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East Oregonian
OPB shines spotlight on two local artists
By TAMMY
MALGESINI
East Oregonian
PENDLETON — Oregon
Public Broadcasting recently
showcased a pair of local
artists who were featured in
unrelated specials.
Pendleton artist Hiroko
Cannon was included in a
segment as part of the Oregon
Art Beat and Confederated
Tribes of the Umatilla Indian
Reservation member Acosia
Red Elk appeared in the
Oregon Field Guide.
A watercolor artist,
Cannon has studied and
painted the plants and animals
of the region for nearly 20
years. In 2015, she was one of
21 Oregon artists to receive
a career development grant
through the Ford Family
Foundation and the Oregon
Arts Commission.
In an August 2015 East
Oregonian interview, she said
she would utilize the award to
frame paintings for her fi rst
major solo exhibit in the East
Oregonian Gallery at Pendle-
ton Center for the Arts. Since
that time, she has had two
additional solo shows at the
arts center.
Born in Japan, Cannon
moved to Pendleton in 1987
when her husband wanted to
return to the United States.
She didn’t start painting until
after her children were grown.
Her work immediately
caught the eye of the local art
community. Roberta Lava-
dour, arts center executive
director, called the intricate
East Oregonian, File
Acosia Red Elk positions an eagle feather while preparing to
dance on July 5, 2014, at the Wildhorse Powwow. The Con-
federated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation member
was featured in an Oregon Field Guide segment on Oregon
Public Broadcasting on Feb. 17, 2022.
details of each feather “amaz-
ing” in Hiroko’s “Great Blue
Heron” painting. That piece,
Lavadour said in January
2018, launched Cannon’s
successful line of high-qual-
ity reproductions more than a
decade prior.
The artist donated the
original painting to the art
center’s 2018 Arts Gala &
Auction. In addition to the
arts center, Cannon’s artwork
has been featured in auctions
to benefi t other local orga-
nizations, including Blue
Mountain Wildlife and the
Oregon East Symphony.
Her work also has been
on display throughout the
region, including Pendleton
Art + Frame, Art Center East
in La Grande and the Wenaha
Gallery in Dayton, Washing-
ton. Also, she assisted with a
mural project along the river
parkway in Pendleton.
A number of her origi-
nal watercolors, reproduc-
tions and notecards can be
purchased at www.pendlet-
onarts.org/hiroko-cannon.
Red Elk is a world cham-
pion jingle dancer — includ-
ing fi ve back-to-back world
championships from 2004 to
2008 at Gathering of Nations
in New Mexico. In an April
2015 East Oregonian inter-
view, Red Elk shared about
deciding at the last minute
to attend the Gathering of
Nations where she won her
eighth world title. Concerned
about only having two
dresses, she created one in 12
hours and then hit the road to
Albuquerque.
“It’s expressive — a lot
like an Irish river dancer. It’s
all footwork,” Red Elk said
in describing jingle dancing.
“You keep your upper body
fi rm. You glide all over the
ground.”
In addition, the multi-tal-
ented woman teaches yoga
and has strutted the runway
while modeling traditional
Round-Up wear in September
2018 at Hamley’s Slickfork
Saloon. Also, a 1997 photo-
graph taken of Red Elk after
winning the American Indian
Beauty Pageant contest
was featured in an August
2014 exhibit, “National
Geographic Society’s Great-
est Photographs of the Amer-
ican West,” at Tamastslikt
Cultural Institute.
In the OPB feature, she
shares about her childhood
trauma and how her sister
having a powwow dress
made for Red Elk for Christ-
mas helped carry her onto
powwow dance fl oors.
Introduced to yoga about
eight years ago, Red Elk cred-
its it with making her dancing
better. She now teaches yoga
classes, saying exercise is key
to maintaining good mental
health.
She told the East Orego-
nian that the metal cones
or bells sewn to her dress
provide a sound of healing.
