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IN BRIEF
Agape House holds
parking lot sale
Clothing,
furniture,
knick-knacks and more
will be featured at a park-
ing lot sale Saturday from
8:30-11:30 a.m. at Agape
House, 500 W. Harper
Road, Hermiston.
Clothing, which will
be displayed inside, is
three items for $1 for
adult sizes. The first five
items of children’s cloth-
ing are free, and subse-
quent selections are three
for $1. Bikes, books and
furniture will be outside,
weather permitting, and
are priced as marked.
Knick-knacks are you-
name-the-price.
Agape House serves
individuals and fami-
lies in need by providing
clothing, food, wood, fur-
niture, emergency shelter
and transportation. For
more information, call
Dave or Jodene Hughes at
541-567-8774.
Breakfast
fundraiser supports
arts center
A pancake breakfast to
benefit the Irrigon Mul-
ticultural Arts Center is
planned this weekend.
The meal will be
served up Saturday from
7:30-10:30 a.m. at Stokes
Landing Senior Center,
195 N.W. Opal Place, Ir-
rigon. The cost is $4.50
per person. Money raised
will help the nonprof-
it group in developing a
regional arts center and
preserving Irrigon’s 1921
school building.
For more information,
call Peggy Price at 541-
567-3806.
Driver’s safety
class cruises into
Boardman
The AARP Driver’s
Safety course teaches de-
fensive driving skills and
provides participants with
a refresher on the rules of
the road.
An upcoming class
is available Wednesday,
March 1 from 8:45 a.m.
to 4 p.m. at the Morrow
County Center of Blue
Mountain
Community
College, 300 N.E. Front
St., Boardman. A short
break is provided for
lunch — participants may
bring a lunch or make
their own arrangements.
The cost is $15 for
AARP members (bring
your card to class) or $20
for non-members. The
class is geared toward
ages 50 and older, but all
licensed drivers are wel-
come to attend.
The AARP Driver
Safety Program is the
nation’s first and largest
course for drivers who
are 50 and older. Upon
successful
completion,
participants may receive
a discount on their insur-
ance.
Pre-registration is re-
quested by contacting
BMCC Morrow County
at 541-481-2099 or 541-
422-7040.
Trail riders
plan cleanup,
vaccination clinic
A group of area horse
enthusiasts are heading
up a trail cleanup at the
Columbia Heritage Trail.
The event also will
feature a poker ride. The
group also is planning a
silent auction and chili
cook-off event, which
will be held in conjunc-
tion with a Spring Vacci-
nation Clinic. The event
is Saturday, March 11
from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
at the Columbia River
Equestrian Center, 81900
Pleasant View Road, Irri-
gon. Dr. Don Peters will
be offering vaccinations,
Coggins tests and health
certificates. There is a $5
farm call fee.
For more information,
contact Julie Errend at
541-314-0137 or julieer-
rend@yahoo.com.
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2017
COMMUNITY
Two Rivers receives Siletz tribe grant
Hermiston Herald
Two Rivers Correc-
tional Institution was
among the nonprofit or-
ganizations that received
grant funding from the
Siletz Tribal Charitable
Contribution Fund.
The
Confederated
Tribes of Siletz Indians,
whose 11-county ser-
vice area encompassed
the Willamette Valley
and the central Oregon
coast, also provides
funding to American
Indian entities and ac-
tivities across the Unit-
ed States. They gave
$1,500 to the Umatilla
prison for beading and
cultural craft supplies.
In total, the Feb. 3
disbursements from the
tribe exceeded $153,300
to 38 organizations. The
deadline for the next
application is March 7.
For requirements and
additional information,
contact 541-444-8227,
stccf@live.com or visit
www.ctsi.nsn.us.
PHOTO CONTRIBUTED BY DIANE RODRIQUEZ
Two Rivers Correctional Institution was among the 38
nonprofi t organizations that received Feb. 3 grant awards
from the Siletz Tribal Charitable Contribution Fund.
Welcome to Hurtyville: Stanfi eld woman launches book series
purchase signed copies
of her Tales & Tails of
Hurtyville
features Hurtyville volumes for
people, pets and a lesson $12.50 each.
or two.
Hurty said she came
Maria Hurty is excit- up with the idea to cre-
ed to share her whimsical ate children’s books after
journey of life through receiving feedback from
a pair of recently
stories she posted
published
chil-
on her Facebook
dren’s books. The
page. The Tales &
Stanfi eld woman
Tails series, thus
has always writ-
far, center around
ten little essays or
a chicken and the
short stories.
family dog.
“I have always
“I’ve always en-
enjoyed writing,” Hurty
joyed my pets,” she
she said. “I thought
explained. “I think
I would end up
about how they
writing something more might talk and their per-
serious.”
sonalities.”
The public is invited to
The stories also feature
an open house to celebrate some sort of lesson.
the launch of Hurty’s
“I want to drive home a
most recent release. The point in simple terms that
free event is Thursday children can understand,”
from 3-7 p.m. at 415 E. Hurty said.
Coe Ave., Stanfi eld. Re-
Published in October,
freshments will be served. “Once upon a Chicken,”
In addition, people can touches on the subject of
By TAMMY MALGESINI
Community Editor
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“Walter Gets A Puppy” is the Volume 2 of Tales & Tails of Hurtyville, written and illustrated by
Maria Hurty of Stanfi eld.
adoption. Readers can fol-
low Little Black Chicken’s
journey to motherhood as
the Oregon chicken mama
chooses to love an adopted
egg from Texas.
The tale, Hurty said,
was hatched by watching a
chicken in their backyard.
Also, the story mirrors
some of her own family’s
adoptive journey.
Volume 2 of Tales &
Tails addresses jealously
in relationships.
“Walter Gets A Puppy,”
which came on the tail of
the Hurty’s getting a new
puppy, was released ear-
lier this month. The story,
Hurty said, also refl ects
what she experienced
bringing another child into
the family.
“When I brought home
baby number two, my
toddler was jealous,” she
said. “So, I saw the com-
parisons with Walter, our
Boston terrier, when we
brought home a little pup-
py.”
Between the fi rst two
volumes of Tales & Tails,
Hurty released “Christmas
Crazy to Jesus Joy!” in No-
vember 2016. Designed as
a holiday season devotion-
al book for families, it fea-
tures 24 Advent readings,
along with photos taken by
Hurty.
While her family en-
joyed the annual Advent
tradition of the countdown
to Christmas, Hurty said
the books they had been
using were lacking. The
devotionals in Christmas
Crazy, Hurty said, feature
a mixture of light-hearted
fun with some that are a
“little more intense.”
Currently available on
Amazon.com, Hurty plans
to “hit the trail” to have
her books available on the
shelves of stores. The new
author is hopeful people
will enjoy her books.
“I have a passion to
share joy and love and
fun,” she said. “Mostly, I
take a whimsical fun ap-
proach to life.”
Hurty also works part-
time as a registered nurse
at Good Shepherd Medi-
cal Center. Hurtyville, she
said, includes John, her
husband of 22 years, fi ve
awesome kids (including
three biological children
and two adopted from
Ethiopia), “crazy” aunt Ra-
chel and Maria’s parents,
who live just up the road in
Hermiston.
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