WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2015
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Because of a production error, two pages were not published in the Saturday, Jan. 31 edition of the Hermiston Herald. The missing pages featured comics and puz-
zles and the conclusion of stories that began on the front page of Saturday’s paper. The Hermiston Herald regrets the error and the inconvenience to our readers. Those
pages and stories are being republished for our readers as they should have appeared in Saturday’s paper. The stories begin on this page and conclude on page 9. The
Features page, with the comics and puzzles, is on page 8.
Homeless dogs get new leash on life
BY SEAN HART
HERMISTON HERALD
Some homeless dogs
at the shelter in Hermis-
ton will soon have a sec-
ond chance to find a new
home.
Humane Society of
Eastern Oregon Pet Res-
cue Executive Director
Beau Putnam announced
Thursday the shelter will
begin transferring some
dogs that may have oth-
erwise been euthanized to
the Oregon Humane Soci-
ety Second Chance Pro-
gram, which places the
animals up for adoption.
Putnam said Pet Res-
cue has transferred small-
er dogs to OHS in the
past, but breed restric-
tions prevented some
larger dogs from being
accepted. He said he con-
tacted OHS Thursday and
was informed most dogs
would now be accepted,
and he set up a time to be-
gin transferring dogs the
same day. He said he now
plans to transfer dogs on
a monthly basis and pos-
sibly more often.
“Beginning early Feb-
ruary, they’re going to
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HERALD FILE PHOTO
Humane Society of Eastern Oregon Pet Rescue volunteer Saige Borrego, 14, Hermiston, feeds the dogs at the shelter Jan. 15. Pet Rescue announced Thursday it will
begin transferring animals the shelter cannot house in February.
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Chinese administrator impressed by
Hermiston homebuilding programs
BY MAEGAN MURRAY
HERMISTON HERALD
While Chinese Princi-
pal Dong Cai’an traveled
to Hermiston Thursday to
see what a “large” school in
the United States is like, it
wasn’t the size of the high
school that he found most
interesting.
Because Cai’an’s school
in China, Shaanxi Shiquan
High School, enrolls about
3,000 students, about twice
the size of Hermiston High
School, HHS isn’t a large
school. Cai’an, however,
was most impressed with
the career and technical ed-
ucation programs available
to the high school students.
Cai’an said Chinese stu-
dents spend their school
days studying the tradition-
al subjects of math, writing,
reading and science, but
that is all they do.
“They are all studying to
prepare for the college en-
trance test,” he said.
Chinese students face
a good deal of pressure to
do well on their college en-
trance exams because those
who do are admitted into a
good college. His school,
and many others like it in
China, Cai’an said, do not
have the opportunities for
career and technical train-
ing that they do in Herm-
iston. The closest thing
they have to those types of
programs, he said, are af-
ter-school clubs, but none
focus on the same type of
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On Thursday, Cai’an
toured the school’s wood
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Committee considering landscaping regulations
Proposed ordinance
would require aesthetic
improvements in new
developments
BY SEAN HART
HERMISTON HERALD
To help improve the aesthetics
in Hermiston, the city’s Commu-
nity Enhancement Committee has
been reviewing proposed land-
scaping rules for new develop-
ments.
Assistant City Manager Mark
Morgan said the committee is
working on a proposed ordinance
that would require certain portions
of land under development to be
devoted to features that would
make the community more visual-
ly attractive.
Hermiston Chamber of Com-
merce CEO and committee mem-
ber Debbie Pedro said the land-
scaping requirements would not
require “a large footprint,” but
they would have a large impact on
the city.
“Any nicer aesthetics on the
outside landscaping of buildings
is always really nice,” she said. “It
just adds a touch of class to Herm-
iston. When you’re talking about
enhancing our industrial and com-
mercial zones within the Hermis-
ton boundaries, I think that is just
a part of beautifying Hermiston.
When that happens, Hermiston
becomes more and more attractive
to businesses and industry that are
looking to move here.”
Morgan said the current docu-
ment is only a draft, but the com-
mittee members have reached
a consensus to recommend the
guidelines, which would only
apply to new businesses and
multi-family residential units.
Several minor details still need
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committee solicits initial feedback
from the Planning Commission.
Morgan said the Community
Enhancement Committee would
seek public comment before send-
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ning Commission, which could
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