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CLEANING:
Spring cleaning
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April 1 through April 7 and
is always busy, especially
during the weekend, he said.
For the last two years, more
than 1,500 loads were pro-
cessed, he said.
The transfer station is open
from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. week-
days and from 9 a.m. to 5
p.m. weekends.
At the free Hermiston
clean-up event, people can
recycle tires and a variety of
other items from 9 a.m. to 3
p.m. April 25 in the Umatilla
Electric Cooperative park-
ing lot, 750 W. Elm Ave.
People can also recycle
appliances, car batteries,
computers, electronics, con-
crete, paint, aluminum, tin,
scrap metal, glass, paper,
plastic, cardboard, yard de-
bris and clean wood, but the
items must be sorted.
Hermiston Parks and
Recreation Director Larry
Fetter said the event allows
people to get rid of items
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of to clean up the commu-
nity.
“The most important
thing is people need to sort
those things out,” he said.
“Each bin will be staffed so
that we can make sure the
right things go in the right
piles. We’re collecting there
and disposing of it, recy-
cling it, if you will, in var-
Sanitary Disposal
transfer station
With a $13.50 discount per load of acceptable
solid waste, excluding tires, loads up to 2.5 cubic
feet with a maximum weight of 454.4 pounds are
free at the transfer station Wednesday through
April 7 on the west side of Highway 395 two miles
north of Hermiston. The station is open from 8
a.m. to 5 p.m. weekdays and from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
weekends.
Umatilla’s Slam
Dunk the Junk
Dumpsters people can use for free will be avail-
able from about 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday through
April 5 at the Port of Umatilla office on Willamette
Street and next to the baseball field at Nugent
ious fashions depending on
what it is.”
Fetter said the event is
open to anyone, not just
Hermiston residents, and,
next year, neighborhood
work parties may also be
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areas.
In Umatilla, work groups
will be cleaning up neigh-
borhoods this year for the
Slam Dunk the Junk event
starting at 9 a.m. April 4,
City Manager Bob Ward
said.
“The major clean-up
event will be on April 4, and
we’ll have volunteer groups
and vehicles out in the var-
Park on Eighth Street. A dumpster for scrap metal
and appliances will be available from about 7
a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday through April 4 at the city
garage on Third Street.
The event will culminate with volunteers in
various neighborhoods helping cleanup starting at
9 a.m. April 4.
Hermiston’s recycling event
Aluminum, appliances, car batteries, computers,
concrete, electronics, paint, paper, cardboard,
glass, plastic, tin, tires, scrap metal, yard debris
and clean wood can be recycled for free from 9
a.m. to 3 p.m. April 25 in the Umatilla Electric
Cooperative parking lot, 750 W. Elm Ave., Herm-
iston. The items must be sorted because each
will be recycled separately. The event is open to
residents outside city limits as well.
ious neighborhoods helping
people to get rid of their
larger stuff,” he said. “We
also like to get people who
are elderly or can’t afford
to take care of their yards to
sign up by contacting City
Hall.”
Ward said, if people sign
a waiver, volunteers can
help clean up private prop-
erty but cannot enter homes.
More volunteers are also
needed to help at the event,
and Ward requested they
sign up by contacting City
Hall as well.
Each dumpster load costs
$172, and the city is also
looking for people or busi-
nesses to help sponsor the
event, so the burden is not
solely on the city. Last year,
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and Ward said he hopes the
event actually gets easier
each year as more and more
material gets disposed.
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a city when there’s that sense
of community pride, people
wanting to have their com-
munity look good — not
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Weighmaster Jana Larsen, right, weighs the vehicle of a
customer leaving the Sanitary Disposal transfer station, about
two miles north of Hermiston on Highway 395, Thursday.
Wednesday through April 7, people paying with cash will re-
ceive a $13.50 discount off of each load of all acceptable solid
waste, excluding tires. Loads measuring up to 2.5 cubic yards
with a maximum weight of 454.4 pounds can be disposed of
free of charge. The transfer station is open from 8 a.m. to 5
p.m. weekdays and from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekends.
only for their neighbors but
also people passing through,
people scoping out Umatil-
la,” he said. “Obviously, if
it’s a place that people see as
clean and tidy, that’s a good
thing for us.”
Ward said dumpsters peo-
ple can use for free will also
be available from Tuesday
through April 5 at the Port
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lamette Street and at the old
city shop on Eighth Street
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Nugent Park. A dumpster for
scrap metal and appliances
will be available at the city
garage on Third Street Tues-
day through April 4. People
can use the dumpsters from
about 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
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This diagram shows a tentative site map for a free recycling event from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. April 25
in the Umatilla Electric Cooperative parking lot on Elm Avenue in Hermiston. The items must be
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SPRING DISCOUNT WEEK
People can use these recycling bins before loads are weighed at the Sanitary Disposal transfer
station two miles north of Hermiston on the west side of Highway 395. Cash customers will
receive a $13.50 discount per load Wednesday through April 7, so loads up to 2.5 cubic yards
with a maximum weight of 454.4 pounds are free. The station is open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
weekdays and from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. weekends.
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a wide swath.”
Preus said the Oregon
Trail Fire Training Associ-
ation, comprised of mem-
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in Umatilla, Morrow and
Gilliam counties, would
determine whether the tow-
er would be built in Herm-
iston or Pendleton.
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Scott Stanton said he is
currently preparing a mem-
orandum of understanding
that would work out more
of the details about the
training tower.
“Our intent would be
it’s on our land at Station
3 (78760 Westland Road,
Hermiston),” he said.
“That’s still to be deter-
mined, but that’s going to
be my proposal.”
Stanton said, wherever
the structure ends up, it
will provide a wide variety
of training opportunities to
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ly a critical need, but they
are expensive.”
Stanton said he expects
$348,000 for the tower if
the bond passes, but he is
also trying to secure addi-
tional funding from other
sources because he expects
it to cost between $350,000
and $500,000.
“The more people we
have involved, the better
chance we have to get it
funded and get it built and
get what I call a regional
training center for all the
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he said. “It’s critical for the
training of our own peo-
ple, whether you’re talking
about the students at Blue
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ers.”
The total $22.9 million
bond would cost an aver-
age Hermiston homeowner
$33.20 per year, accord-
ing to information from
BMCC. In addition to the
$1 million for instruction-
al equipment, the bond in-
cludes $3.2 million for a
precision irrigated agricul-
ture facility in Hermiston,
$4.7 million for a work-
force training and early
learning center in Board-
man and $4.2 million for
renovations to the Facility
for Agricultural Resource
Management in Pendle-
ton, as well as $8.6 million
for repairs, $2 million for
better technology and $1.1
million for increased safe-
ty and security features.
APRIL 1 THRU APRIL 7
Load up your Spring Cleaning waste and take
it to the Transfer Station for disposal.
Cash customers using the Sanitary Disposal Transfer
Station will receive up to $13.50 off each load.
This means a load measuring up to 2.5 cu. yards with
a maximum weight of 454.5 lbs. can be disposed of
for FREE! This includes all acceptable solid waste
with the exception of tires, which will be charged
at the regular rate.
The Transfer Station is located 2 miles north of Hermiston on Hwy 395
and is open weekdays from 8am to 5pm and weekends from 9am to
5pm.
Sanitary Disposal, Inc.
541-567-8842
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