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Newspaper Page TextNORTHWEST East Oregonian A2 Friday, March 13, 2020 Repair cafe event brings people together Cove High School provides chance to get a wide variety of items repaired by community volunteers at no cost of her family reunions at a farm in Missouri, where her relatives put their assort- ment of abilities to use by ﬁ xing items. “We pitch in with the skills that we have,” Daven- port said. The reunions, like repair cafes, bring people together. “They are about commu- nity,” Davenport said. An educator, Davenport took on tasks, including reattaching latches to horse blankets at the repair cafe. Davenport also gave peo- ple advice on sewing, a skill she said can serve you well throughout your life. April Curtis, a retired Eastern Oregon University theater professor, also did sewing work at the repair cafe. Curtis said she sewed so many costumes during her career she grew tired of it and stopped doing it for several years, but now she is back at it. Sandy Coulson of Cove said Curtis’ skills were most welcome. “It would be a tragedy if she (Curtis) stopped sew- ing,” Coulson said. Coulson brought in By DICK MASON EO Media Group COVE — No tips were left on the tables of this dusty cafe Tuesday, still the service could not be beat. A repair cafe debuted to rave reviews late Tues- day afternoon, by provid- ing not sandwiches and coffee but heaping serv- ings of repair assistance that had visitors percolating with excitement. The repair cafe was an event in Cove High School’s wood and metal shop that provided an opportunity for people to get a wide variety of items repaired by community vol- unteers at no cost. All people had to do was bring items in need of repair, and then confer with someone with the exper- tise needed to ﬁ x them. Items brought in included a water heater, horse blan- kets, a smartphone, a micro- wave oven, knives, shovels, clothes, a retractable leash and toys. Ruthi Davenport of La Grande, who did sew- ing work at the repair cafe, said the event reminded her EO Media Group Photo/Dick Mason Cove School District teacher Erich Dressen helps Angel Shields-Marrs with a project at Tues- day’s repair cafe. about three items for repair — a heater for farm ani- mal water, a hatchet and a shovel. She said she was delighted with the help she received. Heidi Van Schoonhoven of Cove also brought in a variety of items, includ- ing a microwave oven and a retractable leash. She also Forecast for Pendleton Area TODAY SATURDAY SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY Mainly cloudy A little snow at times Mostly cloudy and very cold Cold with some sun Partial sunshine 50° 23° 32° 19° 52° 27° 37° 24° PENDLETON TEMPERATURE FORECAST 29° 15° 37° 25° 32° 19° HERMISTON TEMPERATURE FORECAST 36° 19° 45° 27° 39° 20° OREGON FORECAST ALMANAC Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows. PENDLETON through 3 p.m. yest. HIGH LOW TEMP. Seattle Olympia 44/33 45/24 44/27 Longview Kennewick Walla Walla 49/25 Lewiston 43/33 49/27 Astoria 43/34 Pullman Yakima 43/24 43/30 52/33 Portland Hermiston 44/35 The Dalles 52/27 Salem Corvallis 46/34 Yesterday Normals Records La Grande 52/26 PRECIPITATION John Day Eugene Bend 46/36 55/25 57/28 Ontario 59/36 Caldwell Burns 53° 27° 57° 33° 77° (2003) 11° (2009) 24 hours ending 3 p.m. Month to date Normal month to date Year to date Last year to date Normal year to date Albany 45/35 0.00" 0.02" 0.38" 0.38" 3.49" 2.65" Today Boardman Pendleton Medford 59/34 Sat. NNE 6-12 N 6-12 NNE 8-16 NNW 6-12 SUN AND MOON Klamath Falls 57/25 Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2020 Sunrise today Sunset tonight Moonrise today Moonset today 7:11 a.m. 6:59 p.m. none 9:39 a.m. Last New First Full Mar 16 Mar 24 Apr 1 Apr 7 NATIONAL EXTREMES Yesterday’s National Extremes: (for the 48 contiguous states) High 94° in Falfurrias, Texas Low -7° in Estcourt, Maine NATIONAL WEATHER TODAY did knife and hatchet sharp- ening. Felley said anyone can learn to sharpen knives and hatchets, all it takes is practice. “You just have to do it,” Felley said. “You can’t just read about it (and expect to be able to do it).” Cove School District teachers Russel Olmsted Warm Springs will be the ﬁ rst census count in Oregon EO Media Group WARM SPRINGS — The Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs will be the ﬁ rst community counted in Oregon for the 2020 census, the ofﬁ cial count of every person in the United States conducted every decade. The tribal community kicked off the census in Oregon on Thursday, the ﬁ rst day the census can be completed. George Aguilar Sr., a Wasco elder and lifelong resident of Warm Springs, will be the ﬁ rst person to c omplete the census in the state. Aguilar, 90, is a Korean War veteran, who has worked as a laborer, ﬁ sherman, logger, con- struction manager and author. After Aguilar com- pletes the census, a 2020 census kickoff event will be held from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Thursday in the Agency Longhouse at 1253 Kot-Num Road in Warm Springs. Attendees will be able