REGION
Friday, May 13, 2016
East Oregonian
HERMISTON
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BRIEFLY
Future leaders take projects national
By JENNIFER COLTON
East Oregonian
Seven students from
Hermiston High School qual-
iied for the FCCLA National
Leadership Conference in
San Diego, Calif., and one
will travel as Hermiston’s
irst Oregon State FCCLA
president.
“I had no idea. I was
shocked, but I am very
grateful,” said senior Salma
Anguiano, who was selected
as president. “When you go
to state, you’re representing
your school. At nationals,
you’re representing your
state.”
FCCLA — Family,
Career and Community
Leaders of America — is a
nonproit national career and
technical student organiza-
tion. Students from across
the country compete in local,
regional and state events
to qualify for the national
conference, July 2-8 in San
Diego, Calif.
Thirty Hermiston students
competed at the Oregon state
“There’s really a good range of pro-
grams people can do. I think people
get confused that it’s just cooking or
working with kids, but it’s not.”
— Hannah Reese, Hermiston High School senior
event this year, and seven
earned gold medals to qualify
for state:
• Hannah Reese, senior,
Hospitality
• Canden Gutierrez,
freshman, Focus on Children
• Jesus Ramirez, senior,
Applied Math in Culinary
Management
• Jasmin Chen, sopho-
more, and Anguiano, senior,
Food Innovations
• Amelia Boyd, sopho-
more, and Yvette Mendoza,
sophomore,
National
Programs in Action
To compete at the state
level, students had to win
a silver or gold medal at
regional competitions. To
qualify for the national
competition, they had to earn
a medal at the state competi-
tion as well.
“We were hoping for a
silver, and we never expected
to get gold. We went there
to try our best and see what
happened,” Gutierrez said.
“We did come together as a
team, and we learned a lot.”
The projects varied.
Ramirez worked with
applied mathematics in
culinary
management:
building a menu for an event,
iguring our costs and prices
and how much to charge
per plate to make a proit.
Chen and Anguiano created
a “Hawaiian Paradise”
smoothie that incorporated
servings of fruits and vege-
tables. Reese created a busi-
ness outline complete with a
website, mission statement
and audience considerations.
Gutierrez created a “Focus
on Children” program to
increase health for elemen-
tary kids through different
activities, skills and food
choices. And Amelia Boyd
and Yvette Mendoza orga-
nized a coin drive for Agape
House that earned them a spot
in the “National Programs in
Action” category.
“There’s really a good
range of programs people
can do. I think people get
confused that it’s just cooking
or working with kids, but it’s
not,” Reese said. “There’s so
much you can do to prepare
for your future.”
During the national
competition, students will
both compete and take
leadership training classes.
Ramirez said it will be both
exciting and nerve-wracking.
“State was fun, but
nationals might be a little
more overwhelming,” he
said. “It will be a challenge.”
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Contact Jennifer Colton
at jcolton@eastoregonian.
com or 541-564-4534.
STANFIELD
City looking to change downtown rules
Seeks public input
on development,
consistent design
By JADE MCDOWELL
East Oregonian
The city of Stanield
wants to change its rules
governing downtown devel-
opment, but not without
citizen input.
The city is inviting the
public to a kickoff meeting
May 17 at 7 p.m. at Stan-
ield Secondary School
(with Spanish translation
provided) to discuss ways
to improve the look and
functionality of downtown
without putting cumber-
some rules on business
owners.
“We want to make sure
it really relects what the
community wants and
really accomplishes our
goals,” city manager Blair
Larsen said.
Those goals include
removing barriers to down-
town development, encour-
aging a “pleasant and walk-
able” downtown, promoting
consistent visual design and
making the code easier to
read and understand.
The plan is to evaluate
the city’s current downtown
development codes and
citizen input on those codes,
then draft a set of code and
design standards in time for
inal adoption in the fall.
