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Local leaders share
resolutions for 2015
BY SEAN HART
HERMISTON HERALD
The new year brings
new hope and opportunity
and a chance for people to
create a variety of goals
for the next 12 months.
This week, local lead-
ers shared their personal
New Year’s resolutions.
The most common goals
centered around fitness
and family, but other re-
sponses included adopt-
ing a different type of
diet and even watching
football.
Hermiston City Man-
ager Byron Smith said his
goals this year are “better
eating and more exercise”
but also spending more
time with his family.
Hermiston School Dis-
trict Superintendent Dr.
Fred Maiocco said he is
still working on his res-
olutions from last year:
spending more time with
his grandchildren and los-
ing 10 pounds. He said he
has failed at both of those
goals so far but is still
working on them.
Hermiston
Police
Chief Jason Edmiston
said he wants to lose some
weight, as well, but also
plans to “find the time” to
begin working on a mas-
ter’s of public administra-
tion degree.
Debbie Pedro, CEO of
the Hermiston Chamber
of Commerce, said she
wants to “create more
exciting memories with
family and friends.”
Umatilla Chamber of
Commerce
Executive
Director Karen Hutchin-
son-Talaski said her goals
don’t change from year to
year.
“My New Year’s res-
olutions are the same as
they always are — strive
to be a good person, giv-
ing back to my communi-
ty and attempt to declutter
my desk,” she said. “The
first two are easy, but the
last one, not so much.”
Echo School District
Superintendent Raymon
Smith said he hopes to
“find time to relax and
enjoy life a little more.”
Some people, such as
Stanfield City Manager
Blair Larsen, said they
don’t make resolutions
with the change of the
calendar year.
“When it comes to
New Year’s resolutions, I
am pretty boring,” Larsen
said. “I don’t do much at
this time of year because I
have found that I don’t do
well when I start goals at
set times. I have person-
al goals, but I set those
throughout the year as
they arise.”
Port of Umatilla Gen-
eral Manager Kim Puzey
and Hermiston Fire Chief
Scott Stanton also said
they don’t make resolu-
tions, and Umatilla City
Manager Bob Ward said,
while he usually doesn’t,
he might try this year.
“I am not much of a
resolution guy, having
made and ignored many
over the years,” Ward
said. “This year, I will at
least entertain an effort
to spend more time in my
garage, both on a long-ne-
glected list of home im-
provements as well as
some projects for simple
personal enjoyment.”
Umatilla City Planner
Bill Searles said he hopes
to “start saving money in-
stead of spending it all”
this year.
“It would be nice to
feel like I can be finan-
cially comfortable,” he
said. “It’s time to start
saving money if I ever
want to retire — not that
I’m looking at retiring
soon, but if I ever want to
retire.”
Hermiston Municipal
Court Judge and Herm-
iston Herald columnist
Thomas Creasing said he
hopes to lose another 20
pounds this year and get
his Off The Bench col-
umns in to the editor be-
fore she asks about them.
Umatilla School Dis-
trict Superintendent Heidi
Sipe said she was going
on a diet this year — but
not one that involves
food.
“I’m probably going to
try to take a bit of a smart
phone diet,” she said. “I
have the thumb that will
twitch after a while if I
haven’t checked it every
so often, or if it buzzes, I
automatically respond, so
I would like to learn from
that and shut if off every
now and again.”
Hermiston
Assistant
City Manager Mark Mor-
gan said he is determined
to achieve his New Year’s
resolution — eventually.
“For 2015, I resolve
to attend a University of
Idaho football game that
we actually win, even if
takes until 2016,” he said.
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