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Electric Sundown plugs in with Miranda Case benefit

PENDLETON — A taco dinner, live/silent auctions and music with Andy Cary and Emily Muller-Cary will serve as a fundraiser for Pendleton teen Miranda Case, who needs a heart transplant.

Lights, sounds and action — behind the scenes at Happy Canyon

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Pendleton High School grad plots path to success

“He’s going to make it,” music teacher Andy Cary said. Science teacher Jess Cooper, who had Valera-Vega in one of his physics classes, was similarly effusive. “He’s going to have success wherever he ends up,” he said. The Pendleton High School senior now is planning a move to Arizona to pursue a career in neuroscience, but the public education system didn’t always have the same faith in his ability as it does today. Born and raised in Pendleton, Valera-Vega attends church at Iglesia Adventista del Séptimo Día Hispana de Pendleton, a Spanish-language Seventh-day Adventist church. It was through church he became connected with Harris Junior Academy, a private school also affiliated with the Seventh-day Adventists.

Sunridge delivers cheer through heartbreak

PENDLETON — In the wake of a bleak week, the administrators of Sunridge Middle School donned costumes. Sunridge Principal Dave Williams became an elf, Jingles McKringle-Berry, and Assistant Principal Jared Tesch turned into Santa Claus as they headed out into the community to deliver stockings filled with gifts to children in the community. Williams noted that Sunridge and the Pendleton School District’s other schools have done this tradition for 15 years, but they usually leave the gifts with students before they depart for winter break. The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has scrambled those plans, and although plenty of businesses and individuals have struggled financially this year, Sunridge still raised a considerable sum to send Christmas gifts to children in need. The $740 raised by staff was matched by businesses and organizations that committed $1,725 in cash, more than $400 in gift cards and several different in-kind donations, including a “huge amount of candy�

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