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A6 • HERMISTONHERALD.COM WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, 2018 COMMUNITY BTW continued from Page A1 STAFF PHOTO BY JAYATI RAMAKRISHNAN Ramon Quirarte and Joel Varela enjoy breakfast before class at Armand Larive Middle School in Hermiston. Students benefit from free breakfast By JAYATI RAMAKRISHNAN STAFF WRITER Often touted as the “most import- ant meal of the day,” breakfast is fre- quently overlooked in favor of more sleep or hurried morning routines. The Hermiston School District hopes to change that and has started offering free breakfast to all students this year. The district contracts with Chart- wells, a catering service, for all its meals. Chartwells’ new director, David Busch, hopes that more students will take advantage of the opportunity. “We saw a great need for students,” Busch said. “Every child deserves the opportunity to learn without a grum- bling stomach, or wondering when lunch is.” Breakfast is available at all schools, and to all students regardless of eco- nomic status. “The district has always had free breakfast, depending on the need of individual students,” he said. But Busch said some students have been hesitant to eat school-offered meals, even if they do qualify. “A lot of kids don’t participate because of peer pressure, or they want to spend time with their friends,” he said. “Now, we’ve created an envi- ronment where everyone can still be together and get something in their stomachs.” He said currently about 22 percent of the district’s students take advan- tage of the free breakfast program and he hopes to see at least a 10 percent increase in participation this year. “If we went to 50 percent, I’d be so pleased,” he said. Chartwells offers a different main morning meal each day, such as bis- cuits and sausage with gravy, egg-and- cheese burritos, scrambled egg pizzas or cinnamon oatmeal. Students can also get cereal, milk and fruit every day. Katie Saul, Hermiston School Dis- trict’s director of business services, said some funding for meals comes from the state and the rest is covered by the district’s contract with Chartwells. “It’s built into the contract price,” Saul said. Busch said Chartwells is also look- ing into some other new meal programs for the district. “At the high school we’ll be imple- menting a student choice program,” he said. Every few months, Chart- wells will have a tasting table at the high school with several different types of food. Students can try the different meals and vote for the ones they’d like to have served at lunch. “Because they choose meals, we’re hoping for greater participa- tion,” Busch said. He said he hopes to encourage students to eat on campus, instead of going to nearby convenience stores for lunch. “We can give better nutritional choices,” he said. Echo looking at sewer rate increase By JADE MCDOWELL STAFF WRITER The city of Echo is ready to dive into its new waste- water systems upgrade, but the project will come at a cost. City manager Diane Berry said engineers esti- mate the city will need to charge residents between $74 and $75 a month to operate the new system and pay off its debt service. The city council will vote on a resolution raising rates at the city council meeting next Thursday. The city currently charges residents $47 per month for sewer. Berry will recommend the council raise rates to $60 starting in October and then up to $75 in the spring. The wastewater the city discharges into the Uma- tilla River does not meet state standards for biolog- ical oxygen demand, and the Department of Environ- mental Quality has ordered the city to fix the problem by 2019. The city got about 12 years’ worth of exten- sions from the DEQ before then, but the state agency has warned it will not con- tinue giving extensions indefinitely and failure to comply would result in sig- nificant fines. The city of Stanfield has volunteered to take the recycled water generated by Echo, and Echo is ready to move forward on designing the project. During the November election, Echo residents will be voting on who will help guide the city through the project. Four of Echo’s seven at-large council seats are up for election, as well including the four on the ballot and any write-in can- didates — will receive spots on the council. In other news, Berry said the Thielsen Street proj- ect is nearly complete. The project placed sidewalks along Thielsen Street from Main Street to the bridge before the cemetery, with benches, planters and a bike lane added as well. Land- scaping will be added in the spring. as its mayor. Berry said incumbent Jeanne Hampton was the only person to file for the mayor’s position. On the council, Karl Jensen and Gayle Yoder did not re-file. Tammie Williams, who was appointed to fill a vacant seat earlier this year, has filed, as has incumbent Janie Enright and newcom- ers Dick Yoder and Chad Ray. The top four vote-get- ters in the election — OUT WITH CABLE. IN WITH SAVINGS. Get a $ 100 AT&T Visa® Reward Card † when you sign up for DIRECTV SELECT ™ Package or above. MUST MAINTAIN SVC & REDEEM W/IN 75 DAYS (CARD IN 4 WKS). Ends 9/30/18. Restrs apply. See below for offer details. EARLY TERMINATION FEE OF $20/MO. FOR EACH MONTH REMAINING ON AGMT., $35 ACTIVATION, EQUIP. NON-RETURN & ADD’L FEES APPLY. New approved residential customers only (equipment lease req’d). Credit card req’d (except MA & PA). Ask me how to Bundle and save. CALL TODAY! 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For more information, see the Sept. 26 edition of the Hermis- ton Herald. • • • As part of a two-month tour, State of Safety is pre- senting the documentary film, “101 Seconds.” It por- trays the debate concern- ing gun violence in Oregon following the Clackamas Town Center shooting in 2012. The free event is Saturday from 3-7 p.m. at Blue Mountain Commu- nity College, 2411 N.W. Carden Ave., Pendleton. ——— Submit items for our By The Way column at editor@ hermistonherald.com. Pastor David Dever Sun. Bible Classes...................10:00am Sun. Worship Service..............11:00am Sun. Evening Worship..............6:00pm Wed. Prayer & Bible Study......6:00pm www.hermistonlmbc.com First United Methodist Church Hermiston 191 E. Gladys Ave , Hermiston OR Sunday Worship 11am • 541-567-3002 Nursery available Check us out on Face Book Worship Livestream at herfumc.com Open Hearts, Open Minds, Open Doors Rev. 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