The following students were named to the honor roll for the third quarter of the 2016-17 academic year at Ione Community School:

Honor Roll (3.5-4.0 gpa): Alex Cavan, Madison Orem, Alex Ramirez Orozco, Kalvin Rietmann, Daralynn Teeman, Sunem Calvillo, Bryce Rollins, Oliver Giefing, Grace Ogden, Gary Walls, Hailey Heideman, Emily Ehrmantraut, Kayla Rodriguez, Larysa Burright, Tiffany Hollis, Cameron Jewett, Eva Martin, Emma Rietmann, Zoey Gilbert, Annabelle McDaniel, Matt Orem, Laura Ayala, Susanna Teeman, Payton Miller, Renee Peterson, Sonia Medina, Morgan Orem, Allisa David, Daniel Kelly, Austin Morter, Katelyn Bass, Yaneri Calvillo, Hannah Flynn, Maia Fuchs, Katie Gilbert, Sydney Qualls, Goncalo Silva, Tristan Estabrook, Sergio Marin Farias, Babali Peterson, Karsen Dumler, Marisol Avila-Ramirez, Austin Carter, Meighan Hall.

Honorable Mention (3.0-3.49 gpa): Lewkus Burright, Charlie Smith, Caleb Cambero Aguilar, Carson Eynetich, Fernando Ramirez, Elisabet Calvillo, Colt Parker, Taylor Rollins, Joshua Bleth, Cedrick Dayandante, Haylie Peterson, Julie Teeman, Morgan Alldritt, Chance McCormack, Ola Rietmann, Megan Doherty, Mackenzie Heideman, Rayah Cavan, Madison Alldritt, Hayden Qualls, Nestor Ramirez Orozco, Aaron Smythe, Emily Taylor, Michael Reed, Ally Haguewood, Jared Snyder, Cord Flynn, Yaniva Garcia, Ashley Medina.

MILTON-FREEWATER — Two local students have been awarded scholarships from the PEO Program for Continuing Education. Milton-Freewater PEO Chapter AP announced that Julieta Pulido will receive $2,200, and Jennifer Elizabeth Floch has been awarded $3,000. These grants are awarded to women whose education has been interrupted for at least 24 months and who find it necessary to return to school to support themselves and/or their families.

Julieta Pulido is a graduate of McLoughlin High School and Walla Walla Community College. She has worked as a pharmacy technician and served as a social worker with the Oregon Child Development Council. She is currently studying for a dental hygienist degree at Columbia Basin College. She plans to graduate next year and return to Milton-Freewater to work in a dentists’ office, where her bilingual skills will be most helpful. She has helped translate for a dentist while working for her degree.

Jennifer Elizabeth Floch’s undergraduate degree in community health has enabled her to work among First Nation people in a remote area of Alaska. After a few years, she decided she could be more effective heading up a prevention program, but needed a master’s degree in public health to do the work. She will graduate from Oregon State next year and plans to return to Alaska. Jennifer is the granddaughter of long-time Walla Walla residents Larry Frank and Nancy Berlier.

The P.E.O. Sisterhood, founded in 1869, at Iowa Wesleyan College, Mount Pleasant, Iowa, is a philanthropic and educational organization interested in bringing to women increased opportunities for higher education. Chapter AP was organized in Milton-Freewater in 1928.

For more information contact Meghan Abell at 509-520- 0991.

HELIX — The following Helix Community School students were named to the honor roll for the third quarter of the 2016-17 academic year:

Helix Middle School: 4.0 gpa: Dean Boland, Caleb Greenhalgh, Kyler Greenhalgh, Blake Harper, David Shaw, MayaBella Texidor, Eli Sprenger, Ryann Stahancyk; 3.75-3.99 gpa: Bryce Fairchild, Addie Hayes, Pendra Ogilivie, Karalin Reynolds, Rebekah Shaw; 3.25-3.74 gpa: Darla Holden, Zach Johnson, Zoie Johnson, Alexandria Krol, Sam Kubishta, Anitohi Mercer, Lexie Mize, Anna Schatzlein, Noelle Texidor.

