BUSINESS Saturday, October 20, 2018 East Oregonian Page 11A HERMISTON Lorenzen of Pendleton Drugstore celebrates fall, 91st birthday joins nonprofit Energy Trust of Oregon board By JADE MCDOWELL East Oregonian Hermiston Drug & Gift showed its appreciation for customers Thursday with a Fall Open House. The Main Street drug store has been in business 91 years. Employee Lisa Keltz said as far as they can trace, current owners Bob and Lois Mullay are only the fifth owners in its his- tory. She said that out of 15 employees, only three did not grow up in Hermiston. “There’s a great sense of community,” she said. The store tries to foster that sense of community in a variety of ways. The Mullays donate to youth Staff photo by Jade McDowell The lunch counter at Hermiston Drug & Gift sells milkshakes, pie, sandwiches and more. sports, provide a place for band students to rent instruments, participate in the Umatilla County Fair parade, and serve Thanks- giving and Christmas meals. Hermiston Drug is also member of the Herm- iston Downtown District and a participant in its First Thursday events. Keltz said they get “lots of regulars” at the store, which features everything from kitchenware to per- fume. In the back sits a pharmacy and an old-fash- ioned counter where cus- tomers can order up any- thing from a sandwich to “the best milkshakes in town.” “Our (soda) fountain is always popular,” Keltz said. On Thursday, custom- ers were treated with apple cider and fall foods, dis- counts and drawings for prizes during the afternoon. East Oregonian Henry Lorenzen of Pend- leton joined the volunteer board of directors for the Energy Trust of Oregon. The board added Loren- zen and three other members Wednesday, according to an announcement from Energy Trust. Lorenzen, an attor- ney, family farmer and engi- neer, is the first board mem- ber from Pendleton. “As a recent member of the Northwest Power and Conservation Council, I have been an avid advocate for energy efficiency and con- servation as a most cost-ef- fective approach to meeting regional energy require- ments as well as reducing carbon emissions,” Loren- zen said in the announce- ment. “As a board mem- ber of Energy Trust, I look forward to championing an organization that imple- ments the regional conser- vation targets established by the power council.” Lorenzen from 2002- 18 served on the Power and Conservation Council, which develops a regional Postal union warns of fallout if US leaves By JAMEY KEATEN Associated Press GENEVA — No inter- national letters, no inter- national packages: A top official with a 192-coun- try postal union says that’s what Americans can expect if the Trump administration goes through with plans to pull of an international postal treaty over concerns about China. Pascal Clivaz, dep- uty director-general of the Switzerland-based Univer- sal Postal Union, says the agency reached out quickly to U.S. officials after receiv- ing a letter from U.S. Secre- tary of State Mike Pompeo this week announcing Washington’s plan to pull out of the union in a year if the treaty isn’t renegotiated. The U.S. says it’s willing to renegotiate. But the threat is the latest sign of U.S. President Donald Trump’s go-it-alone approach to many issues, from the envi- AP Photo/Cliff Owen, file In this Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2018 file photo, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo briefs reporters at the State Department in Washington. ronment to trade to the Iran nuclear deal. “It will have dramatic consequences for Ameri- can consumers. It will cost them enormously. They will be all alone against all the countries of the world,” Clivaz told The Associ- ated Press on Friday. “They won’t even be able to send (a package) to a neighbor- ing country. 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