to meet Aguilar, watch a Warm Springs early childhood education mini powwow and have a com- munity meal while ﬁ lling out the census. Starting Thursday, everyone in Oregon will be asked to respond online, by phone or by mail to the census. The U.S. Census Bureau is working to ensure an accurate county of every- body in the nation. The bureau is trying to reach more tribal members after nearly 5% of Native Ameri- cans were never counted in the 2010 census. Accurate census data affects how the federal gov- ernment allocates more than $675 billion every year for programs and ser- vices for tribal commu- nities, such as Medicaid, social services, housing, public safety, veterans ser- vices, emergency prepared- ness, education and school lunches. BRIEFLY WINDS (in mph) 59/37 58/25 0.00" 0.26" 0.46" 4.32" 5.24" 3.01" through 3 p.m. yest. HIGH LOW TEMP. Pendleton 50/26 45/36 24 hours ending 3 p.m. Month to date Normal month to date Year to date Last year to date Normal year to date HERMISTON Enterprise 50/23 48/31 51° 29° 54° 34° 78° (1934) 14° (1906) PRECIPITATION Moses Lake 43/30 Aberdeen 37/15 40/24 Tacoma Yesterday Normals Records Spokane Wenatchee 44/34 brought in a smartphone she needed advice for operating. “I’m getting great tech support. I’m very excited,” Van Schoonhoven said. Everyone working at the repair cafe also had advice so those they were helping can later do their own repair or upgrade work. They included Dave Felley, who and Erich Dressen volun- teered at the repair cafe. They teach shop classes. Olmsted said it was a delight to work with the people who came to the repair cafe. “We had a fun group of characters show up,” he said. Donna Rainboth, an EOU education professor who helped organize the repair cafe, was struck with how generous many people were with their time. “It is amazing, you just ask people and they step up and help,” Rainboth said. She said it was so suc- cessful that a second repair cafe may be conducted later in La Grande. Rainboth said one of the objectives of the event was to help people extend the life of items they own. “We want to keep items out of landﬁ lls, to teach people to ﬁ x items so they do not throw them away,” Rainboth said. Van Schoonhoven echoed this sentiment, mak- ing reference to “planned obsolescence,” a term refer- ring to the production of consumer goods that are designed to rapidly become obsolete, necessitating that they be replaced. “We want to circumvent planned obsolescence,” Van Schoonhoven said. Police name three Bend ofﬁ cers involved in shooting BEND — The Bend Police Department released Wednesday the names of three ofﬁ cers involved in a pursuit and attempted arrest Monday that led to the shooting and serious wounding of a Bend woman on U.S. Highway 20 east of the city. Police said Monday that Danielle Bower, 29, was acting in an erratic manner and had blood on her when she encountered police near the St. Charles Bend emer- gency department, then drove recklessly away, prompting a pursuit on Highway 20. They said her van left the highway near milepost 39 and came to a stop. The ofﬁ - cers who tried to arrest Bower then ﬁ red their weapons. The three police ofﬁ cers were identi- ﬁ ed as Sgt. Thomas Russell, Ofﬁ cer Tim Williams and Ofﬁ cer Victor Umnitz, KTVZ-TV reported. All are on leaving during an investigation. Inslee orders all greater Seattle area schools to close OLYMPIA, Wash. — As the death toll from the new coronavirus reached at least 31 in Washington state, Gov. Jay Inslee on Thursday ordered that all public and private K-12 schools in King, Pierce and Snohom- ish counties be closed for six weeks. Inslee’s directive affects about 600,000 students. The schools must close by March 17 and remain shuttered through April 24. “We have reached a tipping point where the spread of this virus demands that we take action,” Inslee said at a news confer- ence. “We do not expect this to slow down and it will not slow down unless we take action. Closing schools will slow the trans- mission of this virus.” Several school districts already announced they will close due to the out- break. Seattle Public Schools with 53,000 students, closed beginning Thursday. — EO Media Group and Associated Press CORRECTIONS: The East Oregonian works hard to be accurate and sincerely regrets any errors. If you notice a mistake in the paper, please call 541-966-0818. Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day. -10s -0s 0s showers t-storms 10s rain 20s flurries 30s snow 40s 50s ice 60s cold front E AST O REGONIAN — Founded Oct. 16, 1875 — 211 S.E. Byers Ave., Pendleton 541-276-2211 333 E. Main St., Hermiston 541-567-6211 Oﬃ ce hours: Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Closed major holidays EastOregonian.com To subscribe, call 1-800-522-0255 or go online to EastOregonian.com and click on ‘Subscribe’ East Oregonian (USPS 164-980) is published daily except Sunday, Monday and postal holidays, by the EO Media Group, 211 S.E. Byers Ave. Pendleton, OR 97801. Periodicals postage paid at Pendleton, OR. 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