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Tuesday, April 5, 2022
East Oregonian
New candle shop in
business in Pendleton
Battle of the Bars brings high spirits
By JOHN TILLMAN
East Oregonian
Kathy Aney/East Oregonian
Raphael Hoff man samples a signature cocktail prepared by Rebecca McCormmach and Jeralyn Dodge of the Helix Pub
on Friday, April 1, 2022, at the Let’er Buck Room during Battle of the Bars. The drink, called the Drover Sour, contains
Pendleton Whisky, lemon, simple syrup and red wine.
Boardman resident opens Hermiston thrift shop
By ERICK PETERSON
East Oregonian
HERMISTON — Board-
man resident Jasmine
Landeros was able to be
productive when she had
COVID-19 last year.
“It was not fun. I wouldn’t
want to do that again,” she
said.
She said she suffered
worse than many of the
other people around her with
COVID-19. It did, however,
give her time to think and
do some research. And she
decided that, after her recov-
ery, she would do something
she and her mother had long
dreamed — she would open
a thrift shop.
“I’ve always wanted to be
in business,” Landeros said.
The Rabbit Hole Second
Hand Treasures, at 315 S.W.
11th St., Hermiston, is the
culmination of their dreams.
Erick Peterson/East Oregonian
Jasmine Landeros poses Thursday, March 31, 2022, in her
new Hermiston thrift shop.
She and her mother have
been binge watching “Stor-
age Wars” for years, she
said, which documents stor-
age auctions. Landeros said
she felt inspired and thought
she and her mother could
participate in auctions, too.
Then, she said, they could
build an inventory and open
a store.
Without many storage
locker auctions in the area,
Landeros said she partic-
Boardman corn grower prevails in
Corn Growers Association contest
East Oregonian
BOARDMAN — The
National Corn Growers
Association named the
winners of its annual Corn
Yield Contest on March 23,
with Eti Ena of Boardman
placing fi rst in his class and
other area farmers recog-
nized as well.
“This is quite an honor,”
Linda Lambur, contest
manager, said.
There were 7,213 entries
representing 47 states for the
contest, which judged yields
from 2021. It is the 58th year
of the contest.
Lambur said Ena received
special distinction for having
a yield of nearly 300 bush-
els per acre with his Pioneer
P1185AM hybrid. Though
this yield is less than the
average of other national
winners, over 376 bush-
els per acre, Ena’s yield
was much higher than the
projected 2021 U.S. average
of 177.
“(Ena) is over 100 bush-
els over the national aver-
age, which is very good for
Oregon,” Lambur said, also
noting Oregon is “not a huge
corn-growing state.”
The NCGA issued a press
release that announced
Ena’s award and explained
the purpose of the contest,
quoting Lowell Neitzel,
chair of NCGA’s Member
and Consumer Engagement
Action Team.
“The National Corn Yield
Contest provides a special
two-fold opportunity —
contribute to the knowledge
that will help corn farmers
thrive in the future while
enjoying good-nat ured
competition and comradery
with their peers today,” Neit-
zel stated in the press release.
“At its core, NCGA shapes
dynamic, change-driven
farmers, from the grassroots
activists speaking up on
policy issues to the dedicated
farmer leaders who lead our
organization.”
The press release also
invites people to join the
NCGA, which represents
nearly 40,000 members,
and take part in the 2022
contest. More information
is at ncga.com.
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ipates in online auctions.
Meanwhile, her mother
attends in-person auctions to
build their store’s inventory.
Also, they have received
many donations from people.
“This has given us a lot of
stuff ,” she said.
Racks of clothing fi lls one
wall of their store. In addi-
tion, there are household
goods, electronics, toys and
more.
An employee of Commu-
nity Counseling Solutions,
she works only part time in
her shop. Her mother works
when Landeros cannot.
The Rabbit Hole is open
10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday
through Saturday. She added
the store may expand its
hours this summer.
PENDLETON — Few
places of business smell
as good as R.Rebellion
candle shop, at 333 S. Main
St. in downtown Pendle-
ton.
Dawn Alderman and
Shana Bailey opened their
candle, gift and paper store
for Christmas last year.
The duo are also business
partners in The Rustic
Rose a visual design
agency in Pendleton.
R.Rebellion resulted from
their shared love for home
and interior design, letter-
press stationery, brand and
packaging design.
Alderman began with
selling scents, doing busi-
ness as Lavender Farms.
She switched to making
candles and gift items with
Bailey in November 2020.
“We started out with
three scents,” Alderman
said. “Now we have about
40, in 30 stores in the U.S.
and Canada.”
“ T he ca nd le s a re
enti rely hand-made,”
Bailey said. “Even the
wooden wicks. They
crackle when they burn.
The wax is made of all
natural soy and coconut
oils. It takes three days to
make a candle.”
And the use does not
end when the candle does.
“The vessels are whis-
key glasses, so you can
drink out of them when the
wax is gone,” she added.
Their website even
features cocktail sugges-
tions, and the business
has a Pendleton-inspired
collection, including one
with the three stripes of a
Pendleton Woolen Mills
blanket.
They also sell the
double-sided packaging
paper with which they
wrap their candles.
“We design, select and
create every detail,” Bailey
said. “Reuse and repurpose
is at the heart of it all. Our
branded wrapping paper
is printed on newsprint,
so it can be recycled, used
as chicken or pet bedding,
and even composted.”
Bailey on Thursday,
March 31, was pour-
ing candles inspired by
Dolly Parton’s favorite
scent. “Dolly favors men’s
cologne,” Bailey said.
They rent to Buffalo
Mercantile, an outlet for
indigenous jewelry, art and
decor, plus homeware and
face and body products, at
339 S. Main, on the other
side of the entrance to the
Cozy Rooms from R.Re-
bellion. The business’
owner, Jessica Bishop, is
from Pendleton.
“She belongs to the
Merriman family,” Bailey
said. “She was here during
Round-Up.”
R.Rebellion was closed
in January. Now it’s open
Thursday through Satur-
day, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., but
later on Fridays during the
Pendleton Farmers Market.
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