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A2 • HERMISTONHERALD.COM SATURDAY, APRIL 4, 2015 LOCAL WEATHER Pet of the week Today's Weather Hi, my name is Zoey. I am one of a litter of four female and one male Chi- huahua/miniature pincher/terrier/shih tzu puppies available for adoption at the Humane Society of Eastern Oregon Pet Rescue in Hermiston. I was surrendered by my owner, and I need a new home. I’ve already had my shots, and I am good with children and other dogs. I am 6 to 7 weeks old and can be adopted for $175. I come with a free vet check and a three-day return policy. If I am spayed at 6 months of age, my owner will receive a $50 re- fund. If you are interested in welcoming Zoey or her brother and sisters to your family, please stop by the humane soci- ety at 1844 N.W. Geer Road, Hermis- ton, or call 541-564-6222. SCAM: continued from page A1 contacted soon by Edmis- ton with the information of how to pay the more than $900 in fees needed to get the money released from Mexico. “Later in the evening, the reporting resident re- ceived not only a call from someone claiming to be a Hermiston police officer but they also received an additional call from the ‘chief’ to give additional information about getting their ‘winnings,’ ” Sando- val wrote. “The residents were vigilant and recog- nized the scam, stopping their involvement.” She said spoofing tech- nology makes it easy for scammers to fool caller ID into displaying the correct number of the Hermiston Police Depart- ment, lending legitimacy to the call. She urged residents to be vigilant and to edu- cate friends and neighbors about the scam as well. She said Hermiston Police Department would never act as a representative of Publisher’s Clearinghouse or facilitate the transfer of money unless it was some- thing seized by the depart- ment in the line of duty. If anyone has questions or concerns that they are being targeted by a sim- ilar scam, they should contact Sandoval at 541- 667-5112 or esandoval@ hermiston.or.us. Sat continued from page A1 Sun 4/4 Mon 4/5 60/33 Tue 4/6 57/38 Wed 4/7 60/37 4/8 62/38 65/39 Sunny skies. High near 60F. Winds WSW at 10 to 15 mph. Cloudy. Highs in the upper 50s and lows in the upper 30s. Morning clouds fol- lowed by afternoon sun. Considerable cloudi- ness. Highs in the low 60s and lows in the upper 30s. A few clouds. Highs in the mid 60s and lows in the upper 30s. Sunrise Sunset 6:31 AM 7:29 PM Sunrise Sunset 6:30 AM 7:30 PM Sunrise Sunset 6:28 AM 7:31 PM Sunrise Sunset 6:26 AM 7:32 PM Sunrise Sunset 6:24 AM 7:34 PM Oregon At A Glance Portland 58/38 Salem 59/38 Eugene 58/38 Medford 57/36 Pendleton 56/34 Hermiston 60/33 La Grande 53/31 Bend 49/23 Ontario 60/35 Burns 53/34 Klamath Falls 53/29 Area Cities City Albany Ashland Astoria Baker City Bend Brookings Burns Coos Bay Corvallis Eugene PROGRAMS: event,” Earp said. “It’s kind of a neat opportunity.” After soliciting feedback from the community about Parks and Rec offerings, Earp said many people re- quested science camps, so a fun, educational camp will add to this year’s lineup. Camp Invention: Physics in Motion will take place for ¿UVW WKURXJK VL[WKJUDGHUV Aug. 3 through Aug. 6. The camp costs $59 for Herm- iston residents and $73 for non-residents. “It’s going to be educa- tional but not so much like a classroom setting — more fun and interactive,” Earp said. Aug. 5 through Aug. 8, 14- through 17-year-olds can participate in Camp Ad- venture! “This one is kind of a fun opportunity because it’s for teenagers,” he said. “We ha- ven’t offered a lot of camps for teenagers in the past. The idea of it is each day we’ll go into a different activity.” Earp said plans include a day of kayaking, rafting and paddle boarding at the Co- lumbia River, a day at an in- Local 5-Day Forecast Hi 59 56 54 52 49 54 53 55 58 58 Lo 38 36 35 28 23 40 34 40 35 38 Cond. mst sunny cloudy pt sunny pt sunny pt sunny pt sunny pt sunny pt sunny pt sunny mst sunny City Florence Grants Pass Hermiston John Day Klamath Falls La Grande Lakeview Lincoln City Mcminnville