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WEDNESDAY, MAY 25, 2016
Our Community
New phone and
narcotics don’t mix
IN BRIEF
Emblem club
awards scholarship
Hermiston Emblem Club
No. 215 recently awarded a
$1,000 scholarship to Debra
L. Smith of Hermiston.
Smith attended Blue
Mountain Community Col-
lege to obtain an associate of
arts Oregon transfer degree.
She will attend Eastern Ore-
gon University in the fall to
earn an elementary school
teaching degree. Smith has
worked as a teaching assistant
for the past 10 years.
For more information, send
an inquiry to Hermiston Em-
blem Club No. 215, P.O. Box
630, Hermiston, OR 97838.
Agape House sets
parking lot sale
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FILE PHOTO
Hermiston High School football players place lags near the grave of Civil War veteran
James T. Davie leading up to the 2015 Memorial Day weekend. The public is invited to
assist in erecting the Avenue of Flags Friday at 5 p.m. at the Hermiston Cemetery.
MEMORIAL DAY OBSERVANCES PLANNED
HERMISTON HERALD
Items will be available for
purchase during a parking lot
sale at Agape House.
Clothing is priced at three
items for $1, furniture is as
marked and bins of knick-
knacks are you name the price.
The sale is Saturday from
8:30-11 a.m. at 500 Harper
Road, Hermiston. Donations
are accepted through Friday.
Agape House serves those
in need in the community. For
more information, call 541-
567-8774.
With Memorial Day
approaching, local vet-
erans’ organizations are
organizing ceremonies to
remember the service and
sacriice of those who died
while in military service to
our country.
In Hermiston, the Av-
enue of Flags will be
erected Friday at 5 p.m.
at the Hermiston Ceme-
tery, located off Highway
395. People are welcome
and encouraged to assist
with the project, which in-
cludes 500 to 600 lags. In
addition, the lags will be
retired Monday at 5 p.m.
Assistance is again needed
with the task of taking the
lags down.
A ceremony led by
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Post 4750 and American
Legion Post 37 is planned
Memorial Day — Mon-
day, May 30 — at 10 a.m.
at the Hermiston Ceme-
tery. Everyone is invit-
ed to attend. People may
bring lawn chairs to sit in,
if desired.
Also, the two posts will
lead memorial services
Monday at 11 a.m. at the
Desert Lawn Memori-
al Cemetery, located off
Highway 730, Irrigon.
Originally called Deco-
ration Day, Memorial Day
was irst observed May
30, 1868. The day was ini-
tially designated to place
lowers on the graves of
Union and Confederate
soldiers at Arlington Na-
tional Cemetery, accord-
ing to the Oregon Depart-
ment of Veterans’ Affairs.
Now, as a federal holiday,
it is observed each year on
the last Monday in May.
Dallin Puzey kicks off summer concert series
By TAMMY MALGESINI
Community Editor
A free summer outdoor music fes-
tival kicks off its 10-concert season
with entertainment by Dallin Puzey
of Hermiston.
The homegrown musician will per-
form during the 2016 season opener of
Music in the Parks Monday, June 13,
at 7 p.m. at Boardman Marina Park.
The concert venue alternates each
week between Boardman and Irrigon
marina parks. People are encouraged
to bring a lawn chair or blanket and
enjoy the music with the Columbia
River as a backdrop.
“We have a really exciting lineup
with lots of new faces,” said Tami
Sherer, one of the event organizers.
“All of our performances are fam-
ily-friendly and they are free — so
that’s another plus.”
Puzey plays familiar folk and clas-
sic country songs by the likes of John-
ny Cash, Tom Petty, Hank Williams
and Creedence Clearwater Revival, as
well as his own original tunes. Mostly
self-taught, Puzey hopes to record a
full-length album by June 2017.
During performances Puzey plays
acoustic guitar, as well as strapping
on a harmonica. He’s been known to
bust out nice renditions of “Stand By
Me,” “Ain’t No Sunshine” and “Mid-
STAFF PHOTO BY TAMMY MALGESINI
Dallin Puzey of Hermiston will kick off
the 2016 Music in the Parks season
Monday, June 13, at Boardman Marina
Park. The free outdoor music festival
alternates venues each week between
night Special.”
Everyone from senior citizens to
young children gather to enjoy the
free shows, Sherer said. The parks
provide large shade trees that help
shield concert-goers from the sun. In
addition, Sherer said both parks have
play areas that provide space for chil-
dren to enjoy themselves.
“It’s a great place for the parents to
come and listen to music and let their
kids play,” she said.
Also, Judy’s Chuckwagon will be
on hand each week at both venues.
People can purchase hamburgers, hot
dogs and cold drinks. In addition, they
are trying to secure a snow-cone ma-
chine, Sherer said.
The concert series continues each
Monday — except July 4 — through
Aug. 22.
The irst concert of the season in Ir-
rigon — Monday, June 20 — features
98% Angels. The duo of Marie Rose
and Renate Meakins began singing
together in 1998 while attending Blue
Mountain Community College. They
perform everything from 1930s stan-
dards and Big Band music to hits of
the 1950s and ’60s and popular con-
temporary and country tunes.
