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FORMER SOCCER PLAYER EMERGES AS ONE OF MCC’S TOP RUNNERS AMANDA NYGARD » Page A8 HermistonHerald.com WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 2019 HERMISTON CROSS COUNTRY $1.50 INSIDE R i v er a . lvd d U mat ill a o 82 395 Alternate trail routes for the portion of the project linking Hermiston to Stanfield. County and city planners will formulate a concept plan by early 2020. 5R p E. Loo ad Hermiston Feedville Road 30 State route Interstate Umatilla River City limits Road Proposed trails Alternative A Alternative B Alternative C Alternative D Alternative E F e ed U matilla River 84 Legend 207 l B ona g Dia Hermiston-Hinkle Road Stanfield Meadows C an al 395 oad Stanfield R When the board of directors for the League of Oregon Cities convenes in 2020, it will include a representative from Hermiston. The league announced last week that Hermis- ton city manager Byron Smith has been elected to its board of directors by the general membership. Smith joins Pendle- ton city councilor Paul Chalmers on the 15-seat board, which is comprised of municipal elected offi - cials and city administra- tors from across the state. • • • Good Shepherd Health Care System has hired geriatrician and inter- nal medicine physician Nu Nwe Tun, MD. Tun is the third inter- nist to join Good Shep- herd’s Medical Group divi- sion, with two more hires planned for the near future. She is from Myanmar, a country in southeast Asia. “I grew up with my godmother, a family med- icine physician, who ran a clinic out of her home,” she said in a news release. “I learned much from her knowledge and experience which ultimately inspired me to pursue internal med- icine. The experience also instilled a passion in me for geriatric care and being a strong advocate for this age group.” Source: Umatilla County Department of Land Use Planning Powerline Road Smith elected to LOC board Umatilla River Trails Project, Hermiston to Stanfield ty 1 2 7 Coun BY THE WAY THE FLOW Ro Amazon will pay $40 million to the Greater Hermiston Enterprise Zone instead of property taxes, according to a recent deal. Page A3 nd TAX BREAK GOING WITH tla Tips to keep your home and family safe from fi re, photos of area fi refi ghters and more in a special sec- tion honoring fi refi ghters. Inside County planners are working with National Parks Service to plan system of trails from Umatilla to Echo We s SPECIAL SECTION 207 Alan Kenaga/ EO Media Group 1 mile Kelly Nobles indicates to Esmeralda Horn, the development and recreation manager for the City of Umatilla, a section of the Umatilla River where he hopes the City of Umatilla will consider installing a bridge and using a section of his riverfront property for a trail. Staff photo by Ben Lonergan P lans for the Umatilla River Trails Project are beginning to take shape. “With the support that has come along for it, we’re moving. This thing’s got legs,” Umatilla County commis- sioner Bill Elfering said. The project would connect Uma- tilla, Hermiston, Stanfi eld and Echo through a network of recreational trails, which the county released possi- ble routes for at four open house work- shops last week. They hope to develop a concept plan early next year. Using colored stickers, attendees were able to place unoffi cial votes for the different options. “Nothing is set in concrete yet; we know some of these routes won’t be possible,” Elfering said at the Herm- iston open house, which took place Thursday at the Hermiston Commu- nity Center. The county is hoping to keep the string of trails as close to the river as possible, but some of the different route alternatives offer other possibil- ities, including trails that would run parallel with train tracks, highways or See Trails, Page A14 See BTW, Page A2 Four people in the race for county commissioner By PHIL WRIGHT STAFF WRITER Staff photo by Ben Lonergan 8 08805 93294 2 Flags fl y outside of the Umatilla County Courthouse in Pendleton last week. Four Hermiston residents are the early con- tenders in the primary race for the Umatilla County Board of Commissioners. Dan Dorran, Mark Gomolski, Jonathan Lopez and Patricia Maier look to serve in place of Commissioner Bill Elfering, who is not seeking re-election to the Position 3 seat on the county board. Dorran is a long-established local fi gure, having served on the county fair board for 20 years until he stepped down in 2017. He also served on the state County Fair Commission from 2014 to 2018 and on the board of direc- tors for Hermiston’s Eastern Oregon Trade and Event Center from 2011 to 2017. He dove back into county business with a stint on the county’s Charter Review Committee. When he fi led in September he told the Hermiston Herald that he didn’t plan to start an offi cial campaign until after the November election, but he felt humbled that people in the county had asked him to consider running. Gomolski, too, served on the charter review committee. He also is in his fi rst term as a member of the Hermiston School Board and has served on Hermiston’s Hispanic Advisory Committee since 2016. He managed Elfering’s campaign for com- missioner four years ago, and the two remain friends. Gomolski said he wants to take the reins from Elfering. “I know Bill has a lot of economic devel- opment plans in the works, and I would like to make sure those things come to fruition,” Gomolski said. Lopez also is on the Hispanic Advisory Committee and is a member of the Latino Business Network. He and his wife, Jazmin Lopez, in January opened the student tutoring service Einstein See Race, Page A14
