Four thousand and one hundred pages. Six movies totaling about 15 hours. Twelve years since the first book release. But alas, all good things must (eventually) come to an end. For all the splendor and wonder that Harry Potter brought, “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1” is a bitter- sweet first step in saying goodbye to a series that has defined an entire gen- eration of readers. In those 4,100 pages, J.K. Rowling has cast a spell so powerful that myriad readers, both hardcore and recreational, fell vic- tim to its seduction, its fantasy, its message that perseverance, hard work, faith in friends and, more importantly, one’s self pays off. And despite mis- givings that the books-turned-movies might not generate the same passion, the same yearning, the previous six feature films have become a family’s DVD staple. So it should come as no surprise that cinemas across the United States filled to the brim with ea- ger and loyal Harry Potter fans last night just drool- ing to see the first part of the two-part finale. (Even the Pendleton theater’s single showing was filled nearly to capacity; that’s quite a turnout for a Thursday night release in November.) Directed by David Yates (who directed “Harry Pot- ter and the Order of the Phoenix” and “Harry Pot- ter and the Half-Blood Prince”), the film contin- ued its dark, abysmal trajectory of Lord Volde- mort’s (Ralph Fiennes) ascent to power. Harry (Daniel Radcliffe) and his close companions, Hermione (Emma Watson) and Ron (Rupert Grint) depart from the formerly safe halls of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry into a less-than- forgiving world of deceit, mistrust and over- the-shoulder glaces everywhere they go in their quest to destroy the Horcruxes that keep Voldemort alive and to gather more information about the elusive Deathly Hallows. Sans a few cheap thrills, Yates expertly boils the core essence of the first half of the book into what it was designed to be: a demoralizing, soul-crush- ing endeavor to defeat a seemingly undefeatable foe. Old conflicts collide between Harry and Ron, long an issue simmering in the background of the main plot. Danger looms after every apparition. Self-doubt, once just a dis- traction, now runs ram- pant. Nothing is as it seems, but that doesn’t de- tract from the very real danger all three of them are in. A slow introduction worked to build anticipa- tion for Part 2, slated to be released July 2011 (a fitting tribute: Harry’s birthday is in July). When the final scene flashes, a sense of suspense and emotional investment course through you, gear- ing you (albeit hesitantly) for the final installment in this decade-long relation- ship. Maybe by then we’ll be ready to say goodbye to our magical friends. ■ Dominic Baez is a pagi- nator, page designer for the East Oregonian By TAMMY MALGESINI East Oregonian ’Twas the weeks before Christmas and all down the road, houses were lit for all to behold. The Hermiston Chamber of Com- merce and Hermiston Sears are hosting “The Lights Before Christmas Tour” to help brighten the holiday season. And the lucky winner will re- ceive a $100 gift card from Sears. The idea for the promotion was born last holiday season when “The Chamber Chicks” were out enjoying the holiday decorations. “I was saying ‘Look at that,’ and we though,t wouldn’t it be fun if these were judged,” said Brooke Harsh- field, Hermiston Chamber of Commerce office manager. To enter, people need to decorate their residence and then take a digi- tal photo and submit it to [email protected] by Fri- day, Dec. 10. The cost to enter is $5 per home. Photos will be posted at www.her- mistonchamber.com, and after Dec. 10 people will be able to go online to vote for their favorite entry. The ad- dress of the homes will not be posted on the website. The winner will be re- vealed on Tuesday, Dec. 21 at 8:30 a.m. during the Odds & Ends program on KOHU 1360 AM. “It doesn't have to be lit up with 10,000 watts of lights,” Harshfield said. “We want people to have fun with it.” Participating homes must be with- in the Hermiston city limits and on a paved road. “We are hoping this can become a yearly community tradition.” said Deb- bie Pedro, chamber executive director. For more information, stop by the Hermiston Conference Center, 415 S. Highway 395, or call 541-567-6151. Friday, November 19, 2010 East Oregonian Page 3A REGION Don