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REGION Saturday, April 16, 2016 East Oregonian Page 3A HERMISTON PENDLETON Fialka, Bracher retiring from HEF Council accepts $150K grant to establish Future Farm HQMR\DEOH´ %UDFKHU VDLG with a laugh. “I think we’ve established a good rapport with the community, and Two long-time and instru- they’re willing to support us mental leaders in the Herm- and what we do. We have a iston Education Foundation great community.” will retire this month, leaving Both women will continue RSHQLQJV RQ WKH QRQSUR¿W to volunteer with events and board. are active in other community Ann Fialka and Judy organizations. Bracher have served on the “I’ll miss being in contact, HEF Board of Trustees for 13 having a sideline seat to what’s and 12 years, respectively, and happening in the district, but have each submitted a notice it’s time,” Fialka said. of retirement. Fialka and Bracher are “We really feel like the Ed EO file photo Foundation is in a good place. Hermiston Education Foundation board member Judy two of the longest-serving It’s right on the brink of long- Bracher restocks food during the 2014 “Beach and Beef board members, second only to Karen Sherman, who was range planning, and it’s time Dinner” at the Hermiston Conference Center. one of the founding members. to let the next generation take The organization $40,000 a year.” With the retirements, the over,” Fialka said Friday. Both women board is now looking for The Hermiston Education provides grants to have been instru- DERXW IRXU LQGLYLGXDOV WR ¿OO )RXQGDWLRQ LV D QRQSUR¿W teachers within the mental in organizing its ideal size of 15, according SXEOLF EHQH¿W FRUSRUDWLRQ district twice a year the foundation’s to Fialka and Bracher. aimed at enriching student as well as providing efforts annual events: the Anyone interested in experiences in the Hermiston volunteer HEF Beach & MRLQLQJ WKH +() ERDUG RI School District. Although the DQGSURMHFWV)LDOND Beef crab feed in trustees is asked to contact group serves the Hermiston has been on the February and the Briana Cortaberria at the School District, it is its own board for almost every one of the +() )XQ 5XQ LQ Hermiston School District entity. October. While the for an application packet and The board of trustees, organization’s 24 Fialka crab feed brings in contact information. Fialka which governs the foundation, grant cycles, and represents a cross-section of the Spring 2016 grants will be the bulk of the organization’s said the ideal board member the Hermiston community and announced Wednesday during funding, the fun run was orig- is someone passionate about LQDOO\VWDUWHGMXVWIRUFRPPX- “making good things happen” is a mix of district employees a special reception. ³, FDQ UHPHPEHU WKH ¿UVW nity recognition. When they and being involved in the and community members. Bracher is the current chair grant cycle when we had MRLQHG WKH ERDUG ERWK )LDOND community. The HEF board meeting of the foundation’s board of a couple thousand dollars and Bracher decided to focus directors; both Fialka and and we were looking at the on two pieces: community this month will be the last for Bracher have served as past DSSOLFDWLRQV WU\LQJ WR ¿JXUH recognition of what the foun- each Fialka and Bracher. The out how to best be good stew- dation was and being good board will elect a new chair. chair as well. “It’s been an amazing “It really is a working ards of the money,” Fialka stewards of the funding. “I think our years have experience,” Bracher said. “It board,” Bracher said. “You VDLG ³1RZ ZH¶UH ORRNLQJ at $25,000 in grants a cycle, been very productive and was a great ride. It really was.” have to be a worker bee.” By JENNIFER COLTON East Oregonian BMCC brings a week of art and culture By JENNIFER COLTON East Oregonian A World War II survivor, a Bosnian refugee and a doctor with knowledge of the Zika virus will all appear at Blue Mountain Community College this week for the 18th annual Arts and Culture Festival. The free three-day event will run Tuesday-Thursday and include events in both Hermiston and Pendleton. This