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YOUR EO NEWS
East Oregonian
Saturday, October 28, 2017
Photo contributed by Casey White-Zollman
Blue Mountain Community College board of education member Bob Savage,
BMCC President Cam Preus and former BMCC Board of Education chairman Ed
Taber pause for a photo during the Pat Clubb Memorial Golf Tournament, held
Sept. 23 at Quail Ridge Golf Course in Baker City. The tournament raised scholar-
ship money for BMCC students.
Golf tourney tees up BMCC scholarships
Photo contributed by Wanda Hunt
Hermiston residents Richard Scarlett and Jerry Cullers look through scrapbooks,
articles and photos chronicling a 2,800-mile bicycle trip they took 50 years ago.
Childhood chums recall bike trip
Hermiston
residents
Richard Scarlett and Jerry
Cullers enjoyed reminiscing
this summer about a bicycle
trip they took 50 years ago
from Seattle to Montreal,
Canada.
The two met as grade
schoolers at West Park
Elementary School in
Hermiston. They maintained
contact as teens, even when
their families moved to
Washington within a couple
of weeks of each other —
Cullers’ family to the Renton
area and Scarlett’s to Tacoma.
The fast friends often spent
weekends together at each
other’s houses. As young
teenagers, the pair even rode
their bikes to Hermiston on a
couple of occasions.
Plans for the roughly
2,800-mile journey fell into
place after the pair wrote to
Dan Evans, Washington’s
governor at the time. The
17-year-olds received finan-
cial support from the gover-
nor’s office, who also put
them in touch with officials
from the Seattle World’s
Fair.
The
connections
continued, which led to the
Leo Scherrer Co. of Seattle,
who donated bicycles for the
trip.
On June 17, 1967, a contin-
gency of mayors attending a
convention saw the duo off at
the base of the Space Needle,
the site of the 1962 World’s
Fair. During the trip, they
camped, stayed in the homes
of mayors and occasionally
in motels. The most unusual
accommodations included the
back of a U-Haul type truck
and a jail cell — although they
weren’t actually incarcerated.
The teens mapped out
plans for trip, which included
stops to meet officials, speak
at civic groups and participate
in youth activities. They
anticipated it would take 40
days — it ended up taking
62 days before they arrived at
Montreal, Canada, the site of
Expo ‘67.
Cullers said that the people
they met along the way were
friendly and went out of their
way to help them.
“It was probably the most
adventurous thing I’ve ever
done,” Scarlett said. “It was
the trip of a lifetime.”
The
inaugural
Pat
Clubb Memorial Golf
Tournament recently raised
$3,500 for Blue Mountain
Community
College
student scholarships.
The event was held
Sept. 23 at Quail Ridge
Golf Course in Baker City
in memory of the late Pat
Clubb, who lived in Baker
County with her husband,
Jack, a supporter of the
BMCC Foundation. Students
from Baker, Union and
Wallowa counties can apply
for the Pat Clubb Memorial
Scholarship through the
BMCC Foundation.
Jack Clubb greeted
guests at the tournament to
honor his late wife. BMCC
board of education member
Bob Savage, who represents
Baker County in the BMCC
service district, worked with
the BMCC Foundation and
BMCC Baker County Center
director Dan Koopman to
organize the event.
The winning team, with a
low score of 58 for 18 holes,
was Candace Hoskins,
Todd Crockett, Mark
Grigg and Ricky Gloria
from Baker City. The second
place team, with a score of
62, included Mike Barhyte,
Joe Rosenberg, Gary Prout
and Tim Gilbert of Pend-
leton. A total of 11 teams
participated in the event.
A 2018 Chevy Malibu
was up for grabs as a hole-
in-one prize, sponsored
by Baker Garage, but no
one made the shot. Partici-
pants also enjoyed a tri-tip
barbecue lunch prepared by
BMCC alumni and former
Associated Student Govern-
ment president Bill Mark-
graf, his wife, Calesta, and
their daughter, Nicole. All
three are BMCC graduates
and were part of BMCC’s
agriculture program. They
now ranch in Baker City.
“It was incredible to
receive such support from
Baker citizens to make this
tournament a success,” said
Margaret Gianotti, exec-
utive director of the BMCC
Foundation.
Anyone interested in
contributing to the Pat Clubb
Memorial Scholarship or
any other BMCC scholar-
ship is encouraged to call
Gianotti at 541-278-5775 or
Koopman at 541-523-2358.
Photo contributed by Dorys Grover
Jeanne Bryan, seated, and Mary Evans enjoy books at Sun Ridge Retirement
Community. The Pendleton Friends of the Library generously donated the
materials for the facility residents.
Sun Ridge turns pages thanks to library donation
Photo contributed by Judy Fordice
Virginia Beebe of the Hermiston Senior Center receives a donation from Wayne
Harris and Larry Carrick of the Hermiston Elks Lodge.
Local Elks support Hermiston seniors
A pair of longstanding
members of Hermiston Elks
Lodge No. 1845 recently met
with members of the Herm-
iston Senior Center to make
a donation.
