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Wednesday, October 26, 2016
PENDLETON
East Oregonian
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BOARDMAN
Fall festival features family fun Head-on crash
Fundraiser to help
support Harris
Junior Academy
East Oregonian
Everything from pillow
fights and face painting to a
petting zoo and craft tables
are planned during the Fall
Festival at Harris Junior
Academy.
The public is invited to
enjoy the family-friendly
event Saturday at the school,
3121 S.W. Hailey Ave.,
Pendleton. Dinner will be
served from 6:30-7:30 p.m.
in the cafeteria and festival
fun runs from 7-9 p.m. in the
gymnasium.
A meal featuring a veggie
burger, tater tots, corn on the
cob and a root beer or orange
float is $7 per person or $25
for a family. Tickets for
games and activities are 25
cents each. Kids can slide and
jump to their heart’s content
Contributed photo by Shannon Whidden
Faith Carrothers and a friend participate in the log
sawing during the 2015 Fall Festival at Harris Junior
Academy. The public is invited to this year’s event Sat-
urday at the school in Pendleton.
on an inflatable slide and
bouncy house. Also, people
can put their friends in the
“slammer” at the jailhouse
booth. Elizabeth Cook, the
academy’s home and school
leader, said there are a variety
of activities for all ages.
“Come enjoy affordable
fun for the entire family,” she
said.
In its 13th year, the event
is a major fundraiser to
help support Harris Junior
Academy, a faith-based
school affiliated with the
Seventh-day
Adventist
Church. It serves children
from kindergarten through
eighth grade.
In addition, it offers a
Student Education Connec-
tion that provides supervised
space for online students
through 12th grade. The
program also features classes
in physical education, the
Bible, music and shop, as
well as regular assemblies
and educational tours.
For more information
about the Fall Festival,
call 541-276-0615 or visit
Facebook. For more about
the school, go to www.harris-
junioracademy.org or email
office@harrisjunioracademy.
org.
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Contact
Community
Editor Tammy Malgesini at
tmalgesini@eastoregonian.
com or 541-564-4539
Riders in
the sky
Riders warm
up Saturday
before the final
race of the
2016 season at
the Pilot Rock
Bike Pit.
A Stanfield man was
one of two victims killed
Monday night in a head-on
crash near Boardman.
The deadly wreck
happened around 7:30
p.m. on Interstate 84 near
milepost 167, Oregon State
Police reported Tuesday,
when Clifford Ammons,
77, of Reedsport, drove
a 2009 Honda Ridgeline
westbound in the eastbound
lane and smashed head-on
into a 2005 Ford Mustang.
Francisco
Ramirez,
27, of Stanfield, drove the
Mustang, according to
state police. Ramirez and
Ammons were the only
people in their vehicles and
died at the scene.
A dog, though, was in
the Honda and suffered
an injury. The animal was
taken for treatment to the
Hermiston
Veterinary
Clinic, 1995 S. Highway
395, Hermiston.
State authorities closed
the Interstate for approxi-
mately four-and-half hours
so emergency workers
could free the bodies and
for the crash investigation
and removal of debris.
State police also reported
troopers think the Honda
Ridgeline entered the Inter-
state the wrong way at the
Highway 730 interchange
near milepost 168. The
agency asked witnesses
who saw the vehicle
traveling the wrong way
prior to the crash to contact
the Oregon State Police
Pendleton Area Command
at 541-278-4090.
Multiple
agencies
responded to the crash,
including the sheriff’s
offices of Morrow and
Umatilla
counties,
Boardman police and fire
and the Oregon Department
of Transportation. State
police also acknowledged
the Douglas County Sher-
iff’s Office for contacting
relatives of the victims.
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Contact Phil Wright at
pwright@eastoregonian.
com or 541-966-0833.
Interactive GIS maps
now available online
By JADE MCDOWELL
East Oregonian
BRIEFLY
PENDLETON — People
are invited to enjoy
delectable soups and keep
the bowl during the Soup
Bowl Supper.
In its 12th year, the
Domestic Violence Services
fundraiser also features a
silent auction, prize games
and mystery envelopes.
People are invited to enjoy
the meal and learn more
about the organization Friday
at 5:30 p.m. at the Pendleton
Convention Center, 1601
Westgate. The cost is $25 —
and people get to keep their
hand-crafted bowl. A table
of eight can be reserved for
$150, a savings of $50.
Money raised will go
to support the mission of
Domestic Violence Services,
which has shelters in
Hermiston and Pendleton.