year’s theme, “Here and There,” focuses on an under- standing of modern and past events, as well as culture from ERWK WKH 3DFL¿F 1RUWKZHVW and around the world. The event brings special- ized speakers and events to both the community and students of Hermiston and Pendleton. “Anything that we can do to increase our own experi- ence, our own learning, it is a great opportunity,” said Alison Timmons, festival coordi- nator and BMCC English instructor. “This is as much an opportunity for our students as it is for the community — and vice versa.” For students, especially in Hermiston, the event also brings a part of the college King Taiblum experience similar to what they could experience at a larger college campus. A 10-person committee works for most of a year on the Arts and Culture festival. In June, the committee settles on a theme for the next year’s festival, such as the 2016 “Here and There” topic. “We try to choose themes that are open to multiple interpretations,” Timmons said. “With ‘Here and There,’ we started off by thinking about how here and there is a geographic reference, but then you can also look at fantasy and reality.” The theme will apply to each of the presentations, from history to visual analytics to the afterlife. Current events presen- tations include Dr. Sascha McKeon, who will speak on the impacts of the Zika virus currently under scrutiny by Willis McKeon health organizations, and 135 MRXUQDOLVW $QQD .LQJ who covered the Malheur :LOGÀLIH 5HIXJH VWDQGRII from earlier this year. Historic presentations include the story of Selena Hutchins, a Bosnia refugee, and Manny Taiblum, ZKR IRXJKW DJDLQVW WKH 1D]L regime and survived World War II as a Jewish teen after his family was sent to the Treblinka death camp. Some presenters, including Hutchins, McKeon and Fred Brown, a historian from Seattle, will speak in both Hermiston and Pendleton. Brown will speak on an animal history of Seattle and animals and urban landscapes. The festival also includes a salmon dinner and a powwow presented by the Confeder- ated Tribes of the Umatilla ,QGLDQ 5HVHUYDWLRQ RQ WKH BMCC Pendleton campus. The salmon dinner runs from Brown 4-6 p.m. Wednesday, and the powwow begins at 6 p.m. A full festival schedule is available at www.bluecc.edu/ AandC. By ANTONIO SIERRA East Oregonian At a special meeting Thursday, the Pendleton City Council unanimously agreed to spend $10,000 to help establish the Oregon Unmanned Aerial Systems Future Farm. The funds will be added to a $150,000 grant from 62$52UHJRQWKHDJULFXO- tural research and develop- ment arm of the Pendleton 8$65DQJH The council also made agreements with Duke Joseph, a Carlton adver- tising agency, and Digital Harvest, a Hampton, Virginia drone company. The two companies will split the grant money to establish and operate the Future Farm. Digital Harvest will provide a drone pilot, one full-time UAS technician, seasonal student interns, D VDWHOOLWH RI¿FH WKH <DPDKD50$;GURQHWKH installation of the Future )DUP VHQVRU QHW 50$; GHPRQVWUDWLRQV DQ DGMXQFW professorship from Digital Harvest CEO Young Kim and assistance with sustain- able funding efforts. Duke Joseph has prom- ised to brand and market Future Farm, create a steering committee, recruit and inventory cooperative farms, recruit industry users, solicit investors and sponsors, identify and apply for grants, produce and market a two-day Drone 5RGHRLQ-XO\GHYHORSDQG market a one-week UAS operator course in July and recruit and train two seasonal interns. In addition to the $10,000 match, which will be used for Future Farm promotion, the city will provide free RI¿FH VSDFH DQG VWRUDJH space at the Eastern Oregon 5HJLRQDO$LUSRUWIRUD\HDU Steve Chrisman, Pend- leton’s economic develop- ment director and airport manager, said the Future )DUP SURMHFW LV DOUHDG\ starting to attract attention from drone companies. ——— Contact Antonio Sierra at asierra@eastoregonian. com or 541-966-0836. STANFIELD &it\ to aGG neZ Solice of¿cer East Oregonian 6WDQ¿HOGSODQVWRVZHDU in a new code enforcement RI¿FHU DQG QHZ SROLFH RI¿FHU7XHVGD\QLJKW Joyce Wright previously