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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 2015 HERMISTONHERALD.COM • A3 COMMUNITY Beer fest on tap Foster said several other brewers might also attend, and many of the beers to be sampled are only avail able from those brewers, such as those from the Hermiston Brewing Com pany inside Nookies. “It will be an oppor tunity for (people) to try BY SEAN HART some beers that they oth HERMISTON HERALD erwise would not be able People can vote for to get their hands on,” he their favorite craft beers said. “Obviously, noth in Hermiston Saturday ing of this magnitude has by sampling the beverag been done right here in es produced by brewers this area, and that’s some DW WKH ¿UVW %HHUH[ )HVW thing we really wanted to at Nookies Restaurant & do was to try to help give Brewery. that extra kick to craft General Manager Mon beer. We just want to use ica Todd said eight brew this as a platform for craft ers from as far away as beer.” Springfield are “locked 'LIIHUHQW EHHUEDVHG in,” including Alameda, foods will also be avail Ice Harbor, Hop Valley, able to pair with the Prodigal Son, Laht Nep drinks, and the Walla Wal pur, Beer Valley, Drag ODEDVHG EOXHV EDQG %LJ on’s Gate and Terminal Font will provide music Gravity. for the event, which will They will join Nook take place outside. Herm ies’ regular brewer at the iston Brewing Company event. With no limit on currently has 22 beers on the number of beers each tap inside Nookies that brewer can bring, attend people can try and will ees may have difficulty KDYH DW OHDVW ¿YH RQ WDS choosing their favorite outside. for the people’s choice Hermiston Brewing award. Company brewmaster Sales Manager Bill Tom Torresdal said he Eight other brewers will converge at the Hermiston Brewing Company Saturday will be unveiling a new beer for the event, Speed wagon Pale Ale, which he believes will win the peo ple’s choice award. ³,W¶V DQ$PHULFDQVW\OH pale ale, a citrus aroma, strong malt back,” he said. “It’s for a fan of IPAs, the big, bold, new American FLWUXV KRS ÀDYRU ,I \RX OLNH D OLWWOH ELW RI KRSLQ ess, it’s a good pale ale.” He said he is excited for the festival. “There’s going to be a lot of great brewers,” he said. “Hopefully, it’s starting something that can continue through the years. Hermiston is ready to get put on the beer map.” Todd said she is not sure how many people will DWWHQGWKH¿UVWRIZKDWVKH hopes will be an annual event, but she is excited, as well. “We’re here to be with the community,” she said. “Come check us out. We wanted to see how we could partner with oth er brewers around us and build a community here off of this beer fest.” The festival will take place from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday outside of Nookies, MAEGAN MURRAY PHOTO +HUPLVWRQ%UHZLQJ&RPSDQ\KDVDZLGHYDULHW\RIEHHUVRQWDSVRPHRIZKLFKZLOOEHIHDWXUHG DWWKH%HHUH[)HVW6DWXUGD\RXWVLGHRI1RRNLHV5HVWDXUDQWDORQJZLWKFUDIWEHHUVIURPDWOHDVW HLJKWRWKHUEUHZHUV 125 N. First St., Hermiston. For $10, attendees will receive 10 tickets to sam ple the craft beers. For $15, attendees will re ceive the 10 tickets and a souvenir event glass, but supplies are limited. For $5, designated drivers and others who do not want sample tickets can attend. People who have paid the $270 fee for a lifetime membership as a Nookies “founder” can attend for $8. For more information, FDOORUYLVLW hermistonbrewingcompa ny.com. SEAN HART PHOTO 1RRNLHV5HVWDXUDQW%UHZHU\6DOHV0DQDJHU%LOO)RVWHU SRXUVRQHWKHEXVLQHVV·VFUDIWEHHUV0RQGD\2Q6DWXUGD\ WKHEXVLQHVVZLOOKRVWLWVÀUVWEHHUIHVWLYDOLQ+HUPLVWRQZLWKD YDULHW\RIRWKHUEUHZHUVIHDWXULQJWKHLUFUDIWEHHUVDVZHOO District encouraging parents to save for college through partnership BY MAEGAN MURRAY HERMISTON HERALD By the time they are in seventh grade, students ZKR ZRXOG EH ¿UVWJHQHU ation