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Wednesday, March 27, 2019
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staff photo by Jade Mcdowell
Shana Mason opened River Dawgs in Umatilla on March 18.
River Dawgs does
booming business in
first week
By JADE MCDOWELL
NEWS EDITOR
Hot dogs are in high
demand in Umatilla, if the
response to the city’s newest
business is any indication.
After a little-advertised
soft opening on March 18,
River Dawgs sold out of hot
dogs before closing time by
its third day. Owner Shana
Mason said she had opened
at 10:30 a.m. that day and
had sold all 165 hot dogs she
had on hand before 2 p.m.
“Now I know to really,
really stock up,” she said.
“It’s been crazy.”
Mason, who lives in Irri-
gon, said she has experience
in management and in the
food processing industry but
this is her first foray into the
restaurant business.
“I’m a hot dog lover,”
she said. “There are no hot
dogs around and I said, ‘You
know, I should give people
that choice.’”
She said she has wanted
to open her own business
since she was 25.
“I’m really happy,” she
said. “It’s very exciting at
56 to be able to do that. How
fun is it to be able to live out
a dream?”
River Dawgs is located
1300 Sixth St., Suite D.
Barring more sold-out-
early days, its hours will
be 10:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Tuesday through Saturday.
Mason said she might end
up staying open later during
the summer months if the
demand is there.
The hot dogs are all-
beef, half-pound hot dogs. A
basic hot dog is $4.50 with
whatever combination of
ketchup, mustard, relish and
onions the customer desires.
Gourmet dogs run between
$5.50 and $7 and are all
named after rivers in Ore-
gon. The Klamath Dawg, for
example, comes topped with
chili, cheese, bacon, sour
cream and a pickle spear.
A build-your-own hot dog
option is also available, and
the menu includes sides such
as coleslaw, potato chips and
a warm pretzel with cheese
sauce.
Mason said she plans to
have a grand opening some-
time in the next couple of
weeks after she gets into a
rhythm with the business.
“I’ve gotten fantastic
feedback,” she said. “People
are excited. They really like
the choices.”
Author/activist shares about child abuse
Guardian Care Center
is gearing up to help raise
awareness during National
Child Abuse Prevention
Month.
The public is invited
to a presentation by Erin
Merryn, an internation-
ally known author, speaker
and child abuse prevention
advocate/activist. Merryn
shares about her own child-
hood sexual abuse, which
she wrote about as a child
in a diary. Before graduating
from high school, she pub-
lished her writings, “Stolen
Innocence.”
An Evening with Erin
Merryn is Thursday, April
4 at 6 p.m. at the Vert Audi-
torium, 480 S.W. Dorion
Ave., Pendleton. Admission
is free.
Also, a Child Abuse Man-
datory Reporter Training
will be held. The free event
is Thursday, April 4 from
3-4 p.m. at the Vert Audito-
rium. Area first responders,
school administrators, reli-
gious leaders, medical pro-
viders and caregivers are
urged to attend.
A nonprofit organiza-
tion, Guardian Care Center
was established in 1996 to
help reduce the trauma for
victims of child abuse. For
more information about the
center or the upcoming pro-
grams, call 541-276-6774 or
visit www.guardiancarecen-
ter.org. For more about Mer-
ryn, visit www.erinmerryn.
net.
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Hermiston High School interns Kamryn Cooke, left, and Jazmin Macias have been job shadowing in Dr. Derek Earl’s office at
Good Shepherd Medical Center in Hermiston.
Hermiston students plan for health
careers with club, internships
By JAYATI RAMAKRISHNAN
STAFF WRITER
While their peers are in class each
morning, Jazmin Macias and Kam-
ryn Cooke are in a clinic across town,
using stethoscopes and taking vital
signs.
The two are interns for Dr. Derek
Earl at Family Health Associates, shad-
owing the longtime family physician,
and using the skills they’ve learned at
school and on the job.
“We get to listen to heartbeats, take
blood pressure,” said Macias.
“I gave Jazmin a flu shot the other
day,” Cooke added.
The two girls are part of the Health
Occupation Students of America
club, in which students interested in
health-related careers can meet with
like-minded classmates, and share
their knowledge of health issues with
others.
The students take as many health-re-
lated classes as possible, including
health services, anatomy and physiol-
ogy, biology and chemistry, and early
childhood development. In their Health
Services class, they just learned how to
measure vital signs, using equipment
including a sphygmomanometer, or a
blood pressure gauge.
As members of HOSA, they can
apply that knowledge at state competi-
tions, which includes a practical com-
ponent and a speaking portion.
“Everything we learned, we can
compete in for state,” said junior Macy
Pearl Morgan. “We’re tested on ban-
daging, blood pressure, CPR, public
speaking.”
Earlier this month, a few of the club
members competed in medical termi-
nology at a state competition.
The club also tries to educate other
students on health issues. That includes
passing out information at lunch on
cancer awareness, or giving a training
on tobacco cessation.
“I’d say the health
services classes
have helped.
Now I know what the
nurses and doctors
were talking about.”
Yezabel Cardenas , Student
On March 20 the club celebrated
“International Day of Happiness,”
passing out positive messages to their
classmates throughout the day.
It’s also a place for them to share
their plans and experiences in the
health field so far. Most of the club’s
members have plans to become nurses,
doctors or medical technicians, and
some have already had experience in
the field.
Amanda Arroyo was an intern at
Good Shepherd Medical Center, and
Macy Pearl Morgan shadowed some
of the nurses there.
Arroyo got to see a live birth during
her internship.
“A C-section,” Arroyo said.
She said the internship, along
with her membership in the club, has
encouraged her to explore other types
of medical careers beyond what she
first wanted.
“I went into my internship wanting
to be a doctor, and I came out wanting
to be a surgeon,” she said.
Several of the students said they
want to work in the emergency room,
or in a trauma center.
“It’s something new every day,”
said Jesenia Macias. “I think we all
really just want to do it because we’ll
get to save lives, and make an impact
on someone’s life.”
Yezabel Cardenas has wanted to be
a labor and delivery nurse for several
years, and got interested in medicine
when she had family members that
went through cancer treatment.
“I’d say the health services classes
have helped,” she said. “Now I know
what the nurses and doctors were
talking about.”
The students said being in HOSA
has helped them recognize the value
of experience, not just for their future
careers, but for college.
“Dr. Earl knows what it’s like to be
a young teen, interested in the medical
field,” said Jazmin Macias, who wants
to be a doctor of osteopathy, and focus
on family medicine.
“He lets us be hands-on which is
cool, and we get to see what it’s like to
actually be a doctor.”