When every dollar counts these days, stop by
Elmer’s. We have local familiar faces ready to
help you with your irrigation projects.
Cheri Kendrick , BMCC Communications Instructor & Phi Theta
Kappa Honor Society Advisor.
Cheri Kendrick has been teaching communication classes at
BMCC for 13 years. She earned degrees in communication from
Oregon State University and a law degree from Willamette
University.
Prior to teaching at BMCC, she practiced law for several years
in the Willamette Valley. With her legal background, she has
added assignments to classes that immerse students in legal
settings, such as small claims court.
Cheri enjoys travelling with her family and meeting people from
different parts of the country and the world.
Matt Liscom , BMCC Agriculture Science Instructor.
Matt Liscom graduated from Oregon State University with a BS degree in
Animal Science. He worked at Hill Meat Co. for five years before starting into
education. Twelve years later after a brief break from the classroom he
worked as a Livestock and Shooting Sports Extension Agent for OSU. He
then was back to teaching.
Most of Matt’s free time is spent working on his place and hauling his boys
to their activities which include rodeo, football, basketball and baseball. With
any time that’s left, Matt enjoys hunting and fishing together with his sons.
“Teaching agriculture combines the best of both worlds for me. I feel
incredibly fortunate to have the opportunity to work with students every day
and get to share my passion for livestock and agriculture with them. I truly
believe that learning is a lifelong activity and there’s no reason it shouldn’t
be fun and enjoyable for everyone involved.”
Jeremy Pike , BMCC Diesel Technologies Instructor.
Jeremy Pike, a McLoughlin Union High School alumni, graduated from Walla
Walla Community College with a degree in Ag Diesel Equipment Mechanics in
1999. From there Jeremy worked for local diesel shops including Blue Mountain
Helicopter, Wentland Diesel and the Ford Dealerships in Walla Walla and
Pendleton in positions that included maintenance and diagnostics. He spent the
8 years prior to beginning at BMCC at Cummin’s Northwest in Pendleton where he
worked as a Cummin’s Certified Master Technician. Jeremy began with BMCC this
recent fall term and has been an invaluable component to the program since. He
loves working on motors and teaching has come very naturally to him.
Jeremy and his wife Meghan have two children, Laney and Ryder. He loves to
spend time with his family at the cabin, fish with his son and hunt.
He and his father are avid Harley Motorcycle collectors. Their family has 1936,
1931 and a 1935 Harley Motorcycles they plan to display in the BMCC Car Show
this spring.
Proudly serving Eastern Oregon & Southeast Washington since 1978
FEATURING:
Pipe: PVC, galvanized & black fittings;
Filters: Clemons, CTC, Gheen;
Pumps: Small centricial pumps , Pressure Tanks;
Lawn & garden supplies: K-Rain sprinklers & valves;
Hand line, Main line, wheel line: gaskets & fittings, pipe cutting & threading
Pivot parts; Pivot sprinkler packages: Nelson & Senninger
Motors: UMC and US; Wheel Boxes: UMC & Valley
Valves: Butterfly, ball, gate, check
Automatic control valves: Nelson, Netafim
“The Best Little Irrigation Company in the Northwest”
ELMER’S
IRRIGATION, INC.
80527 Hwy 395 N. • Hermiston • 541-567-5572
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