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State close to approving $1.2 million
education center for Cottonwood Canyon
Wednesday, November 1, 2017
East Oregonian
Cottonwood
Canyon
State Park is on the verge of
getting an upgrade.
The 8,000-acre park
located between Condon
and Wasco could soon be
home to a $1.2 million
education center, pending
approval from the Oregon
State Parks and Recreation
Commission.
Parks
department
spokesman Chris Harvel
said an education center
was always a part of the
Cottonwood
Canyon’s
master plan, it just took
time to raise the money.
The Oregon State Parks
Foundation raised $400,000
in private donations toward
the project at the park,
which has only been open
since 2013.
“Everything fell into
place,” he said.
The
Cottonwood
Canyon Experience Center
is scheduled to open in
May 2018, in time for
the Cottonwood Crossing
Summer Institute, a week-
long event for local high
school students that teaches
environmental stewardship
and sustainability.
Harvel said the educa-
tion center will include
indoor classroom space
for the institute and other
Submitted photo
A truck involved in a high speed chase through Morrow County crashed Tuesday.
High speed chase ends
in two rollover crashes
By TIM TRAINOR
East Oregonian
Two stolen pickup trucks
were involved in a high speed
chase that reached speeds
of 106 mph and ended in
two separate crashes in rural
Morrow County Tuesday
afternoon.
According to the Morrow
County Sheriff’s Office, law
enforcement first responded
to a report of trespassing on a
farm near Ione. Two vehicles
left the farm and headed
toward Heppner on Highway
74. Sheriff’s deputies encoun-
tered the vehicles there
and a chase ensued. On the
highway, the pickup trucks
eclipsed 100 mph, according
to the sheriff’s office.
Officers dropped back as
the trucks entered downtown
Heppner, but the pursued
cars did not slow. The chase
resumed on the other side of
town and the trucks split up.
One vehicle, driven by
Buddy James Buoy, 42, of
Portland turned onto Shobe
Creek Road and drove for 10
miles at high speeds before
joining Upper Rhea Creek
Road. He then lost control
on a curve, drove off the hill-
side and crashed, according
to the sheriff’s office. The
truck was disabled and Buoy
was arrested without further
incident.
The other truck was
driven by an unidentified
female. It traveled south on
Highway 207 at 20-25 mph,
weaving back and forth and
not allowing deputies to
pass. The suspect then drove
off the highway, through a
fence opening and down a
steep canyon. The vehicle
rolled, seriously injuring
the driver and damaging the
vehicle.
The trapped driver was
extricated and transported to
Pioneer Memorial Hospital,
Heppner, and later trans-
ported to another hospital via
Life Flight.
Both the pickup trucks
were believed to be stolen
from a car dealership in
Pasco on Tuesday morning.
Other vehicles stolen from
the dealership were recov-
ered near Boardman earlier
on Tuesday.
schools that use the facility.
Cottonwood Canyon’s
attendance
has
been
growing steadily since
opening, receiving approx-
imately 10,000 overnight
visitors and 22,000 day
visitors in 2016. Harvel said
that’s in line with the parks
department’s expectations.
Although the state’s
largest park — Silver Falls
State Park near Salem —
accommodates about 1
million visitors per year,
Harvel said that park was
designed with large crowds
in mind. Located near a
large metro area, Silver
Falls features wide trails,
large campgrounds and an
event center.
In contrast, Cottonwood
Canyon has only a few
dozen camping spots and
some other minor ameni-
ties. Harvel said Cotton-
wood Canyon is supposed
to be a place to connect
with the scenery, spot some
new wildlife or engage with
the many back roads that
surround the park.
The solitary experience
is Cottonwood Canyon’s
selling point and Harvel
said the parks department
is focused on the quality
of that experience, rather
than the quantity of people
experiencing it.
The Oregon State Parks
and Recreation Commis-
sion will meet at Cascade
Locks on Nov. 15, where
it will consider awarding
a contract for building the
education center.
BRIEFLY
Climate change
group organizes
march and rally
The Eastern Oregon
Climate Change Coalition
will host a march and rally
in Pendleton on Saturday.