Medford Hi 55 59 60 51 53 53 54 55 57 57 Lo 39 36 33 33 29 31 26 40 36 36 Cond. pt sunny pt sunny sunny pt sunny pt sunny pt sunny pt sunny pt sunny mst sunny pt sunny City Newport Pendleton Portland Redmond Roseburg Salem Springfield The Dalles Tillamook Vale Hi 51 56 58 54 59 59 57 61 56 60 Lo 40 34 38 28 39 38 36 39 36 36 Cond. pt sunny sunny mst sunny mst sunny pt sunny mst sunny mst sunny sunny pt sunny pt sunny Cond. mst sunny rain sunny pt sunny sunny City Houston Los Angeles Miami Minneapolis New York Hi 70 78 84 57 52 Lo 61 55 70 35 38 Cond. rain sunny pt sunny mst sunny windy City Phoenix San Francisco Seattle St. Louis Washington, DC Hi 86 61 58 64 58 Lo 57 48 39 43 41 Cond. pt sunny mst sunny pt sunny sunny windy National Cities City Atlanta Boston Chicago Dallas Denver Hi 67 52 59 69 67 Lo 42 32 43 52 36 Moon Phases UV Index MAEGAN MURRAY PHOTO A student completes a bicycle safety course at Sunset Ele- mentary School during the City of Hermiston’s Safety Town program. door rock-climbing facility and an overnight backpack- ing trip in the mountains. “We’re just going to keep it simple but take the partici- pants out into the mountains and do two days of back- packing,” he said. “It’s go- ing to be awesome, though, because I didn’t want to do something just around here with the sagebrush. I real- ly wanted something that would hook the kids on the outdoors and nature.” Earp said adult kayaking trips have been offered in the past, but two new trips to Hutchinson and Shiner lakes and the Walla Walla River will be offered this year June 27 and Sept. 12. “We’ve expanded our horizons on those (kayaking trips) because they’ve been really popular,” he said. “You don’t have to have ex- perience. The water is calm. ,W¶VQRWÀRZLQJ,W¶VMXVWÀDW water. You just have to be in physical-enough shape to paddle a kayak for a few miles.” Earp said the aquatic cen- ter will offer open swim wa- ter volleyball from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. June 21 through Aug. 9, and registration is not re- Sat 4/4 First Full Last New Mar 27 Apr 4 Apr 12 Apr 18 ©2010 American Profile Hometown Content Service quired. New dance classes will be offered this summer, as well. Of course, Hermiston will still have many other camps and activities that were offered in previous years, including a summer day camp, along with many special events, such as mu- sic and movies in the park and Independence Day fes- tivities. Earp said the children’s triathlon is one of his favor- ite events. Sun 4/5 Mon Tue 4/6 4/7 Wed 4/8 5 3 4 4 5 Moderate Moderate Moderate Moderate Moderate The UV Index is measured on a 0 - 11 number scale, with a higher UV Index showing the need for greater skin protection. “It is your traditional tri- DWKORQVLPSOL¿HGIRU\RXQJ- er children,” he said. “They just have a blast. We usually get close to 100 participants that sign up, and it is one of the funnest things to watch, and the kids have a really good time.” Earp said many of the FDPSV ¿OO XS VR SHRSOH should register beginning April 27 to ensure their spots. Between April 27 and May 8, he said many of the activities are offered 0 11 at a 15 percent discount. Registration can be com- pleted online at hermiston. or.us/parksrec, and from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. May 6, from 9 a.m. to noon May 7 and from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. May 8 at the Parks and Recre- DWLRQ RI¿FH DW +HUPLVWRQ City Hall. Summer activity guides are available at Hermiston City Hall or online at herm- iston.or.us now, Earp said, and will be distributed to elementary school students. CHALLENGES: continued from page A1 of what regular classroom instruction entails, students have learned a bit about teaching to the culture and racial make-ups of their own community. He said, unlike many teachers, who are predominantly Cauca- sian, most students in Uma- tilla are Hispanic. Many of the cultural barriers and limitations those students face, however, are not dis- cussed in the classrooms because of a fear of