Benschoter, D.M.D. (I am not retired!) is pleased to announce that Todd J. Oyama, D.M.D. Jason L. Walker, D.M.D. have joined my practice F For Appointments Call 541-276-1561 Medical Center Dental Office, L.L.C. • Now 3 Doctors to Serve You • New Patients Welcome • Prompt Emergency Care • Friday Appointments Available and Saturday, November 20, 2010 Pendleton Convention Center 9 am - 4 pm Only $1 Admission! Over 90+ vendors with all kinds of great gift ideas! Lunch Available! Raffle for $3000 Shopping spree to Wilcox Furniture, Wildhorse Getaway and so much more! Gift Baskets full of fabulous items! Raffle tickets available at Banner Bank, from any Altrusan and at the door! H HE ER RM MI IS ST TO ON N Light up the house to win $100 in city contest File photo Lights and a yard display adorn a home last Christmas season in the 1300 block of East Sandstone Avenue in Hermiston. H HE EL LI IX X A A T T T TH HE E M MO OV VI IE ES S Newest ‘Harry Potter’ shows everyone must grow up “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part I” ★★★★★ Movie review DOMINIC BAEZ By SAMANTHA TIPLER East Oregonian The front of Griswold High School is a con- struction zone as the school works to more than double the size of the gym’s entryway and re- model the bathrooms, the girls’ locker room and the concession stand. This is the second big project, part of the $1.4 million bond the citizens of the Helix School Dis- trict passed in 2008. Last year the school added kindergarten and special education classes, cost- ing $341,000. The gym entrance re- model will cost $560,000. Before, the gym en- trance was a triangle-shaped room, about 20 feet wide on the south end narrowing down to 10 feet on the north end. Built in the 1950s, the bathrooms were not com- pliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act, the concession stand was too small and the school’s band instruments had to be stored in cupboards along the walls. Additionally, the girls’ locker room was small and badly designed. Of- ten, said Superintendent Darrick Cope, the girls just used the boys’ locker room for games. The remodel will dou- ble the size of the girls’ locker room and re- arrange it so the lockers are along one wall, the toi- lets are tucked out of sight of the door and there will be more than one electri- cal outlet. The remodel for the front of the gym will more than double its size and create a rectangle-shaped lobby. It will double the size of the concession stand, cre- ate a storage room for the band, build a new wom- ens’ restroom and make both the womens’ and mens’ restrooms ADA compliant. The lobby will also host a long trophy case, acting as a focal point between the two doors leading from the lobby to the gym. The trophies are being stored in the basement, Cope said, including a 1927 basketball trophy. The remodel also will build an entrance closed off from the lobby — which will keep cold air out of the gym in the win- ter. The doors will be to the north and south, rather than the west (as it was before) which is the prevailing wind direction, Cope said. W.C. Construction of Walla Walla started work in September and plans to be finished by the be- ginning of March. In the meantime, stu- dents and the public will enter the gym from a side door. Construction won’t be done until after basket- ball season, and likely after the annual crab feed. But Cope is happy to get the job done. This leaves only one item on the list of renova- tions funded by the bond. The district plans to fin- ish paving the parking lot and pave the bus lane. Cope hopes to do this next spring or summer, and possibly to partner with the city which needs to pave some streets near the school. Work under way on gym lobby By ERIN MILLS East Oregonian A newly completed sub- division in Ione already is succeeding at what its de- velopers hoped — bringing more people to town. Two families have pur- chased lots in the 19-lot Emert’s Second Addition Subdivision, a retired cou- ple and a young couple without children. The local corporation Grow Ione, Inc. financed the development, but local farmers, businesses and residents chipped in. The Port of Morrow built roads, laid waterlines and ful- filled the bulk of the development requirements through a delayed payment agreement. As with the first Emert Addition, the goal of the second is to bring families to the small community and keep the 195-pupil Ione Community School