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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2021
Breakthrough:
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Erick Peterson/Hermiston Herald
Veronica Delgado, Veronica’s Fresh Produce owner, sells
produce on Thursday, Sept. 16, 2021, McKenzie Park.
Market:
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He was disappointed
when he heard the Max-
well Market would be
closed. Its closure was
uncommon, as he regu-
larly brought his vege-
tables there every week
during the season. Other
markets close on occa-
sion, especially for special
events, but this one was a
surprise.
He also knew that it
would be a surprise to
his customers. He made
promises that he would be
in Hermiston every week
during the season.
When he heard of the
closure, he began making
calls.
“The city was kind
enough to say, ‘yeah,
come down, and we’re not
going to charge you any-
thing.’” He also called his
farming friends, people
who also have booths at
the Maxwell Market.
Books:
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Rose, whose favorite
banned book is “To Kill a
Mockingbird,” said that
banning can be considered
good or bad, depending on
the perspective of the peo-
ple involved. Most librari-
ans, he said, have a negative
opinion of bans because the
bans can limit the access to
information.
Umatilla Public Library
Susie Sotelo, Umatilla
Public Library director,
also stands against bans.
Her favorite banned book is
“Harry Potter and the Sorcer-
er’s Stone” by J.K. Rowling.
Co-worker Arianna Strong,
library aide, said her favorite
banned books are the “Hun-
ger Games” series. And Kel-
lie Lamoreaux, also a library
aide, joked that she could not
think of a favorite banned
book; she only likes nice
books.
In honor of Banned Book
Week, the Umatilla library
placed “The Story of Fer-
dinand,” a banned book, in
its StoryWalk displays. The
StoryWalk book is changed
every month, and the current
book will remain to the end
of September.
“You can walk the trail
and learn about what Banned
Book Week is and you can
fi nd out why this particu-
lar story was banned,” said
Sotelo. “At the end of the
With short notice, he
was not able to orga-
nize a larger market,
but he believes he can
attract more people in the
following week.
Veronica
Delgado,
Veronica’s Fresh Produce
owner, operated the other
booth at the impromptu
market in the park. A
Pasco farmer, her fam-
ily has fi ve acres. She has
been at the Maxwell Mar-
ket for three years, and
she likes it.
She came to Herm-
iston on Thursday with
peaches, potatoes, beans,
corn, plums, honey, baked
bread and more.
She said it would have
been a shame to lose her
goods. When Mueller
called her and said they
had an opportunity to sell
in the park, she jumped
at it. Otherwise, she her
products would have gone
to waste.
“It’s good to be here,”
she said. She hopes to
return this week.
trail, we also have a display
with other popular banned
books and the option to enter
to win a copy of ‘The Story
of Ferdinand.’”
Sotelo said she chose
Ferdinand as the StoryWalk
book because its status as
a banned book is surpris-
ing and might interest peo-
ple. She points out that the
book, about a pacifi stic bull,
has a nice message for chil-
dren. Still, people of varied
political stripe have criti-
cized the book and caused
it to be banned.
The library has partici-
pated in Banned Book Week
since it opened its new build-
ing in 2010. StoryWalk has
been displaying books,
banned and non-banned,
since April 2021.
Boardman, Heppner
and Irrigon
Kathy Street, the director
of the Oregon Trail Library
District, oversees the Board-
man, Heppner and Irrigon
libraries. She said all three
of her branches will each
have banned book displays
of the top challenged books.
A majority of the dis-
played books, she said, will
be young adult literature.
They will also be a “mix
of classic titles and newer
writings.”
She believes that Banned
Books Week has been rec-
ognized every year since
1992, when her library dis-
trict was formed.
“One of my favor-
time, he washed his hands frequently
and made regular use of hand wipes.
“Possibly, I let down my guard,”
he said.
There were public events, movies
and football games he attended. Still,
he said he was careful.
He does not know where he got
sick, but he does remember the fi rst
days of the illness. COVID-19 began
gently for him. At fi rst, he thought it
was allergies.
But then, his symptoms strength-
ened. He decided to take an at-home
COVID-19 test, just as a precaution.
He was stunned when his test results
were positive.
“I was blown away. I thought it
was wrong at fi rst,” he said.
Sure, he had a fever, runny nose
and sore throat, but he could still smell
and taste. The test must be wrong, he
thought. How could he have the dis-
ease after taken many precautions to
avoid it? He had never had it before.
