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Duck Race thrives with community support
HERMISTON — The
inaugural Duck Race, coor-
dinated by Hermiston Lead-
ership Class #22, raised
$17,064.33 for Made to
Thrive.
The
Hermiston-based
nonprofit organization aims
to stop the cycle of child
abuse, neglect and poverty by
providing access to adventure
activities, sports, music and
the arts to vulnerable youths.
Made to Thrive serves more
than 200 youths annually,
ranging in age from 3-19.
The overall winner of the
June 1 Duck Race, which was
held at Riverfront Park, was
Kristy Sparks, who won
$1,000 cash. Other winners
included Levi Hayden (TV),
Clarabelle Pollock (bike and
pool gift certificate), Sandy
Obrist (wine basket), Craig
Kopta (wine basket) and
Bonnie Luisi (fan, bowling
gift certificate and Delish gift
certificate).
Event title sponsors
include Umatilla Electric
Photo contributed by Alecia Funk
Esmeralda Horn and Taylor Atkinson of Leadership Hermis-
ton Class #22 present a check with proceeds from the Duck
Race to Kriss Dammeyer of Made to Thrive.
Cooperative,
Atkinson
Staffing, Rogers Toyota and
Perennial Power/Pacific-
Corp. Other event spon-
sors were Elmers Irriga-
tion, Corteva Agriscience,
Honda Yamaha Cycle-
town, Knerr Construction,
Goodwill, Purswell Pump,
Boardman Foods and Nel-
son Roofing.
With such a successful
inaugural event, plans are
underway for the 2020 Duck
Race. For more information or
to become a sponsor, contact
Made to Thrive at 541-289-
2343. Also, financial dona-
tions can be made at www.
madetothrive.org or mailed to
Made to Thrive, P.O. Box 684,
Hermiston OR 97838.
Libraries provide – countywide!
As I begin this column
The district supports our
about the Umatilla County partner libraries by pro-
Special Library District and viding several services for
our partner libraries, I find every library. Each library
the refrain, “Let’s start at can meet the needs of their
the very beginning, a very individual community while
good place to start,” running also being available to serve
everyone in the
through my mind.
county. In the com-
So, let us begin!
ing columns, I’ll tell
The Umatilla
County
Special
you more about the
Library
District
district, the librar-
ies, and the services
is a special tax-
ing district estab-
and programs that
lished by a 1986
are available to all
vote of the people
in Umatilla County!
E rin
that includes all of
The biggest pro-
M c c uskEr
gram of the year
Umatilla County,
COMMENT
that our librar-
with the exception
ies provide for the
of the city of Herm-
community is the Summer
iston. Our mission:
“The UCSLD works in Reading Program. Not only
partnership with our libraries is the Summer Reading Pro-
to advance and make avail- gram for youth, helping them
able excellent library ser- to retain and grow their read-
vices, programs and continu- ing and literacy skills over
ing education opportunities the summer; it is for adults
as well.
for all.”
Our partner libraries are
This year’s theme is “A
the 10 public libraries and Universe of Stories” and the
one public/school library libraries have a full slate of
within the county: Adams, events. Below is a list of just a
Athena, Echo, Helix, Mil- few events happening around
ton-Freewater,
Pendleton, the district — see each
Pilot Rock, Stanfield, Ukiah library’s website for more
Public/School Library, Uma- programs and further details:
tilla and Weston. We contract
•July 1, 11 a.m. (Weston)
with Hermiston to provide Traveling Lantern Theater
access to our residents in the Group
rural Hermiston area.
•July 10, 11 a.m. (Pend-
The district office is in leton) STEAM Wars: Cele-
Pendleton. In addition to brate your love for Star Wars
myself, there are two addi- through Science, Technol-
tional staff members who ogy, Engineering, Art and
support excellent library ser- Math activities
vices and early literacy devel-
•July 12, 11 a.m. (Weston)
opment in Umatilla County.
Shoot for the Moon!
•July 12, 6 p.m. (Umatilla)
Wine and Art
•July 19, 11 a.m. and
1 p.m. (Weston) The OMSI
Planetarium
•July 19, 6 p.m. (Pendle-
ton) Moon Landing Party:
Celebrate the 50-year anni-
versary of the Apollo 11
Moon landing
•July 20, 2 p.m. (Pend-
leton) Astronomy Then to
Now: Andrea K. Dobson,
Whitman College astronomy
department chair, will share
•July 20, 6 p.m. (Adams)
Kupenga Marimba: A fami-
ly-friendly marimba event in
the park
•July 20, 7 p.m. (Athena)
Moon Landing Party: See
footage of the moon land-
ing, dress up in 1969 attire
and enjoy 1960s-themed
appetizers
•July 23, 11:30 a.m. (Pend-
leton) Astronaut Camp
Enjoy this year’s Summer
Reading Program, “A Uni-
verse of Stories,” held at your
local library in the Umatilla
County Special Library Dis-
trict. If you have questions,
the library is a very good
place to start! Find more
information at www.ucsld.
org.
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Erin McCusker is the dis-
trict director of the Uma-
tilla County Special Library
District. Read her column,
Libraries Provide – County-
wide!, the last weekend of the
month. Contact McCusker at
541-276-6449 or director@
ucsld.org.
