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“Sometimes it smells like
dead flesh,” said Kathy Bak-
er, a longtime Stanfield resi-
dent who owns a store, Fun
Fashions Boutique, down
the street from the factory.
“It hurts your nose.”
Other Stanfield residents
described the smell as that
of rotten or burnt potatoes,
which is the primary product
the plant deals with.
Oregon Department of
Environmental Quality repre-
sentatives said they contacted
the factory early last week
after receiving 17 complaints
in a single day, and that the
company had immediately
responded.
“We contacted the facility
and said we’d received com-
plaints and we need to look
into reducing the odors,”
DEQ’s Greg Svelund said
July 12. “That was on Mon-
day. The company already
sent us information about
what they think the odors
may be, and have come up
with a rough plan to repair it.
It was remarkably fast.”
Svelund said the issue
arose after a winter fire dam-
aged the facility’s scrubber,
which is a device that uses
water or oil to absorb pol-
lutants and allow a less con-
centrated smell to leave the
factory.
In addition to Stanfield,
3D IdaPro operates factories
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in Wisconsin Rapids, Wis-
consin and Burley, Idaho.
Mark Johnson, the com-
pany’s vice president of
operations, said as far as he
knew no complaints had
been made directly to the
company — but they had
been contacted by DEQ and
Stanfield’s city manager.
“Basically, it’s part of a
raw material strain we bring
in,” Johnson said of the cause
of the smell. “There was a
fire and it burned down our
air cleaning equipment. We
put up a new scrubber as
quickly as possible, but the
new one is undersized. We’re
currently working with our
environmental engineering
firm and DEQ, who will help
us design a scrubber system
that’s the proper size.”
Johnson said he has only
been with the company for
two months, and that the
company had been operating
in Stanfield for less than a
year. He said about 50 people
are employed at the Stanfield
factory.
Svelund said there is no
specific date by which the
company has to repair its air
cleaning device.
“It will be an ongoing
process,” he said. “It could
be something other than the
scrubber. There’s no firm
deadline.”
Despite the quick re-
sponse, some residents are
concerned about the histo-
ry of the company, and the
problems they have had in
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Kathy Baker, owner of
Fun Fashions Boutique
in Stanfield, is among
Stanfield residents turning
up their noses over the foul
smells they say are coming
from 3D Idapro Solutions
plant.
other states.
Residents of Wisconsin
Rapids complained in late
2016 about a smell many lik-
ened to “bad cheese” coming
from one of IdaPro’s facto-
ries, but by April 2017 it was
reported to have disappeared.
In 2016, the company
faced some criminal charges.
According to southern Idaho
newspaper the Magic Valley
Times-News, the company
was charged with two mis-
demeanor counts of failure
to conform to permitted use
requirements and two counts
of non-permitted use. The
company pleaded not guilty
on all counts.
Winebarger said many
people with businesses
downtown have complained
that they can’t eat lunch out-
side or display goods out on
the sidewalk.
He said people have been
making calls to DEQ since
the beginning of this year,
but so far had not seen any
changes.
“First, they blamed the
fire,” he said. “Then they
started blaming the product,
said they’re going to make
the stacks higher, put in mis-
ters.”
Winebarger said the smell
is worse when the wind is
blowing toward town, or
when trucks drive through
the area — including through
West Coe Avenue, where
Stanfield’s library and popu-
lar restaurant the Broken Bar-
rel are located.
Winebarger and Baker
both noted that they don’t
object to the business being
in town.
“The people from Stan-
field don’t want to see any-
body lose their jobs,” Baker
said. “It’s about the horrible
smell it’s creating. We want to
have businesses. But people
don’t even want to sell their
homes here (with the smell).”
Winebarger said he was
concerned that the city of
Stanfield didn’t do enough
research before allowing the
business to open in town.
“Nobody voted on this,”
he said. “I think if they
had taken five minutes and
looked up (the company’s)
past, they would have said
‘no.’ Everybody wants the
business, but when it chases
everything else away, you
can’t.”
MEALS
“This year, we added a
new side, having activities
with the meals,” said Rikk-
ilyn Larsen, the child nutri-
tion director for the Umatilla
School District. Four loca-
tions in Umatilla offer meals
throughout the week and one,
McNary Heights Elementary
School, is the only program
in the area that offers dinner.
