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HERMISTON RELAY RUNNERS SHINE AT INVITATIONAL » PAGE A10 WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27, 2019 HermistonHerald.com $1.00 INSIDE CAREER READY Hermiston High School students give immuniza- tions, watch live births as part of their internship. PAGE A7 CITY GOALS Hermiston plans to start laying the groundwork for a new city hall and new aquatic center this year. PAGE A8 PUPPIES! We asked readers to send us photos of their cutest pup in honor of National Puppy Day, which was Saturday. PAGE A15 BY THE WAY Spring clean- up at Sanitary Disposal Next week is spring clean-up week at Sanitary Disposal. On April 1-7 residents can dump free loads less than 2.5 cubic yards and get up to $14 off accept- able loads at the transfer station at 81444 N High- way 395. Tires are billed at the regular rate. For questions, call Sanitary Disposal at 541-567-8842. On April 13, the city of Hermiston will get in on the action by hosting its free recycling day in the parking lot of Uma- tilla Electric Coopera- tive from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Look for more information in next week’s Hermiston Herald. • • • If you’re a Trace Adkins fan, you might fi nd it worth your while to mosey on over to this year’s Pendleton Round-Up. Adkins will take the Happy Canyon See BTW, Page A2 Photo contributed by Ashley Seibel Hermiston dancers vie for the state championship in the “show” category. Hermiston dance team wins state competition By JAYATI RAMAKRISHNAN STAFF WRITER Photo contributed by Ashley Seibel Gio Flores and Alexa Murphy dance during the WIAA state dance championships. The Hermiston High School dance team just won a state competition, but is already chomping at the bit for their next season. “We started thinking of themes,” said Logan Howard, a junior and team captain. In its fi rst year competing north of the state border, the Hermiston High School dance team took home a fi rst-place tro- phy Friday at the Washington Interscho- lastic Activities Association dance com- petition in Yakima. Hermiston, a 3A team, competed in the Show division, one of several perfor- mance categories. Twenty dancers per- formed, and the theme of their show was “Taken.” Howard said they came up with the theme based on a previous show they’d done called “Witch Hunt,” where a solo- ist danced and a group of witches came out and attacked her. Not wanting their dance to be too sim- ilar, Howard said they came up with the idea of having a solo dancer, Alexa Mur- phy, sleeping on a bench near a forest. As she wakes up, she opens a gate and wan- ders into the forest. She’s drawn in by a dancer in dark clothing and wild makeup — Gio Flores. As he woos her in, the rest of the dancers come out and pursue Murphy. The rest of the dance portrays See DANCE, Page A14 Hermiston’s New Horizons provides treatments for gambling addiction By JAYATI RAMAKRISHNAN STAFF WRITER 8 08805 93294 2 Whether to win a few hundred dollars or lose track of time, people in Hermiston can fi nd somewhere to gamble almost anywhere they look, from convenience store counters to almost any restaurant or bar. For someone trying to over- come a gambling problem, it can be impossible to stay away. “People do it for different rea- sons,” said Iris, a Hermiston resident who has been gambling for more than 20 years. “Lots of people do it for the gains, or because they think they can gain. For me, it was just to have a blank mind for a while.” Iris, who chose to be identifi ed only by her fi rst name, has been in treatment for about two months at New Horizons in Hermiston, a pro- gram that offers counseling and treatment for gambling addiction. “I made a mistake — I went beyond my resources,” she said. “I’m still paying for that. Then I decided it was time to give it up.” Jose Garcia runs New Horizons, one of only two providers in the county that offers gambling treat- ment. The other is Umatilla County Human Services. Garcia has a group of 12 problem gamblers that meets weekly. He said he gets most of his clients through advertising, primarily in the Latino community. He has also had clients fi nd him by calling a quit hotline number. But Garcia said it can be diffi cult See TREATMENT, Page A14 Staff photo by E.J. Harris Since 1999, 1 percent of Oregon Lottery revenue — over $99 million — has been dedicated to funding problem gambling prevention and treatment services.
