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YOUR EO NEWS
East Oregonian
Saturday, January 16, 2016
Focus on kidney cancer
Contributed photo
PHS class of 1948 reunion
Classmates of the Pendleton High School class of 1948 met in September, marking their 67th year since
turning the tassel. The class reunion was held at the Plateau at Wildhorse Resort & Casino.
F0ront row: Francis Kopp, Chuck Farrell, Pat Keown, Bill Norton, Carol Greer Gadaire. Back row: Ed Bell, Don
Webb, Jack Peterson, Emile Holeman, Pat Foley Terjeson, Thelma Oliver Echanis, Joan Barnett Rugg, Kathryn
Lazinka Thorne, Patty Burlingame Michael, Pat Davis.
Some of the risk factors
for kidney cancer include
smoking, obesity, workplace
exposures, high blood
pressure, some medications
and Birt-Hogg-Dube (BHD)
syndrome, a rare hereditary
condition. In addition, twice
as many men as women get
the disease and blacks and
American Indians//Alaska
Natives have slightly higher
rates.
Symptoms include blood
in the urine, low back pain
on one side not caused by
injury, a lump on the side or
lower back, fatigue, loss of
appetite, unexplained weight
loss, fever not related to an
infection that doesn’t go
away and anemia.
Among the treatment are
surgery, active surveillance,
radiation therapy, immuno-
therapy and chemotherapy.
Research on the
treatments for renal cell
carcinoma is now being
done at many medical
institutions across the
nation. The American
Cancer Society supports
research into the causes,
detection, diagnosis and
treatment of kidney cancer.
New approaches to
local treatment includes
high-intensity focused
ultrasound. A fairly new
technique, it’s being studied
for use in kidney cancer. It
involves focused ultrasound
beams to destroy the tumor.
Ablation with cryotherapy
or radiofrequency ablation
is sometimes used to treat
small kidney cancers.
Research is underway to
determine how useful these
techniques are in the long
term and to re¿ ne them
further.
For more information
about kidney cancer, visit
www.cancer.org or call
800-227-2345.
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Information contributed
by Gert Hawthorne, who
is on the committee for
Pendleton’s Relay for Life.
The signature fundraiser
for the American Cancer
Society, the Pendleton relay
is June 17-18 at Sunridge
Middle School. For more
information, call Hawthorne
at 541-215-9767, event
lead Carol Preston at
541-379-6294 or visit www.
pendletonrelay.org.
BIRTHS
St. Anthony Hospital,
Pendleton
Photo by FIRST Robotics marketing team
The Umatilla School District robotics team, No. 4125 Confi dential, won the Chairman’s Award (FIRST Robotics’
highest honor) in Spokane during the 2014 season. The district recently received a grant for the team for $18,100
from Daimler Trucks North America.
Umatilla robotics drives away with grant
The Umatilla School
District recently received
a grant for $18,100 from
Daimler Trucks North
America for its FIRST
Robotics Competition team.
The grant will cover
registration fees, robot
construction supplies, a
laptop, practice ¿ eld and
pit construction, tools, team
uniforms and more.
“This is a great boost
of support for our robotics
team, making it possible
for them to continue the
great work and accom-
plishments they have been
realizing,” said Heidi Sipe,
district superintendent.
The district’s robotics
team, called No. 4125
Con¿ dential, has more
than 40 student members
and has been competing for
¿ ve years, qualifying for
the World Finals twice. The
robotics program is the foun-
dation of the school district’s
after-school program, Sipe
said.
The team’s head coach
is Kyle Sipe. In addition,
Shawn
Franks,
Tess
White, Stephanie Klucas,
Zach Dohman, Miguel
Tejeda-Zepeda,
Caden
Sipe and Heidi Sipe
serve as assistant.
FIRST, which stands
for First Inspiration and
Recognition in Science and
Technology, was founded
in 1989 by Dean Kamen.
His goal is to encourage the
spread of STEM (Science,
Technology,
Engineering
and Math) to youth in
the United States through
friendly
competitions
against fellow students from
around the world.
