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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 2020
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Dough Cookies opens storefront on First St.
By JADE MCDOWELL
NEWS EDITOR
Hermiston residents with a
craving for something sweet can
now visit Dough Cookies, which
held its grand opening on Satur-
day, Nov. 7.
Co-owners Kylee Ransom and
Stephanie Thompson, who are sis-
ters-in-law, originally started the
business in September 2019 as a
delivery service out of their home.
They put the business on pause
in March due to the pandemic, and
this month opened a storefront at
405 N. First St., Unit 105, sharing
a building with Neighbor Dudes
Tap House.
Ransom said she and Thomp-
son started the business because
she has always loved baking and
Thompson has always wanted to
start a small business. They com-
bined forces to create Dough
Cookies, which offers fresh, warm
chocolate chip cookies and a rotat-
ing menu of other fl avors.
“Our cookies are 6 ounces in
size, so they’re about three times
the size of a typical cookie,” Ran-
som said.
She said they hope to eventu-
ally resume the delivery aspect of
the gourmet cookie shop, but for
now, cookies are just available for
pick-up at the shop, which is open
Tuesdays through Saturdays from
11 a.m. to 7 p.m.
She said the grand opening cel-
ebration was a success, with good
feedback from customers.
“We had a line from the min-
ute we opened to the minute we
closed,” she said.
Ransom said she and Thomp-
son are “super excited” to be open
and are thankful for the support
they’ve received from the commu-
nity so far.
Dough Cookies/Contributed Photos
Chocolate chip cookies (above)
come four to a box at Dough
Cookies, which recently opened
a storefront in Hermiston after
starting out as a delivery service.
The confetti chip cookie (right) is
one of several recipes that Dough
Cookies rotates through.
Local barbers, stylists will
offer free haircuts on Nov. 22
Real estate report shows
Hermiston price trends
By JADE MCDOWELL
NEWS EDITOR
A report from John L.
Scott Real Estate shows
Hermiston remains a sell-
er’s market when it comes to
homes.
The Mid-Year Real
Estate
Review
covers
housing numbers in April
through September of 2020
for the Columbia Basin
region, including a section
on Hermiston.
During the six-month
period, a high of 65 homes
sold in Hermiston in July
and a low of 33 in May.
The area also had a high
of 89 homes on the market
in Hermiston in May, com-
pared with a low of 41 up for
sale in August.
The average sold price
of homes has decreased
A local barber is hoping to give
Hermiston’s residents in need a
fresh new look with a new project
he calls Cuts of Love.
Austin Erickson, who also
goes by AJ the Barber, said he has
rounded up at least eight area barbers
and hair stylists to donate their time
giving free haircuts on Sunday, Nov.
22, from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the
Arc of Umatilla County building,
215 W. Orchard Ave., in Hermiston.
Erickson, who works at Twist
of Glam, said the event is targeting
those who can’t otherwise afford a
professional haircut, and area veter-
ans, but they will accept anyone who
comes in, no questions asked.
He said he is talking with the
Agape House and Hermiston Warm-
ing Station about hosting future
events in partnership with them to
provide free cuts to Hermiston’s
homeless population and others
in need. Other organizations, such
“I KNOW A LOT OF KIDS CAN’T
AFFORD A HAIRCUT; THEIR
MOM AND DAD CAN’T PAY FOR
IT. GROWING UP, I NEVER HAD A
FRESH CUT, AND I KNOW HOW
THAT FEELS.”
Austin Erickson, who also goes by AJ the Barber, has organized “Cuts of
Love”
as drug and alcohol rehabilitation
groups, have also expressed inter-
est in working with Cuts of Love.
Erickson said he would love to be
able to provide boxes of food to peo-
ple getting haircuts as well, but that
aspect is still uncertain for now.
For Erickson, the inspiration
came from his own childhood, when
he said his family couldn’t afford
haircuts and he felt self-conscious.
“I know a lot of kids can’t afford a
haircut; their mom and dad can’t pay
for it,” he said. “Growing up, I never
had a fresh cut, and I know how that
feels.”
For anyone interested in helping
out, Erickson has set up an online
fundraiser at www.gofundme.com/f/
cuts-of-love.
He said he will use donations pay
for masks, gloves, aprons and other
supplies for the Nov. 22 event and
future events.
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slightly since the spring, the
report stated, from $268,000
in April to $252,000 in Sep-
tember. The average price
per square foot of homes
sold was $158 in April and
$153 in September.
According to the report,
the average number of days
homes stayed on the mar-
ket in Hermiston during the
six-month period fl uctuated
from a high of 52 days in
July to a low of 30 days in
May.
John L. Scott Real Estate
was established in 1931 in
Seattle, according to the
company’s website, and
now operates more than 100
offi ces with more than 3,000
agents throughout Washing-
ton, Oregon, Idaho, and now
California. Its Hermiston
offi ce is at 985 N. First St.
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