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HIGH SCHOOL HOOPS | WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 17, 2018 UMATILLA HANDS IRRIGON FIRST LOSS OF THE SEASON STORY & PHOTOS SEE PAGE A7 » HermistonHerald.com $1.00 INSIDE LEGACY CONTINUES HERMISTON MARCHERS REFLECT ON MARTIN LUTHER KING JR.’S LIFE AND REMEMBER THEIR OWN EXPERIENCES WITH RACISM. PAGE A3 FALSE ALARM HERMISTON RESIDENTS VISITING HAWAII SHARE WHAT WENT THROUGH THEIR MIND DURING THE RECENT NUCLEAR SCARE. PAGE A6 UNION CLUB • HERMISTON O F S M E O A H I N C E T E P A E ST R T S THREE MINUTES FIND OUT THE FUNNIEST THING THAT EVER HAPPENED TO MEL SWARTZ, PASTOR OF OASIS VINEYARD CHURCH. PAGE A2 Memories of the former Union Club inform its rebirth BY THE WAY By JADE MCDOWELL STAFF WRITER Councilor’s husband runs for seat One incumbent and one newcomer have fi led for Hermiston city coun- cil so far, but Hermis- ton residents have until 5 p.m. on March 6 to fi le for one of the four ward-spe- cifi c seats up for grabs this May. Doug Smith, who was fi rst elected to Ward IV four years ago, is running for his seat once again. Clara Beas Fitzgerald, who has served on the council representing Ward II for the past four years, is not running again, but her husband Shean P. Fitzgerald has fi led for the seat. Shean said Clara decided she was too busy with other time commit- ments, including pursuing an advanced degree, serv- ing as chair of the Cinco de Mayo committee and sitting on the Oregon Commission for Women, and so he decided to step up. Incumbents for the other two seats up for election in May are Jackie Myers and Lori Davis. Both said they are not yet ready to announce whether they will be run- ning again. E BY STAFF PHOTO E.J. HARRIS s dating back n Street for year rn the building ai M s n’ to is m er H planning to retu en a fi xture on building has be Club. A group of investors is The RoeMarks on n it was the Uni to the time whe glor y days as a bar. er back to its form Historic photos: The Union Club tavern in 1961, located in what is now commonly referred to as the RoeMarks building on Main Street in Hermiston. “We’re trying to bring back as much of the original building as we can,” choes of the past on Herm- iston’s Main Street are helping inform its future. A project is underway to restore the old Union Club bar to its former glory, re-imagined for a new generation as a coffee shop by day, bar by night. The two story red brick building — located on the corner of Main Street and Northeast Second — is more familiar to many as “the old RoeMark’s building,” but before it was a western wear store it was a hangout known as the Union Club from the 1940s to the 1960s. Justin Doyle, one of the partners in the project, said they want it to become a “second living room” for Hermiston, where people can go to spend time together over coffee, wine or craft beers. “We want to connect more with the heartbeat of Hermiston,” he said. See REBIRTH, A12 Joshua Woods | project partner PHOTO CONTRIBUTED BY STEVE MILLS See BTW, A4 Lifeways crisis services fall below standards By JAYATI RAMAKRISHNAN STAFF WRITER Umatilla County’s mental health provider has been given until Feb. 20 to make key changes to its crisis ser- vices or risk losing its contract. Lifeways Inc., the community men- tal health program in Umatilla County, was put on notice last week by its administrative organization, Greater Oregon Behavioral Health, Inc. In a statement, GOBHI CEO Kevin Campbell said Lifeways will likely need to hire an outside consultant to oversee the program. “It has become quite clear that things are not improving fast enough,” he said in the release. “We believe that it’s time for Lifeways, Inc. to get some outside help.” Campbell said he could not say who the consultant would be, but that it would be someone from within Ore- gon. He said the goal of the new posi- tion would be to listen to commu- nity partners, meet the needs of law enforcement and get a mobile crisis service completely functional. “We think that will happen quicker if [...] the outside party is account- able to both Lifeways and GOBHI,” he said. “We’re not talking about tak- ing over the program — we’re talking about bringing in professional help.” Campbell said Lifeways had been trying to improve their crisis response over the past several months, but the pace of improvement needed to be quicker. See LIFEWAYS, A12 EO FILE PHOTO Lifeways Inc., the community mental health program in Umatilla County, has been given until Feb. 20 to make key changes to its crisis services or risk losing its contract.