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East Oregonian
Saturday, January 19, 2019
Local destinations make business magazine list
A trio of local tourists
activities were included in
the Oregon Business mag-
azine’s top 100 fan-favor-
ite destinations for 2019 in
Oregon.
Tamastslikt
Cultural
Institute, which came in at
No. 41, is the top regional
destination on this year’s
list. Placing 28th last year,
the museum is operated by
the Confederated Tribes of
the Umatilla Indian Reser-
vation. Preserving the his-
tory of area tribes, it features
a permanent collection and
rotating exhibits. It’s located
near Wildhorse Resort &
Casino in Mission.
Other regional destina-
tions on the list included
Pendleton Round-Up, in
the 82nd spot. Founded in
1910, this year’s Round-Up
week is Sept. 7-14. The
SAGE Center, an interac-
tive visitor center in Board-
man, came in at No. 86.
Standing for Sustainable
AGriculture & Energy, the
Port of Morrow project was
53rd on last year’s list.
EO File Photo
Instructor Marjorie Waheneka, third from right, teaches an American Indian beading class
in the Tamástslikt Cultural Institute gift shop. The museum placed 41st on Oregon Business
magazine’s top 100 fan-favorite destinations for 2019.
Researchers
studied
66,000 reviews — a 74 per-
cent increase over last year’s
information — on Goo-
gle, TripAdvisor and Yelp,
which are the most widely
used online review sites.
The top destinations will be
charted on a map for people
to use as a guide when trav-
eling across the state. They
will be distributed at visi-
tor centers and at the state’s
borders.
“It is fantastic to see this
project grow. Travelers rely
more than ever on third-
party reviews. The participa-
tion increase in this import-
ant research shows that
more destinations are pay-
ing attention as well,” said
Andrew Insinga, CEO of
MEDIAmerica.
For more information
or to view the full list, visit
www.oregonbusiness.com.
Round-Up Hall of Fame introduces new directors
The
Pendleton
Round-Up & Happy Can-
yon Hall of Fame recently
welcomed newly appointed
Steve
Hart,
directors
Mary French West, Casey
White-Zollman and Jor-
dan McDonald.
Directors are appointed
for three-year terms by the
Round-Up and Happy Can-
yon corporations to promote
the history and heritage of
the organizations.
Hart, who was born in
Dallas, moved to Eastern
Oregon at a young age. He
grew up in Long Creek, John
Day and Seneca — mov-
ing to Pendleton in 1983, he
graduated from high school
in 1985.
After moving away for
a couple of years, Hart
returned to Pendleton and
worked in sawmills then
started doing heating, ven-
tilation and air conditioning
work in 1993.
He first started volunteer-
ing at the Round-Up in 1984
and later volunteered with
the Happy Canyon Night
Show in various capacities.
Hart has a passion for the
show and Pendleton’s his-
tory. He will serve as a direc-
tor of facility management.
Born and raised in San
Francisco, White-Zollman
received a journalism degree
from the University of Port-
land in 2003 and moved to
Pendleton that year.
She is married to Casey
Zollman, owner of NW
Installations Construction,
and they have a son, Ryder,
2. White-Zollman is vice
president of public relations
at Blue Mountain Commu-
nity College.
She has volunteered with
Round-Up and Happy Can-
yon since 2004, includ-
ing co-chairing the Tough
Enough To Wear Pink
campaign since 2014. Also,
her husband’s family is very
connected to Round-Up and
Happy Canyon. White-Zoll-
man also volunteers with
Pendleton Cattle Barons’
Buckaroo BBQ and Home-
brew Challenge, and is chair
of the Oregon Community
College Marketing & Public
Relations Association. She
will serve as the grants and
website director.
Born in Pendleton, West
was raised in the Pendle-
ton area and Washington’s
Skagit Valley. She gradu-
ated from Pendleton High
School and Eastern Ore-
gon University. West is cur-
rently employed as office
administrator with Wilbur
Ellis Company in the agri-
business division located in
Adams.
