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Good Shepherd
employees receive
national award
Two Good Shepherd
He
congratulated
Health
Care
System Edwards and Stephens on
employees were recog- their recognition, and the
nized with a national award hard work that led to it.
at the Healthcare Service
Stephens was chosen
Excellence
Conference based on comments from
in Long Beach,
her coworkers
California.
about
how
Patient finan-
she
“pours
cial
services
her heart” into
manager Jonathan
the hospital’s
Edwards
was
sexual assault
recognized
as
task
force,
an
empowering
becoming
an
manager and emer-
important part
gency
services
of the team
registered
nurse Stephens
and
coming
Susan Stephens
up with better
was
recognized
procedures for
as an exceptional
helping victims.
nurse.
Stephens
“The time
and
energy
was also chosen
she gives of
for the Summit
herself
to
Award, which is
helping victims
the highest award
is
inspiring,”
of excellence given
the submission
at the Healthcare
read.
Service Excellence
Edwards was
Conference based Edwards
chosen because
on individuals who
have made outstanding of a submission by one of
progress toward improving his employees, who said
patient experience and staff he “pushes harder and
makes higher goals” than
engagement.
The
conference other managers, in a way
considered 240 nominees, that inspires employees
including 14 from Good to reach goals they didn’t
think were possible.
Shepherd.
During the conference,
“We have an excep-
Shepherd
also
tional team,” president and Good
CEO Dennis Burke said. received third place for
“Each of the 14 individuals their employee engage-
nominated for this year’s ment video, titled Coming
Summit Awards are very Home (Hermiston), that
was unveiled recently.
worthy candidates.”
M-F foundation
gives to community
The Milton-Freewater
Area Foundation recently
announced
community
grants and scholarships for
the year 2016 for a total of
$83,936. Of that, $17,050
was distributed in schol-
arships to area students
furthering their education.
The rest of the funds were
granted to the following:
Milton-Freewater
Historical Society (yearly
maintenance and support
of the Frazier Farmstead
Museum), Milton-Free-
water Downtown Alliance
(The Gathering Place),
Snow Cats (ski club),
Milton-Freewater Valley
Library (upgrade for book
checkout using RFID),
Blue Mountain Babe
Ruth of Oregon (last
phase of renovation of the
McRae Ireland baseball
field), Milton-Freewater
Chamber of Commerce
(banner for Rocks Festival),
Walla Walla Symphony
(concert
for
elemen-
tary
students),
Walla
Walla YMCA (5-week
summer camp for youth
in
Milton-Freewater),
Walla Walla Hospice,
FFA (upgrades to the land
lab), and Danner Farms
Mentoring Project.
The MFAF was founded
in 1962 for the purpose of
creating a trust for chari-
table and educational uses
in our community. The
Foundation board is made
up of five local members
of our community and the
trust is managed by Baker
Boyer Bank. The Foun-
dation has been successful
because of the generous
estate gifts and memo-
rial contributions from
members of our community
and the surrounding area,
leaving a legacy for the
future of Milton-Freewater.
Over the years, the Foun-
dation has made a serious
impact on this community
in the amount of well over
a million dollars.
For further information
about the Foundation, or
how to apply for grants or
scholarships or to make
contributions,
contact
Luis Alvarez, MFAF
director, Baker Boyer Bank
(Milton-Freewater Branch),
320 N. Columbia, Milton
Freewater, OR 97862.
Sen. Hansell welcomes
EOU class to capitol
Lori Broker. They tracked
one of Sen. Hansell’s bills,
SB 373, through the process
by learning about how
the bill started, the draft
concept and what the bill
does and does not do, as
well as answering questions
about the bill students might
have. In addition to these
meetings the students also
had private office meetings
with Senate President Peter
Courtney, Senate Repub-
lican Leader Ted Ferrioli,
Senate Democratic Leader
Ginny Burdick, Sen.
Arnie
Roblan,
Sen.
Betsy Johnson and Rep.
