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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 21, 2015 Tan while standing By SEAN HART Staff Writer A tanning salon in Hermis- ton offers quick solutions for darker skin, and customers don’t even have to lie down. Belinda Selleck and David Hamill opened The Tannery & Boutique at 1565 N. First St., Suite 7, May 11, and a grand opening is planned for 5 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 21. Chili, cornbread and des- sert will be served at the cel- ebration, and people can enter a door prize drawing to win a month of free tanning. Selleck formerly had a tanning salon in Montana, and she said she thought that type of business would do well here. “We felt like Hermiston needed a good tanning salon with really good beds,” she said. “We have the only stand- up (booth) in town. It seems to be the most popular.” The stand-up tanning booth is also the quickest, she said. People usually start with ¿YHPLQXWHVHVVLRQVVKHVDLG and some work their way up to the maximum 11 minutes. She said people who buy a package deal for the stand-up booth can also use the other tanning beds for some of their sessions. The business fea- tures two 12-minute beds and one 20-minute bed. “Some people may come in three times a week, twice in the stand-up, and one time a week they just lie down,” Hamill said. Selleck said, although the primary business is tanning, the store also sells quality STAFF PHOTO BY SEAN HART The Tannery & Boutique owners Belinda Selleck and David Hamill opened the store in May at 1565 N. First St., Suite 7, Hermiston. A grand opening is planned at 5 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 21, featuring chili, cornbread, dessert and a door prize drawing for a month of free tanning. The Tannery & Boutique Who: Belinda Selleck and David Hamill What: Tanning and lotions When: From 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Mondays through Fridays and tanning lotions, clothing and other items. The summer in- ventory is almost sold out, she said, and the winter wear will soon be featured. Business has been going well so far, Selleck said, with 110 customers served in the ¿UVW¿YHPRQWKV “We get a lot of people that will start in spring so they won’t burn for summer or at the end of summer when they’re starting to lose their summer tan,” Hamill said. Selleck said many custom- from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturdays Where: 1565 N. First St., Suite 7, near Quiznos, in Hermiston Grand opening: 5 p.m. Wednes- day, Oct. 21, featuring chili, cornbread, dessert and a door prize drawing for a month of free tanning ers also try to get tan before traveling to prevent sunburns. “A lot of times, they come in too late,” she said. “They want to hurry up and get tanned in a week, but it’s not possible to get tanned in a week.” Selleck recommended tanning for at least a month before a sunny vacation for the best possible results. She said the ultraviolet rays also provide vitamin D, which can EHEHQH¿FLDOIRUDYDULHW\RI ailments. District, ConAgra Foods, Larry Ables of B.D. Ables Construction and Hector Ceniceros of C&C Con- struction Services. The arch, which reads “May Peace Prevail on Earth,” is on Good Shep- herd Medical Center land and the city has agreed to maintain the arch and sur- rounding landscaping. A drinking fountain donated by ConAgra Foods will be installed in the spring. Columbia Grange sets Guardian Angel Homes hosts Fall Festival special meeting and cupcake decorating. Money and prizes will be awarded for the scariest, prettiest, most original and most outrageous costumes. The meal includes chili, hot dogs, cornbread and des- sert. Also, pressed apple ci- der, cotton candy and pop- corn will be available. For more information, call 541-564-9070 or visit www.guardianangelhomes. com. A new arch marking the entrance to the Oxbow Trail was highlighted as an example of Hermiston’s collaborative spirit during a ribbon cutting ceremony on Thursday, Oct. 15. The large wooden arch, benches and landscaping was an Altrusa Internation- al project supported by sev- eral local partners. Rep. Greg Smith tions of the depot site zoned for industrial use. Port of Negotiations for water Morrow director Gary Neal rights are the next hurdle the said an enterprise zone — Columbia Development Au- which gives developers a thority is facing in the pro- break on property taxes for cess to transfer the former WKH¿UVWIHZ\HDUVRIDSURM- Umatilla Chemical Depot ect — was a must, consider- land from the U.S. Army to ing any developer shopping for a site would be offered a the local reuse authority. Greg Smith, executive tax break at other potential director of the development locations in the state. “I think if you’re not go- authority, told the board that the Army’s Base Realign- ing to have one, you’re not ment and Closure staff have going to be in the game,” he proposed giving the author- said. The question that re- ity the use of two wells, to- taling about 25 percent of mained unanswered during the meeting was whether the site’s water capacity. “That is not going to get the Columbia Development us where we want to be,” he Authority would apply to the state for an enterprise said. Smith said he had ex- zone, keeping in mind that pected an offer closer to the authority was expected 50 percent, based on a wa- to last seven years after the ter study indicating that land transfer, or if some- amount would not encroach thing should be cobbled on the National Guard’s together from Umatilla water needs for its portion