And through yoga and danc-
ing, she strives to help facili-
tate healing by teaching yoga
and dancing to young tribal
members.
To read the OPB reports
and view videos, about
the two local residents,
search “Hiroko Cannon”
and “Acosia Red Elk” at
www.opb.org.
COMMUNITY BRIEFING
Foundation
seeks scholarship
applicants
HERMISTON — The Red
& Gena Leonard Founda-
tion is accepting scholarship
applications to benefi t aver-
age students of good char-
acter with poor financial
circumstances. The goal
is to provide assistance to
students who have a desire
to seek further educational
opportunities, but may have
a limited ability to receive
scholarships.
Eligible applicants include
those who will graduate this
year or have graduated in
the past or obtained a GED
from Arlington, Board-
man, Condon, Echo, Fossil,
Heppner, Hermiston, Ione,
Irrigon, Monument, Pendle-
ton, Pilot Rock, Spray, Stan-
fi eld, Ukiah or Umatilla high
schools. Students must attend
an accredited college, univer-
sity, community college,
vocational, trade or techni-
cal program based in Oregon
— exceptions may be made
if the training is not off ered
in Oregon.
Priority is given to
students who are not at the top
academically, have limited
fi nancial resources, show the
ability to become upstanding
citizens and have an interest
in a trade or working class
type profession. While the
foundation’s fi rst priority is
to help students interested
in a trade program or trade
school, it also helps students
in several other areas. The
foundation is invested in help-
Ernest C. "Ernie" McCabe
February 3, 1925 - February 26, 2022
Ernest C. “Ernie” McCabe, 97,
longtime Heppner resident, died
Friday, Feb. 18, 2022, at Pioneer
Memorial Hospital. A graveside
service with military honors will be
held at 11 a.m., Saturday, Feb. 26,
2022, at the High View Cemetery,
Ione.
He was born on Feb. 3, 1925, on
Rhea Creek near Ione, Oregon, the
son of Alonzo and Lola Olden McCabe. He was raised
and attended school in Ione where he graduated from
high school in 1943.
Ernie was a World War II veteran, serving four years
in the United States Navy. He worked in a munitions
depot on Guam and also on a mine sweeper.
On April 18, 1948, he married Mary Jean Bristow at
Ione. The couple had four children.
He was a longtime member of the Heppner Elks
Lodge No. 358, and an active member of the United
Methodist Church. Ernie sang in their choir for 25 years
during his younger years.
His occupation was a butcher, starting in Ione at the
grocery store which was Bristow’s Market. He was also
a meat cutter at Bay City, Oregon, for 2-1/2 years. He
followed that career in Heppner at what was then Cen-
tral Market. He custom cut many a fine Morrow Coun-
ty beef over the years. He later bought Central Market
with his partner, Forrest Burkenbine.
Family was foremost to Ernie. He especially loved
his brothers in law, the famous Bristow Boys, and en-
joyed many wonderful times with them and their wives.
He was very fond of all his nieces and nephews. Many
years of enjoyment were had through high school sports
watching his son play and then his grandchildren.
Ernie enjoyed gardening, wood working (having
made many birdhouses), the Oregon Coast and decorat-
ing his house with lights at Christmas.
Survivors include his wife of 73 years, Mary Jean,
of Hermiston, their four children, Pam Doherty and her
husband, Jim, of Golden, Colorado, John McCabe and
his wife, Sonja, of Heppner, Lisa Gifford and her hus-
band, Joseph, of Hermiston, and Laurie Wilson and her
husband, Dan, of Newberg, 12 grandchildren and 13
great-grandchildren.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Hep-
pner United Methodist Church, PO Box 733, Heppner,
Oregon 97836.
Sweeney Mortuary, of Heppner, is in care of ar-
rangements. You may sign the online condolence book
at www.sweeneymortuary.com
ing adults return to school for
education or additional train-
ing to better their position in
the workplace and commu-
nity.
