Pacific Power Foundation grant shores up aid to Blue Mountain Community College students eastoregonian.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from eastoregonian.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The Red & Gena Leonard Foundation is accepting scholarship applications from students who will graduate this year or have graduated in the past or obtained a GED from Arlington, Boardman, Condon, Echo, Fossil, Heppner, Hermiston, Ione, Irrigon, Monument, Pendleton, Pilot Rock, Spray, Stanfield, Ukiah or Umatilla high schools.
Students must attend an accredited college, university, community college, vocational, trade or technical program based in Oregon; exceptions may be made if the training they seek is not offered in Oregon.
It is the intent of the Red & Gena Leonard Foundation to benefit average students of good character with poor financial circumstances who have a desire to seek further educational opportunities but, due to their lack of scholastic performance, their ability to receive scholarships may be limited.
PENDLETON â In the midst of a global pandemic, Julie Sneden-Carlson used creativity in presenting âThe Nutcrackerâ in its 13th holiday season in Pendleton. Anticipating things would be different for the popular production, the owner of Pendleton Ballet Theatre began planning early.
However, because of ever-changing restrictions with the coronavirus, by the time the holiday season was being ushered in, Sneden-Carlson had gone from Plan B to Plan C, with multiple changes on the fly. The end result was the creation of a DVD featuring costumed dancers clad in sparkly face masks and white canvas tennis shoes accented with sparkles.
Sneden-Carlson brainstormed with Shannon Gruenhagen, marketing and tour coordinator at Heritage Station Museum. Because of restrictions on indoor gatherings, rather than staging the production in the Bob Clapp Theatre at Blue Mountain Community College, Sneden-Carlson made some changes and was looking at presenting âThe History of The Nutc
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The Pioneer does a Q&A with finalists Jay Mathisen, Dan Koopman and Jeffry Davis
Jefferson County School District 509-J Board members have selected their top three candidates for the superintendent position. Two candidates are leaders at Oregon colleges, and the third is from a Washington school district.
This week, the board of directors will begin conducting final candidate interviews with three superintendent finalists, Jay Mathisen, Dan Koopman and Jeffry Davis.
The district will host three public events for the community to meet the candidates. The first event is Tuesday evening, March 2 with Mathisen. A second event will be Wednesday evening, March 3 for the public to meet Koopman, and the final event is Thursday evening, March 4 for the community to meet Davis.