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A18 • HERMISTONHERALD.COM FROM PAGE A1 Prayers, worship on 9/11 Fourteen years after the deadly Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attack on Ameri- can soil, people gathered to remember those who lost their lives. At McKenzie Park in Hermiston, Erin Lovett from New Beginnings Christian Fellowship or- ganized a worship event featuring prayer and mu- sic. Jay Barnett, pastor of the church, recounted the events that resulted in thousands of deaths and offered a prayer. “It’s our responsibility to remember those events and to never let the mem- ory of those who died be forgotten,” he said. Jacob Looper from Hermiston Assembly of God led the Pendleton Assembly of God band in a series of worship songs. The group of about 50 people in attendance later joined hands to create a circle, and sev- eral prayed for various causes, including Lovett, Barnett and Hector WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2015 GOVERNMENT MEETINGS CALENDAR WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 16 MONDAY, SEPT. 21 MORROW COUNTY COURT, 9 a.m., Port of Morrow Conference Room, 2 Marine Drive, Boardman. WESTLAND IRRIGATION DISTRICT, 1 p.m., district office, 77096 Highway 207, Echo. UMATILLA COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS, 9 a.m. Umatilla County Courthouse, 216 S.E. Fourth St., Pendleton. ECHO SCHOOL DISTRICT, 6 p.m., Echo School, 600 Gerone St. UMATILLA-MORROW HEAD START, 6:30-8:30 p.m., 110 N.E. Fourth St., Hermiston. (Leanna 541-564- 6878). INTERMOUNTAIN ESD, 6:30 p.m., district office, 2001 S.W. Nye Ave., Pendleton. UMATILLA COUNTY FAIR BOARD WORK SESSION, 6:30 p.m., Stetson’s Steakhouse, 1619 N. First St., Hermiston. (541-567-6121). BOARDMAN PLANNING COMMISSION, 7 p.m., Boardman City Hall, 202 N. Main St. TUESDAY, SEPT. 22 IONE SCHOOL DISTRICT, 3:30 p.m. work session, 4:30 p.m. board meeting, Ione Schools, 445 Spring St. WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 23 OREGON TRAIL LIBRARY DISTRICT, 7 p.m., district office, 200 S. Main St., Boardman. MORROW COUNTY COURT, 9 a.m., Pioneer Annex conference room, 150 Rock St., Heppner. Attendees raise their hands and sing along with worship music at an event Friday in Hermiston commemorating the 14th anniversary of the deadly terrorist attack on American soil Sept. 11, 2001. UMATILLA HOSPITAL DISTRICT, 7:30 p.m., Umatilla Medical Clinic, 1890 Seventh St. HERMISTON LIBRARY BOARD, 4-5 p.m., Hermiston Public Library, 235 E. Gladys Ave. (541-567-2882). Ramirez, pastor at Temp- lo Fe, Esperanza Y Amor Iglesia de Dios. “I think it was a won- derful thing that we could come together, all churches and people, in agreement and honor our veterans and remem- ber 9/11,” Lovett said. “It was an attack on our country, and I think it re- HERMISTON IRRIGATION DISTRICT, 4:30 p.m., district office conference room, 366 E. Hurlburt Ave. STAFF PHOTO BY SEAN HART ally shocked a lot of peo- ple that we could be at- tacked by an enemy. The repercussions of it are still affecting people.” THURSDAY, SEPT. 17 ECHO CITY COUNCIL, 7:30 p.m., 20 S. Bonanza St. THURSDAY, SEPT. 24 OREGON WHEAT COMMISSION/OREGON WHEAT GROWERS LEAGUE JOINT MEETING, 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Discovery Center, 5000 Discovery Drive, The Dalles. Lunch will be served. (Diana Thompson 503- 467-2161). UMATILLA COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION, 6:30 p.m., Umatilla County Justice Center, 4700 N.W. Pioneer Place, Pendleton. MONDAY, SEPT. 28 UMATILLA BASIN WATERSHED COUNCIL, 6 p.m., Stafford Hansell Government Center, 915 S.E. Columbia Drive, Hermiston OR Pendleton City Hall community room, 501 S.W. Emigrant Ave. HERMISTON CITY COUNCIL, 7 p.m., Hermiston City Hall, 180 N.E. Second St. IRRIGON COMMUNITY PARK & RECREATION DISTRICT, 7 p.m., Irrigon Fire Station, 705 N. Main St., Irrigon. MORROW COUNTY HEALTH DISTRICT, 7 p.m., Pioneer Memorial Hospital, 564 E. Pioneer Drive, Heppner. TUESDAY, SEPT. 29 MORROW COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION, 7 p.m., Heppner City Hall, 111 N. Main St., Heppner. Labor Commissioner to visit student homebuilders HERALD STAFF REPORT Hermiston School Dis- trict and the Columbia Ba- sin Student Homebuilders Program will host the head of Oregon’s Bureau of La- bor and Industries, Com- missioner Brad Avakian, on Friday, Sept. 18. Avakian plans to visit the site of the second stu- dent-built home and meet with the students as they work on the project, ac- cording to a district press release. Avakian works to strengthen Oregon’s econ- omy and workforce with smart, targeted investment in career and technical ed- ucation. “By investing directly in middle schools and high school career programs, we can provide access ... hands-on learning and tin- EOTEC: continued from Page A1 ground here that you don’t see,” he said. That work included bringing water and sewer to the site and construction of a “very expensive and very time-consuming” lift station, reaching 35 feet underground to distribute utilities over the site. He said Frew Develop- ment Group is currently looking over two “pretty good bids” for construction of the livestock barns and will bring a recommenda- tion to the EOTEC board soon. The event center cur- rently being erected by G2 Construction will include a 12,000-square-foot exhi- bition hall, three meeting rooms, a board room, of¿c- es and a commercial kitch- GRIGGS: continued from Page A1 ia this spring at a rodeo in Lynden, Washington, and was out for six weeks. The injury was the latest in a long ledger of hospital vis- its, including three broken legs, broken ribs, stitches, torn-up shoulders and a punctured lung. Griggs does what he can to keep the cowboys from the same injuries, rushing toward a bucking bull and waving his arms to distract it when a bucked-off rider needs an escape. “I feel very responsible,” he said. “If a guy gets run over, even if it was out of my hands, I still feel re- sponsible. It’s my job to stop the wreck before it happens.” Griggs said every rodeo is different. Hermiston is a “really neat setting,” he said, with a great board and kering that can help (stu- dents) discover their talents and passions,” Avakian said in the release. For the past three years, the commissioner has helped 200 Oregon middle and high schools — serving more than 100,000 students — restore 21st-century shop classes to prepare for careers in ¿eld such as re- newable energy, advanced manufacturing, construc- tion, agriculture and health- care, the release states. Avakian previously served in the Oregon Sen- ate and managed a civil rights law practice prior to that. The second home be- ing built by the students is Fieldstone No. 2. Field- stone No. 1 was success- fully sold this summer to retired Hermiston School District teachers. en. Heather Cannell, busi- ness manager for EOTEC, said the building will be an integral part of the Umatil- la County Fair, hosting 4-H entries, horticulture, open class and other exhibits all in one place. At its last meeting, the EOTEC board dis- cussed the possibility of postponing the Umatilla County Fair and Farm- City Pro Rodeo’s move to the EOTEC grounds until 2017. Chairman Ed Brookshier said he would like to see the board sit down with stakeholders and come up with some answers by the end of September. Tonight at 6:30 p.m. the EOTEC board and stake- holders will meet at Stet- son’s Steakhouse in Herm- iston for a work session to discuss the status of con- struction. beautiful arena. And it’s an honor to work at Round-Up, where “ev- erybody who is anybody” in rodeo has performed. In the end, though, “the job’s the same once the gate opens.” This year marks Griggs’s 10h year living in Hermiston, after he met his wife Torrie at the Colum- bia River Circuit Finals and moved to be with her. He said rodeo weeks are busy — he just got back from Lewiston, Idaho, worked the PBR Monday and Tuesday and will be putting in long days the rest of Round-Up week. 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