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M-F BEEKEEPER’S HIVES STOLEN IN CALIFORNIA HELIX HOLDING FUNDRAISER FOR JOSEPH HIGH SCHOOL FIRE REGION, A3 SPORTS, A8 E O AST 144th year, no. 70 REGONIAN Friday, January 24, 2020 $1.50 WINNER OF THE 2019 ONPA GENERAL EXCELLENCE AWARD North riverfront at the forefront Your Weekend Advisory committee considering all possibilities for north bank of river • WINTER BOOK SALE, Milton-Freewater Communi- ty Building • MELONVILLE COMEDY FESTIVAL, EOTEC, Hermiston By ANTONIO SIERRA East Oregonian Staff photo by Ben Lonergan ENDLETON — The section of the north bank of the Uma- tilla river that runs through Pendleton is mostly unoccupied, but it’s home to an increasing number of compet- ing, and sometimes conflict- ing, interests. The central challenge of North Bank of the Umatilla river advisory Committee is to consolidate all those inter- ests into a single vision. More than 40 Pendleton residents came to the commit- tee’s kickoff meeting Wednes- day night at the Pendleton recreation Center’s Founda- tion room. The seven-member com- mittee mostly observed silently as Laura Prado, a consultant from the Weston-based PARC Resources, led the meeting. Prado explained how the seeds of the committee were planted two years ago when some north Hill residents suc- cessfully staved off the Pend- leton City Council from put- ting a piece of North Bank property on the market for development. The committee was formed to take a long-term view at the future of the north bank, and members hired Prado to A mink peers out from a pile of sticks and twigs on the north bank of the Umatilla River in Pendleton on Thursday afternoon. See River, Page A7 P • ROBERT BURNS SUPPER, Condon Elks Lodge FOR TIMES AND LOCATIONS CHECK COMING EVENTS, A5 Weekend Weather FRI SAT SUN 55/37 51/44 53/38 Public records council shores up support for independence Amendments drafted by League of Oregon Cities’ lobbyist could ‘torpedo’ proposals By SAM STITES Oregon Capital Bureau SaLEM — The state’s Public records advisory Council rejected Wednesday an attempt to restrict its independence. at the same time, the 13-member council said it would fight attempts to block it from pro- posing public records legislation. During its Jan. 22 meeting in Salem, the council showed its sup- port for Legislative Concept 166, which establishes the council’s authority to propose legislation and makes the public records advo- cate an independent member of the council. The concept is expected to become Senate Bill 1506 in the 35-day legislative session that begins Feb. 3. Scott Winkels, a member of the council and a lobbyist for the See Records, Page A7 Staff photo by Ben Lonergan Staff photo by Ben Lonergan A northern flicker perches in a tree above the north bank of the Umatilla River in Pendleton on Thursday afternoon. A squirrel navigates the branches of a tree along the north bank of the Umatilla River in Pendleton on Thursday afternoon. Hermiston plans ‘wayfinding’ project Project would use mix of elements in highlighting city’s attractions By JADE MCDOWELL East Oregonian HERMISTON — Visitors to Hermiston will have an eas- ier time finding their way around town in the future. The city is working on a “way- finding” project that will provide a coordinated effort to direct peo- ple to what consultant Glen Swan- tak calls “Hermiston’s little jew- els” through signs, maps and other features. “Think of it also as marketing,” Swantak, of the wayfinding con- sulting firm MERJE, told attend- ees of a public meeting about the project on Wednesday. “Maybe people aren’t going to it then, but they might drive by a sign for the farmer’s market and say, ‘I didn’t know they have a farmer’s market.’” Hermiston Planning Direc- tor Clint Spencer said the project started out as an idea for the urban renewal district to use its funds to create matching signs downtown pointing to features, such as the library and senior center. “As we started working we See Wayfinding, Page A7 Staff photo by Jade McDowell A poster shows examples of potential designs for wayfinding signs in Hermiston.
