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City represented at Rose Festival
NEWS IN BRIEF
Relay for Life walks on cancer
The Pendleton and Hermiston communities are com-
bining efforts to form the Relay for Life of Umatilla
County.
The event, which raises money for the American Can-
cer Society, is Saturday from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. at Roy
Raley Park, Pendleton. People are invited to come out
and enjoy the fun while raising money to fight cancer.
Money raised from Relay for Life helps fund re-
search and provides assistance with patient care pro-
grams. In addition, funds are used to develop and dis-
tribute education and prevention information.
For more information, contact event lead Carol Pres-
ton at relaypendleton@yahoo.com, 541-379-6294 or
visit www.facebook.com/pdtrelay.
May blood drive collects 28 units
With a goal of 31 units, the May 15 American Red
Cross blood drive at Good Shepherd Medical Center
was slightly below, collecting 28.
Patti Perkins said a large number of appointments
were missed. While donors can walk-in, she said it’s
important to make an appointment to help in staffing
the blood drives. However, Perkins added, it’s import-
ant for people to keep their appointments.
The next blood drive is Monday, June 19 from 9:30
a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at Good Shepherd, 610 N.W. 11th
St., Hermiston. To make an appointment, call 800-448-
3543.
Blood products are always in high demand, Perkins
said, and as the summer months approach, there is an
increased need.
“Your donation of blood can help save the lives of up
to three people,” she said. “It is a small amount of the
donor’s time to save lives.”
The May canteen was furnished by Eastern Star. A
service group is needed for December’s canteen duties.
For more information, call Perkins at 541-571-5372.
Agape House hosts parking lot sale
Clothing, furniture, bicycles and more than 20 bins
of knick-knacks are up for grabs during a parking lot
sale at Agape House.
Clothing is five items for a dollar, furniture is priced
as marked and knick-knacks are you-name-the-price.
The sale is Saturday from 8:30-11:30 a.m. at 500 Harp-
er Road, Hermiston. Donations are welcome through
Friday.
Agape House serves individuals and families in
need. For more information, to volunteer or make dona-
tions, call Dave Hughes at 541-567-8774.
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Committee member Ka-
rie Walchli said a variety of
Hermiston businesses do-
nated materials and exper-
tise for the project, which
helped show off Hermis-
ton’s signature watermel-
ons crop and new city logo
to the west side of the state.
“Portland gave the city
of Hermiston’s watermelon
float a warm welcome and
were excited to know that
melon season is just around
the corner,” she wrote in an
email.
Mayor David Drotz-
mann said during Monday’s
City Council meeting that
when the float moved down
the street, everyone “knew
exactly who was coming”
before it got close enough
to read the Hermiston logo.
He said he and the volun-
teer committee got togeth-
er after work each week to
glue grains of rice and other
materials over every sur-
face.
“I think they did a good
job of representing our
community,” he said. “It
was a great experience.”
Drotzmann said officer
Victor Gutierrez, who drove
the float, had only a small
slot to look out of, so Drot-
zmann wore a neon green
shirt and walked right in
front of him to lead the way
through the parade route.
Other committee members
walked beside the float in
Hermiston-themed T-shirts.
eye-opener of all will prob-
ably be talking to the peo-
ple about their area and
what they find important.”
Though Wallis is the
only teacher on the trip
from Eastern Oregon, she
hopes to make her research
relevant to her hometown.
“I’m going to be com-
paring the Blue Mountains’
forest and water resourc-
es to the forest and water
resources (in the Appala-
chians),” she said. “And see
how things have progressed
in each area with what’s a
finite resource.”
Once she returns, she
hopes her firsthand experi-
ence with a new area will
allow her to help teachers
create more thorough ge-
ography lessons for their
students.
“If there’s a fourth-grade
class looking at the concept
of mountain ranges — we
don’t have the concept of
ridgelines here like they do
there. It’s easier to explain
something when you’ve
seen it,” she said. “The key
purpose is: You’re better
able to teach about a place
when you’ve seen it.”
While she lamented the
lack of geography classes
in the district, she said it’s
still possible to teach stu-
dents about places outside
their local area.
“We need to infuse it into
other classes as much as
possible,” she said. “Never
before have kids been able
to be global citizens like
this. With that comes the
responsibility of knowing
as much as we can about
other places.”
not very lengthy delays.
“Just plan on an extra
few minutes if you’re trav-
eling over,” she said.
Speed over the remain-
ing bridge will be reduced
to 55 miles per hour to en-
courage vehicles to be cau-
tious while passing traffic
coming across the bridge
from the opposite direc-
tion.
Washington and Oregon
split the cost of mainte-
nance to bridges that run
between the two states.
The deck replacement
project is expected to cost
about $10 million and will
be managed by WSDOT.
After the deck is fixed,
the next order of business
will be painting the steel
trusses. According to the
Tri-City Herald, the paint
job will cost as much as
$40 million and is ex-
pected to be funded in the
2021-23 biennium.
The eastbound bridge
opened in 1955 and carried
traffic in both directions,
replacing a ferry previ-
ously used to transport
vehicles across. In 1988 a
second bridge — the one
that will be used to carry
all traffic until fall 2018
— was built to handle in-
creased traffic flow across
the river.
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Contact Jade McDowell
at jmcdowell@eastorego-
nian.com or 541-564-4536.
By JADE McDOWELL
Staff Writer
A little slice of Hermis-
ton made its way into Port-
land’s Rose Festival over
the weekend.
Hermiston was one of
a handful of Oregon cities
invited to add a mini-float
representing their commu-
nity to the Grand Floral Pa-
rade watched by hundreds
of thousands of people in
person and on television.
The rules of the parade
dictate that every visible
part of the floats must be
made of organic material,
providing a challenge for
Hermiston’s committee of
volunteer
float-builders.
After settling on a clas-
sic Hermiston watermelon
slice for the design they
used colored rice, moss,
carnations, seeds, parsley,
wheat and Kermit mums to
cover the chicken wire and
burlap frame.
WALLIS
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Salem, will be presenting a
lesson on Blackwater Falls
and Spruce Knob-Seneca
areas in West Virginia. Wal-
lis said her specific respon-
sibility is researching the
human geography of the
area.
“Human geography re-
fers to the transfer of ideas,
goods, the politics of that
area,” Wallis said. “When
we get there, the biggest
BRIDGE
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“We do frequent clo-
sures throughout the year
to fix potholes,” WSDOT
spokeswoman
Summer
Derrey said. “This will al-
leviate that.”
Both bridges together
handle more than 8,000
vehicles daily. Derrey said
the department does expect
some traffic impacts but
PHOTO BY KARIE WALCHLI
The city of Hermiston’s Rose Parade float passes under the
Portland, Oregon, neon sign during the Grand Floral Parade
on Saturday in Portland.
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