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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 14, 2015 HERMISTONHERALD.COM • A9 FROM PAGE A1 CITY: agreement and postpone further action on the pro- posed vacation of a portion of West Ridgeway Avenue until the Jan. 26 meeting. At a public hearing about the issue, Sallee Properties owner Rhonda Sallee said she would sue the city for damages to her property val- ue caused by the vacation of Ridgeway between North First Street and the railroad unless she was compensat- ed. • Council members ap- proved a resolution to of- ¿FLDOO\ DFFHSW D PLOOLRQ Community Development Block Grant to design and construct a new senior cen- ter. City Manager Byron Smith said several potential sites for the facility are be- ing considered. • The council adopted an ordinance authorizing a rev- HQXH REOLJDWLRQ XS WR PLOOLRQ WR ¿QDQFH WKH ¿QDO portion of the wastewater treatment plant. Finance Di- rector Amy Palmer said the city expects to need about PLOOLRQWRFRPSOHWHWKH project but recommended the larger authorization for unforeseen expenses. • Council members au- thorized the city manager to enter an agreement with Simplot to make changes to the business’s water allo- cation in the regional water system. Byron Smith said Simplot was currently using 1,018 gallons per minute of potable drinking water and wanted to use its full RWS allocation of 2,000 gpm as non-potable water. He said a non-potable water line was already being planned along Feedville Road, and the agreement requires Simplot to pay for a portion of the change to its water delivery system. • The council authorized the city manager to enter an agreement with the Or- egon Department of Cor- rections to utilize inmate work crews from Two Riv- ers Correctional institution. According to a report from Byron Smith, the program FRVWV DERXW SHU GD\ for a 10-person crew and D FRUUHFWLRQDO RI¿FHU WR supervise them. Parks and Recreation Director Larry Fetter said he intends to use the work crew one day per week during an eight-week trial period to perform cer- tain tasks for the parks de- partment. • Councilors John Kir- wan and Beas-Fitzgerald were nominated to serve as council president to preside over meetings in the ab- sence of Mayor Dave Drot- zmann. Each of the council members cast a ballot, and Kirwan was elected. her Free Application for Student Aid. “She is very passionate continued from page A1 about what she wants to dream of becoming a phys- do,” he said. “She is very ical therapist. focused this year.” Now a senior, Gutierrez Cortaberria said it has has two plans: one for if been really rewarding she gets to play basketball watching Gutierrez grow as after graduating, which a student and mature. probably would be at a “Watching her commit community college, and the to a goal and the challenges second for if she decides to that it takes, that has been enter a four-year university the best part of this,” he straight out of high school. said of being an ASPIRE Cortaberria said Guti- mentor. “It will be really re- errez brought in a note- warding to see her graduate pad this year with a list of and walk across that stage.” things she needs to accom- ASPIRE, which stands plish now. Some of those for Access to Student as- immediate goals include sistance Programs In Reach requesting letters of recom- of Everyone, is an Oregon mendations, writing up a mentoring program that SUR¿OHWKDWWHDFKHUVDQGKHU matches trained volun- mentors can use to write teers with middle and high WKRVH OHWWHUV DQG ¿QLVKLQJ school students to help them develop a plan so they can reach their goals after graduation. There are currently 12 ASPIRE mentors at Herm- iston High School helping more than 100 students. ASPIRE coordinator Mi- chelle Munro said ASPIRE mentors help students not only with getting into col- OHJH EXW DOVR ¿JXULQJ RXW the right career path for them, with scholarship ap- plications and essays, SAT preparation and more. “ASPIRE is a program where mentors from the community meet with stu- dents on life after gradu- ation,” she said. “It is an amazing program.” Munro said they have ASPIRE mentors who are retired to those with full- time jobs. ASPIRE mentor Ruth Carollo said she is a re- cently retired fourth-grade teacher and was looking for a way to volunteer for a program that would help youth. She said she had heard about the ASPIRE program and wanted to get involved. Carollo said she is glad she did as the experience has been more rewarding than she could have ever imagined. “The kids are very re- sponsible and really inter- ested,” she said. “Many of them come because they want to be here.” Carollo said sometimes students’ parents don’t know where to start to help their children through the college application process, and, as an ASPIRE mentor, she steps in and provides some extra help. She has also helped students narrow down which colleges they want to attend, what career paths they could potentially be interested in and more. “We are kind of like a second set of parents in that respect,” she said. “We help them keep going.” Carollo said some stu- dents already know what they want and how to get there. She said, for those students, she is mainly there to offer reinforcement and support. For others, she said, she helps them narrow their focus to decide what option would be best for them. “We talk about their op- tions,” she said. “If they don’t want to go to a uni- versity, we try to help them ¿QGWKHLULQWHUHVWDQGGLUHFW them to achieve a career. We have all these resources in how to assist them.” Carollo said one of the most rewarding parts of being an ASPIRE mentor is when her students come back after they have accom- plished something and she sees how they are ecstatic about having doing so. “Their faces light up,” she said. “It is so reward- ing.” Munro said anyone can become a mentor; it is not limited to those who have a college degree. Af- ter filling out an applica- tion, mentors are trained through the ASPIRE pro- gram. She said people in- terested can email her at michelle.munro@hermis- ton.k12.or.us. continued from page A1 August following the res- ignation of Councilman George Anderson. Coun- cilors Jackie Myers and Lori Davis were also sworn in after being reelected in May. Councilman Rod Hardin thanked former Hermiston Mayor and, most recently, Councilman Harkenrider for his years of service. “Thank you, thank you, thank you for a job well done,” he said. “We’re go- ing to miss you.” Harkenrider stepped down from his seat in the council chambers, and City Manager Byron Smith pre- sented him with a plaque honoring his service. “It’s been a pleasure to serve the city of Hermiston for 54 years,” Harkenrid- er said. “Thank you very much, and I’ll miss it.” In other council news: • After an executive session to meet with legal counsel concerning current or likely litigation, council members approved a mo- tion to prepare a settlement SEAN HART PHOTO )URPULJKW+HUPLVWRQ&LW\$WWRUQH\*DU\/XLVLJLYHVWKHRDWKRIRIÀFHWRQHZ+HUPLVWRQ&LW\&RXQFLOPDQ'RXJODV6PLWKDQG UHWXUQLQJPHPEHUV&ODUD%HDV)LW]JHUDOG-DFNLH0\HUVDQG/RUL'DYLVDWWKH&LW\&RXQFLOPHHWLQJ0RQGD\ ASPIRE: CONTACT US EDITIONS 333 E. 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