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FIRE:
look at ways to help ease
the impact on the city’s
continued from Page A1 general fund if a new dis-
trict was formed, and the
Hermiston Fire & lease agreement’s de-es-
Emergency Services had calating prices were based
leased part of the Bob on later discussions to that
Shannon Safety Center effect.
from the city for $1 per
On Monday the City
\HDUVLQFHWKH¿UHGHSDUW- Council also approved
ment became its own tax- a lease with Hermis-
ing district separate from ton School District for
the city. But since voters 1.19 acres of property off
approved a new combined Ridgeway Avenue near the
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in May, the district must The land, along with a por-
sign a new lease.
tion of Ridgeway Avenue
Assistant City Manager and the parking lots behind
Mark Morgan told the City the library, will be used for
Council on Monday that a new senior center known
due to compression laws as the Harkenrider Center.
City Manager Byron
that cap property taxes in
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trict’s higher share of the trict was not quite com-
tax revenue will mean the fortable with selling the
city gets about $130,000 property, but it was willing
per year less in property tax to sign a 50-year lease with
revenue for its own general the city for $1 per year.
The plans for the Har-
fund. The higher rents for
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new district are meant to the City Council reviewed
give the city a chance to ad- on Monday night, include
just slowly to the decreased 3,800 square feet on the
main level and a 7,200
revenue.
“Make no mistake, the square foot daylight base-
city will feel the effects of ment.
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square feet, which is twice
gan said.
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Larry Fetter, grant manag-
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The contract also states er and parks and recreation
that although the city has director.
He said he continues to
no intention of selling the
building, but if it does put it work with the senior center
up for sale sometime in the board on tweaks to things
IXWXUH WKH ¿UH GLVWULFW FDQ such as paint color and the
credit the $200,000 it al- number of handicapped
ready spent on rent toward parking spaces, but they
plan to put the project out
purchasing the building.
Morgan said Fire Chief to bid on Oct. 31 and award
Scott Stanton told the City the bid Dec. 31, which
Council in 2014 that the should allow construction
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his friends, I say, ‘Really, he
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He said people have talk-
ed about what a dedicated
friend Kenneth was, always
willing to help someone out
even if he had just worked all
night. The brothers said that
they appreciated people’s de-
sire to give the family space
to grieve, but now they were
ready to hear stories, shared
on Facebook or face to face,
about their brother.
“We’re at the point where
we would like to see some of
his friends, maybe hear some
memories we didn’t know
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A celebration of life for
Valdez will be held at 2 p.m.
Saturday, Aug. 27, at New
Hope Community Church,
1350 S Hwy 395, with a pot-
luck gathering to follow in
the fellowship center. Tony
said if people are looking for
a way to help the family they
could contact New Hope to
volunteer to help cook, serve
food or clean up so the fam-
ily can focus on speaking
with friends.
Bye, who was released
from the hospital over the
weekend, is a nursing in-
structor at Blue Mountain
Community College.
Nelson, one of her students,
said Bye is a very kind person
and a great instructor who ex-
plains things to her students
in a way that is easy for them
to understand. She also said it
has always been clear to those
who know Bye how much she
loves her family.
“Her love for her children
has radiated throughout her
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counts have been set up for
the family online, including
one that had raised $20,407
for Bye and Hurtado’s fam-
ily by Tuesday afternoon,
and Hermiston Assembly
of God is collecting money
as well. The Valdez family
said the best way to con-
tribute to funeral expenses
for Valdez is to donate to an
account set up at Columbia
Bank under the name Ken-
neth Valdez.
Nelson said organizers of
the vigil hope to have a hand-
out ready for Wednesday that
will let people worried about
scams know which fundrais-
ers the families can vouch for.
In the days following the
tragedy, Hermiston School
District also held a series
of meetings for student ath-
letes and coaches who knew
Hurtado, Valdez and Huston
through sports, and provided
counselors at the school for
anyone who needed to talk.
Victims remembered
Family
and
friends
mourning Hurtado are re-
membering the teen as a
generous, athletic boy who
loved his family.
He attended Sandstone
Middle School and was set
to begin his freshman year at
Hermiston High School next
week.
Hurtado’s great aunt, Ter-
ressa Baldridge, speaking
on behalf of the family, de-
scribed him as a “fun, happy
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She said he was a typical
teenage boy who enjoyed
video games, but he was
also a talented athlete who at
CONTRIBUTED PHOTO BY THE HURTADO FAMILY
James “JJ” Hurtado poses with the 2016 Oregon middle
school team championship trophy in wrestling, which he
helped Sandstone Middle School win.
different times competed in
football, baseball, wrestling
and cross country. He even
went to state for wrestling as
a middle school student.
“He was just an athletic
kid with tons of energy and
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Baldridge said he had a
girlfriend he adored and she
wasn’t surprised that adults
remembering him on Face-
book were describing him
as a well-liked, polite young
man.
“He was a charmer, that
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She said he was also ex-
tremely dedicated to his
family, talking with cousins
and siblings almost daily via
online video chats and often
staying the night with his
grandfather after his grand-
mother passed away.
A celebration of life ser-
vice for Hurtado will be held
at 10 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 27,
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HWY 395, HERMISTON
541-567-4305
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Valdez worked for UPS in
Hermiston for 20 years. He
wrestled for Hermiston High
School as a teenager and in
2013 came back to the school
as a volunteer wrestling
coach. Two of his brothers,
Daniel Diaz of Hermiston
and Tony Valdez of Kenne-
wick, said he was very proud
of the high school wrestlers
he coached and talked about
their successes frequently to
the rest of the family.
“He worked nights, so
he would go straight out of
work to go to tournaments
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Tony Valdez said his
brother Kenny was an ad-
venturer who would try any-
thing once. He loved outdoor
sports, fourwheeling, horse-
back riding, going to movies
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