WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20, 2016
COMMUNITY
IN BRIEF
Tourism conference
seeks auction items
Area businesses are en-
couraged to donate auction
items for the Governor’s
Conference on Tourism.
The event brings hun-
dreds of people in the travel
and tourism industry to the
area and a donation will
help promote your busi-
ness.
The event is April 24-26
at Wildhorse Resort & Ca-
sino. For more information,
call Carole Astley at 503-
967-1563, Kendra Perry
at 503-967-1561 or visit
www.traveloregon.com.
Fashion show
brings out style
Fun Fashions Boutique
is hosting a Spring/Summer
Fashion Show.
The public is invited
Sunday from 2-5 p.m. at
165 W. Coe Ave., Stan¿eld.
Owned and operated by
Kathy Baker, the boutique
features new and gently
used clothing for women
and teens.
Those planning to attend
are asked to RSVP to ensure
there’s enough refreshments
at
www.facebook.com/
events/1725982040980912
or call 541-571-6388.
Echo rolls out
the sidewalk
Antiques, vintage and
handcrafted artisan cre-
ations, door prizes and
treats are featured during
an upcoming event in Echo.
The Spring into Echo:
Main Street Sidewalk Sale
& City Wide Yard Sales is
Saturday, April 30 from
9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in Echo.
Maps to yard sales can be
picked up at Echo Station
and Gathered over Time.
For more information,
contact
vintageshops@
echo-station.com,
541-371-2110
or
vis-
it
www.facebook.com/
events/585441624955634.
Banner Bank honors
two Hermiston
employees
Two Banner Bank em-
ployees in Hermiston have
been selected for recogni-
tion within the company.
Lisa Pederson, opera-
tions support manager, and
Anabel Rodriguez, Herm-
iston branch teller, each
received the 2015 Banner’s
Best award for providing
outstanding customer ser-
vice and exceeding their in-
dividual professional goals
last year.
Only ¿ve percent of all
employees qualify for this
award, which recognizes
employees who demon-
strate excellence within
their professions. Recipi-
ents are selected by mem-
bers of executive leader-
ship.
“Every Banner’s Best
recipient exceeded the high
standards set for our em-
ployees to add value to both
the bank and our clients,”
said Mark Grescovich,
Banner Bank President and
CEO.
Banner Bank is a Wash-
ington-chartered commer-
cial bank that conducts
business from more than
200 locations in Washing-
ton, Oregon, California,
Utah and Idaho.
HERMISTONHERALD.COM • A7
Eastside Market sells 2 jackpot
winners (so far) this spring
News of winners
increases lottery sales
By JADE McDOWELL
Staff Writer
Lottery ticket sales at
Eastside Market are up since
the store sold two major
jackpots in two months, to-
taling $125,000 in winnings
for Hermiston residents.
The ¿rst ticket was in ear-
ly March, when they sold a
$25,000 jackpot on Jackpot
Scratch-its, according to a
news release by the Oregon
Lottery. Then on April 9,
Cindy Storie stopped at the
Eastside Market to get a Diet
Coke and decided to purchase
a $10 Scratch-it that turned
out to be worth $100,000.
“So I get home and I am
scratching it and realized I
won, but I hadn’t scratched
off the prizes yet,” Storie said
in the news release. “When I
started scratching I couldn’t
believe it. I thought I won
$100 and it was $100,000!”
To say Storie and the
clerk who sold her the tick-
et were excited would be
an understatement. Eastside
Market owner Joe Thomp-
son said everyone was “hys-
terical” when they called him
at home with the good news.
“Cindy is a regular cus-
tomer to the market, so it was
crazy to hear both of them
hysterical,” Thompson said.
“It’s a very good thing.”
On Tuesday he said peo-
ple were still coming in to
buy lottery tickets in the
hopes of cashing in on the
market’s seeming hot streak.
There has been a $500 ticket
STAFF PHOTO BY JADE McDOWELL
The banner at Eastside Market announcing a $25,000 jackpot will soon be replaced with one
announcing the sale of a $100,000 winning ticket.
and an unusual number of
$100 and $50 prizes since
then.
“It’s still going,” he said.
Thompson has run East-
side Market since 1985 and
the business has been in his
family since the 1970s. Ac-
cording to the Oregon Lot-
tery, it was one of the lottery’s
¿rst retailers in the state.