The nonprofit organization
provides help to all victims
of domestic violence and
sexual assault. In addition
to the shelters, the agency
provides a 24-hour crisis
line, safety planning, peer
support and referrals for
temporary emergency
By PHIL WRIGHT
East Oregonian
HERMISTON
Photo contributed by
“Evad Gewtools”
Soup’s on during
annual DVS
fundraiser
kills two on I-84
shelter for adult males.
For more information,
contact, 541-276-3322,
sharon@dvs-or.org or visit
www.dvs-or.org. In addition,
tickets can be purchased on
the website.
Free meeting
provides Medicare
information
PENDLETON — Area
residents can learn about
upcoming Medicare changes
for 2017 during a pair of
meetings in Pendleton.
Information about
Medicare Advantage Plans
and Medicare Supplemental
Plans will be discussed
Saturday at 10 a.m. and 2
p.m. at the Vert Auditorium,
345 S.W. Dorion Ave.,
Pendleton. Also, a sales
representative will be on
hand with information and
applications. There is no
admission charge.
Participants can get
questions answered
regarding if their plan is
leaving the area, what their
options are, what discounts
may be available and how
they can qualify for help
with Medicare premiums.
Those planning to attend
STUDENT
are asked to RSVP by
calling 503-381-0888 or
800-691-5501.
Gym open for
people with
special needs
Hospital auxiliary
preview sale will
provide bargains
PENDLETON — With
the fall season returning,
the Special Needs Open
Gym is up and running
again.
People with special
needs and their family or
caregivers are invited to
participate in gym activities
or use equipment. The
free sessions are Sundays
from noon to 1:30 p.m. at
the Pendleton Recreation
Center, 510 S.W. Dorion
Ave. The activity continues
through May.
For more
information, visit www.
pendletonparksandrec.com
or call 541-276-8100.
HERMISTON — The
annual Christmas Preview
Sale of the Good Shepherd
Medical Center Gift Shop
will provide holiday bargains.
A fundraiser for the
hospital auxiliary, money
is raised to help provide
scholarships for those
pursuing a medical career and
needed equipment at Good
Shepherd. The sale features a
10 percent discount Thursday,
Nov. 3 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
in the hospital’s pharmacy
lobby, 610 N.W. 11th St.,
Hermiston.
June Rosenberg said the
sale has gifts for everyone and
encourages people to do their
Christmas shopping early. For
more information, contact
juner1942@gmail.com.
Route work
pays for my
children’s
activities.
OF THE
WEEK
Kellen Fairchild
W ESTON -M C E WEN H IGH S CHOOL
Kellen is a senior at Weston-McEwen High
School with 4.05 GPA. Kellen participates
in many activities at school including pep
band, pipes and drums, cross country,
tennis and is a member of the National
Honor Society. He is very active in both
church and community activities as well as
volunteering his time to help senior citizens.
After graduation Kellen plans on attending
either Northwest Nazarene University or
Eastern Oregon University.
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Hermiston
residents
have more information
about their city at their
fingertips than ever before,
thanks to Geographic
Information Systems tech-
nology.
GIS mapping is a
computer system that ties
sets of data to geographic
locations,
generating
interactive maps. If users
click on various parts of
the map they might bring
up information about who
owns a tax lot or how many
crashes have happened on
a certain road, for example.
The city of Hermiston
recently
made
eight
different
GIS
maps
available online at www.
hermiston.or.us/planning/
maps.
One map, labeled
Transportation
System
Plan, allows users to click
on an intersection to find
out the average daily trips
made through it or click
on a road to see its clas-
sification under the city’s
transportation plan.
Other interactive maps
show data on city council
wards, tax lots, zoning,
buildable acres inside the
urban growth boundary,
census data, floodplains,
urban renewal projects
and GIS maps from other
counties in Oregon.
Clint Spencer, city plan-
ning director, told the city
council during a workshop
Monday that adopting the
GIS technology makes
planning
information
much more accessible to
citizens, who can now
pull up ownership, zoning
and appraisal information
on any tax lot from the
comfort of their home.
“I wouldn’t say it was
impossible before, but it
was time-consuming,” he
said. “Before, all we had
was the big map books, and
they didn’t fit in a copier.”
Spencer said the city
also has a big printer now
that can print off large
versions of the maps gener-
ated. He said the planning
department has printed off
large city maps for other
departments like Parks and
Recreation, and for busi-
nesses like pizza chains
that want to use them to
plan their deliveries.
The city has also
generated maps for internal
use, such as mapping the
municipal water system
and age of pipes.
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Contact Jade McDowell
at jmcdowell@eastorego-
nian.com or 541-564-4536.