Griswold High School: 4.0 gpa: Charmayne Bennett, Lucy Case, Hannah Christman, Allan Holden, Alyssa Keene, Alexis Leake, Ashton Marks, Caiden Marks, Bethany Newtson, Vitor Pedrosa, Kyleen Stahancyk, Jonathan Shaw, Justin Williams, Sadie Wilson, Annie Wood; 3.75-3.99 gpa: Kaylee Cope, Emma Fehrenbacker, Kyla Roberts, Macey Tullis; 3.25-3.74 gpa: Lynne Ashby, Grant Christman, Tylor Fehrenbacker, Kyla Harper, Arianna Krol, Brandon Leake, Gavin Newtson, Colton Reynolds, Jacob Sprenger.

LA GRANDE — Eastern Oregon University named 509 students to the dean’s list for the 2017 winter term. Qualifying students achieve and maintain a grade point average of 3.5 or higher on a 4.0 scale while completing a minimum of 12 hours of graded coursework for the duration of the term.

The following local students earned this distinction:

Athena: Devin Griggs; Boardman: Briton Hansen, Alesia Sterner; Echo: Diana Bautista; Heppner: Patrick Collins, Makenzie Correa, Christopher Kindle; Hermiston: Samantha Baumgartner, Matthew Booher, Jessica Dixon, Ashlynn Holwegner, Martee Kelly, Hannah Mabbott, Makayla Mangione, Meghan McDonough, Annika Miller, Kimberly Nevil, Lily Ringe, Natalie Scotto, Brittany Smith, Debra Smith, Truc Truong, Kalee Walchli; Ione: Shannon Boor, Jaqueline Juarez; Irrigon: Jesus Contreras, James Creason, Jennifer Matlack; Milton-Freewater: Brittney Hall, Jazmin Ornelas, Abigail Biggs, Danielle Veitenheimer, Jennifer Zerba; Pendleton: Lindsey Caldera, Jeremy Cochrane, Kimberly Denton, Michael Derrickson, Travis Hancock, Aaron Hines, Elizabeth Hoffman, Greg Jones, Brian Mandella, Crystal Mitchell, Paige Navratil, Deidra Nitz, Tanner Pearson, Shannon Smith-Gruenhagen, Shelby Spriet, Eleanor Stuart, Kaylie Thompson, Bethany VanCleave; Pilot Rock: Austin Weinke; Stanfield: Stephanie Milbrodt, Eddy Ramos.

BATON ROUGE, La. — Evan Lake of Pendleton was recently initiated into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation’s oldest and most selective all-discipline collegiate honor society. Lake was initiated at Saint Martin’s University, Lacey, Wash.

Lake is among approximately 30,000 students, faculty, professional staff and alumni to be initiated into Phi Kappa Phi each year. Membership is by invitation only and requires nomination and approval by a chapter. Only the top 10 percent of seniors and 7.5 percent of juniors are eligible for membership.

PENDLETON — The following students were named Sunridge Middle School Bronc Pride Award winners for the month of March. Recipients of these special awards are either consistently modeling high expectations related to readiness, respect and responsibility, or have recently experienced recognizable growth in one or all of these areas.

Sixth Grade: Dylan Alexander, Kylie Alvarez, Tyler Bellairs, Ben Eschenbacher, Ethen Fusselman, Anna Grossnickle, Andrew Hearn, Elizabeth Holden, Dalvin Jim, Paegen Kang, John Ladensack, Emily Ramirez, Pedro Rivera, Ty Robertson, Leaha Ruiz, Chelsea Runion, Sierra Sowers and Damian Vaquero.

Seventh Grade: Natalie Cothren, Ashley Geier, Sarah House, Arelia Huber, Ethan Hughbanks, Keri Kunz, Dakota Martin, Lyllith Martin-Bursell, Lucy Oyama, Adyson Parsons, Jhalil Roman-Silva, Jasmine Salazar, Jaden Samp, James Savage, Shaelynn Silva and Juniper Sorensen.

