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LEGACY CONTINUES
HERMISTON MARCHERS
REFLECT ON MARTIN
LUTHER KING JR.’S LIFE AND
REMEMBER THEIR OWN
EXPERIENCES WITH RACISM.
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HERMISTON RESIDENTS
VISITING HAWAII SHARE
WHAT WENT THROUGH THEIR
MIND DURING THE RECENT
NUCLEAR SCARE.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.