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🌱 Pendleton's holiday bazaar brings shopping, Santa and a community boost

Pendleton, Oregon Patch AM: a 4 min read

Greetings Pendleton! Your go-to source for what's happening in town is here. Stay in the loop and read on. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

  • Pendleton's holiday bazaar brings shopping, Santa and a community boost
  • BMCC's free turkey dinner includes delivery for Pendleton residents in need
  • Oregon honors Pendleton's longtime arts leader Roberta Lavadour

Also on today's calendar: Club 24 Turkey Trot 2026.

Today's riddle: What are the two sides of a circle? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Wednesday: Partly sunny and beautiful, with a high of 56 and low of 41 degrees.
  • Thursday: High thin cloudiness, temps: high: 56, low: 45.
  • Friday: A couple of afternoon showers, with a high of 69 and low of 45 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. All aboard! Altrusa Holiday Bazaar returns to Pendleton Convention Center (goeasternoregon.com) — Pendleton's Altrusa Holiday Bazaar brings more than 70 vendors to the convention center Nov. 21, raising money for local food, youth and literacy programs. Shopping runs from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., with Santa photos and children's activities. Admission is $2, cash only, and food donations earn a free hot drink coupon.
   

2. BMCC ASG begins planning traditional turkey dinner (elkhornmediagroup.com) — BMCC's student government will host a free community turkey dinner Nov. 19 from 5–7 p.m. in Pioneer Hall's Student Union. Pendleton residents needing food assistance who cannot reach campus can register in advance for free delivery within city limits. Meal registration, volunteer and donation information is available at bluecc.edu/turkeydinner.
   

3. Pendleton's arts center director earns lifetime achievement award (eastoregonian.com) — Roberta Lavadour, who has led the Pendleton Center for the Arts for 22 years, has earned Oregon's 2026 Lifetime Achievement in Arts & Culture Award. The honor recognizes decades of expanding arts access in Eastern Oregon and comes as she prepares to leave the center in July 2027.
   

4. Pendleton rededicates city hall on 30th anniversary of opening (elkhornmediagroup.com) — Pendleton marked 30 years of its City Hall on Monday with a rededication of the former Helen McCune Junior High. Once threatened with demolition, the downtown building survived after residents opposed razing it and voters approved a $2.95 million renovation bond in 1994, creating a home for city offices and the public library.
   

5. Cason's Place in Pendleton marks Children's Grief Awareness Month (eastoregonian.com) — Pendleton's Cason's Place is helping adults better support grieving children this November, sharing resources through its social media pages. The organization, which provides free peer grief support, will also host an open house and craft day honoring Calista Hutchinson Berg on Nov. 22, from 1–2:30 p.m., at 1416 SE Court Ave.
   

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What are the two sides of a circle?" — The inside and the outside ! (Thank you James M. for sending it in!)
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