Eighth Grade: Noah Butler, Gracie Broadfoot, Chelsie Clough, Sam Coleman, Junah Costello, Kiara Crawford-Templin, Randy Davis, Jordan DeGeer, Makayla Heise, Kaolyn Henderson, Sylvie Heriza, Anthony Medrano, Matt Miltenberger, Grady Naughton, Emma Odman, Wakody Pond, Trinity Price, Cornelia Reynen, Dean Schiller, Grace Seeliger, Asha Waine and Buck Weilert.

PENDLETON — Blue Mountain Community College winter term 2016-17 honor roll recognition went to the following full-time students:

President’s List: 4.0 GPA: Samantha Ball, Anthony Barker, Jerica Bartell, Brittany Beinert, Robert Brown, Laura Bruland, Lexie Campbell, Nathaniel Cantonwine, Nayeli Cardenas, Anna Carter, Kylee Chavez, Tyler Clark-Robinson, Brandon Collins, Tatum Conner, Megan Croxford, Robert Debolt, Silvia Diaz Diaz, Kyler Eckman-Lunny, Abbie Elliott, Averi Elms, Joshua Fenstermaker, Sarah Finifrock, Hannah Flanagan, Sarah Flanagan, Estela Fuentes, Erik Galarza Banderas, John Galjour, Angela Garcia, David Garcia Coria, Larissa Golightly, Samantha Green, Adrian Guzman, Keziah Hampton, Timothy Handforth, Niccole Harrison, Christopher Haselden, Jaqqi Herrera, Dylan Hodges, Jason Hogge, Emmaline Irvine, Kate Jesenko, Nakiska Johnston, Ashley Jones, Jessica Kempken, Brittnee Kezer-Schomberg, Brooke Kralman, Nancy Lathrop, Brooke Lomica, Makayla Loper, Luke Lovercheck, Kaira Ludwig, Jocelyn Macias, Whitney McMahon, Sonia Medina, Reed Middleton, Bryan Miller, Evan Miller, Benjamin Moore, Zackery Myers, Lionel Navarrete, Jesse Neveau, Cody Nielsen, Morgan Orem, Quincy Pendergrass, Alyssa Pratt, Kaiza Rea, Magdalena Richardson, Kyra Rico, Gary Ringering, Johnathan Roberts, Sandra Robles, Jackson Rohner, Tyler Rohrman, Hunter Sater, Jeremy Schwertfeger, Melanie Sederburg, Andrew Selzler, Michael Shafer, Allison Sharrard, Miah Slater, Illumination Spencer, Amy Spinden, Olivia Steffey, Sierra Summerfield, Amy Swenson, Shelbie Taylor, Clint Teater, Jon Thacker Jr, Cristina Torres, Jared Torres, Adrie Traum, Bradley Travis, Taylor Lee Tremblay, Andrew Valdez, Alyssa Van Epps, Martin Wenzel-Schenck, Deborah Wilson, Rachael Wilson, Savannah Wirth, Mandy Wuest, Sydney Younger, Nicholas Zdroy, Malcolm Zoon.

