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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 8, 2018 HermistonHerald.com $1.00 INSIDE WILD ARREST Police say the suspect in a Hermiston shooting bit a police officer after being apprehended naked. PAGE A6 SAFE SCHOOLS Hermiston School District making updates to Rocky Heights Elementary and other schools to improve student safety. PAGE A8 LAST LAP Hermiston Raceway honors longtime driver Vic Beard. PAGE A9 BY THE WAY The Herald wants to hear from you Hermiston residents can win one of five $50 Visa gift cards for shar- ing their opinion on the Hermiston Herald. The Herald is conduct- ing a survey of its reader- ship during the month of August. Readers will find a Reader Survey inserted inside their newspaper beginning today and each of the next three weeks. The survey is also avail- able online at www. surveymonkey.com/r/ NF2C66C. “These surveys will assist our management in making informed deci- sions on how best serve our readers in Umatilla County’s west side,” Pub- lisher Chris Rush said. Readers may fill out the form included in today’s newspaper and either mail or drop off at the Her- ald office, 333 E. Main Street in downtown Herm- iston, or fill out the online version. Survey participants will automatically be entered into the drawing for the gift cards. Surveys will be accepted from now until Aug. 31. • • • The hard work of 4-H and FFA youths takes cen- See BTW, Page A16 STAFF PHOTO BY E.J. HARRIS Amy Armstrong, 11, of Hermiston positions her Nigerian dwarf goat during the novice dairy goat showmanship on Tuesday at the Umatilla County Fair. By JAYATI RAMAKRISHNAN STAFF WRITER f you only have a day to spend at the fair, it’ll be tough to fit everything in. But there are a mix of old favorites and new attractions this year, which will keep you busy for an hour, or an entire, hot summer day. Before the heat spikes, check out some of the new exhib- its, like the “Museum of Curious Things.” Housed in a small trailer, the exhibit features many oddities — from taxidermied I animals with deformities, or artifacts from various myths and conspiracies. “It’s a slice of Americana,” said museum owner Matt Baker. “Historical oddities. We encourage people to come in and check it out for themselves.” In the morning, visit the animal barns to see local youths showing off their hard work. This year they are showing dairy cows again after a long hiatus. See FAIR, Page A16 Recycling numbers up after deposit amount rises Recycling numbers up after increase in deposit amount By JADE MCDOWELL STAFF WRITER Ten cents may not sound like much, but for people who are dili- gent about returning cans and bottles, deposits can quickly add up to more than pocket change. It was adding up for the Agape House on Tuesday, as a steady stream of people stopped by the Hermiston BottleDrop with spe- cially marked blue bags of cans and bottles to donate to the nonprofit. BottleDrop Give, a program of the Oregon Beverage Recycling Coop- erative, had pledged to match up to $1,000 in deposits collected that afternoon, and Agape House director Dave Hughes said Wednesday that he didn’t have a final number but it looked like the fundraiser had raked in close to $2,000 worth of depos- its (that’s 20,000 cans) to go toward backpacks of food sent home with needy schoolchildren on weekends. “They couldn’t keep up,” Hughes said. “I’m so excited.” Oregon’s famous Bottle Bill, which set up the country’s first bev- erage recycling deposit system in 1971, helped the OBRC redeem 1.3 billion containers in 2017 alone, according to Peter Spendelow of the Oregon Department of Environ- See DEPOSITS, Page A11 STAFF PHOTO BY E.J. HARRIS A sign warning the recyclables from outside of Oregon should not be returned at the BottleDrop sits at the head of the line in Hermiston.
