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City of Hermiston anticipating $3.6 million in federal stimulus funds


HERMISTON — The Hermiston City Council is holding off on firm decisions about how to spend the $3.6 million the city anticipates from the American Rescue Plan, but city staff and councilors discussed a list of ideas during their Monday, April 26, meeting.
The latest federal stimulus package, designed to speed recovery from the pandemic, includes direct payments to cities and counties to help make up for lost revenue and spur local recovery programs. City Manager Byron Smith said the city expects to get $3.6 million — half this summer, and half in summer 2022.
The city has lost about $800,000 in revenue from the pandemic, mostly from the early shutdown of the aquatic center in summer 2020 and loss of rental fees at city-owned venues, including park shelters and the Eastern Oregon Trade and Event Center. City Finance Director Mark Krawczyk said department heads have done a “yeoman’s job” of only spending on “mission critical” items to try t ....

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Stories of trauma and pride: Alumni discuss desegregation and closure of E.E. Butler


Stories of trauma and pride: Alumni discuss desegregation and closure of E.E. Butler
Instructors at E.E. Butler High School are seen in this photo provided by Newtown Florist Club.
Built as a brand-new high school for Gainesville s Black students in the 1960s, E.E. Butler High School was only around for seven years. But the excellence that was fostered and flourished in its hallways, athletic fields and classrooms still permeate 52 years after its closure.
The segregated American public school system was dismantled by the landmark Supreme Court decision Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka in 1954.
However, the unintended consequences of school desegregation not only led to E.E. Butler’s closure in 1969 but a generation of Black students who experienced a traumatic loss of identity in their new schools, according to alumni from Butler, who shared their stories in a virtual forum hosted by the Newtown Florist Club on Monday ....

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