Dean’s List: 3.40 to 3.84 GPA: Adriana Acevedo, Brandy Anderson, Tiffany Armstrong, Gloria Ballesteros, Ashleigh Banker, April Barkhurst, Kayla Blankenship, Sarah Bonner, Haley Bradley, Jenna Bradshaw, Robert Brandvold, Shandie Britt, Haley Burchard, Lauren Cagle, Emily Cain, Kathy Cardenas, Callie Carlson, Ada Castillo, Cassie Castle, Guitzell Chavez, Fen Chen, Diana Chopin, Jamie Christopher, Rosa Cisneros, Garrett Colton, Brittany Combs, Zechariah Compos, Mark Contreras, Hailey Cooper, Bradey Cope, Juniper Cosner, Nicol Crowson, Shyla Davison, Emily Dehaas, Jonathan Diehl, Teresa Durheim, Ellissa Durning, Candida Eldridge, Dylan Enright, Yoshira Escamilla, Taylor Evans, Terri Flores, Michael Foden, Whitney Fredrickson, Jessica Friend Cindy Fuentes, Sandra Garcia, Lizbeth Gaytan, Michelle Gerrard, Luis Godoy, Shelby Greb, Tyler Gregg, Skyler Grigg, Brian Gutierrez, Erica Guzman, Devin Haefer, Darin Hauner, James Hays, Tanner Heiman, Amber Henderson, Bruce Hernandez, Casey Higginbotham, June Hills, Andrew Hively, Nathaniel Hochspeier, McKinsay Holwegner, Makenzi Hughes, Joseph Jackson, Jailin Jimenez, Cody Johnsen, Kaitlyn Jones, Hailey Kendrick, Matthew Keyser, Grace Klein, Paden Lacoursiere, Anthony Landeros, Marcos Landin, Jessica Lewis, Judith Lindsey, Janet Lomas, Williams Madrigal Barrera, Cayce Marshall, Cheyanne Matlack, Garrett McCloud, Trystan McCoy, Rita McElligott, Sherinda McKnight, Elliebeth Meadows, Sydnee Miller, Emma Montgomery, Jonathon Morrison, Daniyal Nadeem, Austin Naillon, Guadalupe Naranjo, Samuel Neal, Makenzie Noggle, Jenna O'Brien, Barry O’Leary, David Palmer, Matthew Palmer, Victoria Palmquist, Haley Parsons, Baylie Paul, Miah Jae Perez, Ashley Place, Brayden Pulver, Dallin Puzey, Jesus Ramirez, Erin Ramsey, Rusty Reeve, Beth Reeves, Deborah Riley, Kaiden Roba, Jared Rogers, Chase Root, Kirsten Saling, Shandon Sanders-Johnson, Bailey Schilling, William Sharkey, Sarah Short, Andrea Simpson, Shayla Sisk, Jessica Skillings, Lubov Slater, Jessica Smelser, Morgan Smith, Nathan Som, Scarlette Sprague, Maciah Stephens, Leslie Stroe, Theresa Sumerlin, Jodi Sunman, Emily Taylor, Jonathan Throop, Krystin Uhlenkott, Destiny Valdovino, Emily Vandehey, Brittany Vandersteen, Sara Von Borstel, Colton Walker, Emma Wells, Jacob Winnett, George Wishon IV, Seth Wood, Austin Zaugg.

Honor Roll 3.0 to 3.39 GPA: Campbell Agee, Becky Alanis, Mayte Alvarado, Alma Angulo-Nunez, Audra Arias, Ira Ashley, Samson Beckman, David Berdahl, Laken Berlin, Kohler Betts, Daniel Blake, Gunnar Blankenship, Olivia Broker, Clayton Campbell, Karly Cantu, Joan Cardenas, Tanner Carey, Emma Carlsen, Yvonne Carson, Matthew Caughey, Isabelle Chapman, Tyler Cisneros, Cameron Clark, Taija Coffey, Sarah Conaway, Mariela Coria, Imma Couch, Jordan Crane, Sierra Cullinan, Molly Dale, Kyle Daubenspeck, Milan Davchevski, Kendra De Hoog, Candace Dean, Bryon Demos, Daysha Denight, Laura Dodge, Lucio Dominguez Umana, Jaymie Dtson, Thomas Dunn, Dustin Durflinger, Dawn Eddy, Tayler Eng, Cole Evans, Itzel Flores, Jaylan Funk, Sydney Galloway, Maria Garavito, Heidi Garcia, Jasmin Garcia Quezada, Joye Garcilazo, Lizeth Gaytan, James Gourlie, Elizabeth Grimes, Brook Haringa, Shelby Harris, Joy Hearn, Charles Hoskins, Brian Howell, Nathan Hurty, Cole Jaeger, Jonathan Jennings, Stephen Jensen Jr, Kylisue Johnson, Allison Kercheski, Shandler Kidd, Michael Kreuger, Aimee Lazinka, Danica Leiva-Frasser, Lauren Lewis, Kaelyn Lindsay, Farrell Linscott, Hannah Love, Sydney Maben, Jerilyn Mackey, Avery Madril, Justin Makin, Julia Maldonado, Cristian Martinez, Juan Martinez, Graciela Martinez Santiago, Bobby McAllister, Jennifer McDougall, Manuel Medelez, Marilyn Medelez Ruiz, Caitlin Medgin, Ricardo Mendoza, Shyler Mikesell, Jordan Mix, Samuel Moore, Damara Morales, Kaylan Mosser, Cheyenne Munoz, Jenisis Navarrete Campos, Jesseca Nelson, Alexa Nickens, Shayleigh Nulf, Vanessa Olvera, Weston Ormachea, Taylor Paschal, Preston Pederson, Jerrett Plunkett, Sacha Pogue, Raquel Porras, Toribio Quinones, Jesus Ramirez, Jacob Rammer, Melissa Richardson, Cooper Ringnalda, Amelia Rios, Ryan Robbins, Ventura Rodriguez, Desijo Roybal, Ayleen Sandoval, Rodney Scarver, Sierra Schmeckpeper, Caleb Schmidt, Samantha Schmitz, Latia Scott, Julio Serratos Navarrete, Tammy Silva, Kiley Smith, Tate Spivey, Vanessa Stackhouse, Melissa Stasik, Robert Stoddard, Sarah Stone, Bobbi Sullivan, Cameron Sutton, Michael Swanson, Chelsea Thomas, Kyana Tolwi, Janet Torres, Megan Ulrey, Madalyn Underwood, Traci Veitenheimer, Andrew Wagner, Angela Walden, Roland Wampler Iii, Allison Wedgworth, Mikayla Weinke, Justin Williams, Kristin Williams, Carlos Wing-Marrs, Hannah Wolfe, Brittiny Wolverton, Gabriela Zumaya, Zachary Zwerneman.