Downtown development
codes can cover everything
from the types of business
uses allowed in buildings to
what color people can paint
their business. Larsen said
the city hopes to hear from
people on what they want to
see downtown.
He said the city is
working with a consultant,
who will help present infor-
mation about the current
downtown
development
codes on Tuesday. There
will also be more opportu-
nity for public input during
future planning commission
and city council meetings as
the city moves forward with
writing new rules.
“This is something we’re
working on, and regardless
of whether they can come
to the meeting, we’re
always happy to hear from
them, especially business
owners,” he said.
The development code
overhaul is one of several
projects the city of Stanield
has undertaken recently to
improve downtown. The
city recently worked on a
streetscape plan to improve
the section of Highway 395
running through the city,
and for the irst time this
year offered a façade grant
program and sidewalk grant
program to provide property
owners with matching funds
for improvements. Larsen
said the council plans
to extend both of those
programs into 2016-2017.
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Contact Jade McDowell
at jmcdowell@eastorego-
nian.com or 541-564-4536.
HERMISTON
District wins ninth straight inancial transparency award
East Oregonian
For the ninth year in a
row, the Hermiston School
District business ofice has
received the Certiicate of
Achievement for Excellence
in Financial Reporting.
Presented by the Govern-
ment Finance Oficers Asso-
ciation of the United States
and Canada for the district’s
2014-2015 Comprehensive
Annual Financial Report,
the certiicate is the highest
form of recognition in
governmental accounting and
inancial reporting.
The certiicate is awarded
primarily to government
units whose inancial reports
meet the highest standards
in government accounting
and inancial reporting.
The reports are judged by
an impartial panel to meet
the high standards of the
program, including demon-
strating a constructive “spirit
of full disclosure” to clearly
communicate its inancial
story and motivate potential
users and user groups to read
the full report.
This is the 10th time the
Hermiston School District
has been recognized for its
report. The district was previ-
ously honored for nine of the
previous 10 years.
“I am truly proud of
the inancial stewardship
exhibited by the Board of
Education and district busi-
ness department,” business
manager Katie Saul wrote in
a press release. “This honor
is evidence of the district’s
commitment to excellence in
reporting transparency and
inancial accountability; it
exempliies the district’s stan-
dard of excellence and vision
to be the premier public
school district in Oregon.”
The Government Finance
Oficers Association of the
U.S. and Canada is a nonproit
professional association that
serves approximately 17,500
government inance profes-
sionals. The association
established the program in
1945 to encourage and assist
state and local governments
to go beyond the minimum
requirements of generally
accepted accounting princi-
ples to prepare comprehen-
sive annual inancial reports
that evidence the spirit of
transparency and full disclo-
sure and then to recognize
individual governments that
succeed in achieving that
goal.
COMMUNITY CALENDAR
FRIDAY, MAY 13
PENDLETON
MASTERS
SWIM CLUB, 5-6 p.m., Roundup
Athletic Club pool, 1415 Southgate,
Pendleton. Fees are $5 per ses-
sion coaching fee; non-RAC mem-
bers pay $8 pool fee per session.
(Tania Wildbill 541-310-9102).
PENDLETON EAGLES LA-
DIES AUXILIARY KITCHEN, 6-8
p.m., Pendleton Eagles Lodge
#28, 428 S. Main St., Pendleton.
(541-278-2828).
SATURDAY, MAY 14
MEN’S BREAKFAST, 8 am.,
Bethel Assembly of God Church,
1109 Airport Road, Pendleton.
FRIENDS OF THE UMATILLA
PUBLIC LIBRARY, 9 a.m., Umatil-
la City Hall, 300 6th St.
RETIRED UMATILLA ARMY
DEPOT WOMEN’S CLUB, 9 a.m.
no-host breakfast, Pheasant Cafe,
149 E. Main St. Hermiston.
UMATILLA COUNTY DEM-
OCRATS, 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.
no-host luncheon, Prodigal Son
Brewery & Pub, 230 S.E. Court
Ave., Pendleton. Meet new friends
and listen to guest speaker Tom
Bailor, candidate for Umatilla
County commissioner. Everyone
welcome. (541-567-1072).
