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East Oregonian
‘The Ever Spinning Wheel’
Local churches
band together to
help refugees
The American Red
Cross needs blood
PENDLETON — The
American Red Cross sees
a big decline in blood and
platelet donations during
holiday weeks. Donors can
help ensure blood is ready
when needed by making an
appointment to give blood in
the upcoming weeks.
CHI St. Anthony Hospi-
tal is hosting a blood drive
Monday, July 11, 12-6 p.m.
at the hospital, 2801 St.
Anthony Way, Pendleton.
And Confederated Tribes
of the Umatilla Indian Reser-
vation also is hosting a blood
drive Wednesday, July 13,
11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Nixy-
aawii Governance Center,
46411 Ti’mine Way, Pend-
leton.
To schedule an appoint-
ment to donate download the
Red Cross Donor App, visit
RedCrossBlood.org or call
800-733-2767.
Climate change
group discuss coping
with climate change
PENDLETON — Terry
Templeman, retired clinical
psychologist of Pendleton
and member of the American
Association for the Advance-
ment of Science, will speak
about coping with climate
change at July’s Climate
Conversation Program. He
will discuss specific fears
about climate change and
how to manage them.
Hosted by the Eastern
Oregon Climate Change
coalition, the free virtual
program is Tuesday, July 12,
at 7 p.m. Those interested
are invited to request the
Zoom login information by
emailing eastoregonclimat-
echange@gmail.com. The
program also will be lives-
treamed on the group’s Face-
book page.
Formed in 2017 and
referred to as EOC3, the
group invites people to have
an open and respectable
dialogue about the changing
climate. Additional informa-
tion is available by searching
“EOC3” on Facebook.
2nd Congressional
District candidate
comes to Pendleton
H
e sat there day
after day, rain or
shine, cold or hot,
wet or dry, every day on
the corner of his intersec-
tion. Due to his carefully
chosen location for maxi-
mum impact, he had great
exposure to those entering
the freeway and/or coming
from a major shopping
center. As he sat in a cheap
and fl imsy lawn chair,
his sign would be read
by many: “Unfair labor
practices at Safeway. Evil
management.”
He sat out there for
months, the hot sun baking
his brains and the freez-
ing rain shivering him.
Hundreds of cars passed
him daily, all bearing
witness to his grievance.
He knew that in his heart,
he was saving the coun-
try from a bad business
that had laid him off for
performance issues. He
knew he was making an
impact as he got varied
responses from drivers.
“Try getting an actual
job.” yelled one concerned
citizen. “Right on. Stick it
to the Man.” Said another.
He drew both encourage-
ment and derision from
the town residents. He
was making his point. He
was taking a stand against
corporate corruption. His
goal? To drive business
from Safeway to other
nearby stores and/or to get
the store manager fi red at
the very least. After all,
he was a U.S. citizen and
knew he had the sacred
constitutional rights of
free speech, free assembly
and the charge to stand up
against corruption. He sat
in his uncomfortable lawn
chair (it was all he could
aff ord) for almost a year,
holding up his sign, smil-
ing at some, fl ipping others
off . A faded baseball cap, a
fl imsy jacket, day after day
after day.
Until he wasn’t. One
day, he was gone, never
to appear again. No one
really noticed he was gone;
others tend not to notice
when such fi gures disap-
pear from the background
landscape. A month went
by, two, three. Gone. Until.
The man had actually
been preparing for this
for months. Having had
“ONCE THE
POLICE
ARRIVED, THE
TALLY WAS
TAKEN: TWELVE
DECEASED
VICTIMS, ALL
OF THEM
HAVING
MET THEIR
UNTIMELY END
NEEDLESSLY.”
had. For at the heart of his
grievance lie the fact that
it was still a huge corpo-
ration responsible for the
abuse of its employees and
for hiring store mangers of
the type that had thrown
him out on the street and
therefore he could still
make his point.
He slowly mean-
dered down one aisle
after another, formulat-
ing shape to his idea. He
wanted maximum public
impact to air his grievance.
It was thus that he fi nally
walked up to the long line
of customers waiting to
pick up their medications
at the store pharmacy. This
too he was sick of, know-
ing that Safeway could do
better under new manage-
ment. He planted himself
at the end of the nearby
aisle facing the line, pulled
out the fully loaded Glock
semi-automatic handgun
from his raincoat he’d
stolen, calmly faced the
line and began squeezing
the trigger.
