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FALL SPORTS PREVIEW Hermiston Herald HermistonHerald.com WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2015 COUNTY FAIR RESULTS SPECIAL SECTION INSIDE $1.00 LOVE OF PHOTOGRAPHY INSIDE HER SHOES PAGE A8 Special Section Inside HELP NEEDED NOW ABOUT TOWN Medicare 101 sessions continue this week Area meetings about applying for Medicare and the latest updates to the program are continuing this week at free FRPPXQLW\PHHWLQJV 3UHVHQWHGE\RI¿FLDOVIURP Oregon’s State Health Insurance %HQH¿WV$VVLVWDQFHSURJUDP the Medicare 101 sessions are 90 minutes long and include a TXHVWLRQDQGDQVZHUSHULRG 7KHXSFRPLQJSUHVHQWDWLRQV are: :HGQHVGD\6HSWDP Umatilla Public Library, 700 6L[WK6WSP2UHJRQ7UDLO /LEUDU\'LVWULFW1:0DLQ $YH,UULJRQ 7KXUVGD\6HSWDP 6WDQ¿HOG3XEOLF/LEUDU\ :&RH$YHSP3RUW of Morrow, 2 Marine Drive, %RDUGPDQ 7RHQVXUHWKHUHDUHHQRXJK materials, RSVP by contacting RUVKLEDRUHJRQ# RUHJRQJRY$OWKRXJKSUH registration is requested, no one ZLOOEHWXUQHGDZD\ For more information, visit ZZZRUHJRQJRYGFEVVKLED Herald offi ce closed Monday for Labor day STAFF PHOTO BY JADE McDOWELL A sign outside Express Employment Professionals advertises the need for more skilled workers. /RZHUXQHPSOR\PHQWPDNHVSRVLWLRQVKDUGHUWR¿OO As the Labor Day holiday nears, employers say fi nding skilled labor can be tough they can work their way up to better pay and WKHFRPSDQ\¶VEHVWHTXLSPHQW +HVDLGRQHVNLOOWKDWVHHPVWREHSDUWLF ularly rare in Eastern Oregon is computer NQRZKRZ 7KH ¿YH RSHUDWLRQV XQGHU 0H GHOH]7UXFNLQJ¶VSDUHQWFRPSDQ\WDNHDVXE VWDQWLDO DPRXQW RI ,7 ZRUN 0HGHOH] VDLG DQG LW LV KDUG WR ¿QG VRPHRQH WR KLUH IXOO WLPH ³5LJKWQRZZH¶UHKDYLQJWRJR¿QGVXE FRQWUDFWRUV´KHVDLG 0HGHOH] VDLG WKH FRPSDQ\ WULHV DOO GLI IHUHQWDSSURDFKLQJWR¿OOMRERSHQLQJVIURP June 2015 June 2014 SRVWLQJ DGYHUWLVHPHQWV RQ &UDLJVOLVW WR XV ing the services of Express Employment Morrow 5.9 6.7 3URIHVVLRQDOV Umatilla 6.1 7.3 .ULVWLQ&RQQHOOJHQHUDOPDQDJHURI([ SUHVV (PSOR\PHQW¶V +HUPLVWRQ RI¿FH VDLG Oregon 5.5 7.0 WKHW\SHVRISRVLWLRQVWKHVWDI¿QJFRPSDQ\ Preliminary, seasonaly adjusted rates. KHOSVHPSOR\HUV¿OOWHQGVWRYDU\E\VHDVRQ Source: Oregon Employment Department Right now most of the jobs the company is against people who are really established,” ZRUNLQJWR¿OODUHODERUMREVWKDWRIIHUVRPH KHVDLG thing between minimum wage and $11 an 7RDWWUDFWJRRGGULYHUV0HGHOH]VDLGWKH hour, but as the holiday season approaches FRPSDQ\WULHVWRRIIHUDJRRGEHQH¿WVSDFN See JOBS, A16 age, and drivers know if they stick around UNEMPLOYMENT By JADE McDOWELL Staff Writer State Employment Department records say there may be more than 2,000 people unemployed in Umatilla County, but when a Hermiston employer has a job opening that GRHVQ¶WPHDQLW¶VHDV\WR¿OO Many of the job openings in the area take VSHFLDOVNLOOVRUFHUWL¿FDWLRQVIURPDIRUNOLIW RSHUDWRU¶VOLFHQVHWRDFROOHJHGHJUHH7KDW makes matching employers with employees PRUHWKDQMXVWDQXPEHUVJDPH %U\DQ 0HGHOH] RI 0HGHOH] 7UXFNLQJ said the company needs truck drivers who already have their commercial license, have at least two years of experience on the road DQGQRYLRODWLRQV7KRVHGULYHUVWHQGWRJHW VQDWFKHGXSE\ELJJHUFRPSDQLHVKHVDLG “You want the better, responsible ones that will be on time, and we’re competing RATE Event center in doubt for 2016 county fair, Farm-City rodeo Offi cials not sure the project will be ready By JADE McDOWELL Staff Writer Partners in the Eastern Oregon 7UDGH DQG (YHQW &HQWHU FRQFHGH the project may not be ready in time to host the 2016 Umatilla County )DLUDQG)DUP&LW\3UR5RGHR 7KLV\HDU¶VIDLUDQGURGHRZHUH billed as the last at the Umatilla County Fairgrounds, and in June the RI¿FLDOUHSRUWIURPSURMHFWPDQDJHU )UHZ'HYHORSPHQWZDVWKDWHYHU\ thing was on schedule to be ready LQ0DUFKRI%XWODWHO\ZRUGV like “maybe” and “probably” have EHHQ FUHHSLQJ LQWR WKH FRQYHUVD tion, and at Friday’s meeting of the (27(& DXWKRULW\ ERDUG FKDLU (G Brookshier addressed the question needed to have those answers by the end of September to give the IDLUDQGURGHRERDUGV²DQGDQ\ one else wishing to use the event center in 2016 — adequate time to SUHSDUH 2QHFRQFHUQLVWKHÀRZRIUHYH QXH%URRNVKLHUVDLG 7KH DXWKRULW\ LV FRXQWLQJ RQ revenue from government entities WRFRPHLQDWFHUWDLQWLPHV,IDQ\ STAFF PHOTO BY JADE McDOWELL RIWKRVHSD\PHQWVDUHKHOGXS(2 The newly-designed logo for the 7(& GRHVQ¶W KDYH H[WUD IXQGV RQ Eastern Oregon Trade and Event KDQGWRSD\FRQWUDFWRUVDQGJHWUH Center. 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