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Thursday, March 10, 2022
ThE OBsErVEr — A5
Bald is beautiful
OSU offers new
scholarship for
food science and
technology students
By SIERRA DAWN McCLAIN
Capital Press
alex Wittwer/EO Media Group
A bald eagle rests on a fence post along Peach Road, near Ladd Marsh, on Thursday, March 3, 2022.
Playwright to be spring writer-in-residence
at the April 1 Fishtrap
Fireside, lead a morning
adult play-
writing work-
shop on April
16, and give
a public
reading of
one of her
recent plays
Lewis
with actors
from Wallowa County’s
MidValley Theatre Co.
“We look for a special
combination of both cre-
ative and teaching experi-
ence when we offer a writer 
the opportunity to spend
Wallowa County Chieftain
ENTERPRISE —
Playwriting and theater
are coming to Wallowa
County this spring as play-
wright E.M “Ellen” Lewis
is Fishtrap’s writer-in-res-
idence for the season,
according to a press
release.
The award-winning dra-
matist, teacher and opera
librettist will be in local
schools, teaching students
her craft for five weeks.
During that time, Lewis
also will be a special guest
time with our community
as a Fishtrap Writer-in-Res-
idence,” said Fishtrap Exec-
utive Director Shannon
McNerney. “Ellen provides
those skills in spades, along
with an understanding of
life in rural Oregon. We
couldn’t be happier to have
her join us this spring.”
The Writer-in-Resi-
dence program invites
experienced writers and
educators to spend 4-6
weeks in the county and
includes a stipend, travel
allowance and lodging.
During their time here,
writers-in-residence devote
up to eight hours a week
teaching in county schools,
leads an adult writing
workshop and gives a
public reading.
Lewis lives in Oregon’s
Willamette Valley on her
family’s farm. More about
her can be found on her
website, www.emlewis-
playwright.com.
To learn more about the
Writer-in-Residence pro-
gram, visit www.fishtrap.
org ir contact McNerney at
shannon@fishtrap.org or 
541-426-3623.
COMMUNITY BULLETIN BOARD
MEETINGS
BRIEFS
• UNION — The Union Rural
Fire Protection District Board will
meet Tuesday, March 15, at 7 p.m.
at the fire hall. For more informa-
tion, call 541-910-3114 or email
union.rfpd@outlook.com.
• LA GRANDE — A joint work
session of La Grande’s Urban
Renewal Agency and city council
is slated for Monday, March 14, at
6 p.m. in Council Chambers, La
Grande City Hall, 1000 Adams
Ave. The purpose of the session
is to discuss economic devel-
opment strategy. The in-person
work session can be viewed vir-
tually at www.facebook.com/
Cityof LaGrande.
• IMBLER — The Imbler School
Board of Directors will meet for a
regular session on Tuesday, March
15, at 7 p.m. in Room 1 of the high
school. The agenda includes dis-
cussion of bus routes in La Grande
and the hiring of Brandon McGil-
vray as junior high track coach and
Talia Whitmore as the assistant
high school and junior high track
coach.
• PENDLETON — A regular
meeting of the Board of Direc-
tors of the InterMountain Educa-
tion Service District will begin at
4 p.m. Wednesday, March 16, at the
IMESD, 2001 SW Nye Ave., Pend-
leton. The IMESD serves school
districts in Baker, Morrow, Union
and Umatilla counties.
Hurricane Creek Grange plans
March 12 bazaar
JOSEPH — Hurricane Creek
Grange invites all to its bazaar on Sat-
urday, March 12, at 82930 Airport
Lane, Joseph. The sale will run from
7 a.m. to 4 p.m., and breakfast will be
available 7-11 a.m.
Buy Girl Scout cookies, support
local troops
LA GRANDE — After a year
hiatus, Girl Scout Cookie booths
are back. Troops in the regional Girl
Scouts of Oregon and Southwest
Washington are selling cookies this
year in person, including in booths
set up around Northeastern Oregon
as part of what has been called “the
largest girl-led entrepreneurial pro-
gram in the world.”
Although the cookie season could
last until March 20, troop leaders said
that will depend on availability of
some of the popular cookies, including
Samoas and Adventurefuls, a cara-
mel-brownie cookie debuting in 2022.
“Local Girl Scouts do incredible
things with their cookie earnings,”
Girl Scouts of Oregon and Southwest
Washington CEO Karen Hill said in
a press release. “Whether earning
their way to camp or funding a ser-
vice project, they’re setting goals and
serving as leaders in their own lives
and in their communities.”
To find a booth near you, order 
online or donate cookies to Meals on
Wheels, visit the Girl Scout Cookie
Finder www.girlscoutcookies.org and
enter your ZIP code.
Find more information about
joining or volunteering with Girl
Scouts of Oregon and Southwest
Washington at www.girlscoutsosw.org.
Union community meal
served Friday, March 11, 2022
UNION — Community meals are
served on the second Friday of the month
at noon at the Catherine Creek Commu-
nity Center, housed in the former Union
Methodist Church at 667 N. Main St.,
Union. The next gathering is planned for
Friday, March 11. Cost is $3.50 and all
are welcome. Delivery is available. Call
541-562-2038 or email at ccccenter667@
gmail.com to set up delivery.
6:44 a.m. — La Grande police assisted at a fire call at 
Eastern Oregon University, 1 University Blvd.
8:05 a.m. — A caller on the 2200 block of Adams
Avenue, La Grande, asked for police to help with a person
experiencing a mental issue. An officer made contact.
9:44 a.m. — La Grande police responded to the 2000
block of Q Avenue on a report of a person in a mental or
emotional crisis. Police resolved the situation and took a
report.
