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Newspaper Page TextREGION Thursday, August 23, 2018 East Oregonian Page 3A Umatilla County sets up committee to drive public transportation By PHIL WRIGHT East Oregonian Umatilla County is preparing for public transportation. The county board of commissioners Wednes- day morning in Pendleton established the advisory committee for Statewide Transportation Improve- ment Fund projects. Com- missioner Bill Elfering also said the board approved committee by-laws and selected seven people to serve on the committee: • Seth Whitmer, CEO of Columbia River Commu- nity Health Services • J.D. Tovey, plan- ning director of Confeder- ated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation • Linda Carter, finance director for the city of Pendleton • Doug Primmer, Herm- iston city councilor • Esmeralda Horn, com- munity development direc- tor with city of Umatilla • Jose Garcia with New Horizon alcohol and drug treatment program in Hermiston • Teresa Dutcher, recently retired as Mil- ton-Freewater’s public transportation coordinator. The 2017 Legislature established the Statewide Transportation Improve- ment Fund to provide money to local agencies for public transit projects. The new statewide pay- Staff photo by E.J. Harris Don’t Hasselhoff me, just keeping cool Graffiti depicting David Hasselhoff in his starring role as Michael Knight from the hit TV series “Knight Rider” adorns the side of a refrigerated rail car on a rail spur in the Port of Morrow in Tuesday in Boardman. A century of farming Special recognition for farms that last 100, 150 years By DESIREE BERGSTROM EO Media Group Founded in 1852, seven years before Oregon became a state, a farm in Saint Paul is continuing to build on its legacy as a family operation. Mullen Farms is one of two sesqui- centennial farms designated this year by the Ore- gon Century Farm and Ranch Program along with 12 cen- tury farms. The ses- quicentennial award recognizes fami- lies who have con- Jerry Mullen tinuously farmed some or all of their original family acreage for 150 years or more. Farms designated century farms have been in continuous operation 100 years. “We are definitely a family farm,” said Jerry Mullen, great-great-grandson of one of the farm’s founders, Patrick Mullen. Through the years, it has been important to every generation to keep the farm going and in the family, Mullen said. Mullen never knew his dad, who died when Mullen was two years old, but Mullen spent a lot of time with his grandfather, Charles S. Mullen Sr., who taught him about the farm. On the property is a house where Mullen’s grandfather was born and lived for 101 years. “It was important to my grand- dad especially that we kept the farm together,” Mullen said. Mullen recalled growing up on the farm mentioning how they had their Desiree Bergstrom/EO Media Group The sign in the front yard of Jerry Mullen’s yard was a gift from the rest of the family. own pigs, dairy and granary. “I grew up with all that to self-sustain and then grow enough to make some cash,” Mul- len said. Over time the farm has grown from 150 to 1,300 acres as the Mullen fam- ily has added other farms and land to the business. They now grow mainly seed crops and hazelnuts. The other sesquicentennial farm honored this year is the Robinson Still- well Taggart Farm in Dayton in Yamhill County. It was founded in 1844 when Benjamin and Elizabeth Robinson came to the Oregon territory on a wagon train. The farm is still in the family, though pieces of it were sold off during the Depression. “(The farm) has been a source of pride for our family for generations,” said John Taggart, current owner of the farm. Also on the list are 12 newly desig- nated century farms, including two from Umatilla County and one from Morrow County: • Howard-Allstott Ranch in Umatilla County was founded by William How- ard in 1884, when the homestead claim was approved. The ranch was eventually passed down throughout the generations to Richard and Dorothy Howard Allstott, the great-granddaughter of the founder. • The Rockwell-Doherty farm was founded in 1906 by Seth and Sarah Rockwell in Umatilla County near Pilot Rock. The farm has seen many differ- ent uses through the years, including fruit orchards, raising horses and grow- ing irrigated wheat, pasture grass and alfalfa. Richard Doherty now runs it for the family. • Brown Farm, in Morrow County, goes back to 1912 when Chris P. Brown, an immigrant from Denmark, purchased 350 acres to grow wheat in the Willow Creek drainage northwest of Heppner. His grandson and his grandson’s wife, Chris E. and Kathy Brown, currently run the operation. • Sandoz farm was founded in 1880 in Wasco County by three brothers, Alphonse, Arnold and Charles San- doz. They grew root vegetables, fruit trees and grapes. Ted, Charles Lee and Mary Sandoz are the third generation and operate a farmstand where they sell USDA beef and pork along with fruit, vegetables and other products. The awards ceremony for the cen- tury and sesquicentennial farms will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at the Oregon State Fair picnic grove area. The Oregon Century Farm and Ranch Program is administered by the Oregon Farm Bureau Foundation for Education. It is supported by a partnership among the Oregon Farm Bureau, the State His- toric Preservation Office, OSU Univer- sity Archives and by generous donations of Oregonians. For information, contact Andréa Kuenzi, program coordinator, at 503- 400-7884 or cfr@oregonfb.org. The application deadline for 2019 is May 1. Dangers of additional fires remains high East Oregonian Firefighters continue to make progress on wildfires caused by thunderstorms in Eastern Oregon, according to an update issued Wednes- day evening by the Umatilla National Forest. Fire managers anticipate more fires may be reported throughout the next few days as weather conditions con- tinue to stay warm and dry, said Darcy Weseman, pub- lic affairs officer for the U.S. Forest Service, Umatilla National Forest in a press release. Fire officials want to remind everyone that the current fire danger rating remains at extreme and Pub- lic Use Restrictions involv- ing campfires and chainsaw use are in effect. The Harrison Fire, 16 miles west of Sumpter, is about 30 acres, and is 100 percent lined and 50 contain contained as of Wednesday evening. The fire is located within the Greenhorn unit of the North Fork John Day Wilderness on the North Fork John Day Ranger District. This section of the wil- derness is remote and in steep terrain, making access difficult, according to the U.S. Forest Service. Firefighters continued to strengthen the fire line Wednesday while watching for new spot fires. A helicopter supported Courtesy of John Taggart Left: A house built on the Robinson Stillwell Taggart Farm around 1849 near Dayton, Ore. Right: Still sitting on a portion of the original Mullen farm, this barn was built during the first part of World War II. The top part of the barn was used to store feed and below was a dairy, Jerry Mullen said. DENTAL Insurance OUT WITH CABLE. IN WITH SAVINGS. Get a $ 100 AT&T Visa® Reward Card † when you sign up for DIRECTV SELECT ™ Package or above. 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