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Wednesday, June 17, 2020
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21,000-acre farm up for auction in Echo Umatilla Electric
Cooperative awards
annual scholarships
By NADA SEWIDAN
sTaFF WRITeR
A total of 21,000 acres
of land, extending 10 miles
from Alkali Canyon to
Umatilla River Basin near
Echo, is now up for auction.
The property, sold by the
Estate of H. Richard Snow
and Shirley Snow, includes
rangeland, pivot irrigated
and dry cropland and resi-
dential plots. John Rosen-
thal, president and principal
broker for Realty Market-
ing/Northwest, said a third
of the property is dry crop-
land, which is used for
wheat.
“We’ve had a lot of
interest in [the property]
just because of the size of
it,” Rosenthal said. “It’s one
of the largest contiguous
blocks of land that’s proba-
bly been on the market for
some time that’s both farm-
land and rangeland.”
The Bulk Published
Reserve for the full prop-
erty is $8,495,000 or $375
Photo contributed by Realty Marketing Northwest
Northeast Oregon Farm Estate Portfolio located near Echo.
per acre, with an option to
place bids on seven separate
properties that comprise the
land portfolio. Bids also can
be submitted on two par-
cels, one containing 16,187
acres and the other 4,816.
Other properties include a
149-acre pivot irrigation
tract containing grain silos
and feedlot and a 2.8-acre
Umatilla River tract. Resi-
dential properties up for bid
include two parcels located
within the city of Echo and
two residential lots.
Sealed bids for the prop-
erty are due by Friday, July
10. For more information
or to receive a bid packet,
contact the Auction Infor-
mation Office at 800-845-
3524 or info@rmnw-auc-
tions.com.
Good Shepherd expands services during Phase 2
By JADE MCDOWELL
neWs edITOR
Good Shepherd Health
Care System has resumed
many of its services after
Umatilla County moved to
Phase 2 of its reopening.
The hospital had already
resumed
nonemergency
surgeries May 1, accord-
ing to a news release, after
“Oregon’s epidemiologi-
cal curve is considered flat-
tened and Personal Pro-
tective Equipment (PPE)
capacity is intact, with no
significant prevalence rate
of COVID-19 hospitalized
cases in Umatilla County.”
Under Phase 1 guide-
lines of Oregon’s reopen-
ing, hospitals were not
allowed to exceed 50% of
their pre-COVID patient
volumes, in order to pre-
serve that capacity and PPE
for any spikes in cases.
Phase 2 allows hospitals
to ramp up to 75% of pre-
COVID volumes.
Additional
services
have opened up in June,
including but not limited
to screenings, preventative
medicine, wellness checks,
cardiopulmonary rehabili-
tation, physical therapy and
speech pathology.
“The safety of our
patients, staff and guests is
our top priority as we have
implemented several pro-
tective measures in each of
our service lines to provide
care safely,” CEO Dennis
Burke said in a statement.
All GSHCS facilities
will continue to screen
patients and other visitors
with temperature checks
and health questions before
they enter the facility, and
social distancing measures.
Patients are encouraged to
bring a mask with them; if
they don’t they will be pro-
vided one on arrival. One
visitor per patient is now
allowed for patients who do
not have COVID-19.
Many services will con-
tinue to be available virtu-
ally or over the telephone
for patients who wish to
stay home, and education
department classes will
continue to be online-only.
Good Shepherd Pharmacy
and Home Medical Equip-
ment will continue to pro-
vide curbside deliveries.
Wildhorse is NOW OPEN
AND GETTING bigger and better than ever!
A host of new and exciting activities coming soon!
As Eastern Oregon’s premiere resort destination
for over 25 years, Wildhorse Resort and Casino
offers the best in Vegas style gaming, dining, and
hospitality. This fall we look forward to celebrating
even more!
The gem of the FunPlex is Quaking Aspens Lanes,
a spacious 24-lane bowling alley with six separat-
ed boutique lanes for private rental. Adjacent to
the boutique lanes are two party rooms for hosting
celebrations, special events or business retreats.
