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Superintendent Tricia Mooney said Berger has been a fierce advocate for students. “You have almost singlehandedly grown all of our CTE programs with your passion for our kids and for opportunities for kids,” she said in a video where she surprised Berger in his classroom with a basket of candy, saying she was thrilled that Berger’s colleagues had chosen him for the honor. The video played during the Hermiston Chamber of Commerce’s Distinguished Citizens Awards on Wednesday, ...

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...