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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 2015
BRIEFCASE
Group honors local
pharmacists
Robert Mullay of
Hermiston and Raymond
Michael of Boardman
were recently honored
during the Oregon State
Pharmacy
Association
annual con-
vention.
Held Oct.
9-11 in Port-
land, the two
Eastern Or-
Mullay
egon phar-
macists were
recognized
as Oregon
Veterans In
Pharmacy.
Mullay is
a 1980 grad-
uate of the
Michael
Oregon State
University
School of Pharmacy. He is
owner of Hermiston Drug
& Gift. Mullay was hon-
ored for 35 years in the
practice of pharmacy.
Hermiston Drug is
located at 114 E. Main
St., Hermiston. It’s open
Monday through Fridays
from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. and
Saturdays from 8 a.m. to 3
p.m.
Michael, a fellow OSU
graduate, was licensed in
1965. In 1978, his fam-
ily moved to Boardman
where he established
Boardman Pharmacy &
Hardware. He previous-
ly worked in the Portland
area for 14 years. Selling
the pharmacy in 2012, Mi-
chael was honored for 50
years in pharmacy.
For more about the
pharmacy
association,
visit www.oregonpharma-
cy.org.
Gas prices up
statewide, local
prices less than state
Average retail gasoline
prices in Oregon have ris-
en 1.2 cents per gallon in
the past week, averaging
$2.40 per gallon on Sun-
day, according to GasBud-
dy’s daily survey of 1,307
gas outlets in Oregon.
This compares with the
national average that has
fallen 5.0 cents per gallon
in the last week to $2.16
per gallon, according to
gasoline price website
GasBuddy.com.
Including the change
in gas prices in Oregon
during the past week, pric-
es Sunday were 63.9 cents
per gallon lower than the
same day one year ago
and are 4.8 cents per gal-
lon higher than a month
ago.
The national average
has decreased 11.4 cents
per gallon during the last
month and stands 72.1
cents per gallon lower
than this day one year ago.
In the Hermiston area,
gas prices are lower than
the statewide average.
Regular unleaded could
generally be found in the
$2.25 to $2.30 per gallon
range on Tuesday, accord-
ing to prices reported via
the GasBuddy.com mobile
app. The lowest prices lo-
cally could be found at the
Pilot and Space Age travel
centers at 2.199 per gallon
for regular unleaded.
Paint night features
wine, instruction
A Girls Night Out event
features wine or cocktails
and painting.
No experience is re-
quired for Wine and De-
sign Paint Nite, which
is Monday, Nov. 23 at
7 p.m. at Mac’s Bar &
Grill, 1400 S.W. Dorion
Ave., Pendleton. The cost
is $20, which includes
all materials, including
a 16x20 canvas, paints,
brushes and step-by-step
instruction. The lively
event features music and
guided instructions by a
creative artist.
Reservations are re-
quired. For more informa-
tion, call 541-276-5531.
Tax program seeks
volunteers
The AARP Tax-aide
program is seeing volun-
teers to assist with provid-
ing free tax preparation
in Umatilla and Morrow
counties.
All necessary training
and equipment will be pro-
vided to volunteers. Not all
positions require computer
or tax knowledge.
The training is planned
in January and assistance
is provided February
through April 14.
For more information
or to register for training
materials, call Vivian at
541-567-8054 or Joan at
541-567-8034.
The Hermiston Herald
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and promotions, business
ownership changes, reno-
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business openings, busi-
ness owner retirements
and related items. Submit
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hermistonherald.com.
Thanksgiving
EARLY DEADLINES
Classified deadline Friday 11/20 at 3 pm
Retail deadline Thursday 11/19 at 3 pm
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Oct. 15 - Dec. 7
Join us for this FREE event!
FREE Medicare Counseling &
Information from trained
SHIBA volunteers.
November 20th &
December 4th
9:00am - 1:00pm
GSMC conference
rooms 5 & 6
(by the GS Cafeteria)
*Bring a list of all the medications you take.
For information call
(541) 667-3507
or email
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B USINESS
HERMISTONHERALD.COM
Delish Bistro offers food
from around the globe
By JADE McDOWELL
Staff Writer
Hermiston foodies look-
ing to switch up their local
dining experience are keep-
ing Delish Bistro busy a week
into opening.
