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A10 OFF PAGE ONE East Oregonian Wednesday, January 2, 2019 In step with the new year Runners, walkers start year off on the right foot By JAYATI RAMAKRISHNAN East Oregonian For some, the New Year’s Resolution Run was a chance to test limits with a brisk workout. For others, it was a chance to get out with friends and family and start the year off right. Each person at Hermiston’s annual first- of-the-year run had differ- ent goals, which they hoped would set the tone for the rest of the year. About 200 runners and walkers spread out on the Oxbow Trail after their start at Riverfront Park, with some walking just a mile, and oth- ers completing a 10-kilome- ter trip. The finish line beckoned with snacks and hot choco- late, as well as a raffle, for which the grand prize was a yearlong membership to Club 24. The event is in its fourth year, and is organized by an informal group of neighbors and community members who started exercising together a few years ago. In the past, there was a Hermiston resolu- tion run that was a fundraiser for the cross-country team, but it ended several years ago. “A number of us met at that resolution run,” said Tim Beal, one of the organizers. “We started meeting with each other outside of that to exer- cise. This is a way for helping people make connections out- side of that.” Beal said they try to keep the event simple, and let peo- ple get whatever they want out of it. Hermiston resident Can- dice Chavez came to the run with her wife Jackie and their six-month old son Tarin, as well as her brother and sis- ter-in law. “We thought, let’s do some- thing, it’s going to be a great day,” she said. “It’s our first time on this path.” Erick Peterson was walk- ing with his mother Betty, as his wife and stepsons walked up ahead. “We have weight loss and fitness goals, and we’re hop- ing this will start it off right,” said Peterson, who is rela- tively new to Hermiston from Yakima. “It’s a great way to see more of the town.” For others, it was a way Staff photo by Kathy Aney Gregory Anderson, who runs on the Hermiston High School cross-country team, takes an early lead in Tuesday’s free and untimed 5-kilometer Resolution Run at Riverfront Park. Anderson finished first. Staff photo by Kathy Aney Nathan Lystrup pushes Naomi, 3, and Oliver, 1, along the route of Tuesday’s Resolution Run. Staff photo by Kathy Aney A young runner finishes Tuesday’s Resolution Run. BOARDMAN COUPLE HAS FIRST BABY OF 2019 A Boardman family welcomed the first baby of 2019 on Tuesday afternoon at Good Shep- to stay in shape for bigger goals to come. Hermiston High School junior Gregory Anderson quickly broke away from the pack, coming in first for the 5K run. Anderson, a cross-country runner, said his watch stopped halfway through, and he didn’t know his exact time, but estimated it was somewhere around 18:30. “My coach told me to do a workout aiming for a 6:10 to 5:50 pace per mile,” he said. Anderson said one of his goals this year is to run a 16:30-minute 5K during herd Medical Center in Hermiston. Preslee Hope Barnes was born to parents Audrey Helene Guenther and Bobby Ray Barnes. Preslee weighs 7 pounds, 5 ounces and was born at 1:47 p.m. cross-country season. Jenelle Von Gunten, a Hep- pner resident, came to the run with her three sons, her daugh- ter, and her friend. She and her friend Kathy were starting an exercise reg- imen and a cleanse on New Year’s Day. “It sets a good pace for the whole year,” she said. Von Gunten said she and her family also have some financial goals for the year. “We just want to pay atten- tion, so we can enjoy more,” she said. Staff photo by Kathy Aney Cydney Sanchez, who runs on the Hermiston High School cross-country team, was the first female runner across the line during Tuesday’s Resolution Run at Riverfront Park. Remission: Hermiston teen starts new year cancer free Continued from Page A1 leg that had been bothering her for months. Her mother took her to an urgent care clinic, where a doctor noted her leg was swollen and hot to the touch. They referred her to Good Shepherd Med- ical Center for an X-ray, and later in the day someone from Good Shepherd called and said she needed to come back in immediately. Sandoval went back with her mother, Marisa Rodri- guez, and they heard news no one wants to hear: There appeared to be a tumor in a bone in her leg, and there was a good chance it was malignant. “Of course that’s scary,” Rodriguez said. “I don’t have any words to explain it. It felt like I couldn’t breathe. You take that moment to cry, but then as a mother you obviously have to say, ‘What can I do to fix it?’” Sandoval said although it took a couple more weeks to get a biopsy and an offi- cial diagnosis, she had a gut feeling it was cancer the