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ISAAC SANCHEZ, of Hermiston, leads the first lap of the 1500-meter run at the Kiwanis Invitational at Kennison Field. 33ND ANNUAL KIWANIS INVITE • CHECK THE RESULTS » PAGE B1 WEDNESDAY, APRIL 25, 2018 HermistonHerald.com $1.00 INSIDE FEELING THE LOVE HOMEGROWN Micro-dairy mixes, matches for small batches PAGES A7-A9 DRUG TAKEBACK Clear the pills from your medicine cabinet. PAGE A3 YOUNG MUSICIANS Orchestra coming to Hermiston. PAGE A4 BY THE WAY Cinco de Mayo goes all-in for two-day party There’s lots to look for- ward to at the Hermis- ton Cinco de Mayo cele- bration next Saturday and Sunday. Two of the three court members, Itzy Uriarte and Lizet Romo, visited the city council on Mon- day to invite the public to the free event, which will take place in a new venue, EOTEC, on May 5-6. It will feature events like a dance, a carnival and watermelon and cake eating contests. The festival has been Hermiston’s fastest-grow- ing event of the last decade, and we look for- ward to seeing where it goes from here. • • • People interested in volunteering for the Domestic Violence Ser- vices crisis line are invited See BTW, Page A12 STAFF PHOTO BY KATHY ANEY Members of the Hermiston Assembly of God give free car washes at Les Schwab Tire as part of Saturday’s I Love My City event. Annual “I Love My City” service day gets to work By JAYATI RAMAKRISHNAN STAFF WRITER T here are many reasons to love Hermiston, according to the peo- ple who live there. On Saturday, an estimated 400 turned out for the annual “I Love My City” event. Several churches and civic organizations sent volunteers to pick up trash, plant flowers and wash cars — all in the name of lov- ing the place where they live. The event is spearheaded by sev- eral local churches including Hermis- ton Christian Center, Hermiston Assem- bly of God, and New Hope Community Church. Groups of people worked to clean up McKenzie Park, Hodge Park, the rail- road tracks, and residents’ yards. There were free car washes in the parking lots of Les Schwab and Tacos Y Mas. Vol- unteers planted flowers and laid bark chips at McKenzie Park, and members of Rotary Club pulled weeds on the foot- path along Highway 395. See LOVE, A12 Ty Arritt, 10, pulls weeds at McKenzie Park Saturday. WHY DO YOU LOVE HERMISTON? SEE WHAT PEOPLE SAY » PAGE A11 Hermiston gets faster access to Dynes plant By JAYATI RAMAKRISHNAN EAST OREGONIAN The Hermiston City Council on Monday settled on a new way to handle the odor coming from a fruit and vegetable storage facil- ity off Highway 207 that has been the source of complaints in the past few months. The agreement will allow the city to inspect the property more quickly, and dismisses the existing case against the company. After an executive session to discuss a settlement, the council voted unanimously to enter a judg- ment with the Hermiston com- pany Carter and Wyatt Holdings, and Luke Dynes, a member of the company and owner of the plant. Dynes said in November 2017 that the plant keeps around 1.6 million tons of food out of landfills each year, taking fruit and vegetable byproduct and selling it to dairies and feedlots around the U.S. The plant, located at 78227 Highway 207, has faced fines for violating Hermiston’s nuisance code. According to the judgment, the defendants will have until July 20 to remove certain agricultural materials that have been causing odors. Products including carrots, potatoes, grape pomace, onions and other organic materials, cannot be on the property for more than 12 hours, and must stay in a truck. The judgment also lists the mate- rials that are allowed on the prop- erty, which include hay, straw, dry seed, grain and corn silage. If the company does not com- ply with those rules, the city can inspect the property with only a 12-hour notice, and can fine the company $8,000 per day. “It just allows the city another tool to deal with routine odor vio- See DYNES, Page A12 VFW/AMERICAN LEGION’S SPRING SWAP MEET APRIL 28 & 29 • 8AM • 45 W. CHERRY AVE. HERMISTON NEXT TO PIZZA HUT. NO FEES FOR SELLERS NOR SHOPPERS.
