WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 8, 2018
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WILD ARREST
Police say the suspect in a
Hermiston shooting bit a
police officer after being
apprehended naked.
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SAFE SCHOOLS
Hermiston School District
making updates to Rocky
Heights Elementary and
other schools to improve
student safety.
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LAST LAP
Hermiston Raceway
honors longtime driver
Vic Beard.
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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.
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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
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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.