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La Palma in Hermiston advertises its carry-out and delivery options during the COVID-19 shutdown. The Mexican restaurant
is one of the most popular options for 541 To Go customers.
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was making the rounds on
Thursday. Shortly before
noon, he picked up an order
from La Palma and placed
it in an insulated red deliv-
ery box to keep it hot as he
drove it to the customer’s
home.
Arriola said La Palma
is one of the most popu-
lar restaurants he picks up
deliveries from, along with
Panda Express.
He said he usually gets
an order about every 10 to
15 minutes once restaurants
open for the day.
“I’ll wait at home until I
get my first order, and then
I’ll be around town,” he
said.
If he has a short lull, he
usually parks somewhere
central and waits in the car
for a notification.
He said it was a good
job opportunity after his
previous restaurant job
was affected by COVID-
19, and said tips are always
appreciated.
“The bigger the better,”
he said.
541 To Go isn’t the first
delivery service Atkins
started. He began with
one in Baker City, then
expanded to Pendleton,
and now has expanded
to Hermiston. He said he
plans to consolidate all
three businesses soon under
the Hermiston model’s 541
To Go name (so named for
the local area code), and
is planning on launching a
corresponding mobile app
to make ordering easier on
a phone.
He said he hopes the
business helps restaurants
during this difficult time
by providing them a place
to post their menu online
— something that has hin-
dered some small own-
er-operated restaurants as
they have tried to switch to
takeout-only.
“It’s beneficial to the
restaurants in a lot of ways,
especially in rural areas,
because a lot of them
don’t have websites. They
don’t even have Facebook
pages,” he said. “This gets
their name out there.”
Free copies of the Herm-
iston Herald will be dis-
tributed to postal customers
on Wednesday each week
throughout
Hermiston,
Umatilla, Stanfield, Irrigon,
and Boardman. In addition,
several hundred free cop-
ies will also be available
for pickup at area racks and
inside stores.
The new Herald will
feature unique local report-
ing — covering more busi-
ness, agriculture and eco-
nomic impact issues in
western Umatilla County.
Editor Jade McDowell said
differentiating the publica-
tion from its sister paper the
East Oregonian is key.
“We don’t want to com-
pete with the East Orego-
nian,” she said. “There’s a
lot of economic develop-
ment and growth happen-
ing in Hermiston, so it’s a
very natural fit for a Herm-
iston paper to cover those
things. But as part of that,
then we will leave some of
those other general interest
things to the East Orego-
nian and encourage people
to keep subscribing to that
paper as well.”
McDowell said a few
items, such as local sports
coverage, state govern-
ment coverage, puzzles and
some special sections, will
migrate to being reserved
for paid subscribers of the
East Oregonian. But the
Herald will be adding new
features, such as a weekly
opinion page and a sep-
arate dedicated business
page for business news with
a new feature called “In the
Works.”
“Right now, we usually
say, ‘OK, the city council
has approved this. There’s a
ground-breaking and that’s
great.’ But ‘In the Works’
will be more of a look at,
here’s something that might
be happening,” McDowell
said. “Somebody’s applied
for a building permit for this,
somebody’s gone before the
planning commission and
asked for rezoning changes
that would make their proj-
ect possible, but it’s not
100% yet.”
McDowell said she’s
hopeful that as time goes on
and readers become accus-
tomed to the new format,
they will submit tips of
things going on.
Online, the Herald web-
site, social media pages
and mobile app will remain
active, with the paywall
removed, something that
should bring joy to the many
people who have expressed
their displeasure about the
paywall over the years.
“We get a lot of com-
plaints when people hit the
paywall on the website,
so people are happy that’s
going away,” she said.
In addition, all current
Hermiston Herald paid sub-
scribers will automatically
be converted to East Orego-
nian customers, at no addi-
tional cost.
“I’ve gotten some con-
cerns from current subscrib-
ers who have called and
had questions about, ‘How
is this going to affect my
subscription?,”
McDow-
ell said. “And they’ve been
happy to learn that they’re
going to be able to get the
East Oregonian for free for
a while, essentially. They’re
not gonna be charged extra
for switching over to the
EO even though it’s more
of an expensive product for
now.”
