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INSIDE SPRING SPORTS Wednesday, March 22, 2017 EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT LOCAL SPORTS AHEAD Hermiston Herald HermistonHerald.com WEDNESDAY, MARCH 22, 2017 East Oregonian Page 1E 2017 $1.00 INSIDE THREE MINUTES WITH... FIND OUT THE LAST BOOK SCHOOL LIBRARIAN DELIA WALLIS READ. PAGE A2 OPEN POSITION SUNSET ELEMENTARY SCHOOL PRINCIPAL DEVIN GRIGG IS LEAVING HERMISTON. SMALL SCHOOLS: Pilot Rock softball, Stanfield baseball aims for state title repeats— PAGE A3 EAT FOR A GOOD CAUSE STAFF PHOTO BY JAYATI RAMAKRISHNAN Choir students Colton Hollis, Yanira Garcia, Babali Peterson (Ione), Julia Fernandez and Natalie Sherman (Echo) are all traveling to Hawaii to sing in a choir with students from around the Pacifi c Rim. Local bands, choirs travel to Hawaii By JAYATI RAMAKRISHNAN Staff Writer everal students from Echo, Ione, Irrigon and Stanfi eld will soon get to travel to Hawaii to share their musical tal- ents. Fifty students and 20 adult chaperones will spend spring break at the Pacifi c Ba- sin Music Festival in Honolulu. The choir and band festival is in its 32nd year and brings high school and junior high students together from nations in the Pa- cifi c Rim, such as Canada, Aus- tralia, Japan and the U.S., for a week of learning and perform- ing classical music. “They’ll perform with oth- er groups,” said Stanfi eld band director Deborah Wryn. “There are adjudicated activities. Our band will meet and rehearse with a band from Perth, Australia.” The students, 10 of whom ‘It’s pretty exciting. For my senior year, it’s cool to get to do something like this.’ – Jenny Stanger, Student are singing with the choir, and the rest of whom are in band, had to commit to the trip last school year, and since then have been rehearsing once a month. Each group is learning a col- lection of songs, from different genres of music, which they will perform with another band or choir. They will also perform a few songs with the entire group of students attending the event. The trip was open to any See TRIP, A16 A FUNDRAISER DINNER WILL BENEFIT LONGTIME COMMUNITY MEAL COORDINATOR LAURIE BALL-KISER. PAGE A4 A SORE THUMB COMMUNITY EDITOR TAMMY MALGESINI PONDERS ODD ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS. PAGE A7 BRIEFLY Hermiston park leading at the buzzer An offi cial winner has not yet been announced, but the Moda Assist Program com- petition to bring a new play- ground to Sunset Park end- ed Monday night showing Hermiston about 4,000 votes in the lead. Moda and the Portland Trail Blazers have pledged to donate $10 for every assist made by Blazers team mem- bers during regular-season games toward an all-abilities playground for the communi- ty with the highest online vote tally — a pledge expected to bring in about $20,000. After making sure the rules allowed for multiple votes by the same person, the Hermiston parks and recre- ation department sponsored contests and drawings to en- courage people to keep up the voting, resulting in a tally of more than 19,000 votes for Sunset Park by the deadline. A representative of Moda said the offi cial winner will be announced today. Sanitary Disposal hosts cleanup week STAFF PHOTO BY JAYATI RAMAKRISHNAN Ione music teacher Bryan Bates directs band students in a rehearsal leading up to their trip to Hawaii, where they will meet and perform with students from several different countries. Del’s Feed and Farm Supply closing its doors Del’s Feed and Farm Supply is closing its doors in Hermiston this fall. The store’s parent company, Tractor Supply Company, an- nounced Thursday that it had made the decision to close the Hermiston location and all other Pacific Northwest locations later this year. John Logan, regional vice president for Tractor Supply Company, said in a statement the decision was based on “many business factors” after “much analysis.” He and Hermiston store man- ager Jeremy Miller both thanked customers for their support. “On behalf of the entire Del’s team, we are extremely grateful to our Hermiston customers for their many years of patronage,” Miller said. Tractor Supply Company also ‘On behalf of the entire Del’s team, we are extremely grateful to our Hermiston customers for their many years of patronage.’ owns and operates Petsense, which recently opened a new lo- cation in Hermiston. Despite the loss of Del’s, and the loss of Pendleton Grain Growers’ retail store in late 2014, Hermiston will gain another “ru- ral lifestyle” retail store in Ranch & Home, which plans to build on south Highway 395 this year. Del’s Feed and Farm Supply was founded in 1972 in the Seat- tle area. The company has had up to 21 stores in Washington, Ore- gon, Idaho and Hawaii. Many of the Washington state stores have been rebranded as Tractor Supply Company stores. Del’s Feed and Farm Supply is located at 2055 N. First St., north of Theater Lane on the west side of Highway 395. Sanitary Disposal in Hermiston is hosting its annual spring cleanup week April 1-7. During the week, cash customers using the Sanitary Dis- posal Transfer Station in Hermiston will receive a discount of up to $14 off each load. During cleanup week, loads measuring up to 2.5 cubic yards with a max- imum weight of 454 1/2 pounds can be disposed of free of charge. This in- cludes all acceptable solid waste with the exception of tires, which will be charged at the regular rate. The transfer station is located two miles north of Hermiston on the west side of Highway 395, and is open weekdays from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and week- ends from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more information, call Sanitary Disposal at 541-567-8842.