COMMUNITY
Saturday, April 16, 2022
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The Pendleton FFA Chapter attended the Oregon FFA State Convention March 17-20, 2022, in Redmond.
Pendleton FFA competes at state convention
East Oregonian
PENDLETON — The
Pendleton FFA Chapter was
well represented during
the March 17-20 Oregon
FFA State Convention in
Redmond.
According to a press
release, seven students were
finalists in proficiency areas,
ranging from agricultural
sales to sheep production.
District proficiency award
winners who took their super-
vised agricultural experi-
ences to state included: Rylee
Demianew in agricultural
education; Crae Campbell
in agricultural sales; Sydney
Dodge in beef production;
Madaline White in diversified
livestock production; Kinley
McAnally in grain production;
Kelli Nelson in sheep produc-
tion; and Tatum Paullus in
specialty animal production.
White also was a final-
ist for the State Star Farmer
Award. In addition, Alex-
ander Krokosz competed in
and placed fourth in the State
Talent Contest, singing his
rendition of “Folsom Prison
Blues.”
Students attended vari-
ous leadership workshops
as well as the career fair
offered during the conven-
tion, providing ample oppor-
tunities to visit with colleges,
universities, trade schools and
vendors.
Sydney Dodge, Tatum
Paullus, Brie Youncs and
Madaline White all received
their State FFA Degrees, the
highest level the Oregon FFA
Association offers, based on
scholarship, FFA involvement
and development of a quality
supervised agricultural expe-
rience.
In addition to student
achievements, Curt Thomp-
son, PHS assistant principal,
was recognized by the Oregon
Agriculture Teacher’s Associ-
ation as its 2022 Administra-
tor of the Year.
Affordable housing project aiming to open in 2024
By ANTONIO SIERRA
East Oregonian
PENDLETON — An
affordable housing project
on Pendleton’s South Hill is
continuing through the devel-
opment process and is slated
to begin construction later this
year.
Umatilla
County
nonprofit Horizon Project
Inc. announced the concept
behind South Hill Commons
back in February 2021: a
70-unit apartment complex
that would include a group
home for disabled adults and
affordable housing for people
earning up to 50% of Pend-
leton’s median income. The
city played a role in getting
the project off the ground,
agreeing to grant Horizon an
option to acquire 3.5 acres of
land east of Highway 11.
For the South Hill
Commons project to proceed,
Horizon needs a conditional
use permit for land zoned for
medium density. Horizon also
seeks to consolidate the two
lots the Commons are set to
be on.
“We’re excited by the
design,” Horizon CEO Terri
Silvis said in an interview.
The Pendleton Planning
Commission was going to
take up the requests Thurs-
day, April 14, but due to a
lack of a quorum, the commis-
sion postponed the vote until
April 28.
Silvis said South Hill
Commons has been moving
swiftly through the devel-
opment process and has her
fingers crossed that it stays
that way. Horizon hired
Carleton Hart Architecture
of Portland to design the
building and LMC Construc-
tion of Tualatin to manage
the facility’s construction.
With the project being
backed by a nonprofit dedi-
cated to serving adults with
disabilities, Horizon has had
to rely on government fund-
ing and grants from charities
to fund South Hill Commons.
Silvis said she expects fund-
raising to wrap up by the end
of this summer, with construc-
tion starting in the late
summer and early fall. The
construction for the develop-
ment is supposed to continue
through 2023 and then begin
leasing to residents in 2024.
While Horizon will
support residents of the
group home, Silvis said
the nonprofit plans to work
with the Community Action
Program of East Central
Oregon to support the afford-
able housing residents, specif-
ically targeting people at-risk
of falling into homelessness.
Silvis added that Horizon
was in the midst of organiz-
ing focus groups to determine
what kind of services poten-
tial residents needed from
South Hill Commons.
Horizon already runs a
similar housing project in
Milton-Freewater called
Pioneer Commons and has
further plans for expansion.
Silvis said the Kumi Founda-
tion, a charity that donates to
causes associated with assist-
ing people with intellectual
and developmental disabili-
ties, has already donated to
South Hill Commons and is
also contributing to a new
Horizon development in
Hermiston. Silvis said Hori-
zon recently purchased land
on Theater Lane to build
another affordable apartment
complex/group home, but it
will likely come at a smaller
20-25 units.
COMMUNITY BRIEFING
Deadline nears
for Kiwanis
scholarship
HERMISTON — The
Hermiston Noon Kiwanis
Club is accepting scholarship
applications from Hermis-
ton High School seniors or
graduates attending colleges
and universities in academic
programs.
Scholarships are for $1,000.
Important factors in the eval-
uation of applicants include
scholarship, community
service, leadership and finan-
cial need.
The Perry Johnson and
Russell Dorran Post-Second-
ary Education Scholarships
are available in the Hermiston
High School counseling office.