Her family history runs
deep with the Round-Up,
including serving as a prin-
cess in 1989. Her grandfa-
ther, Jack “J.P.” French,
judged bucking contests in
the 1920s; her great-uncle,
Morris Temple, founded
the Main Street Cowboys;
her grandmother, Ruth
Porter Piquet, was a prin-
cess in 1933 and 1934; her
daughter, Katy, was a prin-
cess in 2014 and her daugh-
ter, Betsy, was a princess in
2017 and queen in 2018.
West has been a volun-
teer with both Round-Up
and Happy Canyon inter-
mittently for 30 years. She
will direct the annual Hall of
Fame banquet in September.
McDonald was raised on
his family’s small ranch out-
side of Pendleton. He started
early in business as a junior
in high school as co-owner
of Wtechlink Incorpo-
rated, an internet service
provider. He graduated
from BMCC in 2007, and
grew the business until 2017
when he sold ownership and
went to work for Windwave
Communications.
McDonald was the 2018
Pendleton Chamber of
Commerce president, is
the 2019 Pendleton Cul-
tural Foundation president
and chaperoned Pendleton’s
student ambassador trip to
Japan. He most recently
finished
his
ex-officio
Round-Up board service in
2018. His Round-Up volun-
teer service includes build-
ing a facility-wide fiber optic
and wireless network for the
grounds to support ticketing,
ATM, security, phones and
video broadcasts.
McDonald will serve as
the publicity director for the
Hall of Fame and coordi-
nate the Battle of the Bars
fundraiser.
Founded in 1969, the hall
of fame is located across
from the Round-Up Grounds
at 1114 S.W. Court Ave.
During the winter, it’s open
Saturdays from 10 a.m. to
4 p.m. Admission is $5 for
adults, $4 for seniors and $2
for students. For more infor-
mation, call 541-278-0815
or email McDonald at jor-
dan.mcdonald@pendleton-
overground.com.
Grants help feed
students in need
Hungry students in the
Athena-Weston School
District and at McLough-
lin High School recently
benefited from the Mil-
ton-Freewater, Athena,
Weston Fund.
A pair of $500 grants
were disbursed at the end
of 2018 to help needy stu-
dents. Half of the money
provides backpacks of
food during the week-
ends for students in Athe-
na-Weston. The other was
given to the Milton-Free-
water Kiwanis Foun-
dation for the Mac-Hi
backpack
food/shelter
program.
An organizing com-
mittee led by Les-
lie Brown, Tim Ken-
nedy, Rick Rambo and
Christopher Jay started
the fund in 2017. Sam
Tucker, Randy Grant
and Dr. Carl Wheeler
joined
the
organiz-
ing committee in 2018.
Twenty-six people, fam-
ilies and businesses have
each given $1,000 to
become founders of the
Milton-Freewater Athena
Weston Fund, which now
exceeds $36,000.
“We are thrilled with
the support we have
received from our friends
and neighbors, and grate-
ful to be able to help these
vital food programs for
area children and youth,”
Brown said.
The group actively
sought donations at the
founder level this past
fall, she said, which pro-
vided a sufficient amount
to make the initial grants.
The MFAW Fund is ded-
icated to supporting char-
ities and projects in the
Milton-Freewater, Athena
and Weston area of Uma-
tilla County.
Umatilla County has
been part of the Blue
Mountain Community
Foundation‘s
service
area since its founding
in 1984, said executive
director Kari Isaacson.
And, she said, it has a
long history of supporting
the communities through
grants and scholarships.
Although
generous
people have been sup-
porting their commu-
nity through BMCF, this
is the first fund at BMCF
dedicated to these com-
munities, Isaacson said.
The philosophy is “local
wealth benefiting local
communities under local
control.”
To make donations
to the fund, visit www.
bluemountainfoundation.
org (click “donate” and
select the fund name) or
send a donation to the
Blue Mountain Commu-
nity Foundation, P.O. Box
603, Walla Walla, WA
99362. Be sure to note
“MFAW” on the check.
For more information,
contact Isaacson at 509-
529-4371 or kari@blue-
mountainfoundation.org.
