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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2015 HERMISTONHERALD.COM • A3 COMMUNITY Long-time volunteer Jim Voss announced as fair grand marshal lie on the couch while he ransacked another room. She reported he then left and told her to hide in a closet. According to the bulle- tin, the woman described the person as more than six feet tall with dark hair, but BY SEAN HART he kept his face hidden. HERMISTON HERALD She said he was wearing Umatilla County Sher- a navy blue hooded sweat- LII¶V2I¿FHGHSXWLHVFRQWLQ- shirt and blue jeans. She ue to investigate a case in said she did not see a ve- which a Hermiston woman hicle in the driveway when entered her home and found she arrived at the house a burglar in her residence. and did not know what According to a media direction the male went bulletin from Umatilla when he left. Undersheriff Jim Little- &RXQW\ 6KHULII¶V 2I¿FH DW 12:05 p.m. Friday, a Herm- ¿HOG VDLG 7XHVGD\ WKDW WKH iston woman reported a case is under investigation, male was in her house on and UCSO was “actively North Ott Road in Herm- following leads.” He said iston when she returned more information would be home, and he forced her to released this week. UCSO deputies following leads in investigation BY MAEGAN MURRAY HERMISTON HERALD The night before Herm- iston resident Jim Voss was named the 2015 Umatilla County Fair grand marshal at the appreciation ban- quet Saturday, Fair Man- ager Peggy Anderson said he was still planning what congratulatory card he wanted to get that person. “Jim said, ‘I think I’ve got the perfect card for the grand marshal this year,’ ” she said. Anderson said she told him as she tried not to smile, “Why don’t you wait and then tailor that card to tomorrow night’s recipi- ent?” Little did Voss know, Anderson said, was that he was going to be the one to receive the honor this year. Fair board member Don Miller said that is just the kind of guy Voss is. “What he won’t tell you is, during the fair, he is here working before 5 a.m. and never leaves until 11:30 p.m., midnight,” he said. “That is a lot of hours.” Voss said he originally got interested in volunteer- ing for the fair because he wanted to keep the event local. “It started up because I wanted to see the commu- nity involved, and I (didn’t) want to see people com- ing from out of the county to work here and take our money away,” he said. “I wanted it to be a local func- tion for all of the people here, have the local people involved into making it a success. I feel that is very, very important.” Through the years, Voss has volunteered for a num- ber of jobs at the fair, in- cluding checking in all of the animals, a bit of veter- inary work and even some plumbing and construction. He said he is most proud of his involvement with park- ing for the fair. “I started the parking lot system, and I designed it,” he said. “I did all the design work and the homework on it. I managed the people on it. That is probably what I am most proud of.” Through the years, Voss has also taken pleasure in driving the grand marshal for the Umatilla County Fair Parade in one of his many classic and antique cars that he has worked to restore through the years. This year, however, some- one is going to drive him instead. Last year, he drove 2014 grand marshal Gary Garrard to be recognized in the Umatilla County Fair Parade. Now, Garrard said he wants to return the favor. Voss said he couldn’t be more thrilled with having been honored as this year’s fair grand marshal. “I think it is a very dis- Hermiston ZRPDQ¿QGV burglar in home MAEGAN MURRAY PHOTOS Umatilla County Fair Board member Don Miller presents Hermiston resident Jim Voss with a plaque designating him as this year’s fair grand marshal at the fair appreciation dinner Saturday night. tinct honor and a privilege,” he said Saturday night in Thompson Hall. In addition to the grand marshal, the Umatilla County Fair Board pre- sented fair volunteers and community members with a collection of other awards. Anderson presented Hermiston resident Jamie Loiland with the Manag- er’s Award, which is not given every year. She said Loiland took over the youth department for the fair af- WHURUJDQL]HUVFRXOGQ¶W¿QG DQ\RQHWR¿OOWKHVSRW “This department, she made it what it is today,” she said. “She continues to move forward with new displays, new ideas.” Hermiston resident Lin- da Ware was presented with the Female Volunteer of the Year award. Ware started as an exhibitor and later de- cided she wanted to serve on the fair court, which she did in 1985. Ware has since been active in helping with horse showmanship and also volunteers where she is needed, Miller said. “We appreciate all you continue to do for us,” Mill- er told Ware. Irrigon resident Jim Lun- ders was presented with the Male Volunteer of the Year award. “This is a gentleman that doesn’t even live in our county and comes every year a couple weeks before fair, starts doing stuff and never quits and is always ‘Is there anything else I can do?’ ” board member Gay Umatilla County Fair princesses Catie Krumbah Kuhar, Milton Freewater, Elizabeth Olsen, Pendleton, Kaleigh Waggoner, Pilot Rock, and Sevana Patrick, Hermiston, speak to peo- ple attending the fair appreciation dinner Saturday night in Thompson Hall. Newman said. Lunders has also been crucial in helping out with the sheep and pig areas at the fair, even though the pigs aren’t his favorite. “I don’t know if he will- ingly does that with those pigs, but he does do it,” Newman said with a smile. Marianne Smith was named the winner of the fair logo contest for this year’s fair theme, which is “100 Years, What a Ride!” For winning, she will re- ceive a season pass to the fair, two day passes and two reserve seatings at concerts. Her logo will also be on all the fair publications. During the fair dinner, the fair board also an- nounced that the Umatilla County Fair had won best poster in the media cover- age category out of all the fairs in the state of Oregon. Fair board members and volunteers Norm Kessler, Dan Dorran and Anderson When they say and you say “Can You Hear Me Now?” “WHAT?!” It’s time to call us! Sound Advantage Hearing Aid Center 541-567-4063 405 N. 1st St., Suite #107, Hermiston 541-215-1888 Ric Jones, BC-HIS Eastern Oregon 246 SW Dorion, Pendleton Verna Taylor, HAS Forum “Climate Change: Impacts to the Mid-Columbia Basin on Forestry and Agriculture.” Facilitated by Jeff Blackwood, Member of the Umatilla County Climate Change Focus Group Speakers: Mary C. Wister, NWS David Powell, USFS, ret. Chad Kruger, WSU-CSNAR Tuesday, February 10 th , 2015 at 7:00 p.m. BMCC, Rm ST-200, 2411 NW Carden Ave., Pendleton For more information please call Karen at 541-966-3177. Need not be member to attend. Please detach and send with payment Name Phone # Address City E-mail address Please include a season fee of $20 per individual member. Please make checks payable to BMCC. $6.00 at the door, students free Lecture reminders will be sent via E-mail, as will weather cancellation notices, if necessary . Thank you for mailing your membership forms to: InterMountain ESD (IMESD) 2001 SW Nye Ave. Pendleton, OR • Attn: Karen Parker were also recognized by the Oregon Fair Association. The Umatilla Coun- ty Fair princesses were also presented with their sashes. There won’t be a queen this year as the girls decided they want- ed everything to be equal. The princesses are Seva- na Patrick, Hermiston, Elizabeth Olsen, Pendle- ton, Catie Krumbah-Ku- har, Milton Freewater, and Kaleigh Waggoner, Pilot Rock. HHS student wins chance to record a new song Hermiston High School senior Naomi Aguilar will have the chance to profes- sionally record her own song after winning second place in Eastern Oregon University’s high school songwriting contest. Her song “Bygones,” about high school heart- break, impressed the EOU judges enough to award her second place out of 35 entries from high school students across the eastern half of the state. “This song is about heartbreak and how to move on and not let it overcome and drag you down,” Aguilar said in a press release. “Many girls around my age helplessly fall in ‘love.’ Although they believe it will last, it sadly doesn’t, leaving them heartbroken un- til they fall in love once again.” She said she started writing songs her fresh- man year of high school but has become more se- rious about the craft late- ly. She said she wanted to thank Hermiston High School music teacher Joshua Rist for encourag- ing her. As one of four contest winners, Aguilar will get a cash prize and the oppor- tunity to record her song professionally at EOU. She will also perform with the university’s mu- sic department at a con- cert Tuesday at Hermiston High School. People can listen to Aguilar’s winning entry online at eou.edu/music/ songwriting-contest-win- ners.