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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 25, 2017
Our Community
Free event connects people
to local services, resources
By TAMMY MALGESINI
Community Editor
Clothing and hygiene
supplies, employment and
housing information, hair-
cuts, veterans services, den-
tal, vision and healthcare
screenings and other support
services are available free of
charge during the Project
Community Connect & Vet-
erans Stand Down.
Open to all veterans, the
homeless and other at-risk
individuals in the commu-
nity, the event helps con-
nect people with resources
and provides on-the-spot
services. Although it’s co-
ordinated by the Commu-
nity Action Program of
East Central Oregon, case
manager Susie Stuvland
said the event is made pos-
sible through all the partner
agencies that come together
to connect people to ser-
vices. It’s the seventh event
of its type, the second time
in Hermiston.
“In today’s world, it’s
good to link arms and work
together,” Stuvland said.
Project
Community
Connect is Saturday from
10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Or-
egon National Guard Ar-
mory, 900 S.E. Columbia
Drive, Hermiston. Fiesta
Foods is catering a deli-
cious hot meal, Stuvland
said, which is provided to
all participants and vol-
unteers. In addition, free
transportation is available.
Area residents can take
Kayak Public Transit to
the Columbia Drive stop
in Hermiston. People can
check schedules for the
Hermiston Hopper and
Walla Walla Whistler at
Scott Stanton
Fire Chief
Glen Phillips
Division Chief
STAFF PHOTO BY TAMMY MALGESINI
Patti Coffman introduces
Teddy Bear, her border
collie/blue healer mix, to
a volunteer during Project
Community Connect.
www.ctuir.org/tribal-ser-
vices/planning/kayak-pub-
lic-transit. For questions,
the dispatch line is open
Monday through Fridays
from 4 a.m. to 6 p.m. Other
Morrow County residents
outside of Irrigon can ob-
tain transportation informa-
tion by calling Anita Prang-
er at 855-644-4560.
Stuvland said it’s im-
portant to get people con-
nected to available ser-
vices. Positive things can
begin to happen in people’s
lives when they have access
to resources, she said.
“We feel very strongly
that we provide a hand up
and not a hand out,” Stu-
vland said. “
Volunteers are still need-
ed for the event. Opportuni-
ties include working at the
registration table, guiding
participants to specifi c ser-
vices and the exit station to
hand out toiletries, clothing
and other items.
For more information
about Project Community
Connect & Veterans Stand
Down, call Glenda Mc-
Daniel or Susie Stuvland at
541-276-1926.
Jeff Adkins
Battalion Chief
JW Roberts
Captain
E-mail your community news items to:
community@hermistonherald.com
IN BRIEF
Library
seeks friends
People who enjoy books
and libraries are encour-
aged to join the Friends of
the Hermiston Public Li-
brary.
The group meets quar-
terly and assists the library
by raising money through
an annual book sale and pe-
riodic basket raffl e baskets.
Members can help decide
how money that is raised is
used.
There are membership
dues, but with that comes
perks — including a pre-
view and discount for the
book sale. To learn more,
attend the next meeting
Wednesday, Feb. 8 at 6 p.m.
at the library, 235 E. Gladys
Ave.
For more information,
call 541-567-2882.
Oregon
Humanities
program starts
conversation
The Conversation Proj-
ect brings Oregonians to-
gether to discuss important
and challenging issues and
ideas
More than 90 free pro-
grams will take place in
communities around the
state this winter and spring.
The local events are:
•Life after War: Photog-
raphy and Oral Histories
of Coming Home by Jim
Lommasson. Friday, Feb.
3 at 6:30 p.m. at Frazier
Farmstead Museum, 1403
Chestnut St., Milton-Free-
water.
•Homeless in the Land
of Plenty by Ryan Stroud.
Wednesday, Feb. 8 at 11
a.m. at BMCC, 975 S.E.
Columbia Drive, Hermis-
ton.
For more information
about presentations across
the state, visit www.oreg-
onhumanities.org/calendar.
For questions, contact Mi-
kaela Schey at 503-241-
0543 or m.schey@oregon-
humanities.org.
Student anthology
seeks submissions
The deadline for student
art, photography, poet-
ry and prose is Jan. 31 for
an anthology created by a
Portland-based conserva-
tion organization.
“Honoring Our Rivers”
seeks submissions from
kindergarten through col-
lege students from across
the state. Items submitted
should refl ect the relation-
ship between students and
Pacifi c Northwest rivers
and watersheds, including
weather, land, plants, ani-
mals and habitats that make
up river systems.
A special feature, Work-
ing Rivers, focuses on
towns, traditions and econ-
omies (fi shing, agriculture)
connected to rivers, iconic
bridges and historical expe-
ditions. Students are encour-
aged to be creative
For details on how to
submit, visit www.honorin-
gourrivers.org. Photographs
of art installations, bulky
items or sculptures also are
accepted.
In addition to the publica-
tion, students artists and au-
thors are celebrated during
special readings and gallery
exhibits across the state.
Bunco fundraiser
benefi ts women
HERMISTON — A bun-
co fundraiser is planned by
Soroptimist International
of the Greater Hermiston
Area.
I Love Bunco is Tues-
day, Jan. 31 with the doors
opening at 6 p.m. at Desert
Lanes, 1545 N. First St.,
Hermiston. The cost is $10
(cash, check or square pay-
ment) at the door. The event
includes snacks, prizes and
silent auction baskets.
The local Soroptimist
club is part of an interna-
tional group that promotes
education and leadership to
transform the lives of wom-
en and girls. Money raised
from the event will go to-
wards Live Your Dream,
which provides education
and training awards for
women.
For more information,
call Jan Mills at 541-571-
3559.
IMAC serves
Saturday breakfast
The Irrigon Multicul-
tural Arts Center is hosting
its monthly breakfast this
weekend.
For a hearty home-
cooked meal, head to the
fundraiser Saturday from
7:30-10:30 a.m. at Stokes
Landing Senior Center, 195
N.W. Opal Place, Irrigon.
The cost is $4.50 per per-
son.
The group of volunteers
hope to preserve Irrigon’s
1921 school building and
create a regional arts center.
For more information, call
Peggy at 541-567-3806.
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Tammy Malgesini | Community Editor • tmalgesini@eastoregonian.com • 541-564-4539
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FIREMAN’S PRAYER
Jaclyn Berentsen
Jesse Brow n
M att Fisher
Tyler Carlson
Jerem y Gillette
When I am called to duty, God
whenever flames may rage,
Give me the strength to save
some life
Whatever be its age.
And quickly and efficiently
to put the fire out.
I want to fill my calling
and give the best in me,
To guard my neighbor
And protect his property.
Scott Goff
Help me to embrace a little child
Before it’s too late,
And if according to Your will
Or some older person
from the horror of that fate.
I have to lose my life,
Please bless with Your
protecting hand
Enable me to be alert
And hear the weakest shout,
My children and my wife.
Thank
you!
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Jessica M arcum
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Trevor Phillips
Tom Ram sey
Jesse Reagan
Katlyn Jackson
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