WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2015 LOCAL NEWS HERMISTONHERALD.COM • A3 EOTEC announces key project leadership changes *URXS DV WKH QHZ SURMHFW PDQDJHU Hermiston City Manager Todd Nelson, executive Byron Smith will become YLFH SUHVLGHQW RI )UHZ the new chair of the Eastern 'HYHORSPHQW *URXS VDLG Oregon Trade and Event Gary Winsand, the former Center authority in January RQVLWH SURMHFW PDQDJHU DIWHUWKHERDUGRI¿FLDOO\DS- was no longer with the FRPSDQ\ 1R IXUWKHU H[- SRLQWHGKLP)ULGD\ 7KH SURMHFW ZLOO DOVR EH SODQDWLRQZDVJLYHQ Dreier, most recently of XQGHU QHZ PDQDJHPHQW Rob Dreier was introduced /DNH2VZHJRLVWKH)UHZ *URXS¶V E\ )UHZ 'HYHORSPHQW 'HYHORSPHQW By JADE McDOWELL Staff Writer YLFH SUHVLGHQW RI WKH 3D- FL¿F 1RUWKZHVW GLYLVLRQ He will oversee the com- SDQ\¶V GHYHORSPHQW RI EOTEC and of the Blue Mountain Community &ROOHJH ERQG SURMHFW +H said after the meeting that he would hire additional KHOSDVQHHGHG ³,¶P MXVW WU\LQJ WR EH- come immersed in the SURMHFW´KHVDLG Hermiston again the fastest growing city Pendleton adds residents after previous year’s decline By SEAN HART Staff Writer 3RSXODWLRQJURZWKUDWHV have accelerated in Herm- LVWRQ3HQGOHWRQDQG8PD- WLOOD&RXQW\ %HWZHHQ-XO\DQG -XO\8PDWLOOD&RXQ- W\ DGGHG UHVLGHQWV D SHUFHQW LQFUHDVH WR DFFRUGLQJ WR SUH- OLPLQDU\ SRSXODWLRQ HVWL- PDWHVIURP3RUWODQG6WDWH 8QLYHUVLW\ The data show the county grew more than the SUHYLRXV\HDUZKLFKKDGD SHUFHQWLQFUHDVH0RVW RIWKHJURZWK²UHVL- dents — occurred outside RILQFRUSRUDWHGFLWLHV )RU WKH FLWLHV +HUP- iston added the most res- LGHQWV ZLWK D SHU- cent growth rate to a total SRSXODWLRQ RI ,Q WKHSUHYLRXV\HDUWKHFLW\ DGGHGUHVLGHQWVZLWKD SHUFHQWUDWH Assistant City Manager Mark Morgan said he was SOHDVHGWRVHHWKHJURZWK ZKLFKLVEHQH¿FLDOWREXVL- nesses because it increases GHPDQG “The biggest thing to take away from this is it really continues to show Hermiston is in a virtuous cycle (where growth leads WRPRUHJURZWK´KHVDLG ³,W¶V PXFK EHWWHU WR EH LQ a virtuous cycle than a GHDWKVSLUDO,I\RX¶UHORV- LQJ SRSXODWLRQ LW GRHVQ¶W make sense for businesses WRRSHQLQWKHDUHD´ $FFRUGLQJWR86&HQ- sus data, Hermiston has JURZQ E\ SHUFHQW UHVLGHQWV VLQFH ²LQFOXGLQJUHV- LGHQWVVLQFH 3HQGOHWRQ ² ZKLFK KDV RQO\ JURZQ E\ SHU- FHQW VLQFH ² DGGHG UHVLGHQWV WKLV \HDU D SHUFHQW LQFUHDVH WR D WRWDO RI 7KH SUH- vious year, the city lost 80 UHVLGHQWV ZLWK D SHU- FHQWGHFUHDVH $W SHUFHQW$WKHQD Population growth According to Portland State University’s population estimates, Oregon surpassed 4 million people in 2015. 