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A16 • HERMISTONHERALD.COM SATURDAY, JUNE 20, 2015 FROM PAGE A1 FESTIVAL: continued from page A1 to pick lavender, buy lavender products and try lavender-in- fused food and beverages, while enjoying live music, an art show, a car show, a quilt expo and more. Peo- ple can taste lavender beer from Hermiston Brewing Company and wine from Sno Road Winery. The festival costs $10 for general admission and $12 for wine and beer tast- ing admission, and all of WKH SURFHHGV EHQH¿W 0DU- tha’s House, a homeless family shelter operated by Agape House. Dave Hughes, the ex- ecutive director of Agape House, said the shelter opened in 2013 and has ca- pacity for eight to 10 fam- ilies. He said families can stay for three to six months to get back on their feet and about 75 families have used the shelter. “We’re able to graduate about 60 to 70 percent of our people into more tra- ditional living, basically other apartment complexes in town,” he said. “We’ve been moderately success- ful.” SCHWIRSE: continued from page A1 wife of almost 25 years, Kelly, said he is fortunate his job as an electrician with ShelCo Electric makes it possible to do that. Schwirse, however, didn’t stop at attending his sons’ activities. With his love of coaching and his sons’ love of sports, he has taken a much more active role. From Grid Kids foot- ball, to AAU basketball to Little League and youth baseball, Schwirse has stayed active in his sons’ lives as their coach. “For a lot of people it doesn’t work, this sports all year round, but for us, it’s just a family thing,” Schwirse said before Little League practice Thursday. Hughes said some of WKH SHRSOH KDYH GLI¿FXOW\ adopting structure, such as getting up in the morning and looking for work, so they are taught the skills to help them in the future. He said they are required to look for work and volun- WHHUIRUQRQSUR¿WRUJDQL]D- tions to build social skills. “It helps return some people who are burden- some to society back to be- ing productive members of society,” he said. “If they FDQ¿QGDSODFHWROLYHDQG get a job, they become pro- ductive members of society. That’s the biggest thing: We hope to make people part of the community so they feel there is a reason to be part of a community.” Hughes said funding from the Lavender Festival helps pay for all of the ne- cessities, such as 24-hour VWDI¿QJ LQVXUDQFH ZDWHU sewer and electricity. Last year, he said, the festival donated more than $7,000. “Donations to non- SUR¿WV DUH GHFOLQLQJ DQG we encourage people to come enjoy the festival and ensure we can contin- ue to serve the community through this program,” he said. Pola Galindo created this lavender-inspired glass boot for the Purple Ridge Lavender Festival. Galindo will display her work at the festival, and art show director Jan Beitel said Galindo will be donating this boot for a rafÁe drawing at the festival. “It’s what we do. That’s kind of what our life re- volves around.” While many children would rather not spend so much time with their par- ents, Sam Schwirse said he doesn’t mind having his dad as a coach. “I like it because he’s my dad, and it’s a lot easier to talk to him about stuff,” he said. “ I like it better that he’s my coach because he coached all my brothers, and I wanted him to coach me.” Sam said, however, his father is a lot tougher on KLP RQ WKH EDVHEDOO ¿HOG than he is at home. He said, at home, his father is re- laxed and likes to have fun and watch sports on TV. “I like to see him yell at the TV when someone makes a mistake,” he said. His oldest brother, Ty- ler, said their dad is a great coach and father. Like Sam, he enjoyed having his fa- ther coach him, although he admitted they would “butt heads at times.” “He’s my dad. He’s kind of one of the people you want to please the most,” Tyler Schwirse said. Tyler agrees that Schwirse is a tougher coach than father, although he said Jeff will quickly step in when he sees one of his sons following the wrong path. Otherwise, Tyler said, Schwirse lets his sons “be kids.” As a coach, however, he said his father demands a lot from his players, add- ing they have to give 100 SHUFHQW HIIRUW RQ WKH ¿HOG or they won’t be there at all. “He wants you to be the best you can be on the SUBMITTED IMAGE Lavender Festival art show A variety of artists will be show- ing their work, and some will be selling it as well at the sixth annual Purple Ridge Lavender Festival. Artists include: • Gayle Weatherson, Silver Thistle Design, jewelry FREE CLASSES FOR FAMILY MEMBERS & CAREGIVERS If you’re caring for someone with dementia, there’s help. Oregon Care Partners is a collaboration of aging advocacy organizations. Our free classes are for: – Family members – Professional caregivers – First responders Taking care of a family member or loved one with dementia such as Alzheimer’s can be challenging. But you don’t have to do it alone. Oregon Care Partners can help. In our free, online or in-person classes, you’ll learn: • How to create a positive environment, including activities to stimulate memories and interaction • What to expect as their condition progresses Classes offered online and in-person at NO COST to you Funded through the State of Oregon • How to manage medications safely and effectively • How to handle common challenging behaviors Visit OregonCarePartners.com to get started today. A little help can make a big difference – for your loved one, and for you. COMING SOON TO PENDLETON Living with Alzheimer’s for Caregivers: Early Stage June 26, 1:00pm-5:00pm • Pendleton Senior Center Learn more and register for this free event at OregonCarePartners.com. Family members, all levels of caregivers and walk-ins welcome. CEUs offered for professionals. www.OregonCarePartners.com 1-800-930-6851 • info@oregoncarepartners.com SEAN HART PHOTOS Several varieties of lavender line the rows at Purple Ridge Lavender Farm, which will host a festival from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. June 27. • Melissa P. Stradley, Photograph- ic Art & Sports Photography • Pola Galindo, Pola’s Glass Art • Laurie Ellis, Unicomer Designs, paintings and face-painting • Jan Beitel, Jan Beitel Studio Gallery, watercolor and acrylic paintings • Brandi Dayton, paintings • Tina Murphy, 2 Cool Creations Jewelry • Virginia Harris, watercolor paintings • Ken Harris, photography ¿HOG´VDLG7\OHUZKRLVDQ assistant coach on his dad’s Little League team. Schwirse agrees he wants his athletes to do their best, but he doesn’t think his coaching and parenting styles differ too much. “I try to stay pretty much in the middle as both a par- ent and a coach,” he said, adding, however, he has learned a lot since he began coaching Tyler. Schwirse said he thinks coaching has made him a better father, too, be- cause he can more easily put things into perspective when things go wrong. He said sometimes his teams will lose, but, win or lose, it’s still a game, getting an- gry and yelling and scream- ing doesn’t help. He takes the same approach as a fa- ther. He knows his sons are going to make mistakes at times — it’s a part of life. “You just don’t start screaming and yelling and getting mad,” he said. “You just deal with it and move on.” Tyler Schwirse, who is following in his dad’s footsteps as an electrician, said, as much of an impact as his father has had on his sons, he has also played a big part in a lot of other athletes’ lives through the years. “It’s been a lot more than his kids that have grown up with him,” Tyler said. “At one point or another, a lot of the high school kids have played for him. He’s been a part of a lot of kids’ careers.” Schwirse said that is one of the things he has enjoyed about coaching — getting to know his sons’ friends and watching them grow up. “You stick pretty close with a bunch of them,” he said. Schwirse said his sons’ love of sports has made it easier for him to connect with them, and he is for- tunate in that regard. He also said sports has made his family “a lot tighter” because all the boys attend each other’s games and cheer for and sometimes heckle their brothers. “They’re good kids.”