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EDUCATION A8 • HERMISTONHERALD.COM Girl, 10, returns ‘large amount’ of lost cash By JADE McDOWELL Staff Writer A Hermiston student is getting kudos from the Hermiston Police Depart- ment and the community after turning money she found in to the police instead of keeping it for herself. Elizabeth Doherty, 10, got a visit and a letter of thanks from chief Jason Edmiston last week after she found a distinctive money clip with what the department described as a “fairly large amount of cash” recently. A post about it on the depart- ment’s page had more than 1,300 likes and 95 comments complimenting her as of Tuesday after- noon. “It’s kind of weird but it’s good,” Elizabeth said of all the attention her good deed is getting. Her parents Melissa and Ben Doherty didn’t expect all of the attention, either. “This whole thing has caught my wife and I by surprise,” Ben said. He was with Elizabeth when she pointed out the money to him and wanted to try and return it to its owner. He said she didn’t seem to struggle with de- ciding whether to turn in the money, and he’s sure many other people in the community would have done the same thing. “I don’t think there was any big test of will to STAFF PHOTO BY JADE McDOWELL Elizabeth Doherty at Rocky Heights Elementary. overcome,” he said. Elizabeth said after she spotted the money she and her dad walked around to some nearby businesses to ask if anyone was looking for it, then drove to the police department. The doors were locked, but an officer spotted them and asked if he could help and they turned the money over to him. Last week, her teach- er at Rocky Heights Ele- mentary got a call asking if the police could talk to the class, and a few minutes later Edmiston showed up and present- ed her with a department patch and a letter of rec- ognition. In the letter, he said being a police officer can be difficult because officers spend so much time dealing with people who hurt others. “You are none of these things, and people like you are the reason why the men and women of the Hermiston Police Depart- ment put their uniforms on every day and come to work to make a positive impact on this communi- ty,” he wrote. He thanked Elizabeth for her integrity and said that when the department finds the owner of the money they will be sure to let the person know they got it back because of an “amazing 10-year- old girl who did the right thing.” The owner still has not been found, as of Tuesday afternoon. The rightful owner of the money can call the department’s evidence/ property technician at 541-667-5108 to describe the item and make ar- rangements to get it back. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2016 6PLWK¿QDOLVWIRU:DOOD :DOODVXSHULQWHQGHQWMRE Wade Smith, the deputy superintendent of progress and had great success.” Upon Maiocco’s return, Smith was the Hermiston School District, is one of sev- HQ¿QDOLVWVIRUWKHWRSMRELQWKH:DOOD:DOOD named deputy superintendent. Smith said his nine years in Hermiston School District. The new superintendent, to be selected schools have been great, but he felt it was time to move into a superintendent leader- by the school board, will begin July 1, ship role. He and his family would like replacing Bill Jordan who will retire at to stay in the region, so the Walla Wal- the end of the school year. OD MRE PDGH VHQVH +HUPLVWRQ 6FKRRO Smith was hired as Hermiston’s District has an enrollment of 5,500 and assistant superintendent of human re- VRXUFHVLQDIWHU¿YH\HDUVDVDQ Walla Walla is about 6,200. administrator in the Morrow Coun- 6PLWKZLOOMRLQDGPLQLVWUDWRUV6X- ty School District. He served as the san Bell (Touchet, Washington), Kent Hermiston interim superintendent for Wade Kultgen (Helena, Montana), Mark Smith 18 months in 2011-2012 while Super- Mansell (La Center, Washington), intendent Fred Maiocco was deployed Kevin McKay (Zillah, Washington), to Kuwait as a colonel in the U.S. Army Re- Jared Hoadley (Mead, Washington) and serves. Molly Ringo (Everett, Washington) in the “I was honored to work with an incred- ¿QDOURXQGRILQWHUYLHZV ibly talented and supportive staff,” Smith The Walla Walla School Board will con- said about his time in the top leadership role. GXFW¿QDOLVWLQWHUYLHZV)HE0DUFKDQG “You see districts put on the brakes or coast 2, and public meetings will be held on those in that kind of situation, but we made great GDWHVDWSPDWWKHGLVWULFWRI¿FH (28KRQRUVORFDOWHDFKHUV their road to higher educa- tion and academic excel- Three local teachers lence. At Hermiston High have been honored by for- mer students in the “Inspi- School, 2015 graduates rational Teacher Awards” 6KD\ /RYHMR\ DQG %UHHDQ- from Eastern Oregon Uni- na Hughes nominated Paul Dunsmoor, a member of the versity. (28 ¿UVW\HDU KRQRU band staff. Makayla Mangione, also students who maintained dean’s list standing during a 2015 graduate of Herm- fall term nominated 26 iston High, nominated Tim teachers from Oregon, Zacharias, a former mem- Washington, California ber of the English staff. “Tim Zacharias goes and Nevada. Students were asked to choose teachers out of his way to challenge ZKR LQÀXHQFHG WKHP RQ his students, giving them By JENNIFER COLTON Staff Writer the tools they need to suc- ceed,” Mangione said via email. ”He encouraged me to think deeper, write better and to engage in a myriad of disciplines beyond my preferred course of study. 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