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YOUR EO NEWS
East Oregonian
Saturday, October 13, 2018
REAL Oregon class includes four area leaders
REAL
Oregon
(Resource Education & Ag
Leadership) will launch its
second leadership class in
November, and the group
of 30 includes four area
leaders:
• Marie Cain, dairy
& livestock controller at
Threemile Canyon Farms
in Boardman
• Shannon Hoehna,
owner/food safety consul-
tant at SH Consulting in
Weston
• Robin Pickard, owner
of Athena Income Tax Ser-
vice in Athena
• Beau Reynolds, crop
insurance agent at North-
west Farm Credit Services
in Pendleton
Participants reflect a bal-
anced mix of resource pro-
ducers,
agri-businesses,
advocacy organizations and
government agencies. Bill
Buhrig of Simplot Food
Group and board chairman
for REAL Oregon, said that
having such a successful
first year helped with recruit-
ment for Class 2. Umatilla
County participants in Class
1 included Bob Waldher
of Athena, Sam Taylor of
Echo and Tom Demianew
of Pendleton.
“We had a great response
to the program in its sec-
ond year,” Buhrig said.
“The quality and diversity of
Class 2 applicants was out-
standing and touched all cor-
ners of the state.”
REAL Oregon is mod-
eled after a similar program
in Idaho. Leadership Idaho
Ag is currently preparing
for its 39th class. Their lon-
gevity, Buhrig said, proves it
can work and be sustainable
in Oregon.
REAL Oregon is a col-
laboration of industry and
other groups throughout the
state that have recognized
the importance of devel-
oping and supporting lead-
ers within Oregon’s natu-
ral resource communities.
In addition to networking
opportunities and learning
more about the diversity of
Oregon, the program brings
current and future leaders
together from agriculture,
fishing, and forestry for a
series of sessions based in
different regions of the state
— including Feb. 12-14 in
Boardman.
“I am very excited to
get this group together and
watch them grow as lead-
ers,” said Greg Adding-
ton, REAL Oregon exec-
utive director. “This class
will build on the solid foun-
dation established by Class
1. We are beginning to ful-
fill the vision of building a
solid network of agriculture
and natural resource leaders
who will benefit the state for
many years to come.”
Class 2 will start in
November and end with
a graduation ceremony in
March 2019. Recruitment
of Class 3 will begin shortly
after that. For more informa-
tion, contact 541-892-1409,
addingtonconsulting@
gmail.com or visit www.rea-
loregon.net.
Good Shepherd receives top workplace award
Good Shepherd Health
Care System has been
awarded a 2018 Top Work-
places honor by The
Oregonian.
The list is based solely
on employee feedback gath-
ered through a third-party
survey administered by
research partner Energage,
LLC (formerly Workplace-
Dynamics), a leading pro-
vider of technology-based
employee engagement tools.
The anonymous survey
measures several aspects of
workplace culture, including
alignment, execution and
connection.
“Top Workplaces is more
than just recognition,” said
Doug Claffey, CEO of
Energage.
“Our research shows
organizations that earn the
award attract better talent,
experience lower turnover,
and are better equipped to
deliver bottom-line results,”
Caffey said. “Their leaders
prioritize and carefully craft
a healthy workplace cul-
ture that supports employee
engagement.”
In response to the news
that Good Shepherd had
been selected two years in a
row for the award, president
and CEO Dennis E. Burke
said it’s an honor and that
the employees are the true
recipients of the prestigious
award.
“I believe it is a testa-
ment to our employees level
of satisfaction and engage-
ment with the organization
and our community,” Burke
said.
“Healthcare is a challeng-
ing vocation — employees
deal with people over a wide
spectrum of emotions; from
their most joyous of circum-
stances — birth of a new-
born, to the most challeng-
ing — death of a loved one,”
Burke said. “Each day our
employees display heroism,
empathy, compassion, and
courage in caring for our
community.”
Becoming a Top Work-
place isn’t something orga-
nizations can buy, Claffey
said.
“It’s an achievement
organizations have worked
for and a distinction that
gives them a competitive
advantage,” Claffey added,
saying, “It’s a big deal.
