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YOUR EO NEWS
East Oregonian
Saturday, September 2, 2017
ANNIVERSARY
The Bouchards in 1957
Paul and Muriel Bouchard
Paul & Muriel Bouchard
Paul and Muriel (McIn-
tosh) Bouchard were married
Sept. 7, 1957, in
Springfi eld, Mass.
They lived in
Massachusetts and
in Lakeview, Ore.,
prior to moving to
Pendleton, where
they have lived for
more than 50 years.
The Bouchards are
retired, Paul from the U.S.
Forest Service and Muriel
from the Umatilla-Morrow
Educational Service District.
They have three daugh-
ters: Debbie Holling-
sworth of Portland,
Sheryl
(David)
Sandige of McKin-
klyville, Calif., and
Patti (Jeff) Allen of
Camas, Wash. They
also have three grand-
children: Katie (Trevor)
Nix, Chelsea Sandige and
Joshua Sandige.
Photo contributed by Sage Brown
Volunteers with the Oregon Natural Desert Association celebrate after removing obsolete barbed wire fence
from the Steens Mountain Wilderness Area.
Volunteers celebrate fence removal in Steens
A group of dedicated
volunteers with the Oregon
Natural Desert Association
recently removed remaining
obsolete barbed wire fence
in the Steens Mountain
Wilderness Area.
After hiking into the
remote location, the 10
volunteers
began
the
strenuous work in oven-hot
conditions. Working nine
hours a day, participants
removed fence clips, rolled
up the spiked wire and pried
posts from the ground. A
Bureau of Land Manage-
ment mule team will return
to the site to haul out the
dismantled materials.
The culmination of more
than a decade of work, the
last stake was pulled from
the ground on Aug. 27,
which resulted in an informal
celebration ceremony.
“I guess you could say
it was the opposite of a
ground-breaking,” said Ben
Gordon, ONDA steward-
ship director. “Instead, it was
a ground-restoring.”
The nonprofi t organi-
zation is dedicated to the
removal of barbed wire
fence in Oregon’s public
lands as it poses hazards for
wildlife.
The ONDA Steens project
resulted in the removal of 63
miles of fencing — all by
hand. Weighing more than
125 tons, that’s equivalent
to 10 school buses, said
Michael O’Casey, steward-
ship coordinator.
The project, which began
in 2001, included 38 trips
and 342 volunteers. The
value of the in-kind labor
donated is estimated at
$304,000, Gordon said.
ONDA volunteers also
participate in activities that
restore streams, monitor
wildlife habitat and maintain
trails. For more information,
contact Gordon at 541-213-
9915, ben@onda.org or visit
www.onda.org.
Photo contributed by Noemi Wiseman
Jazzie, Barbara Davis’ dog, wears special glasses
during the Aug. 21 solar eclipse at McKay Creek Es-
tates in Pendleton.
McKay Creek residents
enjoy celestial show
Residents, staff and
guests at McKay Creek
Estates enjoyed stepping
outside into the sunshine
to view the Aug. 21 solar
eclipse in Pendleton.
Executive director Noemi
Wiseman said the group was
particularly excited to have
East Oregonian reporter
Antonio Sierra stop by to
visit and interview them
during the celestial show.
Residents at the Pendleton
assisted living facility always
get bright faces when visitors
stop by, Wiseman said. In
addition, they welcome the
community to many of their
events and activities.
The facility, Wiseman
said, is gearing up to
celebrate National Assisted
Living Week, which is Sept.
10-16. Details of specifi c
activities will be announced
as the date approaches.
For more information
about activities at the center,
contact Wiseman at 541-276-
1987 or nwiseman@pres-
tigecare.com.
Wildhorse announces
second quarter grants
A pair of Morrow County
nonprofi t organizations each
received $20,000 grants
recently from the Wildhorse
Foundation.
A.C. Houghton Elemen-
tary School in Irrigon will use
its grant to replace an unsafe
playground structure, which
will include safety material
to go around the equipment.
In addition to school district
use, the community utilizes
the structure after school and
during the summer months.
