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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 2015 HERMISTONHERALD.COM • A3 COMMUNITY A battle of minds into a corner. As the stalemate approached, Galdamez made his ¿QDOPRYH&KHFNPDWH With the win, Galdamez sur- SDVVHG +DYLQV WR PRYH LQWR ¿UVW place, awaiting the completion of another match between HHS IUHVKPDQ /RJDQ 0LOOHU DQG ,U- BY SEAN HART rigon High School senior Darin HERMISTON HERALD Hauner to determine if he would Hermiston High School stu- share the victory or stand alone at dents battled until only three the top of the podium. chess pieces remained on the ,Q WKH ¿QDO PDWFK 0LOOHU SXW board in one of the last matches at XS D ¿JKW EXW +DXQHU HPHUJHG the Region 23 Chess Tournament as the victor and claimed a tie at HHS Saturday. IRU ¿UVW SODFH DORQJVLGH *DOGD- Junior Larkin Havins entered mez. Havins stood alone in sec- WKH ¿IWK DQG ¿QDO URXQG ZLWK ond place, and Miller tied for the highest score among the 11 third with HHS freshman Jadwin competitors from Hermiston and /\RQV DQG ,+6 IUHVKPDQ (WKDQ ,UULJRQ :LWK RQO\ KLV NLQJ UH- Greer. maining, Havins could not win After the victory, Galdamez the match, but if he could force said, although he has played chess a stalemate, the half point award- IRU \HDUV 6DWXUGD\ ZDV KLV ¿UVW ed for a tie would propel him to tournament. D ¿UVWSODFH ¿QLVK LQ WKH WRXUQD- “My grandpa showed me (how ment. WR SOD\ ZKHQ , ZDV D NLG´ KH On the other side of the board, VDLG³,GLGQ¶WXQGHUVWDQGLWVR, sophomore Oscar Galdamez had JRWERUHGRILWZKHQ,ZDVOLWWOH a rook in addition to his king EXWWKHQ,SOD\HGLWDJDLQZKHQ, DQGWKHFKDQFHWRHDUQ¿UVWSODFH VWDUWHGJHWWLQJROGHU,W¶VDJDPHRI in the tournament if he placed VWUDWHJ\,W¶VDSUHWW\IXQJDPH´ Havins in checkmate. Galdamez Galdamez said he practiced only had 50 moves, however, be- once a week with the district’s fore a stalemate would be called. chess club, which includes mem- The players took turns moving bers from HHS and Sandstone and their pieces, with Havins count- Armand Larive middle schools. ing aloud each round, hoping to The middle schoolers also com- hold out long enough for the tie. peted Saturday, and their com- Galdamez chose his moves care- petition included an overall team fully and backed Havins’ king winner, in addition to sixth-, sev- Local students do well at regional chess tournament Saturday enth- and eighth-grade winners. Armand Larive won the team tro- phy, and students from the school won each of the grade levels. Max Spencer, who participat- HGLQKLV¿UVWWRXUQDPHQWZDVWKH sixth-grade winner. He said he has been playing for about a year and a half and saw a poster for the chess club at school and thought it would be fun. He earned the fourth-highest score from Ar- mand Larive. 2OLYHU 5RGULJXH] SODFHG ¿UVW among seventh-graders and had the second highest score from Ar- mand Larive. Bobby Bellinger won the eighth-grade level and led the middle schoolers in scoring. Bell- inger, who has been playing for ¿YH \HDUV DQG SDUWLFLSDWHG LQ D tournament two years ago in Hep- pner, said Saturday’s event went well. ³, WKRXJKW LW ZDV UHDOO\ IXQ´ he said. “We got to hang out with a lot of people, and it was really cool winning.” Bellinger said his parents taught him to play, and he “just started escalating” as a player af- ter that. ³,WKLQNLW¶VUHDOO\IXQKRZ\RX can use your mind to do it,” he VDLG³,W¶VIXQDQGLWGRHVQ¶WWDNH very long to learn, and you just keep getting better and better.” Seventh-grader Jerence Lyons had the third highest score from Armand Larive and said he has SEAN HART PHOTO Hermiston High School freshman Logan Miller, left, and Irrigon High School VHQLRU'DULQ+DXQHUIDFHRIILQWKHÀQDOURXQGRIWKHUHJLRQDOFKHVVWRXUQD- PHQW6DWXUGD\LQ+HUPLVWRQ+DXQHUZRQWKHPDWFKHDUQLQJDÀUVWSODFH tie in the high school category of the competition. been playing chess with his dad for as long as he can remember. ³,MXVWSOD\FKHVVEHFDXVHLW¶V a fun strategy game that you can pretty much play any time if you KDYH D VHW´ KH VDLG ³, ZRXOG strongly encourage it because you have to really think a lot in order to not lose. You have to kind of predict the other player’s moves.” Bellinger, Rodriguez, Lyons and Spencer will represent Ar- mand Larive and Region 23 at the state tournament in Portland in March, and the grade-level winners will compete in the in- dividual category, as well. Gal- damez and Hauner will compete at state in the high school tourna- ment, and Hermiston Chess Club adviser and Saturday’s tourna- ment director Delia Wallis said she hoped to convince the state director to accept Havins, and possibly other competitors, as well. :DOOLV VDLG WKH EHQH¿WV RI playing chess extend far beyond tournament trophies and the par- ticipation ribbons all of the com- petitors received. “They get to practice social skills,” she said of the students. “They get to practice being polite and taking their turn and losing gracefully and coaching kindly without being a bossy know-it- all. And the