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COMMUNITY/REGION
East Oregonian
Saturday, October 23, 2021
LOCAL BRIEFING
COMMUNITY BRIEFS
Police arrest man
in Boardman
stabbing incident
Margaret Wetterling/Contributed Photo
Chaplain Karl Niemeyer, far left, and Commander Aaron Wet-
terling, far right, both of American Legion Post No. 37, par-
ticipate in an honor guard ceremony Monday, Oct. 18, 2021,
recognizing the service of the Stanfield Police Department.
Altrusa International of Pendleton/Contributed Photo
Shelley Atkinson, left, and Nicole Herranen, right, both of
Altrusa International of Pendleton, congratulate Haley
Flemmer, center, after she won the $2,000 grand prize raffle
drawing during the Nov. 23, 2019, Altrusa Holiday Bazaar.
Although the 2021 bazaar is canceled, the service club is
conducting its annual holiday raffle.
Altrusa cancels
holiday bazaar,
continues with raffle
PENDLETON — Altrusa
International of Pendleton has
canceled plans for its annual
holiday bazaar. However, the
club will hold its holiday raffle
— and the club is offering help
to loyal vendors.
Event co-chair Pat McClin-
tock said the decision was
based on potential risks asso-
ciated with COVID-19 in
Umatilla County. Altrusa is
hoping to resume the bazaar
in 2022.
“The club feels that cancel-
ing this large indoor gathering
is the responsible thing to do at
this time,” McClintock said.
Recognizing how the
cancellation may impact
many of the event’s vendors
— it typically hosts around
100 booths — Altrusa is offer-
ing an opportunity to help
promote their products on the
club’s social media platforms.
With the bazaar serving as
a major fundraiser for the club
since the early 1970s, Altru-
sa’s budget also is feeling the
pinch. While the in-person
event won’t be held, McClin-
tock said the club will conduct
the raffle that’s been associ-
ated with the bazaar for many
years.
“Several very nice prizes,
including a large cash grand
prize, will be offered,” she
said.
Tickets will be available
around Nov. 10, with the
drawing set for mid-Decem-
ber. Further details will be
announced.
The club, McClintock
said, appreciates the contin-
ued support from the Pendle-
ton community. Many Altrusa
projects, such as Feed the
Child, Kids at Risk Empow-
ered (KARE), book give-
aways and classroom grants
will continue.
For more information,
contact altrusapend@gmail.
com, 541-276-0038, visit
districttwelve.altrusa.org/
pendleton or search Face-
book. In addition, donations
or inquiries can be mailed to:
Altrusa International of Pend-
leton, P.O. Box 1735, Pendle-
ton, OR 97801.
Library offers
pumpkin
decorating kits
HERMISTON — The
Hermiston Public Library
is carving out the perfect
Halloween activity for fami-
lies — pumpkin decorating.
People are invited to stop
by the library to pick up a free
Take N Go pumpkin decorat-
ing kit. While supplies last,
they will be available begin-
ning Tuesday, Oct. 26.
Located at 235 E. Gladys
Ave., the library is open
Monday through Thursday,
10 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Friday/
Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
For more information, call
541-567-2882.
Financial literacy
program benefits
88 local students
H E PPN E R — T h e
Bank of Eastern Oregon’s
financial literacy program
reached 88 students in the
five local schools in the
2020-21 school year.
The bank in a press release
on Monday, Oct. 18, reported
the EVERFI financial liter-
acy program included 202
hours of cumulative learning.
Becky Kindle, Bank of East-
ern Oregon executive vice
president and chief operations
officer, said in the release the
hope is for more schools to use
the program as a supplement
to their regular curriculum as
students returned to in-person
classes.
Area middle and high
schools can participate in the
program at no cost. The bank
has offered this educational
program to area schools since
2012, according to the press
release, and it’s available for
the 2021-22 school year for 44
elementary, middle and high
schools in Oregon and Wash-
ington.
Ray Martinez, EVERFI
co-founder and president, in
the press release said, “By
laying the foundation for
financial literacy at a pivotal
age, students will be prepared
with the skills needed to enter
into the new economy and
make a smooth transition into
adulthood.”
