 students from the
Warm Springs K-8 Academy.
The students all have
the opportunity to learn
every aspect of producing
“But it backfi red on us.
We’re unable to get more
in time.”
She said the window
of the vehicle was slightly
open, and that the suspect
may have pushed down the
window far enough to get
the items out.
Martinez
said
she
notifi ed police of who she
thought the suspect was,
and said witnesses saw the
person steal the items out
of her car.
“I had witnesses state
that (the suspect) was
trying to sell my case at
someone’s
residence,”
Martinez said. “Unfortu-
nately, the police didn’t do
anything.”
Martinez also operates
a motel near the restaurant,
and said she has had trouble
getting the police to follow
up at her business. Martinez
said there have been 10 to
12 incidents in the last four
years that involve burglary
or destruction of property
at the hotel.
Morrow County Sher-
iff’s Sgt. Sarah Smith said
on Friday afternoon that
the department did not yet
have a suspect for the latest
theft case.
By JAYATI
RAMAKRISHNAN
East Oregonian
Staff photo by Jayati Ramakrishnan
Hermiston’s Armand Larive Middle School will send several students from their
television program to cover the eclipse. Pictured are Daytona Tracy, teacher Robert
Doherty and JaLay Burns. Tracy was sporting a solar eclipse hat, and Burns, solar
eclipse glasses.
“I think it might be slightly different because we have NASA and
University of Washington coming. I think we might have more
options to chose from rather than just people walking around.”
— JaLay Burns, incoming Armand Larive eighth grader
and anchoring a TV show,
Doherty said. But many soon
fi nd they like one aspect best,
and hone their skills.
Tracy and Burns both
enjoy anchoring, and will
be interviewing people and
reporting live on the event.
The two have prepared
by studying the eclipse, and
thinking of interview ques-
tions before they leave for
Warm Springs.
“The fi rst thing I did was
take a class that taught me
what the eclipse was,” Tracy
said. “Next, I made sure my
glasses worked.”
She also started coming up
with a list of interview ques-
tions to ask people, especially
the scientists at NASA and
University of Washington.
“I might ask them how
long it takes for an eclipse
to occur, what did they do to
learn about the eclipse,” she
said. “I’d ask people from far
away why they traveled so
far.”
Burns said she would look
for people who might have
seen an eclipse before.
“I’d ask them if they
enjoyed it, and what they
expect,” she said.
She said she would also
be interested in talking to
scientists about how and why
an eclipse happens.
The two said they were
excited, but a little nervous
for the event.
“I want to get good
answers from people,” Tracy
said.
Burns said while they
have interviewed complete
strangers before, there would
be some unique challenges
for this project.
“I think it might be
slightly different because we
have NASA and University
of Washington coming,”
she said. “I think we might
have more options to chose
from rather than just people
walking around.”
Doherty said while the
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team is very used to producing
and fi lming shows in the area,
this will be the fi rst livestream
they’ve attempted from out of
town.
While the school has
purchased a fi lter for the
camera that makes it safe to
fi lm the eclipse, Doherty said
the team might also try to use
footage from NASA, which is
available to the public.
He said that people in
Warm Springs are aware that
ALTV is coming, and have
been very supportive.
“I hope since our show
is geared toward middle
schoolers, we’ll get the
chance to interview some
students camping out there,”
he said.
———
Contact
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Ramakrishnan
at
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Forest service re-opens road to
Anthony Lakes ahead of eclipse
East Oregonian
With much of Baker
County inside the solar
eclipse’s path of totality,
the forest service acknowl-
edged visitors’ desire to
access the road, but urged
extreme caution.
“Due to dry conditions
and the recent wildfi re, we
are not allowing campfi res
in the forest at this time,”
Fire Management Offi cer
Willy
Crippen
said.
“Also, we ask anyone
traveling on the 73 Road
to look out for fi re crews
that may still be working
in and around the Anthony
Lakes area.”
Forest Road 73, also
known as the Elkhorn
Drive Scenic Byway, has
been reopened by the U.S.
Forest Service, according
to a Friday press release.
With the 499-acre
Bear Butte Fire 20 miles
northwest of Baker City
98 percent contained, the
forest service decided to
reopen the 106-mile loop,
which connects Baker
County communities like
Baker City, Sumpter,
Granite and Haines with
Anthony Lakes.
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