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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 3, 2018
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SPORTS | B1
INSIDE
FLU SHOTS
Free flu vaccine clinics
are available for
those not covered by
insurance.
A3
RETIREMENT
Celebrate Rod and Sheila
Hardin’s retirement on
Sunday at Hermiston
Christian Center and
School.
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FAMILY FUN
SAGE Center Harvest
Fest and Echo Corn Maze
& Pumpkin Patch offer
up fall activities for the
whole family.
A4, A7
BY THE WAY
Candidate forum
next week
Voters will have a
chance to get to know
people running for local
elected office at a candi-
date forum on Oct. 10.
The Hermiston Cham-
ber of Commerce and
KOHU & The Q will host
the forum from 5:30-7
p.m. in room 134/135 at
the Hermiston campus
of Blue Mountain Com-
munity College, 975 S.E.
Columbia Drive.
Umatilla County Board
of Commissioners can-
didates Rick Pullen and
incumbent George Mur-
dock will participate,
along with Hermiston
City Council Ward 1 can-
didates Mark Gomol-
ski and incumbent Lori
Davis.
The event will begin
with refreshments and
a chance to mingle with
candidates at 5:30 p.m.
Umatilla County Board
of Commissioners can-
didates will speak first at
6 p.m. followed by city
council candidates.
For more informa-
tion call the chamber at
541-567-6151.
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See BTW, Page A2
STAFF PHOTOS BY E.J. HARRIS
LaNae Hull drops beef into a broth while making a French dip sandwich as her mother, Carol Hull, checks an order at Delish Bistro in Hermiston.
Hermiston mother
and daughter team
up in the kitchen
By JADE MCDOWELL
STAFF WRITER
For LaNae and Carol Hull,
food and family go together like
burgers and fries.
The mother-daughter team
behind Delish Bistro in Herm-
iston take inspiration for their
dishes from many cultures, but a
love of cooking is something that
has been passed down through
generations.
“In my family, food was
always important,” Carol said.
“My mother had a really good
palate.”
Her father’s mother was a
cook, and she has an uncle in the
bakery business and nieces who
run restaurants. In Hawaii, her
brother cooks for big get-togeth-
ers. Carol always cooked for her
husband and four children, their
friends and church functions;
Rogelio Ramirez plates a house salad with grilled chichen breast at
Delish Bistro in Hermiston.
she eventually went to culinary
school in Walla Walla after her
children left the house.
LaNae said she always shared
the family love of eating tasty
cuisine, but once she was in high
school she realized she should
ask Carol to teach her how to
make it.
“She was always cooking
good food, so I was used to that,”
she said.
The typical college fare might
be Top Ramen and Taco Bell, but
while at Oregon State University
LaNae often found time to make
home-cooked lasagna and other
hearty meals, then freeze the left-
overs in single servings for later.
She also worked in a bakery, and
eventually decided she wanted to
quit studying business and head
to culinary school.
Carol contends LaNae’s inter-
est in cooking started far younger.
She remembers once when
LaNae was only 5 and Carol was
sick in bed. LaNae decided to
bring her dinner.
“She brought a salad that had
vegetables, apples, all kinds of
stuff she had found, and I was so
impressed,” Carol said.
It didn’t taste great, but
Carol pretended it was deli-
cious, encouraging LaNae’s cre-
ative tendencies in the kitchen.
Many of Delish Bistro’s dishes
come from LaNae deciding to
experiment.
LaNae also has been inspired
by her experiences working at
restaurants all over the country,
including Hawaii, Seattle, Geor-
gia and Chicago.
“Everywhere I go, I learn
something new,” she said.
At Aria in Chicago, for exam-
ple, where the slogan was “cul-
turally inspired but comfortably
American,” she was introduced
to Indian cuisine and developed
the yellow curry that’s a favorite
of customers at Delish.
See BISTRO, Page A10
Hermiston test scores around state average
By JAYATI RAMAKRISHNAN
STAFF WRITER
As statewide assessment scores
from last year come in, Hermiston
schools have seen a slight bump in
some areas. The majority of the dis-
trict’s scores hover around the state
average.
While the Oregon Department of
Education’s director, Colt Gill, said
he could not point to a highlight in
any of the scores, Hermiston’s school
staff are more optimistic. In a press
release, assistant superintendent
Bryn Browning said she was pleased
that scores increased at nearly every
grade level from the previous year.
“Last school year marked the
implementation of a new science
program for grades K-12 and a new
math curriculum for grades K-5,”
Browning said. “It is possible to see
an ‘implementation dip’ with new
curriculum acdoptions; however, we
are pleased with the student achieve-
ment results at the end of year one.”
The ODE released scores last
month for the Smarter Balanced
Assessment, which tests third to
eighth grade students, as well as 11th
graders.
The district said nearly 55 percent
of all students that took the test met
proficiency standards for their grade
level in English Language Arts, and
41 percent met the standard in math-
ematics. Fifth, eighth and 11th grade
students are also tested in science.
Sixty-two percent of Hermiston’s
students who took the test met profi-
ciency standards in science.
See TESTS, A10
HH FILE PHOTO
Teacher Daylee Lathim helps a student navigate a tablet in a fifth-grade
classroom at Rocky Heights Elementary School in Hermiston. Technology
like tablets and the i-Ready software help students prepare for state