thinking, we’ve got NLGV ZKR DUH VR LPSXOVLYH ,I they can ratchet things down and slow down and take the game seriously, then it’s amazing how that just seems to pay off.” &UHDWLYHZKLWHFKLOLWDNHVDQQXDOFRQWHVWDW8+6 meat and then stirred every- and her mother cooked it thing. Then, when she tast- with Peruvian beans. Men- HERMISTON HERALD ed it, she added other spices doza said they also added Smells of cooked beef, and ingredients to taste, in- some lime to give it a bit of chicken, cumin and other cluding green chilies, toma- 0H[LFDQÀDYRU VSLFHV ¿OOHG WKH 8PDWLOOD tillos and some cayenne. ³,WKLQNWKH\UHDOO\OLNHG High School commons Fri- After the competition, it,” she said of the people day night as eight groups Hughes said her goal was who tried it at the contest. of competitors worked up WR JR KRPH DQG ¿JXUH RXW ³,W ZDV D GLIIHUHQW FRQVLV- a sweat in the kitchen to what exactly she did to tency that set it apart.” create a variety of chili for make the chili. 7KH 8PDWLOOD 6FKRRO WKHDQQXDO8PDWLOOD,UULJRQ ³, JRWWD JR KRPH DQG District staff also entered Lions chili contest. make it again,” she said their traditional chili reci- For many who entered with a laugh. pe, which featured all the the contest, the production Other chili concoctions traditional ingredients. Nu- of the popular Texas dish were more traditional with trition Director Rikkilynn provided an opportunity to their beef component, cum- Larsen said they decided to get a little creative. in spice and traditional kid- use beef crumbles, kidney Eight teams put a slight- QH\ EHDQV :LWK WKH 8PD- beans, onions, cumin, pinto ly different spin on the tilla Robotics Team’s entry, beans and a variety of other traditional recipe, but one however, the students sub- seasonings. shook everyone’s palettes. stituted one or two of the ³,WLVWKHVDPHUHFLSHZH Jodene Hughes entered a main ingredients to give it a use for school,” she said, white chili, which featured little different consistency. adding that people still en- a range of different spic- 8+6VHQLRUDQGURERWLFV joyed it. es, and chicken instead of member Anay Mendoza said Dave Hughes and Daryl the usual beef for the meat the students looked up a tra- Shaw were presented with component. GLWLRQDOUHFLSHRQWKH,QWHU- a second- and third-place ³,WRRNWZRGLIIHUHQWUHF- net and found that the recipe ¿QLVKLQWKHFRQWHVWUHVSHF- ipes and put them together called for pinto beans. She tively. to do my own thing,” she VDLG³,ZDQWHGWRGRVRPH- thing different.” Of the eight recipes en- tered, Hughes’ chili was the only one that featured a white sauce and white EHDQV,QKHUUHFLSH+XJKHV said she used cheese, sour cream, heavy whipping cream, white kidney beans, northern beans, canned fa- jita chicken and regular chicken, garlic and cumin. ³,WZDVVXSHUHDV\´VKH said. “The whole thing probably took about 45 MAEGAN MURRAY PHOTO minutes to whip up.” Hughes said when she Umatilla School District Nutrition Director Rikkilynn Larsen was preparing the concoc- prepares a sample of chili Friday night during the Umatilla-Irri- tion, she just browned the gon Lions chili cook-off at Umatilla High School. BY MAEGAN MURRAY ! s e r u t c i P r u o Submit Y The East Oregonian and Hermiston Herald are looking for wedding photos to showcase in our Bridal Planner that publishes March 7, 2015. Hughes said he used what he likes to call the ³¿YH FDQV DQG D FRRN´ method. He said he basi- FDOO\MXVWGXPSHG¿YHFDQV of already-made chili into a pot and called it good. ³,W GLGQ¶W UHTXLUH PXFK effort, really,” he said with a laugh. Following the chili cook-off, entrants and those who tasted the chili then were able to purchase baked goods in an auction. Overall, the event raised $927 for the local Lions club, which will use the funds to support a variety of local programs. 8PDWLOOD,UULJRQ /LRQV Club President Cathy Putnam said the funds don’t go toward D VSHFL¿F SURJUDP EHFDXVH the organization wants to give back to a variety of programs. She said past funds have gone to the Agape House backpack program, school programs and many others. Putnam said fewer peo- ple participated in this year’s contest but she is hopeful for next year. She said the competition usu- ally has more than 10 en- tries. She said if people are interested in participating next year, they should stop E\&DUOVRQ¶V8PDWLOOD'UXJ and speak with her to get all the details. ³,W DOZD\V KDSSHQV DW about the same time in Feb- ruary,” she said. NW FARM SUPPLY Farm & Ranch Headquarters What’s New at NW Farm Supply Science Diet Dog & Cat Food TriPro Dog & Cat Food Ace Double Lipped Water Troughs Sizes available 9’, 8’, 6’ & 2’x2’x4’ WW Express Wheel Corrals .120” Heavy Duty T Post Clips vs .105” Also have circle T Post Clips which allow barbed wire to slide through Walk In Animal Health Cooler Deadline Wednesday Feb 18th. By mail: 211 SE Byers, Pendleton, OR 97801 By email to ajacobs@eastoregonian.com Please include the names of the Bride and Groom! 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