Some of the students at
McNary Heights are there for
summer school, but others
come just for the lunchtime
events.
She said the activities
have been a good addition to
the program.
“I think it draws in more
kids. At Kiwanis Park, we
had kids lined up all the
way to McNary Market, and
they were all in circles doing
yoga,” Larsen said.
Head Start offers art proj-
ects and literacy activities, as
well as lessons geared toward
the parents.
“We had the OSU Exten-
sion Service come and do
food sampling,” said Toni
Eddy, the child nutrition
manager for the local Head
Start. “The kids get to try the
foods, but the parents can
take home the recipes.”
Other locations are near
playgrounds or pools, and
some sites have field trip op-
portunities for students.
Eddy said the program is
funded by the USDA. This
year, she said they received
a supplemental grant from
Partners for a Hunger-Free
Oregon, which allowed Head
Start to expand to another
summer lunch program in
Irrigon.
In order to meet USDA
requirements, Eddy said they
have to serve certain things:
two ounces of protein, a serv-
ing of grain, and a combined
serving of 3/4 cup of fruits
and vegetables.
“We do sandwiches,
wraps and salads,” Eddy
said. “Tuna, chicken salad
sandwiches. And we’re start-
ing to get local fruit in. We
had blueberries donated from
a local farm, and starting next
week we’ll have watermelon
and cantaloupe donated.”
Eddy said donations from
local farms help keep Head
Start’s food costs low, and
allow students to enjoy fresh
produce.
The program is free to all
kids ages 1 to 18, and Larsen
said they encourage parents
to come and eat with their
children as much as possible.
“We charge $2 for adult
meals, and it’s an unlimit-
ed salad bar,” she said. “We
try to have a variety so the
kids can find something they
like.”
Families and kids can also
find summer meal sites near
them by texting “food” or
“comida” to 877-877, calling
211-info, or by looking up
summerfoodoregon.org.
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Lewis
Martuscelli,
a member of Stanfield
Lodge No. 920 Loyal Or-
der of Moose, was recently
summoned to receive the
Pilgrim Degree of Merit.
The highest honor that
can be bestowed on a
Moose member, the confer-
ral for Martuscelli was held
June 3 in the House of God
in Mooseheart, Illinois. The
degree is currently held by
less than one percent of
fraternity members. The
Pilgrim Degree represents
devotion to the principles
and ideals in caring for
children and seniors, and
is only earned by members
who have given years of
exceptional service to the
Loyal Order of Moose and
its philanthropic endeavors.
Martuscelli will be hon-
ored locally Saturday, Aug.
12 at 3 p.m. at the Stanfield
Community Center, 225 W.
Roosevelt Ave., with a din-
ner to follow at the lodge,
615 E. Coe Ave., Stanfield.
Those planning to attend
are asked to RSVP by Aug.
1 by calling 541-449-1157.
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shot 9-hole format — re-
ceiving bronze medals for
the teams of Jonathan
Kinsel/Tye Stewart, and
Jonathan
Wilson/Don
Headley. Bringing home
the gold were Jason Car-
gill and Kris Neustal, the
2016 Local Program Coach
of the Year.
Four Bocce` athletes
earned a fourth place fin-
ish for the team of Jillian
Smalley and Lyall Arey
with a bronze medal finish
and sportsmanship award
going to the first time Uni-
fied Bocce` Team of Misty
Larsen and Jessica Sex-
ton.
The Athletics (track
and field) events took
place at the Liberty High
School, where first time
participant in the Pentath-
lon event, Jenny Marick,
got a gold medal. Many
medals and even more
smiles were earned at the
two-day event, said Kristi
Smalley, communications
director.
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call Angela Schneider, lo-
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541-314-0166.
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A highlight of the June
19 American Red Cross
blood drive held at Good
Shepherd Medical Cen-
ter in Hermiston was Chris
Fischer reaching the 5-gal-
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Good Shepherd is Mon-
day, Aug. 21 from noon to
6 p.m. While walk-ins are
welcome,
appointments
can be made by calling
800-448-3543. In addition,
service groups interested in
providing canteen duties at
upcoming blood drives are
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