BIRTHS
St. Anthony Hospital,
Pendleton
JAN. 8, 2019
OWEN — Mariana E.
Fanning and Zayne C.V.
Owen of Stanfield: a girl,
Emmaline Marilou Marie
Owen.
JAN. 9, 2019
MENDOZA — Maria
C. Mendoza of Board-
man: a girl, Alexia Lucia
Mendoza.
JAN. 10, 2019
WILDBILL HARPER
— Colleen C. Wildbill and
Richard L. Harper Jr. of
Pendleton: a boy, Alexan-
der Liam Wildbill Harper.
JAN. 12, 2019
POVEDA — Amanda
Starliper and Mark A.
Poveda of Pendleton: a
girl, Evelynn Neveah Rose
Poveda.
Good Shepherd Medi-
cal Center, Hermiston
JAN. 8, 2019
GOLDMAN — Devin
E. Goldman and Mitch-
ell J. Goldman of Herm-
iston: a boy, Jack Walker
Goldman.
JAN. 10, 2019
STONE-SPRADLIN
— Audrey F. Blodgett-Har-
rison and Justin R. Stone-
Spradlin
of
Hermis-
ton: a girl, Tilly Jean
Stone-Spradlin.
Local poets respond to call for works after visit from state poet Stafford
Oregon poet laureate
Kim Stafford visited Pend-
leton back in November.
He gave a reading and held
workshops, and the East
Oregonian asked readers
to submit their own poems
in connection to Stafford’s
stay. We received a few
lines from Tom Hebert of
Pendleton and Janet Boyd
of Hermiston, souls brave
enough to show their works,
and we applaud their efforts.
A power-line fell down
If only I was young with a better truck
A power-line fell down
In California and thousands of lives
were changed…
Forever.
From here I can’t smell the smoke
But I can feel the miles from
Tutuilla Flats and hope to God
That I am exempt from trouble like
this.
Wish me luck, folks, for
Trouble I have known.
It sometimes beats me.
Like in a horse race.
How long can Eusebio and I go on?
Another decade… I think, I think.
— Tom Hebert
My dear friends
Because my hearing is shot
I don’t understand the assignment.
Can I go to the…
Bathroom, Doc?
— Tom Hebert
On the lower Umatilla: (Early morn-
ing)
Fog hangs grey, slick,
freezing as it sticks,
hits ground, branches and leaves.
It’s cold along the waters edge,
through reeds, through sedge.
To be so blessed!
To be alive,
survive,
into another day.
— Janet Boyd
On Walking Nude Near Midnight:
(After moving to my rural farm)
Uncluttered by the stars
The dark and deepened night
Waits
Like a remnant of soft nap,
To be tucked, shaped, wrapped
About my waist,
To lend respectability
— Janet Boyd
The Dream/Nightmare: (after
divorce)
And now, unfettered cruel beast;
You interrupt life’s feast
to rage and tear, to devour my soul
Until I long for loneliness
to heal my wounds,
Rebuild my nest;
I dodge your forays into my past.
— Janet Boyd
COMMUNITY CALENDAR
SATURDAY, JAN. 19
PENDLETON
EAGLES
STEAK AND LIVE MUSIC,
6-11:59 p.m., Pendleton Eagles
Lodge, 428 S. Main St., Pend-
leton. Dinner from 6-8 p.m.,
music from 8 p.m. to midnight.
Members and guests welcome.
(541-278-2828)
SUNDAY, JAN. 20
PENDLETON
EAGLES
BREAKFAST,
9 a.m.-12 p.m.,
Pendleton Eagles Lodge, 428
S. Main St., Pendleton. Open
to members and guests.
(541-278-2828)
MONDAY, JAN. 21
BOARDMAN QUILT GROUP,
9 a.m.-1:30 p.m.,
Boardman
Senior Center, 100 Tatone St.,
Boardman. Quilt construction,
quilting updates, education, his-
tory and friendship. Free. (Kathy
Hyder 541-571-7009)
BLUE MOUNTAIN PIECE-
MAKERS, 12 p.m., Thimbles Fab-
ric N More, 1819 Westgate Place,
Pendleton.
