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COMMUNITY
WEDNESDAY, MAY 29, 2019
Local students chosen for health career camp
By TAMMY MALGESINI
COMMUNITY EDITOR
A handful of local high
school students were among
the 37 chosen from across
the state to participate in
the 27th annual MedQuest
Health Career Exploration
Camp. In addition, a Uma-
tilla resident will serve as
one of the camp counselors.
Based at Eastern Oregon
University in La Grande,
the special summer camp is
offered to students interested
in pursuing a career in the
healthcare fi eld. The North-
east Oregon Area Health
Education Center announced
that local students include
Venus Gonzalez and Cindy
Quezada, both of Hermiston
High School; Edith Gonza-
lez, Irrigon High School;
and Yeidi Ramos Mendoza,
Riverside Jr/Sr High School.
Applicants were selected
based on extracurricular
involvement, essays, aca-
demic performance and pas-
sion for the healthcare fi eld.
Yessenia
Garcia-San-
chez, who had the unique
honor of being selected to
participate as a MedQuest
camper in both 2016 and
2018, is new to the camp
staff team this year. A 2018
Photo contributed by Northeast Oregon Area Health Education Center
High school students participate in the 2018 MedQuest Health Career Exploration Camp. Based at Eastern Oregon University in
La Grande, a handful of local students have been chosen for this year’s camp.
Umatilla High School grad-
uate, Garcia-Sanchez earned
dual credits at Blue Moun-
tain Community College,
where she is currently study-
ing to obtain an associate’s
degree. She hopes to attend
the Oregon Health & Sci-
ence University School of
Nursing at La Grande.
During the June 16-21
camp, students will engage
in a variety of unique med-
ical experiences, including
job shadows, panel discus-
sions with local health care
providers, tours of medical
facilities and more. Many
past campers have gone on
to pursue careers as doctors,
nurses, dentists, physical
Hale twins celebrate 90th birthday
The Hale twins, Juanita
Mary Proctor and Margaret
Frances Pieper, were born
May 22, 1929, in Heppner,
to Vier and Mary Hale.
Recently turning 90, the
twins are currently living
at Avamere of Hermiston.
Family and friends recently
celebrated with Juanita and
Margaret during a birth-
day gathering held at the
Our Lady of Angels Cath-
olic Church parish hall in
Hermiston.
The twins grew up in
McDonald Canyon on
a 3500-acre ranch with
their mom, uncle Char-
lie and Irish grandparents,
Phil and Mary Hirl. They
attended their fi rst seven
years of school in a one-
room schoolhouse near
their home; and later went
to school in Heppner, grad-
uating in 1947. After gradu-
Army Depot. He died in
1965. In 1968, Margaret
married Arnie Pieper (who
died in 1982). They bought
a farm on Buttercreek,
which is now Westwinds
Nursery. Margaret is espe-
cially proud of her children,
Pam, Sally, Billy, John, Jim
and Lori along with her
15 grandchildren and 21
great-grandchildren.
The twins enjoy hang-
ing out for lunch and din-
ner while visiting with
friends and family at Ava-
mere of Hermiston. They
enjoy reminiscing about
the old days and love
spending quality time with
their families.
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For a full story about the
twins written by Theresa
Proctor-Reece,
search
www.hermistonherald.
com.
Contributed photos
Juanita Mary Proctor & Margaret Frances Pieper (then and
now).
ation, Margaret and Juanita
both moved to Hermiston.
In 1950, Nita mar-
ried Leroy “Rocky” Proc-
tor. Nita and Rocky raised
fi ve children, Clarence,
Pat (Smith), Mike, Mary
Ann (Munkers), and The-
resa (Proctor-Reece) from
which they had 11 grand-
children, 17 great-grand-
children and one great-
great-grandchild.
They
built a wonderful life
working together on their
ranch in Irrigon where they
raised beef cattle, grass
hay, chickens and horses
until Rocky’s death in
2011.
In 1951, Margaret met
and married the love of
her life, Bill Bunten, while
working at the Umatilla
Hermiston secondary schools shine with awards
Student leaders from
Hermiston were recognized
April 28 during the Ore-
gon Association of Student
Councils spring confer-
ence, held at the Red Lion
Hotel at Jantzen Beach in
Portland.
Hermiston High School
and Armand Larive Mid-
dle School student councils
each received Gold Coun-
cil awards for outstanding
achievements. The high
school group was one of
16 schools from across
the state that received the
honor. Armand Larive was
one of only three middle
schools to earn the distinc-
tion. In addition, Sandstone
Middle School brought
home the Silver Council
award.
Recognition is pre-
sented to student councils
when they achieve stan-
dards related to community
service, by creating events
that promote school spirit
and pride, sportsmanship,
unity, recognition and lead-
ership training, said Maria
Duron, district communi-
cations offi cer. This is the
second year in a row the
schools have been hon-
ored at the conference, she
added.
Club advisors Dave
Rohrman, HHS social stud-
ies teacher; Cathy Kay,
Photo contributed by Maria Duron
The Hermiston High School student council was one of 16
high schools from across the state to receive the Gold Council
award from the Oregon Association of Student Councils.
Armand Larive math and
science teacher; and Sara
Marks, Sandstone language
arts teacher and leadership
club advisor; were pleased
with the recognition.
“I am impressed with
our student leaders,” Marks
said. “I am proud of their
accomplishment and can-
not wait for next year to see
what difference our leaders
will make in our school and
community.”
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With a shortage of people
in the healthcare fi eld, espe-
cially in rural areas, Brittany
Hargrove said the program
contributes to the philoso-
phy of “growing your own”
health care professionals.
The hope is that many of
them will return to work in
underserved communities.
The camp, Hargrove
said, provides an immer-
sive experience of life on a
college campus and offers
a clearer picture of work in
medical careers. In addition,
it often leads to an increased
passion to pursue a career in
a rural health care setting.
Many area health care
workers have been support-
ive of the program, includ-
ing Dr. Don Benschoter. A
former NEOAHEC board
member, the retired Pendle-
ton dentist provided a sub-
stantial scholarship donation
to assist with tuition for stu-
dents in need.
For more information
about the camp and other
programs offered by NEO-
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