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REGION Saturday, February 14, 2015 PENDLETON The Board- man Chamber of Commerce honored some of the city’s finest during the 25th an- nual Citizen’s Awards Ban- quet. From left: Delmer and Barbara Hug, Pioneers of the Year; Jill Parker, Busi- ness Person of the Year; Char- lene Baker, Ed- ucator of the Year; Deanna Camp, Citizen of the Year; Hans Rock- well, Youth Citizen of the Year; and Lt. Zachary Lantis, Fire & Safety Award. East Oregonian Economic luncheon features bank executive PENDLETON — Bill Conerly, economist with Conerly Consulting LLC, is the keynote speaker for Pendleton’s annual Economic Outlook Luncheon. Conerly, along with Craig Reeder, vice president of Hale Companies, and Todd Davidson, chief executive RI¿FHURI7UDYHO2UHJRQ will discuss the economic outlook and share ways to strengthen the economy of the region. The event is Wednesday, Feb. 25 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at the Pendleton Convention Center, 1601 Westgate. The cost is $25 for chamber members, if paid for by Friday, Feb. 20. For non-members, the cost is $30. For more information, visit www. pendletonchamber.com/eol. To RSVP, call 541-276- 7411. Sun Zero celebrates one year IRRIGON — Entertainment, including a comedy show and live DJ is planned in celebration of the year anniversary at Sub Zero Restaurant & Lounge. The doors open Saturday at 5 p.m. with comedy at 7 p.m. and a live DJ at 9 p.m. at 100 W. Highway 730, Irrigon. Tickets are $10, which includes meal specials and a coupon for $5 off dinner. Reservations are recommended by calling 541-922-4374. Nixyaawii Chamber of Commerce adds two members MISSION — The Nixyaawii Chamber of Commerce welcomed two new members to its board of directors. According to a press release, the board elected Jiselle Halfmoon, the manager of KCUW Radio, and Clare Jacobson, a senior teller at Banner Bank. The board also held RI¿FHUHOHFWLRQVHOHFWLQJ Wildhorse Resort and Casino human resources RI¿FHU/RUHQD7KRPSVRQ president, Attitude Marketing CEO Michelle Liberty vice-president, Wildhorse general manager Al Tovey and Confederated Umatilla Journal editor Wil Phinney secretary. The board is rounded out by Past President Dana Quaempts, the owner of Cayuse Country Flowers, and board member Terry Clark, owner of Pioneer Asphalt. Cemeteries commission seeks regional member SALEM — A position representing northeastern Oregon on the Oregon Commission on Historic Staff photo by George Plaven Mardis Gras comes early at port Deanna Camp named citizen of the year as awards banquet turns 25 BRIEFLY Cemeteries is open. The commission of seven citizens develops and maintains a listing of all pioneer and historic cemeteries in Oregon, makes recommendations for funding, obtains grant funding, seeks legislative appropriations for historic cemeteries and assists in the coordination of restoration, renovation and maintenance of historic cemeteries statewide. The group meets four times per year in changing locations across the state. There may be other occasional meetings for extra projects, programs and grant selection. Commissioners also are asked to provide informal meetings in their regions and work on other projects outside of meeting time. To apply, send a letter of interest and resume to commission coordinator Kuri Gill at kuri.gill@ oregon.gov by March 15. Include reasons for wanting to serve on the commission, any skills or knowledge you will bring to its work and ideas or goals you have for your participation. For more information, call Gill at 503-986-0685. Page 3A BOARDMAN Dispensaries back in front of council changes or preemptions from the state. The path to this point is With time ticking on the city’s moratorium on medical complicated and stretches marijuana dispensaries, the back to 1998. That’s the year Pendleton City Council will Oregon voters approved Mea- look at its options Tuesday sure 67, which legalized the possession of medical mari- night. Police Chief Stuart Rob- juana. After two failed