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Hermiston Area Cham-
ber of Commerce, plus
Bellinger Farms and Wal-
chli Farms, who donated
watermelons to hand out to
Portland residents at Pio-
neer Courthouse Square.
As usual, Portland and
Hermiston city officials
will face off in a friendly
seed-spitting contest, but
the annual trip is also an
opportunity for leaders
from both cities to spend
time getting to know each
other and discussing issues
both cities face.
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Get in touch with your
inner Sherlock Holmes
during the annual National
Night Out treasure hunt.
Watch for a bonus clue in
the Aug. 1 Hermiston Her-
ald. The Hermiston Police
Department will be hiding
a golden medallion July 31
and clues will be published
each day in the East Ore-
gonian until it’s found. The
winner will be treated to an
ice cream social block party
Tuesday, Aug. 7 during
Hermiston’s National Night
Out festivities.
STAFF PHOTO BY JAYATI RAMAKRISHNAN
Jack, Gabriel and Evangeline Moreno eagerly show off the
Hermiston watermelon they picked up in Portland in 2017.
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Members of the Girl
Scouts of Oregon and
Southwest
Washington
recently reached for the
stars as they participated
in Astronomy Adventure.
The July 10-14 event was
held at Pine Mountain
Observatory, located in the
Deschutes National Forest
near Bend.
The outing offered
a unique opportunity to
observe the skies from
mountaintop
telescopes
and learn about astronomy.
Also, participants collected
data and further developed
outdoor skills.
“I hope to see these Girl
Scouts pursue studies in
physics or astronomy in
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Umatilla-Morrow Head
Start, along with OSU, is
providing the classes to
families that qualify for the
WIC (Women, Infants and
Children) program. WIC
is a supplemental nutri-
tion program that provides
nutritious foods to low-in-
come pregnant and breast-
feeding women, infants,
and children up to age 5
who are at risk of not get-
ting adequate nutrition.
“We’re trying to do pre-
ventative care,” Treadwell
said. She noted that scien-
tific research has shown that
eating enough vegetables
can help prevent, and even
address, common diseases.
For the “Fruits and Veg-
etables for Families” pro-
gram, people were screened
for food insecurity, and had
to qualify in one of three
areas: meeting CDC guide-
lines for obesity, or being
diagnosed by a healthcare
provider with diabetes or
hypertension. Those who
qualify are asked to come to
at least four cooking classes,
and get a bag of fresh pro-
duce to take home with each
class. Classes are funded by
an $85,000 grant from East-
ern Oregon Coordinated
Care Organization. In June,
122 people attended one of
the six classes offered.
Though the classes target
women and children, Tread-
well said they encourage the
whole family to join in.
Silvia Castillo came to
Thursday’s class with her
SR5 DBL CAB V6 4X4
the near future,” said Scott
Fisher, director of Pine
Mountain Observatory.
For more about how to
get involved in Girl Scouts,
visit www.girlscoutsosw.
org.
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If you’re looking for a
day-trip this weekend, the
annual Show ’n’ Shine Car
Show revs up Saturday at
Earl Snell Park in Arlington.
The
family-friendly
event also features lots of
ways to cool down in the
lagoon with floaties and
water toys provided by
the Arlington Commu-
nity Chamber of Com-
merce. The annual Rub-
ber Duck Regatta also will
be launched in the park’s
lagoon. For a chance to win
some cash, be sure to buy a
duck for a buck at Arling-
ton Hardware.
Food will be plentiful as
St. Francis Mission Cath-
olic Church offers a bar-
becue lunch beginning at
11 a.m. and the Methodist
Church Ladies will serve
up their popular strawberry
shortcake throughout the
afternoon.
Registration for vehi-
cles, which costs $10 each,
starts at 9 a.m. The first
50 registered will receive
a dash plaque and goodie
bag with various car-related
items. There is no fee for
spectators.
Also, the chamber is
hosting a free poker walk
with a handful of local busi-
nesses. The best hand wins a
$150 gift certificate to have
something made by local
leather artist Ron Wilson
Custom Leather.
For more information,
contact
541-626-3426,
info@visitarlingtonoregon.
com or visit www.visitar-
lingtonoregon.com.
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our weekly By The Way col-
umn by emailing your tips to
editor@hermistonherald.com.
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Silvia Castillo watches as her sons, Angel Cruz Arreola,
5, and Dante Castillo, 14, pour salad dressing on an Asian
salad Thursday during a family cooking class for the
OSU Extension Service’s nutrition education program in
Hermiston.
children.
“I am not big on cook-
ing,” she said, as she grated
carrots, her son made
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dressing and her daughter
chopped tomatoes. “But as a
family we had lots of fun.”
She said she plans to
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The interior of the first completed home of the Wolf Run
subdivision outside Hermiston.
SUBDIVISION
for 2,850 square feet, while
the fully completed home
is listed at $324,900 for
2,278 square feet. Gehring is
allowing custom designs to
be requested but also offers
four different floor plans
that are each four-bedroom
ranch-style homes.
Gehring said he’s willing
to take a look at two-story
designs but really prefers to
keep the neighborhood sin-
gle-story where possible, as
he’s adamant about preserv-
ing the privacy of the back
yards.
He said the first couple
to buy one of the houses is
retired, but he also thought
the subdivision — a block
from Armand Larive Middle
School and Desert View Ele-
mentary School — would
be a great place to raise a
family.
RE/MAX Cornerstone is
holding open houses from
11 a.m. to 1 p.m. every Sat-
urday and Sunday, and Geh-
ring said when he filled in
recently he didn’t get out
of there until 1:30 p.m.
because there were so many
walk-ins.
“I sat up here and it was
nonstop on Sunday,” he said.
come back for other classes,
and hopes to cook more with
her kids.
Victoria Erevia-Garcia
stirred brown rice into the
vegetable-beef skillet.
“I love to cook, I’ve been
doing it for years,” she said.
But the class introduced
her to some new things.
She’d never cooked with
squash before, and wasn’t
used to cooking with carrots.
“I’m diabetic, so it helps
me learn what to do,” she
said of the class. “Maybe it
will help me get rid of my
diabetes as well.”
In another room, Head
Start employees arranged
bags stuffed with fresh
produce including zuc-
chini, potatoes, carrots and
cantaloupe.
Treadwell said most of
their produce is donated
from CAPECO, and they
supplement it with products
from local growers.
“We’ve been budgeting
about $40 per month per
family, but we’ve been com-
ing in under that,” she said.
Treadwell also showed
people how to use the WIC
shopper app, which con-
nects them to a monthly
newsletter and recipes. They
can search for recipes using
specific vegetables or differ-
ent types of meals.
Selene Rosas, a Head
Start Health Resource Spe-
cialist, said many families
are initially hesitant to come
when they’re first contacted
about the class, but recep-
tion has been positive.
“Once they’re here and
hands-on, making a meal,
they want to come back,”
she said.
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