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SATURDAY, JANUARY 3, 2015
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one of the most
discouraging
careers you can
be in because of
everything that
you see, but then
you’ll walk into a
situation where
you’ll see things
that will restore
your faith in
humanity.”
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Patrol Sgt. Kelly Parsons stands outside of Hermiston Police Department. His stepfather, who had a long career in law enforce-
ment, introduced him to the job.
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profession, and it has to be
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deal with a myriad of differ-
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prepared for it, if you don’t
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really provided me with
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Parsons said his stepfather
worked for the Washington
State Patrol for 33 years,
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In 1994, he went to work
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Walla Walla, where he sought
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at the state level in Washing-
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four and a half years ago and
was promoted to sergeant two
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with the day-to-day decisions
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a Committee of the Hermiston Senior Center
2014 Thanksgiving and/or Christmas
Thank you to all the participating businesses,
churches and individuals who donated time,
food and/or money.
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Beason’s Chuckwagon
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Cottage Flowers
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First Christian Church
Hermiston Foods, LLC
Hermiston Herald
Hermiston Senior
Center
Gary & Makayla
Humphreys
Joe Kiser
KOHU & KQFM
Kopacz Nursery &
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Tom Marks
Reser’s Foods
Safeway
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Cathy Stolz
Swaggart Brothers, Inc.
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US Linen & Uniforms
Lisa Van Swoll
Wal-Mart DC Team
A Special Thank You to 24 of our local Churches
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CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP
Worship Service 10:30 AM
Sunday School 9:00 AM
700 West Orchard Avenue
P.O. Box 933
Hermiston, Oregon
541-289-4774
Sunday Morning:
Worship Service @ 10:00am
(Nursery and children's church available)
Straight Out Youth Church @ 6:00-8:00pm
Pastors: Michael and Candis Angel
541.289.7526
298 E Gladys Ave, Hermiston
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Seventh-day
Adventist Church
Saturdays
Sabbath School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9:30 a.m.
Worship Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11:00 a.m.
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1255 Hwy. 395 S. • 567-5834
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Worship 9:30 AM
"come as you are"
The Full Gospel
Home Church
235 SW 3rd
Phone 567-7678
Rev. Ed Baker - Rev. Nina Baker
Sunday: Sunday School . . . . . . 10:00 am
Worship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11:00 am
Evening Service . . . . . . 7:00 pm
Wednesday Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:00 pm
First United
Methodist
Church Of
Hermiston
Rev. Dr. James T. Pierce, Pastor
Open Hearts, Open minds,
Open doors
"Casting all your care upon him;
for he careth for you."
1 Pet. 5:7
191 E. Gladys Ave.
Sunday Worship at 11am
(541) 567-3002
Our Lady of Angels
Catholic Church
Grace Baptist Church
565 W. HERMISTON AVE.
DAILY MASS: Monday-Friday
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . English 7:00 am
THURSDAY . . . . . . . . . Spanish 6:00 pm
SATURDAY: . . . . . . . . . English 5:00 pm
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Spanish 7:00 pm
SUNDAY: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . English 9:00 am
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bilingual 11:00 am
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Spanish 1:00 pm
OFFICE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 567-5812
NEW HOPE
COMMUNITY CHURCH
1350 S. Hwy. 395, Hermiston
"People Making A Difference"
Sunday Worship Services
9:00 am, 10:45 am
Classes for kids during both
Services en Español
Dave Andrus, Pastor
For more information call
567-8441
555 SW 11th, Hermiston
567-9497
Nursery provided for all services
Sunday School - 9:30 AM
Worship - 10:45 AM
6:00 pm
Wed Prayer & Worship - 7:00 PM
“Proclaiming God’s word,
growing in God’s grace”
First Christian
Church
"Proclaiming the Message of
Hope, Living the Gospel of Love"
SUNDAY WORSHIP 10:45 AM
SUNDAY SCHOOL 9:30 AM
CHILDREN'S CHURCH 11:00 AM
Nursery Provided
Allan Payne, Pastor
567-8241
855 W. Highland • Hermiston
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775 W. Highland Ave., Hermiston
Family service 9am Sunday
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Fr. Dan Lediard, Priest. PH: 567-6672
Hermiston Church
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SERVICE SCHEDULE
Sunday School . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9:15 am
Sunday Morning Worship . . . . . . . 10:30 am
Youth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6:00 pm
Wednesday Night Kids In The Word for
Kids 4 yrs to 5th grade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:00 pm
Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday
Small Groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:00 pm
125 E. Beech Ave. • 567-3232
Pastor David Dever
Sun. Bible Classes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10:00am
Sun. Worship Service . . . . . . . . . . 11:00am
Sun. Evening Worship . . . . . . . . . . 6:00pm
Wed. Prayer & Bible Study . . . 6:00pm
Located at: 1520 Orchard Ave.
For More Information Call: 567-3677
www.hermistonlmbc.com
567-3013
thinking about achieving the
next step in his law enforce-
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“I’ve always been one
to push myself: What else
can I do? What’s my next
level of achievement?” he
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ten to the spot of being a
sergeant, the next logical
step would be to look for
an executive management
spot, which, hopefully, by
the time I get my time and
grade here, I’ll be ready
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Every dollar that is spent locally
helps retain our local businesses,
and benefits the future of our
community.
NEW BEGINNINGS
Pastor Bill Griggs
Children's Church
& Nursery Available
percent sure what they should
do in regards to maybe a pro-
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pretty much everything that
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just with the added bonus of
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Parsons earned a bache-
lor’s degree in criminal jus-
tice in May 2014 and began
working on a master’s degree
in management, which he
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— Chris Martin
Hermiston police officer
The Bistro at Bellinger’s
To share your worship
times call Amanda Jacobs
541-278-2683
Sage Center