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REGION Tuesday, January 5, 2021 East Oregonian A3 UAS industry grows despite pandemic By ANTONIO SIERRA East Oregonian PENDLETON — While it has had devastat- ing effects on other busi- ness sectors, Pendleton’s unmanned aerial systems industry wasn’t grounded. Darryl Abling, the city’s range manager, said oper- ations never really slowed down during the pandemic as social distancing didn’t really prevent UAS com- panies from running test fl ights. Abling said total opera- tions were up from 2019 and he expects them to reach a new annual high of 5,000- 7,000 test fl ights in 2021. He added that both pub- lic and private hangars are being built to accommo- date customers and a UAS industrial park is nearly complete. Abling said the total number of jobs now con- centrated at the range is now just under 100, he said. While some are based in Pendleton, others are com- muting in from elsewhere. Good Shepherd Health Care System/Contributed Photo Kimberly and Richard Low pose for a photo with their new- born daughter, Baylor, who was born at 8 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 1, 2021, at Good Shepherd Medical Center in Hermiston. New Year’s baby an early surprise for parents Hermiston’s fi rst baby of 2021 was due Jan. 10 A veteran of aerospace giant Northrop Grumman, Abling said it’s not unusual in the aviation industry for employees to commute in from far-fl ung locales to go to work. Pendleton is building a UAS industrial park under the idea that it could lead to a UAS manufacturing facil- ity in the future, a prospect that could lead to a signifi - cant jobs boost at the range. Abling said Pendleton has a few leads on companies interested in manufactur- ing, but even if it doesn’t come together, the range should remain sustainable. Abling said it also isn’t a bad sign when there’s turn- over at the range. Last year, the range lost prominent customers Airbus and PAE. Abling said residents should expect a fair amount of coming or going at a range, whether it’s because a project is intentionally short term or a company simply isn’t able to make their UAS idea work. “They fail for a variety of reasons,” he said. “It’s a Grain Craft Inc. in Pendle- ton. “I don’t (know) what to expect from that, whether that will make it weird, if you have to plan harder, or By BRYCE DOLE if it’ll be easier to remember East Oregonian the birthday.” Richard Low said that HERMISTON — A when he received the call to Hermiston couple welcomed go to the hospital on Dec. 31, their new baby daughter, 2020, he grew excited that Baylor Addison Low, to the his daughter might be born world on the evening of New on New Year’s Day. Year’s Day in Hermiston. “It’s amazing that you’re Baylor was born at 8 p.m. entrusted with a new life,” on Friday, Jan. 1, at Good said Richard Low, a long- By JEDIDIAH MAYNES around 2:30 p.m., caus- Walla Walla Union-Bulletin ing minimal delays. By Shepherd Medical Center, time resident of Umatilla making her the hospital’s County who grew up in Pilot 3:30 p.m., multiple crashes TOLLGATE — Multi- were reported and cars fi rst baby of 2021. She is the Rock. “It’s kind of humbling ple vehicles crashing and began sliding off and get- Lows’ second child, the fi rst and overwhelming that you sliding off the road on ting backed up in a traffi c being their daughter Parker, have to take care of a human Highway 204 through Toll- jam. a 3-year-old. life. It’s very joyous, you “I’m just excited and know. It’s the can’t-wipe- gate caused the road to be The highway was closed looking forward to a fresh the -sm ile - of f-you r-face shut down Saturday, Jan. from the edge of Weston to start to a new year and the kind of joy.” 2, the Oregon Department the edge of Elgin around memories we’ll make as a of Transportation reported. 3 p.m. in response to the Kimberly Low is look- family of four,” said Kim- ing forward to teaching her According to the depart- crashes. berly Low, 28, Baylor’s daughter how to fi nd joy in ment’s TripCheck website, By 4 p.m., the highway mother. the fi rst crash happened at Tollgate had turned into the small things in life, just Baylor was due Jan. 10, like what they have shared but when Kimberly Low had with their daughter Parker to be induced for a couple — riding scooters, playing Call for an appointment now to avoid waiting! It’s All FREE! days due to her high blood with chalk and eating popsi- pressure, the Lows knew cles in the driveway. 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UMATILLA COUNTY weekend and Monday, Baylor’s father, a 32-year- To enjoy the FREE innocence Package of of Hearing Aid Batteries you grow now wear up a hearing one FREE County package of Hearing Umatilla Pub- Aid Batteries. old who works as a qual- childhood and If to Jan. 4. That brings the to aid, you — will receive If we test your hearing to see if you could be helped by a hearing aid you will receive lic Health reported 223 ity assurance manager for be great.” county up to 5,863 total another FREE Package. hard industry to break into.” Unencumbered by mil- lions of dollars of debt that was wiped away by fed- eral stimulus designated for COVID-19 relief, Airport Manager Steve Chrisman said he was bullish on the future of the airport. Besides the growth of the UAS range, Chrisman spoke about a few other developments at the airport. The Pendleton airport hasn’t had an airport rental car supplier since Hertz left town following former air service provider SeaPort’s bankruptcy declaration in 2016. While it’s not a full- fl edged offi ce, Chrisman said Enterprise Rent-A-Car will be installing a dropbox for car rentals within the next few months. Boutique Air, the city’s current pas- senger air service provider, will continue to maintain its own fl eet of rental cars, but Chrisman said Enterprise will give people who land in Pendleton more long-range options. Chrisman said Makad Corp. will begin work on its long-gestating airport hotel project in January. He confi rmed that the Vancou- ver-based Makad will part- ner with Radisson on the 74-room hotel, but he said he didn’t have many more details besides that. Allan Fulsher, Makad Corp.’s general counsel, declined to comment while Tawni Camarillo, a com- pany vice president, didn’t return an email requesting comment. While Makad Corp. developed the River Lodge and Grill in Boardman, its other projects at the Port of Morrow either failed to come to fruition or got bogged down in a lawsuit before being sold. Its other announced proj- ect in Pendleton — a data center on Airport Road — has yet to break ground. The Pendleton City Council approved a lease with a Makad Corp. subsid- iary to build the hotel in the airport’s long-term parking lot, but stripped many of the incentives it had asked for. Multiple crashes shut down Tollgate highway Losing Your HEARING or are your ears just plugged with EARWAX? FIND OUT FOR YOURSELF! You are invited for a FREE ear inspection using the latest video technology to determine if you could be helped by a hearing aid. Now through (Exp. Date) a virtual parking lot as traffi c began to get more and more congested. Traf- fi c did appear to begin moving slowly shortly thereafter. Wintry weather was causing low visibility, and heavy snowfall made for slick road conditions. 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