WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 31, 2016
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IN BRIEF
Baptist church plans
yard sale
A beneit yard sale will
help with building a play
area at the Boardman First
Baptist Church.
Donations for the sale
are being accepted through
Thursday. People are en-
couraged to clean out their
closets, get rid of outgrown
sports equipment and oth-
er items that are no longer
wanted or needed.
Items can be dropped off
at 200 Willow Fork Drive,
Boardman. The sale is Fri-
day and Saturday from 8
a.m. to 6 p.m.
For more information,
call 541-481-9437.
Faith Presbyterian
plans Biblical journey
A unique campaign pro-
viding a tool to increase
Biblical literacy and under-
stand God’s story is being
embarked upon by Faith
Presbyterian Church.
The public is invited to
participate in the program,
which provides curricu-
lum for children, teens and
adults. The Story Church
Campaign includes age-re-
lated books and corre-
sponding sermons each
week.
Using “The Story,” a
Zondervan
best-seller,
readers can better under-
stand the Bible from Gen-
esis to Revelation. Rev.
Bruce Sexton said people
will begin to see how their
lives intersect with God’s
story.
The program begins
Sunday, Sept. 4, at 1005
S.E. Ninth St., Hermiston.
Sunday services begin at
10:30 a.m. Classes for all
ages begin Sunday, Sept.
11, at 9:30 a.m. Also, adult
small groups are Wednes-
days at 6:30 p.m.
For more information,
call 541-567-9642.
School sales help
shoebox program
Back-to-school sales are
a perfect time to begin col-
lecting items for Operation
Christmas Child, according
to Fay Smith, media coor-
dinator for Tri-Cities/East-
ern Oregon region.
An outreach ministry of
the international Christian
relief organization Samar-
itan’s Purse, it provides
shoeboxes illed with gifts
to disadvantaged children
across the globe.
In 2015, more than
18,060 shoeboxes were
collected from donors in
the area stretching from
Tri-Cities/Walla
Walla
through most of Eastern
Oregon. They came from
individuals,
businesses,
youth and adult service
groups, private schools,
medical and dental ofices,
and churches of many de-
nominations. The 2016 goal
is 20,000 shoebox gifts.
National collection week
is held in November each
year. New Hope Commu-
nity Church in Hermiston
serves as a relay station to
accept donations. For more
information, visit www.sa-
maritanspurse.org/occ.
Hospital auxiliary
announces flash sale
Merchandise from Col-
lective Goods, formerly
known as “Books Are Fun,”
is featured in a sale by the
Good Shepherd Medical
Center Auxiliary.
June Rosenberg, the
auxiliary’s publicity chair-
woman, said there is a good
variety of gifts and books at
affordable prices. The Col-
lective Goods Flash Sale is
Wednesday, Sept. 7, from
7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the
hospital’s pharmacy lobby,
610 N.W. 11th St., Herm-
iston.
Money raised from the
event will be used to sup-
port scholarships for those
pursuing a medical career
and medical equipment for
Good Shepherd.
Garage sale benefits
women’s ministry
A huge garage sale is
planned at Living Faith
Church.
Wanda Hackett said a
warehouse full of items of
every description is avail-
able during the event. In its
eighth year, the multi-fam-
ily garage sale beneits the
church’s women’s ministry.
The event is Friday, Sept.
9, and Saturday, Sept. 10,
from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. in
the warehouse behind the
church, 1682 Townsend
Road, Hermiston.
For more information,
call 541-567-4486.
Open Air Market
continues in
September
Everything from local
produce and art to hand-
made crafts and apparel
are available during the up-
coming Open Air Market in
Echo.
The monthly market has
been setting up on the cor-
ner of Main and Dupont
streets. However, due to
the hot weather, the August
event was held at George
Park.
Organizers said the Au-
gust market had huge traf-
ic and a record number of
vendors, and they are hop-
ing for the same during the
September event. In addi-
tion, a generous donation
of Hermiston watermelons
by Bellinger Farms raised
$72 for the Echo Historical
Museum.
The next market is Sat-
urday, Sept. 17, from 4-7
p.m. Vendor space is avail-
able for $12.
For more information,
contact
echoopenairma-
rket@gmail.com or vis-
it
www.facebook.com/
echoopenairmarket.
Veterans Fair
provides resource
information
Area veterans are in-
vited to a resource fair
and veterans town hall
designed speciically for
rural veterans and their
families.
Information
about
healthcare beneits, elder
care, transportation, men-
tal health, resources and
beneits for family mem-
bers, education assistance,
housing loans, employ-
ment services and more
will be provided during
the event. In addition,
programs and resources
available for veterans that
are homeless, female or
LGBTQ can be obtained at
the Veterans Resource Fair.
