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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2015
HERALD FILE PHOTO
Dancing with the Hermiston Stars contestants await their results after all performed their dance routines with partners from the Utah Ballroom Dance Company during the 2015 competition.
DANCE:
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“It just makes it very
personal to have our local
dancers put themselves
on the line for some-
thing they are passionate
about,” she said.
Regardless of who
takes home the coveted
mirror ball trophy, all the
organizations the stars
are dancing for will be
winners. Between the
judges and an interac-
tive audience, the winner
will be announced at the
conclusion of the show.
In addition, people can
make donations at www.
desertartscouncil.com/
event/21 on behalf of
their favorite star — each
dollar counts as one vote.
Money will go to the
dancer’s selected charity.
The stars and their
charities are:
EOTEC:
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keting costs for EOTEC.
When the EOTEC board
announced earlier this year
it needed an additional
WATER
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“It’s a six year process,
which some people think is
a long time, but in the water
world that’s moving light-
ning quick,” Reeder said.
J.R. Cook of NOWA told
the council it was important
to act quickly and decisively
while interest in water issues
was high due to the drought
and available funding.
He said the intergov-
DAN BRISCOE plans
to tear up the
dance Àoor
as he does
the
Argen-
tine tango for
Vange John
Memorial
Hospice.
Briscoe
Briscoe,
who is vice
president of Apollo Me-
chanical, and his family,
appreciated the care hos-
pice provided both before
and after his father’s death
a little more than a year
ago.
with unplanned pregnan-
cies.
Cissna will rumba for
the organization, provid-
ing funds for those needing
medical care and emotional
support as they make deci-
sions regarding an unborn
child.
Tickets are available at www.
desertartscouncil.com, the Hermiston
Chamber of Commerce at 541-567-6151
and Hermiston Parks & Recreation, 180
N.E. Second St. For more information
about the dance company, visit www.
utahbdc.com.
BLAINE
DEBBIE CISSNA, is
center direc-
tor of Preg-
nancy Care
Services in
Hermiston.
The organiza-
tion provides
assistance to
women who
Cissna
are
faced
GANVOA
is the new
kid on the
block
—
moving from
Boardman
to become
the athlet-
ic director
at
Herm-
iston High
Ganvoa
School.
Goodness
gracious
“Great Balls of Fire,”
Ganvoa will jive his way
to help Martha’s House.
Ganvoa chose the home-
less shelter because some
families need support in
providing a safe environ-
CAM PREUS, who has
lived in the
area for sev-
eral years, is
president of
Blue Moun-
tain Commu-
nity College.
Preus
is
iffy
about
Preus
her dancing
skills. However, she’ll give
it the old “college try” as she
quick steps across the stage
for the BMCC Foundation,
which provides scholarships
to students in need.
$2.2 million to complete
the project the hoteliers
agreed to pay an additional
$1 per room toward con-
struction costs.
The resolution passed
Monday night raised that
fee for a total of 15 years.
Smith said in the spring
the council will be asked
to issue $1 million in mu-
nicipal bonds to be used
for EOTEC construction.
The extra money raised
by the Tourism Promotion
Assessment will then pay
off those bonds over the
course of 15 years.
“The hoteliers are very
open to this, very support-
ive of this project,” Smith
said.
In the past the cities of
Umatilla, Stan¿eld and
ernmental agreement be-
fore the council on Mon-
day would use a $664,000
grant from the governor’s
Regional Solutions of¿ce
to increase capacity in the
Regional Water System by
installing a pump and cre-
ating a Àushing system.
“We want to get mov-
ing,” Cook said. “We want
to get some pipes built.”
Reeder noted how im-
portant the acquisition of
the Port of Umatilla’s wa-
ter right was, calling it the
“lead domino” in a chain
of events that would bring
that $1 billion in new crop
production home.
Port director Kim Puzey
had high praise for Cook,
Levy and Reeder and the
“bureaucratic miracle” they
had accomplished in pull-
ing together all of the right
resources and agencies.
“J.R. (Cook) did some-
thing no one thought he
could,” Puzey said.
He said he thought that
$1 billion was a modest
estimate of how much the
project could add to the re-
gional economy.
The council voted unan-
imously to approve the
intergovernmental agree-
ment for the improvements
to the Regional Water Sys-
tem.
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JESUS
(CHUY)
ROME, Umatilla Mor-
row
Head
Start program
manager, will
cha cha for
CASA — the
Court
Ap-
pointed Spe-
cial Advocate
Program of
Rome
Head Start.
Rome, who grew up
in Hermiston, hopes his
friends and other commu-
nity members who guided
him over the years will join
him in supporting today’s
youth.
She’ll dig out her bell
bottoms as she discos
for Made to Thrive. The
activity-based organiza-
tion helps build self-con-
fidence, self-worth and
healthy
relationships
amongst
vulnerable
youth.
SHANNON SNYDER,
owner
and
photogra-
pher at De-
fining
De-
tails, is both
n e r v o u s
and excited
to take the
stage.
Snyder
Members of the Utah
Ballroom Dance Compa-
ny will train with the local
stars for a week and then
dance with them the first
half of the show. After the
intermission, members of
the dance company will
perform various ball-
room dance routines as a
troupe.
The evening also includes
a special guest performance
by local children dancers cho-
reographed by the Utah Ball-
room Dancers. They will open
the show and provide a festive
intermission, which allows the
local stars an opportunity to
secure audience votes.
Echo agreed, along with
their hoteliers, to also in-
stitute a $1 per night per
room Tourism Promotion
Assessment. Smith said he
would approach those cit-
ies about also raising their
amount in order to contrib-
ute to paying off the bonds
more quickly.
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