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A8 OFF PAGE ONE East Oregonian Tuesday, October 13, 2020 Barn: ‘It’s an agrarian cathedral’ Continued from Page A1 venue. The move would provide funds to maintain the building. “It took her years to con- vince me to take out wood my grandfather had put there,” he said. “It was a hard sell.” Preston winced as he thought back, but said the wisdom of his wife’s advice fi nally soaked in. Removing the old chute, he realized, was much like cutting off a man’s gangre- nous fi nger to save his life. They removed the chute and refurbished the space with a glossy, tongue-and- groove fl oor. The wedding venue opened in 2008. Until the pandemic, about 25 couples each wedding season have started their married lives in the barn. Last year, Preston retired from teaching agri- culture at Blue Mountain Community College after 28 years at the institution. Arlene, a former teacher and mortgage loan proces- sor, continues to function as Winn Homestead’s mas- ter landscaper and book- keeper after handing off the client relationship manage- ment and marketing duties to her daughter. Kendra embraces her new role, while marvel- ing at her circular journey. She had happily departed Weston after graduat- ing high school in 2003, not expecting to live full- time in the area again. She earned a bachelor’s degree in international relations and studied in Latin Amer- ica, married Tim, then headed to Washington, D.C., to begin her dream job. For several years, she shepherded members of Congress and White House staffers on foreign policy trips to Latin America. Tim worked as an IT consultant on the Hill. Five years ago, the cou- ple moved to Portland where Tim continued his job remotely. Waverly, now 4, arrived. Kendra did research, writing and mar- keting for Stillwater Asso- ciates, a transportation fuels consulting fi rm, and ran her own photography business, Kendra Joy Pho- tography, both of which she continues. Then came an unex- pected proposition from Preston and Arlene. They wanted to retire over time and transfer ownership in the wedding business Ben Lonergan/East Oregonian, File The Umatilla County Public Health Department is expect- ing to receive about 1,000 Abbot BinaxNOW rapid COVID-19 tests as a part of the state’s new testing strategy. COVID: Continued from Page A1 Kathy Aney/East Oregonian Waverly Seymour plays in her family’s 104-year-old gothic arch barn on Oct. 1, 2020. The vintage barn is being used as a wedding venue. Kathy Aney/East Oregonian A cross brace in the lower level of the Winn barn bears the name of “GEO. W. WINN, WESTON, OREGON.” (called the Winn Home- stead Events) and the family farm to the next generation. “Often in agriculture, the older generation is not willing to turn loose assets until late in life, oftentimes not until their 80s,” Preston said. “The younger genera- tion doesn’t have the oppor- tunity to shape those assets into whatever their vision is. Arlene and I see that as kind of a tragedy.” After careful consid- eration, Kendra and Tim bought in. “It all came together rather quickly,” Kendra said. “We sold our house and moved just in time for the pandemic.” Then Tim was laid off from his IT job. Book- ings dropped to just nine as couples cancelled and postponed because of the virus. The couple, along with Preston and Arlene, channeled their energies into continuing to renovate a 408-square-foot house where George R. Winn and his wife Imogene Sloane Winn honeymooned and later raised Preston and his two older siblings, turning the small home into a bridal cottage. They also updated a tiny bunkhouse on the property to a groom and groomsmen ready room. The magnum opus is a new cedar roof for the barn. Helix wheat farmer and roofer Matt Wood and members of his crew (which include Preston and Tim) donned roofi ng har- nesses last Monday and started removing the barn’s aging tamarack (west- ern larch) shingles. Wood, an afi cionado of old barns like this one, said he feels a sense of reverence when he looks at the structure. “It’s an agrarian cathe- dral,” Wood said. ““Barns, to me, are more than old buildings. It’s nice to see someone committed to keeping a barn alive and functional, even if it means repurposing.” Wood said he feels honored to work on the barn, which landed on the National Historic Register in 2011. “It’s like working on a ’32 Packard,” he said. “It’s a classic. It has beautiful lines.” Kendra, now 35, said her appreciation of the historic barn has increased since childhood. “As a kid, I didn’t see the value of the history,” she said. “My perspective has changed a little bit. I now see how cool the history is. It’s tangible; you can walk where your ancestors walked. There are a lot of stories in those walls.” this outbreak is spreading, you can test a lot of people in a very short period of time.” There’s also new avail- ability for take-home COVID tests for those who can afford it. According to a press release, Safeway and Alb- ertsons stores in Oregon are offering saliva-based tests that can be picked up or deliv- ered, and then mailed to a lab for results within approxi- mately 72 hours. The tests can be ordered from local stores at scheduletest.com and cost $139.99 out of pocket. Insur- ance can’t be billed for the cost, the release stated. The boost in testing sup- plies comes as the number of people being tested for the virus locally keeps dropping for reasons that are unclear to Fiumara and the county Race: Continued from Page A1 they’re overreaching” by being over-involved in day- to-day operations rather than focusing on policy setting. “We have great employ- ees, and need to let them work,” he said. Doherty said he is running for another term on the board of commissioners because he has greatly enjoyed his time on the board and wants to continue the work he has started. “I probably have more pas- sion for the job now than I did when I got started,” he said. “I just love the work.” Despite being a fi rst-term commissioner, Doherty was elected as president of the Association of Oregon Coun- ties, and said he has been able to be a voice for Mor- row County in the state and work with state and federal lawmakers. He was born and raised in the very southernmost part of Morrow County and now lives in Boardman, but said health department. “It seems like testing over- all is continuing to drop, but the capacity is still there,” he said. “We’re not actually sure what the rationale is.” From June 21 to Aug. 1, the Oregon Health Authority reported that more than 1,000 people were tested for the virus each week in Umatilla County. Based on testing data published on the state’s public data dashboards as of Friday, Oct. 9, an average of just over 600 people were tested for the virus per week between Aug. 2 and Oct. 3. Fiumara said the county was still awaiting fi nal word on when the new rapid tests would be arriving and exactly how many are on the way, but for now the plan is to fi nd the most effective way to use them before they expire in fi ve months. “More tests is always good, we’ve just got to make sure we use them right,” he said. he doesn’t like to ever use the terms “north county” and “south county.” “If you continue to talk in the language of north county and south county, it just drives divisiveness,” he said. That being said, he rec- ognized that different com- munities in Morrow County face different challenges, and he wants to see communities, such as Lexington — which he described as in danger of being unincorporated and “absorbed” into the county — get the extra attention they need to improve. He said he is particularly interested in beefi ng up transit options in that area. Peterson and Doherty participated in a candidate forum hosted by the Board- man Chamber of Com- merce on Oct. 2, where they answered questions from the moderator and from partici- pants on subjects, such as the most pressing infrastructure needs in the county who their top campaign contributors are. Video of the hour-long forum can be found online at www.facebook.com/ ChamberBoardman. EASTERN OREGON marketplace Place classified ads online at www.easternoregonmarketplace.com or call 1-800-962-2819 between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. After hours, leave a voicemail and we’ll confirm your ad the next business day. Email us at classifieds@ eastoregonian.com or fax: 541-278-2680 East Oregonian Deadline is 3 p.m. the day before publication 211 S.E. Byers Ave. 333 E. 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