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COMMUNITY/NEWS A4 • HERMISTONHERALD.COM WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8, 2020 Oregon East Symphony cancels remainder of season HERMISTON HERALD Due to the ongoing coronavi- rus pandemic, the Oregon East Symphony has announced it will be canceling the remainder of its 2019-20 season, after the online presentation of its Spring Chamber Music Concert on Saturday, April 18. The cancellation affects the previously postponed “Winter Moons” concert, scheduled for March 14 in Pendleton and March 15 in Hermiston, and the season fi nale, “Blow it Up, Start Again,” scheduled for a Pendleton perfor- mance on June 13. Symphony staff and board of directors volunteers have been reaching out to season ticket holders and individual con- cert ticket holders to inform them of the development. To close out the season this year, OES’s annual Spring Cham- ber Music Festival will be held online, streamed Saturday, April 18 at 6:30 p.m. from the front page of their website, www.Ore- gonEastSymphony.org. The online concert will be free to view for any- one with an internet connection. Musicians at this year’s concert will produce HD video recordings of themselves performing chamber works from their homes or private Photo contributed by Ric Walters Hermiston-based mezzo-soprano singer Alexis McCarthy will perform as part of Oregon East Symphony’s Spring Chamber Music Festival Concert. The concert will be live-streamed on Saturday, April 18 on the symphony’s website. studios. These prerecorded perfor- mances will be edited together into the video that will be streamed on OES’s website. Performances this year include OES violist Aurora Torres on “Two Rhapsodies for Oboe, Viola, and Piano” by Charles Martin Tornov Loeffl er, with Ryan Klein (oboe) and Chad Spears (piano); OES conductor and artistic director Dr. Beau Benson presenting a selec- tion of classical guitar repertoire from 16th and 19th century Spain; OES assistant concertmaster Viet Block and OES principal cellist Zach Banks performing “Duo for Violin and Cello, Op. 7” by Zoltán Kodály; mezzo-soprano Alexis McCarthy performing Saint- Saëns’s aria “Mon cœur s’ouvre à ta voix” with piano accompa- niment by Rachel Pariseau; and Pendleton-born Hollywood com- poser Chris Thomas providing a fi lm scoring performance. Even regular OES concert emcees Bill Mayclin and Murray Dunlap will prerecord their pre- concert announcements in their trademark tuxedos. A feature of the Chamber Music Festival that can’t be replicated in a virtual environment is the spread of hearty hors d’oeurves and wine and beer provided by OES’s vol- unteer board of directors. This year the board of directors will be com- piling a recipe book of hors d’oeu- vres that will be electronically sub- mitted to those on the symphony mailing list prior to the concert. Meanwhile, OES Education Director Zach Banks has been adapting as much of the sympho- ny’s educational activities as pos- sible to an online environment. The Oregon East Symphony Youth Orchestra, the Symphony’s inter- mediate level youth orchestra, kicked off its fi rst “OESYO Vir- tual Jam Session” last week. The goal of the weekly online classes, held at the same time as regular OESYO rehearsals, is to sustain student engagement through play- Hermiston runner gets creative after Las Vegas marathon was canceled By JADE MCDOWELL NEWS EDITOR When the thing you were looking forward to gets canceled, sometimes you have to just make do with what you’ve got. For Liz Sharon, that meant a “mini marathon” in Hermiston on Friday after her real marathon, the Revel Mt. Charleston Marathon in Las Vegas, was called off because of COVID-19. Sharon had been in train- ing since December and planned to run the full mar- athon on Saturday with her younger sister, followed by some vacation time together. Instead, on Fri- day she ran a half marathon (13.1 miles) up and down the bicycle lane on High- land Avenue in Hermiston, being careful not to touch things along the route or get too close to any passerby. “When the race got can- celed I was so sad, but I felt so silly being sad when so many more serious things are going on in the world, with people losing their jobs and all the deaths,” she said. “But it’s hard when you work so hard for some- thing, and have a goal.” Trying to make lemon- ade out of lemons, her hus- band Joseph Sharon and their children did what they could to help create a race atmosphere. They took turns running segments with her, handed out water along the way and were there to cheer for her at the “fi nish line.” Her sister called her to cheer her on. After her husband posted about the family activity on Facebook, several family friends also took the time to drive by and honk or cheer from a safe distance away. “That meant so much to me,” Sharon said. “I wanted to give them a hug, but of course you can’t.” WORSHIP COMMUNITY Contributed photo by Kim Puzey Liz Sharon runs a half marathon along Highland Avenue in Hermiston on Friday. U.S. Cellular offers youth sponsorships HERMISTON HERALD For the sixth year in a row, youth-focused organi- zations in northeast Oregon communities can earn up to $1,000 through U.S. Cellu- lar’s Community Connec- tions program. Whether it’s a Little League baseball team, high school debate team, march- ing band, youth cheer squad or a variety of other groups, organizers can sign their group up at uscellular.com/ communityconnections to start earning sponsorship support without the need to sell candy bars, wash cars or sell coupon books. Once registered, local nonprofi t academic and ath- letic groups representing youths up to 12th grade have 14 days to rally their friends, families and supporters to complete online activities that include taking short sur- veys, watching videos or fol- lowing U.S. Cellular on its social channels. Each com- pleted activity earns money that goes directly to the organization — up to $1,000 — and the website makes it easy to spread the word on social media. “Six years ago, we decided that in addition to sponsoring college and pro- fessional sports teams across the country, we wanted to support youth programs that provide kids here in Eastern Oregon with fun and mean- ingful experiences every day,” said Erryn Ander- sen, director of sales in the Northwest at U.S. Cellular. “We know there are several groups in need of fi nancial support, and by investing in them we can help ensure that all kids get a fair shot to achieve their goals.” Since launching the pro- gram in 2015, U.S. Cellular has awarded $1.4 million to nearly 3,000 groups nation- wide. For more informa- tion and to view the offi cial rules, visit uscellular.com/ communityconnections. Electric cooperative to distribute $2.5 million HERMISTON HERALD Umatilla Electric Coop- erative announced Tuesday that its board of directors approved the distribution of $2.5 million to the coopera- tive’s members in April. The distribution is part of UEC’s Capital Credits program, and refunds will be based on the amount of power customers con- sumed in 2018. According to a news release, a mem- ber consuming an average amount of energy during 2018 will receive a check for about $70. The refunds apply to all classes of customers — 9,905 accounts over- all. Checks should appear in mailboxes in mid-April. Refunds of less than $10 will be retained in the cus- tomer’s account and added to future refunds. 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