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A6 • HERMISTONHERALD.COM WEDNESDAY, JULY 25, 2018 NEWS STAFF PHOTO BY JADE MCDOWELL TRCI food services manager Matt Vester (from left) and superintendent Troy Bowser present a check to Debbie Pedro, Fran Rice, Brad Wayland and Briana Cortaberria of Leadership Hermiston. Prison inmates donate more than $4,000 to Leadership Hermiston By JADE MCDOWELL STAFF WRITER HH FILE PHOTO United Parcel Service employees load an Ameriflight Metroliner cargo plane with overnight packages from the area in 2015 at the Hermiston Municipal Airport. Airport looks for feedback on master plan By JADE MCDOWELL STAFF WRITER The public is invited to learn about current and upcoming projects at the Hermiston Municipal Air- port next week. The airport is hosting an open house Wednesday, July 25 from 3-4 p.m. at the air- port on 1600 Airport Way, Hermiston, where project consultants and airport staff will be on hand to answer questions about recent upgrades to the airport and what projects are being con- sidered for inclusion in the Airport Master Plan. Rolf Anderson Leirvik, who started as the airport’s new general manager this month, said he wants to hear from people. “It’s a great opportunity for people to come in and ask questions or raise any issues,” he said. Hermiston’s airport has received millions of dollars in upgrades over the past few years, thanks mostly to grants from the Federal Avi- ation Administration and Oregon Department of Avi- ation. In 2015 and 2016 con- tractors performed runway paving work and moved the airport’s taxiway to comply with FAA standards. During the project, the airport’s fueling station was moved and enlarged. Anderson Leirvik said the “great new fuel farm” was more conve- nient and also helped the air- port be prepared for serving larger planes in the future. Last year the city accepted federal and state grant funding to hire Cen- tury West Engineering to update the airport’s master plan. At the time assistant city manager Mark Morgan said that using the state grant as matching dollars for fed- eral funds means the city’s out-of-pocket costs for the $300,000 project is expected to be about $3,300. Anderson Leirvik said airports are required to sub- mit a master plan to the FAA for approval about every 10 years. The plan studies the airport and its traffic, poten- tial growth and other fac- tors in-depth and creates a roadmap for the next 10 to 15 years that the airport is required to follow. “If it’s not on the mas- ter plan, you’re not going to get a grant for it,” he said. “It’s never going to go anywhere.” DENTAL Itsuratce Imagine The Difference You Can Make DONATE YOUR CAR Physiciats Mutual Itsuratce Compaty A less expetsive way to help get the dettal care you deserve If you’re over 50, you can get coverage for about No wait for preventive care and no deductibles – $1 a day* you could get a checkup tomorrow Keep your own dentist! 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The Greater Hermiston Area Chamber of Com- merce got a $4,321 check Thursday. The chamber offers Leadership Herm- iston to a class of about 20 people annually. Peo- ple who live or work in Hermiston learn about the city and get involved in a group service project of the class’s choosing. Public Safety Day includes a tour of the “city within a city” that is the prison. “It’s a great opportunity for folks in our region to see what you do out here,” chamber director Debbie Pedro told superintendent Troy Bowser. “It’s one of the best things we do.” TRCI allows inmates to create fundraisers inter- nally to help local groups. And after the Leadership Hermiston tour, some of them decided they wanted to help the program. Matt Vester, food ser- vice manager for TRCI, said many of the forms giving permission for money to be drawn from their accounts included a thank-you note for allow- ing them the opportunity to contribute to a good cause. “At the core of our mis- sion is rehabilitation, and a lot of them want to do that,” he said. “A lot of them want to give back.” Pedro said the steer- ing committee would dis- cuss how the funds would be used to improve the program. The chamber is taking applications for the next Leadership Hermiston cycle, which begins Sept. 11 and ends in June 2019. Classes are the second Tuesday of each month from 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. April’s class will include an overnight trip to Salem to learn about state government. To apply for a spot, download the applica- tion at hermistonchamber. com, email info@herm- istonchamber.com or call 541-567-6151. Tuition is $700 for chamber members and $850 for non-Chamber members, due upon notifi- cation of selection. 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