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Thursday, November 12, 2015
East Oregonian
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Hermiston schools
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By SEAN HART
East Oregonian
Staff photo by Jade McDowell
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Victory Square Park in Hermiston got a permanent restroom facility delivered Wednesday as part of the
$123,000 set aside by the city for improvements to the park. Other planned improvements include increased
lighting and a new roof for the picnic shelter. The city is also renovating Sunset Park and plans to turn its
attention to the half acre Northside Playground on Beech Avenue next. The playground will be the main topic
of discussion at the Parks and Recreation committee’s meeting Thursday at 5:30 p.m. at city hall.
BOARDMAN
Symphony announces free performance
East Oregonian
A free concert by the
Willow Creek Symphony
is being presented this
weekend in Boardman.
The program includes
“Larghetto from Symphony
No, 2, Op. 36” by Ludwig
Van Beethoven, “The Halls
of Ivy” arranged by Ralph
Matesky, “French Masters
Suite” arranged by Philip
Gordon and “Hot Staccato”
by Roger Britten.
Under the direction of
conductor R. Lee Friese and
associate conductor Ralph
Werner, the symphony will
perform Sunday at 4 p.m.
at Riverside High School,
210 N.E. Boardman Ave.,
Boardman. Also, a reception
will follow the performance.
The
Willow
Creek
Symphony is the prepara-
tory orchestra of the Inland
Watershed Enhancement
Board awards more than
$6.8 million in grants
Photo contributed by Salli Ketchersid
The Willow Creek Symphony performs earlier this year in Irrigon. The Inland
Northwest Musicians ensemble will present a free concert Sunday in Boardman.
Northwest Musicians. Its
members include youths and
adults.
Inland Northwest Musi-
cians is a nonpro¿t organi-
]ation that is committed to
bringing live orchestral and
choral music to communities
in northeastern Oregon and
southeastern Washington.
The organi]ation doesn’t
charge for its performances,
but accepts donations from
audiences.
For more information
about the organi]ation,
including how to join an
ensemble, contact 541-289-
4696, inwm@machmedia.
net or visit www.inland-
northwestmusicians.com.
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festival, quilt show
STANFIELD — Food,
fun, crafts and quilt displays
are featured during the
Stan¿eld Community Center
Fall Festival and Quilt
Show.
The event is Saturday
from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at 225
Roosevelt Ave., Stan¿eld.
There’s no admission
charge.
Food available for
purchase include taco soup,
rolls and pie. Many of the
quilts on display feature
Quilts of Valor projects, the
program presents quilts to
combat veterans.
For more information,
call Cheryl Tucker at
541-571-6019.
Library offers
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HERMISTON —
Children in ¿fth grade
and younger are invited to
participate in the Saturday
Craft Time at the Hermiston
Public Library.
Through the winter
months, youths can stop by
the library each Saturday
between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m.
and work on a craft project,
which they can take home
afterwards. The library is
located at 235 E. Gladys
Ave. There is no charge for
participation in the craft
activities.
For more information,
call 541-567-2882 or visit
www.hermistonlibrary.us.
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IRRIGON — The annual
meeting of the Irrigon
Multicultural Art Center will
include a spaghetti dinner.
Open to the public, the
event is Saturday at 5:30
p.m. at the Skinny Bull
Museum, located behind the
Irrigon branch of the Bank
In a crisis, Hermiston
students, teachers and ¿rst
responders will soon hold
valuable information in the
palm of their hands.
Hermiston
School
'istrict
of¿cials
are
¿nali]ing a smartphone
and tablet application with
the ability to immediately
notify
people
about
emergencies, Director of
Operations Mike Kay said
at Monday’s school board
meeting.
Kay said elementary
staff are reviewing and
re¿ning the information
in the CrisisManager app,
which will be rolled out to
staff at the middle schools
and high school before
being made available to
students and parents early
next year.
In an emergency —
from a blown power trans-
former to an active shooter
situation — Kay said the
district would be able to
quickly provide accurate,
up-to-date information.
“If you don’t provide
the information, people
will make it up, and it will
become fact,” he said.
The app will provide
different information for
different user groups, Kay
said. Students and parents
will have access to basic
information, such as evacu-
ation routes and automated
external de¿brillator loca-
tions, as well as the ability
to anonymously report
bullying and harassment.
Kay said staff will have
access to detailed infor-
mation about emergency
procedures and protocols.
In a panic situation, he
said, a teacher would be
unlikely to run back into
a room to retrieve this
information but could
easily access it on a phone.
He said they would also
have the ability to quietly
request assistance from an
administrator.
Emergency responders
would also be able to use
the app to pull up building
maps, evacuation routes
and emergency shut-offs,
Kay said.
School board member
Maria Duron said as a
parent she appreciated the
focus on student safety.
“You certainly don’t
want to be scrambling
while the event is
happening,” she said.
Superintendent
Fred
Maiocco said the safety
and security of the students
is of utmost importance,
and the new technology
will allow the district to
better communicate with
students during an emer-
gency.
“We want students to
have this,” he said. “Instead
of ¿ghting the smartphone
thing, I’m saying embrace
it, acknowledge it.”
of Eastern Oregon, 230 S.