EASTERN OREGON CELTIC
SOCIETY PIPERS GATHERING,
1 p.m., The Old Meeting House,
901 M Ave., La Grande. For pipers
of all skill levels. Instruction is free,
but a $2 donation for use of the
building is appreciated. (541-568-
4643 or pelder@oregontrail.net).
PENDLETON
EAGLES
STEAK AND LIVE MUSIC, 6-8
p.m. dinner, music 8 p.m. to mid-
night, Pendleton Eagles Lodge
No. 28, 428 S. Main St., Pendle-
ton. Open to members and guests.
(541-278-2828).
BLOOMER GIRLS GARDEN
CLUB, 7 p.m., meeting site varies,
Hermiston. (Marge Timmons 541-
567-4069).
INLAND NORTHWEST MU-
SICIANS CHORALE, 7 p.m., Har-
ris Jr. Academy gym, 3121 S.W.
Hailey Ave., Pendleton. (RaNiel
Dunn 541-289-4696).
SUNDAY, MAY 15
TUESDAY, MAY 17
PENDLETON
EAGLES
BREAKFAST, 9 a.m. to noon,
Pendleton Eagles Lodge #28, 428
S. Main St., Pendleton. Open to
members and guests. (541-278-
2828).
PENDLETON TOASTMAS-
TERS No. 154, 6:45 a.m., Pendle-
ton City Hall community room, 501
S.W. Emigrant Ave. (toastmas-
terdarlenesue@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., Hermis-
ton. (Margaret Wetterling 541-720-
0276).
BIBLE STUDY, 10 a.m., First
United Methodist Church, 352 S.E.
Second St., Pendleton. (Rev. Jim
Pierce 541-276-2616).
GREENFIELD GRANGE PI-
NOCHLE, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Green-
ield Grange Hall, Boardman.
(Jane Dean 541-481-5223).
GREATER
HERMISTON
MONDAY, MAY 16
BLUE MOUNTAIN PIECE-
MAKERS, 12 noon, Thimbles
Fabric-N-More, 1849 Westgate
Place, Pendleton.
PENDLETON ROTARY, 12
noon, Pendleton Elks Lodge, 14
S.E. Third St.
DIRT DABBLERS GARDEN
CLUB, 1 p.m., Vert Club Room,
345 S.W. Fourth St., Pendleton.
Visitors welcome. (johnsonstub@
yahoo.com).
HERMISTON TEEN LIBRARY
ADVISORY COUNCIL, 4-5 p.m.,
downstairs Hermiston Public Li-
brary, 235 E. Gladys Ave.
OREGON TRAIL GEM & MIN-
ERAL SOCIETY, 6 p.m., Pendle-
ton City Hall community room, 501
S.W. Emigrant Ave., Pendleton.
(Tom Moon 541-278-9702).
Live Music
9:00
PM
FRIDAY, MAY 13
Carter
Freeman
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AREA REPUBLICAN WOMEN’S
CLUB, 11:45 a.m., Desert Lanes,
1545 N. First St., Hermiston. No-
host lunch. All women welcome.
(541-567-0006).
PENDLETON TOASTMAS-
TERS, 12 noon, Roosters Restau-
rant, 1515 Southgate. (Jim Mar-
quardt 541-969-4845).
“THE LIFE MODEL - LIV-
ING FROM THE HEART JESUS
GAVE YOU” BOOK STUDY
GROUP, 1-2:30 p.m., Bowman
Building, 17 S.W. Frazer, Pendle-
ton. (Pat 541-276-6671).
WESTON-MCEWEN
LI-
ONS CLUB, 1 p.m.., Doubletree
Restaurant, Athena. (Ellyn 541-
566-3987).