thriv- ing. “The overall mission was to have some affordable lots that families could pur- chase and build on,” said Stacie Miller, Grow Ione secretary. Construction on the 40- acre subdivision ended last summer, but Grow Ione is just now ready to begin ad- vertising the lots. The lots are annexed into the city boundary and range from less than an acre to almost six acres. Each is DEQ-ap- proved for a septic system and equipped with under- ground power lines. “It’s just a great opportu- nity for growth,” said Mayor Craig Holland. Holland said a signifi- cant number of children attend the school from the first Emert Addition, which lies to the southeast of town. The second addition, about the same size, is north of the first. The Emert family donated both tracts of land. Miller said Grow Ione will make plans to cele- brate the new addition at its annual meeting Dec. 14. Miller could not say how long ago, prior to the first Emert Addition, a new home was built in Ione, but she knew of two homes that dated to the 1970s or ’80s. The rest, she said, were built in the 1940s, ’50s, or earlier. Subdivision brings needed newcomers to town I IO ON NE E B BR RI IE EF FL L Y Y High school starts “Helping Hands” HERMISTON — Her- miston High School leadership, along with the Key Club and the Center for Civic Engage- ment, are collecting items for care packages to be sent to servicemen and women deployed from our area. Associated Student Body officers will wel- come the following items community members can drop them off at the front desk — until Nov. 30: Baby wipes that come out of packages, not cans or bottles. Hand sanitizer or tube hand lotion Gum or hard candy Jerky or pepperoni Magazines or books on the outdoors, sports or hunting DVDs of recent action movies Coffee or tea Mixed nuts or trail mix. To learn more about the Helping Hands proj- ect, call HHS leadership at 541-667-6100, exten- sion 20546, or email Tim Zacharias at tim.zacharias@hermis- ton.k12.or.us. — Erin Mills Warner Brothers Pictures The film, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1." released nationwide today.
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Four thousand and onehundred pages. Sixmovies totaling about 15hours. Twelve years sincethe first book release. Butalas, all good things must(eventually) come to anend.
For all the splendorand wonder that HarryPotter brought, “HarryPotter and the DeathlyHallows Part 1” is a bitter-sweet first step in sayinggoodbye to a series thathas defined an entire gen-eration of readers.
In those 4,100 pages, J.K.Rowling has cast a spell sopowerful that myriadreaders, both hardcoreand recreational, fell vic-tim to its seduction, itsfantasy, its message thatperseverance, hard work,faith in friends and, moreimportantly, one’s selfpays off. And despite mis-givings that thebooks-turned-moviesmight not generate thesame passion, the sameyearning, the previous sixfeature films have becomea family’s DVD staple.
So it should come as nosurprise that cinemasacross the United Statesfilled to the brim with ea-ger and loyal Harry Potterfans last night just drool-ing to see the first part ofthe two-part finale. (Eventhe Pendleton theater’ssingle showing was fillednearly to capacity; that’squite a turnout for aThursday night release inNovember.)
Directed by David Yates(who directed “Harry Pot-ter and the Order of thePhoenix” and “Harry Pot-ter and the Half-BloodPrince”), the film contin-ued its dark, abysmaltrajectory of Lord Volde-mort’s (Ralph Fiennes)ascent to power. Harry(Daniel Radcliffe) and hisclose companions,Hermione (Emma Watson)and Ron (Rupert Grint)depart from the formerlysafe halls of HogwartsSchool of Witchcraft andWizardry into a less-than-
forgivingworld ofdeceit,mistrustand over-
the-shoulder glaceseverywhere they go intheir quest to destroy theHorcruxes that keepVoldemort alive and togather more informationabout the elusive DeathlyHallows.
Sans a few cheap thrills,Yates expertly boils thecore essence of the firsthalf of the book into whatit was designed to be: ademoralizing, soul-crush-ing endeavor to defeat aseemingly undefeatablefoe. Old conflicts collidebetween Harry and Ron,long an issue simmeringin the background of themain plot. Danger loomsafter every apparition.Self-doubt, once just a dis-
traction, now runs ram-pant. Nothing is as itseems, but that doesn’t de-tract from the very realdanger all three of themare in.