Gena Leonard was a nurse
by trade — to honor her,
scholarships also are available
for students attending nursing
school or other medically-re-
lated fi elds. Applicants do not
have to be current high school
graduates.
Since it first began the
scholarship program, the
foundation has awarded 2,870
scholarships to local students,
totaling $5.7 million.
Applications are available
at www.leonardfoundation.
org, from high school coun-
selors, at Blue Mountain
Community College or by
contacting Tracy Gammell,
executive director, at rglfoun-
dation@qwestoffice.net.
The application deadline is
March 31. For more informa-
tion, email Gammell or mail
to P.O. Box 1024, Hermiston,
OR 97838.
— EO Media Group
Judith (Judy) Anne Grooms Duff
January 15, 1943 - December 23, 2021
Judith
(Judy)
Anne
Grooms Duff passed on Dec. 23,
2021, at St. Michael's Medical
Center, Silverdale, Washington.
Judy was born Jan. 15, 1943, at the
National Homeopathic Hospital,
Washington, D.C., to Paul Frank-
lin Grooms and Anne Lois Pow-
er Grooms, of Silver Spring and
Bethesda, Maryland. She was the
eldest of three children, with sib-
lings Gail Ellen Grooms Reinholtz
and William Roger Grooms.
Judy's education included being
a graduate of Walter Johnson Se-
nior High School, 1960, and a grad-
uate of The Washington School for
Secretaries, 1961, after which she
went to work for the IBM Wash-
ington Steno Pool.
She met Franklin Duane Duff, of Adams, Oregon, in
Annapolis, Maryland, and the two were happily mar-
ried April 14, 1962, at Clifton Park Baptist Church, Sil-
ver Spring, Maryland.
As the wife of a naval officer, she lived in many
places, such as Oakland, California; Sand Diego, Cal-
ifornia; Long Beach, California; Woburn, Maryland;
Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, Washington;
Subic Bay, Philippines; Mare Island, California; Burke,
Virginia; and finally settling in Silverdale, Washington.
Judy was employed at several Navy exchange stores,
and volunteered at the vet clinic and the Loot Locker in
Subic Bay, Philippines.
Her hobbies and interests included movies, especial-
ly musicals, collecting Beanie Babies, bowling (until
arthritis set in), dancing and especially Christmas.
She had a love of sports. She played softball and
volleyball in school, grew up with the Washington
Senators baseball team, and later rooted for the Seattle
Mariners. Judy was also a football fan, being particular
to the Washington Redskins, the Seattle Seahawks, the
Midshipmen (the Naval Academy football team), and
the Eastern Washington University Eagles.
Her charities included the Central Kitsap Food Bank,
Kitsap Hospice, the Kitsap Regional Library Founda-
tion, the Shriner's Children's Hospital and Toys for Tots.
Judy is survived by husband, (Franklin) Duane Duff,
of Silverdale, Washington; daughter, Deborah L. Duff,
of Silverdale, Washington; son, Robert S. Duff, of Bel-
fair, Washington; granddaughter, Heather N. Duff, of
Belfair, Washington; great-granddaughter, Cassandra
R. Swanson, and great-grandson, Dawson J. Murphy.
Judy had a quick and challenging wit, was tough yet
loving and had been a generous friend. She is greatly
missed. Lots of love — no regrets. Thanks for the mem-
ories.
A private memorial service will be held by family.
Thursday, February 24, 2022
STUDENTS
Pilot Rock
announces
honor roll
PILOT ROCK — The
Pilot Rock Jr/Sr High
School fi rst semester 2022
honor roll includes the
following students:
Sixth grade, 4.0: Stevee
Osborn; 3.9-3.5: Abigail
Bensel, Lydia Henderson,
Abbigail Johnson, Andrea
Schonert; 3.49-3.0: Brylee
Anthony, Rylee Bedard,
Trevor Rhodes, Hailey
Severe, Jaxon Siegmund,
Amber Sutherland, Gage
Williams.
