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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 28, 2018
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Scott Lukas, assistant professor of horticulture at Oregon
State University, checks on his watermelon trials at the
Hermiston Agricultural Research and Experiment Station
in 2017.
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other districts.
“It really varies tax lot
by tax lot what the impact
would be,” she said. “There
has been some concern in
Milton-Freewater, [which
is] not currently under com-
pression. In that local gov-
ernment pool, if the exten-
sion was added, it would put
them at about $8, a couple
of dollars under the cap.”
Umatilla County Asses-
sor Paul Chalmers said vot-
ers can look at their own
tax statements and calcu-
late how the extension dis-
trict tax will affect them.
Taxpayers can find their
own tax code area on their
property tax statement,
then go to the county web-
site and access the tax rates
for everything in their code
area. The tax rates are avail-
able at www.co.umatilla.
or.us/at/index.html. Com-
pression, as set by Mea-
sure 5 and Measure 50,
limits government taxes to
$10 per $1,000 of assessed
value. That number does
not include schools, which
have a separate compres-
sion rate.
Because taxpayers are
limited to that $10 cap,
those in areas that are
Children participate in a past Stations of the Cross re-enactment at the Hermiston Butte.
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show which Station of the Cross is
being depicted. While a scene of
Jesus’ resurrection is not included in
the Stations of the Cross, one of the
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spend much of the next year
and post-graduation teach-
ing and hosting workshops
at schools across the state.
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The Hermiston High
School Chamber Choir
will sing for a shot at the
state title in May. At the dis-
trict regional competition in
La Grande last Wednesday,
Hermiston placed first in
their division, and will get
a chance to show their stuff
to a state audience at George
Fox University on May 4.
Choir Director Jordan
Bemrose-Rust said the stu-
dents had to get a score of
85 or above from two of
three judges at the event.
The group received an 87, a
church’s adult leaders will share about
it prior to the conclusion of the event.
Numerous church parishioners and
others from the community attend
each year.
People who plan to walk to the top
of the butte are reminded it includes
uneven ground. The wearing of sturdy
shoes is recommended.
90 and a 92 from the judg-
ing panel. There were four
competitors in Hermiston’s
5A division.
The Hermiston High
School Chamber Choir has
38 students, ranging from
sophomores to seniors. Sev-
eral choir students are trav-
eling to Disneyland over
spring break for a choir trip
that will include performing
at one of the Disney parks
and recording music.
“They’re super excited,”
Bemrose-Rust said. “The
kids have been working
very hard.”
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If you were worried about
getting your snow tires off
this week, worry no more.
The state has extended the
deadline to April 15 due to
the possibility of some late
snowfall in parts of the state.
Those who are interested in read-
ing about Christ’s crucifixion can find
accounts in the gospels of Matthew,
Mark, Luke and John in the Bible’s
New Testament.
For more information about
the “Way of the Cross,” call Our
Lady of Angels Catholic Church at
541-567-5812.
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To help local golfers
get back into the swing
of things, Big River Golf
Course in Umatilla held the
Brown Grass Tournament.
Taking home the green
in cash prizes during the
March 17 event included
the first place team of Josh
Williams, Matt Berg-
strom, Dick Snyder and
Gary Mercer, who had a
59 gross.
Coming in second with
63 was the team of Sergio
Rodriguez, Jim Johnson,
Mark Herman and Ben
Hunter; and third place,
also with a 63, went to the
team of Jake Burns, Pat
Kerrigan, Don Obrist and
Bev Miller.
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Scappoose resident Opal
Miller Timmel recently
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an d is o pen week days fro m 8am to 5pm an d week en ds fro m 9am to
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dropped a line to the Herm-
iston Herald. The 92-year-
old Herald subscriber pre-
viously lived in Hermiston
from 1946-1991.
Timmel said she misses
living in the area. The
newspaper, she said, helps
her stay abreast of what’s
happening in her former
hometown.
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already at that level will
not see an increase in their
overall taxes. Instead the
amounts paid to individual
tax districts will be com-
pressed to fit under the limit,
which means less money for
ambulance districts, library
districts and others in areas
in compression.
“Part of the irony with
the property tax system now
is that people can calculate
and figure out that it’s not
going to affect them, but
they still get to vote on it,”
Chalmers said.
Compression is more
likely to be triggered in
incorporated areas, such
as the city of Hermiston
or Pendleton, because city
taxes often make up a large
chunk of government-re-
lated taxes.
Corp said the exten-
sion service has always
had financial support at
the county level. State and
federal dollars have been
directed toward faculty
and science positions, and
local dollars were often
sent toward support staff,
rent and utilities. Money for
those services has always
come out of county gen-
eral funds, she said. Even if
voters approve the district,
the county may still allot
some funds to the extension
service.
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