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EDUCATION A12 • HERMISTONHERALD.COM WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2020 Students building home at Fieldstone Crossing By JADE MCDOWELL NEWS EDITOR Hermiston High School students are putting up walls for the Columbia Basin Stu- dent Homebuilding Pro- gram’s seventh student-built home since the program began. After a grant from the state provided the seed money for the fi rst home, high school students in west Umatilla County have worked each year with men- torship from area profes- sionals to build a new home in the Fieldstone Crossing subdivision next to Armand Larive Middle School. “It gives them real life, hands-on experience build- ing a house,” teacher Curt Berger said. The money from each home sale provides the fund- ing for materials for the next year’s project. Last year’s home sold in August for just over $400,000, according to a news release from Hermis- ton School District. This year’s home got started about a month behind schedule because of the complications to educa- tion brought on by COVID- 19. But students are cur- rently able to work on the home outdoors, 6 feet apart, in two cohorts of less than 10 students. This year, only Hermiston students are participating. Berger said the homes are “very high-end homes” and people are always impressed with the crafts- manship of the students, who are taught by Berger and industry profession- als, and subject to the same inspections any newly built house would face. According to the news release, the seventh addition to Fieldstone Crossing will be a 2,232-square-foot home with three bedrooms, two and one-half baths, and an oversized three-car garage able to accommodate a large pickup truck with a 10 foot Curt Berger/Contributed Photo Students begin work on the seventh home built by the Columbia Basin Student Homebuilding Program through the Hermiston School District. PET OF THE W EEK Little Meno is about 2 years old, he is blind and weighs less than 5 pounds. A fenced yard is a must, and needs to be in a home where someone is home with him because he cannot be in a crate all day alone. Cannot be around children under the age of 8. Likes to play with other dogs, so another small, non-agressive dog would make a great companion. No large dogs. He will require several visits before adoption. MEET MENO Curt Berger/Contributed Photo At top, students begin framing the seventh home built by the Columbia Basin Student Homebuilding Program through Hermiston School District. Above, a student stands inside the framing. by 8 foot bay. The home will be built to “above-code stan- dards with Energy Trust of Oregon, featuring enhanced insulation, energy-effi cient windows, sealed ductwork, energy-effi cient heating, cooling and ventilation sys- tems, envelope tightness measures, energy-effi cient lights, and appliances.” For more informa- tion about the student home-building program, visit columbiabasinstu- denthomes.org. Mark Sargent, DVM • Brent Barton, DVM Robert Thonney, DVM • Jana Parks, DVM, cVMA Small and Large Animal Care Mon: 8-6 Tue - Fri: 8-5 Sat: 8-12 Emergency Service 541.567.1138 80489 Hwy 395 N Hermiston www.oregontrailvet.com Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, animal shelters need our help more than ever. Please donate to your local shelter, or offer to foster an animal in need. If interested please go to fuzzballrescue.com and fill out an application. 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