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Umatilla leadership students
encourage acts of kindness
BRIEFS
Friday night fun set
this week at EOTEC
You won’t want to miss
an evening of fun as Rec
It Arena — Family Night
returns to Hermiston. The
event is Friday, Feb. 11,
4-7 p.m. at the Eastern Ore-
gon Trade and Event Cen-
ter, 1705 E. Airport Road,
Hermiston.
Coordinated by Herm-
iston Parks and Recre-
ation, the cost is $5 at the
door (one parent/guard-
ian free per paying child).
Youths must be 10 or older
to attend without a parent.
Activities
include
bounce houses, basket-
ball, ping pong, pickle-
ball, Mario Kart on the big
screen and more. Also, con-
cessions will be available
for purchase.
For more information,
contact
541-667-5018,
parksandrec@hermiston.
or.us or visit www.hermis-
ton.or.us/parksrec.
Hermiston Herald
Ben Lonergan/Hermiston Herald, File
Gabe Anderson, left, and Vaso Tziouvaras wield infl atable
pugil sticks during Rec It Arena on Jan. 22, 2022, at the Eastern
Oregon Trade and Event Center, Hermiston. The family fun
night returns Friday, Feb. 11 at EOTEC.
Library’s Lego event
off ers building contest
A training to help people
recognize signs that some-
one is being traffi cked for
sex is off ered free of charge
in Hermiston.
Open to youths in sev-
enth grade through adults,
Traffi cking Awareness is
Sunday, Feb. 13, noon to
2 p.m. at Hermiston Church
of the Nazarene, 1520 W.
Orchard Ave. The training
includes a free lunch. Also,
childcare will be provided
by a staff ed nursery.
Presented in conjunc-
tion with Mirror Ministries
of Tri-Cities, those in atten-
dance will gain information
on how to report suspected
cases to the authorities. For
more information or to reg-
ister, visit www.hermnaz.
church. For questions, call
541-567-3677.
Get ready for some Lego
action as the Hermiston
Public Library is teaming up
with JB Brick Co. for a Lego
Building Competition.
The event features two
contests — Build at Home
(bring the fi nished project to
enter) and a 100 Brick Speed
Challenge (to be held the
day of the event). The Lego
Build Challenge is Satur-
day, Feb. 26 at the Hermis-
ton Public Library, 235 E.
Gladys Ave. Build At Home
entries will be accepted
between 10-11 a.m. The
speed challenge starts at
1 p.m. And awards will be
presented at 2:30 p.m.
Advance registration is
required to participate in
either or both events. Peo-
ple can register at JB Brick
Co. 295 E. Main St., Herm-
iston, or via www.jbbrick-
company.com/event.
Age categories include
young builders, ages 9 and
younger; intermediate, ages
10-17; and adults. Prizes
will feature JB Brick Co.
gift cards, gift baskets and
goodie bags.
For more information,
visit the event website. For
questions, contact 209-756-
9898 or jbbrickcompany@
gmail.com.
Altrusa seeks
scholarship applicants
New Hope hosts free
piano concert
Scholarships for stu-
dents looking to re-en-
ter the job market or to
upgrade work skills are
being off ered by the Altrusa
International Foundation of
Hermiston.
An award of up to $3,500
can be applied for the fall/
winter or spring term.
Scholarship funds will be
deposited with the col-
lege or school to be applied
toward tuition, books or
lab fees.
The scholarship will be
awarded to students who are
approximately 2/3s through
a post-high school pro-
gram. Current high school
seniors are not eligible to
apply. Applicants must be
residents of western Uma-
tilla County or northern
Morrow County, but may
be studying elsewhere.
The application dead-
line for the Dorothy Juve
Memorial Scholarship is
March 11. The deadline for
the Linda Gilleese Memo-
rial Scholarship is Oct.
1. For more information,
email Altrusa at hermiston-
altrusa@gmail.com.
A classical piano concert
will be held at New Hope
Community Church, 1350
S. Highway 395 Hermiston.
Featuring Daniel Long-
hin,
the
c h u r c h ’s
pastor
of
Hispanic
ministries,
the
free
event is Fri-
Longhin
day, Feb. 18,
7 p.m. He will
perform music by Chopin
and Beethoven’s “Moon-
light Sonata.”
For questions about the
concert, call the church at
541-567-8441.
Nazarene church hosts
traffi cking awareness
training
Schools cash in
with BEO program
The Bank of Eastern
Oregon school mascot debit
card program contributed
more than $8,400 to partic-
ipating area high schools
in 2021.
“The school mascot
cards provide much needed
extra funding for these stu-
dent body programs,” Becky
Kindle, the bank’s execu-
Hermiston Herald, File
Julie Lara, JB Brick Co. owner,
poses with a Lego project on
Oct. 21, 2021. The Hermiston
Lego store is teaming up with
the Hermiston Public Library
for the Lego Build Challenge
Feb. 26, 2022. Those wanting
to participate must register
in advance.
tive vice president and chief
operations offi cer, said in a
press release.
Initiated in September
2013, the BEO mascot debit
card program serves several
high school associated stu-
dent body programs, includ-
ing Heppner, Riverside,
Irrigon, Ione, Condon and
Weston-McEwen.
Use of the school mas-
cot card generates 5 cents
per transaction performed to
that school’s program. Also,
the $10 annual renewal fee
for each card goes directly
to the school’s ASB.
