NEWS/COMMUNITY
Wednesday, september 15, 2021
BRIEFS
Coach Faaeteete
to discuss Dawgs
football
Calling all Bulldog
football fans, the Herm-
iston Linebacker Club
invites everyone to its
weekly meeting.
The upcoming no-host
luncheon gathering is
Thursday, Sept. 16, noon
to 1 p.m., at the Des-
ert Lanes Family Fun
Center, 1545 N. First
St., Hermiston. People
will get an update from
coach David Faaeteete.
He will talk about their
recent game against the
Grizzlies at Sunnyside
and the upcoming game
against the Chiawana
Riverhawks.
For more information,
contact Flora Larson at
541-567-5215 or flora@
barnettandmoro.com.
has been inducted into
the hall of fame of mul-
tiple rodeos.
During his rodeo
career, the late Harry
Noble of Hermiston drew
the horse four times. He
finally got an 8-second
ride in the mid-1960s.
Tickets for the “gala
celebration,”
which
are $30 each, must be
ordered by Monday,
Sept. 20 to guarantee
a seat. They are avail-
able at the Hall of Fame,
Pendleton Chamber of
Commerce or via www.
PendletonTickets.com.
For questions, contact
warpaintkiosk@gmail.
com or 541-969-8563.
—Hermiston Herald
Herald, EO win two dozen awards
in statewide journalism contest
Hermiston Herald
SALEM — The Herm-
iston Herald and East Ore-
gonian took home 24 Ore-
gon Newspaper Publishers
Association awards at a vir-
tual ceremony on Friday,
Sept. 10.
Judged by members of
the Arizona Newspapers
Association and considered
against other Oregon news-
papers of similar size, the
EO and Herald collectively
took home five first place
prizes in the Better News-
paper Contest. Along with
the rest of the field,
mer editor of the
the East Oregonian
Herald, had a ban-
ner 2020, her last full
and Hermiston Her-
ald were judged for
year with the com-
pany before depart-
their work in 2020,
ing. She won first
which included the
place prizes in the
historic Umatilla
McDowell
editorial
column,
River floods and
personality feature
the beginning of the
and business or economic
COVID-19 pandemic.
“I think that the num- issue categories, the lat-
ber of awards is a testa- ter also producing a third
ment to the work that the place award for McDowell.
East Oregonian and Herm- McDowell and community
iston Herald did in 2020,” reporter Tammy Malgesini
said Andrew Cutler, the pub- placed two and three in the
lisher of the Herald and EO. best local column category,
Jade McDowell, the for- while McDowell also won a
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Special celebration
honors War Paint
The public is invited
to join in paying tribute
to one of the top animals
in the world of rodeo,
War Paint.
The
Pendleton
Round-Up & Happy
Canyon Hall of Fame
Museum presents “War
Paint: Horse of the
Decades, A Gala Cele-
bration.” The event is
Saturday, Oct. 2. The day
of celebration includes a
free family day — with
youth activities, art proj-
ects, tours and more —
from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
at the Hall of Fame,
1114 S.W. Court Ave.,
Pendleton.
The event moves to a
ticketed gala celebration
5:30-11 p.m. at the Pend-
leton Convention Center,
1601 Westgate. The eve-
ning includes a program
highlighting the horse’s
iconic story with early
day photos and film foot-
age of War Paint in action
and cowboy memories. A
buffet dinner followed by
music and dancing with
Sunday Saloon will cap
off the celebration.
Noted for his incred-
ible bucking style and
highly respected by cow-
boys across the country,
War Paint was honored
three times as the “Buck-
ing Horse of the Year” by
the Pro Rodeo Cowboy
Association. War Paint
third place award for enter-
prise reporting for her work
in the East Oregonian.
The East Oregonian
ended its run of general
excellence awards, tak-
ing third place behind The
News-Review in Roseburg
and the Grants Pass Daily
Courier. Prior to 2021, the
EO won first place in gen-
eral excellence nine out of
the past 10 years.
Cutler said not continu-
ing the East Oregonian’s
streak was disappointing
but did act as a motivator to
recapture the title next year.
Chamber of
Commerce
Symphony
announces upcoming
concert season
The Oregon East
Symphony
recently
announced that all per-
formances for its 2021-
22 season will be at
the Vert Auditorium,
480 S.W. Dorion Ave.,
Pendleton.
The season kicks
off with Blow It Up,
Start Again! (Sunday,
Nov. 7, 2:30 p.m.) with
OES artistic director
Beau Benson conduct-
ing. The annual Holiday
Music Festival is Sun-
day, Dec. 12 at 2:30 p.m.
It includes a variety of
community ensembles.
After
a
winter
break, the concert sea-
son resumes with Win-
ter Moons on Satur-
day, March 12, 2022,
7:30 p.m. The program
features the performance
of two American bal-
let suites. The Chamber
Music Festival is Satur-
day, April 23, 2022, at
6:30 p.m. in the Vert Club
Room (in the basement
of the Vert Auditorium).
And
the
season
finale is Saturday, June
11, 2022, at 7:30 p.m.
with Benson conduct-
ing “Fractal Miniatures”
by American composer
Roger Zare.
Season ticket pack-
ages ($80/adult, $60/
senior,
$240/family)
are available for pur-
chase through the sym-
phony office (541-276-
0320, 345 S.W. Fourth
St., Pendleton) or via the
symphony’s website at
www.OregonEastSym-
phony.org.
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