Contributed photo
Altrusa International of Hermiston recently installed new officers and board members, in-
cluding Lindsay Lloyd, left, Stephanie Hughes, Cynthia Traner, Mary Winebarger, Nancy
Lauck, Dawn Long, LuAn Davison, Cathy Lloyd and Kim Mills.
Hermiston Altrusa installs new officers
HERMISTON — Lind-
say Lloyd was recently
installed as the 2019-20
president of Altrusa Inter-
national of Hermiston.
Others installed were
first vice president Steph-
anie Hughes, second vice
president Cynthia Tra-
ner, treasurer Mary Wine-
barger, secretary Nancy
Lauck, past president
Dawn Long, and board
members LuAn Davison,
Cathy Lloyd and Kim
Mills. The June 1 event
included a potluck brunch
at Mills’ home.
The name “Altrusa” is
derived from combining
altruism and USA. Mem-
bers of the service club
actively work to create bet-
ter communities. For more
information, visit www.dis-
tricttwelve.altrusa.org or
search Facebook.
BIRTHS
St. Anthony Hospital, Pendleton
JUNE 21, 2019
THOMPSON-BECENTI — Tenya N. Thompson and Darren A. Becenti of Pendleton:
a boy, Dexter Finn Thompson-Becenti.
Good Shepherd Medical Center, Hermiston
JUNE 22, 2019
MARTINEZ — Tristin L. Martinez and Paul Martinez of Hermiston: a girl, Ariella
Ann Martinez.
Saturday, June 29, 2019
Special Olympians test their mettle
HERMISTON — More
than five dozen local ath-
letes recently participated
in the 2019 Hermiston
Special Olympics Invi-
tational, which featured
bocce and track and field
events.
The June 15 compe-
tition, held at Hermiston
High School’s Kennison
Field, included athletes
from the Hermiston/
Pendleton Local Pro-
gram and several athletes
from the Milton-Free-
water area. Placing first
in the round robin format
in bocce was the two-per-
son team of Sally Nessel-
rodt and Unified Partner
Shannon Raymond. And
second place honors went
to Michael Downing and
his Unified Partner Declan
LaBeck. Both picked up a
bocce ball for the first time
this season, said Kristi
Smalley.
The afternoon included
a hot dog lunch provided
by Our Lady of Angels
Knights of Columbus
Council #3999. The event
concluded with closing
ceremonies with all partic-
ipating athletes receiving
a commemorative medal.
Missionaries from the
Church of Jesus Christ
of Latter-day Saints pro-
vided volunteer support.
Photo contributed by Mark Hanken
Jeremy Griffith, left, of Umatilla County Fire District #1,
congratulates bocce athlete Jillian Smalley during the
2019 Hermiston Special Olympics Invitational, held June
15 at Kennison Field in Hermiston.
Also, two members of
Umatilla County Fire
District #1 were on hand
to cover any medical needs
and assisted in distributing
medals to the athletes.
Upcoming
Spe-
cial Olympics activities
include The Fundraising
Golf Tournament Aug.
10 at the Echo Hills Golf
Course. For more informa-
tion, call Kristi Smalley
at 541-571-0997. Also,
signups for fall bowling
is Tuesday, Aug. 13 from
5-6 p.m. at The Arc Build-
ing, 215 W. Orchard Ave.,
Hermiston. For questions,
call Angela Schneider at
541-314-0166.
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Contact
Community
Editor Tammy Malgesini
at tmalgesini@eastorego-
nian.com or 541-564-4539
Photo contributed by CommuniCare
Hermiston High School CommuniCare advisor Liz Marvin, back center, is surrounded by
CommuniCare Team members as they present a grant to representatives from Hermiston/
Pendleton Special Olympics Local Program #510.
CommuniCare grant benefits athletic program
HERMISTON — Rep-
resentatives from Herm-
iston/Pendleton Special
Olympics Local Pro-
gram #510 were all smiles
recently.
Local program coordi-
nator Angela Schneider,
communications manager
Kristi Smalley and athlete
Daniel Tucker accepted a
$5,000
CommuniCare
Grant from the Hermis-
ton High School Commu-
niCare Team. The April
18 presentation was held at
Tamastslikt Cultural Insti-
tute in Mission.
In early February,
Smalley was asked to
present a funding proposal
to the team of students
for consideration. During
a face-to-face interview
during the latter part of
February, Smalley was
further questioned about
the need for funding and
how it would support ath-
letes with intellectual and
developmental disabilities.
The
local
Special
Olympics
representa-
tives were thrilled to
receive the entire amount
requested.
The
local
all-volunteer organization
raises between $10,000
to $12,000 each year. The
$5,000 grant, Smalley
said, will go a long way
to help ensure that local
athletes are able to expe-
rience regional and state-
wide competitions across
the state.
Special Olympics pro-
vides year-round sports
training and competitions
at no cost to athletes. In
addition to encouraging
physical fitness, Smalley
said participating in Spe-
cial Olympics assists with
athletes with enhanced
communication, increased
emotional health, inter-
personal skills and overall
well-being.
For more informa-
tion about the local Spe-
cial
Olympics
pro-
gram, contact Smalley at
smalleys@eotnet.net, 541-
571-0997 or Schneider at
541-314-0166.
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the Week
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indoor only. She is eager to please and
wanting to show love and be loved.
290 Pets Adopted in 2019!
Visit Roxy at the Pioneer
Humane Society/Paws
Tues - Sat • Noon - 4pm
517 SE 3rd ST, Pendleton
541-276-0181
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