ballot erts will deliver a report with his recommendations to the measures, House Bill 3460 city council ahead of the city’s was passed by the Oregon Legislature in 2013 and au- May 1 expiration date. In his report, Roberts pre- thorized medical marijuana sented his top two options — dispensaries. A year later, the Legisla- either imposing an outright ban of medical marijuana dis- ture passed Senate Bill 1531, pensaries or passing a set of which allowed cities and local rules that “clearly articu- counties to create “reasonable lates the time, place and man- regulations” for dispensaries ner dispensaries are operated.” and impose a year-long mor- If the city council wants atorium. Roberts advised against to pass any dispensary laws, Roberts advised the city write waiting for the Legislature a draft before adopting it to to allow the extension of the DYRLG FRQÀLFWV ZLWK DQ\ UXOH moratorium. East Oregonian By GEORGE PLAVEN East Oregonian Boardman residents swung with the beat of the Big Easy Friday night as they honored some of the FLW\¶V ¿QHVW YROXQWHHUV HG- ucators and business lead- ers. The 25th annual Cham- ber of Commerce Citizen’s Awards Banquet took on a Mardi Gras theme — com- plete with colorful masks and Dixieland jazz — for its dinner and celebration at the Port of Morrow River- front Center. More than 120 people arrived to recognize seven award winners, nominated by their peers for outstand- ing service in 2014. Amber Killingbeck, the chamber’s assistant director, said the event is Boardman’s time to let its hair down and say thank you for each other’s hard work. Citizen of the Year was awarded to Deanna Camp, a tireless chamber and Ki- wanis Club volunteer who helped spearhead new kids’ games and activities for the city’s big Fourth of July celebration last year. Camp also lends her time to the Boardman Hallow- een party, wine tour and, during football season, cooks weekly dinners for the Riverside High School team. “There are so many peo- ple who volunteer in Board- man, and I’m just thankful to be recognized for what I do,” Camp said. RHS student Hans Rockwell won the cham- EHU¶V ¿UVW HYHU <RXWK &LW- izen of the Year Award, as an honor roll student and dedicated athlete. Not only does Rockwell help put up Christmas decorations for the community and assist with voter registration, but ¿QGV WLPH WR VHUYH DV VWX- dent body president and is a three-time Class 3A state wrestling champion. Last August, Rockwell gave a verbal commitment to wrestle for Oregon State University. Special education teach- er Charlene Baker was hon- ored with Educator of the Year. She was described by RHS Principal Marie Shim- HUDVVRPHRQHZKR¶V¿UVWLQ the building, last to leave and always prepared to go above and beyond for her students to help them prac- tice life skills. Pioneer of the Year is a special award given each year to someone who has lived in Boardman for at least 40 years. This year, the award went to Delmer and Barbara Hug, the couple whose dedication helped launch and continues to en- rich the Boardman Senior Center. Delmer Hug, a longtime local watermelon farmer is one of four people to have lived in Boardman for more than 80 years. Lt. Zachary Lantis, of the Boardman Rural Fire Protection District, won the 2014 Fire & Safety Award. Lantis came to Boardman LQ IURP 6WDQ¿HOG where he began volunteer- ing for the district and was later promoted to lieutenant in 2009. In addition, Lantis vol- unteers his time with the Neighborhood Watch, 4-H Club and as a Little League baseball coach. Finally, Jill Parker was named Business Person of the Year. Parker, who works as vice president and a com- PHUFLDO OHQGLQJ RI¿FHU IRU the Bank of Eastern Ore- gon, also serves on the Mor- row County Health District Board of Directors and is president of the Boardman Community Development Association, which recently provided homeownership education and incentives for 40 potential home buy- ers. “I love Boardman, and I am so thankful life brought me to this community,” Parker said. “It’s been such a good experience