According to a press
release, the rally is a part
of a statewide effort from
Renew Oregon, a clean
energy advocacy group that
supports the passage of a
“cap and invest” bill in the
Oregon Legislature.
The bill would place
a limit on greenhouse
gas emissions, charge
companies and utilities
for exceeding the limit
and reinvest the money in
HERMISTON
Actors mix things up with ‘Game of Tiaras’
By TAMMY MALGESINI
East Oregonian
clean energy projects such
as wind and solar power,
electric vehicles and public
transit.
The rally will begin at
11:15 a.m. at Pendleton
City Hall, 500 S.W. Dorion
Ave., where participants
can make signs, listen to
speakers and sign a petition
for the Pendleton City
Council to support the bill.
At noon, the group will
make the quarter-mile
march from city hall to
the Great Pacific Wine &
Coffee Co. at 403 S. Main
St. The rally will continue
from there with more
speeches, information on
how to join the coalition
and live streams of the
other rallies in Portland,
Eugene and Salem.
Community center
serves breakfast
STANFIELD — An a la
carte breakfast is available
during the monthly
breakfast at the Stanfield
Community Center.
The event is Saturday
from 7-10 a.m. at 225 W.
Roosevelt Ave., Stanfield.
People are invited to enjoy
an affordable breakfast (for
$3 or more) while visiting
with neighbors and helping
to support the community
center.
For more information,
call 541-449-1332.
Staff photo by Tammy Malgesini
Baylee Hunsaker, Tristan Stephenson and Ava Tixier
rehearse a scene from “Game of Tiaras” Monday at
Hermiston High School. The play opens Friday in the
school’s fine arts auditorium.
to chuckle about.
“Students were laughing
while reading the very first
page of the script,” she said.
“So, I think our audience will
find it hilarious.”
In her third year at
HHS, Anderson is excited
to be teaching at her alma
mater. A former attorney-
turned-teacher in Missouri,
Anderson is happy to be
back in her hometown
and involved in the drama
program.
“I’m really looking
forward to great excitement
about people coming to
shows at Hermiston High
School,” she said.
For more information,
contact Anderson at 541-667-
6100 or beth.anderson@
hermiston.k12.or.us.
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bookkeeping office.
About 40 students are
involved with the production,
Anderson said. In addition,
HHS science teacher Zyan
Silver takes the stage in a
couple of roles.
“I wanted the executioner
to be a bigger guy and he’s
tall,” Anderson said.
The play is about the
aging king of a magical
kingdom who decides to
split his empire between his
three daughters, Cinderella,
Belle and the Snow Queen.
It’s Ella, Anderson said, not
to be confused by another
copyrighted character, Elsa.
With a reference to the
French Prince of Bel-Air
and
hipster
dwarfs,
Anderson said there’s plenty
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Combine plot twists from
the “Game of Thrones,”
an HBO adventure drama,
with the hopelessness of a
Shakespearean tragedy and
you’ll have an adaptation of
“King Lear” that will keep
you in stitches.
Taking the helm of
Hermiston High School’s
drama program, director
Beth Anderson said “Game
of Tiaras” should provide
an entertaining evening for
audience members. A twist
on Disney characters with
a little “Game of Thrones”
thrown in, she said, offers
hilarity at every turn — espe-
cially as the body count rises.
“It’s a funny parody
with Disney princesses and
more,” she said.
However, Anderson said
the show may not be all that
appropriate for younger kids.
“There’s not gore like
‘Game of Thrones,’ but
the humor ... ,” she said
trailing off. “You might not
want to see the princess get
be-headed.”
The play opens Friday at
7 p.m. in the school’s fine
arts auditorium, 600 S. First
St., Hermiston. Tickets are
$10 for adults, $8 for senior
citizens and $5 for students.
Subsequent performances
are Saturday and Nov. 10-11,
all at 7 p.m. Tickets can be
purchased at the door or in
Photo courtesy of the Oregon Parks and Recreation Department
Hikers use a trail at Cottonwood Canyon State Park.
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