Your satisfaction is our top priority and we are
diligent in our efforts to ensure your comfort and
safety. To make your next visit a great one, please
go to wildhorseresort.com for complete details on
our Priority One health and safety program.
More choice is always good! Our new food court
will house four delicious dining options includ-
ing popular local restaurants with locally sourced
foods and delectable sweet treats.
Wildhorse Resort features
Vegas-style slot machines,
gaming tables, two
championship golf courses,
cineplex, child entertainment
center, casual cafes, fine
dining restaurants and bars.
We are pleased to announce our all-new Family
FunPlex is on schedule to open this fall! Over
48,000 square feet of bowling fun, arcade play,
party rooms, more great places to eat and a full
bar to wet your whistle, all under one roof!
Our expanded state-of-the-art arcade and new re-
wards center has over 30 games – including tradi-
tional, multi-player and redemption-style – all sure
to please the young and the young at heart.
Located on the homelands of the Confederated
Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation at the
base of the beautiful Blue Mountains, Wildhorse
Resort and Casino makes the perfect getaway for
families and friends, both near and far.
With so much to see and do, look no further than
Wildhorse Resort and Casino…we’re just right
down the road!
This is a paid advertisement by Wildhorse Resort & Casino.
Umatilla Electric Cooper-
ative announced that 14 indi-
viduals have received $3,000
college scholarships for the
2020-21 academic school
year, for a total of $42,000 in
awards. Of the total, five are
in college and nine graduated
from area high schools this
spring.
“We are grateful we can
act on behalf of UEC’s mem-
bership to enrich our commu-
nities by offering these schol-
arships,” Robert Echenrode,
UEC general manager and
CEO, said in a statement.
“We wish these recipients the
best in their future studies.”
The recipients include:
· Laura Ponce, a 2015
Riverside High School gradu-
ate, studying diagnostic med-
ical sonography at Spokane
Community College.
· Fabian Meza, a 2018
Riverside graduate, Studying
computer science at Oregon
State University.
· Zulema Gaytan, a 2019
Riverside graduate, in the
nursing program at Western
Oregon University.
· Nicole Phillips, a 2019
Irrigon High School gradu-
ate, studying marketing and
digital media at College of
Idaho.
· Kellie Zepeda, a 2017
Hermiston High School grad-
uate, will receive a bachelor’s
degree in kinesiology at Ore-
gon State University in fall
2021 and will seek a doctoral
degree in physical therapy.
· Jazlyn Romero, a 2020
Hermiston graduate, will
study business administration
at Oregon State University.
· Eliana Esparza, a 2020
Hermiston graduate, will
study entrepreneurship at
Linfield College.
· Josie Goodrich, a 2020
Hermiston graduate, will
study criminal justice law
enforcement administration at
Washington State University.
· Kelson Robertson,
a 2020 Hermiston gradu-
ate, will study accounting at
Blue Mountain Community
College.
· Cloe McMichael, a
2020 Nixyaawii Community
School graduate, will study
education and history at Ore-
gon State University.
· Ellie Scheibner, a 2020
Weston-McEwen graduate,
will study nursing at Montana
State University.
· Tyanna Van Pelt, a
2020 Nixyaawii Community
School graduate, will study
chemistry at Oregon State
University.
· Jazmin Macias, a 2020
Hermiston graduate, will
study biology on a pre-med
track at the University of
Washington.
· Emily Wadkins, a 2020
Hermiston graduate, will
study elementary education
at Eastern Oregon University.
The UEC scholarship pro-
gram is available to the util-
ity’s cooperative members
and their dependent children.
Deadline for 2021 scholarship
applications will be March
1, 2021, through the state’s
Office of Student Access &
Completion (OSAC) scholar-
ship application process.
For more information,
please visit www.umatil-
laelectric.com or call UEC at
541-567-6414.