For more information
about the Bank of Eastern
Oregon/EVERFI partner-
ship, and to arrange for a
demonstration of the finan-
cial literacy tools available
for your school, contact
Kindle at 541-676-0201. To
bring the EVERFI program
to your school this year,
contact Phillip Clark, the
bank’s EVERFI customer
success manager, at pclark@
everfi.com.
American Legion
Post salutes
Stanfield police
STANFIELD — The
American Legion Post No. 37
Honor Guard held an outdoor
ceremony Monday, Oct. 18, to
express gratitude to the Stan-
field Police Department. Led
by Chief Bryon Zumwalt,
the department also provides
police services to the town of
Echo.
Post Commander Aaron
Wetterling presented each
of the department’s officers
with a certificate of appre-
ciation along with a small
monetary gift to be shared
with their families. Follow-
ing the presentation, the offi-
cers were asked to huddle up
while members of the Ameri-
can Legion Honor Guard gath-
ered around.
Post Chaplain Karl
Niemeyer read from Hebrews
11 in the Bible. He then offered
a prayer of protection and for
the health and safety of the
department.
Chartered by Congress in
1919 as a patriotic veterans
organization, the American
Legion focuses on serving
veterans, military person-
nel and local communities. It
advocates for social change,
secures benefits for veterans
and develops and supports
programs for children and
youths.
For more information
about the nonprofit organi-
zation, visit www.legion.org.
For questions about joining the
local post, call Wetterling at
541-720-1815.
— EO Media Group
BOARDMAN — A
man is facing assault and
attempted murder charges
after a stabbing Tuesday, Oct.
19, at a mobile home park in
Boardman that injured a
27-year-old woman.
Boardman Police Chief
Rick Stokoe reported
officers arrested Pablo
Alonzo Hernandez, 20, in
connection to the stabbing
and booked him into the
Umatilla County Jail, Pend-
leton.
Police responded around
9 a.m. to a report of a stab-
bing at the Wilson Road
Mobile Home Park, 600
S.W. Wilson Road. Stokoe
said officers found the
woman, who had multiple
stab wounds and lacerations,
and they found Hernandez,
who had “facial trauma,”
and called medical services.
An ambulance transported
the two to Good Shepherd
Medical Center, Hermiston.
Police reported the
woman had been on her
front porch when Hernan-
dez allegedly attacked her
with a knife. The woman’s
boyfriend interrupted the
fight, wrestled Hernandez
to the ground and beat him,
subduing him until police
got there, Stokoe said.
Stokoe said police are not
yet aware of any connection
between Hernandez and
the woman. The woman
has been released from the
hospital, the police chief
added, which also was
where officers arrested
Hernandez.
His preliminary bail is
$380,000, according to the
jail website. Stokoe said
police continue to investi-
gate the case.
Council moves
forward with
housing project
PENDLETON — The
Pendleton City Council took
another step toward opening
space east of Highway 11 that
could lead to the construction
of hundreds of homes.
Two weeks after council
members approved an ease-
ment agreement with private
property owners for a road
and water lines that will
connect Highway 11 and
Highway 30, the council at
its meeting Tuesday, Oct.
19, unanimously approved
a work order with the engi-
neering firm Anderson
Perry to survey and conduct
environmental and design
work for a new water line
and booster station.
Acknowledging one of
the property owners in the
audience, Mayor John Turner
said it was a step in the right
direction for the project.
“I think this demon-
strates that the city is ready
to move forward when the
property owners are,” he
said.
T he c ou nci l a l so
approved a 12-month,
$108,150 contract with
Eric Smidt to provide range
operations services for
the Pendleton Unmanned
Aerial Systems Range.
A sergeant in the Oregon
Army National Guard,
Smidt has experience lead-
ing the guard’s UAS unit
out of Pendleton. The UAS
range has increased its oper-
ations every year since 2016
and has hosted 4,142 opera-
tions so far in 2021.
— EO Media Group