Greg Barreto, as well as
Sen. Hansell’s legislative
director, Branden Purs-
inger, to learn the role staff
play in the building.
Throughout the day and
a half, Sen. Hansell was
available to answer student
questions about process,
history, joining the legisla-
ture and how they can serve
as an intern. Sen. Hansell
taught and coordinated the
class alongside Dense and
said he is looking forward
to the next opportunity
to help educate the future
leaders in Oregon’s legisla-
tive process.
The Region 23 Chess
for Success tournament
was held Feb. 11 in Herm-
iston. Team and individual
winners were named from
both Hermiston and its main
opponent, Heppner.
Five Hermiston High
School students will travel
to the state tournament
March 10-11 in Portland
after the top three players
tied with four points each
(out of a possible five) and
two others tied with three
points.
Team winners at the
tournament
included
Heppner
Elementary
(K-5) and Heppner Junior
High (grades 6-8). Indi-
vidual winners were Owen
Guerra, grade 3, Heppner
(K-4); Javier Garcia, High-
land Hills, Hermiston (grade
5); Jacob Finch, Heppner
(grade 6); Felix Matthew,
Heppner, and Edward
Rodriguez, Armand Larive,
Hermiston (grade 7, tie);
Oscar
Cota,
Armand
Larive, Hermiston (grade 8);
Photo submitted by Delia Wallis
Hermiston High School students (front, from left) Bobby Bellinger, Oscar Galdamez,
Jerence Lyons, Jeremy Bowden and (back) Thomas Wall will compete in the state
chess tournament in Portland after scoring top marks at the regional tournament in
Hermiston Feb. 11.
Jeremy Bowden, Jerence
Lyons (grade 9) and Bobby
Bellinger (grade 10), Herm-
iston High School (grades
9-12, tie for first place); and
Oscar Galdamez (grade 12)
and Thomas Wall (grade
11), HHS (grades 9-12, tie
for high enough points).
Catholic Daughters host
luncheon, style show
The members
of Our Lady of
Angels Catholic
Daughters of the
Americas, Court
#1692 hosted a
Valentine’s Day
Luncheon
and
Style Show at
the Our Lady of
Angels Catholic
Church Parish Hall
on Saturday, Feb.
11.
Forty-eight
models delighted
the crowd of more
than one hundred
with styles from
six different local
businesses: Bealls,
Maurice’s, Smit-
ty’s Ace Hard-
ware,
Andee’s
Boutique, Lucky
Endz and LuLu
Roe
Mandi
Bedolla.
More
than $1,400 was
raised for the
Marilyn
Harris
Memorial Scholar-
ship Fund.
After enjoying a
Photo by Pat Edmundson
delicious luncheon Sarah and Marie (age 21 months)
featuring a wide Thompson model clothing from
variety of salads, Bealls during the annual Valen-
the audience was tine’s Day Luncheon and Style
treated to a stirring Show hosted Feb. 11 by Our Lady
rendition of the of Angels Catholic Daughters of
National Anthem the Americas Court No. 1692.
by Martha Lopez
to begin the style show. Longtime parishioner Wayne
Vannett shared that this was the best singing of the National
Anthem he had ever heard.
Co-chairs for the event were Kristi Smalley (narrator
and court regent) and Sandi Rizk (court treasurer).
BIRTHS
St. Anthony Hospital,
Pendleton
FEB. 16, 2017
COX — Tana N.
Halligan and Michael A.
Cox of Pendleton: a boy,
Silas Joseph-Allan Cox.
NICHOLS — Heather
M. Nichols and Alan R.
Nichols of Hermiston:
a girl, Elizabeth Ann
Nichols.
ZUBE-HONL — Tara
N. Honl and Jacob J. Honl
of Pendleton: a girl, Estelle
Renee Zube-Honl.
FEB. 17, 2017
BASS — Carolle D.
Bass and Danny E. Bass
of Pendleton: a boy, Jaxon
Eugene Dalahay Bass.
