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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 17, 2021
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Hermiston School District approves Rocky Heights bid
HERMISTON HERALD
DISTRICT RELEASES 2021-22 CALENDAR
The Hermiston School District
Board of Education has awarded
the contract for construction of the
Rocky Heights Elementary School
bond project to Kirby Nagelhout
Construction Company.
The company will construct a
new, larger version of the elemen-
tary school, paid for by the bond
passed by voters in 2019. Accord-
ing to a news release, Kirby Nagel-
hout was the apparent low bid at
$23,390,000.
Superintendent Tricia Mooney
said in a news release that the bid
came in about $3 million below
initial projections.
“Community members can
rest assured, with an independent
review by the Bond Oversight
Committee, HSD will appropri-
ately use community tax dollars
throughout the implementation
Hermiston School District has released its planned academic calendar for
the 2021-22 school year.
The calendar would start school on Aug. 30, and the fi nal day of school
would be June 14, 2022, barring any days added on to make up for snow
days.
Students would have their last day of classes before Winter Break on Dec.
17 and return to school on Jan. 3, 2022. Spring Break would run April 4-8,
2022. Graduation would take place on June 9, 2022.
Jade McDowell/Hermiston Herald, File
The current Rocky Heights Elementary School, pictured here in 2019, will
be torn down and replaced with a larger version.
of the November 2019 voter-ap-
proved bond projects,” she said.
The new Rocky Heights will be
a single-story, 73,500-square-foot
building built to serve approxi-
mately 600 students, with 24 class-
rooms and various communal
spaces, such as a library and gym-
nasium. The project also includes
demolition of the existing build-
ing, fencing, two new parking lots
with drop-off areas, a main entry
plaza, new play fi elds and play-
ground equipment.
The bid timelines were stag-
gered for the two elementary
school projects, to encourage bid-
ding by regional small- and medi-
um-sized businesses, according
to the release. Bid opening for
the new Loma Vista Elementary
School planned for East Theater
Lane is scheduled for Wednesday,
March 17.
Loma Vista will include the
same square footage, number of
classrooms and outdoor campus
features as the new Rocky Heights.
Construction of both elementary
school projects will begin this
spring and are expected to fi nish
during the summer of 2022.
New vaccination opportunities opening up locally
COVID-19 vaccine off ered
at local pharmacies and
clinics
By JADE MCDOWELL
NEWS EDITOR
All Walmart stores in
Oregon began schedul-
ing COVID-19 vaccine
appointments on Wednes-
day, March 10, according
to a news release.
As new appointments
become available, slots
will appear online at www.
walmart.com/COVIDvac-
cine. Times vary by store.
Vaccines through Walmart
are available to those cur-
rently eligible under Ore-
gon Health Authority
guidelines, including those
age 65 and up and certain
professions.
“Ninety percent of the
country lives within ten
miles of a Walmart. We’re
committed to helping peo-
ple live better — and
healthier lives — in Ore-
gon, and we take that role
very seriously,” Dr. Cheryl
Pegus, executive vice pres-
ident of Health & Wellness
for Walmart, said in a state-
ment. “We want to help the
country reopen, but we can
only achieve that through
widespread
COVID-19
vaccination.”
Walmart joins Bi-Mart’s
and Safeway’s pharmacies
in off ering the vaccine in
Hermiston through alloca-
tions from the federal gov-
ernment directly to phar-
macies. To schedule an
appointment in those loca-
tions, visit bimart.com/
pharmacy/covid-19-vac-
cine for Bi-Mart or safe-
way.com/pharmacy/covid-
19.html for Safeway.
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A Good Shepherd Health Care System nurse receives a
COVID-19 vaccine at the hospital.
Care System expects to
receive weekly COVID-
19 vaccine allocations
and will hold weekly vac-
cine events for those eligi-
ble under Oregon Health
Authority guidelines.
“Allocation projections
are looking better for Uma-
tilla County and our pri-
mary goal is to help Uma-
tilla County Public Health
to vaccinate as many as
we can,” Devin Gold-
man, quality and infection
control director, said in a
statement.
Vaccine clinics will be
held weekly until further
notice on Good Shepherd’s
campus in Conference
Centers 1 & 2, located
at 610 N.W. 11th St. in
Hermiston.
Community
members should sign up
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at https://www.signupge-
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