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Greenough named
Desert View principal
munity, and in continuing
the tradition of excellence
Pendleton High School already present at Desert
Principal Dan Greenough View Elementary.”
Greenough will work
will oversee a significantly
again under Herm-
younger group of
iston
interim
students next year.
superintendent
In
a
press
Tricia
Mooney,
release
Mon-
who served as
day, the Hermis-
Pendleton’s assis-
ton School District
tant
superinten-
announced
that
dent from 2009 to
Greenough
will
2016.
take over as the
A
Yakima
principal of Des- Greenough
ert View Elemen-
native, Greenough
tary School for the
was a teacher in
Michigan before he was
2018-2019 school year.
Greenough
submit- hired as the principal of
High
ted a resignation letter to Weston-McEwen
the Pendleton School Dis- School in 2007. Follow-
trict in January and has not ing a two-year stint as a
publicly commented on high school principal in
Onalaska, Washington, he
his departure.
“I am excited to have returned to Eastern Oregon
the opportunity to join the in 2013 when he became
Hermiston School District the principal of Pendleton
as the principal at Desert High School.
He has a master’s
View Elementary School,”
he said in a statement. degree in K-12 administra-
“Through the interview tion from Michigan State
process, I felt a strong University.
Desert View’s previous
sense of collaboration,
care for the well-being of principal, Laura Jacobsma,
children, and commitment resigned in December,
to students throughout the only a few months into her
school. I am looking for- first year. Hermiston assis-
ward to building relation- tant superintendent Bryn
ships with the children, Browning has been serv-
staff, parents, and com- ing as interim principal.
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Blake Shelton will headline and Pitbull will open at the 2018 Pendleton Whisky Music Fest on July 14.
Blake Shelton, Pitbull coming to Pendleton
By ANTONIO SIERRA
STAFF WRITER
When selecting a fol-
low-up to Maroon 5 and
frontman Adam Levine, the
organizers behind Pend-
leton Whisky Music Fest
looked no further than one
of the neighboring swivel
chairs on “The Voice.”
Whisky Fest announced
country star Blake Shelton
as its 2018 headlining act at
the July 14 concert in Pend-
leton. He will be joined by
rapper Pitbull as his opener.
Co-organizer
Andy
McAnally ticked off the
reasons why Shelton was a
logical fit for the festival.
Shelton is a judge on the
popular singing competi-
tion “The Voice,” which
includes other pop stars like
Levine, Alicia Keys and
Kelly Clarkson. He’s made
headlines as People maga-
zine’s “Sexiest Man of the
Year” in 2017 and through
high-profile relationships
with country star Miranda
Lambert and pop star Gwen
Stefani.
Since breaking out with
his 2001 self-titled album,
the Oklahoman has had
nine albums certified gold
or platinum by the Record-
ing Industry Association
of America. Shelton has
sold more than 10 million
albums, more than 30 mil-
lion singles and his songs
have been streamed online
1.7 billion times. On the
awards circuit, he’s been
nominated for a Grammy
nine times, and won numer-
ous awards from the Coun-
try Music Association,
the Academy of Country
Music and Country Music
Television.
McAnally said the key
to Pitbull’s popularity
was in his nickname, “Mr.
Worldwide.”
The
Cuban-American
rapper who has released
music in English and Span-
ish broke through with his
2009 single “I Know You
Want Me (Calle Ocho),”
which peaked at No. 2 on
the Billboard Hot 100 chart.
Two No. 1 singles — “Give
Me Everything” and “Tim-
ber” — would follow in
2011 and 2013.
McAnally
said
the
Whisky Fest would retain
the same format it had last
year: four musical acts and
a DJ. The two other open-
ing acts will be announced
later, with plans to open the
stadium gates at 4 p.m., ear-
lier than last year. Orga-
nizers are also interested
in expanding the event
through a food court and
a kick-off party on Main
Street.
New general manager starts work at EOTEC
livestock show, horse show,
rodeo, barbecue contest and
year-round youth programs.
The Eastern Oregon He is also a former 4-H
Trade and Event Center now leader and extension agent.
has a general manager at the
“I’m a 4-H guy by heart,”
helm.
he said. “I grew up
Al Davis is settling
with 4-H, I love
in at EOTEC after
4-H.”
moving from Kansas
He said the
this month to man-
EOTEC general
age the center full-
manager position
time. He was hired by
seemed like the
VenuWorks, the event
perfect opportu-
nity to merge all
management
com-
pany that took over Al Davis
of his experience
EOTEC’s day to day
with event man-
agement, agriculture, 4-H,
operations in January.
“I think this is a great fairs and rodeos into one
facility,” Davis said. “I can place.
tell there’s a lot of heart and
Davis visited for two
soul that’s gone into it.”
weeks in February before
Davis most recently returning to Kansas to get
served as president and his family and officially
CEO of Kansas Agricul-
ture and Rural Leadership,
a two-year program of study
that trains farmers and oth-
ers in Kansas’ agricultural
industry to provide lead-
ership through challenges
facing agriculture and rural
America. Before that he
was the operations man-
ager of American Royal, a
Kansas City nonprofit that
encompasses — among
other things — an annual
By JADE MCDOWELL
STAFF WRITER
move to Hermiston. He said
he has been working to get
to know the facility and
meet with those connected
to EOTEC. He has also
been working to prepare
the facility for an upcoming
horse sale, private weekend
events and Cinco de Mayo.
He said he described
EOTEC as the perfect loca-
tion to recruit events from
around the Pacific North-
west, and said he was look-
ing forward to taking the
facility “to the next level.”
Davis will be backed up
by other staff from Venu-
Works, which contracts to
provide professional man-
agement of arenas, sta-
diums, event complexes,
the Toyota Center in the
Tri-Cities and other facili-
ties around the country. The
operation will be overseen
by the city of Hermiston,
which took full ownership
of EOTEC this week.
Williams appointed
to Echo city council
By JADE MCDOWELL
STAFF WRITER
Echo has a new city
councilor after a busy coun-
cil meeting.
Tammie Williams was
appointed to the council
Thursday to replace Lou
Nakapalau, who resigned
in January. She was chosen
out of a field of four appli-
cants, which also included
Chad Ray, Carol Neely and
Mel Wagner.
Williams has lived in
Echo 33 years, and said she
loves the small community
that feels like “a big fam-
ily.” She is a small busi-
ness owner and said she
has served in a number of
public positions through
the years, including Echo’s
budget committee and the
Umatilla County Planning
Commission.
“I enjoy doing things for
the community,” she said.
“It’s just nice to feel like
I’m doing something good.
I just try to honor what the
people want.”
She will be up for elec-
tion in November.
On Thursday the coun-
cil also discussed a petition
delivered by an Echo resi-
dent to Kayak Public Tran-
sit asking for a bus stop in
Echo. The city plans to send
out a survey about it in the
next city newsletter and
make it available at city hall.
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