First St. The meal costs $6
per person.
The group hopes to
preserve the old Irrigon
High School building and
create a regional art venue.
For more information,
call Donna at 541-922-3197
or Peggy at 541-567-3806.
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PENDLETON — An
upcoming all-you-can-eat
breakfast will raise money
for the Masonic Scholarship
Fund.
The Paul Gorham
Memorial Scholarship
Breakfast is Sunday from 8
a.m. to noon at Pendleton
Masonic Lodge No. 52,
1350 N.W. Carden Ave.
The cost is $6 for adults and
$4 for children 6-12. Also,
call-in orders are welcome.
The scholarship fund
was created in memory of
Paul Gorham, a member
who taught in the Pendleton
School District for more
than 30 years. Graduating
seniors from Pendleton,
Pilot Rock and Nixyaawii
high schools are eligible to
apply for the scholarships.
For more information,
call the lodge at 541-276-
3760.
Free training
focuses on IEP
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HERMISTON — A pair
of trainings — including
one in Spanish — will
assist families with children
receiving special education
services.
Understanding the
IEP and It Starts with a
Dream provide information
about the individual
education plan (IEP)
process and person-centered
planning.
The free training is
offered Monday, Nov. 16
at Hermiston Center for
School Readiness, 502 W.
Standard Ave. The ¿rst
session from 11:30 a.m. to 2
p.m. is presented in Spanish
and will have English
interpretation. The session
from 5:30-8 p.m. is provided
in English.
For more information,
contact 503-786-6082,
888-988-3228 or
registration@factoregon.org.
HHS AP language
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HERMISTON —
Hermiston High School’s
Advanced Placement
Language & Writing
students will show the skills
they accrued during the
summer at a public policy
debate from 6-8 p.m. Nov.
17 in the HHS auditorium.
The public is invited
to attend as the top four
teams from both AP classes
compete. The panel of
judges will include the
HHS speech coach, an
HHS language arts teacher,
an HHS administrator,
Superintendent Fred
Maiocco, a school board
member and two community
members.
The debates will be
recorded for students to
watch, and the winning
teams will have their names
memoriali]ed on a plaque.
HHS AP language
teacher Beth Anderson said
the competition will give
“academic stars a place to
shine.”
Clothing store
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WALLA WALLA —
Shoppers at Walla Walla
Clothing Co. are encouraged
to donate new or gently used
coats or sweaters during
this weekend’s Warm Up
For Winter sales event and
Charity Coat Drive.
Customers who make
a donation will be entered
into a drawing for a $100
gift card to the store. The
clothing donations will be
given to the YWCA in Walla
Walla.
The event continues
through Sunday at Walla
Walla Clothing Co., 103 E.
Main St.
For more information,
contact 509-525-4783 or
info@wallawallaclothing.
com.
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Submit information
to: community@
eastoregonian.com or
drop off to the attention of
Tammy Malgesini at 333
E. Main St., Hermiston or
Renee Struthers at 211 S.E.
Byers Ave., Pendleton. Call
541-564-4539 or 541-966-
0818 with questions.
Funding includes
salmon license
plate dollars
By GEORGE PLAVEN
East Oregonian
The Oregon Watershed
Enhancement
Board
recently awarded more
than $6.8 million in grants
to support ¿sh, wildlife
and water quality projects
statewide.
Twenty-three proposals
received funding in the
Mid-Columbia and Eastern
Oregon regions, focused
largely on improving ¿sh
habitat, weed management,
removing irrigation diver-
sions, and protecting sage
grouse land.
Funding for the projects
comes from three primary
sources:
the
Oregon
Lottery, salmon license
plate revenue and Federal
3aci¿c Coastal Salmon
Recovery funds. OWEB
awards grants to local orga-
ni]ations, such as tribes and
watershed councils, which
design and carry out the
work.
“These
investments
will improve habitat for
sage grouse, coho salmon,
steelhead and other species,
while also improving water
quality and supporting
the local natural resources
economy,” said OWEB
Executive Director Meta
Loftsgaarden in a prepared
statement.
The
grants
were
announced during OWEB’s
board meeting Oct. 27-28.
Four projects in particular
were selected to receive a
portion of salmon license
plate dollars — $62,500
each — including the
Oxbow Dredge Mining
Restoration
in
Grant
County. That project, spear-
headed by the Confederated
Tribes of the Warm Springs,
will improve ¿sh habitat by
reconnecting the Middle
Fork John Day River to
its Àoodplain and planting
riparian vegetation along
the stream banks.
The average total grant
si]e for the two regions
was $96,938. Money went
to projects in Gilliam,
Wheeler, Union, Grant,
Wallowa, Harney and
Malheur counties.
OWEB is a state agency
that provides grants to
help Oregonians take care
of local streams, rivers,
wetlands and natural areas.
For more information, visit
www.oregon.gov/oweb.
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Frank Capra
BY PERMISSION OF DRAMATIC PUBLISHING COMPANY
November 13, 14, 20, 21, 22, 27, 28, 29, December 4, 5
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Directed by Robert G Randall and Cheryl Sutlick
Produced by Barb McKinney
For more information or questions, please call Barbara McKinney at (509) 520-3006