WEDNESDAY, MAY 11, 2016
IN BRIEF
Grange plans beneit
breakfast
A hearty meal of biscuits
and gravy, sausage, eggs and
drinks will be served during
a grange fundraiser.
The meal, which beneits
the Umatilla/Morrow Pomo-
na Grange, is Saturday from
8-10:30 a.m. at Columbia
Grange, 32339 Diagonal
Blvd., Hermiston. The cost
is $6 per person. In addition,
door prizes will be drawn
during the breakfast.
Everyone is invited to
come and enjoy fellowship
with friends and support the
grange. For more informa-
tion, call Scot Jacobson at
541-278-0615 or Doris Reid
at 541-567-8663.
Stanield band trip
features ‘The Lion
King’
The Stanield band de-
partment has made arrange-
ments for a trip to Portland
to see the Broadway musical
“The Lion King.”
Several seats are available
for interested community
members who would like to
attend. The day-long trip is
Thursday, Aug. 11, with a
departure time of 7:45 a.m.
and an anticipated return at 9
p.m. The fee is $80.
The cost includes travel
by motor coach and reserved
seats at Keller Auditorium.
Those who attend must bring
a sack lunch and money for
dinner. In addition, a stop is
planned at Voodoo Donuts in
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For more information
or to reserve a seat, contact
Deborah Wryn at deborah.
wryn@stanieldsd.org
or
541-422-7017.
Seed to Supper ofers
gardening program
People can learn to grow
their own food during a
six-session course offered by
OSU Extension Service.
Seed to Supper begins
Sunday, May 22, from 3-5
p.m. at the OSU Extension
Service in Umatilla Hall at
Blue Mountain Community
College, 2411 N.W. Carden
Ave., Pendleton. Textbook,
seeds and other goodies are
available to class participants
for free.
The program highlights
practical, low-cost garden-
ing techniques for building,
planning, planting, main-
taining and harvesting a suc-
cessful vegetable garden. It
doesn’t matter if you live in
an apartment or on acreage,
everyone can learn some-
thing from the course. Ses-
sions are conducted inside
and outside, with classroom
lectures followed by time
in the garden for hands-on
learning.
For more information or
to register, contact Colleen
Sanders at 541-278-5403,
colleen.sanders@oregon-
state.edu or visit www.ore-
gonfoodbank.org/our-work/
building-food-security/ed-
ucation-programs/seed-to-
supper.
Baptist church plans
movie night
A good laugh and a mes-
sage of hope is featured
during the upcoming Free
Movie Night at the Church.
“Mom’s Night Out” will
be screened Saturday at
6 p.m. at the First Baptist
Church, at 200 Willow Fork
Drive, Boardman. There is
no admission charge. Re-
freshments and popcorn will
be available for purchase.
The 2014 release is rated
PG. Among the cast are coun-
try/gospel musician Trace
Adkins, Sean Astin, Sarah
Drew and Patricia Heaton.
For more information,
call 541-481-9437.
Counseling group
focuses on step-
mothers
A four-week counseling
group designed to provide
support and information for
step-mothers is being offered
in Pendleton.
Presented by Connie Um-
phred, PhD, and Stephanie
Evans, PsyD resident, the
sessions began Tuesday from
6:30-8 p.m. at the First Pres-
byterian Church, 201 S.W.
Dorion Ave., Pendleton. It
continues through May 31.
The cost is $10 per class.
Coffee and snacks will be
provided. There is no child
care available.
Participants don’t have to
attend each session. For more
information or to pre-regis-
ter, call 541-278-2222.
Ribbons support
oficers next week
By JENNIFER COLTON
Staff Writer
Showing support for
police oficers is as easy as
picking up a ribbon.
National Police Week
is next week, and Terry
Cummings, chaplain for
the Hermiston Police
Department, is reminding
people around town to pick
up a ribbon and support
local police oficers.
“This is just a week
for the community to say,
‘Thank you, we appreciate
you’ to these men and
women who put their
lives on the line every
day,” Cummings said.
“The idea is for people to
go around town to some
of these businesses, pick
up a ribbon and put it on
a vehicle to show their
support.”
The ribbons are free and
available at Ace Hardware,
Banner Bank, the Chamber
of Commerce ofice, city
hall, the police department
and Washington Trust
Bank.
Last year, 1,300 ribbons
were distributed across
the west end of Umatilla
County, and Cummings
said he hopes to break
that record this year.
The ribbons come from
the “Concerns of Police
Survivors” — or C.O.P.S.
— organization.
STAFF PHOTO BY JENNIFER COLTON
These ribbons and displays are set up at business
in Hermiston to support national law enforcement
appreciation week.
The ribbons were
designed to tie around
a radio antenna, but
Cummings said the ribbons
can be displayed anywhere
on the vehicle — such as
around rear-view mirrors
or in a back window — to
show support.
National Police Week
traces its origins to 1962,
when President John F.
Kennedy established May
15 as Peace Oficer’s
Memorial Day. The week
in which May 15 falls —
beginning on a Sunday
— is then National Police
Week. Locally, a memorial
event is scheduled at Til
Taylor Park in Pendleton
that week.
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