Article – Wheelchair recharging station first at state capitol

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.

https://www.eastoregonian.com/news/local/wheelchair-recharging-station-first-at-state-capitol/article_11732936-8f7a-5895-9411-5d74caca81ae.html

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