PENDLETON — The Oregon Wheat Foundation has awarded a total of twelve $1,000 scholarships to high school seniors for 2017 in 12 Oregon counties. Students were judged on their community involvement, academic achievement and an essay on a wheat industry topic.

Umatilla County’s winner, Bethany Newtson, is a graduating senior at Griswold High School and plans to study the field of integrated plant science and elementary education at University of Idaho.The daughter of Jeff and Sharilyn Newtson of Helix, her school sports include basketball, volleyball, cross country and track. She is student body president, is a member of FBLA and the National Honor Society, and founder/president of Inspire Club. She also volunteers on several school and community projects.

Oregon Wheat Foundation Scholarships are open to high school seniors whose parents are members of the Oregon Wheat Growers League or whose parents are employed by grower members of the organization. The scholarship is also open to students employed by grower members.

LENEXA, Kan. — Grantham University is proud to announce its March local graduates of the university’s online degree and certificate programs: Christine Wilson of Hermiston, AA in business administration; and Katie Locke of Milton-Freewater, BS in business administration.

BEND — Chyenne Carey of Pendleton was named to the winter 2017 Dean’s List at Central Oregon Community College. The Dean’s List recognizes students enrolled in 12 or more graded credits who receive a term GPA of 3.60 or better.

PENDLETON — The Oregon East Symphony announced the winner of its 2017 scholarship at its concert on Saturday, April 22. An award of $1,000 was presented to Kalli Hubbard, a graduating senior from Pendleton High School.

Hubbard has been an active participant in the Symphony throughout her high school career, taking part in the A Sharp Players preparatory orchestra, being a teaching assistant with the Symphony Strings program, playing in the Oregon East Symphony as part of the Raising the Bar mentorship program, and as a youth representative on the Symphony Board of Directors. She plans on attending either Brigham Young University-Idaho or Utah State University.

The Oregon East Symphony scholarship is presented to a graduating senior who has participated in one or more symphony programs, has a GPA of 3.0 or higher, and plans on attending a four year college or university.

This year’s award was presented in honor of Shirlee McGreer, a longtime supporter of the Symphony.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Lauren Kathryn Roberts of Pendleton has accepted membership in The National Society of Collegiate Scholars (NSCS).

Roberts is a Pendleton High School graduate and a freshman at Oregon State University, majoring in education.

