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East Oregonian
Thursday, August 18, 2022
Morrow County Cultural Coalition announces grants
Bisbee Building; Morrow
County Historical Soci-
ety: to help with the costs of
printing the Morrow County
Chronicles; Lexington
May Day Parade & Festi-
val: to help revitalize the
town and bring family and
friends together; Heppner
St. Patrick’s Day Celebra-
tion: to help celebrate the Irish
heritage of the community;
Heppner FFA Chapter: to
help students learn to be lead-
ers in their community; Flood
Town Books: to host an Irish
folk band for St. Patrick’s Day
week; and Boardman Park
& Recreation District: to
help fund their summer
programs for youth.
Grant applications for
2023 cultural-based activ-
ities in Morrow County are
now being accepted. Proj-
ects supported in the past
have included quilting, art
displays, historical library
books, cultural entertain-
ment and events, drama and
musical workshops and kids’
activities in the parks and
schools.
For complete guidelines
and application forms, visit
www.co.morrow.or.us/trea-
surer or contact Jaylene
Papineau at 541-676-5630 or
jpapineau@co.morrow.or.us.
Applications must be submit-
ted by Oct. 1.
Also, the local coalition
is actively seeking commit-
tee volunteers. For more
information or to make a
donation, contact Papineau
or call Andrea Nelson at
541-720-4399.
Summer Strings
crescendos with
free concert
Early learning
center honors
Wamsley
PENDLETON — An
upcoming concert will
feature 30 students from
the Oregon East Sympho-
ny’s Summer Strings Music
Camp. The free event is
Friday, Aug. 19, 5:30 p.m. in
the sanctuary at the Pend-
leton First Presbyterian
Church, 201 S.W. Dorion
Ave.
Zach Banks, camp direc-
tor and OES education
director, will conduct the
beginner-level Downbeat
Orchestra. The ensemble
will perform “Fiesta Time”
by Victor Lopez and “March
and Canon” by Johann
Pachelbel.
Caleb Condie, an OES
section violinist and choir
instructor at Garrison Middle
School in Walla Walla, will
conduct the Intermezzo
Orchestra. The group will
perform “Starfleet” by Rich-
ard Meyer, “Be Thou My
Vision” and “Saturday at
the Symphony,” arranged by
John O’Reilly.
OES Concertmaster Viet
Block will assist with both
the Downbeat and Inter-
mezzo orchestras.
Chris Fotinakis, a section
violinist with OES and a
choir instructor at Trinity
Academy in Portland, will
conduct the Finale Orches-
tra. The selections include
excerpts from “An American
in Paris” by George Gersh-
win, a spy movie medley
featuring the themes from
“Mission Impossible,” “Pink
Panther” and “James Bond,”
excerpts from “St. Paul
Suite” by Gustav Holst and
excerpts from the “Lord of
the Rings” soundtrack.
HER MISTON — A
ribbon-cutting is planned at
the Cathy Wamsley Center
for Early Learning.
Wamsley, who died
Nov. 23, 2021, invested more
than three decades serv-
ing and supporting chil-
dren and families across
Eastern Oregon. The free
event is Thursday, Aug. 25,
1-3:30 p.m. at Umatilla-Mor-
row Head Start, 160 N.W.
Second St., Hermiston.
In coordination with
the Hermiston Chamber of
Commerce‘s ceremony, the
public is invited afterward
to enjoy frozen pops and
activities hosted by differ-
ent Head Start programs and
partners. People are invited
to donate their favorite chil-
dren’s books for Head Start
classrooms. For more infor-
mation, call 541-564-6878.
of training sessions offering
women safety information
and an opportunity to boost
their confidence.
The goal of Women’s
Safety Summit 2022 is to
provide an environment
where women can come
together and learn a variety
of basic skill sets without
fear of judgment, accord-
ing to Umatilla police. The
free classes begin Wednes-
day, Aug. 24, 6-8 p.m. at
the Umatilla Police Depart-
ment, 300 Sixth St. They
continue weekly through
Sept. 28.
The topics include Finan-
cial Security (Aug. 24),
Self Defense & Situational
Awa reness (Aug. 31),
Outdoor Survival (Sept. 7),
Basic Home Repair & Main-
tenance (Sept. 14), Firearms
Knowledge (Sept. 21) and
Basic Auto Maintenance
(Sept. 28).
Any woman is invited to
attend, however, preference
will be given to Umatilla
residents. For more informa-
tion or to register, visit www.
umatilla-city.org/parksrec/
page/womens-safety-sum-
mit. For questions, call
541-922-3789.
— EO Media Group
cians in sustaining their
ability to continue to provide
free concerts to the citizens of
Morrow County following the
COVID-19 pandemic restric-
tions; Heppner Community
Foundation: for collecting,
reproducing and displaying
historical photographs of
ranching, logging, farming
and local history in the refur-
bished historic Gilliam and
East Oregonian
H EPPN ER — T he
Morrow County Cultural
Coalition, supported by
Oregon’s Cultural Trust
Fo u n d a t io n , r e c e n t ly
announced grant recipients
for its 2022 awards to Morrow
County organizations:
Inland Northwest Musi-
cians: to assist local musi-
COMMUNITY BRIEFING
J.D. Kindle/Contributed Photo
Caleb Condie, a Summer Strings faculty member, conducts rehearsals for the Intermezzo Or-
chestra. The Oregon East Symphony’s music camp crescendos with a free concert Friday, Aug.
19, 2022, at the Pendleton First Presbyterian Church.
A weeklong day camp,
Summer Strings focuses
on classical strings perfor-
mance. It is part of Playing
for Keeps, a comprehensive
classical music education
program for rural youths. For
more information, visit www.
oregoneastsymphony.org or
call 541-276-0320.
Living Faith hosts
family night
Band boosters
set car wash
HERMISTON — The
Hermiston band boosters
announced a fundraising
car wash.
Get your car all sparkly
clean on Saturday, Aug. 20,
10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the park-
ing lot at Hermiston High
School, 600 S. First St. There
is no set fee; donations will
be accepted.
Money from the fund-
raiser will be used to help
with expenses for the HHS
band. The group will travel to
Washington D.C. to perform
in the Independence Day
parade in July 2023.
For more information,
search www.facebook.com/
hermiston band boosters.
HERMISTON — Water
fun and inflatables, games,
face painting, specialty coffee
drinks and food carts are all
featured during Family Fun
Night at Living Faith Church.
The free outdoor event is
Friday, Aug. 19, 4-8 p.m. at
1611 Diagonal Blvd., Herm-
iston. Also, “Luca” can be
viewed indoors at 5 p.m.
For more information,
visit www.winacity.com/
ffn, search Facebook or call
541-567-4486.
Umatilla police
hosts Women’s
Safety Summit
UMATILLA — The
Umatilla Police Depart-
ment is presenting a series
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