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Plans for
downtown
space coming
into focus
Travel Oregon, Old
West Federal Credit
Union interested in
downtown mural project
By ANTONIO SIERRA
East Oregonian
PENDLETON — Old West
Federal Credit Union is paving an
empty space to put up a parking
lot, but bank offi cials are hoping it
will be more than that.
After a 2019 fi re burned down
a thrift store at 342 S.W. First
St., Old West bought the newly
vacated lot from Pendleton attor-
ney Henry Lorenzen with the idea
that the bank would expand its
parking lot, which is at the corner
of First Street and Dorion Avenue.
But, as Old West commercial
lending offi cer Kevin Jordan told
the Pendleton Development Com-
mission at a Sept. 22 meeting, the
project got more ambitious once
Travel Oregon indicated inter-
est in using a wall near the lot for
its Oregon Mural Trail, a tourism
campaign that has helped install
murals in small towns across Ore-
gon, including Ontario, The Dalles
and Prineville.
Allison Keeney, Travel Ore-
gon’s manager of global communi-
cations, confi rmed that the Oregon
Mural Trail was in the process of
coming to Pendleton.
“The murals are intended to
generate a sense of community
pride, enhance local economic
impact, and contribute to local arts
and culture initiatives,” she wrote
in an email. “It provides arts and
culture experiences to enhance
the visitor experience while also
enriching Oregonians’ quality of
life.”
Jordan told the commission that
Travel Oregon wants the project to
include a viewing area for the art.
So Old West has expanded its idea
to include the lot and nearby alley
way as a part of the attraction. Jor-
dan said Old West envisioned the
area as a community space com-
plete with gates and benches for
visitors who might have just com-
pleted a walk through the Pendle-
ton Underground Tours.
Jordan was introducing the
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Staff photo by Ben Lonergan
Darwin Hodges, the cowboss for CRC Cattle, unloads his horse at the Dixie Ranch just outside Ukiah on Friday, Sept. 25, 2020. Hodges
was among those who identifi ed a mutilated cow at the Dixie Ranch on Saturday, Sept. 12, 2020.
‘It’s got to stop’
Umatilla County rancher
reports finding one of
his cows mutilated with
mysteriously little evidence
near Ukiah on Sept. 12
By ALEX CASTLE
East Oregonian
KIAH — Fee Stubblefi eld was
just doing the rounds on Satur-
day, Sept. 12, checking in on his
cattle near Dixie Ranch Road
outside of Ukiah when he saw
something sitting in the thicket.
He approached, peering closer as his
U
Photos contributed by Fee Stubblefi eld
Photos posted to Fee Stubblefi eld’s Facebook page on Saturday, Sept. 12, 2020, show the
See Mutilation, Page A7 mutilated cow he found near Dixie Ranch Road outside of Ukiah earlier that day.
Oregon has record-breaking day
Record COVID-19
cases in state part
of nationwide spike
in infections
Staff photo by Ben Lonergan
The Labor Day holiday, the
return of students to college cam-
puses in Eugene and Corvallis, a
workplace outbreak and a barbe-
cue in Clatsop County, a prayer
meeting, a sewing circle and work-
place clusters were among the rea-
sons for the rising numbers, health
offi cials said.
Allen said there were no immi-
nent widespread actions that
the state will take to combat the
uptick. Unlike the last major spike
that began in June, medical care
for COVID-19 has advanced and
offi cials have a better understand-
ing of how the virus spreads.
“I wouldn’t say there is an auto-
matic next thing or a one-size-fi ts-
all,” he said.
A mask adorns a statue of Aura Goodwin Raley on Main Street in Pend-
leton on Wednesday, Aug. 19, 2020.
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By GARY A. WARNER
Oregon Capital Bureau
SALEM — Oregon reported a
record-breaking 457 new COVID-
19 cases on Friday, Sept. 25, spark-
ing concern of a new spike in
infections and deaths.
“We fi nd ourselves at another
crossroads — those are discour-
aging numbers,” said Pat Allen,
director of the Oregon Health
Authority, during a Sept. 25 press
conference.
COVID-19 NUMBERS
WEEK ENDING TOTALS FOR 9/25/20
IN UMATILLA COUNTY
RISK LEVEL TOTAL
HIGH CASE COUNT
58
TOTAL
CASE GOAL
8
OR POSITIVE
LESS TEST RATE
%
13.1
POSITIVE
4.2 TEST GOAL
%
5 %