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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 2016
LOCAL NEWS
Bill to clean Columbia
River added to the
new water package
Sens. Wyden,
Merkley pushing
for passage
By GEORGE PLAVEN
Staff Writer
STAFF PHOTO BY E.J. HARRIS
Brad Goodrich of Stanield dismounts his horse on his way to marking a 9.5 seconds in tie down roping Saturday at the
Pendleton Round-Up.
HOME TURF ADVANTAGE
By ERIC SINGER
Staff Writer
Brad Goodrich makes
no secret about it: the
Pendleton Round-Up is his
favorite.
He loves the prestige
and the Old-West feel that
rodeo gives off, but most
of all, the Stanield resi-
dent loves it because of the
proximity to home.
“I’ve told my wife that
I’m going to rope here un-
til they have to wheel me
out on a stretcher,” Go-
odrich said. “I might be
80 years old and can’t win
anything but I’ll still be
roping here.”
Competing in his
30th Round-Up during
the second performance
on Thursday, Goodrich,
the 2004 Round-Up All-
Around champion and
2008 tie-down champi-
on, was able to put on
a good performance for
many family and friends
Best dam
run seeks
participants
There’s still time to get in
shape for the Columbia Riv-
er Best Dam Power Run.
The event features 10K
and 5K runs and a family fun
walk Saturday, Oct. 15 near
McNary Lock and Dam,
east of Umatilla off High-
way 730. The 10K race starts
at 9:30 a.m., the 5K at 9:45
a.m. and the walk at 10 a.m.
The registration fee for each
of the events is $25.
For more information,
visit www.facebook.com/
columbiariverbestdampow-
errun or www.columbiariv-
ermarathon.com. Both sites
include a link to Its Your
Race registration and online
question/contact submission.
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G O O D
that were in the crowd
looking on, finishing in
9.4 seconds for the best
time of the second round
up to that point in the ro-
deo.
On Saturday, he turned
in a time of 9.5 seconds to
place fourth in the short-
go, which earned in a 2nd
place inish overall in the
event with a total time
of 29.0 seconds on three
head.
He inished just behind
Texas cowboy Chase Wil-
liams, for the overall event
win. Shane Erickson of Ter-
rebonne won the all-around
trophy in Pendleton.
Goodrich is also a
three-time winner of the
tie-down roping at Herm-
iston’s Farm-City Pro
Rodeo with wins in 2001,
2003, 2006. In 2006, Go-
odrich was also crowned
the all-around champion
of the Farm-City Pro Ro-
deo.
Congress is making
headway on establishing a
grant program for environ-
mental cleanup projects in
the Columbia River Basin.
Oregon
Sens.
Ron
Wyden and Jeff Merkley
reintroduced the Columbia
River Restoration Act last
year, along with fellow Ore-
gon Reps. Earl Blumenauer,
Suzanne Bonamici and Pe-
ter DeFazio, all Democrats.
The bill was added into a
broader package of water
legislation last week, called
the Water Resources Devel-
opment Act, which did pass
the full Senate last week.
Grants would help pay
for things like reducing
pollution in the Columbia
River, cleaning up contam-
ination, protecting ish and
wildlife habitat and pro-
moting community engage-
ment. A collaborative group
would also assess trends in
HERITAGE
Kayak race paddles into Boardman
An invigorating kayak
race is planned on the Co-
lumbia River at Boardman.
Presented by the Board-
man Kiwanis and sponsored
by the River Lodge and Grill,
the race is Saturday, Oct. 1
beginning at 10 a.m. at the
River Lodge, 6 Marine Drive,
Boardman. Participants, who
must be 18-and-older, will
paddle their way to Board-
man Marina Park. The win-
ner will receive a free night
stay at the River Lodge and
breakfast for two. There is no
registration fee.
For those needing a wa-
tercraft, a limited number of
kayaks can be reserved on a
irst-come basis. The Mor-
row County Sheriff Marine
Patrol will monitor the race
for safety. In addition, kay-
akers must wear an approved
life jacket.
For a link to a registration
form, go to www.visitsage.
com/event/139. For more
information, contact debbi-
eradie@gmail.com.
water quality and identify
problems throughout the ba-
sin. That group would con-
sist of representatives from
state and local governments,
tribes, industry, conserva-
tion groups and landowners.
“The Columbia River is
a cornerstone of our cultural
history, used for commerce,
ishing, recreation and agri-
culture,” Wyden said in an
announcement. “The Paciic
Northwest relies on this vi-
tal resource remaining clean
and healthy to meet our
needs.”
The Columbia River
Restoration Program would
fall under the Environmen-
tal Protection Agency. It
would not add any new reg-
ulations, but provide a com-
petitive source of funding
dedicated to the basin.
In 2006, the EPA desig-
nated the Columbia River
Basin a priority “large aquat-
ic ecosystem” in the same
class as the Chesapeake Bay,
Great Lakes, Gulf of Mexi-
co and Puget Sound. Yet the
basin is the only one of those
large ecosystems that re-
ceives no dedicated funding
to clean up and monitor toxic
chemicals.
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