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Health & fitness event is Saturday
BRIEFS
HHS class of ‘68 seeks classmates
Hermiston Senior High School class of 1968, where are
you?
Organizers of the upcoming 50-year class reunion are
seeking classmates who haven’t registered. There’s still time
to sign up for the event, which runs Thursday through Sun-
day and includes lots of food, fun and friends.
For more information, call 541-564-0887 or
541-561-3011.
Community bands together for Butch Parrish
A benefit event will help raise money for Butch Parrish.
Parrish, who has worked for the Boardman Police Depart-
ment since 1995, was left paralyzed when injured in the line
of duty while working for the Stanfield Police Department
in 1994. Due to some recent health issues, Parrish is facing
another major surgery.
A spaghetti dinner will be served Wednesday, Sept. 26
from 5-8 p.m. at the Boardman Senior Center, 100 Tatone St.
The cost is $10 for adults and $5 for kids 12 and under. For
those unable to attend or who would like to contribute more,
an account has been set up at Banner Bank. People can make
a donation to the Butch Parrish Recover Fund at any branch
of the bank.
For more information, contact the Boardman Chamber
of Commerce at 541-481-3014 or info@boardmanchamber.
org.
Cut a rug with dance classes
There’s still time to register for upcoming dance classes
offered through Hermiston Parks & Recreation.
Two different classes are available the first four Wednes-
days in October and are held at the Hermiston Public Library,
235 E. Gladys Ave. No prior dance instruction is required to
join.
The first session, which runs from 6:15-7:15 p.m., fea-
tures the Country 2-Step and 4-Step Swing. The same basic
step is used for each of them — learning to lead and follow
is key to success with the two dances. The other class, which
runs from 7:30-8:30 p.m., focuses on the West Coast Swing.
The unique dancing style offers movement for a variety of
music, including the funky and sassy sounds of pop, country,
hip-hop, and rhythm and blues.
The fee for each class is $30 for Hermiston residents or
$38 for non-residents. For more information or to register,
contact 541-667-5018, visit www.hermiston.or.us/parksrec_
recreation or stop by the recreation office at the Hermiston
Community Center, 415 S. Highway 395.
Youth livestock auction set for Saturday
The public is invited to help support area youths from
across Umatilla and Morrow counties during the Pendleton
Jr. Livestock Show and Auction.
The event is Saturday at the Pendleton Round-Up Grounds
pavilion, 1205 S.W. Court Ave. The show, featuring steers,
lambs and hogs, begins at 9 a.m. The auction starts at 6 p.m.
The show and auction features 4-H and FFA youths. All
purchases are tax-deductible.
For more information, including bump/absentee buyers,
contact Chuck Wilcox at 541-571-2523 or Terry Hamby at
541-969-8277 or nnelson838@gmail.com.
Fire district plans open house
The Umatilla Rural Fire Protection District is showing off
its new equipment and sharing information about services
they provide.
An open house is set for Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
at Umatilla Fire Station 11, 921 Sixth St., located in down-
town Umatilla. The public is invited to the free event, which
also features food and activities for the whole family.
For more information, contact Craig Bensen at craig.
bensen@umatillafire.org or 541-922-3718.
Walla Walla VA celebrates Remembrance Day
A Remembrance Day event is planned at the Jonathan M.
Wainwright Memorial VA Medical Center.
Veterans, their families and the general public are invited
to honor former POWs and remember the MIAs Friday at
11 a.m. in the theater building, 77 Wainwright Drive, Walla
Walla. The special guest speaker is former Cmdr. Laurence
(Larry) Friese of the U.S. Navy.
He served during Vietnam and was a prisoner of war for
1,842 days. Friese was taken prisoner Feb. 28, 1968, and
released during Operation Homecoming March 14, 1973.
An excerpt from his Silver Star citation reads: “Despite the
fact that he was consistently maltreated and subjected to
severe cruelties, Captain Friese refused to cooperate with his
captors in any manner.”
Special thanks go to AMVETS Post #1111 for setting up
the “Missing Man Table,” which symbolizes members are
missing. A light lunch will be served by the American Red
Cross of Central and Southeastern Washington and Walla
Walla VA’s Voluntary Service is providing cake and drinks.
For more information, contact Linda Wondra at 509-525-
5200 or linda.wondra@va.gov.
Free event offers
family fun, health
screenings
By TAMMY MALGESINI
COMMUNITY EDITOR
The Teddy Bear Clinic
will again be taking patients
during the upcoming Fam-
ily Health & Fitness Day.
