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A4 • HERMISTONHERALD.COM WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2016 LOCAL NEWS Restaurant inspection scores improve Colton returns to “It’s a snapshot,” he said. “Good restaurants can have a Restaurants in Umatilla bad day when we’re there, and County and Morrow Coun- bad restaurants can have a good ty are safer and more sanitary day, so you have to take it with a than they were three years ago, grain of salt.” according to the latest round Fuimara has only been with of restaurant inspection scores Umatilla County Public Health published by the health depart- for a month, but he spent eight ment. years before that performing in- Of all 213 establishments, spections in Walla Walla Coun- 47 percent achieved a perfect ty. score when subjected to an un- Probably the biggest issue announced inspection between most restaurants have, he said, June and December 2015. comes with the guidelines for During the same time period holding food at certain tempera- three years earlier, only 26 per- tures. cent of the 185 restaurants had a Another common issue is perfect score. separating different types of During the second half of foods. He said sometimes in 2015 three local restaurants — their bid to conserve space, em- Ruty’s, Panda Inn and Ye Olde ployees will pack cooling and Pizza Shoppe in Hermiston freezing areas so tightly that raw — failed their initial inspec- meat or eggs end up sitting on tions. Ruty’s and Ye Olde Pizza top of vegetables or fruit, which 6KRSSH SDVVHG E\ D VLJQL¿FDQW could cause cross-contamina- margin when re-inspected about tion. a week later. There is not a score “Just because we write a RQ ¿OH IRU 3DQGD ,QQ¶V UHLQ violation doesn’t mean that spection. (cross-contamination) has Umatilla County Public happened, it just means that Health inspector Joseph Fui- the conditions are there that it mara said it’s important to keep could,” he said. in mind that the scores come Fuimara said another issue is from what an inspector ob- ¿QGLQJ IRRG RQ QRQIRRG KDQ served during a single visit in a dling surfaces, such as crumbs six-month time period. RQ WKH NLWFKHQ ÀRRU RU VDXFH By JADE McDOWELL Staff Writer splashed on the wall. “That isn’t a huge issue by it- self, but it can become one,” he said, noting that not cleaning up spills promptly can attract pests. During its initial inspection, Ye Olde Pizza Shoppe received a score of 46 after an inspector spotted violations that included food stored past its expiration date, no paper towels near the handwashing sink, improper- ly labeled or mixed cleaning chemicals, burn cream stored above food, a broken thermom- eter, surfaces not being cleaned as often as required and an employee failing to wash their hands after taking a customer’s dirty plate back to the kitchen. However, the restaurant ¿[HG HQRXJK RI WKH LVVXHV WR score an 83 when re-inspected a few days later and was in the SURFHVVRI¿[LQJRWKHUVLQFOXG ing ordering a new thermometer and proper light covers. During its initial inspection Ruty’s received a score of 55 after violations including miss- ing paper towels and soap at a handwashing sink, vegetables stored at 44 degrees instead of 41, uncooked meat stored next to other foods and employees not washing their hands as often as required by law. On its second inspection less than a week later, Ruty’s passed with a score of 95. Panda Inn received a 62 on LWV¿UVWLQVSHFWLRQIRUYLRODWLRQV including employees not wash- ing hands as often as required, chicken sitting out at room tem- perature, items in the salad bar being kept at 44 degrees instead of 41 degrees and mouse drop- pings in the back storage room. A second inspection was scheduled to be completed by another county during the gap between the former health in- spector’s departure and Fui- mara’s start date, but Fuimara said he merely has a note mark- ing the inspection completed without giving a score. Several restaurants that had VFRUHVEHORZGXULQJWKH¿UVW half of 2015 improved in the second to a 95 or better during their most recent inspection, including Sub Zero Restaurant and Lounge in Irrigon, Hale’s in Hermiston and El Erradero in 6WDQ¿HOG Establishments must score at least a 70 to pass. If they don’t, they are given up to two weeks to correct the problems before a re-inspection. If they fail again, the health department will shut