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2017 session, which will like-
ly direct significant money to-
ward road projects on Herm-
iston’s wish list.
12)
The
Umatilla
Chemical Depot is slated
to finally return to local
control in 2017, allowing
the Columbia Develop-
ment Authority to start
selling or leasing land
to companies interested
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in building new projects
there.
13) Construction of the
Precision Irrigated Agricul-
ture Center — part of Blue
Mountain Community Col-
lege’s bond package — is
expected to wrap up in early
2017.
14) Lifeways plans to
open its new 16-bed psy-
chiatric care facility in the
spring of 2017 on Linda
Avenue.
Contact Jade McDowell
at 541-564-4536.
CONTRIBUTED BY THE CITY OF HERMISTON
Ground was broken on the rodeo grounds at the Eastern Oregon Trade and Event Center in the fall of 2016.
STAFF PHOTO BY E.J. HARRIS
The move to EOTEC has provided the Hermiston Farm Fair
with the opportunity to expand and add more vendors. The
center and its grounds will host the Umatilla County Fair and
Farm-City Pro Rodeo for the first time in 2017.
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Bus System
The city of Hermiston
has approved a contract
with the Confederated
Tribes of the Umatilla In-
dian Reservation to start a
new public bus service in
January, with the first bus
scheduled to run on Tues-
day, Jan. 3. Under the con-
tract, Kayak Public Transit
will provide a fixed-route
bus service free to any
member of the public for at
least 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Mon-
day through Friday. The route
will loop through Hermiston
once each hour, stopping in
residential neighborhoods as
well as grocery stores, med-
ical clinics and government
buildings. The bus will also
provide doorstop service for
qualifying disabled residents
who cannot reach a bus stop
on their own but live within
three-fourths of a mile of a
stop.
Water tower painted
The south water tow-
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ficers in the schools. Since
2009, he said, there has
only been one officer as-
signed to the entire district.
The restructuring also
led to another revised role
— a training officer and
evidence technician who
will be trained on assessing
evidence out in the field.
Edmiston also dis-
cussed the year-end crime
report for 2016, which
will be released in Janu-
ary. He said that overall,
things have been fairly
calm, but he anticipates
there will be a couple of
notable increases — in the
categories of aggravated
assault and rape. But he
added that because the
rate of those incidents in
Hermiston are typically
low, one or two additional
incidents can skew data.
“Hermiston typically
has a low person crime
rate and high proper-
ty crime rate,” he said.
“When you’re dealing
with 5 incidents (for rape)
compared to 20 (for ag-
gravated assault), a swing
of one can increase the
percentage.”
He said that while those
types of personal crimes
will likely show an in-
crease in the 2016 report
compared to 2015, he ex-
pects that over a longer
period, the rate is about
the same.
“I think as compared
to the 10-year average,
we will probably be in the
normal range,” he said.
STAFF PHOTO BY E.J. HARRIS
Tami Rebman, who sits on the Hermiston planning commission, places a red dot on an image of Redmond that she likes
during a rollout party for the festival street concept in October. Participants were asked to show what kind they liked by
placing red dots on photos of other towns that have also created a festival street.
er along Highway 395
was given a fresh coat
of paint and a new look,
as contractors painted
the new logo for the city
of Hermiston with the
“Where Life is Sweet”
slogan in October. The re-
painting brings the iconic
watermelon back to the
high-visibility
location
and covers over the previ-
ous city slogan and mis-
matched paint job — both
of which have been the
source of snickers and
complaints. When the old
logo of “Hermiston: You
Can GROW Here” was
painted on the tank in
2014, only the portion of
the reservoir featuring the
new slogan was repainted
and the fresh paint didn’t
match the faded paint
surrounding it. Many res-
idents also complained
that there was no water-
melon featured on that
side of the tank, either.
essence merged the Herm-
iston and Stanfield fire de-
partments into the newly
formed district.
New fire district
School district
pursuing bond
Good Shepherd
medical complex
expansion
Good Shepherd Health
Care System is in the midst
of an $11 million expan-
sion, which will include a
new women’s clinic and
room to grow.
Depot transfer
postponed
The Umatilla Chemical
Depot is slated to finally
return to local control in
2017, allowing the Colum-
bia Development Authority
to start selling or leasing
land to companies interest-
ed in building new projects
there.
Voters approved the for-
mation of Umatilla County
Fire District 1, which in
ance Group purchased it
in May. After hundreds
of thousands of dollars’
worth of renovations
on the two-story brick
building, Simmons In-
surance Group held a rib-
bon-cutting on their new
headquarters in Novem-
ber. Simmons Insurance
Group was founded in
Hermiston in 1974 and
has since grown to about
100 employees in 20 lo-
cations. Hermiston is still
the company’s headquar-
ters, however, and almost
half of the employees are
there. Neighbors said the
move to the bigger space
for administrative offices
portunity to vote on a pro-
posed $104 million school
bond in the spring, setting
Hermiston School District
on an immediate path to an
expanded high school, two
replacement
elementary
school buildings and one
entirely new elementary
school.
Other stories of note:
RoeMarks remodel
The former RoeMarks
Men’s and Western Wear
building on the corner
of Main and Northeast
Second streets sat emp-
ty for nearly four years
before Simmons Insur-
will allow for continued
growth.
BMCC’s precision
irrigation center
Construction of the Pre-
cision Irrigated Agricul-
ture Center — part of Blue
Mountain Community Col-
lege’s bond package — is
ongoing and expected to
wrap up in early 2017.
Umatilla, Echo
school bonds pass
Voters in Echo and Uma-
tilla approved new school
bonds that will allow up-
dates to schools in both dis-
tricts.
Voters will get an op-
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