For information about
the Bank of Eastern Ore-
gon, stop by a local branch
or visit www.beobank.com.
American Legion has a
heart for veterans
A sweetheart of an event
is planned for area veterans.
American Legion Post &
Auxiliary Unit 37 is hosting
Hearts for Veterans.
The free dinner and
social for veterans and their
guests is Saturday, Feb. 12,
5:30 p.m. at the First Chris-
tian Church, 775 W. High-
land Ave., Hermiston.
A lasagna dinner will be
served and Dance Unlimited
will provide entertainment.
Those attending are invited
to bring a dessert to share.
The event also includes a
silent auction featuring more
than a dozen themed bas-
kets. Money raised will help
generate funds to be used for
projects to support veterans.
For more information,
contact Cathy Stolz, auxil-
iary president, at 541-571-
5816 or cathystolz@gmail.
com.
— Hermiston Herald
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Umatilla High School
students are taking to heart
the saying, “No act of kind-
ness, no matter how small,
is ever wasted.”
The school’s Leadership
Class has created a Kind-
ness Campaign, accord-
ing to a press release from
the school district, that
the whole school can get
involved in.
First, there is a “Give
what you can, Take what
you need” Kindness Board,
where students have two
choices.
On a small, blank piece
of paper, students write a
kind, motivational or inspi-
rational message and leave
it there for someone, or they
can take one of the mes-
sages others have written.
Second is the Motiva-
tional Tree, where students
can leave heart-shaped
messages with positive
words and ideas for how
to brighten someone else’s
day. Some of the exam-
ples on the tree are “Give
a teacher a note of thanks”
and “Tell someone to have
a great day.”
Umatilla School District/Contributed Photo
The “Give what you can, Take what you need” Kindness
Board at Umatilla High School is ready for students to leave
positive messages for others or to take one. The board is
part of the school’s Leadership Class’s Kindness Campaign.
But the class is not done
with the project, according
to the release. Coming soon
is a large cardboard mail-
box where students can
write a note praising some-
one for doing a great job,
which Leadership Class
students will deliver.
Students are also mak-
ing TikTok kindness vid-
eos to share during advi-
sory, making positive
and funny signs to hang
around the school and cre-
ating a painted rock gar-
den to share kind words
and artwork.
April Dirksen, vice prin-
cipal at UHS, said in the
press release the Kindness
Campaign is the fi nal proj-
ect of the semester for the
Leadership Class, but “the
campaign also is a great
way to make this time of
year, with its cold weather
and stress of the semes-
ter ending, a little happier
for everyone.”
MARC’S REMARKS
Olympics bring back memories
he 2022 Winter
Olympics in Bei-
jing will well
be underway at the
time this column is
published. Millions
of future Olympic
hopefuls through-
out the world are
watching as their
favorite Olympians Marc
vie for a much-cov- Mullins
eted medal.
I remember watching on
television as the 20th Sum-
mer Olympics took place in
Munich, Germany, during
the months of August and
September in 1972. I was
a collegiate wrestler back
then, and just about to enter
my sophomore year in high
school. High hopes played
out in my mind as I dreamt
of someday becoming an
Olympic wrestler myself.
During my junior year
of high school, I placed
third in my weight class in a
Washington State freestyle
wrestling tournament. Both
the University of Washing-
ton and Oregon State Uni-
versity had excellent wres-
tling programs back then,
each placing in the top
10 in the NCAA champi-
onship tournaments from
1971-1974. The thought of
getting a wrestling schol-
T
arship to either of these
schools in 1975 was pre-
empted due to my
being selected for
a student exchange
program sponsored
by Rotary Inter-
national.
Instead
of wrestling from
1974-1975, I found
myself immersed in
a cultural exchange
experience in the Philip-
pines during my fi nal year
of high school.
What might my chances
have been, to become
an Olympic athlete, if I
hadn’t decided to study
abroad as a senior in high
school? Extremely slim.
According to some statis-
ticians, the odds that one
could be selected to be part
of an Olympic team are
0.0013%.
Many of the Olympic
athletes competing today
have been mentored and
coached for much of their
life. Years of rigorous study
and training are necessary
to even make it on the inter-
national level of competi-
tion. I’ve read that the typ-
ical Olympian plays their
preferred sport for any-
where from eight to nine-
teen years before reaching
the Olympics.
The costs associated
with training and compet-
ing can be restrictive, as
well. When one adds up the
expenditures for coaches,
training, equipment, entry
fees, travel and more,
fi nancing one’s journey to
compete for an Olympic
medal can be more than
daunting. According to a
study done by Forbes mag-
azine in 2012, athletes hop-
ing to make it to the Olym-
pic Games back then could
expect to pay as much as
$25,000 a year and any-
where from four to 15
years in training, depend-
ing on the chosen sport.
Considering infl ation from
that time until now, annual
costs associated with pre-
paring for the Olympics
today could be more than
$30,000 a year.
So where does this
leave me, now that I’m on
the cusp of my 65th birth-
day? I’ll choose to watch
the Winter Olympics on
television, and make the
occasional trek to Anthony
Lakes to glide down the
snowy slopes on my 2-year-
old set of Rossignol skis.
———
Marc Mullins is co-pas-
tor of the First Christian
Church of Pendleton.
Church
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