The scholarship committee
must receive all applications
by April 22 to schedule inter-
views with applicants. Chil-
dren of Hermiston Kiwanis
Club members are not eligible
for these scholarships.
For additional information,
contact Jeff Kelso, scholarship
committee chair, by calling/
texting 971-217-1763 or email-
ing jeffrey_kelso@hotmail.
com.
Morrow County
candidates
take the stage
HEPPNER — Morrow
County commissioner candi-
dates can make their appeals
to voters at a forum Tues-
day, April 19, at 6 p.m. at the
Robert "Bob' Oliver Wood
December 7, 1937 - April 4, 2022
Robert “Bob" Oliver Wood,
84, passed away April 4, 2022,
in Twin Falls, Idaho. He was
born Dec. 7, 1937, to Walter
M. Wood and Edna J. Mills in
Hood River, Oregon.
He graduated from Umatilla
High School. After graduation
he joined the US Army Re-
serves. He then married his high school sweet-
heart, Joyce L. Hofmann. They had three chil-
dren. They later divorced and he married Nancy
(Bredwell) Lilly.
He retired from US Gypsum where he was
a bookkeeper. After retirement he moved to Je-
rome, Idaho.
He is survived by his wife, Nancy, sister,
Wilma, children, Timothy Wood (Stu), Robert
“Tony" Wood (Kathi), Teri Wise, four grandchil-
dren and two great-grandchildren, step daugh-
ters, Debbie Monson (Kevin), Sandy Neffendorf
(Bill) and several step-grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents, first
wife, Joyce L. Wood, sisters, Norma, Lucille, Jo-
cille, Verna, Mary and Ruth, one brother, Walter
"Bud" Wood, and son in law, Raymond Wise.
An open house in honor of him will be held
April 23, 2022, at his home in Jerome, Idaho.
Gilliam & Bisbee Building,
106 E. May St., Heppner.
Two seats on the Morrow
County Board of Commis-
sioners are up for election
this year.
Position 2 incumbent
Melissa Lindsay switched to
the open Position 3 race and
faces competition from Jeff
Wenholz of Irrigon.
Three candidates are
vying for the open Position 2:
Mike McNamee of Irrigon,
Gus Peterson of Ione and
David Sykes of Heppner.
The public can submit
questions for the candidates
to the Heppner Chamber
of Commerce by April 18,
5 p.m. via email to heppner-
chamber@gmail.com.
The chamber will provide
a Zoom link to those that wish
to participate virtually and
will broadcast the forum via
Facebook Live.
— EO Media Group
Marthella “Marty” R. Adams (Schuening)
May 20, 1946 – April 3, 2022
Marthella “Marty” R. Adams,
75, passed away peacefully in
her sleep in Pendleton on April 3,
2022, at her stepmother’s home.
Marty was born on May 20, 1946,
in Pendleton, Oregon, to Robert
Herman Schuening and Patricia
Naomi Sipp.
She was raised and educated
in the Pendleton area, attending
Hawthorne Elementary, Sherwood Elementary, Helen
McCune Junior High, Pendleton High School and Blue
Mountain Community College.
She has lived in Pendleton and Clatskanie, Oregon,
Vanderhoof, British Columbia, Whitefish and Olney,
Montana.
Her law enforcement career included working
for Clatskanie Police Department, Pendleton Police
Department and Umatilla County Sheriff’s Office.
Her entrepreneurial endeavors included co-owning
Millennium Plastic and Rocky Mountain Plastics. Her
passions included horseback riding, fishing, hunting,
camping, gardening, writing and spending time with
family and friends. Her devotion to writing resulted in
six of her books being published.
She is proceeded in death by her father, Robert H.
Schuening; mother, Patricia N. (Sipp) Schuening;
stepmother, Emma Maxine Haines, who passed away
in March of this year; brother, Richard Schuening, and
grandparents, Herman and Freda Schuening. She is
survived by her daughter, Dorene (Dave) Winter, and
son, Robert W. (Tammy) Schuening; her siblings Julie
Schmidt, Eddy Schuening, and Ivan (Lynne) Schuening.
Grandchildren include Kayla R. Holmes, Matthew R.
(Ashley) Holmes and Royce R. (Hannah) Schuening
and numerous nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be held on Saturday, April 16,
2022, at 11 a.m. at Burns Mortuary, of Pendleton, with a
graveside immediately following at Skyview Memorial
Park. Burns Mortuary, of Pendleton, is in charge of
funeral arrangements. Please sign the online guestbook
at www.burnsmortuary.com.
Members of the Oregon East Symphony Youth Orchestra
perform Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022, at the Vert Auditorium
in Pendleton. OES and its Youth Chamber Collective are in
concert Saturday, April 23, in the Chamber Music Festival
at the Vert Clubroom, Pendleton.
