WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21, 2018
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Scholarship opportunities
HERMISTON HERALD
Several area organizations recently
announced the availability of scholar-
ships and are seeking local applicants.
•Round Up Republican Women
is offering a $500 scholarship to
female students attending or planning
to enroll at Blue Mountain Commu-
nity College. High school students
must have at least a 2.5 GPA and
attend school in Hermiston, Echo or
Stanfield or a private, alternative or
home school program.
Students need to complete an
application, submit a parent’s consent
form, provide high school or college
transcripts, two letters of recommen-
dation and write an essay on the topic:
“Why is it important to vote in any
election, local or national?”
The scholarship will be payable
to BMCC’s financial aid office, sub-
ject to completion of the first term of
enrollment.
Submit the application packet by
March 31 to: Round Up Republi-
can Women, 1704 S.W. Frazer Ave.,
Pendleton, OR 97801. For more
information, call 541-276-3182.
•Northeast Oregon Home Build-
ers Association is offering a pair of
$1,500 scholarships to help educate
and train individuals in a profession
related to the building industry. The
scholarship recipients will be selected
on the basis of his/her potential to
succeed.
Applicants must currently be a high
school senior or enrolled as a college
student or in a qualified apprentice-
ship program. The students must be a
resident of Umatilla, Morrow, Union,
Baker or Wallowa County and have
an interest in pursuing a career in the
construction profession.
Applications are available at local
high school counseling offices, www.
neohba.com, www.columbiabasin-
studenthomes.org or Northeast Ore-
gon Home Builders Association, P.O.
Box 436, Hermiston, OR 87838. The
deadline is Saturday, April 14. For
questions, contact admin@neohba.
com.
•Good Shepherd Medical Center
Auxiliary is offering scholarships to
area students who have successfully
completed at least one year of study
in the field of medicine at a college or
university. To be eligible for a $2,000
scholarship, a student’s home resi-
dence must be within the areas served
by Good Shepherd Health Care Sys-
tem, including Hermiston, Boardman,
Echo, Irrigon, Stanfield or Umatilla.
The scholarships will be for the 2018-
19 academic year.
Application forms, which are due
by Friday, April 27, are available at
the hospital gift shop or by calling
the director of volunteer services at
541-667-3690. Completed applica-
tions and college transcripts may be
returned to the gift shop or mailed to
GSMC Attn: Auxiliary Scholarship
Committee, 610 N.W. 11th St., Herm-
iston, OR 97838.
‘Promise’ students soar
to learn new topics,” the
sophomore student-athlete
The “Promise of Ore- said.
Launched
by
gon”
recently
the Oregon School
added two more
Boards Associa-
Umatilla School
tion, the campaign
District students to
showcases school
its statewide public
districts that are
education support
using cutting-edge
campaign.
programs to help
Clara Brownell
prepare students
Middle School stu-
for careers and col-
dent Santiago Guti- Santiago
lege. Jim Green,
errez
expressed Gutierrez
OSBA’s executive
a commitment to
director, encour-
keep his grades up
ages people to
so he can become
“dream
bigger”
a surgeon and
about the future.
help save people’s
“Public schools
lives. Arrik Rus-
are the best invest-
sell, a Umatilla
ment we can make
High School stu-
in our young peo-
dent, said he plans
to stay on track Arrik Russell ple,” Green said.
For more infor-
to graduate so he
mation, including
can further his
photos and comments from
education.
“I want to be a teacher Promise participants, visit
and motivate students www.promiseoregon.org.
HERMISTON HERALD
BRIEFS
Boardman farmer
cultivates grant for
Riverside FFA
Riverside Jr/Sr High
School recently benefited
from the America’s Farm-
ers Grow Communities
program.
Joe Taylor of Double T
Farming in Boardman reg-
istered for the program,
sponsored by the Mon-
santo Fund, which resulted
in a $2,500 grant going to
Riverside’s FFA program.
Riverside FFA will use the
money to attend the Ore-
gon State FFA Conven-
tion and upcoming FFA
competitions.
Riverside
principal
David Norton expressed
appreciation to Taylor
for choosing them as the
recipient.
“We are in the second
year of our FFA program at
Riverside and these funds
will be a tremendous help in
continuing to build the pro-
gram,” Norton said.
Each year, farmers can
enroll in the Grow Commu-
nities program for a chance
to direct a $2,500 dona-
tion to a nonprofit of their
choice. The program has
disbursed more than $29
million to farming commu-
nities since its inception.
For more information, visit
www.growcommunities.
com.
Saturday Academy
presents digital
storytelling
workshop
All area fifth and sixth
grade girls are invited
to a free workshop that
serves as an introduction to
programming.
Digital Storytelling with
Scratch is hosted by the
University of Portland Sat-
urday Academy and Pend-
leton Robotics. Participants
do not have to attend school
in Pendleton. The workshop
is Friday, April 13 with ses-
sion options of 9 a.m. to
noon or 1-4 p.m. It will be
held in Room 206 at Sun-
ridge Middle School, 700
S.W. Runnion Ave., Pendle-
ton. While there is no regis-
tration fee, those interested
in attending must register
by Friday, March 23.
For a registration appli-
cation, contact Cary Varela
at 541-350-7334, cvarela@
pendletonsd.org or down-
load at goo.gl/Cd2fHS. For
more information about
offerings through the Sat-
urday Academy, visit www.
saturdayacademy.org or call
503-200-5858.
Spray Rodeo seeks
2018 queen
Young
ladies
from
throughout the region are
invited to try out as the
2018 Spray Rodeo queen.
Contestants do not have
to be Wheeler County resi-
dents. Those applying must
be at least 15 years old and
never have been married or
had children.
The try-out event is
Saturday, March 24 at 10
a.m. at the Spray Rodeo
Grounds. In its 71st year,
the rodeo, which is held in
conjunction with the East-
ern Oregon Half Marathon,
is May 26-27 in Spray.
For more information or
application contact Anna
Thomas, Spray Rodeo
Association secretary, at
541-362-1799,
sprayro-
deo1947@gmail.com
or
visit www.sprayrodeo.com.
Local group
welcomes McLeod-
Skinner
A
meet-and-greet
is planned with Jamie
McLeod-Skinner, who is
seeking the Democratic
nomination for a chance to
unseat Rep. Greg Walden
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in the 2nd District Congres-
sional District.
A graduate of a high
school in southern Oregon,
McLeod-Skinner calls her-
self a “rural Democrat.”
She is a former city man-
ager for Phoenix, Oregon,
and now lives near Terre-
bonne, a small unincorpo-
rated community approx-
imately 25 miles north of
Bend.
Some important issues of
McLeod-Skinner’s include
renewable energy jobs,
greater access to affordable
health care and protecting
our water and air through
sustainable use of our natu-
ral resources.
The public can meet
McLeod-Skinner
Thurs-
day from 12:30-2 p.m. at
Agape House, 500 Harper
Road, Hermiston. There is
no admission charge.
For more information
about the gathering, con-
tact Vickie Read at vickie_
read@hotmail.com
or
541-278-1385 with Jamie
McLeod-Skinner for Ore-
gon. For more about the
candidate, visit www.
jamiefororegon.com.
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