Through FIRST robotics
competitions, students work
alongside professional engi-
neers, build and compete
with a robot of their own
design, learn and use sophis-
ticated hardware and soft-
ware and employ teamwork
and strategic thinking during
the project.
Daimler Trucks North
America awarded a total
of $225,000 to fund FIRST
robotics programs in Oregon
and southwest Washington.
A total of 30 elementary,
middle and high schools
received grants, with nearly
100 schools submitting
applications.
For more information
about the Umatilla School
District robotics program,
call 541- 922-6500.
JAN. 6, 2016
TARTER — Jamaica
Y. Tarter and Sean A.
Tarter; a boy, Jared
Jameson Tarter.
JAN. 8, 2016
COX — Ashley L.
Sellers and Walter S. Cox
of Pendleton; a girl, Emery
LeAnn Cox.
WILSON — Jennifer
A. Wilson and Jeramy J.
Wilson of Pendleton; a
boy, Jaxon Wyatt Wilson.
JAN. 9, 2016
EMMONS — Steph-
anie L. Emmons of Pend-
leton; a boy, Atlas James
Emmons.
JAN. 10, 2016
CARTER — Maggie
M. Carter and Justin L.
Carter of Pendleton; a boy,
Hudson Edward Carter.
LEMMON — Amber
L. Starliper and Richard
D. Lemmon of Pendleton;
a boy, Javari Sydney-Da-
nial Lemmon.
PARKS — Taylor A.
Parks and Ethan L. Parks
of Hermiston; a girl,
Palmer Anne Parks.
JAN. 11, 2016
BURGESS — Peggy
Turk and Dennis Burgess; a
boy, Blake Martin Burgess.
JAN. 12, 2016
LEWIS — Wendy L.
Lewis-Boyer and Travis
B. Lewis of Adams; a boy,
Liam Henri Lewis.
Good Shepherd
Medical Center,
Hermiston
JAN. 5, 2016
WILLIAMS — Michelle
N. Darlington and Warren Z.
Williams of Umatilla; a girl,
Lillian Michelle Williams.
JAN. 6, 2016
STAHL — Jennifer
Stahl and Mark Stahl of
Stan¿ eld; a girl, MaryBeth
Reanna Stahl.
JAN. 8, 2016
BLEVINS — Cheridy
A. Edgmand and Trey M.
Blevins of Stan¿ eld; a boy,
Carter Michael Blevins.
TEJEDA GUTIERREZ
—
Brissa
Gutierrez
and Daniel Tejeda of
Hermiston; a boy, Dariel
Emiliano Tejeda Gutierrez.
SUBMIT YOUR EO NEWS
Submit Your EO News information and high-resolution photos
to: community@eastoregonian.com or drop off to the attention
of Tammy Malgesini at 333 E. Main St., Hermiston, or Renee
Struthers-Hogge at 211 S.E. Byers Ave., Pendleton. Call 541-564-
4539 or 541-966-0818 with questions.
Generously
Sponsored by:
Baarstad's General
Contracting
Residential
Commercial
Photo contributed by Nick Bejarano
Lucas Bradshaw, Sheila Edmundson, April Link, Amy Serna, Tony Garberg, Malissa
McDonald, Jennie Wedding, Teddi Armstrong, Alex Medvedskiy, and Terri Shorter,
employees of Good Shepherd Health Care System, show off food donations collect-
ed during the holiday season for Agape House.
Pendleton, OR
541-276-7235
baarstadgeneral
contracting.com
CCB# 104698
Good Shepherd staff spread holiday cheer
Trustime
Manager Lucas Bradshaw,
the employees rallied to give
5,173 non-perishable food
items to Agape House, who
provide support to those in
need.
Retirement Plan
Specialists, Inc.
During the 2015 holiday
season, Good Shepherd
Health Care System clinical
staff participated in an inter-
departmental competition to
collect food for those in need.
The group’s focus was to
bring holiday cheer to fami-
lies in the community that
might not have enough to eat
during the season. According
to Acute Care Services
THANK YOU
AAUW thanks
community for
support
The American Association
of University Women would
like to thank the community
for its support of our grapefruit
sale. We would also like to give
a special thanks to Pendleton
Grain Growers for letting us
use their building and staff.
