Discover Hermiston businesses, inside 2019 w ho who ’ s Blue M Foothills ountain BUSINES DIRECTO S & MEDICAL RY Pendleton Helix | Ad | Pilot Rock | Ath Walla Wa ams | Milton-Free ena | Weston water and surro lla | Mission unding are as HermistonHerald.com WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2019 $1.00 INSIDE STUDENT VOICE Hermiston High School student Genevieve Marvin says adults shouldn’t blame social media for teens’ depression and anxiety. PAGE A2 The element of SURPRISE FOOD POD The Hermiston city council approved the creation of a food truck pod across from the Hermiston Post Offi ce starting in April. PAGE A3 SNOWED OUT A late winter is hindering practices for what was supposed to be the fi rst week of spring sports. PAGE A8 BY THE WAY The Hermiston Herald is planning to spotlight a different Hermiston school each month through the end of the year to help the community get to know its schools better, and High- land Hills Elementary School has been chosen for the month of March. Look for photos, sto- ries and information about Highland Hills to pop up in each edition of the Her- ald and on our website throughout March, start- ing with coverage of the school’s family night on Thursday. • • • Boardman’s Ordnance Brewing is a staple for many local beer drink- ers. But the company got a bigger stage last weekend at the Best of Craft Beer awards, which took place in Bend. Ordnance took home three medals, including a gold medal for its EOD, an American Style IPA. The brew was chosen from 124 entries. The festival featured entries from 33 states, and 162 different breweries. Catie Doverspike, team coordinator at Ord- nance Brewing, said they entered eight beers at the festival, but were most proud of the IPA win. See BTW, Page A7 Staff photo by E.J. Harris Umatilla County Assistant District Attorney Jaclyn Jenkins looks over towards Hermiston School District Superintendent Trish Mooney after she was named as the Hermiston School District’s Distinguished Alumni at the Hermiston Distinguished Citizens Banquet. Hermiston’s Distinguished Citizens weren’t expecting their honors By JAYATI RAMAKRISHNAN AND JADE MCDOWELL STAFF WRITERS Before some of Hermiston’s best were honored at last week’s Distinguished Cit- izens Awards, their friends and family engaged in plenty of subterfuge to get them there without ruining the surprise. Woman of the Year Shawn Lock- wood’s colleagues told an elaborate story to get her to come to the event. “I thought I was bringing my boss, Brad Knight,” said the Hermiston Gen- erating Company accounting manager. “Phil Hamm contacted me a few months ago to ask me if I could get him to the banquet.” Lockwood had plans to be out of town for work that week, but said she would fi nd a way to get him there. She reserved a table at the banquet for her offi ce, and told several colleagues that Knight would be winning an award. Then, her trip got canceled, supposedly because some of the company’s executives were coming to town. “That was a hoax,” she said. As the ceremony on Wednesday drew closer to the end, Lockwood got nervous. “I thought, ‘we’re running out of awards,’” she said. Staff photo by E.J. Harris Ford Bonney gives a speech after being named the 2018 Man of the Year at the Hermiston Distinguished Citizens Banquet. For more photos of the event, see A13. When her name was fi nally called, Lockwood was speechless as she listened to presenter Tim Beal, pastor of New Hope Church, talk about her boundless energy as she spends much of her free time working with youth in the commu- nity at New Hope, Campus Life, youth sports and elsewhere. “People usually don’t pull things over on me,” she said. “I’m usually the one pulling things on them. It was a total sur- prise — it was very cool.” Hermiston’s Man of the Year, Ford Bonney, was told that he needed to be at the event to host an auction for char- ity that would be taking place. There was no auction, but the request wasn’t out of the ordinary for Bonney, who has lent his talents to many charitable events in the past. See AWARDS, Page A14 Chuckwagon Cafe serves up 48 years By TAMMY MALGESINI COMMUNITY EDITOR 8 08805 93294 2 After 48 years of providing com- fort food, the Chuckwagon Cafe is closing. Owner Cathy Stolz said people have made the endeavor fulfi lling and enjoyable. She said the motto, “Serving the best since 1970,” refers to the food, the guests and employees. “You don’t last 48 years in any business without a stellar staff,” she said. “And we’ve had the best of the best.” Leading up to the Wednesday, March 6 closing, Stolz is hosting a four-day “Farewell and Thank You Party.” It began Tuesday and runs through Thursday from 6 a.m. to 2 p.m. at 81027 N. Highway 395, Hermiston. The celebration crescen- dos Friday from 6 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. Free cake will be served all four days. Featured specials include New York steaks, catfi sh dinners and encrusted French toast breakfasts. Also, the Buttercreek Boys will assist in the farewell by perform- ing toe-tappin’ tunes Friday from 6-7:30 p.m. The seasoned musi- cians have performed monthly at the cafe since November 2010. All former staff will receive a 48 percent discount — in recog- nition of the cafe’s 48 years. Stolz hopes to catch up with lots of famil- iar faces. “I love connecting with past staff members who come in to dine or text me or post updates and photos on Facebook,” she said. “They will always be family to me.” See CAFE, Page A14 Staff photo by Tammy Malgesini Owner Cathy Stolz announced that after 48 years, the Chuckwagon Cafe is closing March 6. A “Farewell and Thank You Party” runs Feb. 26 through March 1 at the restaurant, located north of Hermiston.