COMMUNITY
Wednesday, April 13, 2016
HERMISTON
Rotary celebrates 75 years
By TAMMY MALGESINI
East Oregonian
Businessmen from all
walks of life have been
gathering as part of the
Hermiston Rotary Club for
75 years. The club, which
was chartered April 12, 1941,
added women to its ranks
several decades ago after the
international
organization
opened its membership to
women.
Rotary
International,
which boasts 1.2 million
members worldwide, started
with the vision of one man
— Paul P. Harris, a Chicago
attorney. According to the
organization’s
website,
Harris formed one of the
world’s ¿rst service organi-
zations in 1905 as a place for
professionals with diverse
backgrounds to meet and
exchange ideas. The name
came from the club’s early
practice of rotating meeting
places.
Among
the
charter
members of the Hermiston
club are the fathers of current
Rotarians Frank Harkenrider
and Rick Rankin, said Steve
Williams, past president. The
current membership includes
67 members.
The club, Williams said,
focuses on local and interna-
tional humanitarian projects.
“It’s local people working
to solve local problems and
international projects,” he
said.
Rotary
members
contribute their time and
energy to a variety of proj-
ects, including issues like
peace and conÀict resolution,
Staff photo by Tammy Malgesini
Tim Beinert, president of the Hermiston Rotary Club,
welcomes members of Altrusa International of Hermis-
ton during a joint meeting of the services clubs April 7
at Trinity Lutheran Church. The Hermiston Rotary Club
is celebrating its 75th anniversary this week.
disease prevention and treat-
ment, water and sanitation,
education and literacy and
economic and community
development. In 1985,
Rotary launched an effort
to eradicate polio across the
globe.
“We are getting closer,”
Williams said. “The number
of cases is being cut back
each year.”
Locally, the Hermiston
club has been active in
providing scholarships to
college students, schol-
arships for educators for
continuing education, an
annual Arbor Day tree give-
away and working on local
parks, including the Oxbow
Trail project.
Williams said Rotary has
continued because there is a
lot to be done. Also, he said
the fellowship is fun and
relationships are built.
The
membership,
Williams said, identi¿es what
projects to be involved with.
They provide the resources
to complete them — whether
it’s ¿nancial or time and
manpower.
“There’s been a lot of
members over the 75 years,”
Williams said. “The strength
of the Rotary Club is the
members that are involved.”
To join Rotary, prospects
must be sponsored by a
current member. Anyone
interested in joining is
encouraged to contact a
Rotary member to learn
more.
For more information
about the Hermiston Rotary
Club, call president Tim
Beinert at 541-656-5298 or
search Facebook for “Herm-
iston Rotary Club.” For more
about Rotary International,
including ¿nding local
groups, visit www.rotary.org.
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Contact
Community
Editor Tammy Malgesini at
tmalgesini@eastoregonian.
com or 541-564-4539
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STA1FIELD — Stan¿eld
Secondary School will need
a new principal next fall.
Current principal Bryan
Johnson has accepted a posi-
tion as assistant principal/
athletic director at Ephrata
High School in Washington
state and will serve his last
day in Stan¿eld on June 30,
2016. Johnson calls Ephrata
his hometown.
“It is a job that I feel I am
¿t for and will enjoy. It may
not open again for another 20
to 30 years, so it was going
to be now or never possibly.
We have had a great experi-
ence in Stan¿eld and we’ll
truly miss the students, staff
and community,” Johnson
said in a press release.
Johnson served six years
at the district as a teacher/
athletic director, then four
years as school principal.
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PENDLETON —
Mothers and daughters can
enjoy a bonding experience
during an activity sponsored
by Pendleton Parks &
Recreation.
Make mom and daughter
bracelets, enjoy hors
d’oeuvres, refreshments and
cookies, play games and
spend some time in the photo
booth to make memories.
Open to daughters in
kindergarten through eighth
grade, Mother and Daughter
Night: Feast, Fotos & Fun!
is Saturday, April 30 from
6:30-8 p.m. in the Vert Club
Room, 345 S.W. Fourth St.,
Pendleton.
The fee is $14.50 per
person and must be paid by
Friday. To register, go to
www.pendletonparksandrec.
com or stop by the parks
of¿ce, 865 Tutuilla Road.
For more information, call
541-276-8100.
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HERMISTON — The
Hermiston School
District Special Programs
Department will host its ¿rst
Special Education Linkage
Fair from 5-7:30 p.m.
Tuesday, April 26, in the
District Of¿ce Boardroom.
