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HERMISTON GRADUATION • HIGH SCHOOL’S HISTORIC CLASS OF 2017 RECEIVES 332 DIPLOMAS | INSIDE • A8 Hermiston Herald erald ld WEDNESDAY, JUNE 14, 2017 INSIDE $1.00 HermistonHerald.com REPAIRS BEGIN ON 60-YEAR OLD BRIDGE 3 MINUTES WITH MEET TOM HUXOLL, OWNER OF CASCADE AUTO REPAIR. PAGE 2A SUSPECT ARRAIGNED THE SUSPECT IN A FATAL HERMISTON SHOOTING WAS ARRAIGNED TUESDAY IN CIRCUIT COURT. PAGE 3A INJURY CRASH TWO PEOPLE WERE INJURED MONDAY IN A THREE-VEHICLE CRASH SOUTH OF HERMISTON. PAGE 3A ARRESTED UMATILLA POLICE ARREST 2 BROTHERS ON ASSAULT CHARGES OVER WEEKEND. PAGE 5A STAFF PHOTOS BY E.J. HARRIS South bound traffi c is reduced to one lane at the Umatilla bridge over the Columbia River on Monday in Umatilla. Below: The year-long construction project on the Oregon-bound bridge spanning the Columbia River has began in Umatilla. Project will funnel 2-way traffi c onto single span By JADE McDOWELL Staff Writer I nterstate 82’s Oregon-bound bridge into Umatilla will be closed for more than a year for construction. Travel over the Columbia River will be reduced to the newer Wash- ington-bound bridge, which will have one lane dedicated to eastbound traffi c and one lane for westbound traffi c starting on or shortly after July 4. Work on creating the detour for eastbound travelers started Mon- day, reducing the Oregon-bound bridge to one lane of travel for the remainder of the month before full closure. The Washington State Depart- ment of Transportation plans to re- place the patch-fi lled deck of the steel truss bridge, built in 1955, and do small upgrades to lighting and drainage. The bridge is expected to re-open sometime in the fall of 2018. See BRIDGE, A14 School librarian will take Appalachian trip to create lessons for students By JAYATI RAMAKRISHNAN Staff Writer Hermiston High School doesn’t have a dedicated geography class, but its students can still become global citizens. So says librarian Delia Wallis, who hopes to encourage that pro- cess via a trip she and several other Oregon educators will make this summer. Wallis will be taking a three- week trip to Pennsylvania, Mary- land and West Virginia with a group of teachers from Oregon, learning about the geography of the Appa- lachian Mountains, and comparing it to the geography of Oregon’s mountains. After the trip, Wallis hopes to use that information to work with Hermiston teachers to create specif- ic geography lesson plans. The trip is entirely funded by the Gray Family Foundation and run through Portland State University’s Center for Geography Education in Oregon. The group will visit major cit- ies, small towns, historical sites and geographical regions, and will stop at several sites to discuss both the physical and human geography of each location. “We’ve already met a couple of times prior to going,” said Wallis, who leaves for the trip on Monday, June 19. “A pair of us will be an ‘expert’ at each stop along the way.” Wallis, along with a teacher from See WALLIS, A14 STAFF PHOTO BY JAYATI RAMAKRISHNAN Hermiston schools librarian Delia Wallis will be traveling with a group of teachers to the Appalachian Mountains this month, and hopes to apply what she learns to lessons for Hermiston students. Road to Omaha goes through Hermiston Oregon State University L and ocal Beavers super fans Steve Janet Williams are off to Omaha for the College World Series. The Williamses have been regular attendees of Beaver Baseball games in Corvallis, including the Regional and Super Regional Rounds and are taking their son Jason and grandson Cooper along for the adventure. They are only going to be able to stay for the fi rst two days of action, but are hoping to return home to watch the Beavers win their third national championship on TV, and share memories of their Omaha experience with the rest of us relegated to watching all the action on TV. • • • We heard a rumor that Yoke’s Fresh Markets might be joining Ranch & Home in expanding from the Tri-Cities into Hermiston on South High- way 395, but the grocery chain says that while it does continue to monitor growing markets in the area, there are no current plans for Yoke’s Fresh Markets to open a Hermiston location in the near future. • • • The winners of the Jeremy Howard “For the Love of the Game” Scholarships for 2017 were announced last week. This year’s recipients are Jose Manuel Lopez Jr. and Ellery Jones. Proceeds from the an- nual memorial tournament have contributed to more than $49,000 in scholarships to Hermiston High School ath- letes. This year’s eighth annual tournament, which raises mon- ey and awareness about skin cancer prevention, kicks off on Friday. Former local resident Fred Widman, who now lives in Colorado, who has been a supporter of the tournament since its inception, is partic- ipating as a sponsor with his business Reliant Services and has a team in this year’s tour- nament. Fred will also be here, BY THE WAY See BTW, A6