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gage and paid it off in eight,
so it’s a giving congrega-
tion,” Sexton said.
Saxton said the current
building off East High-
land Avenue contains a
sanctuary that fits about
170 people, three class-
rooms, restrooms and
offices. When he came to
Hermiston three years ago
there were about 40 peo-
ple attending regularly and
they could squeeze into the
front hall area for fellow-
ship activities. Now with
about 60 people attending,
there isn’t room.
“We can’t have a meal,
we can’t have these types of
things,” he said.
The new fellowship hall
will allow for meals, par-
ties, extra classes, wedding
receptions and other activi-
ties. Sexton said the church
would be able to rent out
the hall to other groups,
and is considering starting a
preschool in the space.
The addition should be
done by Oct. 1, and will be
furnished with tables and
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STAFF PHOTO BY JADE MCDOWELL.
Parking lot re-paving work is complete at Hermiston Church
of the Nazarene but the church is still raising money to cover
the cost.
chairs from Pilot Rock’s
Presbyterian Church, which
closed recently.
Getting creative
For Hermiston Church
of the Nazarene’s new roof
and parking lot, the work
is done but the bill is due
soon and the church is a
little short, which is why
the Temples decided to do
their ride and have faith
that would be enough to fill
in the gap. They brought in
about $1,800 from the ride
but as of Tuesday were still
about $1,200 short.
Harrison said his dad
had been excited about the
project.
“He bought a selfie stick
just for this trip,” he said.
Before the trip Harri-
son said the furthest he had
ever unicycled was about
20 miles, so the fundrais-
ing journey would be a test
of his endurance. But Pat-
rick said he wasn’t worried
about his son keeping up.
“The student is now the
master,” he said. “He can do
stairs and all sorts of things
I can’t do.”
On Thursday the Tem-
ples set out from the air-
port in Pendleton at 6 a.m.
It was 66 degrees out and
“cool and pleasant,” Patrick
said. The ride along Barn-
hart Road was a breeze, but
getting on Interstate 84 was
a little scary.
“When the first truck
passes you, it’s a little dif-
ferent ride,” he said, noting
he quickly stowed the selfie
stick. “It was hands on and
paying attention.”
Harrison said he was dis-
appointed not to be able to
finish the ride due to tech-
nical difficulties, but it gave
him a new appreciation for
just how far it was between
Pendleton and Hermiston.
“It’s something you
don’t grasp until you’re in a
car,” he said.
Fritz, who drove the
chase vehicle, said he was
grateful for the Temples for
their help in raising money
for the church, and for the
other “awesome” members
of the congregation who
had given generously to the
campaign over the past few
months so that the church
did not have to go into debt
for the project.
Umatilla man arrested in Winco shooting
HERMISTON HERALD
A Umatilla man was charged in
Richland with attempted murder after
allegedly shooting a woman in a gro-
cery store.
Richland Police have booked Mat-
thew McQuin, 45, in Benton County Jail
on attempted murder charges. The vic-
tim, a woman, was taken to a local hos-
pital with gunshot wounds, but police
have provided no further information on
her condition.
Police responded to WinCo Foods
in Richland around 7:30 p.m. Monday,
and found the woman with a gunshot
wound. McQuin surrendered to police
inside the store.
As of Tuesday afternoon, the victim
was reported to have been released from
the hospital.
Umatilla Police Chief Darla Huxel
said McQuin is known to local law
enforcement. He has been arrested sev-
eral times in Umatilla County for pos-
session of controlled substances, driv-
ing under the influence of intoxicants
and fleeing or eluding a police officer.
His most recent charges were in August
2017 for driving under the influence.
STAFF PHOTO BY E.J. HARRIS
Instrutor McKinsay Naillon coaches Delilah Boyd, 4, on
how to float on her back.
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do further work looking at
possible financing options.
Smith said there probably
wouldn’t be much in the
way of grants available for
the project.
The most common way
for cities to pay for aquatic
centers is through bonds.
The city has been paying
off its bond obligations
for the Hermiston Family
Aquatic Center — which
opened in 2004 — using
Transient Room Tax funds
assessed on local hotel
stays and an increase in the
city’s operating levy. (Two
separate attempts at a bond
failed to pass). The indoor
Boardman Pool and Rec-
reation Center that opened
last summer was paid for
by a bond levy passed by
voters in 2014, adding a
property tax of 95.5 cents
per $1,000 of assessed
value.
Another option that has
been discussed is creation
of a recreational taxing
district that would possibly
include Umatilla, Stanfield
and Echo.
Hermiston had a small
privately owned indoor
pool at the Columbia Court
Club until 2016, when the
workout center had a fire
that destroyed much of
the inside of the building.
After two years of fighting
with insurance companies,
owner Steve Watkinds said
he has decided to sell the
club instead of continuing.
Hermiston also lost
another year-round swim-
ming option when the Blue
Mountain
Community
College pool in Pendle-
ton closed. The Hermiston
High School swim team
had been commuting to
Pendleton to practice there.
Briana
Cortaberria,
executive assistant to the
superintendent for Herm-
iston School District, said
the district “fully intends”
to have a high school swim
team in the coming year,
but the details were still
being worked out.
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