4:20 p.m. — La Grande police responded to Max Square
on a report of a disturbance and provided options.
4:52 p.m. — La Grande police returned to Max Square
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Dive-in Movie Night is back
LA GRANDE — La Grande Parks
and Recreation will resume hosting
Dive-in Movie Nights at Veterans’
Memorial Pool, 401 Palmer, La Grande,
on Friday, March 11. Doors open at 5:30
p.m, and the movie starts at 5:45 p.m.
The event returns after a hiatus
since 2019. Cost is the price of reg-
ular admission: $5 for adults and $3.50
for children, seniors and veterans.
Non-residents pay and extra 50 cents.
Memberships are valid for this event.
For more information and to see what
movie is playing, go to www.lagrande-
parks.org and click on Special Events.
— The Observer
PUBLIC SAFETY REPORT
Tuesday, March 9
CORVALLIS —
Oregon State University
has created a new schol-
arship fund for under-
graduate students in its
Department of Food Sci-
ence and Technology.
The scholarship is
available to students in
the department’s three
study areas: food sci-
ence, fermentation sci-
ence and enology and
viticulture. The fund
is designed to support
hands-on learning for
students in the program,
including internships,
research and work-
abroad programs.
Directly, college offi-
cials say, the scholar-
ship benefits students. 
Indirectly, it could ben-
efit Oregon’s food and 
farming industries by
helping develop better
future food scientists.
“This (scholarship) will
have an immense impact,”
said Lisbeth Goddik, pro-
fessor and department
head of the OSU Depart-
ment of Food Science and
Technology.
Graduates of the pro-
gram have gone on to
work in many sectors,
including at food compa-
nies, breweries, wineries,
dairies and creameries, as
production supervisors on
farms with value-added
processing, as inspec-
tors for agencies and as
entrepreneurs.
“Our current food sci-
ence students are the future
leaders of Oregon’s food and
beverage industries,” said
Goddik.
The program, college
officials and students say, is 
already hands-on, but some
students have missed out
on the opportunity to study
abroad or do internships
because they couldn’t afford 
the additional costs of travel
or housing.
This new fund aims to
solve that problem. The
scholarship can be used to
support travel and/or lodging
for students who are doing
internships, studying or
working abroad in food
science via official OSU 
exchange programs or doing
undergraduate research in
the department.
on a report of two males fighting. Police trespassed both.
4:59 p.m. — La Grande police received a request to
check on the welfare of a male bleeding from his hand and
going through trash on the 1200 block of Jefferson Avenue. 
Police determined he was one of the people involved in the
fight at Max Square.
6:20 p.m. — A caller reported possible child abuse on
the 2300 block of Q Avenue, La Grande. An officer made 
contact.
6:48 p.m. — A resident on the 1900 block of Wash-
ington Avenue, La Grande, reported three aggressive
dogs charged her. Police referred the matter to an animal
enforcement officer.
Formerly of La Grande
Pamala Eileen Tucker, 59, of Pendleton and for-
merly of La Grande, died March 3, 2022, at her home.
Arrangements are by Pendleton Pioneer Chapel,
Folsom-Bishop.
UPCOMING
LOCAL
SERVICES
March 11 — GEORGE RUSH: 10:30 a.m. memo-
rial service, Catherine Creek Community Center,
Union.
March 12 — DALTON JONES: 2 p.m. memorial
service, former Valley Fellowship Church building,
507 Palmer St., La Grande.
March 26 — PATRICIA LEWIS: 10 a.m. grave-
side service, North Powder Cemetery; followed by
11 a.m. celebration of life, North Powder Grange.
March 26 — JUDY HUNT: 3 p.m. celebration of
life, La Grande Seventh-day Adventist Church.
May 19 — ORVA MURRILL: 2 p.m. graveside
service, Union Victorian Cemetery.
June 23 — DAN KRAMER: 2 p.m. memorial ser-
vice, Grandview Cemetery, La Grande.
Please follow guidelines regarding face coverings
and social distancing at gatherings. Calendar courtesy
of Loveland Funeral Chapel, La Grande.
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“This scholarship can
help overcome some of the
financial barriers students 
run into,” said Godwdik.
In 2022, the scholarship
is targeted to support 30 to
50 out of the department’s
approximately 100 under-
graduate students.
Lian Moy, an OSU stu-
dent who was approved
to receive the scholarship
this year, said she plans to
use it to pay for housing to
study at Wageningen Uni-
versity & Research, an agri-
cultural university in the
Netherlands.
“It would be really tough
to study abroad without the
scholarship,” said Moy, who
works in OSU’s creamery,
where she said she enjoys
making cheese.
Another OSU student,
Grace Spencer, was also
approved for scholarship
funding this year. She plans
to use it to study sustainable
food systems in France.
“Honestly, without the
scholarship I probably
couldn’t afford the travel,” 
she said.
Both students said they
are eager to bring back
ideas and innovations
from their studies and
experiences in Europe.
“I think it’s super
important to understand
food systems on an inter-
national scale,” Spencer
said.
Goddik, the depart-
ment head, said she
hopes the Department of
Food Science and Tech-
nology will draw more
students from farms
in the future because
she sees opportunities
for young people with
farming backgrounds
to pursue food-science
related degrees and then
use them to create val-
ue-added products.
“What does it take to
save the family farm?
Sometimes it takes
turning a commodity into
a value-added product.
And we can definitely 
provide an opportunity
there,” she said.
The scholarship’s
donors are Grant and
Alice Schoenhard. Grant
Schoenhard, who holds
a doctorate, is a program
alumnus. He was a food,
additive and medical
chemist.
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