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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 13, 2016
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STAFF PHOTO BY TAMMY MALGESINI
Shannon Snyder gets down while disco dancing with Joey William of the Utah
Ballroom Dance Company.
STAFF PHOTO BY TAMMY MALGESINI
STAFF PHOTO BY TAMMY MALGESINI
Jesus Rome ‘creates’ his cha cha partner, Haley Wayt, of the Utah Ballroom Dance Company.
STARS:
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“You couldn’t hear him,
but he was giving me quiet
directions on stage,” Preus
said.
While Preus only scored
23 of 30 possible points
from the judges — tying
for last with Jesus ‘Chuy’
Rome — the win was de-
termined through a combi-
nation of the judge’s scores,
audience votes and dona-
tions made to selected char-
ities on behalf of each star.
With each dollar count-
ing as one vote, all of the
dancer’s charities were
winners — raising $15,650,
a record for the event,
which is part of the Desert
Arts Council season. Of
PROPERTY:
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seniors, the city requested
that the district maNe the
property available again.
Fetter said the city felt
comfortable with a 50-
year lease. He said it was
highly doubtful a new se-
nior center would be built
by the time the current one
is demolished in January
2017, but that he was in
discussion with The ARC
of Umatilla County about
temporarily using their
building at 215 W. Or-
chard Avenue for a lunch
program until the new
center is completed.
In answer to questions
from the school board,
Fetter said some senior
citizens were not happy
that the HarNenrider Cen-
ter would feature breaNout
rooms and more recre-
ational opportunities, or
that it will be made avail-
able for city-sponsored
classes in the evenings.
Current seniors just want-
ed a place to eat lunch,
he said, but research in-
dicates that isn’t what the
younger Baby Boomers
are interested in.
“This is a $2 million in-
vestment. We want to taNe
advantage of it,” he said.
The school board voted
unanimously to allow dis-
trict staff to enter into a 50-
year lease agreement with
the city for the property.
The building will be
named for FranN HarNen-
rider, who was on the city
council as either a coun-
cil member or mayor for
more than 50 years and
was a longtime advocate
for senior citizens and the
community as a whole.
HarNenrider retired from
the council in January
2015.
that, more than $8,300 was
donated to the Blue Moun-
tain Community College
Foundation.
“This will provide super
support for students,” Preus
said.
The ¿nal dancer to taNe
the Àoor — who was run-
ner-up for the event — was
Dan Briscoe, whose chosen
charity was Vange John
Memorial Hospice.
Performing the Argen-
tine tango with Trina Mor-
ago, the two were as red
hot as their costumes. One
point shy of perfection with
the sultry and Àirtatious
dance, they received 10s
from judges Phil Hamm
and T.J. Hansell, while
JacNie Peterson, a local
dance instructor, gave the
couple a nine.
With a wild white wig
and a bit of “Weird Sci-
ence,” Rome created his
partner, Haley Wayt. Had
he been judged for his facial
expressions while doing the
cha cha for CASA — the
Court Appointed Special
Advocate Program of Head
Start — Rome would have
carried home the trophy.
“The best part was your
face ... but it tooN away
from what was going on
down there,” Peterson said.
Collin Palian got Debbie
Cissna ready to rumba for
Pregnancy Care Services,
where she is the center direc-
tor. Peterson was impressed
with Cissna’s fancy footworN
with the dizzying dance,
while announcer MarN /ow-
es, executive director of the
Utah Ballroom Dance Com-
Debbie Cissna gets ready to rumba with Collin Palian of the Utah Ballroom Dance
Company.
pany, asNed if she felt liNe
she survived a tornado.
Goodness
gracious
“Great Balls of Fire,”
Blaine Ganvoa did the
swing with Marina Hattan.
Jiving for Martha’s House,
Ganvoa scored on Peter-
son’s dance card.
“You can be my partner
any time,” she said.
RocNing a pair of white
go-go boots while the beat
of “Disco Inferno” blasted
out loud, Shannon Snyder
shimmied with Joey Wil-
liam for Made to Thrive.
The dance may not be dead,
but Snyder, who was born
during the height of the dis-
co era, was winded after the
performance.
“I can’t breath now,” she
said with a laugh.
Hansell called Snyder’s
moves a “weapon of mass
seduction.” And, before re-
vealing her score, Hamm
tricNed Snyder into shim-
mying one more time.
While the results were
being tallied for the com-
petition, the audience was
treated to a dancing show-
case by professionals in
the troupe. Earlier in the
evening, a group of lo-
cal schoolchildren tooN
the stage and presented a
piece choreographed by the
dance company.
Plans are already under-
way to bring the Utah Ball-
room Dance Company bacN
next January for another
installment of the popular
show, said Mary Corp of
Desert Arts Council.
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