Hermiston
Herald
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2016
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HOLIDAY EVENTS
ONE
Stanfi eld must defeat
Regis Rams for 2nd time
to win championship
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GIVING
TIM MABRY OFFERS TIPS FOR
GETTING THE MOST OUT OF
YOUR CHARITABLE GIVING.
PAGE A6
COACHING
FORMER HERMISTON MAN US-
ING STRENGTH TO LAND A JOB
WITH THE ANGELS — THE LOS
ANGELES ANGELS OF ANAHEIM.
PAGE A14
Hermiston Herald
he Stanfield Tigers will play
for a state football title at 4
p.m. Saturday at Kennison Field
in Hermiston, just seven miles
from their home campus.
It will be the first time Stan-
field’s football team has been in
a state title game since the Tigers
won a Class B title in 1957.
The Tigers (11-1) face the Re-
gis Rams (10-2) on Saturday, a
team Stanfield has already defeat-
ed once this year, 20-14, in a non-
league home game on Sept. 23.
The No. 2 Tigers beat the No.
3 Kennedy Trojans, 32-13, in the
2A semifinals on Saturday night at
Liberty High School in Hillsboro,
exacting the revenge they were
determined to get following last
year’s loss to the Trojans, also in
the semifinals.
Regis, the top-ranked team in
the state in spite of two losses,
earned its spot in the title game by
defeating Heppner, 27-6, Saturday
at Liberty High School in Hills-
boro.
The 2016 Stanfield squad will
attempt to do what no Tigers foot-
ball team has done in 59 years,
which is win a state championship.
IT’S ALMOST TIME FOR THE
ANNUAL FESTIVAL OF TREES
AND ECHO TOY RUN EVENTS.
FIND DETAILS ON A4.
BRIEFLY
STAFF PHOTO BY E.J. HARRIS
Stanfi eld’s Thyler Monkus breaks into the open fi eld chased by Kennedy’s Emorej Lynk in
the Tigers’ 32-13 win against the Trojans on Saturday in Hillsboro.
STAFF
PHOTO BY
E.J. HARRIS
Stanfi eld’s
Enoel
Angel
and Jose
Garcia
bring
down
Kennedy’s
Bishop
Mitchell in
the Tigers’
32-13 win
against the
Trojans on
Saturday in
Hillsboro.
See TIGERS, A14
Free Thanksgiving meal serves holiday spirit
By TAMMY MALGESINI
Community Editor
FILE PHOTO
Volunteers serve on the hot line during the 2015 Community Fellowship Dinner
at the Hermiston Senior Center. Everyone is invited to the free Thanksgiving
meal Thursday at the Hermiston Senior Center.
What started as a small holiday
gathering in 1988 has grown to a
community-wide Thanksgiving meal
open to everyone.
The Community Fellowship Din-
ner began when a Hermiston man,
who has requested anonymity over
the years, wanted to enjoy a tradition-
al Thanksgiving dinner in the compa-
ny of others. He opened his home and
about 20 people were in attendance.
The meal, which has grown over the
years, was moved to Thompson Hall
and then the Hermiston Senior Cen-
ter.
Upwards of 300 volunteers have
participated in serving 600-800 meals
in recent years. Volunteer Cathy Stolz
said it seems the numbers increase
See MEAL, A14
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to allow staff to spend the
holiday with family and/or
friends.
We looking forward to
sharing more of the news
of our community through-
out this holiday season and
into the new year, which
will be our 111th year serv-
ing Hermiston and West
Umatilla and North Mor-
row counties.
— Gary L. West, editor