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REGION Saturday, April 9, 2016 East Oregonian Page 3A HERMISTON Senior center gets mealtime help from Trendsitions By JADE MCDOWELL East Oregonian Volunteers from Trendsi- tions are helping make meal- times at the Hermiston Senior Center go more smoothly. After hearing that the seniors were having to serve the meals themselves before eating because of a volunteer shortage, the organization saw an opportunity for its developmentally disabled clients to interact positively with the city’s senior citizens while doing a good deed. Kelly Marscall of Trendsi- tions said the volunteer work IXO¿OOV WKH RUJDQL]DWLRQ¶V mission of helping develop- mentally disabled adults gain employment. “It gives them work experience, job skills, teaches them how to interact with the public — things they need to know to work in the real world,” she said. Karen Blair, the senior center’s cook, said the help has been greatly appreci- ated. She said she couldn’t believe how quickly cleanup in particular went since Trendsitions started sending volunteers. “These guys are whizzes,” Staff photo by Drew Langton Man taken down from silo, arrested Pendleton fire personnel and police officers work to remove a man from a silo Friday afternoon on the 500 block of Southwest Fourth Street. Pendleton police Chief Stuart Roberts said an officer got Michael Lubeck, 33, to step into a “bucket” at the end of the fire engine ladder. Police then arrested Lubeck for trespassing at the Pendleton Flour Mills site and booked him into the Umatilla County Jail, Pendleton. Roberts said Lubeck suffers from mental illness, and while he has been in town a short while, police deal with him regularly. “Apparently, he does not meet the statutory requirement of being a dan- ger to self and/or others,” Roberts said in an email. “Nor, does he meet the statutory threshold of being incapable of caring for himself.” IRS phone scams reported in town If you receive a scam to investigate. In the past, IRS impersonation scams phone call, do not provide in Hermiston have been any personal information 7KH LQFRPH WD[ ¿OLQJ tracked to Canada, Jamaica and hang up immediately. the Dominican Contact the Treasury deadline is approaching, and and scammers are using the Republic, according to Inspector General for Tax Administration, or TIGTA, Edmiston. date to their advantage. The IRS website reports at 800-366-4484 or submit At least four Hermiston residents received contact scams have cost victims a report at https://www. from callers claiming to more than $23 million treasury.gov/tigta/contact_ report_scam.shtml. be the Internal Revenue since October 2013. Service on Thursday. Hermiston residents contacted the Hermiston Breast Feeding Police Department about receiving IRS scam phone • Inpatient lactation consults calls at 7:57 a.m., 9:25 • Outpatient lactation consults by a.m., 10:42 a.m., and 12:44 appointment p.m. Each call came from • Breast feeding classes a different phone number • Learn the benefits of breast feeding Elizabeth Michael Childbirth Education with a different area code. Hermiston Police Chief Mom & Baby Support Group Jason Edmiston cautioned Meet and talk with other mothers in a residents that the IRS will PDLO QRWL¿FDWLRQV +H VDLG relaxed atmosphere where you can ask these scams often target the questions and receive support. elderly. 1st & 3rd Fridays • 9 am - 11 am “Do not engage in FREE • Newborn to 18 months providing personal infor- mation with someone you Childbirth Classes do not know,” Edmiston said. “These scammers • Labor & birth information • Pain medication have even been known • Breathing, relaxation & coping techniques to portray themselves as • Cesarean delivery • Breast feeding someone they are not.” • Tour of the Birth Center The IRS impersonation • How your partner can help VFDPV DUH YHU\ GLI¿FXOW for local law enforcement By JENNIFER COLTON East Oregonian Staff photo by Jade McDowell Dave Russell, right, a volunteer with Trendsitions, serves food at the Hermiston Senior Center. she said. “I have not seen a better bunch.” On Thursday they were helping serve potatoes and gravy to appreciative seniors there for a meal and some conversation with friends. As soon as everyone was through the line, the volun- teers whisked the extra food back to the kitchen, where volunteer Dave Russell began rinsing utensils and dishes and loading them into the dishwasher. “Dave is a fantastic dishwasher,” Blair said. “He knows what he’s doing.” Russell said it was his favorite part of helping at the senior center. “I do my own at home,” he said, explaining how he had learned to get the dishes so clean so quickly. “I start and just put them through a certain way.” Virgina Beebe of the Hermiston Senior Center said the experience has been positive all around. “We said, ‘Let’s see how they do,’ and we’re getting nothing but compliments,” she said. “They’re doing a wonderful job.” HERMISTON /LYDEOHFRPPLWWHHWRSUHVHQW¿QGLQJV By JADE MCDOWELL East Oregonian The Livable Hermiston Committee will present a report to city council on Monday that could eventu- ally lead to an indoor aquatic center. The committee was formed to help determine the function of the Hermiston Conference Center, in light of the opening of the Eastern Oregon Trade and Event Center, but its mission grew into a community-wide visioning process. The result is a 14-page report that recommends the city make ensuring the success of the EOTEC facility its top priority for increasing Hermiston’s liva- bility in the next 3-5 years. Its second priority, the committee reports, should be an in-depth feasibility study of one of the top four spending priorities listed by the community. The most voted-for priority in commu- nity surveys was an indoor aquatic center, followed by downtown revitalization, more parks and a community youth/family center such as a YMCA. The committee “strongly recommends” combining the indoor pool and community center into one project. On Monday the council will hold a public hearing on a supplemental budget, which will bring the 2015- 2016 budget in line with actual expenditures. Most of the transfers between funds are less than $10,000 but the biggest line item is $600,000 the city promised the EOTEC board for construction costs. Separate resolutions will also authorize a $90,000 loan from the general fund to the reserve fund for repairs to the Hermiston Aquatic Center, and open a reserve fund to handle the money for the recently approved trail extension from Riverfront Park to Southwest 11th Street parallel to Highland Avenue. The council will also consider a lease to William Van Ryn to build a 3,000-square-foot hangar at the Hermiston airport and will consider an agreement for part of employee that will KDQGOH(27(&¶V¿QDQFHV The 7 p.m. meeting will be preceded by a 6 p.m. work session on possible improve- ments to the Recycled Water Treatment Plant to better handle bio-solids. “Inner Excellence” Elite Performance Seminar with Jim Murphy Thank you for making our seminar such a success. 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