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SATURDAY, MAY 23, 2015 HERMISTONHERALD.COM • A3 COMMUNITY Burton hired as Umatilla High School principal The Umatilla School District has hired Beth Bur- ton as the new principal at Umatilla High School, ef- fective July 1. She will re- place Umatilla High School Principal Scott Depew, who resigned earlier this spring after accepting the assistant principal position at Herm- iston High School. Burton is currently the super- intendent for the Imbler School District. “I am thrilled to have Beth Burton as a mem- ber of our administrative team,” Umatilla Super- intendent Heidi Sipe said in a press release. “She brings with her a wealth of experience, tremen- dous enthusiasm and ded- ication to student success. I believe she’s a great ad- dition to Umatilla High School.” According to the press release, Burton earned her bachelor’s degree in English from Washington State University, her mas- ter’s degree in teaching from George Fox Univer- sity and her administrative degree from Western Gov- ernors Uni- Burton versity. Pre- viously, she worked as a high school athletic direc- tor, language arts teacher, college prep teacher and district test coordinator, serving in the Molalla Riv- er and Arlington school districts prior to Imbler. Her year in Imbler has been a good learning ex- perience and included the orientation of many new district employees, some challenging building re- pairs and serving as the district transportation co- ordinator, Burton said in the press release. “I am very excited to be going to Umatilla be- cause I think they have a great team dedicated to showing kids what they can do,” Burton said in the press release. City seeking applications for parks committee vacancy HERMISTON HERALD The city of Hermiston is soliciting applications for a vacancy on its Parks and Recreation Commit- tee. Applications are avail- able at Hermiston City Hall, 180 N.E. Second St., and must be returned by June 10. The vacancy is for a three-year term ending Oct. 31, 2018. All appointments to city boards and commis- sions are made in ac- cordance with the ordi- nances and city charter. Appointees shall not be full-time employees of the city, shall not be ap- pointed to more than two boards or commissions at a time and shall not sell to the city or to its boards and commissions over which the council has ap- pointive powers and bud- get control either directly as a prime contractor or supplier, or indirectly as D ¿UVWWLHU VXEFRQWUDFWRU or supplier. Sales shall be construed to mean sales, services or fees aggre- gating $7,500 or more in any one calendar year. Preference for appointees shall be given to city res- idents. Proposed appointment DQG FRQ¿UPDWLRQ ZLOO EH made in July. The Hermis- WRQ&LW\&RXQFLOFRQ¿UPV all committee appoint- ments. For more information, call Lilly Alarcon-Strong, 541-567-5521. SEAN HART PHOTO Umatilla City Planner Bill Searles uses a map to answer questions from the City Council about proposed commercial zone changes at the Tuesday meeting. The council ultimately decided to postpone a decision on the proposal until the June 16 meeting. Umatilla delays commercial zone change vote yet again Council to reopen discussion in June BY SEAN HART HERMISTON HERALD The Umatilla City Coun- cil will once again try to reach a consenses on pro- posed changes to the city’s commercial zoning codes at its June meeting. The council delayed a vote on the commercial zoning code changes for a second time at the regular meeting Tuesday. Among the issues the city is trying to address with the commercial zoning changes would be where businesses, like strip clubs and marijuana dispensaries, SATURDAY MAY 30, 2015 ROY RALEY PARK, PENDLETON, OR PACKET PICK UP STARTS AT 8 AM COLOR DASH STARTS AT 9 AM PRESENTED BY TITLE SPONSOR: PROCEEDS BENEFIT PENDLETON SWIM ASSOCIATION PENDLETON PACKET PICK-UP/REGISTRATION: 8 AM MAY 30 AT ROY RALEY PARK PRICE: $35 TEAM $40 INDIVIDUAL $85 FOR FAMILY* *FOR 3, $15EA ADDITIONAL (UP . TO 6) | ALL PRICES $10 MORE DAY-OF REGISTER AT: CDK5.COM ‘This is sort of a momentous occasion in terms of the changes and the idea here is to get it right.’ — Umatilla Mayor Dave Trott can locate. Changes would only affect new businesses locating in the city. At the council’s April meeting, members opted to continue discussion about the proposal at Tuesday’s meeting to provide more time to review the docu- ment. Tuesday, the coun- cilors brought questions for city staff, but, after about an hour, Mayor Dave Trott suggested the councilors submit their questions to receive written answers before taking up the matter again at a subsequent meet- ing. “This is sort of a mo- mentous occasion in terms of the changes and the idea here is to get it right,” he said. “It doesn’t make any difference whether it takes one weeks, two weeks, three weeks as long as we get it right. I think that’s the thing we ought to be shoot- ing for.” The councilors agreed to submit their questions by Friday and to discuss the matter further at the June 16 meeting. Councilman Melvin Ray brought a long list of ques- tions to the meeting and said it was prudent to be thorough. “In my estimation, this ordinance is probably one of the most important pieces of work this coun- cil will take up for many years,” he said. “Because of the importance, I’m be- ing quite critical. This will affects the lives and busi- nesses of people in this town well into the foresee- able future. My intent is to ensure that we get it right, and hopefully we don’t overdo it.”