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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20, 2016 COMMUNITY IN BRIEF Tourism conference seeks auction items Area businesses are en- couraged to donate auction items for the Governor’s Conference on Tourism. The event brings hun- dreds of people in the travel and tourism industry to the area and a donation will help promote your busi- ness. The event is April 24-26 at Wildhorse Resort & Ca- sino. For more information, call Carole Astley at 503- 967-1563, Kendra Perry at 503-967-1561 or visit www.traveloregon.com. Fashion show brings out style Fun Fashions Boutique is hosting a Spring/Summer Fashion Show. The public is invited Sunday from 2-5 p.m. at 165 W. Coe Ave., Stan¿eld. Owned and operated by Kathy Baker, the boutique features new and gently used clothing for women and teens. Those planning to attend are asked to RSVP to ensure there’s enough refreshments at www.facebook.com/ events/1725982040980912 or call 541-571-6388. Echo rolls out the sidewalk Antiques, vintage and handcrafted artisan cre- ations, door prizes and treats are featured during an upcoming event in Echo. The Spring into Echo: Main Street Sidewalk Sale & City Wide Yard Sales is Saturday, April 30 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in Echo. Maps to yard sales can be picked up at Echo Station and Gathered over Time. For more information, contact vintageshops@ echo-station.com, 541-371-2110 or vis- it www.facebook.com/ events/585441624955634. Banner Bank honors two Hermiston employees Two Banner Bank em- ployees in Hermiston have been selected for recogni- tion within the company. Lisa Pederson, opera- tions support manager, and Anabel Rodriguez, Herm- iston branch teller, each received the 2015 Banner’s Best award for providing outstanding customer ser- vice and exceeding their in- dividual professional goals last year. Only ¿ve percent of all employees qualify for this award, which recognizes employees who demon- strate excellence within their professions. Recipi- ents are selected by mem- bers of executive leader- ship. “Every Banner’s Best recipient exceeded the high standards set for our em- ployees to add value to both the bank and our clients,” said Mark Grescovich, Banner Bank President and CEO. Banner Bank is a Wash- ington-chartered commer- cial bank that conducts business from more than 200 locations in Washing- ton, Oregon, California, Utah and Idaho. HERMISTONHERALD.COM • A7 Eastside Market sells 2 jackpot winners (so far) this spring News of winners increases lottery sales By JADE McDOWELL Staff Writer Lottery ticket sales at Eastside Market are up since the store sold two major jackpots in two months, to- taling $125,000 in winnings for Hermiston residents. The ¿rst ticket was in ear- ly March, when they sold a $25,000 jackpot on Jackpot Scratch-its, according to a news release by the Oregon Lottery. Then on April 9, Cindy Storie stopped at the Eastside Market to get a Diet Coke and decided to purchase a $10 Scratch-it that turned out to be worth $100,000. “So I get home and I am scratching it and realized I won, but I hadn’t scratched off the prizes yet,” Storie said in the news release. “When I started scratching I couldn’t believe it. I thought I won $100 and it was $100,000!” To say Storie and the clerk who sold her the tick- et were excited would be an understatement. Eastside Market owner Joe Thomp- son said everyone was “hys- terical” when they called him at home with the good news. “Cindy is a regular cus- tomer to the market, so it was crazy to hear both of them hysterical,” Thompson said. “It’s a very good thing.” On Tuesday he said peo- ple were still coming in to buy lottery tickets in the hopes of cashing in on the market’s seeming hot streak. There has been a $500 ticket STAFF PHOTO BY JADE McDOWELL The banner at Eastside Market announcing a $25,000 jackpot will soon be replaced with one announcing the sale of a $100,000 winning ticket. and an unusual number of $100 and $50 prizes since then. “It’s still going,” he said. Thompson has run East- side Market since 1985 and the business has been in his family since the 1970s. Ac- cording to the Oregon Lot- tery, it was one of the lottery’s ¿rst retailers in the state. Stores that sell a winning ticket get a 1 percent com- mission, and Thompson said for big wins he pays out a portion as a staff bonus and puts the rest back into the business. Storie said she is still de- ciding what to do with her winnings. “My sister is going on a STAFF PHOTO BY JADE McDOWELL Eastside Market in Hermiston sold two winning Scratch-it Jackpot tickets in the last two months. cruise this summer and she wants me to go with her, I guess I could do that now,” she said. “I am big believer in karma and doing good things, this really came back around.” The Oregon Lottery of¿ce said prize winners of more than $50,000 should contact the of¿ce to schedule an appointment to claim their prize. Play- ers should always sign the back of their tickets. Fialka, Bracher retiring from HEF By JENNIFER COLTON East Oregonian Two long-time and instru- mental leaders in the Herm- iston Education Foundation will retire this month, leaving openings on the nonpro¿t board. Ann Fialka and Judy Bracher have served on the HEF Board of Trustees for 13 and 12 years, respective- ly, and have each submitted a notice of retirement. “We really feel like the Ed Foundation is in a good place. It’s right on the brink of long- range planning, and it’s time to let the next generation take over,” Fialka said Friday. The Hermiston Education Foundation is a nonpro¿t public bene¿t corporation aimed at enriching student experiences in the Hermiston School District. Although the group serves the Hermiston School District, it is its own entity. The board of trustees, which governs the founda- tion, represents a cross-sec- tion of the Hermiston com- munity and is a mix of district employees and community members. Bracher is the cur- rent chair of the foundation’s board of directors; both Fial- ka and Bracher have served as past chair as well. “It really is a working board,” Bracher said. “You have to be a worker bee.” The organization provides grants to teachers within the EO FILE PHOTO Hermiston Education Foundation board member Judy Bracher restocks food during the 2014 “Beach and Beef Dinner” at the Hermiston Conference Center. district twice a year as well as providing volunteer ef- forts and projects. Fialka has been on the board for almost every one of the organiza- tion’s 24 grant cycles, and the Spring 2016 grants will be an- nounced Wednesday during a special reception. “I can remember the ¿rst grant cycle when we had a couple thousand dollars and we were looking at the appli- cations, trying to ¿gure out how to best be good stew- ards of the money,” Fialka said. “Now we’re looking at $25,000 in grants a cycle, $40,000 a year.” Both women have been instrumental in organizing the foundation’s annual events: the HEF Beach & Beef crab feed in February and the HEF Fun Run in October. While the crab feed brings in the bulk of the organization’s funding, the fun run was orig- inally started just for commu- nity recognition. When they are active in other community joined the board, both Fialka organizations. “I’ll miss being in and Bracher decided contact, having a side- to focus on two pieces: line seat to what’s hap- community recogni- pening in the district, tion of what the foun- but it’s time,” Fialka dation was and being said. good stewards of the Fialka and Bracher funding. are two of the lon- “I think our years gest-serving board have been very produc- Fialka members, second only tive and enjoyable,” Bracher said with a laugh. to Karen Sherman, who was “I think we’ve established a one of the founding mem- good rapport with the com- bers. With the retirements, munity, and they’re willing the board is now looking for to support us and what we do. about four individuals to ¿ll We have a great community.” its ideal size of 15, according Both women will continue to Fialka and Bracher. Anyone interested in join- to volunteer with events and ing the HEF board of trustees is asked to contact Briana Cortaberria at the Hermiston School District for an applica- tion packet and contact infor- mation. Fialka said the ideal board member is someone passionate about “making good things happen” and be- ing involved in the commu- nity. The HEF board meeting this month will be the last for each Fialka and Bracher. The board will elect a new chair. “It’s been an amazing experience,” Bracher said. “It was a great ride. 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