The Morrow County
Health District will use its
funding to expand the existing
Irrigon Medical Clinic. A
2,100-square-foot addition to
the clinic will include addi-
tional exam rooms, providers’
offi ces, an expanded waiting
room, a business offi ce and
meeting room space. The
current facility had reached
its capacity and was unable to
serve many patients in need.
The expansion will allow
the health district to provide
needed services to Irrigon and
other north Morrow County
residents.
The foundation also
announced other second
quarter
awards,
which
included 24 disbursements for
a total of $193,393.25. Addi-
tional local recipients and the
purpose for the grants include:
•PENDLETON: Historic
Rivoli Theater Performing
Arts Center Restoration
Coalition, $15,000 for Phase
1 of the project;.
•IRRIGON:
Knights
Pride Booster Club, $5,440
for a baseball fi eld improve-
ment project; Masonic
Lodge No. 40, $1,000 for its
Bikes for Books project, an
incentive program for youths
to encourage reading.
•PILOT ROCK: Pilot
Rock Elementary School,
$10,814 for a readerbaord.
•UKIAH: Ukiah Munic-
ipal School District, $8,500
for the greenhouse lab and
garden resupply.
•UMATILLA: Umatilla
School District, $3,299 for
classroom technology.
•WESTON:
Weston
Middle School, $2,906.55 for
new furnishings in Rachael
Olson’s classroom.
•Other
organizations
receiving grants include:
Advantage
Smiles
for
Kids, Cross Trail Outfi tters,
Dayton Historical Depot
Society, Friends of the
Wallowa County Museum,
Grande Ronde Symphony
Association, Kirkman House
Museum, Maxville Heritage
Interpretive Center, Medical
Springs Rural Fire Protection
District, Mt. Emily Safe
Center, North End Grange
No. 820, Skyline Adventures,
The Health Center, Wallowa
Avalanche Center, Wallowa
History Center and White
Bluffs Quilt Museum.
The Wildhorse Foundation
manages a community benefi t
fund established by the
Confederated Tribes of the
Umatilla Indian Reservation.
The board considers quarterly
grant applications in the areas
of public health and safety,
education, the arts, historic
preservation,
gambling
addiction services, salmon
restoration,
environmental
protection and cultural activ-
ities. The next application
deadline is Oct. 1.
For more information or a
grant application, visit www.
thewildhorsefoundation.com
or contact Tiah DeGrofft
at 541-966-1628 or tiah.
degrofft@wildhorseresort.
com.
Photo contributed by Megan Olsen
Josh Browning and Pat Kerrigan placed fi rst in
the 2017 Thursday Night League at Big River Golf
Course in Umatilla.
Foursome spruces up golf course
Craig Engbretson, Don
Obrist, Craig Lockwood
and Randy Henderson
recently pitched in to help
with a beatifi cation project
at Big River Golf Course
in Umatilla.
The foursome installed
railroad ties along the fi rst
and ninth holes. Megan
Olsen, general manager,
expressed appreciation for
the men’s efforts, saying it
looks “fantastic.”
Also, Olsen said the
2017 Thursday Night
League is offi cially in
the books and congrat-
ulations are in order to
Josh Browning and Pat
Kerrigan, who placed fi rst.
Other top teams were Mike
Webb and Gunner Olsen;
Mike Frink and Keith
Morgan; and Aitor Irusta
and Steve Cameron.
In other links news,
local golfers, representing
Big River, Echo Hills Golf
Course and Willow Run
Golf Course (Boardman)
faired well in the Columbia
Basin Senior Blues Golf
Association event held
Aug. 14 at Big River. In
the Columbia Division,
Jeff Boedigheimer (72)
was second in gross; and
in net, D. Richelderfer
(79-12=67)
placed
third and Jim Johnson
(82-15=67) tied for fi fth.
In the Blue Division, Ron
Bunch and Ed Jonas tied
for fi rst, both shooting
an 83; and Dick Lowry
(88) was fourth; in net,
Don Rebman (84-18=66)
was second; and tying for
fi fth were Don Obrist
(91-21=70) and Rod
Punches (92-22=70). Mike
Hug (97) was third in gross
in the Senior Division; and
Jim Kietzke (98-30=68)
placed third in net. The
Sept. 11 tournament is at
The Dalles Country Club.