appear- ing racist or offending oth- ers, he said. “I believe one of the most important things they learned this year is the dif- ference between racial and being racist,” he said. “We need to have racial discus- sions with our kids.” The students spent the ¿UVW SDUW RI WKH VHPHVWHU focusing on issues such as language barriers and cul- tural differences and how they may be hindering stu- dents’ abilities to learn. He said those students may and do learn different- ly. By having his students examine those issues in his class, they are getting a real-world look into the challengers that teachers encounter and the strategies they can use to make sure everyone is learning. Many of those topics hit home for seniors Jack- ie Campos and Armando Mendoza, both of whom are Hispanic, and, like MAEGAN MURRAY PHOTO Umatilla High School junior Armando Mendoza reads a story with Robert Krostom, a second-grader at McNary Heights Elementary School, Thursday morning. MAEGAN MURRAY PHOTO Umatilla High School junior Fabricio Garcia reads with McNary Heights Elementary School student Liam Early Thursday morning at MHES. Ledesma, have encoun- tered many of the issues discussed in the class per- sonally. Ledesma said that when she was growing up, all the students were treated equal- ly, even though some of the Hispanic students may have faced greater hurdles be- cause of language and cul- ture. Campos and Mendoza agreed. In addition to regular classroom instruction, the high schoolers have also worked with students at McNary Heights Elementa- ry School. Whether working with the elementary children on reading exercises or observ- ing the classroom teacher’s teaching styles, many of the students said it has been a tremendous learning ex- perience to see the issues that teachers are navigating through and what teaching strategies work best for in- dividual students. “Everyone is different, and that is something that we have been able to real- ize even as we’ve worked with these kids,” Ledesma said. Mendoza said one of the challenges he has encoun- tered is changing his teach- ing style for an individual student. “We have to do a lot of adapting,” he said. “Not everybody learns the same way.” On Thursday, during one of their classroom ses- sions at McNary Heights, UHS senior Annabel More- no-Mendez read along with a student as he recited from his text book in Spanish. Those types of strategies, Mendoza said, are things they have to be aware of — using different teaching styles to suit students at their level. Campos said she has en- joyed learning from her stu- dents as much as they have learned from her. She said she has appreciated seeing what all goes into instruct- ing each individual student, which has helped her grow. “We both learn from each other,” she said. Campos said, because she likes working with young children, especially elementary students, be- coming a teacher seems to EHDSHUIHFW¿WIRUKHUSHU- sonality. “I’ve always liked in- teracting with little kids,” she said. “I just like being around them.” Campos said the class has also helped her over- come her fear of speaking in front of people, while it has strengthened some of the teaching abilities she’ll use in the future. “This helps me to be open, learn from what I’ll face later on,” she said. Mendoza said he is actu- ally considering a career in business but appreciates ex- panding his opportunities. “This class has opened up more career paths for me,” he said. As part of the class, stu- dents will write a research paper on an issue as it pertains to education, and how they realized and were able to overcome those is- sues while working with students in the classroom setting. Then, at 7 p.m. on May 13 at the high school, students will present on the topics. Malgesini said the public is welcome to attend. Overall, Malgesini said he feels the class has been a welcome addition to the high school. “If nothing else, (the students) have a greater appreciation for what their own teachers go through,” he said. “They’re able to see what being a teacher is like.”