Seventh grade, 4.0: Paige
Hansen, Gracee Hemphill;
3.9-3.5: Alissa Bailey,
Lauren Bohms, Madison
Cartmell, Jada Deist, Jadian
Hiatt, Kessa Litfi n, Kaydin
Whitaker; 3.49-3.0: Brian
Anderson, Wyatt Fitzpat-
rick, Cody Hollis, Ashton
Munkers, Kaylee Smith.
Eighth grade, 4.0:
Aubrey Corwin, Coley
Gibbs, Shelby Suther-
land, Hailey Thieme, Kaija
Warren; 3.9-3.5: Alex-
ander Anderson, Andrea
Black, Gabriel Endersby,
Jullian Endersby, Issabella
Hiatt, Ayden Hoeft, Carter
Vanhouten-Chase; 3.49-
3.0: Allysa Funez, Deacon
Gourlie.
Ni nt h g rade, 4.0:
May Benson, Em ily
Brown, Lewis Hansen,
Lillie Holman, Nakayla
Myrland; 3.9-3.5: Maise
Bensel, Presley Cartmell,
Sophia Helgeson, Caleb
Price, Alison Warner,
Lynn Williams; 3.49-3.0:
Eli Hinkle, Krister Litfi n,
Rylen Bronson, Kenzie
Hoeft, John McBride.
10th grade, 4.0: Broc
Erickson, Paige Moffi t, Ali
Smith, Brock Stelk; 3.9-3.5:
Cali Alanis, Bryson Balez-
tena, Paedyn Bennett,
Chase Corwin, Maggie
Taylor; 3.49-3.0: James
Montee, Bravery Pereira,
Miles Standley, Jaxynn
Thurmond.
11t h g r a d e , 4 . 0:
McKenna Bray, Aiva Ellis,
Kalyn Gambill, Malory
Walborn; 3.9-3.5: Lisa
Collin, Jennifer Evoniuk,
Aaliyah Hanson, Teagen
Thornton, Jenna Wells;
3.49-3.0: Tanner Bedard,
Kailee Clark, Mya Futter,
Montana Hamilton, Carley
Hoeft, Skylar Jeff ers, Trys-
ten Walsborn.
12th grade, 4.0: Mack-
enzie Bennett, Hailey
Dick, Chance McCormack,
Madyson Moffi t, Dezarae
Putnam, Vanessa Winks;
3.9-3.5: Jade Atkins,
Natalie Lankford, Madison
Lunzmann; 3.49-3.0: Paul
Hays, Gauge Hill, John
Nelson, Wyatt Stillman.
— EO Media Group
James (Jim) Henry Cahill
July 10, 1932 - February 16, 2022
Dad’s life ended where it began,
in Thornhollow, Oregon. In between
those two dates though he would
travel the world as a valued member
of the United States Air Force, marry
Dolores Emter and have five devoted
children.
James (Jim) Henry Cahill grew up
on the family farm near Thornhollow
where he attended the one room school
house. He rode Ol’ Pinky to school,
raced the troop trains that went by the house during World
War II and helped neighbors gather cows. Riding horseback
was where Dad was the happiest.
Dad loved to tell stories about going to town (Pendleton)
and the “working" girls who would talk with him from the
various upstairs hotel windows downtown. He talked of his
Dad playing Pan at the Club Cigar. Of watching his Grandad
play pool down at Sheehan’s pool parlor. As a teenager how
he and his friends would go out to a field at night, park their
cars in a circle with the headlights all pointing in and turn on
their radios and dance.
He graduated from Pendleton High School in 1950 and
his basketball prowess got him playing time at Oregon State
University and later Clark College. Dad was more interested
in basketball than academics at that time of his life. Yet it was
his move to Clark College that gave Dad the chance to meet
and marry the love of his life, Dolores Emter.
