Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon Wednesday, February 10, 2021 -- SEVEN
Virtual job event connects
students to opportunities
Working during the
COVID-19 pandemic
means being resilient and
thinking outside the box,
so when Donna Lowry, who
works as a Transition Net-
work/PreETS Support Spe-
cialist at the InterMountain
ESD, had an opportunity to
do that, she ran with it.
The Transition program
works with students with
developmental disabilities
to provide support as they
transition from high school
to the workforce. One tool
used previously by the pro-
gram are Job Club events,
where students can learn
about opportunities for em-
ployment.
Recently, the statewide
Pre-employment Transition
Services team has been
working on determining
how to present events virtu-
ally. Then, a student Lowry
works with in eastern Ore-
gon wanted to find out more
about working at Panda
Express. After contacting
the corporate office, Low-
ry worked with Michelle
Smith, Panda Express field
recruiter for the northwest
region, and they organized
a Virtual Job Club event,
where they presented to
students, teachers and tran-
sition specialists.
During the Zoom event
on January 27, Smith gave
a presentation where she
prepared food and talked
about the Panda Express or-
ganization, their work ethic,
upward advancement, entry
positions, salaries, benefits
and more. Lowry said the
student that she developed
the event around introduced
Smith at the event, which
was a great connection.
More than 100 students
from across Oregon, from
Ontario to Medford to north
of Portland, participated
virtually in the Job Club
event. “Students were from
all over the state, and there
were a number of teachers
who logged on as a class,”
Lowry said.
The virtual event was
a culmination of many
hours of work by Lowry
and her ESD counterpart,
Lon Thornburg, transition
network facilitator, who
has created a manual and
communicated with many
educators to be able to ulti-
mately host events region-
ally in Umatilla, Hermiston,
Boardman, Athena/Weston,
La Grande, Burns, John
Day and Monument.
Lowry said the Job
Club was definitely a pos-
itive outcome. “The event
was over-the-top success-
ful in providing transition
services to hundreds of
students.”
She also said the pro-
gram has had registration
requests already for the next
event being held at the end
of this month and through-
out this school year.
For additional informa-
tion about future Job Club
events, please email donna.
lowry@imesd.k12.or.us.
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By Doris Brosnan
Thanks go to readers
who support this column
by contributing their “good
news” tidbits. Its fourth
week appearance comes
only because of contribu-
tions from willing individ-
uals.
Good news for Valen-
tines will be St. Patrick’s
Altar Society serving a
take-away lasagna dinner
on Sunday, February 14.
Tickets are available at
Murray’s, single for $15,
two for $25, and must be
purchased in advance. Pro-
ceeds will help with facility
repairs.
Andy Fletcher is draw-
ing attention to Columbia
Basin Electric’s promo-
tion of energy efficiency
at the residential level. He
encourages homeowners
to go online to the cbec.
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incentives and to schedule
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home. Information is easily
available at the above web
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Basin, 541-676-9416.
The good news about
the new streetlamps on
Main Street in Heppner
includes they were bought
with grant funds and that
they are LED lights. They
will cost much less to use,
and they will save energy
substantially. They are ex-
pected to last many, many
years, casting brighter light
farther than the lights they
replaced, many broken or
otherwise not working, into
previously shadowy areas.
A great web site for 4-H
members and for other stu-
dents wanting information
about the program is ex-
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morrow. Erin Heideman is
also available with infor-
mation at erin.heideman@
oregonstate.edu. The good
news for 4-H’ers is found
on that site includes vir-
tual workshops, classes
and conferences that cover
a vast array of topics. A
sample of what instructors
and leaders are offering
via Zoom and videos is
cooking, financial litera-
cy, babysitting-training,
pretzel-making, outdoor
cooking and how to make
leather earrings.
Good news for hearty
souls wanting a fresh-air
workout is the walk from
near the health clinic up to
the cross. Stroll it, jog it,
run it – choose your pace
– but be sure to treat the
properties of the Robinson
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thoughtfully, since they
welcome respectful hikers
onto their properties. Clos-
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with you are two ways to
show this respect.
Jayden Wilson, a senior
at HHS and quarterback for
the Mustangs, has signed
a letter of intent to play
football at Western Oregon
University in Monmouth.
Presently, Jayden plans
to study exercise science,
with a future in strength and
conditioning coaching in
mind. Jayden chose WOU
over six other college of-
fers, which is good news
for his parents and friends
who will be able to watch
him play not terribly far
from home.
Good news about Earl
and Peggy Fishburn’s
grandson Alex Dye came
from Great Lakes, Illinois,
last week. With his asso-
ciate degree in Fire Sup-
pression and because of
his interest in EMT work,
Alex chose to continue his
education with the US Navy
in the corpsman division.
When he graduated from
boot camp on the 4 th , Alex
received one of only six
Navy League Awards, for
his “enthusiasm, support-
ive attitude, and willing-
ness to help other recruits,
exceeding Navy training
standards.” Alex will be
stationed in Texas.
Carson Brosnan, a
sophomore at Oregon State,
has been chosen as the Ma-
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moving up from having
served as a squad leader
during the fall term. As the
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connection with Heppner
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als who have moved away
but want news of family,
friends, businesses, politics
and all-things-Heppner.
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