moment she heard she had a tumor. “I was scared, but really I was more shocked,” she said. “I didn’t know what to think.” The next nine months Sandoval went through three different types of che- motherapy and a surgery to remove the tumor once it had shrunk. She rotated three weeks at a time in Hermiston, then two weeks at Doernbecher Children’s Hospital in Portland. The chemo made her too tired to do much but sleep during her Portland stays. She missed out on a semes- ter of school and felt too sick to manage more than two meals a day. Her hair all fell out — something her mom said was hard for a teenage girl to suffer on top of everything else. Rodriguez, along with Sandoval’s father Adrian Sandoval, 15-year-old brother Isaiah Sandoval and various extended fam- ily members, kept her com- pany and brought her food when she felt a rare craving for something. “They would try to make me laugh, and help me not think about it,” she said. Support from her family helped her immensely, she said. The experience for- ever deepened her relation- ship with them and helped her understand that she has people in her life who will always be there for her no matter what. Her family, in return, were strengthened by other things, from their faith to supportive employers who let them take time off. Rodri- guez said several charitable groups also helped the fam- ily out with things like free stays at the Ronald McDon- ald House and a trip to the Children’s Cancer Associa- tion’s “caring cabin” on the Oregon coast during their “life-changing” experience. In September, Sandoval finally got to ring a special bell at Doernbecher that cel- ebrates the end of treatment. A couple of weeks later, when she was feeling stron- ger, she had a small party with friends and family to celebrate remission. Both Rodriguez and San- doval said they want to help spread awareness of cancer, particularly common child- hood cancers such as osteo- sarcoma, in the future. “You see a lot of breast cancer awareness, but not children’s cancer aware- ness,” Rodriguez said. She wants more people to know the signs — such as a spot on the skin that remains unusually hot to the touch — and to follow their instincts if they think their child needs to see a doctor. “It’s easy to say, ‘Oh you’ll be fine,’” she said. “The guilt kicks in and you say, ‘Why didn’t we go in sooner?’ But everything happens for a reason, and what happened, happened. They still caught it early and everything is OK.” Sandoval said she still has a few lingering effects — she has to take a heart medication for now as her organs repair themselves from the effects of the chemo and she has to make up the semester of school she missed. But she sur- vived, and she is stronger because of it. Laws: New Oregon laws take effect Jan. 1 Continued from Page A1 or participate in rehabilita- tive programs without fully understanding the implica- tion of doing so, advocates told lawmakers. Homeless camp cleanup House Bill 4054 allows the city of Portland to clean up campsites on state- owned land occupied by people experiencing home- lessness through 2023. The state typically owns right of way around roads such as Highway 99 and Highway 205, where people often camp. Jury award equality Certain plaintiffs who are awarded monetary damages in a lawsuit might receive more thanks to House Bill 4008. Under the new law, the calculations of a plain- tiff’s future earnings can no longer take into account the person’s race or ethnicity. The change did not prohibit consideration of a plaintiff’s gender when determining potential future earnings. College for foster kids Oregon already provides tuition waivers for commu- nity college and university students who have spent time in the state’s foster care system. But under House Bill 4014, these students will no longer be required to perform 30 hours of com- munity service to qualify for the benefit. Retirement protections for the poor House Bill 4079 will allow people who receive cash through Temporary Assistance for Needy Fam- ilies, also known as welfare, to keep their pensions and other retirement savings, rather than spending those down in order to qualify for assistance. Luke Staley (second from left), pictured as a third-grader in 2011, often helped students in the spe- cial education resource room at Nancy Ryles Ele- mentary in Beaverton. Expanded special edu- cation eligibility House Bill 4067 adds developmental delays to the list of conditions that qualify a child for special education services, from kindergarten through third grade. Tracking seafood Senate Bill 1550 is aimed at strengthening Oregon’s system for tracing seafood through the mar- ket, an increasingly import- ant task as the state deals with biotoxins showing up r Sale! 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