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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 2019
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.