Hermiston
Herald
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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 2015
RACE TO
REPEAT
Cardenas wins
state title again
in cross country
Page A11
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ABOUT TOWN
BACK IN THE
Truck driver
fl own to hospital
following I-84
wreck Monday
BRACKET
The driver of a com-
mercial truck was flown
to a hospital by heli-
copter following an af-
ternoon wreck on Inter-
state 84 near Boardman
Monday.
At 4:43 p.m., Ore-
gon 6tate 3olice of¿ cers
were dispatched to a sin-
gle-vehicle crash on In-
terstate 84
westbound
at
mile-
post 159
near Tow-
er Road, ac-
cording to an OSP log
entry.
The trailer of the
truck was lodged be-
tween the concrete bar-
rier and the overpass
near the slow lane, and
the cab dislodged from
the trailer and crossed
the westbound lanes
into the median.
The driver, Domingo
V. Calderon Cerna, 48,
Palmdale, California,
was taken to a hospital
by air ambulance.
Both east and west-
bound lanes were brief-
ly closed for the heli-
copter landing. Traffic
on westbound lanes
was restricted longer
due to the location of
the crash.
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Bulldogs earn way back to
playoff s to defend their state title
By SAM BARBEE
Staff Writer
E
xpectations for the 2015 Hermiston Bulldogs football
couldn’t have been higher.
Fresh off the ¿ rst state football title in school his-
tory, the Bulldogs would be playing with an almost
entirely new group after the graduation of most of the
state title-winning 2014 squad. Bob Coleman said any
expectations short of repeating would be “selling ourselves
short.”
Two games into Hermiston’s season, just having the op-
portunity to defend its title seemed far off. The Bulldogs lost
those ¿ rst two games by a combined score of 95-2, and lost
starting wide receiver Ethan Snow in the process.
The injuries began to mount. Next to go down was start-
ing running back Jonathan Hinkle, then starting quarterback
Dayshawn Neal, then the offensive line was hit hard.
Even with all that adversity, the Hermiston Bulldogs (4-5,
3-0) are Columbia River Conference champions, again, and
in the playoffs — again.
“We’re pretty excited,” Bulldogs head coach David Faae-
teete said. “We knew we’d be in the this situation if we ex-
See BULLDOGS, A18
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Hermiston senior defensive linemen Tre Neal (right) and Bob Coleman will
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5A football playoffs this Friday at Kennison Stadium.
Events honor veterans
HERMISTON HERALD
Communities throughout Eastern
Oregon are hosting special veterans
gatherings — including school as-
semblies, a parade, free meals and
special programs — to honor those
who have served in the armed forces.
Veterans Day originated as Armi-
stice Day Nov. 11, 1919, commem-
orating the end of ¿ ghting in World
War I. A Congressional resolution
in 192 made Nov. 11 an annual
observance and in 1938 it became a
national holiday. In 1954, President
Dwight D. Eisenhower signed a res-
olution to change it to Veterans Day
to honor veterans who served in all
American wars.
Area events include:
HERMISTON
Hermiston chamber sets
Veterans Day breakfast
The Hermiston Chamber of
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Commerce is hosting a Veterans
Day breakfast “God Bless Amer-
ica: A Tribute to Our Heroes,”
which is free to all veterans, ser-
vice personnel and their families.
The event is Wednesday, Nov. 11
at 8 a.m. at the Hermiston Confer-
ence Center, 415 S. Highway 395.
See VETS:, A18
Superintendent
solicits public
feedback about
performance
Hermiston
School
District Superintendent
Fred Maiocco is solic-
iting feed-
back from
students,
staff
and
the commu-
nity about
his
per-
formance
Fred
through an Maiocco
online sur-
vey.
The anonymous sur-
vey asks about the di-
rection of the district
and Maiocco’s leader-
ship and takes about 10
minutes.
The survey is now
open and runs through
Nov. 20. The results
will be considered by
the school board as part
of Maiocco’s annual
evaluation.
The survey is avail-
able at surveymonkey.
com/r/MMRNCYX.
Hospital auxiliary
hosts book sale
A book sale will help
pay for hospital equip-
ment and nursing schol-
arships.
The Good Shepherd
Medical Center auxilia-
ry is hosting its Winter
Book Sale Wednesday,
Nov. 11, and Thursday,
Nov. 12, from 7:30 a.m.
to 4 p.m. in the hospi-
tal’s pharmacy lob-
by, 10 N.W. 11th St.,
Hermiston. Items avail-
able include books,
games, gifts and toys.
The auxiliary also
welcomes new mem-
bers. For an application,
stop by the hospital gift
shop.