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facilities and locations. This
position requires a minimum
of one year work experience
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or building and grounds
maintenance preferred, or
any combination of experi-
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Confederated Tribes of the
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Reservation
Department of Economic
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Developmentt
Business Recruitment
Specialist
Full Time with benefits pack-
age $50,000-$62,000 annual
DOE/DOQ
This position is an administra-
tive and professional position
responsible for marketing,
planning, and other activities
associated with economic
development on the CTUIR
Reservation. Individual will
work with the economic de-
velopment team to achieve
short- and long-term goals
relating to economic devel-
opment on the reservation.
Open until filled with review
5/1/2020
Economic Development
Manager
Full Time with benefits pack-
age $66,000-$90,000 annual
DOE/DOQ
This position is a profes-
sional management position
responsible for performing a
variety of traditional econom-
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CTUIR including: business
recruitment, business reten-
tion & expansion, strategic
planning, and real estate
development. The position
also has a number of respon-
sibilities not found in typical
economic development orga-
nizations including enterprise
oversight, enterprise devel-
opment, managing construc-
tion projects, and property
management.
Open until
filled with review 5/1/2020
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or Vacancy Announcement
please visit the Tribes website
at
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employment-opportunities
or call (541)429-7180
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NOTICE OF STREET
VACATION
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
that at the regular meeting
of May 26, 2020 at or after
7:00 p.m., at the Eastern Or-
egon Trade & Event Center
(EOTEC) located at 1705 E
Airport Road, The Hermiston
City Council will consider the
proposed vacation of a por-
tion of E Ridgeway Ave lying
between the South right of
way of NE 8th Place and the
North right of way of E Diago-
nal Blvd. The applicant is the
City of Hermiston.
The vacation proceeding is
ordered by the Council’s own
motion on April 27, 2020 pur-
suant to ORS 271.130.
All interested persons are in-
vited to attend the hearing.
Written comments, objec-
tions, remonstrances, or other
correspondence should be
submitted no later than 5:00
p.m. on May 26, 2020, to the
City of Hermiston, 180 N.E.
2nd Street, Hermiston, OR
97838. The phone number is
(541) 567-5521. Written and
oral testimony will also be ac-
cepted by the city council at
the public hearing.
DATED this 6th day of May,
2020.
City Recorder
PUBLISH: May 6th and 13th,
2020.
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NOTICE OF BUDGET
COMMITTEE MEETING
Morrow County Public Works
Projects - Morrow County, Or-
egon
Morrow County, Oregon, re-
quests proposals for a qualified
Trucking Services Contractor
to provide regular hauling and
trucking services for various
County General Public Works
projects. Contractors submit-
ting qualifications shall be con-
sidered based upon the follow-
ing general evaluation criteria:
1. Fee schedule.
2. Experience.
3. Method of approach.
4. Availability of labor and
equipment.
Copies of the Request for
Qualifications may be ob-
tained from Morrow County
Public Works, P.O. Box 428,
365 W Hwy 74, Lexington, Or-
egon 97839, (541) 989-9500
or visiting our website https://
www.co.morrow.or.us/ . Com-
plete proposals will be accept-
ed at the same address no lat-
er than 4:00 p.m. May 14, 2020
questions or concerns may be
addressed to Sandi Pointer.
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A public meeting of the Budget
Committee of the West Uma-
tilla Mosquito Control District,
Umatilla County, and State of
Oregon, to discuss the bud-
get for the fiscal year July 1,
2020 to June 30, 2021, will be
held at the district office, 3005
South First Street, Hermiston,
Oregon. The meeting will take
place on the 25th day of May
2020 at 7:00 p.m. The pur-
pose is to receive the budget
message and document of the
district. A copy of the budget
document may be inspected
or obtained on or after May
20, 2020 at 3005 South First
Street, Hermiston, Oregon,
between the hours of 9:00
a.m. and 3:00 p.m. This is a
public meeting where deliber-
ation of the budget committee
will take place. Any person
may appear at the meeting
and discuss the proposed
programs with the Budget
Committee.
Published May 6, 2020 &
May 20, 2020
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