for me, individually and profes- sionally.” The party continued into the night with a ca- sino games and a silent auction. Sponsors includ- ed ConAgra Foods Lamb Weston and EOM Con- struction. ——— Contact George Plaven at gplaven@eastoregonian. com or 541-564-4547. PENDLETON 3RVWRI¿FHWRVWRSSURFHVVLQJLQFRPLQJPDLO customer service center will remain open. That means Pendletonians will still be Recent consolidation ef- DEOHWRXVHWKHSRVWRI¿FHWR forts made to the U.S. Post- buy stamps, rent P.O. boxes al Service will change the and make use of other post way mail comes in and out RI¿FHVHUYLFHV The USPS website of Pendleton. Declining mail streams states no union workers and excess capacity will have been laid off, transi- force the Pendleton Post tioning to different roles 2I¿FH¶V SURFHVVLQJ FHQWHU instead. With sorting and pro- to close. Pendleton joins Eugene and Bend in out- cessing now happening in sourcing all of their pro- only one city in Oregon, cessing services to Port- standard delivery times IRU ¿UVW FODVV PDLO ZHUH land. USPS spokesman Tony increased Jan. 5. According to the USPS Hass said outgoing mail has already been processed ZHEVLWH¿UVWFODVVPDLO² in Portland for two years, which consists mostly of while incoming mail will mail like personal corre- start being processed in spondence, bill payments and greeting cards — has Portland on April 15. Despite the processing decreased by 53 percent in center’s closure, Hass said the past decade. That led the USPS to WKH3HQGOHWRQ3RVW2I¿FH¶V By ANTONIO SIERRA East Oregonian Library district seeks board candidates PENDLETON — Area citizens interested in supporting local libraries are invited to considering running for a seat on the board of directors for the Umatilla County Special Library District. )RXURIWKH¿YH positions are up for election 0D\7KH¿OLQJSHULRG which is currently open, closes at 5 p.m. March 19. Candidates for the positions must be registered voters in the library district, which includes all of Umatilla County, with the exception of the city of Hermiston. Interested individuals are encouraged to attend the next board meeting, which is Thursday at 5:15 SPLQWKHVHFRQGÀRRU jury room at Pendleton City Hall, 501 S.W. Emigrant Ave. Information about the library district board, including a job description, contact information and minutes from previous meetings, can be found at http://ucsld.org/board_ members_meetings or call 541-276-6449. PENDLETON MUSIC CO. Locally owned & family operated Manager Angela Thompson welcomes accredited instrument technician JOSHUA FREEMAN to our team of professionals. Come see what else is new! We are ready to serve you! Mon. - Sat. 11-6 541-276-6621 340 S. Main St. CONCEALED CARRY PERMIT CLASS Oregon - Utah - Valid 35 States PENDLETON Red Lion - 304 SE Nye Ave. February 18 th • 1:00 pm or 6:00 pm Walk-Ins Welcome! OR/Utah: (Valid in WA) $80.00 or Oregon only: $45 www.FirearmTrainingNW.com • FirearmTrainingNW@gmail.com 360-921-2071 increase the standard deliv- HU\WLPHRIGD\VIRU¿UVW class mail to 2-3 days. On average, mail that used to take 1.8 days to deliver will now arrive in 2.3 days. Packages, medicine and advertisements aren’t affected by the service change. From Dr. Hibbert, Lacee, Jessica, Bailey, Heather, and Sarah 541-612-3707 SENTIMENTAL B a ck J O U R N E Y to th e 4 0 s When: Friday, February 27th • 6-9 pm Where: Hamley’s Slickfork Saloon What: • no-host bar • hors d’oeuvres • silent auction • music by the PHS Jazz Band • dressing up optional but encouraged Cost: $40 pre-registration • $50 at-the-door Tickets: Armchair Books & Heritage Station Museum (541) 276-0012 Presented by: 36TH ANNUAL HERMISTON SPORTS BOOSTERS STEAK FEED & AUCTION Saturday, March 7th • 5:30pm Auction starts at 7:00pm Hermiston Community Center $ 40 on per pers For table reservations, call Paul 541-701-4518 or for more info., call Joe 541-567-5811 Everyone 21 years & over welcome. All proceeds will assist Hermiston High School boys and girl athletic programs. 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