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NORTHWEST East Oregonian A2 Tuesday, April 21, 2020 Washington teens tackle project for essential employees By JEDIDIAH MAYNES Walla Walla Union-Bulletin WALLA WALLA, Wash. — The sewing machine and the 3D printer have become friends. Local students in the Walla Walla Valley are using their passion for the new technology to help provide comfort — literally — to those who must wear masks in essential businesses and services during the COVID- 19 pandemic. A brother and sister at Walla Walla High School and students at DeSales High School have used modern technology to make mask wearing a much less prob- lematic practice. “I’ve always loved tech- nology and 3D printing,” said Walla Walla High School freshman Jackson Adams, 15. “I’ve seen it used in medicine and medical technology, and that’s what made me want to go into it.” The Adams family has taken its love of technologi- cal innovation and applied it to today’s needs. “I’m extremely interested in biomedical engineer- ing and innovation,” said 16-year-old Lauren Adams, a Wa-Hi sophomore. “Being able to print things that can save lives is just a cool thing to be able to do.” They know they might not be directly saving lives Walla Walla Union-Bulletin Photo/Greg Lehman Lauren and Jackson Adams drop off 3D-printed ear guards for masks with registered nurse Elizabeth Bowen, a nurse leader at Providence St. Mary Medical Center, on Friday. with their most recent proj- ect, but it’s coming in handy for medical workers nonetheless. As mask-wearing becomes more prolific, the U.S. has seen a shortfall in supplies of the crucial anti- viral tools, even at hospi- tals and essential businesses, such as grocery stores. Luckily, teams of volun- teers have busted out their sewing and craft skills to make thousands of masks locally. The masks are washable and meet federal standards. But even those fortunate enough to have masks have found wearing them all day brings discomfort and some- times pain as the mask’s loops tug on ears and even rub skin raw over long hours of work. The solution is a little plastic connector that con- nects the loops at the back of the head, relieving tension at the ears. Lauren and Jackson Adams worked with volun- teers centered at Walla Walla Sew & Vac and Spas. They took some free designs from online and began printing the connectors — called ear guards — and using them on the cloth masks being dis- Forecast for Pendleton Area WEDNESDAY TODAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY tributed from the Rose Street business. After discussions with the volunteers and some tweaks in the design, the Adams kids got to work. “After dozens, if not hun- dreds of hours, we worked out the issues and now it’s a pretty well-oiled machine,” Jackson Adams said of the printing system. Meanwhile, in DeSales’ MakerSpace lab, a similar project has started. Sophomore Simon Scheel learned of a group of Boy Scouts who had put their design for the ear guards online for free. “He said, ‘Hey, why Cooler with occasional rain 70° 46° 59° 46° Clouds and sun; winds subsiding Cloudy Partial sunshine PENDLETON TEMPERATURE FORECAST 65° 43° 69° 43° 66° 42° HERMISTON TEMPERATURE FORECAST 74° 50° 61° 49° 70° 44° 73° 45° 70° 43° OREGON FORECAST ALMANAC Shown is today’s weather. 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Main St., Hermiston 541-567-6211 Office 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. Postmaster: send address changes to East Oregonian, 211 S.E. Byers Ave. Pendleton, OR 97801. Copyright © 2020, EO Media Group ENTERPRISE — The reward for information leading to the arrest of the person responsible for poaching a bighorn ram in rural Northeastern Oregon has increased, according to a press release from the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife. The reward for infor- mation started at $1,000 but has steadily increased thanks to contributions from a variety of groups, including the Oregon Hunt- ers Association, Oregon Wildlife Foundation and the Oregon Chapter of the Foundation for North American Wild Sheep. “Collaborative efforts like this send a strong message that Oregonians feel protective of our fish and wildlife,” said ODFW Director Curt Melcher. “This is a place where we find common ground in our values and beliefs.” The ram was shot ille- gally in Wenaha Wildlife Area, outside of Troy, in late January, according to Oregon State Police. The ram was shot near a winter feed station where Oregon Fish and Wildlife