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INSIDE SPORTS RED 2 RED HITS THE TRAILS OUTSIDE ECHO Hermiston Herald ld WEDNESDAY, APRIL 5, 2017 HermistonHerald.com $1.00 INSIDE THREE MINUTES WITH... FIND OUT JAZMIN AVALOS’ FAVORITE PLACE TO EAT IN TOWN PAGE A2 REST IN PEACE AN AIRMAN FROM UMATILLA WAS THE SECOND AMERICAN SERVICEMAN TO DIE IN SYRIA PAGE A3 SPADEFULS OF FUN A WORK PARTY AT HERMISTON’S COMMUNITY GARDEN WILL HELP THE GARDEN BLOOM PAGE A4 PLEA DEAL MICHAEL HOCKENSMITH WILL SERVE FIVE YEARS OF PROBA- TION AFTER LAW ENFORCEMENT SEIZED NEARLY 200 HEAD OF MALNOURISHED CATTLE PAGE A14 FILE PHOTO BRIEFLY Walla Walla Ballet Folklorico dancers perform a traditional dance during the 2015 Hermiston Cinco de Mayo festival. Presentation explains the Passover tradition Cinco de Mayo moves to Butte Park, grows to two days By JADE McDOWELL who serves on the council, called “disappointing” — to not allow ermiston’s Cinco de a beer garden in the park during Mayo celebration will be the event. She said the revenue bigger this year after the from the beer garden would have committee that runs the helped cover the cost of the bands event decided to add a second day. and provided seed money for next “Our vision is for it to be the year’s event. Instead, they will largest Cinco de Mayo celebration have to step up their search for in Eastern Ore- sponsorships. gon,” committee The event has chair Clara Beas featured a beer Fitzgerald said. garden in the This is Beas past when it took Fitzgerald’s fi rst place on Second year being in Street outside charge of the City Hall, but event, which will there is a city or- run May 6-7 in dinance against Butte Park. The alcohol in city celebration will parks. include a parade, “We’ve out- a speech by Port- grown Second land’s consul (Street) and with general of Mex- breaking ground ico, a carnival, on the senior food, entertain- center, it just – Committee chair ment, compe- isn’t feasible,” titions, a youth Clara Beas Fitzgerald she said. Con- dance, an adult struction on the dance and fi reworks. Eastern Oregon Trade and Event Planning for the celebration has Center grounds also ruled that lo- hit a few snags as it has gone along, cation out. including a recent city council de- See MOVE, A14 cision — which Beas Fitzgerald, Staff Writer Our vision is for it to be the largest Cinco de Mayo celebration in Eastern Oregon FILE PHOTO A competitor in the Dancing Horse Competition puts his horse through the paces during the 2015 Cinco de Mayo celebration in Hermiston. FILE PHOTO Food is plentiful during a past Cinco de Mayo celebration in Hermiston. Police identify cyclist killed Monday night By JAYATI RAMAKRISHNAN Hermiston Herald The Hermiston Police Depart- ment has released the name of the cyclist who died Monday night in a collision with a semi truck. Javier Estrada Gutierrez, 55, of Hermiston was traveling on his bike north on Highway 395 across East Elm Avenue when he collid- ed with the back wheels of a semi truck that was turning right onto Elm Avenue from the highway. He died at the scene. The truck’s driver, Daniel Rodelo, 54, is from out of state and was driving a produce truck bound for Pasco. Chief Jason Edmiston of the Hermiston Police Department said the investigation is still on- going. Rodelo provided a volun- tary breath and urine sample, and there is no indication that he was impaired. “Based on where Mr. Gutier- rez (was) impacted by the truck, there is a possibility the driver was unaware of what took place behind him,” he said. “The truck driver began negotiating his turn on a green light, and by the time the collision took place, the light was yellow.” Edmiston said the investigation may take a while, but part of it will include looking at the driver’s log book to see whether he was taking adequate rest breaks and examin- ing whether there are other factors that could have contributed to the collision. Edmiston said Rodelo has vol- unteered all the information police have asked for, and it is not a crim- inal investigation at this point. Police are also reviewing video footage from traffi c cameras at the intersection. The collision happened around 8:19 p.m. Monday night, and Umatilla County Fire District 1 was at the scene within one min- ute. Hermiston police arrived at the scene shortly after, and the Oregon State Police stayed at the scene for a crash reconstruction. Edmiston said Rodelo contin- ued on Highway 207, and Oregon State Police stopped him on High- way 730 near the Washington bor- der and brought him back to the station. OSP also processed the semi truck for evidence. Family and/or friends of Guti- errez also arrived was at the scene within a half hour of the crash, and police chaplains were on hand to offer them counsel. A re-creation of a tra- ditional Passover service will present the story of Jesus’ death and resurrec- tion. “Christ in the Passover” is Tuesday, April 11 at 6:30 p.m. at the Hermiston First Christian Church, 775 W. Highland Ave. There is no admission charge. Presented by Yoel Ben David of Jews for Jesus, an explanation will be provid- ed as he sets a table with items traditionally used at a Passover meal. David also will explain the con- nection between events of the fi rst Passover in Egypt, the redemption that Jesus accomplished and the deep bond between the ancient feast and the present day Christian communion cel- ebration. Also, a DVD of the pre- sentation featuring Jews for Jesus executive direc- tor David Brickner and the book “Christ in the Passover,” co-written by the organization’s found- er Moishe Rosen, will be available at the event. For more information, call 541-567-3013. For more about Jews for Jesus, visit www.jewsforjesus. org. Columbia Grange sets Saturday meals, fl ea market Breakfast, a lunch spread featuring turkey and a fl ea market provide a full day at the Columbia Grange. Open Saturday from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m., break- fast (price varies) will be served as soon as the doors open and lunch ($7) starts at noon. The grange is lo- cated at 32339 Diagonal Blvd., Hermiston. Also, there will be lots of addi- tional goodies to eat. Table space for the fl ea market costs $8. For more information, call Doris at 541-567-8663 or Pat at 541-567-5706.