The event is Thurs-
day, Sept. 29, from 2-8
p.m. (with the town hall
at 6:30 p.m.) at the Port of
Morrow, 2 Marine Drive,
Boardman. The program
will include a Vietnam
Veterans 50th Anniversary
Commemoration, as well
as presentations by the Or-
egon Department of Veter-
ans Affairs and VA Health
Care. Cake and punch will
be served.
Those planning to at-
tend are asked to RSVP
by contacting mcvets@
co.morrow.or.us or 541-
922-6420.
CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
Country music star Lee Brice will perform during the Saturday, Sept. 10, Pendleton
Round-Up Happy Canyon kick-off concert.
COUNTRY MUSICIAN LEE BRICE
KICKS OFF ROUND-UP WEEK
By TAMMY MALGESINI
Community Editor
Tickets still remain for
country music sensation
Lee Brice’s performance
during the Pendleton
Round-Up and Happy
Canyon kick-off concert.
First known for his
song-writing
abilities,
Brice co-wrote Garth
Brooks’ “More Than
a Memory,” which be-
came the irst song on
Billboard’s Hot Country
Songs chart to debut at
number one. However, he
went to Nashville as the
package deal.
“I’ve really always
been writing for myself,”
Brice said in his biogra-
phy. “When I started writ-
ing songs at 10 years old,
it was because I wanted to
sing them.”
The concert is at 7 p.m.
Saturday, Sept. 10, in the
Happy Canyon Arena, lo-
cated off Southwest Court
Avenue., Pendleton. Tick-
et prices are $40 to $130. A
number of tickets remain
in the lower price ranges.
Bill Levy, Pendleton
Round-Up
Association
president, said the kick-off
concert is always a mem-
orable event for fans and
sets the stage for a full
week of festivities.
“I Don’t Dance,” the
title track from Brice’s
latest album, won single
record of the year by the
Academy of Country Mu-
sic in 2014. In addition,
the title track from his
debut album, “Love Like
Crazy,” reached No. 3 on
the Billboard Hot Country
Songs chart. And, in 2012,
his album “Hard 2 Love”
went gold and featured
three No. 1 country hits,
including “I Drive Your
Truck.”
The ultimate road war-
rior, Brice enjoys perform-
ing. Last year, the energet-
ic musician played shows
in all 50 states.
For tickets to the
Pendleton
Round-Up
and Happy Canyon kick-
off concert, call 800-
457-6336 or visit www.
pendletonroundup.com/
events/2016/concert.
Heritage
Luncheon features
artifacts display
Tickets are now on
sale for the 2016 Heritage
Luncheon, which sup-
ports the Umatilla County
Historical Society.
Kerry Tymchuk, execu-
tive director of the Oregon
Historical Society, will
make a presentation titled,
“A Walk through Oregon.”
In addition, artifacts from
the Oregon Historical So-
ciety and Heritage Station
Museum, Umatilla County
Historical Society’s muse-
um, will be on view during
the event.
The no-host luncheon
is Saturday, Oct. 1, from
noon to 2 p.m. at the Pend-
leton Convention Center,
1601 Westgate. The cost is
$40 for Umatilla County
Historical Society mem-
bers and $50 for non-mem-
bers. They are available at
Pendleton Book Compa-
ny, 125 S. Main St., and at
Heritage Station, 108 S.W.
Frazer Ave.
For more information,
call 541-276-0012 or visit
www.heritagestationmu-
seum.org.
CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
The Arc Umatilla County recently installed new oficers. Those pictured include front:
Marsha Brown; middle: T.J. Smith, Michele Kietzke; back: Bonnie James, Jan Schroth,
Katherine Palmer, Kristi Smalley, Teresa Brown and Heide Leroue.
The Arc installs new board members
HERMISTON HERALD
The membership of
The Arc Umatilla County
met July 12 in Hermiston
to review accomplish-
ments of the past year
and to install new oficers
and directors.
Highlights included the
successful completion of
a new heating and cooling
system for The Arc Build-
ing and increased partic-
ipation in the Summer
Camp Program.
The new oficers and
directors were installed by
longtime supporter Bob
Schroth. They included:
Michele Kietzke, pres-
ident; Kristi Smalley,
vice president; Bonnie
James, treasurer; Joyce
Beemer, secretary; Heide
Leroue, immediate past
president; and direc-
tors, Marsha Brown,
T.J. Smith, Jan Schroth,
Katherine Palmer, Tere-
sa Brown, Linda Shipley
and Kirsten Kinsel.
The Arc Umatilla
County is a nonproit or-
ganization that advocates
for the rights of children
and adults with intellec-
tual and developmental
disabilities. They work
to improve systems of
support and services,
connect families, inspire
communities and inlu-
ence public policy.
In addition, The Arc
sponsors monthly activ-
ity nights, organizes so-
cial activities and runs
weekly fundraising bingo
games. For more infor-
mation, call 541-567-
7615.
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