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CAPS WIN STANLEY CUP SPORTS/1B SALEM’S UNDRINKABLE WATER NORTHWEST/2A FRIDAY, JUNE 8, 2018 142nd Year, No. 166 HERMISTON GRADUATION Your Weekend • • • One dollar WINNER OF THE 2017 ONPA GENERAL EXCELLENCE AWARD Spring Fest at July Grounds in Mission Community Days, fun run in Helix Music in the Park in Heppner For times and places see Coming Events, 6A Catch a movie Barry Wetcher/Warner Bros. via AP Ocean 8 For showtime, Page 5A For review, Weekend EO Weekend Weather Fri Sat Sun 82/52 65/46 65/49 Bounds to get hearing in Senate Sen. Grassley says all 100 senators, not just two, should decide appointment By JADE MCDOWELL East Oregonian Hermiston native Ryan Bounds is headed to the Senate floor for confir - mation after the Senate Judi- ciary Com- mittee v o t e d Bounds 11 to 10 on Thursday to forward his nomination for the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Bounds’ judicial nom- ination was thrust into the spotlight after liberal activists Alliance for Jus- tice publicized four op-eds Bounds wrote for the Stan- ford Review during col- lege, which spoke mock- Staff photo by Kathy Aney Hermiston grads toss their mortarboards into the air Thursday night at the Toyota Center in Kennewick. Turning the tassel Hermiston High’s largest class ever tosses their caps at Toyota Center By JAYATI RAMAKRISHNAN East Oregonian A s they graduated, Herm- iston High School’s class of 2018 celebrated every- thing that brought them to that point — as well as the changes ahead. “I thank you for the love, the happiness and the tears, but most of all, our history,” said valedic- torian and class speaker Dylan Westfall. “Let’s go see what’s out there.” The largest class to graduate from Hermiston in the history of the school, 342 seniors walked across the stage at the Toyota Center in Kennewick. The class boasted 10 valedictorians and several successes in academic, athletic and musical endeavors, noted Principal Tom Spoo. “The class of 2018 qualifies as one of the finest in Hermiston High School history,” Spoo said. Students chose to remember Staff photo by Kathy Aney Breena Wadekamper hugs school board member Jason Middleton after receiving her diploma Thursday night at the Toyota Center in Kennewick. not just the high points, but the challenges that had shaped them. Westfall noted several dates in the last few years that had been milestones for their class. He recalled Nov. 25, 2017, the day Hermiston High School won the OSAA 5A football champi- onship. He recalled one of the toughest days, when a classmate passed away. “Moments like those test us as a family,” he said. “That day, our family got a little closer.” The audience heard from Salma Anguiano, a student speaker who encouraged her classmates to be patient if they still hadn’t figured out their path in life. “Finding your passion will happen at an unexpected moment,” she said. “My advice is to seize that moment when it comes.” Judge Dan Hill, the distin- See GRADS/8A See BOUNDS/8A BLUE MOUNTAIN COMMUNITY COLLEGE New director turns around business development center By ANTONIO SIERRA East Oregonian Staff photo by E.J. Harris Carol Frink is the Small Business Development Center director at BMCC and her department was just recognized with the 2018 Oregon SBDC Award for Excellence & Innovation from the United States Small Business Administration. Upon her return to the Blue Mountain Community College Small Business Development Cen- ter in late 2015, Carol Frink knew she had an overhaul on her hands. One of 19 such offices across Oregon, BMCC’s center had fallen to dead last in the various met- rics the organization uses to mea- sure success, including its number of clients, the number of new busi- nesses started under its guidance, and the number of jobs created. In the two years since, Frink has overseen a dramatic turnaround that culminated in two awards — 2018 Oregon SBDC Award for Excellence & Innovation from the U.S. Small Business Administra- tion and the Small Business Devel- opment Center Excellence Award for the Pacific Northwest region, which covers Oregon, Washington, Idaho and Alaska. Whether it’s developing a con- cept, branding, financing, or human resources, the SBDC uses a team of five business advisers to provide free help to small business owners See BMCC/8A