County, Morrow County of the depot land. He told and Confederated Tribes of the board he thanked the the Umatilla Indian Reser- %5$& RI¿FH IRU RSHQLQJ vation enterprise zones. The meeting took place in the conversation about wa- WHUEXWZDV¿UPWKDWWKHWZR the Stafford Hansell Govern- wells would not be enough ment Building in Hermiston, to make it worthwhile for signifying the change from the reuse authority to take administrative functions be- the land off of the federal ing housed by the Port of Morrow to being under the government’s hands. “You’ve made it very umbrella of Umatilla County. clear to me that we want Smith said the change was to be very professional and suggested because up to 80 consensus-minded, but also percent of the future econom- that you need the land to be ic development on the depot free, need it clean and need land is expected to take place on the Umatilla County side it with water,” he said. Smith said the Army had of the line. When Smith was hired heard about the water fund- ing package the state leg- as executive director he opt- islature passed to provide ed to work as a contractor more water to the Umatilla instead of an employee be- Basin and assumed that cause he already had a ben- some of that water could be H¿WVSDFNDJHIURPKLVRWKHU used for the site. He said he job as a state representative. explained that the water was :KHQ WKH IHGHUDO 2I¿FH RI already committed to much Economic Adjustment re- more attractive agricultural cently renewed the grant that projects and wasn’t avail- funds the Columbia Devel- able for the development opment Authority, however, it said that Smith must be authority’s use. During Thursday’s meet- an employee and the money ing Smith also broached the IRUEHQH¿WVZDVD³XVHLWRU question of applying an en- lose it” situation in which terprise zone to at least por- the board would no longer Staff Writer (R-Heppner) likened the project to a group of people moving a grand piano. “So many partners came together and lifted where they stood ... that’s what makes Hermiston so suc- cessful,” he said. In-kind donations, la- bor, money and expertise were donated by Altru- sa, the city of Hermiston, Good Shepherd Com- munity Health Founda- tion, Hermiston Irrigation Staff Writer Water rights the next hurdle for depot development By JADE McDOWELL Oxbow Trail entrance arch dedicated in spirit of giving By JADE McDOWELL HERMISTONHERALD.COM • A3 COMMUNITY EH DEOH WR RIIHU EHQH¿WV WR potential future executive directors if it didn’t start of- fering them to Smith. The board voted to JLYH 6PLWK DQ XQVSHFL¿HG amount of cash in lieu of EHQH¿WVVRWKDWWKH\ZRXOG not lose the funding in case something happened to Smith and a new executive director was needed. At the end of the meeting the board listened to a short presentation from Northeast Oregon Water Association director J.R. Cook. He not- ed that the association was now able to move “fairly IDVW´ RQ LWV ÀDJVKLS ZDWHU project after the Umatilla Basin funding package was approved by the legislature DQG QHHGHG D ¿QDO GHVLJQ completed by February 2016. He said if the association was given permission to run a 42-inch pipeline inside the east fence at the depot it would be much easier than trying to get easements from nine different property owners on the other side of the fence. “There will be a trench, we’ll put the pipe in, put the sand back over it and in a year you won’t even know it’s there,” Cook said. Smith encouraged the board to sign a letter in support of asking the Army for the easement before the ODQGLVRI¿FLDOO\WUDQVIHUUHG over to the Columbia De- velopment Authority. “I think this is a great opportunity for us to help a partner,” he said. The board voted unani- mously to sign the letter. In other business the board also reviewed the com- pleted survey by Ferguson Surveying and Engineering and discussed the process of updating the master lease with the Army that is allow- ing the authority to make some revenue by renting out the cement igloos on the site to the Walla Walla Foundry and other entities. IN BRIEF A meeting of the Colum- bia Grange is set for Friday. The gathering begins with dinner at 6:30 p.m. at the grange hall, 32339 Di- agonal Blvd., Hermiston. The business meeting will follow. For more information, call Doris Reid at 541-567- 8663. Cash prizes, a free din- ner and loads of fun are planned for the Guardian Angel Homes Fall Festival. The free event is Friday from 5:30-7:30 p.m. at 540 N.W. 12th St., Hermiston. The event includes face painting, a freaky feeling room, a maze, a bouncy house, painting pumpkins They’ve served our country with courage and honor. They’ve left behind loved ones to risk their lives in protecting their country. They’ve defended our freedoms and ideals. They make us proud to be Americans. Join us for Veterans Day, Wednesday, November 11, 2015 in the East Oregonian and Hermiston Herald, as we honor the men and women of the U.S. Military. Their courage, hard work and sacrifice are the backbone of our nation, protecting freedom, liberty, justice and all we hold dear. PRICES 1x4 - $ 40.00 2x3 - $ 55.00 Full Color Included Private Party Only Bring in or call 1-800-522-0255 with a photo and message to your hero to give them a special thanks. DEADLINE Wednesday, November 5 th 1x4 EXAMPLE For more information call Paula at 541-278-2678 or 1-800-522-0255 or Hermiston Herald at 541-564-4530. 2x3 EXAMPLE We are so proud of you for serving your country. Love Evelyn, Joe and Cheryl J OSEPH B. D AVIS J OSEPH S MITH Thank you for your service! Love always Marcy, Julie & Emily