college students have largely made up their minds whether they will pursue college or not after high school. Hermiston School Dis trict Online Coordinator Michelle Jensen, whose Ph.D research focused on the topic of college readi ness, said one of the main reasons students give for why they won’t attend col lege is because they don’t believe it is affordable. ³7KHLU¿QDQFLDOVLWXDWLRQ at home is limiting their dreams,” she said. The Hermiston School District, however, is hoping to change that mindset by partnering with the Oregon 6WDWH 7UHDVXUHU¶V 2I¿FH for a new program geared toward promoting ways parents can start saving for WKHLUFKLOG¶VSRVWVHFRQGDU\ education. The Hermiston School 'LVWULFW ZDV RQH RI ¿YH school districts in the state selected for a program known as “Be College 5HDG\´ D SLORWSURJUDP sponsored by the Oregon Treasury Department that promotes the state’s 529 Oregon College Savings Plan. With the program, the treasury department will provide schools in the dis trict with promotional ma terials, including folders, pens, pencils, posters and pamphlets that they hope will attract the interest of parents and guardians to start a college savings plan. John Valley, outreach di rector for the Oregon 529 College Savings Network, said organizers are asking schools to put information about the program in their newsletters and also host presentations about the program, to inform fami lies about how the program MAEGAN MURRAY PHOTO 6XQVHW(OHPHQWDU\6FKRROÀUVWJUDGHU7RPDV0DUWLQH]-UGULOOVLQWRDERQHZLWKWKHKHOSRI'U 'HU\N$QGHUVRQDQRUWKRSHGLFVXUJHRQDW$GYDQFHG2UWKRSHGLFLQ+HUPLVWRQDV6(6ÀIWKJUDG HU*DEULHOOD0DUWLQHDQG+LJKODQG+LOOV(OHPHQWDU\6FKRROÀIWKJUDGHU$ORQVR*DUFLDZDWFKDWD .&ROOHJHDQG&DUHHU)DPLO\1LJKW7KXUVGD\DW$UPDQG/DULYH0LGGOH6FKRRO7KH+HUPLVWRQ 6FKRRO'LVWULFWKRSHVWRLQFUHDVHVWXGHQWV·DQGIDPLOLHV·LQWHUHVWLQSXUVXLQJFROOHJHE\SDUWLFL SDWLQJLQDSURJUDPJHDUHGWRZDUGUDLVLQJDZDUHQHVVRIWKH2UHJRQ&ROOHJH6DYLQJV3ODQ works. In return, the orga nization will donate $529 to schools that have the presentation. The purpose of the pilot program, Valley said, is to get parents to think about college savings options. “I’m not getting any thing out of this,” he said. “I’m not making any kind of commission ... The point of the program is to raise awareness that 529 is an option.” Valley said, to sign up for an Oregon College Savings Plan, people only have to pay $25 to open an account in their student’s name — there is no minimum bal ance required. The hope is that parents and others will then keep contributing to the account through time to build up the account that will go toward the overall cost of their child’s college education. The account, he said, can build interest, and all earnings for with drawals used to pay for TXDOL¿HG KLJKHU HGXFDWLRQ expenses will be free from When they say “You Bought Me A Ring?!” Sound Advantage Hearing Aid Center 541-567-4063 405 N. 1st St., Suite #107, Hermiston 541-215-1888 In Loving Memory ship application help and DVVLVWDQFH ZLWK ¿OOLQJ RXW the Free Application for Federal Student Aid. He said, when it comes down to it, however, because the cost for college is the big gest barrier for families, the district wanted to do more for area families. “We are delighted to be working with the State 7UHDVXUHU¶V 2I¿FH WR RIIHU various incentives and sup ports for the use of section 529 plans,” he said. “We are giving families more tools in their kit bag ... We don’t want students to think that college is out side their reach.” Maiocco said he be lieves the college savings plan makes it easier for students’ families to save for college. “Look at the cost of sav ing versus borrowing,” he said. “It is night and day.” Valley said if the pro gram is successful this year, organizers hope to PDNHLWDVWDWHZLGHLQLWLD tive. For more information, visit http://www.oregon. gov/treasury/pages/index. aspx. and