The day after the test, his condi-
tion worsened. His senses of taste and
smell began failing, and other symp-
toms grew worse.
He fi nally had to admit he had
COVID-19, and he called his doctor.
Morris explained his symptoms to his
doctor, which convinced him he had
the disease. The best thing he could
do would be rest and monitor his own
health, and visit the hospital if his
condition became much worse.
So that is what he did. He stayed
in bed, and he began taking over-the-
counter medication and vitamins —
NyQuil, zinc, vitamins C, D and B.
He recently started taking dexameth-
asone and it has helped quite a bit, he
said. Still, his illness continues.
Vaccinations remain key
Fiumara explained that break-
through cases for any disease “occur
for a variety of reasons.” Waning
immunity is one cause for disease,
which may be a contributing factor
ite challenged and banned
books is ‘And Tango Makes
Three’ by Peter Parnell, Jus-
tin Richardson and Henry
Cole,” she said. “I love it
for the story of a little pen-
guin egg being taken care
of by the two male pen-
guins who were bonded at
the zoo. I mean how sweet
is that?”
She feels the book
should not be challenged or
banned, as the challenges
all focuses on the fact that
it is a same sex pair of ani-
mals. As such, she said, it
is perceived as anti-family.
“Even in the animal
world there all kinds of
families, and to see them
refl ected in books is import-
ant,” she said. “We need a
broad selection for patrons
to choose from. And there
will always be books
that someone might dis-
agree with. But that is no
reason for one person to
remove it.”
Hermiston bookstores
Hermiston’s two book-
stores are also recognizing
Banned Book Week.
Michael
G o r m l e y,
Neighborhood Books
owner, said he would cele-
brate the week by laughing
at anyone who would go so
far as to ban a book.
“Anyone who has a his-
tory of banning books is not
good,” he said. He pointed
out that repressive govern-
ments, such as Nazi Ger-
many and the Soviet Union,
Erick Peterson/Hermiston Herald
Andrew Morris, of Umatilla, takes a rare step out of doors Monday, Sept. 20, 2021.
He has been sick for two weeks with a breakthrough case of COVID-19.
to COVID-19 breakthroughs. This
may necessitate booster doses, as is
done with tetanus, or a series of vac-
cinations, as is done for measles and
rubella.
“Other reasons that immunity
could wane include age and medical
conditions or medications that sup-
press the eff ectiveness of the immune
system,” Fiumara said.
While researchers continue to
study the disease, Fiumara recom-
mended vaccinations. Breakthrough
illnesses, if they occur, are generally
less severe than are regular cases.
“Breakthrough cases tend to have
much less severe symptoms, or no
symptoms at all,” he said. “While
preventing all illness is always a goal,
the main function of vaccinations is
to prevent severe illness and death.”
The Oregon Health Authority
report from Sept. 16 showed from
Sept. 5 to 11 there were 14,046 cases
of COVID-19 in the state. Unvacci-
banned books. History has
not judged those govern-
ments well, he said. They
were trying to erase their
history, and we can be sure
that they were wrong.
His favorite banned
book, he said, is the Bible.
As a Christian, he believes
the Bible is divine com-
munication from God to
nated cases accounted for 81.3% of
that total.
In addition to getting a vaccine,
Fiumara recommended wearing
masks in crowds. People should be
especially careful if they are older or
immunocompromised. They should
stay home if they have even minor
symptoms, and people should wash
hands often.
At some point, he said, we will be
free from restrictions and masking,
though this depends on how the virus
adapts and if a more deadly variant
shows up.
“Our chance at eradicating this
was in the early days and we have
missed that,” Fiumara said. “Most
likely this will become like the fl u,
where it cycles in and out of suscep-
tible populations and others are left
mostly untouched.”
And the best hope, he said, to
“achieve decreased impacts” from
COVID-19 is to increase vaccinations.
man. Through it, people
can achieve eternal salva-
tion. Any attempt to ban the
book, then, is a mistake.
The Next Chapter Book-
store will be recognizing
Banned Books Week with
a display of banned books.
Banned books currently
for sale at the store include
“The Grapes of Wrath,”
1984, “To Kill a Mocking-
bird,” “Brave New World,”
“The Sun Also Rises,”
“Charlotte’s Web” and the
“Lord of the Rings.”
“It’s hard to compre-
hend what we as readers, as
thinkers, would have missed
if we hadn’t had access to
this great literature,” said
Angela Pursel, store owner.
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