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SATURDAY, JUNE 13, 2015 HERMISTONHERALD.COM • A9 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR’S LETTER PO BOX 1 • 101 Olson Rd • Boardman, OR 97818 • 541-481-3014 www.boardmanchamber.org • email: info@boardmanchamber.org MARK YOUR CALENDAR BOARDMAN THUNDER RUN AND WALK CHAMBER MONTHLY LUNCHEON Saturday, July 4 beginning at 8 a.m. at 206 N. Main Street Participate in a 5K run or walk, or a 10 K run! Wednesday, June 17 at noon at the Port of Morrow Riverfront Center Registration is $17 if registered by Monday, June 29 and includes a t-shirt. It’s $20 the day of the event, and you may not be able to get a t-shirt, so register early! Please contact the Boardman Chamber to complete your entry form. IT’S PARADE TIME! You’re invited to build a float, organize a band, dig out your best costumes, and join the biggest little parade for a grand ole’ 4th of July Celebration! Parade assembly begins at 10 a.m. on NE Front Street. Entries must be in place by 10:30, with the parade officially beginning at 11 a.m.! Please contact the Chamber to complete a Parade Entry Form no later than Friday, June 26. VOLUNTEERS NEEDED FOR JULY 4TH CELEBRATION Join us for our upcoming weekly Planning Committee Meetings Wednesday, June 17 and Wednesday, June 24 at 6 p.m. at The Chamber! If you cannot attend the meetings, but want to help before, during, or after the event with the parade, fun run, vendors, kids’ games, etc. Call the Chamber at (541) 481-3014 to volunteer! Remember that events like this take lots of volunteer effort to be successful! Please help us make this the best July 4th Celebration ever! Even if you can only volunteer for an hour or two… WE NEED YOU! CONGRATULATIONS TO OUR SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS! The following Riverside High School seniors each received a $1,000 scholarship from the Chamber: Gabrielle Ganvoa, Stephanie Madrigal, Hans Rockwell The following each received a $500 scholarship from the Chamber Laura Ponce, Jasmine Puerta, Maria Rodriguez The competition was tough this year! Lunch is $12 with reservations by Monday, June 15. Please call The Chamber at (541) 481-3014 to RSVP or email emily@boardmanchamber.org Our guest speaker will be Lori Kimbel Northeast Oregon Business News SAGE CENTER HAPPENINGS The SAGE Center is now open every day through Labor Day! SAGE Saturday! TODAY (Saturday, June 13) from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. FREE Admission and activities for children and parents at the SAGE Center, 101 Olson Road This month create your own foam cup farm & bubble science! Tillamook Cheese Days Return! Next Friday and Saturday, June 19-20 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Enjoy a delicious lunch featuring Tillamook cheese (grilled cheddar and BBQ pork sandwich, side, cookie, and a drink) for $5 per person – this includes SAGE Center admission, too! And, yes, we will have CHEESE CURDS! Call 541-481-7243 for more information BANK OF EASTERN OREGON COMMUNITY APPRECIATION BBQ Friday, June 19 from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Hamburgers, hot dogs, and all the trimmings! No RSVP needed, just show up at 100 City Center Drive! UNITED WAY ANNUAL BENEFIT RAFFLE The prizes will be drawn on July 24 at their Benefit Golf Tournament at Wildhorse Resort Golf Course. Tickets are $5 each or 5 for $20. Prizes include: $1000 Visa Gift Card; Xbox One; Beats Pill 2.0; 50” LED HDTV; Teeth whitening gift certificate; Pendleton Woolen Mills blanket • Temporary Staffing Services • Recruiting • Human Resource Management • Risk Management • Payroll Administration If there’s one thing in life you can count on, it’s change! Some changes are good, others are hard to bear. This time of the year we often celebrate what most people consider to be good changes in life. Graduations are taking place all over the country from mid-May to the end of June. High school and college graduations bring the biggest changes, but even graduations from kindergarten or junior high can be emotional times, especially for parents and other family members! It’s also the time of year for lots of weddings! Many people get married in May and June, often times just following a graduation from college! And for many families, it’s moving time! Most employers will work with their employees to move them during the summer so that children don’t have to miss school during the transition from one location to another. Some are just moving in the area, maybe moving from a rental house to a home they are buying. Others may be moving long distances to accept a new position or a new job. Then there are other changes we celebrate in life, like the birth of a new baby! Interestingly enough, while most of these changes are times of joy, happiness, and celebration, they can also be times of stress, anxiety, fear, even regret. What new parent isn’t a little overwhelmed when they look at their first newborn and realize the awesome responsibility they now bear to love, protect, guide, and raise that baby to adulthood! And most high school graduates don’t realize yet that life is never quite going to be the same! They are happy to be out of high school, officially an adult by most people’s standards, but it’s scary, too, as they ponder what the rest of their lives will be like and where the future will take them. For some of them there may be a bit of regret that they didn’t pay more attention in classes like math and English! College grads can really feel overwhelmed, knowing that they may have accumulated a lot of debt to complete their degree and concerned about whether they can find a good job or not! And what person hasn’t had a whirlwind of emotions as they stand at the altar, getting ready to say “I do” for the rest of their lives? There are other changes that can be very difficult for us to accept – the loss of a job, a loved one, even the loss of a longtime pet can be hard to handle! Sometimes, older folks talk about longing for the “good ole days” when things didn’t seem to change as much as they do today. But the fact of the matter is change has to happen, and this is true for organizations and communities as well as for people. Organizations and communities either grow or contract – they can’t stay the same. Change has to happen to take us to the next level. So, be positive and encouraging around those you love everyday so there are no regrets if you lose them tomorrow! Be proactive and get involved in your community! Volunteer and help lead the change in the organizations you are involved in and that impact your life! If we all work together for good change, the sky is the limit – whether you are talking about people, communities, or organizations! Emily L. 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Hermiston Ave, Ste 160 • Hermiston, OR (541) 567-9670 • Fax (541) 567-4427 IONE 245 NW Main, Suite 100 • PO Box 26 Phone 541-422-7410 Fax 541-276-7688 251 Puskarich Ave., Boardman, OR (541) 481-2666 • Fax (541-481-2239 HEPPNER 294 N. Main • PO Box 755 Phone 541-676-9113 Fax 541-276-7688 HERMISTON 455 E. Main St. • PO Box 1349 Phone 541-567-8834 Fax 541-276-7688 Offices also located in: • PENDLETON • CONDON • ELGIN • LA GRANDE • ENTERPRISE • ATHENA, WALLOWA • BAKER CITY WWW.BARRETTBUSINESS.COM • Commercial • Farms & Crops • Agriculture • Ranch • Personal • Industrial • Worker's Compensation• Service Organizations • Health, Life & Financial Services Cabins ~ RV’s ~ Tents Fishing ~ ATV Trails Concessions Reservation Line 541-989-8214 Website: morrowcountyparks.org Email: mcparks co.morrow.or.us Morrow County Public Works 365 W. Hwy 74 • PO Box Lexington, OR 97839 541-989-9500 office Contact Pendleton Grain Growers, Inc. for all your agricultural transportation, agricultural and residential energy and grain marketing needs today. PENDLETON GRAIN GROWERS, INC. pggcountry.com (800) 422-7611 If you would like to help sponsor the Boardman Chamber page, published on the 2 nd Wednesday of every month, call Kim LaPlant at 541-561-4538 SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL COMMUNITY