them down. cover education, public safety Jennifer Colton returns to the news- room this week as a reporter for the Hermiston Herald and East Oregonian. An experienced journalist and free- lance writer, Colton has been a staff reporter for the Argus Observer in Ontario, Ore., the Index-Journal in Greenwood, S.C., and for the Herm- iston Herald, from January 2010 to March 2013. For the past three years, she has worked at Cayuse Technologies in Pendleton and has written for local, regional, and national publications. She will cover education, public safety and general assignment report- ing out of the Hermiston office. &ROWRQ¿OOVWKHSRVLWLRQYDFDWHGE\ Sean Hart, who was promoted to edi- tor of the Blue Mountain Eagle in John Day. The Eagle, Herald and East Or- egonian are part of EO Media Group. Colton has a bachelor’s degree in English with a journalism concentra- tion from Eastern Oregon University in La Grande and is currently working on a master’s degree in communica- tion and leadership studies through Gonzaga University in Spokane. She can be reached at 541-564- 4534 or at jcolton@hermistonherald. com. IN BRIEF Spray Rodeo to hold queen tryouts Queen tryouts for the May 28-29 Spray Rodeo will be held Saturday, March 26 at 12 noon at the Spray Rodeo grounds. Contestants do not have to be local or Wheeler County residents, but they must be at least 15 years old and nev- er have been married or had children. For more information or an application, call 541-468- 2442. Class highlights communication with Alzheimer’s patients Explore how communica- tion takes place with some- one with Alzheimer’s disease during an upcoming class offered by the Alzheimer’s Association Oregon Chapter. Effective Communication Strategies is Thursday from 6-7:30 p.m. at Good Shep- herd Medical Center, 610 N.W. 11th St., Hermiston. The session is free, but regis- tration is required. Learning about communi- cation, including sending and receiving messages through attitude, tone of voice, facial expressions and body lan- guage. As people with Alz- heimer’s disease and other dementias progress in their journey and the ability to use words is lost, families need new ways to connect. Learn how sending and receiving messages is connected to tone of voice, attitude, facial ex- pressions and body language. For more information or to register, call 800-272-3900. Also, information about other upcoming classes is available at www.alz.org/oregon. Writer gives voice to daughters of pop culture The poetry editor for the online journal, Hyperlexia: poetry and prose about the au- tism spectrum., is the featured writer for February’s First Draft Writers’ Series. Brittney Corrigan’s work has been described as “richly narrative, deeply engaging, and warm. She will read from her new work Thursday at 7 p.m. at Pendleton Center for the Arts, 214 N. Main St. The event also includes a short open mic for audience mem- bers. First Draft is free and open to the public. Corrigan, who was raised in Colorado, received a de- gree from Reed College in Portland. Her poems have ap- peared in numerous journals and anthologies. Corrigan describes her new manuscript, “Daugh- ters,” as a series of perso- na poems that re-imagine characters from mythology, folklore, fairy tales and pop culture from the perspective of their daughters. Featuring such characters such as Big- foot, the Mad Hatter, Medusa and Dorothy from the “Wiz- ard of Oz,” it tackles such topics as aging, rebellion, loss, abuse and judgment. For more about the author, visit www.brittneycorrigan. com. For additional infor- mation about the First Draft Writers’ Series, call 541-278- 9201 or visit www.pendlet- onarts.org. relax, Standard is thrust into an investigation of the disap- pearance of a Portland mil- lionaire’s granddaughter. It is suspected that the young woman has become one of the Paradise Girls — young American girls who are kid- napped and forced into pros- titution in Mexico. Towslee, who grew up in Tillamook and graduated IURP /LQ¿HOG &ROOHJH LV D former journalist and com- munications director for Sen. Ron Wyden. He’ll share about the novel and sign cop- ies of the book Saturday from 1-3 p.m. at Armchair Books, 39 S.W. Dorion Ave., Pend- leton. For more information, call 541-276-7323. 3ULQWHGRQ recycled newsprint VOLUME 110 ɿ NUMBER 7 Gary L. 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