Photo contributed by Nick Bejarano
In February 2018, a delegation of 20 employees from Good Shepherd Health Care System attended the Health
Care Service Excellence Conference in San Antonio, Texas. They received 39 awards for significant improvements
made to the patient experience, which are reflected in a Consumer Assessment of Healthcare Providers and
Systems survey conducted on Good Shepherd patients.
Historical society harvests ‘gold’ grant
The Umatilla County Historical Soci-
ety recently received a grant from the Blue
Mountain Community Foundation.
The $3,000 will be used to help with
the installation of the exhibit “Umatilla
Gold: The History of Wheat in Umatilla
County,” which will be housed at Heri-
tage Station Museum in Pendleton. The
grant was written with the assistance from
Bonnie Day, community development
coordinator at Eastern Oregon Business
Source.
The exhibit, which is slated to open
next year, highlights wheat’s importance
in the history, culture, and economy of
the county. It traces the path wheat travels
around the world, and tracks the different
products it’s used in.
Umatilla Gold is designed to change
as the wheat industry adapts and evolves.
This will keep the exhibit fresh and inter-
esting across its scheduled 10-year run.
Starting in 1984, the Blue Mountain
Community Foundation is based on the
idea that the area needed a place for donors
who cared about the community to make
longterm charitable investments.
It has received and grown assets to
exceed $50 million in 330 charitable funds
of various types.
For more information, visit www.blue-
mountainfoundation.org.
BIRTHS
St. Anthony Hospital, Pendleton
Photo contributed by Nick Nash
The Helix Advancement Partnership Network recently raised $5,000 to strengthen
grant applications to remodel Helix City Hall/Library.
Helix group networks to raise money
The Helix Advance-
ment Partnership Net-
work recently raised $5,000
from local citizens and
businesses.
The money will be used
to strengthen grant applica-
tions written to help pay to
remodel the Helix City Hall/
Library building.
The group receives grant
writing mentorship from
Eastern Oregon Business
Source community devel-
opment coordinator Bonnie
Day.
The Umatilla County
Regional Capacity Build-
ing Initiative, in part, sup-
ports Day’s work.
Helix
Advancement
Partnership Network was
formed in 2004 to improve
the quality of life, and pro-
mote the welfare of Helix
residents.
Their current project
involves enhancing the city
hall/library/museum build-
ing, which formerly was
the old Helix Elementary
School.
Largely through the work
of a number of devoted vol-
unteers, the network has
made more than $100,000
in repairs and improvements
to the building, including
upgrading its heating and
cooling systems, repairing
roof support systems and
installing a new roof, restor-
ing the basement after major
flood damage, and protect-
ing the building from future
weather events.
HAPN is moving for-
ward with the next and big-
gest phase of the project —
expanding and updating the
library.
This involves reorganiz-
ing the space that accom-
modates popular youth pro-
gramming that the library
hosts such as the Helix
Robotics group and the
After School Reading pro-
gram, updating library tech-
nology to better facilitate
use by community groups,
and restoring an original
interior glass wall.
The total cost of the
expansion is estimated at
$60,000.
Donors who contributed
include Gen. Fred Rees
and Marylen Rees, Janet
Wood, the Helix Rodeo,
the Helix Telephone Com-
pany, Wheatland Insur-
ance, Cindy and Matt
Wood, Jeff and Sharilyn
Newtson, and Gordon and
Sharon Smith.
For more about the Helix
Advancement Partnership
Network, contact Cindy
Wood at cindyl_wood2@
msn.com or 541-969-7182.
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OCT. 2, 2018
DOESCHER — Tiffany N. Doescher
and Jacob M. Doescher of Pendleton: a
girl, Emmaline Marie Doescher.
OCT. 3, 2018
AMUNDSON — Emily N. Amundson
and Beau A. Amundson of Pendleton: a
girl, Maggie Lucille Amundson.
LINEHAN — Kathryn Linehan and
Joshua W. Linehan of Pendleton: a girl,
Wilder Grace Linehan.
OCT. 4, 2018
MALONE — Nastasha Stiles and Ryan
D. Malone of Pendleton: a girl, Nadia Val-
entine Malone.
OCT. 8, 2018
BENETTI — Amber Benetti and Bren-
den Benetti of Pendeton: a girl, Oaklee
Carolinn Benetti.
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