STUDYING THE MIRACLES
OF JESUS, 4-6 p.m., Good Sa-
maritan Ministries, 319 W. Locust
Ave., Hermiston. (541-564-1041).
PENDLETON EAGLES TA-
COS AND BINGO, 6 p.m., Pend-
leton Eagles Lodge #28, 428 S.
Main St., Pendleton. Regular
packet $10, special packet $5.
Proceeds donated to local chari-
ties. (541-278-2828).
EO ile photo
Sen. Jeff Merkley talks during a town hall meeting
Feb. 17, 2014 at Pendleton High School. Merkley will
have a town hall in Stanield on May 21.
Merkley to hold
town halls in
Eastern Oregon
STANFIELD — U.S.
Sen. Jeff Merkley,
D-Oregon, will visit
Umatilla County on
Saturday, May 21 for
a town hall meeting in
Stanield.
The meeting will
begin at 1:30 p.m. in the
Stanield Elementary
School cafeteria, where
Merkley will update
constituents on his work
in Congress and take
questions from the crowd.
“These town hall
meetings are crucial to
learning what is most
important to Oregonians
and how I can most
effectively advocate for
Oregon’s priorities,”
Merkley said in a press
release.
Merkley will stop in
John Day earlier in the
morning, and also plans
to hold town halls Friday,
May 20 in Harney and
Malheur counties.
Since joining the Senate
in 2009, Merkley has
held a town hall in each
of Oregon’s 36 counties
every year.
Scam Jam to
teach residents to
spot scammers
HERMISTON —
Consumers lose billions
of dollars each year
to scams, but a state-
sponsored “Scam Jam”
coming to Hermiston and
Pendleton aims to help
residents spot would-be
thieves.
The events will take
place Wednesday, May
18 from 10 a.m. to
noon at the Hermiston
Conference Center and
Thursday, May 19 from
10 a.m. to noon at the
Pendleton Convention
Center.
The Scam Jams will
include information
about current scams —
including electronic,
phone and door-to-door
versions — and how to
avoid becoming a victim.
Speakers include Ellen
Klem of the Oregon
Attorney General’s ofice,
Diane Childs of the
Oregon Department of
Consumer and Business
Services, AARP Oregon
Outreach Director Joyce
DeMonnin and local
law enforcement. There
will also be tables from
various entities with
more information about
how to protect personal
information and inances
from scammers.
The events are free
but participants must
pre-register at www.
scamjamoregon.com or
call 1-877-926-8300.
Hermiston
schools add
administrators,
coaches
HERMISTON — As
the school year winds to a
close, Hermiston School
District is announcing a
batch of new hires for next
year.
On Monday the school
board oficially approved
current Sandstone Middle
School principal Larry
Usher as the district’s
next activities and athletic
director. He will start his
duties July 1, working out
of Hermiston High School.
Usher has been with the
district since 2002 when
he was hired as a social
studies teacher.
Replacing Usher at the
helm of Sandstone Middle
School will be Lori
Mills, who is the assistant
principal at Armand
Larive Middle School.
Mills came to the district
in 2015 after serving as
Athena-Weston Middle
School principal and
the district’s assessment
coordinator and curric-
ulum director.
The Hermiston school
board also approved the
hiring of Casey Arstein
as head Hermiston High
School boys basketball
coach, Elise Fleming as
head Hermiston High
School volleyball coach
and Sean McClanahan as
Hermiston High School
band director.
Arstein is a Sandstone
Middle School physical
education teacher who
has coached basketball
at various levels in the
district. Fleming is from
Kennewick, Wash., and
will serve as a physical
education teacher at
Armand Larive Middle
School in addition to
coaching. McClanahan is
currently a music/drama
teacher for Kiona-Benton
City School District in
Washington.
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from staff and wire
reports, and press
releases. Email press
releases to news@
eastoregonian.com.
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