The free health and well-
ness fair is appropriate for
all ages. Jamie Crowell,
a community health edu-
cator at Good Shepherd
Health Care System, said
the event offers people an
opportunity to receive free
health care screenings and
gain information to address
health concerns.
The event is Saturday
from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at
Hermiston High School,
600 S. First St. A number of
community partners come
together to offer the free
event as a way to encourage
people to focus on activities
and prevention that assist
with their overall health and
fitness.
The educational event,
Crowell said, arms people
with information to assist
them in making healthy
lifestyle choices that benefit
their health. Also, the pub-
lic can receive a variety of
free health screenings.
“In addition to having
a health focus, it’s a lot of
fun,” Crowell said.
The Teddy Bear Clinic
is designed to help allevi-
ate a child’s fear in regards
to a visit to the emergency
room, Crowell said. Each
participant receives a teddy
bear and the child takes it
through the admitting pro-
cess, describes symptoms
and give a health history of
the stuffed animal. Medi-
cal testing and a diagno-
sis is provided on the bear.
The child is given discharge
instructions to carry out
when taking the bear home.
“The kids love it,”
Crowell said. “It’s a really
great activity because the
children are able to see the
process if they have an acci-
dent or have to come to the
emergency room.”
Also, back for a second
year is Nolan the Colon.
The attention-getting giant
inflatable colon replica
provides an inside look at
health concerns relating to
colon cancer. It provides
visitors with a better under-
standing of how colorectal
cancer is identified, how it
advances and ways to lower
their risk for the disease.
Also, Crowell said per-
sonnel from the hospital’s
emergency department will
be conducting bicycle hel-
met fittings. Children will
receive a free helmet and
encouraged to wear it while
riding their bike.
Crowell said health
screenings offered will pro-
vide immediate prelim-
inary results. No fasting
is required for such test-
ing as lipids, which helps
identify risk factors for
heart disease, heart attack
and strokes, as well as A1c
screening, which checks
blood sugar to determine
pre-diabetes or diabetes. In
addition, diagnostic imag-
ing staff from Good Shep-
herd will be on hand to per-
form mammograms. People
are encouraged to regis-
Family Health & Fitness Day offers free medical screenings,
health-related activities and information Saturday at
Hermiston High School.
ter in advance for limited
appointment times. While
people’s insurance will
be processed for the test-
ing, those without medi-
cal insurance are encour-
aged to inquire about grants
and financial aid programs
available if they can’t afford
a mammogram.
The event also features
dental and vision screen-
ings, door prizes, healthy
snacks and information
about community health
resources. Also, represen-
tatives from the Senior
Health Insurance Benefits
Assistance program will be
on hand to discuss available
resources.
“I want everyone in the
community to know that the
health stuff may bring a cer-
tain level of seriousness to
the event, but it’s also a fun
and family-friendly event,”
Crowell said.
For more information,
contact Crowell at 541-
667-3509 or Angie Tread-
well at 541-567-8321 or
angie.treadwell@oregon-
state.edu.
The unveiling of a new outdoor memorial rock garden.
The new outdoor space honors the
activity area at Cason’s Place is fea-
tured during the organization’s one- memory of Adrian Stump. The Pend-
leton native died in 2005 in Afghani-
year anniversary.
The nonprofit organization pro- stan while serving our country during
vides grief support. It was founded to Operation Enduring Freedom.
help children and families adjust to
In its first year, Cason’s Place
their loss and heal in a healthy way.
served 46 children and their parents.
Cason’s Place was created in Services are free for those grieving
memory of Cason Terjeson, a the death of a child, sibling or par-
16-year-old who died during a farm- ent who reside in any Eastern Ore-
ing accident in Umatilla County in gon community.
HH FILE PHOTO
For more information, leave a A volcano room offers guest a place to
2007. The teen’s family found grief
support at the Dougy Center in Port- message at 541-612-0828, visit www. blow off steam in a safe environment.
land. Based on their experience, they casonsplace.org or search Facebook. Cason’s place has two volcano rooms.
spearheaded efforts to
create something similar
in Umatilla County.
The open house anni-
Thank you to the following businesses for supporting
versary is Sunday from
1-3 p.m. at 1416 S.E.
Court Ave., Pendleton.
The event includes food
and rock painting activ-
ities for the center’s
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Brownie the teddy bear goes into surgery for a broken femur at the Teddy Bear Clinic
during the 2016 the Family Health & Fitness Day. This year’s event is Saturday at Hermiston
High School.
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