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East Oregonian
Thursday, December 20, 2018
Food: Food drive in Weston soars above expectations
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As students worked
toward meeting that goal,
Olson
said
attendance
improved during the food
drive.
Although the district has
held food drives in the past,
Olson thought kids were
especially motivated by the
idea of assisting Dobos, a
well-known
community
figure.
For his part, Dobos didn’t
have a clue the school was
even doing a food drive.
Although the teachers
were in contact with Dobos’
wife, the school wanted the
presentation to be a com-
plete surprise.
Dobos suspected it was
something pantry related
when he was invited to the
school, and his suspicions
were further aroused when
he saw that there was a
“please knock” sign posted
on the cafeteria door.
But after he hugged and
fist bumped his way through
the crowd of students that
assembled for the presenta-
tion, he said he was still sur-
prised and “blown away” by
the kids’ generosity.
Once the presentation
Staff photos by Kathy Aney
Left: Weston Middle School student Jillian Helfrecht laughs on Wednesday after putting a pie in the face of her teacher Jackie Culham. Right: Weston Middle
School students yell “surprise” on Wednesday to food pantry manager Bill Dobos as he enters a cafeteria loaded with food items they collected for the pantry.
was complete, the students
started gathering for the raf-
fle drawing that would deter-
mine which kid would have
the privilege of throwing a
pie on their teacher’s face.
Each teacher donned
hairnets, goggles, and plas-
tic ponchos as they awaited
the concoction of whipped
cream and dessert topping
that was about to envelop
their faces.
After each teacher was
thoroughly pied, the kids
repeatedly chanted “Eat it!”
and cheered if their instruc-
tor obliged.
But beyond a few laughs
and a fun afternoon, the kids
will help the area’s neediest
families meet their needs.
Dobos said there’s both
the need and room at the pan-
try for all 1,537 donations.
CDA: Historical preservation the final barrier to depot transfer
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and places of significance
to the Confederated Tribes
of the Umatilla Indian Res-
ervation — is the last piece
of the puzzle before the
land transfers from the U.S.
Army back to local control.
The CDA had hoped to have
the land transferred in 2018
(and several of the preced-
ing years) but the process
will roll over into 2019.
Smith told the East Ore-
gonian that he has been
meeting twice a month with
the tribes and they should
have a joint letter of agree-
ment to hand over to the
Army very soon. Everything
else, including a draft of the
deeds of trust for the trans-
fer, is done.
“We are so, so close ... We
want to do this correctly, and
part of doing it correctly is
getting a lot of public feed-
back,” he said.
The Columbia Devel-
opment Authority is a part-
nership between Umatilla
County, Morrow County,
the Port of Morrow, Port of
Umatilla and CTUIR. Once
the depot land is transferred
to the CDA (minus the por-
tion that has been given to
the Oregon Military Depart-
ment for a National Guard
training center) the organi-
zation can begin recruiting
companies to develop the
industrially-zoned acres.
During the meeting
Wednesday Smith told
board members he had
extended a job offer to
someone to replace Joleen
Horning, executive assistant
for the CDA, who recently
left for another job. He said
he couldn’t announce the
name yet, but the person
was someone with a good
knowledge of economic
development and the region
who will help move things
forward as the CDA begins
marketing the depot.
Drinks: Budweiser maker teams up with Tilray to explore pot drinks
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in the project through its
subsidiary Labatt Breweries
of Canada.
“Labatt is committed
to staying ahead of emerg-
ing consumer trends,” said
Labatt Breweries President
Kyle Norrington.
British Columbia-based
Tilray has products avail-
able in 12 countries and
operations in Australia,
New Zealand, Canada, Ger-
many, Latin America and
Portugal.
Tilray’s shares jumped
15 percent to after-hours
training following news of
the deal with AB InBev. The
company had announced a
day earlier that a subsidi-
ary struck a deal with phar-
maceutical company San-
doz AG to jointly operate in
jurisdictions where canna-
bis is, or will be, approved
for medical purposes.
Shares of AB InBev were
little changed.
Canada has emerged as a
world leader in the cannabis
industry, which is surging
as legalization also expands
in the United States.
Audit: Spent $1.6B extra over two years
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Oregon could benefit
from analyzing information
about what it spends money
on, auditors found.
Such an analysis can
result in big savings. Audi-
tors said that officials in
Georgia reported saving $61
million after doing an analy-
sis of 38 contracts.
Auditors recommended
that the Department of
Administrative Services buy
a procurement system that
would provide more details
about specific purchases so
the state can spot ways to
save money.
Reporter Claire Withy-
combe:
cwithycombe@
eomediagroup.com or 971-
304-4148. Withycombe is a
reporter for the East Orego-
nian working for the Oregon
Capital Bureau, a collabo-
ration of EO Media Group,
Pamplin Media Group, and
Salem Reporter.
North American con-
sumer spending on legal
cannabis is expected to
grow from $9.2 billion in
2017 to $47.3 billion in
2027, according to Arcview
Market Research, a can-
nabis-focused investment
firm.
Earlier this month, Marl-
boro maker Altria Group
Inc. invested $1.8 billion for
a 45 percent stake in Cronos
Group, a Canadian medical
and recreational marijuana
provider.
In August, wine, liquor
and beer company Constel-
lation Brands announced
a $4 billion investment in
Canadian pot producer Can-
opy Growth Corp.
Coca-Cola, Pepsi and
Guinness brewer Diageo
have said they are closely
watching the market for
cannabis as it evolves.
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