A slow introductionworked to build anticipa-tion for Part 2, slated tobe released July 2011 (afitting tribute: Harry’sbirthday is in July). Whenthe final scene flashes, asense of suspense andemotional investmentcourse through you, gear-ing you (albeit hesitantly)for the final installment inthis decade-long relation-ship. Maybe by then we’llbe ready to say goodbye toour magical friends.
�Dominic Baez is a pagi-
nator, page designer for theEast Oregonian
By TAMMY MALGESINIEast Oregonian
’Twas the weeks before Christmasand all down the road, houses were litfor all to behold.
The Hermiston Chamber of Com-merce and Hermiston Sears arehosting “The Lights Before ChristmasTour” to help brighten the holidayseason. And the lucky winner will re-ceive a $100 gift card from Sears.
The idea for the promotion wasborn last holiday season when “TheChamber Chicks” were out enjoyingthe holiday decorations.
“I was saying ‘Look at that,’ and wethough,t wouldn’t it be fun if thesewere judged,” said Brooke Harsh-field, Hermiston Chamber ofCommerce office manager.
To enter, people need to decoratetheir residence and then take a digi-tal photo and submit it [email protected] by Fri-day, Dec. 10. The cost to enter is $5 perhome.
Photos will be posted at www.her-mistonchamber.com, and after Dec. 10people will be able to go online tovote for their favorite entry. The ad-dress of the homes will not be posted
on the website. The winner will be re-vealed on Tuesday, Dec. 21 at 8:30 a.m.during the Odds & Ends program onKOHU 1360 AM.
“It doesn't have to be lit up with10,000 watts of lights,” Harshfield said.“We want people to have fun with it.”
Participating homes must be with-in the Hermiston city limits and on apaved road.
“We are hoping this can become ayearly community tradition.”said Deb-bie Pedro, chamber executive director.
For more information, stop by theHermiston Conference Center, 415 S.Highway 395, or call 541-567-6151.
Friday, November 19, 2010 East Oregonian Page 3AREGION
Don Benschoter, D.M.D. (I am not retired!)
is pleased to announce that
Todd J. Oyama, D.M.D.
Jason L. Walker, D.M.D. have joined my practice
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• Now 3 Doctors to Serve You • New Patients Welcome • Prompt Emergency Care • Friday Appointments Available
and
Saturday, November 20, 2010 Pendleton Convention Center
9 am - 4 pm Only $1 Admission!
Over 90+ vendors with all kinds of great gift ideas! Lunch Available!
Raffle for $3000 Shopping spree to Wilcox Furniture, Wildhorse Getaway and so much more!
Gift Baskets full of fabulous items! Raffle tickets available at
Banner Bank, from any Altrusan and at the door!
HHEERRMMIISSTTOONN
Light up the house to win $100 in city contest
File photoLights and a yard display adorn a home last Christmas season in the 1300 block of East Sandstone Avenue inHermiston.
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DOMINICBAEZ
By SAMANTHA TIPLEREast Oregonian
The front of GriswoldHigh School is a con-struction zone as theschool works to more thandouble the size of thegym’s entryway and re-model the bathrooms, thegirls’ locker room and theconcession stand.
This is the second bigproject, part of the $1.4million bond the citizensof the Helix School Dis-trict passed in 2008. Lastyear the school addedkindergarten and specialeducation classes, cost-ing $341,000.
The gym entrance re-model will cost $560,000.
Before, the gym en-trance was atriangle-shaped room,about 20 feet wide on thesouth end narrowing downto 10 feet on the north end.Built in the 1950s, thebathrooms were not com-pliant with the Americanswith Disabilities Act, theconcession stand was toosmall and the school’sband instruments had tobe stored in cupboardsalong the walls.
Additionally, the girls’locker room was smalland badly designed. Of-ten, said SuperintendentDarrick Cope, the girlsjust used the boys’ lockerroom for games.
The remodel will dou-ble the size of the girls’locker room and re-arrange it so the lockersare along one wall, the toi-lets are tucked out of sightof the door and there willbe more than one electri-cal outlet.