ZRUNHG IRU 6WDQ¿HOG DV a part time police/code HQIRUFHPHQW RI¿FHU according to an email from 6WDQ¿HOG &LW\ 0DQDJHU Blair Larsen. She is returning to the still-vacant position. Tristan Walker, 27, is UHSODFLQJ 5\DQ 0F%ULGH ZKR WKH FLW\ ¿UHG ODVW IDOO from the four-member police department. Walker, who recently married, KDV EHHQ D UHVHUYH RI¿FHU for several years and in February 2015 was part of a crew of volunteer ¿UH¿JKWHUV WKDW XVHG URSHV to rescue a dog that fell over a 30-foot cliff. Larsen said Walker will attend Oregon’s Public Safety Academy in May to obtain KLVSROLFHFHUWL¿FDWLRQ Larsen also stated, “All 6WDQ¿HOG IXOOWLPH RI¿FHUV go through the statutorily required background FKHFN 2I¿FHU :DONHU KDV passed that requirement.” 7KH 6WDQ¿HOG &LW\ Council meets Tuesday at 7 p.m. in the council chambers, 150 W. Coe Ave. The agenda also shows the council will meet behind closed-doors to discuss Larsen’s evaluation • Experience BMCC • PENDLETON EVENTS TUESDAY, APRIL 19th ST-200 10:00 am: Dr. Fred Brown, An Animal History of Seatt le (All presentations will be in the Bob Clapp Th eatre Unless Otherwise Noted) 10:00 am: Chris Jennings, Eastern Oregon Film Festival Director 11:00 am: Manny Taiblum, author of WITH G-D AT MY SIDE. Stories of surviving the Warsaw Ghett o during World War II 11:30 am: ASG Barbeque 12:00 pm: BMCC Staff showcase 7:00 pm: EO Forum in ST200 with John Turner, America and the World Since WWII WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20th CONCEALED CARRY PERMIT CLASS Oregon - Utah - Valid 35 States HERMISTON Best Western: 2255 Highway 395 South April 29 th • 1:00 pm & 6:00 pm Walk-Ins Welcome! OR/Utah: (Valid in WA) $80.00 or Oregon only: $45 www.FirearmTrainingNW.com • FirearmTrainingNW@gmail.com 360-921-2071 (All presentations will be in the Bob Clapp Th eatre Unless Otherwise Noted) 9:00 am: Selena Hutchins, Bosnia refugee talks about her experiences. She is also a gaming producer at Big Fish in Seatt le, WA. 10:00 am: Dr. Sascha McKeon, Zika Virus 11:00 am: Wendy Willis, A World Without Secrets: Privacy and Expectations in the United States 12:00 pm: Lisa Naas Cook, Too Busy to Rest: Boundaries and Balance in a Nonstop World 1:00 pm: Anna King, NPR journalist on Malheur-Th e Standoff 4:30 pm: Salmon Dinner & Children’s POW WOW ~ FREE & OPEN TO PUBLIC THURSDAY, APRIL 21st 7:00 pm: College Community Th eatre, “No One Knows Nothing”, a reader’s theatre presen- tation of an original screenplay by Joshua King. Free production, with post show Q & A with screenwriter and cast. HERMISTON EVENTS WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20th Wildhorse Resort & Casino presents the 4th Annual Mammoth Cup Golf Tournament Sunday, May 15 Wildhorse Resort Golf Course 10:00 am: Dr. Fred Brown, Animals & Urban Landscapes 11:00 am: Karen Nicksich, children’s author of “Th e Time of My Life” on grieving for the loss of a pet. Also presenting-Maddie the Th erapy Dog. 12:00 pm: Food & Entertainment 1:00 pm: Wendy Willis, A World Without Secrets: Privacy and Expectations in the United States 2:00 pm: Smoke & Mirrors Literary Group/Creative Writing Class, “Banned Book Reading” THURSDAY, APRIL 21st 9:00 am: Devin McKeon, Code: Th e Secret Language of Machines 10:00 am: Lisa Naas Cook, Too Busy to Rest: Boundaries and Balance in a Nonstop World 10:00 am: Russ Burtner, presents on Visual Analytics 11:00am: Dr. Sascha McKeon, Zika Virus 12:00pm: Lunch & “Music in the Round” with Dr. Margaret Mayer & BMCC Music Students 1:00 pm: Selena Hutchins, Bosnia refugee & Big Fish Video Gaming producer in Seatt le, WA 2:00pm: Patrick Weatherly, Poetry & Music Collaboration FIRST FRIDAYS ARE FREE! Supported by: CHI St. Anthony Hospital, Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, Cayuse Technologies, Pepsi/Pendleton Bottling Co. and Byrnes Oil Co. Advertising Partners: East Oregonian and Port of Kennewick. Open Mon-Sat 10am-5pm 541.429.7700 www.tamastslikt.org Questions? Contact HGastin@bluecc.edu or go to www.facebook.com/BMCCArtsCultureFestival Blue Mountain Community College is an equal opportunity educator and employer.
