The Good Shepherd Community Health Foundation is pleased to honor Scott and Kelly Zielke as recipients of the 28th Annual Christmas Spirit Award. This award is given to those who
As the sound of the Taps bugle call echoed across the Hermiston Cemetery on Memorial Day, more than 600 American flags waved gently behind the crowd standing in silent attention.
The flags aren t mere decoration â anyone who knows where to look can find the name on each flag of an area veteran who has died. My dad s flag is out here someplace, David Marks said after the memorial ceremony finished. My uncle s flag is out here. I ve been in town long enough to know a lot of the people on the flags, if I can find them.
Marks, an Army veteran himself, said he enjoyed the service at the cemetery the morning of Monday, May 31. The event included patriotic songs from Hermiston High School s choir and band programs, and several ceremonial honors for veterans, including the reading of names of local veterans who died since the American Legion and VFW last held the ceremony in 2019 (it was canceled in 2020 due to COVID-19).