NSCS is a member of the Association of College Honor Societies and is the nation’s only interdisciplinary honors organization for first-year and second-year college students. Membership is by invitation only, based on grade point average and class standing. NSCS has over one million lifetime members and 300 chapters in all 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico.

BATON ROUGE, La. — Alexander Brock of Hermiston was recently initiated into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation’s oldest and most selective all-discipline collegiate honor society. Brock was initiated at Western Oregon University.

Brock is among approximately 30,000 students, faculty, professional staff and alumni to be initiated into Phi Kappa Phi each year. Membership is by invitation only and requires nomination and approval by a chapter. Only the top 10 percent of seniors and 7.5 percent of juniors are eligible for membership. Graduate students in the top 10 percent of the number of candidates for graduate degrees may also qualify, as do faculty, professional staff and alumni who have achieved scholarly distinction.

CORVALLIS — Students who have made the Scholastic Honor Roll Winter term 2017 have been announced by Oregon State University. The following Pendleton students were named to the list:

Bret P. Carter, senior, agricultural sciences; Virginia A. Kerns, senior, exercise and sport science; Charla J. Simons, sophomore, university exploratory studies; Taryn L. Sokoloski, sophomore, speech communication; Nels Swenson, senior, agricultural sciences.

CHENEY, Wash. — Eastern Washington University has named students to the Winter 2017 Dean’s List. Local students included in the list:

Pendleton: Lindsey Roach; Hermiston: Endy De La Cruz, Andrea Waters, Mariah Ware; Heppner: Michaella Emmel.

The Hermiston Education Foundation recently announced it awarded five $2,500 scholarships to graduating seniors from Hermiston High School.

The recipients include Frederick Gonzalez, who plans to study business and/or graphic design; Wyatt Paschal, who will purse a degree in agricultural education at Washington State University; Matthew Rada, who will attend Oregon State University to study atmospheric sciences with the goal of a master’s degree in meteorology from the University of Oklahoma; Carla Medel, who plans to study psychology at OSU in preparation for a career as a juvenile therapist; and Kellie Zepeda, who will study physical therapy at the University of Portland.

The students were evaluated on academic achievement, leadership and service activities at school and the community, and financial need.

Separate from the school district, the Hermiston Education Foundation is a nonprofit public benefit corporation. Their goal is to help students reach their potential. In addition to scholarships awarded each spring, the organization provides grants twice a year to teachers in the district to enhance and provide additional educational opportunities for students.

For more information about the foundation’s scholarship program, write Hermiston Education Foundation, P.O. Box 1096, Hermiston, OR 97838.

The Hermiston Kiwanis Noon Club announced that six Hermiston High School students have been selected to each receive $1,000 scholarships.

The Perry Johnson Post-Secondary Education Scholarships have been awarded to Frederick Gonzalez, Kellie Zepeda and Wyatt Paschal.

Gonzalez plans to study business and/or graphics design. Zepeda plans to attend the University of Portland, where she’ll work towards a degree in physical therapy with the ultimate goal of getting a doctorate in the field. Paschal will pursue a degree in agricultural education at Washington State University.

Recipients of the Russell Dorran Memorial Scholarships are Jahayra Garcia, Vanessa Ambriz and Matthew Rada.

Garcia plans to major in finance at the University of Portland. Ambriz will study international relations at Whitman College. Rada will major is atmospheric sciences at Oregon State University with the goal of a master’s degree in meteorology from the University of Oklahoma.

The scholarship applicants were evaluated on their academic achievements, financial need, and leadership and service activities within their school and community.

The scholarships are given in memory of a pair of past Kiwanis members. Johnson also was a Baptist minister, who supported youth services and education. Dorran was a charter member of the club, as well as the Hermiston Elks Lodge, Hermiston Development Corporation and Blue Mountain Community College board.

For more information about the Kiwanis scholarship program, write Hermiston Noon Kiwanis Club, P.O. Box 375, Hermiston, OR 97838.