After their marriage in 1953, they left for Dad’s first duty
station as a young one striper in the Air Force. While sta-
tioned in Germany, Dad continued to play and coach basket-
ball. Their trip to see occupied East Germany and the ruins
left from World War II left an indelible mark on them. The
first of the five children, Kevin, was born in Germany. After
a brief return to the civilian side, Dad and Mom returned to
Air Force life and were stationed in London, England. There,
Kelly and Liz joined Team Cahill. Kathy and Jamey rounded
out the family when Dad was ordered stateside to Arizona.
In a move that would shape Dad in profound ways, he left
for a tour of duty in Vietnam in 1964. There he met a Jesuit
priest and converted to Catholicism. He spent many hours at
an orphanage run by the Jesuits and greatly admired them. In
many ways his tour was the pinnacle of his military career al-
though not the end of it. When he came back from Southeast
Asia, we were stationed at Kingsley Field in Klamath Falls
and then to Dow AFB, Bangor, Maine. Dad achieved the rank
of senior master sergeant. After 22 years of military service,
Dad retired in 1973 and we moved back to live on the proper-
ty where Dad had grown up.
Dad was an active participant in the communities wher-
ever we lived. He coached Pop Warner football, he instructed
altar boys and sang in the church choirs that Mom directed.
When he retired, he was elected to the Athena-Weston School
Board and served for almost 25 years. He was a member of
the Citizen Review Board in Pendleton helping to sort out the
difficult and heartbreaking cases of child custody and parental
rights. He was a principled man, not afraid to make tough
decisions, to listen and learn and change his position on issues
when information and experience warranted it.
Dad and Mom enjoyed many golfing trips with dear friends
throughout the West and Canada. Dad loved and Mom game-
ly went along with rafting trips down the Minam and Rogue
rivers. They packed into the Wallowas and RV’d throughout
the southwest. But Dad’s most anticipated times were those
on horseback helping his friends gather cows. There was no
place Dad would rather be than on his horse with his dogs,
Zeke and Buddy, searching for cows. While Buddy and Zeke
did not mind going some of the places Dad took his horses,
the list grew shorter of people willing to ride with Dad a sec-
ond time. He just knew there was a “good” way to get down
into that canyon. Or there just had to be a way around those
down trees, across that shale rock and through that pucker
brush that would get us back to where we wanted to be.
Even with almost 90 years under his cowboy belt, we all
would have loved more. He left us a treasure trove of great
memories and stories. He taught us the value of hard work,
the wonder of reading, the joy of being outside, the rewards
of competition, the importance of a loving and forgiving fam-
ily and the responsibility of living your faith. He was a good
man, took care of his family and helped where he could.
Dad (Jim) is survived by his brother, Cason (Jean), Uma-
tilla, Oregon; son, Kevin (Beth Wasley), La Grande, Ore-
gon; son, Kelly (Jane Stuessy), Port Townsend, Washington;
daughter, Elizabeth (Diane Groff), Thornhollow, Oregon;
daughter, Katherine Britt (Rusty) Lexington, Oregon; and
son, Jamey, Pendleton, Oregon. His loving legacy also in-
cludes 13 grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren. Not to
be forgotten are his trusted, faithful and mostly obedient cow-
dogs, Zeke and Buddy, and his horses, Chester and Freckles.
The recitation of the Holy Rosary will be said on Sunday,
Feb. 27, 2022, at 5:30 p.m. at Sacred Heart Catholic Church,
Athena, Oregon. The funeral Mass for Jim will be held on
Monday, Feb. 28, 2022, at 11 a.m. at Sacred Heart Catholic
Church with reception following in the parish hall. Military
honors will be presented at Olney Cemetery, Pendleton. after
the reception.
Funeral arrangements made through Pendleton Pioneer
Chapel, Folsom Bishop Funeral Home, Pendleton, Oregon. In
lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be made to Sa-
cred Heart Catholic Church or the Wounded Warrior Project.
To send flowers to the family or plant a tree in memory of
James (Jim) Cahill, please visit our website www.pioneer-
chapel.com.