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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4, 2018
COMMUNITY
BRIEFS
Ace Hardware hosts
annual tree giveaway
An upcoming Arbor Day
tree giveaway is sponsored
by the Hermiston Rotary
Club and Hermiston Parks
& Recreation.
The free event is Sat-
urday starting at 9 a.m. at
Smitty’s Ace Hardware,
1845 N. First St., Hermis-
ton. Tree starts, which are on
a first-come basis, include
flame Amur maple, red
maple, special select river
birch, Eastern redbud, Call-
ery pear, European moun-
tain ash, bald cypress and
Japanese Zelkova. For the
best selection, people are
encouraged to arrive early.
For more information,
call 541-667-5018.
Chamber seeks table
decorators
People with a creative
flair are needed to decorate
tables for the Hermiston
Chamber of Commerce’s
Administrative Profession-
als Day Luncheon.
People can get involved
with the effort in one of two
ways — let your creative
juices flow and decorate a
table, which includes pur-
chasing supplies; or spon-
sor a table to be decorated
by paying $175. The cham-
ber will provide a white
tablecloth, eight white linen
napkins and flatware for
every table. The tables will
be available for decorating
Monday, April 23 from 10
a.m. to 5 p.m.
Also, people can still
nominate their assistant for
recognition.
Nomination
forms (details available at
the chamber website) must
be submitted by Friday,
April 13.
The luncheon is Tuesday,
April 24 at 11:45 a.m. at the
Hermiston Community Cen-
ter, 415 S. Highway 395.
Tickets are $20 each or $140
for a table of eight.
For more information,
contact Kelly Schwirse
at 541-567-6151, kelly@
hermistonchamber.com or
FILE PHOTO
Hermiston Rotary Club member Pat Hart talks to Melanie
Avila, Arlene Hennings and her daughter, Katie, about the
tree starts available during the 2013 Arbor Day tree giveaway.
This year’s event is Saturday at Smitty’s Ace Hardware in
Hermiston.
visit www.hermistoncham-
ber.com.
Hymn service is
Sunday
An evening of food, fun
and fellowship will featur-
ing the singing of old hymns.
The Hymnspiration is
Sunday from 4:30-5:30 p.m.
at Victory Baptist Church,
193 E. Main St., Hermis-
ton. Everyone is invited to
attend.
For more information,
contact Chris Finley at
johnchris_1@msn.com or
541-571-2516.
Echo asks about
bus use
People in the city of Echo
have reached out to Kayak
Public Transit to inquire
about being included in
stops.
To determine if it is a fea-
sible option, citizen response
is needed regarding the pos-
sible use of the public trans-
portation in town. The city
of Echo will include a sur-
vey in the April newsletter.
For people who live outside
the city limits or who don’t
get the city newsletter, a sur-
vey and possible public tran-
sit schedule can be picked
up at Echo City Hall.
For more information,
call 541-376-8411.
distributed to Agape House,
Desert Rose Ministries, the
Hermiston Warming Station
and the Hermiston shelter of
Domestic Violence Services.
The public can make
donation to help fill the
buses Saturday from 8 a.m.
to 6 p.m. at Walmart, 1350
N. First St., Fiesta Foods,
1875 N. First St., or Safe-
way, 990 S. Highway 395.
Items needed include
such things as household
cleaning products, snacks,
canned foods, cereal, juice
boxes, bottled water, per-
sonal hygiene supplies,
paper products, plastic uten-
sils, diapers and baby wipes.
Also, checks or cash dona-
tions will be accepted.
In addition, people can
volunteer to help during the
event. For more informa-
tion, contact Aimee Cook at
949-328-0441, amieecait@
aol.com or Brad Wayland at
541-667-6119.
Trivia event benefits
BMCC sets workshop, Heritage Station
powwow
People are invited to test
The public is invited to
learn more about American
Indian powwows, including
various dance categories and
different types of songs.
Powwow 101 is Tues-
day, April 10 at noon in
Morrow Hall Room 100 at
Blue Mountain Community
College, 2411 N.W. Carden
Ave., Pendleton.
Also, the BMCC Pow-
wow is Thursday, April 12
at 6 p.m. in the college’s
McCrae Activity Center.
Both activities are free of
charge.
For
more
informa-
tion, contact Annie Smith
at asmith@bluecc.edu or
541-278-5935.
Leadership Hermiston
hosts Stuff the Bus
their Umatilla County and
Oregon trivia knowledge at
Trivia Games 2018.
The event helps support
Heritage Station Museum.
Tickets are $25 each or $120
for a team of six.
Trivia Games 2018 is
Saturday, April 14 at 6 p.m.
in the Roy Raley Room at
the Pendleton Round-Up
Grounds, 1205 S.W. Court
Ave.
The ticket price includes
a pork roast dinner. Also,
an auction will feature such
prizes as Round-Up tick-
ets, gourmet dinners, hand-
crafted wooden bowls and
more.
To register a team or to
purchase tickets, call 541-
276-0012 or stop by Heri-
tage Station Museum, 108
S.W. Frazer Ave., Pendleton.
STAFF PHOTO BY KATHY ANEY
The cast of “Death of a Hot Sauce Salesman” rehearses
Wednesday night at the Hermiston Community Center for
a murder mystery dinner.
Murder mystery
unfolds April 27
By JADE MCDOWELL
STAFF WRITER
The stage at the Herm-
iston Community Center
is often used for speeches
and award presentations,
but Wednesday night it
was the scene of a murder.
It wasn’t a real mur-
der — just a rehearsal for
a murder mystery dinner.
But the presence of “detec-
tives” and “suspects”
onstage points to an effort
the city of Hermiston is
making to use the stage at
the community center for
more theatrical purposes.
“It fits right in with our
mission to be able to use
the community center as a
theater offering,” city rec-
reation supervisor Bran-
don Artz said of the mur-
der mystery performance.
“Our hope is to bring more
theater to the community
center.”
At the beginning of the
rehearsal, director Jenny
Walker reminded the cast
about a workshop they
held Monday about char-
acter development.
“I asked you to think
about who your character
is and why they are doing
what they’re doing,” she
said.
The focus on under-
standing their character’s
backstory and motiva-
tions is especially import-
ant for the murder mys-
tery format, she told them,
because there will be times
they have unscripted inter-
actions with the audience.
Jenny and her husband
Steve are in their sixth
season helping direct and
provide technical assis-
tance for youth theatre
through the parks and rec-
reation department, but
this is the first time they
have helped with a show
performed at the Herm-
iston Community Center
instead of Armand Larive
Middle School.
“I enjoy bringing art
to the kids,” Jenny said.
“There are not that many
arts opportunities for the
kids here.”
Twins Shae and Ire-
lynd Boothroyd, freshmen
at Hermiston High School,
said this is their first foray
into acting but after trying
it on a smaller scale they
intend to try out for plays
at the high school in the
future.
The murder mystery
dinner “Death of a Hot
Sauce Salesman” is April
27 at 6 p.m. at the Hermis-
ton Community Center.
Tickets, which include
dinner, are $25 apiece or
$40 for two and must be
purchased by April 20.
“This is shaping up to be
our best show yet,” Jenny
said. “I’m really excited.”
As part of Leadership
Hermiston Class 21, a Stuff
the Bus event will be held
to provide help to those in
need.
Items collected will be
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