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Hermiston, or Renee Struthers-Hogge at 211 S.E. Byers
Ave., Pendleton. Call 541-564-4539 or 541-966-0818
with questions.
THANK YOU
Texas residents
appreciate
local kindness
Dear Kind Orego-
nians, I am in Sugar
Land, Texas, a city
suburb of Houston,
surrounded by cata-
strophic fl ooding in all
directions.
My sister and broth-
er-in-law just ate dinner
in Pendleton, Oregon, on
their way back to Sugar
Land from an Alaskan
cruise. They were
humbled and touched
deeply by the waitress
and cook at Elvis’ Bar
& Grill, who insisted on
paying for their dinner, as
a gesture of support for
our Houstonians who are
suffering. God bless them
and Oregonians. We love
you.
Diana Dresen
Sugar Land, Texas
Photo contributed by Amanda Mills Woodlee
Senior center blooms with
garden club donation
The Umatilla/Hermiston Garden Club recently
presented a donation with money raised from its
annual plant sale to the Hermiston Senior Cen-
ter. Representatives during the check presenta-
tion were Alberta Wilkerson, garden club mem-
ber; Barb Chadwick, garden club president; Irene
Miller, senior center president; Virginia Beebe,
senior center vice president.
BIRTHS
St. Anthony Hospital,
Pendleton
AUG. 24, 2017
FARRING — Julie
Farring and Sam M. Farring
of Pendleton: a girl, Aubrey
Jewel Farring.
WORTMAN — Kristen
R. Wortman and Austin J.
Wortman of Hermiston:
a girl, Raenah Elizabeth
Grace Wortman.
AUG. 25, 2017
AGUILAR — Danielle
Mosteller and Alvino
Aguilar of Pendleton: a girl,
Janelle Maria Aguilar.
AUG. 26, 2017
BOYER — Megan
R. Boyer and Michael K.
Boyer of La Grande: a boy,
Maxwell Carter Boyer.
AUG. 27, 2017
HALFMOON — Diana
Chavez and Louis Van
Pelt: a boy, Himiin Otis
Halfmoon.
AUG. 29, 2017
TEMPLE — Jennifer
L. LeGrand and Nathan G.
Temple of Pendleton: a girl,
Stella Josephine Temple.
Good Shepherd Medical
Center, Hermiston
AUG. 26, 2017
RODRIGUEZ
—
Michelle Mendoza and
Marcelino Rodriguez of
Umatilla: a boy, Marcelino
Noah Rodriguez.
AUG. 27, 2017
BENAGE — tiffany A.
Benage and Andrew M.
Benage of Stanfi eld: a girl,
Stella Ann Benage.
P et of the Week
Mama
If you’re searching for a sweet and lovable big dog, Mama
could be your perfect new family member. Mama is about
8 years old but she has a lot of energy and is young at
heart. She is great with kids and loves people. She loves
to play in the water and run too! Mama is a sensitive girl
and is getting a little sad that she doesn’t have a forever
home yet. Mama needs to be the only dog in the home so
if you’re looking for “the one and only” please come to
PAWS and rescue this sweet girl. Even if you’re not ready
to adopt, come play with her and our other animals they
really need your time and love. Our adoption hours are Tue
- Sat from 12-4pm and we’re located at 517 SE 3rd St in
Pendleton or visit our website at pendletonpaws.org to see
all of our furry friends in need of a home.
Visit Mama at the Pioneer Humane Society/Paws
Tues - Sat • Noon - 4pm • 517 SE 3rd ST, Pendleton • 541-276-0181
Check out the PAWSABILITY Thrift Store
Pupcakes
125 S. M ain St.,
Pendleton
541-276-9292
Pet Grooming~Boarding
Day Care
541-429-8787 for Pendleton
541-910-2727 for La Grande
www.leterbark.com
457 Pets
Adopted
in 2017!