staff pro- vide winter food for a vari- ety of animals in the wild- life area while the ground is snow covered. The animals’ trek toward the feeding station makes their presence predictable, which creates opportunities for poachers, officials said. “Poachers take away opportunities from every- one else out there follow- ing the rules,” Oregon State Police Fish and Wildlife Cpt. Casey Thomas said. “I’m very appreciative of all the different organi- zations coming together to increase the reward amount, which will hope- fully generate a good tip or information that leads us to those responsible for kill- ing this bighorn.” The ram in question was shot on Jan. 26, according to data from a GPS tracking collar the ram was wearing. When police investigated, they found the tracking col- lar had been cut off the ram and a severed ear, which has an identification tag, was from an adult ram. Forensics evidence indi- cates the animal was shot, OSP Fish and Wildlife Sgt. Chris Hawkins said in a news release. To provide information on this case or any poach- ing, call the Turn In Poach- ers (TIP) line by dialing *OSP or 800-452-7888. WINDS (in mph) 74/44 68/33 0.00" 0.03" 0.80" 4.98" 7.76" 4.80" through 3 p.m. yest. HIGH LOW TEMP. Pendleton 64/34 66/48 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 70/46 68/48 74° 39° 63° 40° 92° (1934) 18° (1927) PRECIPITATION Moses Lake 59/45 Aberdeen 65/42 69/48 Tacoma Yesterday Normals Records Spokane Wenatchee 59/49 sends a text to Scheel to let him know the units are ready for delivery. The team is able to print 11 connectors at a time through that process, which usually means they make around 25 per day. “It’s a 10-step process,” Rohde said of mask-making. “There are three filters on each side … we could make one a day, maybe.” Jackson Adams took a crack at making one as well. The Adams call it the “Darth Vader mask.” “It makes you sound like Darth Vader when you’re breathing,” Lauren Adams said. The mask, which is up to snuff with federal rec- ommendations, took Jack- son about seven hours to print and a lot of the plastic material. “With the ear guards … we would benefit the most amount of people we could,” Jackson Adams said. The plastic needed to make 3D printed objects — which are called filaments — is harder to come by these days because of the popular- ity of these ear guards and the printed masks. Not only that, it’s expensive to print in general. The Adams family and DeSales have benefited from generous donors. Lauren and Jackson’s par- ents, Dan and Teresa Adams, purchased the first batch of filaments for their project. $10,000 reward for poaching info East Oregonian Breezy with clouds and sun not?’” said Scheel’s super- visor at the lab and DeSales teacher Eric Rhode. “It’s just something small to help out the community.” That small thing, a lit- tle piece of plastic, has pro- duced a lot of smiling — albeit masked — faces. Scheel recently got to deliver 100 connectors to Providence St. Mary Medi- cal Center in Walla Walla. Lauren and Jackson Adams have made about 150, as of this weekend, and also donated some to the hospi- tal, along with Walla Walla Police Department, Sharp- stein Elementary School, Park Manor Rehabilitation Center and Jonathan M. Wainwright Memorial VA Medical Center. Scheel’s first attempts at making the ear guards went to Valley Vision in Walla Walla, where a small group of employees got to give them a test run. From there, they started to produce as many as possible. Scheel and Rohde, along with DeSales senior Dom- inic Keene, space out their visits to the lab because the printers are in a shared space. Scheel goes to the space in the morning and makes sure the printers are func- tioning and begins the print- ing process. Rohde then goes in the afternoon and finishes the process. From there, he 70s 80s 90s 100s warm front stationary front high 110s low BRIEFLY Washington anglers protest coronavirus fishing closure RICHLAND, Wash. — Protesters in boats and on shore Saturday demanded that restrictions on recreational fishing and shellfish harvesting in Washington because of the coronavirus be lifted. About 50 boats along with several hun- dred protesters on shore gathered on Sat- urday around Columbia Point Marina in Richland in Southwestern Washington. The state Department of Fish and Wild- life on March 25 temporarily closed rec- reational fishing and shellfish harvesting to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. 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