OES’s Chamber Music
Festival returns in person
quartet ensemble “Voria,”
she earned a Gold Diploma
PENDLETON — Oregon in World Choir Games in
East Symphony’s Chamber Cincinnati in 2012.
Music Festival returns to in
James Dean Kindle, a
person performances with Pendleton-based singer and
a diverse array of chamber guitarist who is normally
ensembles beginning Satur- known for performing
day, April 23, at 6:30 p.m. at country and rock music, will
the Vert Clubroom, 345 S.W. perform a piece by minimal-
ist composer Steve Reich.
Fourth St., Pendleton.
The annual Chamber “Electric Counterpoint” is a
Music Festival features a work for solo electric guitar
variety of small ensembles and prerecorded tape of
performing chamber works, 12 guitars and two basses.
accompanied by a generous Recording engineer Addison
spread of hors d’oeuvres and Schulberg assisted Kindle in
beverages provided by the assembling a new record-
Oregon East Symphony’s ing of Kindle playing the 12
volunteer Board of Directors. guitars and two basses for
A mo ng t h i s
the Chamber Music
Festival.
year’s performers
is a flute trio, led by
Also, the OES
OES flutist Cathy
Youth Chamber
Muller and featur-
Collective will
ing violinist and
perform a move-
ment from Franz
assistant concert-
master Viet Block
Schubert’s “String
and principal violist
Abdollahi
Quartet No. 1, D. 18.”
Em i ly Mu l le r-
The Youth Cham-
Cary performing Beetho- ber Collective is a program
ven’s “Serenade in D major, that offers professional-level
Opus 25.” Muller also will coaching to student chamber
perform an arrangement of ensembles of various instru-
Christoph Willibald Gluck’s ments. These ensembles
“Minuet and Dance of the are comprised of advanced
Blessed Spirits” from his middle and high school
opera “Orfeo ed Euridice,” students who are provided
with flutist Caty Clifton and chamber performance expe-
Muller-Cary playing piano. rience.
Iranian-born soprano
YCC members this year
Nasibeh Abdollahi will are Ember Spencer (violin),
perform “Ah! fors e lui che Natasha Peters (violin),
l’anima” from Giuseppe Gabrielle Bedolla (viola),
Verdi’s opera “La Traviata” and Matthew Estrada (cello).
accompanied by Rachel Pari- Zach Banks, OES education
seau on piano. Abdollahi has director and principal cellist,
been a professional vocal- serves as the coach for the
ist for the past 22 years. She Youth Chamber Collective.
started her musical career
Tickets are $25 per person
in chorus groups, such as and available for purchase at
Sharif University’s Music the OES Office (541-276-
Group and Tehran’s Choir in 0320, 345 S.W. South St,
Pendleton, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.,
Tehran.
Abdollahi was an active Monday though Thursday)
member of the first Iranian or online at www.Oregon-
Acapella group Tehran Vocal EastSymphony.org.
Ensemble and participated in
For more infor ma-
global competitions, earn- t io n ple a s e c o nt a c t
ing titles in the Asian Choir Kindle, 541-276-0320 or
Games, the World Choir email director@Oregon-
Games and more. With the EastSymphony.org.
Walla Walla Union-Bulletin
Jeffrey Donald Tarter
March 23, 1975 - April 6, 2022
Jeffrey Donald Tarter lost
his battle with colon cancer
on Wednesday, April 6,
2022, at his home in Salem,
Oregon.
Jeff was born on March
23, 1975, in Hermiston,
Oregon. He graduated
from Umatilla High School
in 1993. He attended
community college before going to work
for Purswell Pumps where his career in the
agriculture profession began.
Jeff and Nichole had a short courtship before
they married in November 1998. They moved
to Salem, from Spokane, Washington, in 1999.
He worked for Schneider Water Services in St.
Paul for a few years before going to work for
Stettler Supply Company, in Salem, for years as
a project manager for the agriculture side of the
business. He had just started working for Fackler
Construction last summer as a superintendent.
Jeff was a hard worker, dependable, loyal
and easy to like and love. He just celebrated his
47th birthday on March 23 with his family and
friends at his home.
Jeff is survived by his wife of 23 years,
Nichole Tarter; sons, William Christoph III and
Jacey Tarter; father, Rodney Tarter; stepmother,
Leanne Tarter; mother, Diane Ford; brother,
Roderick Tarter; sisters, Melanie Tarter, Kelli
Johnson, Josie Miers and Julie Sweeney;
numerous nieces and nephews; and three
grandchildren.
A celebration of life service will be held at
The People's Church, 4500 Lancaster Dr. NE,
Salem, Oregon, on Saturday, May 14, at 2 p.m.
For online memorial tributes:
https://crowncremationburial.com/tribute/
details/20223/Jeffrey-Tarter/obituary.
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