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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 2017
“You’re kind of getting hit from all around.”
Peter Brewer, Coordinates wildfire smoke responses for DEQ
STAFF PHOTO BY GARY L. WEST
A fence protects the construction site where Second Street
turns onto East Ridgeway Avenue at the site of the new
senior center now being built in Hermiston.
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furnishings.”
The center will also
have an elevator and stair-
case to reach an unfinished
basement, and there will be
access on the back side to a
landscaped outdoor seating
area and paths that lead to
the front of the building and
Highway 395. The building
and parking lot will meet
all ADA requirements.
Fetter said the city is
partnering with the school
district — which leased the
land for the senior center to
the city — and with service
groups to put landscaping,
lighting and an interpretive
panel around the old Ar-
mand Larive arch.
“We’re planning to do
some uplighting and really
make it a centerpiece,” Fet-
ter said.
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Contact Jade McDow-
ell at jmcdowell@eastore-
gonian.com or 541-564-
4536.
BY THE WAY
PHOTO COURTESY MODIS TODAY
Smoke covers the Pacific Northwest from wildfires burning throughout the region in several states.
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its Aug. 22 annual meeting
in Hermiston. Other offi-
cers installed were Kristi
Smalley, vice president;
Joyce Beemer, secretary;
Bonnie James, treasur-
er; Heidi Leroue, imme-
diate past president; and
directors included Mar-
sha Brown, Linda Ship-
ley, Kirsten Kinsel, Jan
Schroth, Jessica Brown,
Anna Dickman, T.J.
Smith and Brenda Gib-
bons.
The group is now gearing
up for a 50th anniversary
celebration in October. A
nonprofit organization, The
Arc advocates for individ-
uals with intellectual and
developmental disabilities.
For more information, call
541-567-7615 or visit www.
thearcumatilla.org.
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World War II veteran
Bill Runion of Herm-
iston recently made his
annual pilgrimage to de-
liver watermelons to the
Oregon Veterans Home
in The Dalles. A longtime
member of the Veterans
of Foreign Wars, Ameri-
can Legion and Disabled
American Veterans, the
90-year-old enjoys giving
back to the community. He
expressed appreciation to
his friends, John Walchli
and Skip Walchli, for do-
nating 100 melons so they
could be shared with fel-
low veterans.
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an air quality alert until
noon Friday for Umatilla,
Morrow, Union, Wallowa,
Gilliam, Wheeler, Grant,
Sherman, Wasco, Crook,
Deschutes and Jefferson
counties.
Peter Brewer, who co-
ordinates wildfire smoke
responses for DEQ, said
Umatilla County has been
getting smoke from fires
in Idaho and Montana, and
last week from central Or-
egon, but this week’s spike
was likely tied to the Eagle
Creek fire in the Columbia
Gorge.
“You’re kind of getting
hit from all around,” he
said.
He said that many of
the websites featuring air
quality and weather infor-
mation have been crashing
from the higher-than-usu-
al traffic, but one useful
resource is oregonsmoke.
blogspot.com,
which
combines information on
smoke in Oregon from
many government sources.
The Umatilla County
Health Department advised
residents to limit outdoor
exercise and stay inside
in well-ventilated areas if
possible.
Smoky skies through-
out the area caused local
schools to shift some of
their outdoor activities in-
doors Tuesday, in an effort
to limit students’ exposure
to the poor air quality.
Stanfield and Umatilla
schools did not go outside
for recess.
“We moved all recess-
es indoors first thing this
morning and kept a watch
on the rating. We’ve now
canceled our soccer games
for today and have moved
all sports practices in-
doors,” said Umatilla Su-
perintendent Heidi Sipe
said Tuesday.
Hermiston School Dis-
trict officials monitored air
quality conditions through-
out the day, and decided
Tuesday morning to move
recess indoors. Some sport-
ing events were canceled,
including boys and girls
soccer games in Hillsboro.
All outdoor practices were
also moved indoors or can-
celed, and district officials
said they would continue
monitoring the smoke and
make adjustments as nec-
essary.
Interstate 84 through the
Columbia Gorge was also
closed Tuesday due to the
Eagle Creek Fire burning
in the gorge and threaten-
ing the historic Multnomah
Falls Lodge
Echo School Superin-
tendent Raymon Smith said
Tuesday afternoon that he
was studying the OSAA re-
quirements for when prac-
tice should be canceled.
“According to OSAA
regulations, we’re OK to
have limited activity out-
side,” he said. “So for foot-
ball practice, we will do
limited, if any, outdoor ac-
tivity. And then we’ll move
inside.”
Smith said other sports
practices were already
scheduled to be inside. He
said during the day, P.E.
and recess activities were
moved inside.
“We started the morning
at 79, which is moderate,
and by mid-morning, it was
at extreme,” he said.
More information about
air quality can be found at
www.deq.state.or.us.
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