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As a fifth generation Umatilla County resident, Cindy Middleton grew up in a family where serving the community is a way of life — a concept she and her husband have sought to pass along to their own children. Middleton was one of several people recognized during the Hermiston Chamber of Commerce’s annual Distinguished Citizens Awards banquet, along with Ken Huber as Man of the Year. She followed in the steps of her mother, Judy Bracher, who accepted the same Woman of the Year award i...

HERMISTON — As Cindy Middleton accepted Hermiston’s Woman of the Year award on Wednesday, Feb. 24, she thought back to the day in 1992 that her father called her while she was away at college to tell her that her own mother, Judy Bracher, was Woman of the Year. “I was deeply touched by the way that Dad described what Mom was being recognized for,” she remembered. Middleton was one of several people recognized during the Hermiston Chamber of Commerce’s annual Distinguish...