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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 7, 2020
Good Shepherd welcomes
new obstetrician
HERMISTON HERALD
Hermiston Herald, File
Pumpkins sit ready for people to pick them out at the Bellinger Farms pumpkin patch in 2014.
Fall:
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In Hermiston, the annual
Downtown Trick or Treat
will be a drive-thru version
this year on Saturday, Oct.
31, from 4-6 p.m. Busi-
nesses and organizations
will be set in in the streets
and parking lot around the
Hermiston
Community
Center, ready to drop candy
into the trunks of vehicles
passing through the route.
Groups wishing to hand out
candy can sign up at bit.ly/
treatsonmain2020.
Stanfi eld Public Library
is planning a Fall Festival
with games and a haunted
library on Saturday, Oct.
24, from 4-8 p.m.
The Boardman Chamber
of Commerce is planning a
drive-thru trick or treating
event at the SAGE Center
at 4 p.m. on Saturday, Oct.
31.
As people make Hal-
Al-Anon
offers
support
to family,
friends
If you are worried about
someone in your life that has
a drinking problem, you are
invited to attend Al-Anon,
a 12-step support group for
friends and family members.
Locally, the group meets
Sundays at 9:30 a.m.; and
Tuesdays and Fridays at
2 p.m. at 680 Harper Road,
Hermiston.
For questions, email still-
jimstilljim@gmail.com or
visit www.al-anon.org.
“SO, THIS HALLOWEEN, BE
EXTRA MINDFUL OF YOUR
CHOICES.”
Oregon Health Authority
loween plans, the Oregon
Health Authority has issued
guidance on which Hallow-
een activities are consider
high, moderate or low risk
for COVID-19.
“This year, it’s more
important than ever to
put safety fi rst because
COVID-19 cases have
risen recently and holiday
gatherings on Memorial
Day, July 4th and Labor
Day led to increased case
counts,” OHA stated in a
news release. “So, this Hal-
loween, be extra mindful of
your choices.”
Indoor haunted houses
or parties are consid-
ered high risk and are dis-
couraged, as is traditional
trick or treating. Moder-
ate risk activities include
visits to outdoor activities
such as pumpkin patches
where people are wear-
ing masks and social dis-
tancing, and outdoor movie
nights where people are sit-
ting 6 feet apart and wear-
ing masks.
Low risk activities, rec-
ommended for this year,
include online watch par-
ties for Halloween movies,
online costume contests,
at-home pumpkin carving
and driving around town to
see Halloween decorations.
Traditional Halloween
masks with holes for the
mouth and eyes do not offer
protection from COVID-
19, and a mask worn over
the nose and mouth for
COVID-19 is encouraged
with all costumes.
Contributed photo/GSHCS
Dr. Christopher Bowen
Yakima, Washington.
“As a child, my father
used to take me on motor-
cycle rides here in Herm-
iston and my grandfather
was born here as well. It’s
TAMÁSTSLIKT CULTURAL INSTITUTE
We’ve Reopened!
We have opened the Museum Store
and Kinship Café for limited hours,
Tuesday through Saturday, 11am-2pm.
The permanent exhibits are not open.
Kinship Café is offering take-out
orders only, with a limited menu.
Call 541.429.7702 to have your
order ready upon arrival.
Please note that safety measures will be in force
with masks and social distancing required.
We look forward to seeing everyone again!
October 24, 2020
8:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.
Free Drive-
Thru Flu
Shot Clinic
Limited supply and first-come, first-
served. Face covering required. Fill out
the forms in advance at gshealth.org/
flushots and print off to bring with you
in the drive-thru. Ages 6 months and
above. Location: 600 NW 11th Street in
Hermiston, near Entrance A of campus.
Call 541.667.3509
healthinfo@gshealth.org
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Good Shepherd Health
Care System has added
a new Obstetrician and
Gynecologist (OB/GYN)
to its medical staff at
Good Shepherd Women’s
Center.
Christopher
Bowen,
DO, joins Drs. Leila Kee-
ler, Allison Khavkin,
Keith Lutter and Ken
Snider, as well as Certifi ed
Nurse Midwives (CNM)
Cynthia Rice and Kelli
Stephenson.
According to a news
release, Bowen recently
completed his residency
at Henry Ford Wyan-
dotte in Wyandotte, Mich-
igan, after graduating
from Lake Erie College
of Osteopathic Medicine
in Greensburg, Pennsyl-
vania. He was born in
Kennewick and raised in
really great to be back,” he
said in the news release.
Bowen said he chose
his particular fi eld of med-
icine because of the broad
spectrum of “intimate
and unique” patient care
it offers, from births to
menopause.
He is trained in robotics
for laparoscopic surger-
ies, including both old and
new systems for da Vinci
Robotics, which pro-
vides more precise inci-
sions and shorter recovery
times for surgeries, such
as hysterectomies.
He is welcoming new
patients at Good Shepherd
Women’s Center, at 620
NW 11th St., Suite 106 in
Hermiston.
Appointments
can
be
scheduled
online
through Good Shepherd’s
MyHealth Patient Portal or
by calling 541-667-3801.
Museum Store, Kinship Café Only
Open limited hours: Tues-Sat, 11am-2pm
Exhibits remain closed
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SURPLUS
SALE
Friday, October 16 • 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Downtown Hermiston
Festival Street
• Desks
• Tables
• Chairs
• Cabinets
• Electronics
• Children's
Items
• Office Supplies
and More
Stay for the Friends of the
Library Book Sale
Friday and Saturday
on Festival Street