Stores that sell a winning
ticket get a 1 percent com-
mission, and Thompson said
for big wins he pays out a
portion as a staff bonus and
puts the rest back into the
business.
Storie said she is still de-
ciding what to do with her
winnings.
“My sister is going on a
STAFF PHOTO BY JADE McDOWELL
Eastside Market in Hermiston sold two winning Scratch-it
Jackpot tickets in the last two months.
cruise this summer and she
wants me to go with her, I
guess I could do that now,”
she said. “I am big believer in
karma and doing good things,
this really came back around.”
The Oregon Lottery
of¿ce said prize winners
of more than $50,000
should contact the of¿ce to
schedule an appointment
to claim their prize. Play-
ers should always sign the
back of their tickets.
Fialka, Bracher retiring from HEF
By JENNIFER COLTON
East Oregonian
Two long-time and instru-
mental leaders in the Herm-
iston Education Foundation
will retire this month, leaving
openings on the nonpro¿t
board.
Ann Fialka and Judy
Bracher have served on the
HEF Board of Trustees for
13 and 12 years, respective-
ly, and have each submitted a
notice of retirement.
“We really feel like the Ed
Foundation is in a good place.
It’s right on the brink of long-
range planning, and it’s time
to let the next generation take
over,” Fialka said Friday.
The Hermiston Education
Foundation is a nonpro¿t
public bene¿t corporation
aimed at enriching student
experiences in the Hermiston
School District. Although the
group serves the Hermiston
School District, it is its own
entity.
The board of trustees,
which governs the founda-
tion, represents a cross-sec-
tion of the Hermiston com-
munity and is a mix of district
employees and community
members. Bracher is the cur-
rent chair of the foundation’s
board of directors; both Fial-
ka and Bracher have served
as past chair as well.
“It really is a working
board,” Bracher said. “You
have to be a worker bee.”
The organization provides
grants to teachers within the
EO FILE PHOTO
Hermiston Education Foundation board member Judy
Bracher restocks food during the 2014 “Beach and Beef
Dinner” at the Hermiston Conference Center.
district twice a year as well
as providing volunteer ef-
forts and projects. Fialka has
been on the board for almost
every one of the organiza-
tion’s 24 grant cycles, and the
Spring 2016 grants will be an-
nounced Wednesday during a
special reception.
“I can remember the ¿rst
grant cycle when we had a
couple thousand dollars and
we were looking at the appli-
cations, trying to ¿gure out
how to best be good stew-
ards of the money,” Fialka
said. “Now we’re looking
at $25,000 in grants a cycle,
$40,000 a year.”
Both women have been
instrumental in organizing the
foundation’s annual events:
the HEF Beach & Beef crab
feed in February and the HEF
Fun Run in October. While
the crab feed brings in the
bulk of the organization’s
funding, the fun run was orig-
inally started just for commu-
nity recognition. When they are active in other community
joined the board, both Fialka organizations.
“I’ll miss being in
and Bracher decided
contact, having a side-
to focus on two pieces:
line seat to what’s hap-
community recogni-
pening in the district,
tion of what the foun-
but it’s time,” Fialka
dation was and being
said.
good stewards of the
Fialka and Bracher
funding.
are two of the lon-
“I think our years
gest-serving
board
have been very produc- Fialka
members, second only
tive and enjoyable,”
Bracher said with a laugh. to Karen Sherman, who was
“I think we’ve established a one of the founding mem-
good rapport with the com- bers. With the retirements,
munity, and they’re willing the board is now looking for
to support us and what we do. about four individuals to ¿ll
We have a great community.” its ideal size of 15, according
Both women will continue to Fialka and Bracher.
Anyone interested in join-
to volunteer with events and
ing the HEF board of trustees
is asked to contact Briana
Cortaberria at the Hermiston
School District for an applica-
tion packet and contact infor-
mation. Fialka said the ideal
board member is someone
passionate about “making
good things happen” and be-
ing involved in the commu-
nity.
The HEF board meeting
this month will be the last
for each Fialka and Bracher.
The board will elect a new
chair.
“It’s been an amazing
experience,” Bracher said.
“It was a great ride. It really
was.”
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