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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 14, 2015
Council
welcomes
new
member
Board OK’s preparing
settlement
agreement over
street vacation
BY SEAN HART
HERMISTON HERALD
The Hermiston City
Council welcomed a new
member and said goodbye
to longtime public servant
Frank Harkenrider Mon-
day.
At the City Council
meeting, new Ward IV
Councilman Douglas Smith
was sworn in for a four-
year term after being elect-
ed in May.
“I can’t guarantee I’m
going to be the best, but I
guarantee I’m going to give
it my best shot,” he said.
Councilwoman
Clara
Beas-Fitzgerald was also
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May but took the oath of
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Monday after being ap-
pointed to the position in
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HPD implements changes
New 12-hour team shifts provide accountability,
new mission statement provides more focus
sion was replaced with these 46
words: “Without fear or favor and
in partnership with our diverse
The Hermiston Police De- community, we will create and
partment is starting the year by maintain a safe environment with
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mission statement.
problem-oriented and communi-
Chief Jason Edmiston said the ty-based policing strategies. The
more concise statement will help quality of life for those we serve
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the department’s mission, and the ual needs.”
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memorize and remind them they
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old
two-paragraph,
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BY SEAN HART
HERMISTON HERALD
HPD mission statement
Hermiston Police Department’s new mission statement: “Without fear or favor and in part-
nership with our diverse community, we will create and maintain a safe environment with
the reduction of crime through problem-oriented and community-based policing strategies.
The quality of life for those we serve takes precedent over our individual needs.”
HPD’s old mission statement: “The Hermiston Police Department exists as a unit of munici-
pal government for the provision of police and emergency services in the most cost effective
manner, consistent with prescribed ethical and constitutional limitations. The Department
will be responsive to community priorities, and through contemporary administrative prac-
tices and employee development, will initiate proactive, effective programs to fulfill its role.
Departmental efforts will emphasize protection of life and property, suppression of crime,
enforcement of laws and ordinances, apprehension and prosecution of offenders, and the
safe, expeditious flow of traffic. The application of Community Oriented Policing, emphasiz-
ing the partnerships with various community members and businesses will be encouraged.
The implementation of a problem solving approach to address chronic locations and activi-
ties will be utilized, to specifically address quality of life issues within the community.”
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Kristi Smalley performs her dance routine with partner Seth Ward Saturday night during the Dancing with the Hermiston Stars event at Hermiston High School.
Smith crowned victor in movie-themed
Dancing with the Hermiston Stars
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HERMISTON HERALD
FOR LOCAL
BREAKING NEWS
Six contestants por-
trayed characters from
movies to perform ball-
room dances Saturday
night during Dancing with
the Hermiston Stars, but
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ger Games,” only one per-
son was victorious.
This year, the odds were
in Hermiston O So Kleen
owner Dave Smith’s fa-
vor. Smith was crowned
the winner after taking
the stage to swing dance
to “Jailhouse Rock” with
partner Dani Dunmire
while impersonating Elvis.
Decked out in a bright or-
ange jumpsuit and a fresh
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that wasn’t his own, Smith
swung his hips and com-
pleted a number of athletic
moves with ease that im-
pressed the audience even
more than the judges.
After Smith’s perfor-
mance, announcer Mark
Lowes and judges Phil
Hamm, Angela Pursel and
Mark Ettesvold were quick
to give him a hard time
about his hair.
“All week, I hadn’t seen
you with that particular
hair style, “ Lowes said.
“Being the owner of O So
Kleen, I thought you were
just shaving your head to
go for the Mr. Clean look
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real.”
Ultimately, the judg-
es were impressed with
Smith’s performance.
“You are a fearless
dude,” Ettesvold said.
“You just had no fear up
there.”
Smith didn’t receive
the highest scores of the
night from the judges, but
he raised the most money
for Campus Life, the char-
ity he represented for the
event, through donations
that counted as audience
votes. He ended up receiv-
ing scores of two sevens
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ASPIRE mentors help students develop future plans
Hermiston High School
celebrating National
Mentoring Month
BY MAEGAN MURRAY
HERMISTON HERALD
Hermiston Herald $1.00
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In the last few years, Hermiston
High School senior Jazmin Gutier-
rez said she has changed her mind
eight times about what she wants
to major in at college.
It was only after she suffered a
knee injury that she realized what
she wanted to do. Gutierrez said
she tore her anterior cruciate lig-
ament last summer and had to go
through months of physical thera-
py. Without the rehabilitation, she
said, her basketball career could
have ended. Because of the experi-
ence, Gutierrez realized she want-
ed to major in human physiology
and become a physical therapist so
she could one day help athletes re-
cover from similar injuries.
Without her ASPIRE mentor,
Greg Cortaberria, however, Guti-
errez said she would not have
known where to start on her jour-
ney to becoming a physical ther-
apist.
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came to see Cortaberria as a soph-
omore, she was uncertain about
how she wanted to accomplish
getting into college and how she
was going to pay for it.
“Greg helped me open my eyes
to how many other options are out
there,” she said.
Cortaberria said Gutierrez had
some unrealistic expectations
about how she was going achieve
everything she wanted to while in
high school so she could end up on
the right track.
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Hermiston High School senior Jazmin Gutierrez meets with her ASPIRE men-
tor Greg Cortaberria Thursday afternoon at the high school.
“She came to me and said she
wanted to do it all,” he said. “I said
‘Oh, OK. What is all?’ ”
Cortaberria was able to help
Gutierrez narrow her focus to
what she needed to accomplish
now so she could get into the right
colleges that would support her
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