PENDLETON
ROTARY
CLUB, 12 p.m., Red Lion Inn
Walla Walla Room, 304 S.E. Nye
Ave., Pendleton.
DIRT DABBLERS GARDEN
CLUB, 1 p.m., Vert Club Room,
345 S.W. Fourth St., Pendleton.
Giving Luncheon: bring items
to donate to Domestic Violence
Services, including food, per-
sonal hygiene items, house-
hold items, new clothing items,
gas or gift cards, new or used
cell phones, etc. Officers will be
elected. Guests welcome. (Sue
Stefancik 541-443-2334)
IRRIGON MOOSE LODGE
TACOS AND BINGO, 6-9 p.m.,
Irrigon Moose Lodge, 220 N.E.
Third St., Irrigon. Tacos from
6-9 p.m., bingo from 6:30-9 p.m.
Open to members and guests.
(541-922-1802)
OREGON TRAIL GEM & MIN-
ERAL SOCIETY, 6 p.m., Pendle-
ton City Hall community room,
501 S.W. Emigrant Ave., Pendle-
ton. (Tom Moon 541-278-9702)
BLOOMER GIRLS GARDEN
CLUB, 6:30 p.m., location varies,
Hermiston. (Barbara Chadwick
541-567-2043)
INLAND
NORTHWEST
MUSICIANS
CHORALE
REHEARSAL, 7-9 p.m., Harris Jr.
Academy gymnasium, 3121 S.W.
Hailey Ave., Pendleton. No try-
outs; all welcome. No rehears-
als June-July-August or Christ-
mas-New Year. (Salli Ketchersid
541-289-4696)
OREGON EAST SYMPHONY
CHORALE
REHEARSAL,
7-8:30 p.m., Pendleton High
School music department, 1800
N.W. Carden Ave., Pendleton.
Rehearsals led by Steve Muller
will include opera choruses
from “Aida,” “Nabucco,” “Der Frei-
schutz,” “Il Trovatore” and “HMS
Pinafore.” Performance March
15 at the Vert. No audition or fee
required to participate. (JD Kin-
dle 541-276-0320)
TUESDAY, JAN. 22
PENDLETON TOASTMAS-
TERS NO. 154, 6:30 a.m., Pend-
leton City Hall community
room, 501 S.W. Emigrant Ave.,
Pendleton.
GREENFIELD
GRANGE
PINOCHLE,
10 a.m.-2 p.m.,
Greenfield Grange 579, 209
N.W. First St., Boardman.
(541-481-7397)
BIBLE STUDY, 10 a.m., First
United Methodist Church, 352
S.E. Second St., Pendleton. (Rev.
Jim Pierce 541-276-2616)
”THE LIFE MODEL: LIVING
FROM THE HEART JESUS GAVE
YOU” BOOK STUDY GROUP,
1-2:30 p.m., Bowman Building,
17 S.W. Frazer Ave., Pendleton.
(Pat 541-276-6671)
STUDYING THE MIRA-
CLES OF JESUS, 4-6 p.m.,
Good Samaritan Ministries,
319 W. Locust Ave., Hermiston.
(541-564-1041)
COLUMBIA RIVER TOAST-
MASTERS, 6-7 p.m., Umatilla
Senior Center, Umatilla.
AWANA,
6:30-8 p.m.,
Pendleton Baptist Church,
3202 S.W. Nye Ave., Pend-
leton. For children age
3 through sixth grade.
(541-276-7590)
P et of
the Week
Shep is a 4 year old neutered
German Shepard, very out going,
loves to play ball, go for walks,
knows some commands, very
gentle, loves kids, very house
broke, affectionate and loves hugs.
37 Pets Adopted in 2019!
Visit Shep at the Pioneer
Humane Society/Paws
Tues - Sat • Noon - 4pm
517 SE 3rd ST, Pendleton
541-276-0181
Check out the
PAWSABILITY Thrift Store
SHEP
-megumi’s dog grooming-
541.276.6220
920 SW Frazer Ste. 105
Pendleton, OR 97801