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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 24, 2018
COMMUNITY
IN BRIEF
FILE PHOTO
Josh Hinkley, front, and Logan Miller, back, compete in a past practice chess match. All area
students in kindergarten through 12th grade are invited to register for a Chess for Success
tournament, which is Feb. 10 at Hermiston High School.
Checkmate: Tournament
promotes student success
HERMISTON HERALD
All area students are
invited to participate in a local
chess tournament.
The Region 23/24 Chess
for Success Tournament is
Saturday, Feb. 10 from 8:30
a.m. to 2 p.m. in the library at
Hermiston High School, 600
S. First St. Students in kin-
dergarten through 12th grade
from Umatilla, Morrow and
other Eastern Oregon coun-
ties are invited to participate.
While Hermiston and Hep-
pner have affiliated student
chess programs, others can
compete as individuals or as
a team if there are five play-
ers from the same school. All
students, even those who are
home-schooled, are eligible
to qualify and participate in
the state tournament.
The fee is $21 if registered
by Saturday, Jan. 27. Regis-
tration then increases to $29.
Participants need to sign up
by Saturday, Feb. 3. Students
can register at www.chess-
forsuccess.org/play/registra-
tion. For questions, contact
Delia Fields at 541-667-6144
or delia.fields@hermistonsd.
org.
Participants need to bring
a sack lunch. In addition, due
to some down time during the
competition, kids are encour-
aged to bring snacks, books,
portable music players or
other items to use between
matches.
According to the organi-
zation’s website, Chess for
Success initially started as
the Portland Chess Project in
1992. A pilot program funded
by the Meyer Memorial
Trust, it was established in
nine of the lowest-performing
schools in the Portland Pub-
lic District. After the end of
the four-year pilot project, it
was established as a nonprofit
organization. As the program
expanded, Chess for Success
took over responsibility for
presenting the Oregon State
Chess Tournament in 1998.
In 2003, United States
Congress commissioned a
study of Chess for Success
to compare program partic-
ipants to students from the
same school who were not
involved in the program. The
study showed that Chess for
Success had accomplished
its primary goal of focusing
on analytical skills in prob-
lem-solving situations, which
resulted in increased aca-
demic achievement.
During the 2014-15 aca-
demic year, Chess for Success
included 3,290 students in 78
schools. The program relies
on support from individu-
als, businesses, foundations
and government entities. For
more information, visit www.
chessforsuccess.org.
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Alzheimer’s Association
offers support
Hermiston library offers
creative crafts
Emotional support and resources are
available for family, friends and caregiv-
ers for people with dementia.
The Alzheimer’s Association coor-
dinates groups that connect people to
develop mutual support, provide addi-
tional education and discuss prob-
lem-solving techniques. Groups avail-
able in Hermiston are:
•The fourth Monday of each month
at 5:30 p.m. at Guardian Angel Memory
Care, 540 N.W. 12th St.
•The fourth Thursday of each month
at 5:30 p.m. at Good Shepherd Medical
Center, 610 N.W. 11th St.
In addition, the Alzheimer’s Associ-
ation offers other resources, including a
24-hour helpline at 1-800-272-3900 and
an online community at alzconnected.
org. Also, a new telephone support
group has been created for people who
don’t have respite or access to transpor-
tation. For more information, call the
helpline or visit www.alz.org/oregon.
Children are invited to participate
in free craft activities at the Hermiston
Public Library.
Kids can drop in for social interac-
tion and creative fun each Saturday from
10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. at 235 E. Gladys
Ave., Hermiston. Afterwards, children
can take their completed projects. The
activity is offered each Saturday through
the end of March.
For more information, call the library
at 541-567-2882 or visit www.hermis-
tonlibrary.us..
Stanfield Community Center
offers lasagna dinner
fundraiser
A lasagna dinner and dessert auction
will help raise money for Gale Gorrord,
who was recently injured in an automo-
bile crash.
Rose Emerson of Stanfield encour-
ages people to take a break from their
own kitchens and come out and help
support a fellow citizen. The bene-
fit event is Friday from 5-7 p.m. at the
Stanfield Community Center, 225 W.
Roosevelt Ave. In addition to lasagna,
the meal includes salad, bread and a
beverage. The cost is by donation.
For
more
information,
call
541-449-1332
IMAC serves Saturday
breakfast
A hearty breakfast is being served to
help support the Irrigon Multicultural
Arts Center project.
The meal is Saturday from 7:30-
10:30 a.m. at Stokes Landing Senior
Center, 150 Columbia Lane, Irrigon.
The cost is $4.50 per person.
Proceeds from the fundraiser will help
the nonprofit group develop a regional
arts center and preserve Irrigon’s 1921
school building. For more information,
call Peggy Price at 541-567-3806.
Agape House sells bikes,
furniture and more
A parking lot sale offers a chance to
purchase reasonably priced items and
help support programs at Agape House.
Bins of knick-knacks are you-name-
the-price, furniture and bicycles are as
marked and clothing is five items for $1.
The event is Saturday from 8:30-
11:30 a.m. at 500 Harper Road, Herm-
iston. In case of inclement weather, the
sale will be held indoors. Donations will
be accepted through Friday.
Agape House serves individuals and
families in need. For more information,
to volunteer or make donations, call
541-567-8774.
McFundraiser benefits Rocky
Heights
Rocky Raccoon, principal Jerad Far-
ley, and teachers and staff from Rocky
Heights Elementary School will be
manning the counter at the Hermiston
McDonald’s on Jan. 30.
The special McTeacher’s Night will
help raise money for the Rocky Rac-
coon Resource Fund. The program pro-
vides sports and recreation scholarships
as well as necessities to Rocky Heights
students in need.
The McFundraiser is Tuesday, Jan.
30 from 5-7 p.m. at 1320 N. First St.,
Hermiston. The crew will greet custom-
ers, take orders and run the drive-thru.
McDonald’s will donate 15 percent of
all sales during the two-hour period to
the school’s special fund. In addition
tip jars will be available, with 100 per-
cent of the donations going to Rocky
Heights.
For more information, contact Maria
Duron at 541-667-6036 or maria.
duron@hermiston.k12.or.us.
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