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The Good Shepherd Community Health Foundation invites you to nominate that person for our twentieth annual “Christmas Spirit Award” . Nominations may be made by calling the Foundation at 667-3419 to receive a nomination form, or online at gshealth.org/foundation. Please send completed nomination forms by December 7, 2015 to Good Shepherd Community Health Foundation, 610 NW 11 th St, Hermiston, OR 97838. Nominations may also be submitted via email to carstein@gshealth.org. STAFF PHOTO BY E.J. HARRIS Guests enter the new Don Horneck Memorial Building at HAREC after a dedication ceremony Wednesday outside of Hermiston. PHPRU\ :KLOH WKH 268 College of Agricultural Sci- HQFHV SURYLGHG IRU the new $300,000 building, the rest came out of donations from local farms, businesses, WUDGH JURXSV DQG WKH VWDWLRQ UHVHDUFKHUVWKHPVHOYHV $ PHPRULDO VFKRODUVKLS fund has also been estab- OLVKHG LQ +RUQHFN¶V QDPH for students studying agron- RP\DQGVRLOVFLHQFHV “Everybody has done so many things to memorialize KLP´ 9LFNL +RUQHFN VDLG ³7KRVH SHRSOH ZKR GLGQ¶W know him will be able to see ZKDWKHPHDQWWRDOORIXV´ 3KLO +DPP VWDWLRQ director, said the Don Horneck building is a much-welcomed addition WR WKH +$5(& FDPSXV ZKLFK FRQWLQXHV WR JURZ 7KHDFUHSURSHUW\DGG- HGDSDLURIQHZJUHHQKRXV- HVLQWKHVSULQJDQGSODQVWR EXLOGIRXUQHZRI¿FHVQHDU WKHFXUUHQWRI¿FHEXLOGLQJ Of course, Hamm said they are excited to break ground in late winter or ear- O\ VSULQJ RQ WKH QHZ PLOOLRQ SUHFLVLRQ LUULJDWLRQ FHQWHUDSSURYHGLQWKH%OXH Mountain Community Col- OHJHERQG7KHSURMHFWLVQRW RQO\DJUHDWRSSRUWXQLW\IRU students, Hamm said, but a FKDQFHWRVSXUFROODERUDWLRQ EHWZHHQ268DQG%0&& $OO WKHVH GHYHORS- ments will allow HAREC researchers to do things WKH\¶YH QHYHU EHHQ DEOH WR GREHIRUH+DPPVDLG ³,GRQ¶WZDQWRXUIDFXOW\ WREHOLPLWHGE\IDFLOLWLHV´ KHVDLG³,IWKH\¶UHVXFFHVV- ful, our growers will be VXFFHVVIXO´ Nobody understood that better than Horneck, Hamm VDLG7KHWZRZRUNHGFORVH- ly together over the years DQGEHFDPHIDVWIULHQGV “Don meant a lot to us, DQGDORWWRWKLVH[SHULPHQW VWDWLRQ´ +DPP VDLG ³,I \RX GLGQ¶W NQRZ 'RQ \RX PLVVHGRXW´ Bryan Wolfe, chairman of the HAREC advisory committee, said the build- LQJ ZLOO KHOS WR FDUU\ RQ +RUQHFN¶VOHJDF\ “What Don advanced DQG EURXJKW WR RXU RSHUD- WLRQV FDQ¶W EH PHDVXUHG´ said Wolfe, a Hermiston IDUPHU ³+H ZDV DOZD\V WKLQNLQJRXWVLGHWKHER[´ 'DQ $US GHDQ RI WKH 268&ROOHJHRI$JULFXOWXU- DO 6FLHQFHV DOVR VSRNH DW the ceremony and thanked the donors who made the SURMHFWKDSSHQ 7KRXJK $US VDLG KH GLGQ¶W NQRZ +RUQHFN DV well as others, he did get a chance to take a tour of the research station with Horneck during one of the VLWH¶V¿HOGGD\V ³+H H[XGHG SULGH DQG enthusiasm for this sta- WLRQ´$USVDLG³