Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About Hermiston herald. (Hermiston, Or.) 1994-current | View Entire Issue (Oct. 18, 2017)
INSIDE FOR MORE ABOUT HERMISTON’S HOMECOMING GAME, SEE SPORTS, A9 WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2017 HermistonHerald.com $1.00 INSIDE 3 MINUTES WITH MEET CHRISTY HERMAN, MANAGER OF DESERT LANES FAMILY FUN CENTER. PAGE A2 ARC TURNS 50 THE ARC UMATILLA COUNTY CELEBRATES FIVE DECADES OF SERVICE. PAGE A4 PAINT THE TOWN VOLUNTEERS TURN OUT TO SPRUCE UP EXTERIOR OF BUILDINGS IN STANFIELD. PAGE A6 BY THE WAY Big River celebrates Big One Zero! STAFF PHOTO BY KATHY ANEY Courtney Wheeler, 2017 Hermiston High homecoming queen, smiles as she has her crown adjusted by senior princess Madelyn Juul. Students celebrate fall tradition with pageantry and spirit events STAFF PHOTO BY KATHY ANEY Fireworks light the sky as Antonio Campos and Courtney Wheeler pose shortly after being named as homecoming king and queen during halftime of Hermiston High School’s homecoming football game at Kennison Field. H ermiston’s Homecoming week ended on a high note, with several days of ac- tivities and dress-up themes capped by a win for the Bulldogs and a dance Satur- day night. The Homecoming King and Queen, crowned at halftime, were Antonio Campos and Courtney Wheeler. The rest of the court was as follows: Sam Schwirse and Courtnee West (fresh- men), Tysen Salinas and Jazmin Macias (sophomores), Canden Gutierrez and Tay- lor Greene (juniors), and Joey Gutierrez, Maddy Juul, Luke Walchli and Mackenzie Hill (seniors). Throughout the week, students came to school dressed for various themes such as “Disney Day,” “Flannel Day,” and “Purple and Gold Spirit Day.” Each evening also featured an activity, including a bonfi re and a mud tug-of-war, and fl oat decorating be- fore Friday’s noise parade. The dance theme was “Fiesta,” and stu- dents enjoyed fi reworks at halftime of the football game after the Homecoming court was announced and the king and queen were crowned. Big River Golf Course in Umatilla is swinging into celebration mode as it announces a 10-year anniversary event. General manager Megan Olsen invites people to pack the clubhouse Monday, Oct. 30, from 5-7 p.m. at 709 Willamette St., Umatilla. Also, golfers who register for their 2018 memberships prior to the event will be entered into a drawing for a chance to receive a $300 refund. The drawing will be held at the anniversary event. For more information, contact Olsen at 541-922-306 or megan@ golfbigriver.com. • • • Good Samaritans de- serve thanks recently for responding to a woman in need at the post offi ce in Hermiston. On Sept. 16, several people heard Dixie Jessen’s cries for help. After dislocating and breaking her hip, the Hermiston woman is now on the mend after having her hip socket rebuilt and her hip joint replaced. She expressed extreme grat- itude to the strangers who came to her aid. • • • SafeWise recently an- nounced its third annual 20 Safest Cities in Oregon report, which included sev- eral Eastern Oregon towns. Using the most recent FBI crime data from 2015, cit- ies with a population of 3,000 or more were eval- See BTW, Page A14 Housing projects could ease rental crunch Boardman, Hermiston, Umatilla all seeing new housing projects start. By JADE McDOWELL STAFF WRITER Finding housing can be hard- er than fi nding a job locally, but there are people working to tackle the problem. On Tuesday, BC Contract- ing and PROffutt Limited Part- nership broke ground on a new 240-unit apartment complex in Boardman. City manager Kar- en Pettigrew said Boardman and the companies located there have been working hard to fi nd ways to bring more “market-rate” housing to the community, allowing more workers to live in the town where they are employed. In 2015 it was estimated that 68 percent of workers at the Port of Morrow did not live in Board- man. “I just wanted to say how excit- ed we are to have this adventure starting in Boardman,” Pettigrew said during the groundbreaking ceremony. Port of Morrow manager Gary Neal thanked PROffutt, the real estate division of the R.D. Offutt company that owns RDO Equip- ment and Threemile Canyon Farms, for stepping up to help employees in the area fi nd hous- ing. “When I moved here in 1989 STAFF PHOTO BY E.J. HARRIS A model home stands on property that is part of the Virginia’s Place development in Umatilla. I couldn’t fi nd a place to live. ... We’ve had that problem here con- tinuously ever since,” he said. It’s a region-wide problem. Stan Stradley, Umatilla Coun- ty Housing Authority director, said vacancy rates for apartments in Umatilla County are at about 1.4 percent, and waiting lists for subsidized housing grow longer See HOUSING, Page A14
