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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27, 2016
Our Community
Eastern Oregon Arts Festival returns
for its 12th season next weekend
The Eastern Oregon Arts
Festival kicks off May 6 &
7 for its 12th season.
Many activities, enter-
tainment and artists have
been lined up again to the
event this year.
Metal artist Chris Huff-
man of Hermiston will be
the featured artist-in-action,
creating his popular sculp-
tures during Saturday at the
festival. He is well known
in the region, and has a
unique approach to creating
each of his works of art.
The Open Group Art
Show is in its second year
and judges will award
$1,500 in prizes to partic-
ipating artists. The show
opens Friday, May 6, at
5:30 p.m. with music, light
refreshments, beer and wine
available for purchase.
OSU Master Gardeners
will present demonstrations
on garden topics, answer-
ing questions from home
gardeners and selling their
favorite garden plants, just
in time for spring planting.
The Hermiston’s Own
Farmers Market will be on-
hand at the festival with
fresh produce and favorite
vendors. Festival goers will
also be able to check out the
new demo stage for a variety
of demonstrations and infor-
mative talks by local experts.
Food and a wine garden
will also be available to add
some tasty treats and bever-
ages to the day as well.
The weekend kicks off
on Friday evening, May 6,
with an artist reception, live
music and the opening of
the Open Art Show from
5:30 to 7:30 p.m. under the
Big Tent on Northeast Sec-
ond Street and East Glad-
ys Avenue in front of City
Hall. The evening event
costs $10 to attend and in-
cludes meeting the artist
and juror, live music, and
light refreshments. Bever-
ages will be available for
purchase.
Saturday begins at 10
a.m. with a full day of en-
tertainment for all ages
HERALD FILE PHOTO
Local artist Leah Lutz participates in a live painting performance during a night reception at
the Pheasant prior to the 2014 Eastern Oregon Arts Festival.
with music, dance and fi ne
arts including artist booths
featuring hand-made jewel-
ry, ceramics, photography,
prints and paintings for sale
and for viewing. All activ-
ities Saturday are free and
open to all ages.
Saturday’s line-up of ac-
tivities includes: Children
Art Activities will have
fun hands-on activities for
children of all ages. Many
professional artists from
around the region will be
presenting and selling their
artistic creations in the fes-
tival area under the Big
Tent and in their booths in
the festival area near City
Hall. Some artists will also
be hosted by businesses on
the 100 and 200 blocks of
East Main Street.
You’ll fi nd a mix of ar-
tistic styles that people of
all ages can relate to and
be moved by from realism
to modern, watercolors to
metal, photography and
many others in between.
Artists will be on-hand to
share with the public their
creative vision and process
that creates their unique
and original art.
In addition, the Two
Rivers Correctional Insti-
tution will have a group
show of inmate art work
hosted in the Grace & Mer-
cy Lutheran Church at 164
E. Main St. The show will
feature a wide array of me-
diums.
“The Desert Arts Coun-
cil is pleased to showcase
the creative abilities of our
regional arts community
through this incredible cel-
ebration.” said Mary Corp
of the Desert Arts Council.
Throughout the day, live
performances will entertain
people of all ages, with mu-
sicians playing jazz, coun-
try folk, Latin and other
musical styles.
Bethany Beard, Gallery
administrator for Allied
Arts Association in Rich-
land, Washington, will be
the juror for the art show.
“The Eastern Oregon
Arts Festival is a celebra-
tion of spring, and all things
new and creative in our re-
gion,” said Phyllis Shov-
elski, Eastern Oregon Arts
Festival co-chair for 2016.
“It is the goal of the Arts
Festival and its sponsoring
organization, Deserts Arts
Council, to create more in-
volvement in the arts and
to help build a vibrant arts
community in the region.”
For information on the
schedule and the artist
lineup visit www.deser-
tartscouncil.com and the
council’s Facebook page at
www.facebook.com/Deser-
tArts for the latest details
and updated schedule. for
other questions, contact
Heather LaBeau via email
at
hlabeau@hermiston.
or.us or call (541) 667-
5010.
E-mail your community news items to:
community@hermistonherald.com
IN BRIEF
Sam Boardman sets
carnival fundraiser
New booths, games
and lots of raffl e prizes
are all a part of the Sam
Boardman Carnival.
The public is invited to
enjoy the family-friendly
event while supporting
students Thursday, April
28 at 6 p.m. at the school,
301 Wilson Lane, Board-
man. Game tickets are 25
cents each. Also, raffl e
tickets — which include
furniture, gift certifi cates,
overnight
accommoda-
tions at the River Lodge
and tickets for Silverwood
Theme Park, the Wild-
life Safari and Pendleton
Round-Up — are $1 each
or six for $5. In addition,
food will be available for
purchase.
For more information
or to volunteer, call Prin-
cipal Sarah Kimmell at
541-481-7383.
Hospice off ers grief
library
A library featuring
grief-related materials for
adults, children, medical
professionals and pastors
is available at Vange John
Memorial Hospice.
Books and other pub-
lications can be checked
out for up to one month.
The hospice offi ce is open
Monday through Fridays
from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at
645 W. Orchard Ave.,
Suite 300, Hermiston.