you say “Signs Of Spring!” Ric Jones, BC-HIS federal and Oregon income tax. “Our hope is that peo ple will look at it as an opportunity to offset costs IRU SRVWVHFRQGDU\ HGXFD tion,” he said. Valley said the aver DJH EHQH¿FLDU\ RI WKRVH accounts is currently 10 years old, but program or ganizers hope to change that by getting parents to think about a college sav ings plan while their chil dren are even younger. “Over time, especially when you start early, it can really add up,” he said. Valley said while interest UDWHV PD\ ÀXFWXDWH D FRQ tribution of $50 per month for six years can add up to $11,000 at a 6 percent rate RI UHWXUQ 7KH EHQH¿FLDU\ he said, does not have to live in Oregon. Oregon residents can open an account for stu dents who live out of state. Hermiston School Dis trict Superintendent Fred Maiocco said the school district, especially the high school, has worked through the years to ensure that students have the re sources they need to qual ify for and be successful in college. The district has hosted college and career fairs, taken students to col lege campuses, provided SAT preparation, scholar 246 SW Dorion, Pendleton Verna Taylor, HAS Florence Spear Melvin, age 89 of Hermiston, Oregon died following a long illness 2/18/15 at the Columbia Care Cottage in Hermiston where she resided for several years. Florence was born to Orlin and Alta Gray Spear in Topeka, Kansas on March 6, 1925. She was proceeded in death by her husband, Bert R. Melvin, Sisters Etta Correll Mack, Teresa Walker, Brother Luther Correll and grandsons, Stuart Stratton and Carey Ancel. Florence is survived by sisters Pauline Huff of La Junta, Colorado and Irene Brown of Port Ludlow, Washington and 7-children, Marie Robertson of The Woodlands, Texas, Betty Roussos of Vancouver, BC Canada and Lee Melvin of North Plains, Oregon, Doris Walls, Darlene TeHennepe, Karen Boardman, and Donna Brown of Hermiston, 11 grandchildren and 16 great grandchildren. The family will always remember the kind, loving, generous and honorable way that she lived her life. Florence quietly and humbly lived out her faith by example and her spirit resides in the bosom of her Heavenly Father. Her body will be interred beside her husband in the Hermiston Cemetery. As a child, Florence lived with her family on land they homesteaded in Kansas, but when they lost their farm they went west in a covered wagon, first to New Mexico and then to California where they settled in Vallejo. As a teen during WWII, Florence joined the war effort and worked in a California ship yard. Florence moved to Onalaska, Washington and then to Salem, Oregon with her brother, where she met Bert Melvin. The family moved to Ontario, Oregon and later to Cottage Grove. Bert built a home for his fa mily, but when they were at the drive-in theater their house burned and they lost everything. The town’s people were kind and generous, and soon the family had more than before the fire. Shortly afterward they moved to Irrigon and then in 1954 to He rmiston where Florence remained until her death. Anyone who met Florence was impressed not only by her goodness, but by her intelligence and sense of humor. It was obvious that she loved people and animals, but especially her mini schnauzers , Sumo Max, Sammy, Gin and Pippie. Florence worked in the Hermiston School District kitchens for 27 years until her ret irement. Of all Florence’s accomplishments the greatest of all was her success as a mother. When times are tough, her children never went to bed hungry if she had to deny herself. She supported her children in all of their school and church acti vities and in 1961 Florence was recognized as mother of the year. Even though Florence’s family and friends will greatly miss th eir lives were far richer because of her. - C ONCLUDED