An “early bird” show prior to the
July 11 performance in Irrigon will
highlight education birds from Blue
Mountain Wildlife at 6 p.m. Then
Bram Brata, a steel drum band from
the Tri-Cities will take the stage.
The following week — on July 18
in Boardman — a juggling workshop
will be offered at 6 p.m. for people
that are interested in learning how to
toss a few items around. That night’s
entertainment features JuggleMania,
with Rhys Thomas’ clean comedy,
amazing tricks and interactive she-
nanigans.
For more information, call Tami
Sherer at 541-571-0844 or Renee
Couchman at 922-1560.
Area Scouts collect donations for food banks
HERMISTON HERALD
Members of Girl Scouts
of Oregon and Southwest
Washington and Boy Scouts
of America Blue Mountain
Council Pack 645 teamed up to
collect almost 1.5 tons of non-
perishable food for three local
food banks during Scouting for
Food.
On April 30, the youths
canvassed neighborhoods in
ive towns for donations for
the annual food drive. The
community service project is a
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two-step process, said Michelle
Kane, volunteer communica-
tions coordinator Girl Scouts
of Oregon and S.W. Washing-
ton Service Unit 22. The girls
and boys went out earlier in the
week to distribute liers in their
assigned areas, then went back
to collect the contributions.
Six Girl Scout troops and
one Cub Scout den took part
in this year’s project and were
able to pull together 2,955
pounds of food, Kane said. Girl
Scout troops 51425 and 51444,
and Cub Scout Pack 645, all lo-
cated in Hermiston, collected a
total of 1,293 pounds for Agape
House. Girl Scout Troop 50117
of Umatilla collected an ad-
ditional 90 pounds for Agape
House.
Girl Scout troops 10298 and
50488 of the Echo/Stanield
area collected 1,400 pounds for
the Echo Food Bank. And, Girl
Scout Troop 51413, located
in Pendleton, rounded up 172
pounds for St. Mary’s Outreach
in Pendleton.
ere’s a tip for you: vey in the message —
Don’t make phone thus the “rambling.” In
calls, send texts or addition, there was likely
make social media posts some extra commentary
while under the inluence such as, “Why the #$%@
— of ANYTHING!
isn’t it working? Stupid
A few days after I had &^%$@ phone.”
my hand and knee sur-
Honestly, I don’t even
gery last month,
know why they call
I received a mes-
them smartphones.
sage from Re-
Mine is dumb.
nee Struthers, my
I’m sure oth-
co-worker
who
ers have had sim-
takes care of com-
ilar situations. We
munity stuff when
all know there’s
I’m out.
a learning curve
“Are you on Tammy
whenever getting a
some strong pain- Malgesini new smartphone.
MY
killers,” she said INSIDE
I remember when
SHOES
through Facebook
new cell phones
Messenger.
“You
came with a small
left a … sort of rambling book that provided the ins
message earlier.”
and outs of the new de-
I sat there looking vice. Those days are gone.
at my shiny new Droid It seems a bit odd that the
Turbo 2 and thought, “I more complicated devic-
haven’t made any phone es have become, the less
calls.”
information they provide
However, when I with it.
looked in the call log there
I guess you’re sup-
was irrefutable evidence posed to conduct a Google
that suggested otherwise.
search to igure things out
I later igured out what — that is, if you can get
happened. I was attempt- on the Internet. That was
ing to respond to Renee the initial issue with my
in either Messenger or by husband’s new phone.
text through voice-to-post
The tech support per-
(it was much easier to talk son I talked to said John
into the phone rather than needed a Gmail account.
typing with one hand).
I suggested he could just
Between being con- use mine. Without pro-
fused with my new phone viding an explanation, the
and being under the in- tech dude said that wasn’t
luence of narcotics, I recommended.
evidently called her desk
Whatever!
line. While attempting
Well, turns out he was
to voice-to-post, I was right — it wasn’t a good
talking into my phone but idea. When my hundreds
the words weren’t com- of work-related contacts
ing up on the screen. So, showed up on John’s
I would pause and repeat phone, he was none too
what I was trying to con- pleased.
ENGAGEMENT
Ternes-Alexenko
Heather Ternes and
Landon Alexenko of
Hermiston are announcing
their engagement.
Heather is the daugh-
ter of Dale and Shannon
Ternes of Hermiston.
She is a 2009 graduate of
Hermiston High School
and a 2013 graduate of
Blue Mountain Communi-
ty College.
Landon is the son of
Tom and Sheri Alexenko
of Milton-Freewater. He
graduated from Touchet
(Wash.) High School in
2004. He also studied at
Spokane Community Col-
lege and Eastern Wash-
ington University. He is
employed with the state of
Oregon.
The couple will ex-
change vows Oct. 15, 2016,
at 4 p.m. at the Umatilla
County Fairgrounds Rankin
Pavilion in Hermiston.
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