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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
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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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