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NORTHWEST Thursday, March 22, 2018 East Oregonian Page 3A New exhibit flows into Tamástslikt East Oregonian An exhibition from the Smithsonian Institution that explores the beauty and essential nature of water is coming to Tamástslikt Cultural Institute. In addition, “H2O Today” examines the diversity and challenges of our global water sources. It is designed to promote conversation, creativity and innovation through art, science and technology. The exhibit opens Friday, April 6 in the museum, which is near Wildhorse Resort & Casino, located off Interstate 84 at Exit 216 in Mission. The opening day event is free to the public. The planet’s lifeblood, water is the most vital resource for life on Earth. No living thing exists without it. File photos From left: A computer-controlled center pivot irrigation system waters a field in Stanfield; Water in two of the spillways at the McNary Dam on the Columbia River near Umatilla; Richie Gardner of Pendleton kayaks on a raging Umatilla River in Pendleton. “H2O Today,” a Smithsonian Institution traveling exhibit that explores the challenges of maintaining adequate water sources, opens April 6 at Tamástslikt Cultural Institute. The “H2O Today” exhibit dives into what it means to live on a planet where 71 percent of the surface is covered in water, yet less than 3 percent is drinkable. It explores the science of water from the hydrological cycle, weather and climate to its physical power as an architect and sculptor of landscape. The exhibition highlights its criticality in daily life worldwide through water power, industry, agriculture and home use. Visitors will learn the impacts climate change, population growth and pollution have on the water cycle and weather patterns. In addition, it highlights the creative ways people around the world are tackling the challenges of water shortages and pollu- tion. “H2O Today” is part of the Smithsonian’s Think Water Initiative, which includes a goal of raising awareness of water as a critical resource for life through exhibitions, educa- tional resources and public programs. The public can participate in the conver- sation on social media at #thinkWater. The exhibit remains on display through July 14. Tamástslikt Cultural Institute is open Monday through Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Regular museum admission is $10 for adults, $9 for seniors, $6 for youths 6-17 and free for ages 5 and under. Also, the Libraries of Eastern Oregon has provided many area libraries with passes that can be checked out. For more information, call 541-429-7700 or visit www.tamastslikt.org. Riverfront property no longer for sale By ANTONIO SIERRA East Oregonian Staff photo by E.J. Harris A semi truck caught fire Wednesday in Pendleton, destroying the trailer and cab and requiring a hazardous ma- terials team. Semi catches fire on I-84 East Oregonian A semi truck caught fire about 4:10 p.m. Wednesday on Interstate 84 at Pendleton, sending a plume of black smoke into the air and temporarily closing the highway. The driver and a passenger escaped before the cab caught fire, according to law enforcement. No injuries have been reported. The trailer was traveling eastbound when it caught fire. Witnesses said that the fire started just behind the cab. According to the Pendleton Fire Department, crews arrived on scene to find the truck fully engulfed. Crews from multiple agencies responded, including a hazardous mate- rials team. Lanes were closed and traffic moved slowly through the area for more than an hour. A piece of Pendleton riverfront property near Northwest Seventh Street is officially off the market. Acting as the Pendleton Development Commission, the Pendleton City Council unanimously voted to take the half-acre property off its surplus list, making it ineligible for sale. The commission declared the property surplus with the thought that it could be marketed for housing purposes, but North Hill residents and conservationists packed the May commission meeting and have returned multiple times to request that the riparian land remain untouched. The commission agreed to form a committee to explore conservation and at its last meeting, directed the city attorney to look into the legal ramifications. With the land now off the surplus list, Coun- cilor Paul Chalmers, the commission’s chairman, said he would like to discuss the next steps at the next meeting. The Blue Mountain Land Trust, a Walla Walla conservation nonprofit, has expressed some interest in the property. Later during the regular council meeting, the council took a few actions. Department heads can now sell surplus property up to $5,000 without seeking permission from the city manager, up from the previous $500 limit. The council voted 6-1 to amend the surplus property ordinance, with Councilor Becky Marks voting against it and Councilor Chuck LeValle absent. Marks said the amendment gave department heads too much leeway, preferring the limit be raised to some- where between $1,500 and $2,000. The council also unan- imously voted to accept a $92,744 bid from Patriot Building & Grounds Maintenance to regularly clean the city’s wastewater treatment plant, public works shop and the water filtration plant for the next four years. Kyle Willman, a waste- water operations techni- cian, said the job had been performed by a part-time employee in the past, but it was a hard position to keep filled. Two teens denied gun sales file complaints By PARIS ACHEN Capital Bureau Two Oregon men have filed complaints with the Bureau of Labor and Indus- tries alleging that Fred Meyer and Bi-Mart unlawfully discriminated against them by refusing to selling them a rifle and ammunition because they were younger than 21. The March 14 complaints by Hayden Parsons of Sisters and Jackson Starrett of Canby, both 19, allege the discrimination violated their civil rights. Parsons filed his civil rights complaint after an employee at Bi-Mart refused to sell him ammunition for his rifle. Star- rett lodged his complaint after an employee at Fred Meyer in Canby declined to sell him a rifle March 5 because of store policy. Several retailers announced after the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, Feb. 14, that they would no longer sell guns and ammu- nition to customers younger than 21. Under state and federal law, Oregonians 18 and older can buy rifles and shotguns, and the ammunition for those firearms. You must be at least 21 to buy a handgun and handgun ammunition. Oregon Labor Commis- sioner Brad Avakian has concluded gun retailers that have stopped selling to customers younger than 21 in the wake of recent mass shootings could be violating the state’s anti-discrimination laws, according to a March 6 letter to lawmakers. The decision could be success- fully challenged at BOLI or in a civil court complaint, Avakian wrote. Oregon law has made exemptions to the anti-dis- crimination law for the sales of alcohol and marijuana, in which case retailers are required to refuse to sell those products to people younger than 21. To raise the minimum age to buy fire- arms, state lawmakers would need to enact an exemption next legislative session. State legislative leaders, both Democrat and Republican, have said they would like to consider such a change. “The retailers’ policies to deny gun sales to those under 21 represents a common- sense effort to make public places safer,” Avakian wrote in the letter. Staff photo by E.J. Harris The remains of a step ladder adorn a tree in a forest- ed area on the north bank of the Umatilla River in Pendleton in this April 2017 file photo. LENT Warrant scam returns to Umatilla County PENDLETON — The Umatilla County Sheriff’s Office reported a warrant scam once again is circu- lating in the county. “The scammer calls a potential victim, claims to be from our agency’s warrant department and demands payment of money to resolve the issue,” according to a statement from the sheriff’s office. 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