The takeout bistro’s menu
includes a sophisticated range
of foods, including a savory
butternut squash soup, caldo
verde with kale, sandwiches,
burgers, pastries, homemade
gelato, vegetarian dishes and
a variety of fruit-based drinks.
One favorite among custom-
ers so far has been the authen-
tic Kahlua pig, seasoned with
Hawaiian salt and banana
leaves and smoked with mes-
quite.
The eatery is a recent ex-
tension of a catering business
of the same name run by
mother-daughter team Carol
and LaNae Hull.
LaNae attended culinary
school in Portland before go-
ing to work in Chicago. After
her mother went through cu-
linary school in Walla Walla,
the pair went into the catering
business together in Hermis-
ton in 2013. They offer cui-
sine from all over the world,
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Delish Bistro employee Kimberly Macias, left, hands a
customer a gelato cone while Paige Bither rings up the order.
but many of their favorite
menu items are borne of Car-
ol’s native Hawaiian roots, in-
cluding the teriyaki chicken.
“That’s Chef Carol’s
prized recipe,” LaNae said.
She said some menu items
will stay year-round while
others will change with the
seasons. Right now the bis-
tro, with only a handful of
barstools indoors for seating,
is mostly operating as a take-
out business but will offer
outdoor seating during warm-
er weather.
LaNae said she and Carol
are always looking for ways
to improve their craft. They
traveled to Southern Cali-
fornia to learn from “gela-
to master” Maria Coassin
how to make from scratch
the rich gelato they serve at
Delish Bistro daily. At a re-
cent restaurant convention
they discovered Spindrift,
a carbonated drink made
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vored with natural sugar
cane. They also found their
preferred take-out dishes at
a convention.
“We use all biodegradable
containers, something that’s
important to us as a takeout
place,” LaNae said.
She said Delish Bistro’s
new staff and new equip-
ment have taken some getting
used to over the last week but
they’re working out the kinks
and having fun.
“For Carol and I, it’s our
favorite foods from around
the world ... It’s just good
food we love and we’re trying
to share it with other people to
make them happy,” she said.
Carol, stopping inside
the bistro for a moment after
spending the afternoon work-
ing the grill outdoors, agreed.
“We just love to cook and
make people happy,” she
summed up.
Delish Bistro is located at
the rear of Cottage Flowers
at 1725 N 1st Street. Its hours
are 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday
through Thursday and 11 a.m.
to 9 p.m. Friday and Saturday,
with the grill closing an hour
before closing time.
For more information and
a full menu visit www.delish-
bistro.com.
Oregon unemployment down to 6 percent
Oregon’s
unemploy-
ment rate edged down to
6.0 percent in October,
from 6.2 percent in Sep-
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ures released Tuesday by
the Oregon Employment
Department.
In October 2014, unem-
ployment was 6.8 percent,
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In October, payroll em-
ployment rose by 2,100
jobs with gains of 800 or
more in four major indus-
tries. The industries that
gaining the most jobs in-
cluded professional and
business services ( up
2,200 jobs), leisure and
hospitality (up 1,100), con-
struction (up 1,000), and
manufacturing up 800).
Industries reporting de-
clines in October included
private educational ser-
vices, which lost 1,400
jobs, and transportation,
warehousing and utilities,
which lost 1,000 jobs.
The September payroll
estimates were revised
substantially and now
show a drop of only 900
for the month
Additional
revisions
to the job counts indicate
the Oregon economy was
stronger this year than
originally estimated.
Over the past 12 months,
Oregon’s economic ex-
pansion has been strong,
according to the state Em-
ployment
Department.
Since October 2014, pay-
rolls grew by 54,800 jobs,
or 3.2 percent, which is
faster than the U.S. growth
of 2 percent.
Gains in Oregon were
consistent across many
industries, with seven of
the 13 major industries
expanding by between 3.2
percent and 4.4 percent.
The two industries expand-
ing the fastest were health
care and social assistance
at 4.4 percent followed by
construction at 3.8 per-
cent.
The Oregon Employ-
ment Department plans to
release the October county
and metropolitan area un-
employment rates on Tues-
day, Nov. 24.
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