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bright enough to chase a way the w inter blues. How com e?
Michael Anderson remembered as “eagle” who aimed high
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Michael P. Anderson was remem
Is a light that is very close Io the light nature created Early man
bered as a quiet, deep thinker at the
lived by light, sun up go to work. Sundown-go to sleep. Todav,
small Baptist church in Spokane
M¥ are expected to work before sunrise and after sunset ttv are
w here he worshipped as a youth
home doing the family thing. He go from one dark cave to another. and where his parents still attend.
Our lights let us see what we are doing but do not provide
A nderson's parents, Bobbieand
if. Co/. Michael P.
Sunlight Sulan has several sun like like lights in the play room to Barbara Anderson, "needed to rest”
Anderson was the
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“ His life w asn’t in vain and will
do some good to mankind,” she
said.
Christian workers fo r fellowship
Anderson often would attend
M orning Star church when visiting
6401 N.E. 10lh Avenue
Spokane, Pastor Emeritus the Rev.
Portland, Oregon 97211
Freeman Simmonssaid. He headed
the church when Anderson at
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tended as a youth.
Sunday School
9:45 A.M.
“ He w as a young man who
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would always think deep,"Simmons
Pastor and First
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said. "H e never said much. ... He
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would listen to what I said, espe
— Barbara Anderson, mother of Lt. Col. Michael P. Anderson who died In the Columbia explosion
cially scientific things.”
Anderson would accompany his
father to Fairchild Air Force Base southwest o f Spokane, in 1977, then astronaut. He traveled to Russia’s fulfill my hopes and dream s.”
near here and showed “a strong earned a bachelor's degree in phys Mir space station in 1998.
A memorial service has not yet
desire that he w anted to fly,” ics and astronomy from the Univer
“We come to remember Lt. Col. been planned at the church on
For more information please call
Simmonssaid.
sity o f W ashington in 1981, and a Michael Anderson, who on yester Spokane’s east side, an area o f in
“ He didn’t know he was going to m aster’s degree m aster’s in phys day moved from this world to a dustrial plants and modest neigh
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be an astronaut," Simmons said. ics from Creighton University, 1990. better world," Claiborne said in the borhoods.
“Michael was bom for that. ... He He was married with two daugh moving musical service.
The pastor said A nderson’s life
had the characteristics o f an eagle." ters, ages 9 and 11.
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He was flying forthe Air Force in son," Claiborne said later. “ He had advice: "Aim forthe stars and ifyou
Cheney High School, about 15 miles 1994 when NASA chose him as an a life knowing that when I die, I fall short, at least you tried.”
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M issouri and possibly the Middle
East.
“ W ho’d ever dream th ey ’d see
a church bus w ith m ilitary per
sonnel and w eapons on it?” said
M aj. John Pettit, an Army Re
(AP) A mostly African Ameri serve chaplain from S teilacoom ,
can church cam e to the rescue o f W ash.
the 6 7 1 st E ngineering Com pany
Commercial buses didn’t show
w hen buses d id n ’t arrive for the up in time to take one ofthe 6 7 1 st’s
Army R eserve unit to make their platoons to the airport on Sunday,
ch arter flight for active duty in Jan. 26, so Pettit walked next door
Congregation
comes to aide of
Army troop
from the reserve hall to Mount Olivet
Baptist Church, which has an old
school bus. William White, the
north Portland church’s bus driver,
offered to help.
"The one key word in the Army
is being flexible,” said Pettit, a Bap
tist minister in civilian life. " If you
can’t be flexible, you’ll perish.”
The four chartered G reyhound
buses d id n ’t appear at the S h arff
Army R eserve C enter as sched-
Gospel Extravaganza Planned (Obituary
Portland C ommuni ty Col lege will
celebrate Black History Month by
sponsoring the 19,h Annual Gospel
Music Extravaganza on Saturday,
Feb. 15.
Festivities wi 11 get underway at 6
p.m. in the Highland United Church
ofC hrist, 1737 N.E. Alberta.
More than 17 church choirs, solo
artists and singing groups will en to the public. Typically it attracts
tertain at this year’s extravaganza, more than 1,2(X)peoplcand isashow-
which will have the theme ‘Cast case festivity for Black History
Down, But Not Destroyed.’ The Month. Organizers will sell ribbons
event celebrates the joy o f song in and money donations are encour
the African American community. aged. The event goes to benefit the
It is a pivotal way ofhonoring Black Robert Wright Scholarship Fund.
History Month.
For more information, call 503-
The Extravaganza is free and open 943-2224.
Recovery Group Meets at Church
A new alcohol and drug recov-
ery group for nervous and mental
health care patients has opened at
the First Presbyterian Church, 4300
Main St., in Vancouver. Weekly
Recovery. Inc. will meet each Sun-
dayat 1:30p.m. in addition to 10a.m.
sessions already underway each
W ednesday,
For more information, contact
group leader Marian Fox at 360-
686-3540or503-231-1334.
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uled at 10 a.m ., but did arrive at
11:15 a.m . and w ereable to trans
port the rem aining troops to a
later flight.
“T h e re ’s a sense o f duty that
has to be done,” said Ed W ill
iams, M ount O liv et’s directo r o f
administration. Williams also pro
vided a church van to haul a dozen
m ore m em bers o fth e 671 st to the
a irp o rt, in clu d in g th e ir co m
m ander, Capt. A ndy Boetticher.
The Archdiocese o f Portland's
Office for Ministry to the Aging will
hold its annual Archdiocesan Spiri
tuality and Aging Conference on
Saturday. Feb. 22 at the St. Pius X
ParishCenter. l280N .W .Saltzm an
Rd. The them eof this year's confer-
ence is “Aging and the Family."
All o f the issues o f aging to
some degree or another arc fami ly
issues. The conference offers an
opportunity for education, net
w orking and prayer through a
balance o f presentations, inter-
action and reflection.
Major issues to be discussed
include spiritual maturity in older
adulthood, common geriatric ill
nesses and treatments and caring
for aging parents while raising fami
lies.
Bruce Joseph
Bruce Joseph died on Friday,
Jan. 24,2003. He was bom Oct.
18,1961 in Tacoma, Wash.
He is survived by his mother,
w ife, tw o daughters, a g ran d
son, three stepsons, tw o broth
ers, fo u r sisters, a host o f
n ieces, n ephew s and m any
close friends. He w as preceded
in death by a niece, N orm andy
M athew s and his father, W ar
ren Joseph Sr.
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Maria Lisa Johnson, a represen
Saturday’s march and rally will
tative ot the Latino Network, saida begin at 11 a m. at the N ortheast
crime against any comm unity is a Police Precinct, locatedat 449 N.E.
crime against all com m unities and Em erson, and will follow along
culled for neighbors tojoin together som e o f the streets targeted by
against hate.
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