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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 23, 2016
Herald Business
BRIEFCASE
Hermiston company’s
sausages win award
Follett’s Meat Company
of Hermiston walked away
with a major win at the
Northwest Meat Processors
Association 2016 Conven-
tion over the weekend.
Travis Calhoun said the
company’s
unfermented
summer sausage with ja-
lepeño and cheese won the
grand reserve champion
prize in the cured meats con-
test. He said attending the
convention was “great fun
with good people” and it was
gratifying to be recognized
for one of their creations.
“We focus on trying to
make our product better and
better,” he said.
Judging for the sausage
categories includes points
in 10 categories, including
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and mouth feel.
The convention was held
in Moscow, Idaho, on March
17-19.
Follett’s Meat Company
is based in Hermiston and
provides custom meat pro-
cessing for beef, pork, lamb
and wild game that offers
both stationary and mobile
slaughter. According to the
company’s website, it has
been a family-owned and op-
erated business since 1921.
Ordnance Brewing
adds marketing
positions
Ordnance Brewing has
added two key staff positions
to handle anticipated growth
in the company.
The
Boardman-based
brewery hired Dewey Wed-
dington as Director of Sales
and Marketing, and hired
Will Menderhout as Portland
Metro Field Rep.
Weddington is former
VP of Marketing at Forest
Grove’s SakeOne. He said in
a news release that the com-
pany had a strong selection
of everyday beers and exper-
imental brews.
“With a solid line up of
quality beers, packaging de-
veloped to work hard, and a
statewide sales team ready
to support our distribution
partners, we’ve got the foun-
dation set to run hard and
long,” he said.
Menderhout is the former
Oregon Manager for Port-
land’s Reverend Nat’s Hard
Cider. He said in the news re-
lease that he chose Ordnance
Brewing as his next career
step because he wanted to
help build an “important Or-
egon brand.”
The new positions will
help Ordnance Brewing’s
marketing efforts keep pace
with its growth as it expands
to a 50 barrel system with
production capability of up
to 150,000 barrels annually,
according to the company.
Currently, the brewery offers
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a series of limited edition
beers. It is seeking distribu-
tion domestically and inter-
nationally and is poised to
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year.
Hermiston Liquor Store
moving to new site
The Hermiston Liquor
Store is moving to a new lo-
cation next week.
The store will open Mon-
day, March 28, at 1565 N 1st
St. at the Highway 395 mall.
In order to move opera-
tions to the new location, the
store will close at 5 p.m. on
Saturday and be closed all
day on Easter Sunday.
Once the move is com-
plete the store will go back to
its regular hours of 10 a.m. to
7 p.m. Monday-Thursday, 10
a.m. to 8 p.m. Friday-Satur-
day and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on
Sundays.
Bloomz Boutique at
new Main St. location
5 p.m. Monday through Fri-
day and 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on
Saturdays.
BMCC offers real estate
course this spring
Blue Mountain Com-
munity College will offer a
real estate broker pre-license
course at several of its cam-
puses during Spring Term.
The class will offer a
unique opportunity for re-
mote students as it can be
accessed on a home comput-
er or at BMCC class sites in
Hermiston, Milton-Freewa-
ter, Baker City, Boardman
and also at the Ione Public
Library.
The accelerated course
prepares students to qual-
ify for the Oregon Real
Estate Broker’s License
exam in just 10 weeks. It is
a hybrid course, combining
once-a-week lecture with
online home study to meet
the 150 hour requirement
of the Oregon Real Estate
Agency.
The class will be held
Thursdays from 6-9 p.m. at
beginning March 31. The
cost is $600. Students may
register at www.bluecc.
edu or stop by any BMCC
locations. For more infor-
mation or assistance with
registration, call Anne at
541-481-2099 or 541-422-
7040.
Chamber accepts
professional assistant
nominations
Does your professional
assistant go above and be-
Bloomz Floral & Bou- yond the call of duty — if so,
tique has changed locations. the Hermiston Chamber of
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which also offers gourmet to nominate them to be rec-
chocolates, soaps, jewel- ognized.
Nominations are being
ry, tuxedo rentals and oth-
er items, is now located at accepted for top-notch ad-
215 E Main St. behind Goss ministrative professionals,
who will be recognized at
Family Jewelers.
All retail has been moved the chamber’s annual Ad-
over to the new location, and ministrative Professionals
owner Rod Zumwalt said Day Luncheon. The form is
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their workshop over soon. its website and is due Friday,
He said the new location has April 15. Also, sponsorships
several advantages, includ- are needed for the event.
The special luncheon is
ing more parking and better
Tuesday, April 26 from 11:45
lighting.
“We’re really excited a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Hermis-
ton Conference Center, 415
about it,” he said.
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Families will want to keep this
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for the meal are $20 each or
$140 for a table of eight.
All nominees will be hon-
ored with a token of appre-
ciation and the winner will
receive numerous gifts. In
addition, Anne-Louise Ster-
ry, an internationally know
motivational speaker, will
speak about the power of au-
dacious joy.
For more information,
contact
541-567-6151,
info@hermistonchamber.
com or visit www.hermis-
tonchamber.com.
Training focuses on
board officers
A special training work-
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members is planned in Pend-
leton.
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ent information that will be
helpful to new members as
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would like to brush up on
their skills and network with
others.
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training is Saturday, April 9
from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at
the Pendleton Convention
Center, 1601 Westgate. An
early registration discount is
offered to those who sign-up
by Friday. The cost is $75 or
$60 for graduates of the Ford
Institute Leadership. The fee
increases by $15 after March
25.
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by the Oregon Department
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specialist.
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to register, contact thecen-
ter@nonprofitsteward.org,
541-929-9320 or visit www.
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City gains $60
million to tax rolls
Expired enterprise
zone investments
will fund services
Both DuPont-Pioneer
Seed and Shearer’s Foods
still have enterprise zone
exemptions on other in-
vestments, according to a
news release from the city
of Hermiston, and their ex-
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enterprise zone tax exemp- for those projects show
tions added $60 million to they added a combined 51
Hermiston’s tax rolls in new full-time jobs in the
Hermiston area in 2015.
2015.
Since DuPont’s 2009
A $35 million invest-
ment in 2009 by Du- expansion, the two compa-
Pont-Pioneer Seed and $25 nies have added a total of
million by Shearer’s Foods 306 new jobs with a pay-
in 2011 both had their roll of $8.67 million in the
property tax incentives ex- enterprise zone.
pire on July 1, 2015.
The property taxes paid
The enterprise zone on DuPont’s $35 million
was designed to encourage investment and Shearer’s
economic
development $25 million investment
by giving businesses in will go to support the city
certain industries a three- of Hermiston, Umatilla
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break on new construction such as Hermiston School
or equipment if the invest- District and Hermiston
ment adds new jobs to the Fire & Emergency Ser-
economy.
vices.
Grants increase public
safety in Hermiston
The Hermiston Police
Department received almost
$29,000 in two grants to
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Hermiston Chief Ja-
son Edmiston in a written
statement reported a grant
of $26,985 from the Oregon
Department of Transportation
will cover overtime costs for
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of the road during upcoming
construction along the High-
way 395 corridor.
“We would encourage
our citizenry to slow down
and avoid distractions
during the construction,” he
added.
And the department will
buy three automated exter-
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cars thanks to an $1,800
grant from the Good Shep-
herd Community Health
Foundation.
Edmiston stated the
foundation has provided
opportunities to numerous
organizations and groups in
the Hermiston area, and the
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sponders to arrive on scene
during an emergency.
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