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Hermiston Herald HermistonHerald.com WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6, 2016 DEPOT LAND TRANSFER DELAYED Page 3 SPECIAL OLYMPIC ATHLETES NET WINS SPORTS Page 9 $1.00 GETTING A HANDLE ON MS Page 4 ON THE MOVE STAFF PHOTOS BY JENNIFER COLTON Fourth-graders Abner Ochoa, from left, Derek Rivera Duarte and Angel Quiroa Vazquez run the marathon at McNary Heights Elementary School on Monday. McNary Marathon marks 30th year By JENNIFER COLTON Staff Writer T he comSetetive sSirit is alive and Zell at 0c- Nary Heights Elementary. )or years, students have turned recess into a marathon — and had fun doing it. This Zeek, students laced uS their shoes and hit the track again. The 0cNary Heights 0arathon has become a tradition at the 8matilla school, Zhere staff mem- bers and Sarents Zho SarticiSated noZ Zatch from the sidelines as neZ generations try to beat their re- cords. “It makes us Zant to keeS going,” fourth-grader $rturo $rreguin said in betZeen his ¿ fth and si[th laS on 0onday. “It¶s really fun.” Each day of the tZo-Zeek marathon, students set a goal for hoZ many laSs they Slan to run during the -minute recess. Some students have lofty goals like laSs others Zalk or jog their Zay to four or ¿ ve. 5egardless of the number, the imSortant Sieces are staying active and setting goals. “It teaches our kids to strive for something,” Shysical education teacher %randt /ind said. “One of the major things that Ze¶re suSSosed to do is Sro- mote habits and lifestyles that they¶ll carry into their adulthood. If they come out associating running as a Sositive life choice, then it¶s a success. I Zould say the marathon does that.” /ind has only Zorked Zith 0cNary Heights for tZo years but said students ask about the marathon every Zeek. “:hen I ¿ rst got the job here, one of the ¿ rst things the kids asked me Zas if Ze Zere still going to do the marathon. That told me it has a sSecial Slace in the school,” he said. See RACE, A14 Kelly Stefani punches a card for fourth-grader Kaeden Grogan as he completes a lap, Monday. Behind her, Stephanie Blake punches a card for Arturo Arreguin. Fourth-graders Linsey Mendoza and Mary Castro run the marathon at McNary Heights Elementary School on Monday. Bulldogs lacrosse coach Tampis Palmer dies Team will honor coach during game on Friday By ERIC SINGER Staff Writer The Hermiston sSorts communi- ty Zas left stunned on Sunday Zhen the neZs broke about the Sassing of %ulldogs lacrosse coach TramSis Palmer. Palmer, Zho died at the age of 4, Zas in his ¿ rst season as head coach of the %ulldogs varsity la- crosse team and had been involved Zith youth sSorts in the city and surrounding areas since the early s. “It¶s tragic,” said -ay =Ziefel- hofer, a friend and former colleague of Palmer¶s at the Hermiston youth lacrosse Srogram. “He Zas such a kind-hearted Serson, and everyone free time that Palmer has had has that came into contact Zith him been sSent being involved in one or considered him as a friend.” more youth sSorts Srograms in the In at the riSe age of , area. Palmer started coaching the *rid “He just loved to be around Kids )ootball Srogram in young SeoSle,” =Ziefelhofer Hermiston and after only said. “He Zas a Zonderful a feZ years of coaching he coach Zith a cooSerative steSSed uS to be Sresident style that meshed Zell Zith of the Srogram. 8nder his his student athletes.” Zatch, *rid Kids increased With everything he had from roughly kids sSlit done, he found his true Sas- uS into four teams to more sion in Zhen Palmer than kids sSlit uS into Palmer got involed Zith the sSort teams by the time he steSSed of lacrosse. His son -ake, a doZn from the Sosition in . ¿ fth grader at the time, had decid- $side from football, Palmer Zas ed to give the sSort a try, and after heavily involved Zith the Herm- only one year of Zatching the sSort iston Youth Wrestling and City Palmer Zanted to be involved. /eague basketball Srograms, as =Ziefelhofer Zas running the youth Zell as coaching his daughter 0e- lacrosse Srogram in , and in gan¶s $$8 team for three years. See PALMER, A14 )or most of the Sast years, any ABOUT TOWN Kindergarten registration dates pending Kindergarten regis- tration begins ne[t Zeek for many Eastern Oregon School Districts. To be eligible for kindergarten in the fall, students must be 5 years old by SeSt. , born on or be- fore SeSt. , for most districts, but Sarents Zith students close to that cutoff should contact the sSeci¿ c school for more information. Enrollment forms may be Sicked uS in advance at some schools, and registration reTuires the student¶s birth record birth certif- icate, baStismal certi¿ - cate or SassSort, Social Security number, Sroof of residence and health/ immunization records. Hermiston Date: April 4-15 The Hermiston School District is hosting a winder for spring kindergarten registration window from April 4-15 for students en- tering kindergarten in the 2016-17 school year. Registration will be held at each elementary school main offi ce from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. daily. Parents/guardians must register students at their attendance area school. To verify a boundary school, adults may locate their home address on the district boundary map or call a school directly for assistance. Desert View: 1225 S.W. Ninth St., 541-667-6900 Highland Hills: 450 S.E. 10th St., 541-667-6500 Rocky Heights: 650 W. Standard Ave., 541-667-6600 Sunset: 300 E. Catherine Ave., 541-667-6700 West Park: 555 S.W. Seventh Ave., 541-667-680 Stanfi eld Date: April 6-9 The district will host kindergarten registration from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. April 6-9 at Stanfi eld Elementary. Contact Stanfi eld Elementary at 541-449-3305 for more informa- tion. Umatilla Date: May 9-13 Umatilla kindergarten registration will take place at McNary Heights Elementary, 120 Columbia Blvd in Umatilla, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. May 9-13 and from 6-8 p.m. May 11. For more information on the Umatilla School District’s kinder- garten registration and Ready for Kindergarten programs, contact McNary Heights Elementary at 541-922-6650. Echo Date: TBA, call 541-376-8436. EOT expanding fi ber network Hermiston residents have a chance to bring ul- tra-Iast ¿ ber oStic internet to their neighborhood, but they have to make their voices heard. Eastern Oregon Telecom has identi¿ ed Sossible ]ones in the city to e[Sand its ¿ ber-oStic netZork to more homes and business- es, but the comSany Zants to invest Zhere SeoSle are most interested in connect- ing to the netZork. EOT has set uS an online voting sys- tem and Zill build the ]ones Zhere enough residents and business oZners e[Sress interest in connecting to the netZork. Interested residents can enter their address at join. eot¿ ber.com to see iI they live in one oI the ]ones. II they do, they can Say . to ¿ ll out a survey adding their names to the list oI backers Ior e[Sand- ing the Sroject into their neighborhood. ³The amount oI Zork and e[Sense to bring ¿ ber oStic *igabit service to a neighborhood is huge,” ac- cording to the survey. “Sim- Sly Sut, the more backers in your zone, the more likely Ze are to bring ¿ ber to your door.” EOT brought ¿ ber oStic internet to Hermiston a year ago, and so far 475 homes and businesses have been hooked uS to the netZork.
