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A14 • HERMISTONHERALD.COM WEDNESDAY, APRIL 6, 2016 FROM PAGE A1 IN BRIEF RACE: continued from Page A1 Students who complete a full punch card of 88 laps — about 9 miles — will receive a water bottle. Students also receive a “toe token” for ev- ery 10 laps that they can pin to show their progress. “The MHES marathon is an important tradition in Umatilla,” district Super- intendent Heidi Sipe said. “It’s exciting to see it in its 30th year and know that many generations of Uma- tilla students have enjoyed this experience.” Kelly Stefani, special ed- ucation assistant, has helped with the marathon for 13 years. She watched her chil- dren participate and now braves the wind and the sun to punch cards for the cur- rent students. “Some of them do ¿ve, six, seven, eight laps a re- cess,” she said. “We just try to keep their motivation up.” Some students need extra encouragement as the min- utes march on. Others have taken ownership of the mar- athon idea and run with it. “It’s really fun,” fourth-grader Eric Camaril- lo said. “We just want to run and see how far we can go.” PALMER: continued from Page A1 2012 he stepped down from his position to make way for Palmer to take over. Irrigon to shine light on citizens The Irrigon Chamber of Commerce is getting ready to celebrate those who make a difference in the town. Time to Shine, the chamber’s commu- nity awards banquet, is Friday, April 22 from 5-8 p.m. at Stokes Landing Senior Center, 195 N.W. Opal Place, Irrigon. The dinner will be prepared by chef Donna Ep- penbach. In addition, there will be no-host beer and wine available. Tickets are $20 in advance or $25 at the door. Tickets can be purchased at the Irrigon branch of the Bank of Eastern Oregon, Irri- gon City Hall or by calling 541-922-3857. Marketing class to help business, nonprofits STAFF PHOTO BY JENNIFER COLTON Fourth-graders Arturo Arreguin and Angel Saucedo lead the pack during the marathon at McNary Heights Elementary School on Monday. “It was time for me to move on and I knew it was in good hands with Trampis,” he said. “He built up the participation level of the program ... he was just the kind of per- son that left everything he touched better than when he started.” And when he got in- volved with lacrosse, he developed a dream to be- come the Bulldogs’ varsi- ty coach, a dream that was realized this past season. “It was his dream to coach there and he was so enthused with the way the program was going,” Zwiefelhofer said. The Bulldogs lacrosse team was 2-3 on the sea- son, with its most recent A series of free marketing classes de- signed speci¿cally for small business- es and nonpro¿t organizations is being presented by the Hermiston Chamber of Commerce. How to Win at Email Marketing & Facebook Advertising is Wednesday, April 13, from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Hermiston Conference Center, 415 S. Highway 395. Participants will learn how to amplify their marketing message to get new cus- tomers and repeat business from current clients, or get new donors and more volun- teers for nonpro¿t organizations. To register, contact Carol Infranca and Associates at 503-623-0112 or carol@car- olinfranca.com. For more information, call the chamber at 541-567-6151. game on March 31 with a 15-4 loss to Richland (WA). Hermiston’s next home game will be on Friday at 5:30 p.m. against Lincoln where the team will honor their former coach. A graveside service will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday at the Hermis- ton Cemetery with a cel- ebration of life to take place at 2 p.m. in the Hermiston High School commons. Won Wo n if b y la l a nd nd. d . Tw Two o if b y se sea a . a. Cash Drawings Every Saturday in April & May! 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