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be traced back to a known
source.
Those numbers have also
been decreasing in Umatilla
County.
Despite decreasing case
levels, the Oregon Health
Authority’s weekly work-
place outbreak report for
Aug. 12 listed a Umatilla
County workplace as the
largest workplace outbreak
in the state.
The report linked 199
COVID-19 cases to Eastern
Oregon Correctional Institu-
tion since the start of OHA’s
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“That’s huge that they
just trusted us with their
money,” Linnell said.
Fair manager Angie
McNalley said she was, as
always, impressed by the
amount of support the com-
munity showed during the
auction.
“I know people’s busi-
nesses are struggling, but
they still showed up for the
kids,” she said.
Volunteers still showed
up as well, to help with
the weigh-ins as students
dropped off their animals
and to handle the live-
stock during judging since
4-H and FFA rules pre-
vented students from doing
so themselves while Uma-
tilla County is at a baseline
rules during the pandemic.
Families were instead able
to watch a livestream of
the judging online, set up
by Hermiston School Dis-
trict and emceed by Gay
Newman.
“Tell the guy who walked
pig 363 Thank You from the
Smith family,” one observer
wrote on a Facebook post
about the livestream. “He
never liked to stay still too
much when walking him.”
Linnell said the lives-
tream was a hit. Extended
family were able to watch
from out of town, and she
heard that one veterinary
clinic had the livestream
running in its waiting room.
Staff photo by Ben Lonergan, File
A sign at the Good Shepherd Health Care System campus in
Hermiston advises that masks or face coverings are required
on Tuesday, July 7, 2020. The medical center has been linked
to 29 COVID-19 cases.
“One family told me it
was like watching a football
game, and they were cheer-
ing the whole time,” she
said.
Both she and McNalley
said that the fair planned
to continue the livestream
option during future fairs
when people are able to
gather once again.
Plans for the fair changed
several times in the weeks
leading up to it, as it became
clear the county would
likely go back to Phase 1 of
reopening, and then ended
up being put back to base-
line instead. McNalley said
she was proud of the fair’s
stakeholders for not giving
up on the kids and for mak-
ing it work under the cir-
cumstances, but she was
also grateful for the commu-
nity’s patience.
“I just want to thank
everyone for hanging in
there with us,” she said.
Usually, the fair uses rev-
enue from concerts, booth
rentals, ticket sales and
more as seed money for the
next year’s fair, and while
the fair had lower expenses
this year, McNalley said
they will still need commu-
nity support to jumpstart
the 2021 event, whatever it
looks like. People can fi nd
information about dona-
tions, sponsorship and add-
ons for the auction on the
Umatilla County Fair web-
site at umatillacountyfair.
net.
Linnell said it was “bit-
tersweet” watching children
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investigation on July 8.
Other workplace out-
breaks listed in the Aug.
12 report, which only lists
worksites with 30 or more
employees and fi ve or more
cases linked to them within
the past 30 days, were:
• Lamb Weston, Hermis-
ton, 170
• Shearer’s Foods, Herm-
iston, 42
• Lamb Weston East,
Boardman, 42
• Walmart Distribution
Center, Hermiston, 40
• Walmart store, Hermis-
ton, 39
• Atkinson Staffi ng,
Hermiston, 31
• Smith Frozen Foods,
Weston, 30
• Good Shepherd Medi-
cal Center, Hermiston, 29
• Two Rivers Correc-
tional Institution, Umatilla,
37
• Lamb Weston West,
Boardman, 25
• McDonalds, Hermis-
ton, 24
• Columbia Basin Onion,
Hermiston, 17
• Oregon Potato Com-
pany, Boardman, 14
• Threemile Canyon
Farms, Boardman, 13
• Hill Meat Company,
Pendleton, 12
• MJ’s Labor Services,
Hermiston, 11
• Home Depot, Hermis-
ton, 9
• Port of Morrow Ware-
housing, Boardman, 8
• River Point Farms,
Hermiston, 8
• Marlette Homes, Herm-
iston, 8
• Boardman Foods,
Boardman, 8
• Keystone RV, Pendle-
ton, 7
• McDonald’s, Stanfi eld,
7
• Taco Bell, Hermiston, 5
• Pacifi c Ag, Hermiston,
5
• J&J Snack Foods,
Weston, 5
East Oregonian reporter
Alex Castle contributed to
this report.
Staff photo by Ben Lonergan
Carter Keys, 11, wrangles his turkey into a pen in the small animal barn at the Eastern Oregon Trade and Event Center for the
second day of the 2020 Umatilla County Fair Modifi ed Youth Livestock Show on Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2020.
and teens show up at the
fairgrounds all dressed up
in their show clothes, only
to drop their animals off for
weighing instead of spend-
ing the week with them, but
people were understanding.
“Nobody really com-
plained,” she said. “They
knew we were doing the
best we could do, and that
was kind of the tone for the
whole week.”
Now that the auction is
over, local meat proces-
sors have their work cut out
for them. Eastern Oregon
Mobile Slaughter, Follet’s
Meat and Mike’s Mobile
Slaughter usually block out
the week after the fair just
for processing animals pur-
chased at the auction, Lin-
nell said.
This year they will be
processing 79 hogs, 24
steers, 12 lambs and three
goats.
“In today’s world, people
want to know where their
food comes from,” she said.
“They’re going to put that in
their family’s freezer.”
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UMATILLA COUNTY FAIR CHAMPIONS
Market Swine Grand Champion: Broc Erickson (purchased
by Elmer’s Irrigation)
Market Swine Reserve Grand Champion: Lydia Vander Stelt
(purchased by AgriNorthwest)
Market Rabbit Grand Champion: Kaitlynn Bombela-Post
(purchased by Mid-Columbia Producers)
Market Steer Grand Champion: Alyson Terry (purchased by
Helena Chemical)
Market Steer Reserve Grand Champion: Blake Betz (pur-
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Market Turkey Grand Champion: Carter Keys (purchased by
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Market Turkey Reserve Grand Champion: Tanner Miller
(purchased by Gregory Smith & Company)
Market Goat Grand Champion: Kelli Nelson (purchased by
Threemile Canyon Farms)
Market Goat Reserve Grand Champion: Quinn Duff (pur-
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Market Sheep Grand Champion: Michael Rosselle (pur-
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Market Sheep Reserve Grand Champion: Gavin Bolen (pur-
chased by Bank of Eastern Oregon)
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unable to show their animals and those wishing to watch the
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