By SAMANTHA TIPLEREast Oregonian

Fourth-generation wheat andpea farmer Preston Winn saidthat when someone asked himif his farm is for sale, he replied,“Yes, it is, for $500 million.”

But the place is no longeravailable at even that price.

“What would happen if theycame up with $500 million?” hesaid. “$500 million dollars is$500 million. It’s not a barn. Thisis part of our heritage. $500 isnot part of our heritage.”

Winn spoke Friday outsidehis 40-foot-tall, 95-year-old barnto members of the Oregon StateAdvisory Committee on His-toric Preservation, theCommission on Historic Ceme-

teries and the State HistoricPreservation Office. The com-mittees Friday approved thenomination of Winn’s barn andWeston school, which dates to1882, to the National Register of

Historic Places, after a day oftouring Weston historic sites.

From there the applicationsgo to the National Park Service

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Staff photo by E.J. HarrisA tour group from the State Advisory Committee on Historic Preservation and the Oregon Commission on Historic Cemeteriesmakes their way towards the Winn barn for a tour of the building Friday near Weston.

Staff photo by E.J. Harris

Wreck at Milepost 223 leaves 1 deadCTUIR Tribal Fire Department personnel work to remove the body of thedriver of a pickup involved in a two-vehicle accident Friday afternoon atMilepost 223 in the westbound lane of Interstate 84, 13 miles east ofPendleton. The name of the adult male victim will be released today, saidOregon State Police. According to OSP Sgt. Sterling Hall, a 2010 Dodgepickup driven by the 36-year-old victim was in the right-hand lane about 2:37p.m. when it crashed into the back of a semi-trailer pulled by a 2010 Peterbilttruck driven by Paul M. Ojinaga, 46, of Rancho Cucamonga, Calif. The pickuprear ended the back of the semi-trailer at a high rate of speed with noevidence of braking by the pickup before the crash, said OSP.

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A pair of local men whorammed police cars in sep-arate escape attempts inAugust are on their way toprison.

Circuit court judges thisweek sentenced David RayArnold, 28, of Pendleton, to13 months in prison, andClinton Eugene Springer,29, Hermiston, to five years.Both men stole vehiclesand rammed police cars asthey tried to get away.

Arnold stole a 1991 GMCJimmy the morning of Aug.8 in Pendleton. Police Offi-cer Erik Palmer saw thestolen vehicle as he took areport in the 1200 block of

Southeast Third Street. Palmer gave chase, but

Arnold refused to stop, putthe Jimmy in reverse andrammed the front of the po-lice car at 15 to 20 mph.

Arnold drove on, struck alight pole on the UmatillaRiver levee and then aboulder near the LittleLeague Park at the end ofSoutheast Alexander Av-enue. That ended the carchase, but Arnold took offrunning. Police then caughthim.

Arnold was convicted oncharges of vehicle theft,criminal mischief, attemptto elude police, possession

Police car rammerssentenced to prison

Prison timeDavid Ray Arnold

• Pendleton

• Sentecned to 13months in prison

• Must serve twoyears of post-prisonsupervision

Clinton EugeneSpringer

• Hermiston

• Sentecned to fiveyears in prison

• Must serve threeyears of post-prisonsupervision

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By ANNA WILLARDEast Oregonian

A dispute between the city ofHermiston and LGW Ranch Inc.has ended with a $400,000 settle-ment.

A joint statement releasedWednesday announced that thecity will pay LGW for easements toallow a wastewater pipeline to runacross Lon and Sheri Wadekam-per’s ranch.

The pipeline is part of a $27 mil-lion upgrade to the wastewatertreatment plant.

The pipeline will carry waterfrom the treatment plant to a West

$400,000concludeseasementdispute

HERMISTONFourth-generation farmer wants to preserve 95-year-old barn

By KATE WHITTLEEast Oregonian

In the next few weeks, the EastOregonian will become the firstnewspaper in the state to run par-tially on solar power.

Other than a newspaper in Day-ton, Ohio, the EO may be uniquein the country. Perched on its roofis the largest installation of solarpanels by a private business onthe “dry side” of Oregon.

Figuring in state and federaltax credits, Energy Trust of Ore-

A priceless place

Staff photo by E.J. HarrisPreston Winn holds up an old fire extinguisher that his wife,Arlene, found while cleaning the barn to the tour group.

State advisory on historic landmarksmeets in Weston, tours sites to benominated for national historic registry

Staff photo by E.J. HarrisEast Oregonian AssociatePublisher Kathryn Brownstands in the bank of solarpanels that were installed onthe East Oregonian buildingrecently in Pendleton.

EO installssolar panels

PENDLETON

See LGW/7A

See SOLAR/7ASee BARN/7A

SWATA look into the lifeof Pendleton SWAT

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TimelineWinn Farm chronology:

• 1875: Winn Farm founded near Weston

• 1916: Winn barn is built

• Through 1930: houseddairy cows and horses

• 1930s-1970s: housedbeef cattle

• 1970s-2006: FFA and 4-Huse the barn for livestock projects

• 2009: Winns retrofit thebarn for hosting events

• 2011: Winns apply tolist barn on national historic register