Your support directly
bene¿ ts our community as it
is used to fund scholarships at
Blue Mountain Community
College, support projects
such as the Pioneer Park
Playground rebuild, and help
to fund educational programs
such as the robotics program at
Pendleton High School. These
are just a few of the projects
that this money has helped
AAUW support. Again thank
you.
Kathy Ward, grapefruit chairman
AAUW Pendleton Branch
COMMUNITY CALENDAR
SATURDAY, JAN. 16
WHITE EAGLE GRANGE
POTLUCK AND MEETING,
5:30 p.m., grange hall be-
tween Pendleton and Pilot
Rock on Highway 395. Public
welcome. (Gail Wilson 541-
276-3778).
PENDLETON
EAGLES
STEAK AND LIVE MUSIC, 6-8
p.m. dinner, music 8 p.m. to
midnight, Pendleton Eagles
Lodge No. 28, 428 S. Main
St., Pendleton. Open to mem-
bers and guests. (541-278-
2828).
SUNDAY, JAN. 17
HERMISTON
EAGLES
BREAKFAST, 8-11 a.m., 160
N.W. Second St. Members
and guests welcome.
PENDLETON
EAGLES
BREAKFAST, 9 a.m. to noon,
Pendleton Eagles Lodge
#28, 428 S. Main St., Pend-
leton. Open to members and
guests. (541-278-2828).
MONDAY, JAN. 18
BLUE MOUNTAIN PIECE-
MAKERS, 12 noon, Thimbles
Fabric-N-More, 1849 West-
gate Place, Pendleton.
PENDLETON ROTARY, 12
noon, Pendleton Elks Lodge,
14 S.E. Third St.
HERMISTON TEEN LI-
BRARY ADVISORY COUNCIL,
4-5 p.m., downstairs Herm-
iston Public Library, 235 E.
Gladys Ave.
OREGON TRAIL GEM
& MINERAL SOCIETY, 6 p.m.,
First Church of God, 712 S.W.
27th St., Pendleton. (Steve
Fisher 541-276-1509).
BLOOMER GIRLS GAR-
DEN CLUB, 7 p.m., meeting
site varies, Hermiston. (Marge
Timmons 541-567-4069).
INLAND NORTHWEST MU-
SICIANS CHORALE, 7 p.m.,
Harris Jr. Academy gym, 3121
S.W. Hailey Ave., Pendleton.
(RaNiel Dunn 541-289-4696).
TUESDAY, JAN. 19
PENDLETON TOASTMAS-
TERS No. 154 , 6:45 a.m.,
Pendleton City Hall commu-
nity room, 501 S.W. Emigrant
Ave.
(toastmasterdarlene-
sue@gmail.com).
TOPS CHAPTER OR 1110 ,
8 a.m. weigh-in, meeting
starts at 8:45 a.m., Missionary
Baptist Church, 125 E. Beech
St., Hermiston. (Margaret
Wetterling 541-720-0276).
Pamela Johnston Duso,
Account Executive
75 SE Byers • PO Box 250
Pendleton, OR • 866-355-8150
Rapunzel
Domestic Short Hair/ M ix - Brown/ W hite - Tabby - 1 Year Old
Rapunzel likes people and other cats,
and is good at hanging out in the
background. She likes to do her own
thing, but likes to cuddle sometimes,
too. She doesn't like small children, but
we're told she does OK with dogs. She
is spayed, up to date on vaccinations,
and tested negative for FeLV.
125 S. Main St.
Pendleton
541-276-9292
Visit Rapunzel at the Pioneer Humane Society/PAWS
517 SE 3rd St., Pendleton, OR
541-276-0181 • pendletonpaws.org
Check out the PAWSABILITY Thrift Store
Call Terri at 541-215-0447
to sponsor a pet
In M em ory
of
Larry
Z w eig
NEEDED: Volunteer drivers to and from spay/
neuter clinics. Call for more information.