KERWIN — Kateari M.
Kerwin of Pendleton: a girl,
Novalee Grace Kerwin.
LOPEZ
RAMIREZ
— Elizabeth Ramirez
Zamudio and Marcos A.
Lopez of Pendleton: a girl,
Fatima Lopez Ramirez.
FEB. 19, 2017
GILCHRIST — Tayler
White and Christopher
Gilchrist of Pendleton: a
girl, Lillian Marie Gilchrist.
Good Shepherd Medical
Center, Hermiston
FEB. 16, 2017
CHOREY — Chelsey
D. Colpitts and Daniel J.
Longhorn of Hermiston: a
boy, Jaxon Eugene Chorey.
FEB. 17, 2017
BRUNING — Jennifer
L. Bruning and Steven A.
Bruning of Pendleton: a
boy, Tanner Robert Filmore
Bruning.
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0818 with questions.
Contributed photo
Members of the Girls Scouts of Oregon and South-
west Washington Troop 51413 on Feb. 4 donated
supplies to the Pendleton Animal Welfare Shelter
(PAWS) as part of a volunteer effort, including (from
left) Kiana Manta, Tessa Collier and Julianna Verdin.
Girls Scouts lend a hand
to those with PAWS
When the girls in Girl
Scouts of Oregon and
Southwest Washington
Troop 51413 sat down
to choose a community
project to go along with
their fall product sale, there
was one option that stood
above the others, hands
down.
“They all love animals
so much,” said troop leader
Diane Hamby, “and they
have been wanting to
volunteer at PAWS for a
while.”
So, the Girl Scout
Juniors and Cadettes in
grades four through middle
school elected to use $100
of their hard-earned troop
funds to buy supplies for
Pioneer Humane Soci-
ety’s Pendleton Animal
Welfare Shelter (PAWS).
The Pendleton-based troop
took it a step further and
filled out applications and
volunteered two hours at
the shelter on Feb. 4.
Contributed photo
Olivia Schrader of Pend-
leton cuddles a cat at
the Pendleton Animal
Welfare Shelter (PAWS)
as part of a volunteer ef-
fort by the Girls Scouts
of Oregon and South-
west Washington Troop
51413 on Feb. 4.
“They had a lot of fun
playing with puppies and
kittens,” Hamby said.
Pet of the Week
Alfi e
Alfi e wants you to know he’s adorable and
promises to be a good boy if you give him
a good home. Alfi e is a handsome 4 year
old Lhasa Apso. He loves car-rides and to
cuddle. Alfi e will need to be groomed on
a regular basis. Thanks to Pupcakes, Alfi e
looks like a whole new man! If you have
lots of love to give this guy, come meet
Alfi e at PAWS located at 517 SE 3rd St in
Pendleton Tue-Sat 12-4pm.
Visit Alfi e at the Pioneer Humane Society/Paws
Tues - Sat • Noon - 4pm • 517 SE 3rd ST, Pendleton
541-276-0181
Check out the PAWSABILITY Thrift Store
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125 S. M ain St.,
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541-910-2727 for La Grande
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A few years ago Sen.
Bill Hansell was invited
to speak to a political
science class taught by
Eastern Oregon University
professor Jeff Dense.
Hansell accepted and it was
a great experience both for
him and the students.
This led to the idea of
bringing one of Dense’s
classes to Salem during
the legislative session in
order for the students to see
first-hand how the process
works. Sen. Hansell refers
to the course as Legislature
101.
The concept became a
reality and Senator Hansell
and his office has hosted a
class from Eastern Oregon
University going on four
years. Feb. 16-17 marked
the fourth year of this
program.
Sen. Hansell hosted 10
students for a day and a
half. Among the events they
participated in were: history
of the Senate floor, attending
Ways and Means sub-com-
mittee hearings, attending
Senate policy committees,
and watching the Senate
floor session with a private
floor protocol class lead
by Secretary of the Senate
Saturday, February 25, 2017
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