Three local high school seniors were chosen to receive Tripper Rice Memorial Scholarships from Paul and Cindy Rice of Pendleton. The scholarships are given in memory of the Rices’ son, Tripper, to further the education of graduating Intermountain High School Rodeo Association students. The scholarship’s namesake was a past IMHSRA state championship and national qualifier.

Ivy Sandford of Ione was awarded a $2,500 scholarship. She is graduating from Ione High School and plans to study equine science and agriculture business at Colorado Northwestern Community College. She is the daughter of Rick and Sylvia Sandford.

A $1,500 scholarship was awarded to Kolby Currin of Heppner. The son of Steve and Lisanne Currin, he plans to attend Blue Mountain Community College and Montana State University to study agricultural business. He will graduate in June from Heppner High School.

Calgary Smith of Adams, a 2017 Pendleton High School graduate, will receive a $1,000 scholarship. He plans to study agriculture at Walla Walla Community College. He is the son of Chad and Karen Smith.

Tripper Rice Memorial Scholarships are awarded not only on the basis of academic achievement of the student, but also weighed heavily on the student’s financial need, desire for continued education, sportsmanship, leadership in the classroom and community, and continuous enthusiasm for their school and rodeo.

Three local high school seniors and were chosen to receive Echo Kiwanis Foundation Scholarships. This year’s Kiwanis Club fund raising activities and local donations from Echo and Stanfield communities provided the annual $500 scholarships.

Laci Wiggins of Echo is planning to pursue a degree in agricultural business with a minor in equine sciences. She will attend BMCC for two years, prior to transferring either to Oregon State University or Montana State University. She is the Echo Senior Class president and was a co-captain of this year’s basketball team. Additionally, she ran cross country and participated in trapshooting. She has been active in FFA throughout high school and is the Echo FFA president this year. She also has been a member of Oregon Trail Riders 4-H club since fourth grade and is currently a teen leader. Her volunteer activities include Red to Red Bike Race, Echo Kiwanis Octoberfest and over 155 hours of roping chute work for the Farm City Pro Rodeo. Laci is the daughter of Jennifer and Brett Kralman of Echo.

Ryan Bailey will graduate as valedictorian from Stanfield this spring with an Associate of Arts degree from BMCC. He plans to enroll in Eastern Oregon University this fall to pursue an MBA degree with a minor in computer science. He is ASB president this year, having served on Student Council since he was a freshman, and is involved with National Honor Society and FBLA. He has competed in football, basketball and baseball and was named MVP for last year’s state championship team. His volunteer activities included sponsoring two Red Cross blood drives, “Pennies for Patients” fund raising for Lymphoma Foundation and the “Gift-A- Soldier” campaign for overseas soldiers. Ryan is the son of Bryan and Jennifer Bailey of Stanfield.

Hunter Barnes will graduate this spring with an Honors Diploma and is planning to pursue a medical career at either Eastern Texas Baptist University or Rocky Mountain College in Montana. He has served on the ASB Executive Council since 2014 and has been a member of the National Honor Society since 2015. Hunter has been recognized as a scholar athlete all four years of high school and has participated on the football, baseball and sporting clay teams. His volunteer activities include Red Cross blood drives, the “Gift-A- Soldier” campaign for overseas soldiers and “Pennies for Patients” fund raising for Lymphoma Foundation. Hunter is the son of Kent and Lori Barnes.

PENDLETON — Amy Swenson has been named the recipient of the 2017 David Jon Lindberg Memorial Scholarship. Swenson, a graduating Pendleton High School senior, intends to use the $1,000 scholarship at Northwest Nazarene University, where she plans to major in pre-veterinary science.

Swenson is graduating with a 4.35 GPA and is a high honor roll student who is involved in numerous school and community activities, including FFA and the National Honor Society. She is the daughter of Arron and Lisa Swenson.

This is the 38th anniversary of the scholarship, which honors the memory of David Jon Lindberg. It was established by the people of Pendleton as a tribute to him. It is awarded each year to an outstanding Pendleton High School graduate whose career embodies the standards Lindberg set: commitment to citizenship, scholarship and family. The scholarship funds are managed by the Pendleton Foundation Trust.