Article – Wheelchair recharging station first at state capitol
March 22, 2023
The ribbon cutting Monday at the Oregon State Capitol won’t celebrate a new business or building, but rather a gray, metal box mounted to the wall.
A blue sign above the box explains all in large block print — “WHEELCHAIR CHARGING STATION” — illustrated with the symbol of a person in a wheelchair and an electrical plug.
Two Umatilla County residents — Darrin Umbarger and Sen. Bill Hansell, R- Athena — championed the charging station. Umbarger, the unit’s inventor, will participate in the ribbon cutting from his power wheelchair with Hansell at his side.
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