For more information,
call 541-667-3543.
Breakfast benefi ts
arts center project
The public is invited
to bring a hearty appe-
tite and enjoy a breakfast
fundraiser to benefi t the
Irrigon Multicultural Arts
Center.
The meal will be
served up Saturday, April
30 from 7:30-10:30 a.m.
at Stokes Landing Senior
Center, 195 N.W. Opal
Trinity Lutheran turns 75
By TAMMY MALGESINI
Community Editor
A weekend-long cele-
bration will feature a spe-
cial dinner, the opening of a
time capsule and a re-dedi-
cation service at Trinity Lu-
theran Church.
Affi liated with the Lu-
theran Congregations in
Mission for Christ, the
Hermiston church invites
the public to join them as
they celebrate 75 years of
ministry. The dinner, which
costs $20 per person, is
Saturday, May 7, at 5 p.m.
at the Hermiston Confer-
ence Center, 415 S. High-
way 395. The evening will
include several speakers,
presentations, music and
a peek at the contents of
the church’s time capsule,
which were placed in the
building’s cornerstone in
1946.
Several former pastors
will be in attendance, in-
cluding Rev. Wesley Sack-
mann, who will preach
during the re-dedication
service Sunday, May 8.
Rev. Rodney Mruk, who
has pastored the church
since September 2004, will
preside during the service,
which begins at 9 a.m. at
485 W. Locust Ave., Herm-
iston. After the Sunday ser-
vice, people are invited for
a time of refreshments and
fellowship.
Hermiston’s Trinity Lu-
theran Church, which was
initially associated with
the American Lutheran
Church, was founded in
1941. The church building,
Mruk said, was dedicated
in November 1946. The
congregation met at anoth-
er location in town prior to
erecting the building on Lo-
cust Avenue.
While conducting re-
search about the church’s
history, Mruk said they dis-
covered the formation of a
congregation may have be-
gun as early at 1911. A pas-
tor from a Pendleton Lu-
theran church led services
in Hermiston and Echo.
When Mruk starts his
13th year at the church
this fall, he’ll be the lon-
gest serving pastor of the
congregation. Among the
changes during Mruk’s ten-
ure has been an increase in
membership — the church
currently has about 150
members — particularly
with younger members.
Also, the congregation dis-
continued its association
with the Evangelical Lu-
theran Church of America
in 2010, which the church
had been affi liated with
since 1980.
When Mruk and his
wife, Linda, arrived with
three school-age kids, it
doubled the number of chil-
dren in the services.
“It was signifi cant at the
time,” Mruk said. “We reg-
ularly have more than 30
children in services now.”
Mruk and the church
leadership said it’s im-
portant to welcome chil-
dren and include them as
part of the church commu-
nity. Each week, Mruk in-
vites kids to gather at the
front of the church as he
presents a short children’s
sermon.
The continued vision
for the church, Mruk said,
is to minister to the congre-
gation, to the community
and to encourage growth
with the next generation
prior to passing the reins
onto them.
“Our focus has contin-
ued to be to preach repen-
tance and forgiveness of
sins, the whole word of
God — both law and the
gospel — and to care for
people through all stages
of life,” Mruk said. “And,
that’s what small churches
do.”
To make a dinner reser-
vation during the 75th anni-
versary, call 541-567-6471.
For more information about
the church, search Face-
book for “Trinity Lutheran
Church LCMC” or visit
www.telchermiston.org.
Wildhorse Resort &
Casino presents the
4th Annual
4th Annual
Mammoth Cup
Golf Tournament
Sunday, May 15
Wildhorse Resort
Golf Course
Place, Irrigon.
The cost is $4.50 per
person. The money raised
will help the nonprof-
it group in developing a
regional arts center and
preserving Irrigon’s 1921
school building.
For more information,
call Peggy Price at 541-
567-3806.
Senior center hosts
driving class
A driving refresher
course will be offered
at the Hermiston Senior
Center.
Although
designed
for those 50 and older,
all ages are welcome to
attend the AARP Driver
Safety Course. The ses-
sion is Friday, May 20
from 8:45 a.m. to 4 p.m.
at 435 W. Orchard Ave.,
located inside the Umatil-
la County Fairgrounds in
Hermiston.
The cost is $15 for
AARP members and $20
for non-members. Snacks
will be provided, but not
lunch.
The registration dead-
line is Monday, May 16.
For more information or
to register, call Judy at
541-567-3449.
Middle school
student art on
display
The artwork of students
from Armand Larive and
Sandstone middle schools
is currently on display at
the Hermiston Public Li-
brary.
The public is encour-
aged to stop by the library
and view the work of the
talented students. The li-
brary is open Monday
through Thursday from 11
a.m. to 7 p.m., and Friday
and Saturday from 10 a.m.
to 5 p.m. It’s located at
235 E. Gladys Ave.
For more information,
call 541-567-2882 or vis-
it www.hermistonlibrary.
us.
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VOLUME 110 ● NUMBER 16
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Tammy Malgesini | Community Editor • tmalgesini@eastoregonian.com • 541-564-4539
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