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Plan to improve
Hermiston’s
appeal complete
BY SEAN HART
YOUR LOCAL NEWSPAPER
Landscaping ordinance to go before council
Community Enhancement
Committee signs off on
document Tuesday
HERMISTON HERALD
A year of work by Herm-
iston’s Community En-
hancement Committee to
enhance the city’s aesthetic
appeal may soon come to
fruition.
Assistant City Manag-
er Mark Morgan said the
Enhance Hermiston plan,
which contains a list of
priority projects, will be
reviewed by the Hermiston
City Council in June.
“It’s just getting all these
projects in concept onto a
plan, so as funding and op-
portunities come available,
we have some at least pre-
liminarily vetted projects,”
he said.
The projects include a
downtown entryway, pe-
destrian pathways through-
out the city, rail crossing
visual buffers, repainting
the south water tower, di-
rectional signs, assuming
management of the Max-
well Siding railroad muse-
um display and enhancing
the aesthetic appeal of the
median on Highway 395
south of town.
In the preliminary bud-
get for the ¿ scal year start-
ing in July, $40,000 is allo-
cated to repaint the water
tower, and $100,000 is al-
located to community en-
hancement projects.
Morgan
said
the
$100,000 would probably
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BY SEAN HART
HERMISTON HERALD
The Hermiston City Council
will review a newly created land-
scaping ordinance at its ¿ rst meet-
ing in June after the Community
Enhancement Committee signed
off on it this week.
After soliciting public feed-
back, Hermiston’s Community
Enhancement Committee ¿ nalized
its recommendations for a land-
scaping ordinance at its Tuesday
meeting.
Assistant City Manager Mark
Morgan said City Council mem-
bers will consider the landscaping
ordinance at the June 8 meeting.
At that time, he said they will de-
termine whether to abandon the
landscaping requirements, to re-
fer the document to the Planning
SEAN HART PHOTO
Hermiston Parks
and Recreation
Director Larry
Fetter designed
the new land-
scaping in front
of the Hermis-
ton police and
À re stations to
comply with
a proposed
landscaping or-
dinance for new
developments in
the city.
SEE REVIEW/A18
HONORING THE FALLEN
SEE APPEAL/A8
TODAY’S WEATHER
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Hermiston High School football players place Á ags near the grave of Civil :ar veteran James T. Davie at Hermiston Cemetery Friday. More than Á ags
were erected in honor of Memorial Day.
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High: 80º Low: 54º
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A local family histo-
ry researcher says many
people have ancestors
who died in wars, wheth-
er or not they even know
it.
Ken May, Hermiston,
said remembering the
sacrifices of veterans is
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important, and he hopes
people will pay their re-
spects on Memorial Day,
Monday.
“(I want to) get people
a little bit more aware of
their family history and
some of the sacrifices
that their families went
through in lost family
members and time away
from their families, even
if it may have been over
150 years ago,” he said.
“Having done about 18
years of family research,
I found numerous di-
rect ancestors, as well as
those within the tree, that
definitely lost their life in
the Civil War.”
May, who has a long
history of military ser-
vice in his family, said a
variety of new technolog-
ical tools are available
that people can use to

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Local veterans orga-
nizations are busy pre-
paring for ceremonies
on Monday to remem-
ber the service and sac-
ri¿ ce of those who died
while in military service
to our country.
The Memorial Day
holiday has a long his-
SEE VETS/A18
tory, dating back near-
ly 150 years to the
post-Civil War period.
Originally called Dec-
oration Day, Memorial
Day was ¿ rst observed
May 30, 1868.
The day was initial-
ly designated to place
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Dewey’s key leadership skills
taking her to FCCLA nationals
Hermiston Ag Communications
Team hopes to continue success
BY JESSICA KELLER
BY JESSICA KELLER
Hermiston High School Family
Career and Community Leaders
of America adviser Susie Cobb
has seen a lot of changes in Laura
Dewey since she joined FCCLA
her freshman year.
Under Cobb’s guidance, Dew-
ey’s participation and leadership
has grown noticeably, and the
junior will be representing Herm-
iston High School at the Family
Career and Community Leaders
of America 2015 National Lead-
ership Conference competition
July 5 through July 9 in Washing-
ton D.C.
“I’m really excited,” she said.
“I can’t wait.”
She said last year she attended
the FCCLA national conference
but just observed. This will be her
Last year, Hermiston High
School’s FFA Agriculture Commu-
nications team went to the national
competition, and, while that team
didn’t place, HHS graduate Zach
Vandehey claimed top student hon-
ors in the nation among 40 teams for
that event.
This year, the Ag Communica-
tions team, including Zach Vande-
hey’s sister Emily, will try to build
on that success when they compete
at the national competition in Louis-
ville, Kentucky, this fall.
“So, they kind of have a legacy
to follow,” FFA adviser Leah Smith
said. “It’s kind of some big shoes to
¿ ll, but I think they’re excited to go
back.”
Juniors Vandehey and Claire Wil-
son, senior Shandie Britt and sopho-
more Shasta Jundt only had a month
to prepare their Career Development
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Cemetery to host
Memorial Day observance

SEE DEWEY/A8
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JESSICA KELLER PHOTO
Hermiston High School junior
Laura Dewey holds the portfolio she
created to demonstrate her lead-
ership skills she has developed in
FCCLA. Dewey will represent HHS
at the national FCCLA Leadership
Conference in July.
Event project for state, but they have
until October to expand upon and
perfect their project before the na-
tional competition.
Their project centered around
American Farmland Trust, which is
an organization that works to pre-
serve the nation’s farm and ranch
land while also focusing on import-
ant issues, such as water. They were
tasked with developing a media
plan to promote America Farmland
Trust, focusing on increasing target
audience participation, diversifying
social media platforms used to com-
municate and coming up with ideas
on education action plans.
In their portfolio, they identi-
¿ ed different platforms for raising
awareness, including electronic
newsletters, newspaper and press
releases, bumper stickers, radio an-
nouncements and a more traditional
website.
SEE FFA/A8