Larry Carrick, a 52-year
Hermiston Elks member, and
Wayne Harris, with 47 years
of membership, presented a
check for $200 to Virginia
Beebe, Hermiston seniors
vice president. The money
will go toward the seniors’
new building project. The
guests also enjoyed lunch with
a group of seniors in the parish
hall at Our Lady of Angels
Catholic Church, the tempo-
rary lunch site while the new
facility is under construction.
Video series plugs Darrin Umbarger’s invention
Darrin
Umbarger,
director
of
Clearview
Mediation and Disability
Resource Center in Pend-
leton, was recently recog-
nized for his inventing efforts
by the National Association
of Chronic Disease Direc-
tors.
A
partnership
with
the National Center on
Health, Physical Activity
and Disability, Lakeshore
Foundation, and the Centers
for Disease Control and
Prevention’s Disability and
Health Branch highlighted
Umbarger’s
wheelchair
charging station project along
with other programs that
assist people with disabilities.
It’s
featured
in
“Promoting Activity and
Inclusive Healthy Commu-
nities Series,” a collection of
videos showcasing the work
of 10 communities in five
states to improve access to
healthier lifestyle choices for
people living with disabilities.
Umbarger created 10 wheel-
chair charging stations that
have been installed in local
parks and at the Oregon state
capital. Sen. Bill Hansell,
R- Athena, helped champion
the effort. The project enables
people who use power wheel-
chairs to spend more time
enjoying the outdoors and to
become more involved with
their local government.
The CDC Disability
and Health Branch of the
National Center on Birth
Defects and Developmental
Disabilities granted each
participating
community
$22,800 to explore targeted
interventions for increasing
access and opportunity for
physical activity, healthy
eating and general acces-
sibility at the local level,
said Karma Harris, one of
NACDD’s disability inclu-
sion experts.
“From hiking path signs
for people with a visual
impairment to adapted bikes
in school systems, we were
impressed with how partic-
ipating communities lever-
aged their grants to improve
inclusion
in
treasured
community resources like
parks, farmer’s markets, and
playgrounds,” Harris said.
Since 1988, the National
Association of Chronic
Disease Directors and its
members have worked to
strengthen state-based leader-
ship and expertise for chronic
disease prevention and
control across the nation. For
more information, contact
Paige Rohe at prohe@chron-
icdisease.org, 470-809-0589
or visit www.chronicdisease.
org.
BIRTHS
St. Anthony Hospital,
Pendleton
OCT. 18, 2017
GOLAND — Cambry
N. Bracken and Nicholas P.
Goland of Pendleton: a girl,
Parker Jude Goland.
OCT. 22, 2017
LYTLE — Krissy A.
Lytle of Pendleton and
Nathan W. Gregg of Athena:
a boy, Xander Sabriel Lytle.
Good Shepherd Medical
Center, Hermiston
OCT. 18, 2017
SIMMONS — Jaimee
Simmons
and
Kurtis
Simmons of Irrigon: a boy,
Henry Sterling Simmons.
OCT. 21, 2017
SANCHEZ AVILA —
Zulema Avila Garcia and
Victor Sanchez of Boardman:
a girl, Ximena Sanchez Avila.
OCT. 23, 2017
BARTON — Hope Barton
and Ryan Barton of Herm-
iston: a girl, Reagan Rae
Barton.
Residents at Sun Ridge
Retirement Community
are grateful for a generous
donation from the Pendleton
Friends of the Library.
The
library
group
provided books and other
publications so residents
of the facility may enjoy
additional reading materials,
which helps in enriching
their lives and assists in
providing personal growth.
Dorys Grover enjoyed a
recent visit with Jeanne
Bryan and Mary Evans
as they looked through
materials available in the
facility’s library.
Located at 3234 S.W.
Nye Ave., Pendleton, the
residents are always appre-
ciative of donations, as
well as visitors to join them
during activities.
For more information
about the facility, contact
541-276-2143 or visit www.
sunridgeretirementcommu-
nity.com.
Pacific Ethanol donates to Morrow County schools
Pacific Ethanol, Inc.
(Columbia
Plant)
in
Boardman recently made
donations to three Morrow
County School District
locations.
Sam
Boardman
Elementary
School,
Windy River Elementary
School and Riverside
Jr/Sr High School each
received
$50.
Pacific
Ethanol recently organized
a company-wide Commu-
nity Day Challenge and the
Boardman plant was the
winner, earning $250 for
their efforts. In addition,
two other Boardman orga-
nizations received dona-
tions from Pacific Ethanol.
“To support our ever
growing community, we
would like to offer this
money to different organi-
zations, groups and schools.
We hope our contribution to
our community will help in
some small way,” said plant
manager Daniel Koch.
P et of
the Week
Gandolf
Visit Gandolf at the Pioneer
Humane Society/Paws
Tues - Sat • Noon - 4pm
517 SE 3rd ST, Pendleton
541-276-0181
Check out the
PAWSABILITY Thrift Store
Gandolf is a loving 2 year old cat
looking for his forever home to give
him all the attention and love he
desires. He comes litter box trained,
up to date on shots, neutered, and
loaded with an awesome personality!
Come visit Gandolf in P.A.W.S free
roam cat room at 517 SE 3rd St,
Pendleton, OR 12-4
Tuesday-Saturday!
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