Hermiston School District
will assist in connecting
parents and families of
special needs children (birth
through age 21) to agencies
and resources within the
community. Guests will learn
how to access services and
supports to best meet the
needs of their child.
A potato bar will be
offered for families, along
with supervised open gym
for kids.
For more information,
contact the HSD Special
Programs Department at
541-667-6021.
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HERMISTON —
Clothing, knick-knacks and
some furniture are available
during a parking lot sale at
Agape House.
Clothing is priced at three
items for $1, furniture is as
marked and knick-knacks
are you name the price. The
sale is Saturday from 8:30-11
a.m. at 500 Harper Road,
Hermiston. Donations are
accepted through Saturday.
Agape House serves
the needs of low-income
residents in the community.
For more information, call
541-567-8774.
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WESTON — Don
Hann of the United States
Forest Service will share
about historic Chinese gold
mining sites in Eastern
Oregon during the Friends of
the Weston Library annual
membership meeting.
The public is invited to
attend the gathering, which
will include refreshments
and door prizes. People are
encouraged to renew their
membership or become
a FOWL member for the
¿rst time. The event is
Monday, April 18 at 7 p.m. at
Memorial Hall, 214 E. Main
St., Weston.
FOWL is a tax-exempt
organization that supports
Weston library programs
and projects. For more
information, call Kathleen
Schmidtgall at 541-566-
2378.
by contacting the chamber
via heppnerchamber@
centurytel.net. In addition,
written questions will be
accepted at the forum.
The meal, which is
catered by Murray’s Drug,
is $10 per person. To ensure
there’s enough space and
food, those planning to
attend must RSVP by calling
541-676-5536 by Tuesday,
April 19.
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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.
East Oregonian
WASTE: Anticipating 300-400 vehicles
Continued from 1A
removal, and Umatilla
County was trying to win
for eight years.
“We ¿nally got back up
on the rotation,” she said.
“We’re tying to make the
most of it.”
The DEQ funds the
collection from land¿ll
disposal fees and pays a
contractor, Clean Harbors
Inc., with headquarters in
Massachusetts, to handle
and dispose of the waste.
The county’s role is to
coordinate the event and
publicize it. Miller said she
started that work six months
ago.
“I’ve been to one end
of the county and the other
talking to all the local
groups,” she said.
The city of Pendleton
stepped up to allow the use
of the Convention Center
for free, county employees
and members of the
Pendleton FFA chapter are
volunteering to help direct
“People don’t
even have to get
out of their cars.”
— Gina Miller,
Umatilla County’s code
enforcement coordinator
traf¿c, and the four waste
disposal franchises in the
county are contributing
refreshments and lunch for
the volunteers.
Miller said she antic-
ipates 300-400 vehicles
coming through Saturday,
and volunteers will have
“clickers” to count. Workers
with Clean Harbors will do
the heavy lifting.
“People don’t even have
to get out of their cars,”
Miller said.
Common items run a
wide array, from weed
killers to motor oil to ther-
mometers. The DEQ in a
written statement also said
the contractor will screen
for usable products, such
as household cleaners, that
local residents then could
reuse.
But the DEQ will not take
explosives or products that
contain radioactive waste,
such as smoke detectors.
Ranchers and farmers on
Friday can bring pesticides
for free disposal, and small
businesses and the like can
pay a small fee to get rid of
their hazardous waste. Both
of those require registration
with Lisa Mattila of Clean
Harbors at 503-742-7109 or
by e-mail at mattila.lisa@
cleanharbors.com.
Miller said these collec-
tions are about helping
people. Milton-Freewater
neighbors, in one case,
are helping the widow of
a farmer bring in his old
pesticides and fungicides.
Miller also said she
plans to be there with the
coffee and donuts for the
volunteers.
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Contact Phil Wright at
pwright@eastoregonian.
com or 541-966-0833.
UMATILLA ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE
ANNUAL MEETING
& MEMBERSHIP DINNER
79 Years
1937 - 2016
Saturday, April 16, 2016
Hermiston Conference Center
5 p.m. - 7 p.m.
Our Annual Meeting theme
“Building For The Future” is a recognition of
the milestone projects underway or completed
in 2015, and what we expect in 2016.
As always, attendance is free to UEC members.
We hope you will join us!
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Mark Speckman,
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HEPPNER — A
candidate’s forum for
the Morrow County
commissioners will be held
during an upcoming Heppner
Chamber of Commerce
meeting.
Bill Kuhn will moderate
the no-host luncheon event,
which is Thursday, April 21
from 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. at
Heppner City Hall, 111 N.
Main St. People can submit
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