The remodel for thefront of the gym will morethan double its size and
create a rectangle-shapedlobby.
It will double the size ofthe concession stand, cre-ate a storage room for theband, build a new wom-ens’ restroom and makeboth the womens’ andmens’ restrooms ADAcompliant.
The lobby will also hosta long trophy case, actingas a focal point betweenthe two doors leadingfrom the lobby to the gym.The trophies are beingstored in the basement,Cope said, including a1927 basketball trophy.
The remodel also willbuild an entrance closedoff from the lobby —which will keep cold airout of the gym in the win-ter. The doors will be tothe north and south,rather than the west (as itwas before) which is theprevailing wind direction,Cope said.
W.C. Construction ofWalla Walla started workin September and plansto be finished by the be-ginning of March.
In the meantime, stu-dents and the public willenter the gym from a sidedoor.
Construction won’t bedone until after basket-ball season, and likelyafter the annual crabfeed. But Cope is happy toget the job done.
This leaves only oneitem on the list of renova-tions funded by the bond.The district plans to fin-ish paving the parking lotand pave the bus lane.Cope hopes to do this nextspring or summer, andpossibly to partner withthe city which needs topave some streets nearthe school.
Work under wayon gym lobby
By ERIN MILLSEast Oregonian
A newly completed sub-division in Ione already issucceeding at what its de-velopers hoped — bringingmore people to town.
Two families have pur-chased lots in the 19-lotEmert’s Second AdditionSubdivision, a retired cou-ple and a young couplewithout children.
The local corporationGrow Ione, Inc. financedthe development, but localfarmers, businesses andresidents chipped in. The
Port of Morrow built roads,laid waterlines and ful-filled the bulk of thedevelopment requirementsthrough a delayed paymentagreement.
As with the first EmertAddition, the goal of thesecond is to bring familiesto the small community andkeep the 195-pupil IoneCommunity School thriv-ing.
“The overall mission wasto have some affordablelots that families could pur-chase and build on,” saidStacie Miller, Grow Ionesecretary.
Construction on the 40-acre subdivision ended lastsummer, but Grow Ione isjust now ready to begin ad-vertising the lots. The lotsare annexed into the cityboundary and range fromless than an acre to almostsix acres. Each is DEQ-ap-proved for a septic systemand equipped with under-ground power lines.
“It’s just a great opportu-nity for growth,” said MayorCraig Holland.
Holland said a signifi-cant number of childrenattend the school from thefirst Emert Addition, which
lies to the southeast oftown. The second addition,about the same size, isnorth of the first. TheEmert family donated bothtracts of land.
Miller said Grow Ionewill make plans to cele-brate the new addition atits annual meeting Dec. 14.
Miller could not say howlong ago, prior to the firstEmert Addition, a newhome was built in Ione, butshe knew of two homes thatdated to the 1970s or ’80s.The rest, she said, werebuilt in the 1940s, ’50s, orearlier.
Subdivision brings needed newcomers to townIIOONNEE
BBRRIIEEFFLLYY
High school starts“Helping Hands”
HERMISTON — Her-miston High Schoolleadership, along withthe Key Club and theCenter for Civic Engage-ment, are collectingitems for care packagesto be sent to servicemenand women deployedfrom our area.
Associated StudentBody officers will wel-come the following itemscommunity members candrop them off at the frontdesk — until Nov. 30:
Baby wipes that comeout of packages, not cansor bottles.
Hand sanitizer or tubehand lotion
Gum or hard candyJerky or pepperoniMagazines or books on
the outdoors, sports orhunting
DVDs of recent actionmovies
Coffee or teaMixed nuts or trail
mix.To learn more about
the Helping Hands proj-ect, call HHS leadershipat 541-667-6100, exten-sion 20546, or email TimZacharias [email protected].
— Erin Mills
Warner Brothers Pictures The film, "Harry Potter andthe Deathly Hallows Part1." released nationwidetoday.
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