WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 14, 2015
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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-
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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-
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portion of the wastewater
treatment plant. Finance Di-
rector Amy Palmer said the
city expects to need about
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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
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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
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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
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mentors can use to write teers with middle and high
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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-
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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
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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.
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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
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