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COMMUNITY A12 • HERMISTONHERALD.COM WEDNESDAY, MAY 29, 2019 Hermiston Downtown Association kicks off ‘summer series’ with art show By JADE MCDOWELL NEWS EDITOR The Hermiston Down- town District is kicking things into high gear this summer with a full slate of events. In addition to its First Thursday events — featur- ing special deals at down- town businesses the fi rst Thursday of every month — this year the group of downtown business own- ers is also partnering with the city of Hermiston and Greater Hermiston Area Chamber of Commerce on a new slate of activities meant to draw more visi- tors downtown. The fi rst of those events took place on May 18, with an art festival that offered up live entertainment, food and classes for painting, fl oral arranging and cookie decorating. Local artists’ work was also featured, and prizes were awarded in the professional and high school divisions (see glance box). “We thought it turned out really well,” Hermiston Downtown District presi- dent Judy Pederson said. Hermiston artist Mary Corp said the juror for the Staff photo by Jade McDowell One of artist Laura Gable’s paintings sits on display at Wild Goose Design in Hermiston. Gable will be visiting the shop on June 6. Wild Goose Designs to host winning artist offerings, including jew- elry and furniture, are made in Hermiston by the couple. Bonnie said Glenn is a “fabulous carpenter” who makes pieces from scratch and refurbishes vintage items. “We do a lot of custom work,” she said. While the Main Street storefront is new, the Greiners are no strangers to the business. They have been in Hermiston for more than 48 years — rais- ing fi ve daughters in the Hermiston school system along the way — and have had various businesses in the past. For years they have brought their wares to trade shows and sold them to gift shops and furniture stores, but Bonnie said they are pleased to be back to selling directly to Herm- iston residents. “We are excited about being in Hermiston,” she said. “There are a lot of exciting things going on for a small town.” She said they hope peo- ple will realize the value of buying something cus- tom-made by a local busi- ness instead of mass-pro- duced in China. For more information call 509-528-7121 or visit @wildgoosedesign215 on Instagram. By JADE MCDOWELL NEWS EDITOR Wild Goose Design in downtown Hermiston is hosting artist Laura Gable on June 6. Shoppers can meet the Kennewick-based artist and browse her work for sale from 4:30-7:30 p.m. as part of June’s First Thursday event down- town. Wild Goose Design is located at 215 E. Main St. A collection of Gable’s oil paintings won fi rst place at the Hermiston Art Festival on May 18, and her work has been shown in public galleries and pri- vate collections throughout the country. Her paintings of life in Eastern Washing- ton have made their way into various national mag- azines, including the cover of SkyWest. Wild Goose Design owner Bonnie Greiner said she is excited to host Gable. Bonnie and her husband Glenn Greiner opened their Main Street storefront a few months ago. The shop features home decor, fur- niture, art, jewelry, soap, greeting cards, clothing, garden decorations, food and more made in Oregon and Washington. Much of the store’s Winners of the Hermiston Art Festival on May 18 were: Ashley Cameron Kamryn Aldred Professional division: Jasmine Lei Laura Gable, fi rst place Hermalinda Ledesma Michelle Walchli, second place Jamin Zamudio Araceli Medina Pam Sharp, third place, Photo contributed by Judy Pederson Bryon Bonifer Anniston McGraw Andrea Eiden, people’s choice A child works on a painting project at this year’s Hermiston Art Festival. event remarked to her that there was “a lot of quality art” to be found there. “I was happy with the amount of participation we had,” she said. “I would always love to see more, but we had a strong group of artists.” She said she would encourage local artists to plan ahead to join next year’s festival. The event was centered around Hermiston’s fes- tival street that opened in June 2018 next to city hall. The festival street will play host to other events this summer, including a brand new Cork and Barrel event Kyra Gomez Justin Stark, honorable mention event known as Melon- fest, which will celebrate all things watermelon. It will include bathtub races in tubs painted like water- melon, a watermelon cos- tume contest, seed-spitting contest and more. Other events planned for the summer include a “Farm to Junk” antique/ vintage shopping event and a Harvest Fest in September. “We’ve got a great sum- mer lineup,” Pederson said. She said the district will be looking for vendors and volunteers for each event. For more information call 541-667-5026. on June 29 featuring locally sourced appetizers, craft brews and wines. July 13 will be Spudfest, a family-friendly activity day previously known as Funfest. Pederson said the downtown association is taking the lead on the event this year, instead of the chamber, and decided to return to the name by which it was known decades ago. On Aug. 3 the asso- ciation will host a “pre- party” downtown prior to the Umatilla County Fair parade. After the fair, on Aug. 17, the downtown dis- trict is launching a new Yo Country moves frozen yogurt shop downtown By JADE MCDOWELL NEWS EDITOR If the secret to real estate is “loca- tion, location, location” then Yo Coun- try Frozen Yogurt is sitting pretty. The Hermiston business recently moved downtown after years behind Cottage Flowers, hidden from view of the surrounding roads. “We didn’t get the exposure like we will here,” owner Terry Journot said. The new location, which opened this week, is at 130 S.E. Third St. in a former law offi ce. The storefront offers frozen yogurt and toppings by the ounce, as well as kombucha. Journot said they will be adding some more products in the The most valuable and respected source of local news, advertising and information for our communities. Staff photo by Jade McDowell Owners Tricia and Terry Journot upcoming months after getting settled. Terry and his wife Tricia Journot bought the business in 2017 from its previous owners. “I had been working at a power plant for 17 years and just needed something different,” Terry said. The location at the back of another business was “really bad,” Tricia said, but they used social media to try and spread the word. They also used the old ambulance they had inherited from the previous owners to go mobile and bring their product to community events. Now they are open on the cor- ner of Third Street and Hurlburt Ave- nue, with their own ADA-accessible restroom and outdoor seating. They are still working to add more perma- nent concrete seating, an LED sign, landscaping and new paint with the help of a facade grant from the city. “We’re not done, we just wanted to make sure we had the product avail- able for customers now,” Tricia said. 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