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OUR COMMUNITY A NEW LOCAL ARTIST’S WORK ON DISPLAY AT LIBRARY PAGE 8 Hermiston Herald HermistonHerald.com WEDNESDAY, JULY 12, 2017 $1.00 w a r D Downtown w a r D INSIDE THREE MINUTES WITH SCOTT’S CYCLE AND SPORTS OWNER STEVEN CIMMIYOTTI. PAGE 2 CITY TAKES OVER THE CITY HAS TAKEN OVER A PORTION OF HIGHLAND AVENUE THAT WAS A COUNTY ROAD. PAGE 3 OUT OF THIS WORLD A UMATILLA STUDENT WILL PARTICIPATE IN A NATIONAL SPACE DESIGN COMPETITION. PAGE 7 BY THE WAY STAFF PHOTO BY KATHY ANEY Yasmine Torres, of Umatilla, relaxes as she gets her face painted Saturday during Hermiston’s Funfest. Cars, canvases, carvers draw crowds FunFest celebrates 11th year with variety of events By JAYATI RAMAKRISHNAN STAFF WRITER T he Hermiston Classics Car Club hosted its 22nd annual Cool Rides Car Show, show- casing a plethora of vehicles, some of which came from out-of-state, during Hermiston’s 11th annual Funfest on Saturday. Jeanne Steffey of the car club said the en- trant from farthest away was a car from Bell- fl ower, California, in the Los Angeles area. The oldest car was a 1924 Ford C-Cab, owned by Lyle and Helen Bliss of Hermiston. The couple bought the car a year ago from a man in Louisiana, and now plans to sell it — a common practice for them. “We buy ’em, he fi xes ’em up, we sell ’em and get something else,” Helen said. Do they drive it? “Oh yeah!” Lyle said with a grin. “Horses are trailered, hot rods are driven. It runs great, 500 horsepower.” Helen helps detail the cars and keep them clean, too. “I’ve got grease under my fi ngernails,” she said. See FUNFEST, A14 STAFF PHOTO BY JAYATI RAMAKRISH- NAN STAFF PHOTO BY KATHY ANEY Former Ringling Brothers clown Richard Melendy ties balloon animals Saturday during Hermiston’s Funfest. Paintings at the Eastern Oregon Arts Show were featured in a tent next to the Farmer’s Market. The painting on the left, ‘Zebra,’ by Andrea Murphy, won fi rst prize. STAFF PHOTO BY JAYATI RAMAKRISHNAN A row of Corvettes at the 22nd Annual Cool Rides Car Show in McKenzie Park, Hermiston. Blazers may be coming this fall Representatives of the Portland Trail Blazers — possibly including some players — will be coming sometime in September for a ribbon-cutting ceremony for new playground equip- ment on Sunset Park off of Fourth Street. The new equipment is being paid for by the Moda Assist online competition that Hermiston won earlier this year. • • • No one has been charged in the June 26 fi re that burned down a duplex on Northwest 13th Street, but more arson suspects may be collared soon thanks to a new role for Detective Randy Studebaker of the Hermiston Police De- partment, who took on the new role of arson detective on July 1. The duplex fi re, which started in tall grass after witnesses said they heard fi reworks, will be the type of incident Studebaker will investigate in partner- ship with Umatilla County Fire District 1. • • • The Umatilla Rural Fire Protection District and Umatilla Volunteer Firefi ghters Association recently celebrated 20 years of volunteer services from one of its members. See BTW, A14 Superintendent to take leave for military duty Board will select interim superintendent in Maiocco’s absence By JAYATI RAMAKRISHNAN STAFF WRITER CONTRIBUTED PHOTO Brigadier General Fred Maiocco Hermiston School District Su- perintendent Fred Maiocco, who is a brigadier general with the U.S. Army Reserves, announced Mon- day that he will take a leave of ab- sence to serve a tour of duty. He will leave July 24 to serve 15 to 18 months in Europe. Maiocco will be assigned as the commander, 7th Mission Support Command, a forward-deployed, consequence management and civil affairs unit based in Kaiserslaut- ern, Germany. He will also serve as the deputy commanding general for the 21st Theater Sustainment Command, coordinating logistical support to U.S. forces in Europe, Africa and the Middle East. Maiocco last deployed overseas in 2011, to Kuwait and Iraq for 18 months. He was promoted to brigadier general in 2014. Along with announcing his im- minent departure and requesting a leave of absence, Maiocco advised the board of their options for the coming months. He told the board it had the option to not approve the leave of absence, at which point they would enter negotiations, and look for a full-time superintendent. The board also had the option to immediately appoint an interim superintendent from within the district, or open the position up for applications and go through a stan- dard hiring process. The board unanimously ap- proved Maiocco’s request for a leave of absence, and decided to advertise the position and go through a standard hiring process, with interviews conducted by dis- trict staff and board members. The position will be open until fi lled. To qualify, candidates must have a valid Oregon administrator’s li- cense and a master’s degree in an ed- ucation-related fi eld, Maiocco said. See MAIOCCO, A14