An elderly woman
and her young grandchild
were the fi rst to go down
at point blank range. Then
a construction worker
followed by a child care
assistant, a retired farmer,
Erick Peterson/Hermiston Herald
Braelyn Cragun of Umatilla applies face paint Sat-
urday, July 2, 2022, to Josanna Velazquez of Herm-
iston at the Umatilla Saturday Market, at Village
Square Park in Umatilla.
Morrow County
schools makes shifts
after principal resigns
from vice principal to princi-
pal at Sam Boardman, while
HEPPNER — Morrow Laura Browne Winters steps
County School District into the vice principal slot.
recently announced it shifted
Carbray has worked side
around staff for the 2022-23 by side with Ledbetter this
school year in the wake of year to establish vision and
the sudden resignation of action steps, so Stocker said
David Norton, former prin- the district is confi dent in her
cipal of Riverside Jr./Sr. ability to create that conti-
High School.
nuity. Winters has a strong
John Christy, the princi- connection to Sam Board-
pal, Windy River Elemen- man as well as a working
tary, is transferring to knowledge of the special
Riverside to take on the prin- programs there.
cipal role there. Steve Sheller
“We are excited to have
remains as vice principal. her return to the staff of
SBE to support the
Christy is a long-
time employee of the
students and fami-
school district and
lies,” according to
has a strong history
Stocker.
with Riverside.
New district
“We are excited
Sup e r i nt e nde nt
to see the direction
Matt Combe, who
started in the posi-
that RJSHS goes
Combe
tion July 1, said
under his leader-
while these changes
ship,” said Erin
Stocker, director of Human are unexpected, adminis-
Resources for the district.
trators confi gured the new
Stephanie Ewing is tran- team with the best interests
sitioning from his principal of students, staff and fami-
position at A.C. Houghton lies at heart. He said admin-
Elementary to Windy River istrators reached out to staff
Elementary. Ewing has more to make introductions and
than 10 years of experience answer any questions.
as an elementary principal.
In a previous press release,
Jill Ledbetter, then, is the district announced that
transferring from Sam Rose Palmer was named
Boardman Elementary to the new principal at Irri-
the principal job at A.C. gon Jr/Sr High School and
Houghton. Ledbetter has Ryan Gerry was named the
a strong history with A.C. new principal at Heppner
Houghton and the commu- Jr/Sr High School. Princi-
nity of Irrigon.
pals at Heppner Elemen-
And the district has tary and Irrigon Elementary
promoted Jami Carbray remain unchanged.
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Williams in support of the Umatilla
Tribal Clinic. On the professional level,
Bud was a member of the Oregon and
Washington Pharmaceutical Association;
the National Association
of Retail Druggists and
Eastern Oregon Pharmacy
Association.
Bud leaves his legacy of
passing on a love for Priest
Lake to a fifth generation of
Griffith/Moore’s. He was an
exemplary dad.
Bud will be missed by
Bernie, his wife of 55 years;
his sons, Mark (Kathryn)
and
Eric
(Caroline);
grandchildren, Mica, Keira,
Julian, Margaux, Kenan; his
sister, Lorraine Battaglia;
stepbrother, Gene Anderson.
He loved his extended family
of Battaglias, Andersons
and Hoffarts. His time with
friends and family at Priest
Lake were treasured.
A vigil service will be
held at 7 p.m. on Thursday,
July 7, at Our Lady of
Fatima. Funeral mass will
be celebrated at 10 a.m. on
Friday, July 8, also at Our
Lady of Fatima, with a burial
to follow at Holy Cross
Cemetery. Luncheon will
follow the committal and will be held at St.
Thomas More Catholic Church.
For those who want to watch via live
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Family would like to thank St. Anthony’s
Hospital in Pendleton, Spokane Hospice,
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for their wonderful care of Bud.
In lieu of flowers, donations can be
made to Pendleton Knights of Columbus;
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Laverne “Bud” Moore passed away
at his home in Spokane, Washington, on
June 29, 2022. Bud was born on July 30,
1935, in Montana to Emmit Moore and
Madeline Griffith Anderson.
Bud
graduated
from
Central Valley High School
in Spokane in 1953 and
Washington State School of
Pharmacy in 1958.
Bud owned and operated
the
Medical
Center
Pharmacy in Pendleton,
Oregon, for 30 years. He
and his wife, Bernie, raised
two sons and were active in
their education. Bud loved
the outdoors and was an
avid snow and water skier;
loved to garden, golf, and he
jogged daily, and he enjoyed
camping and fishing with
his boys. In retirement, his
daily coffee buddies were a
highlight. Bud, in his quiet
demeanor, was a mentor to
many.
Bud
contributed
to
community, state and church
activities. At St. Mary’s
Catholic Church, he was
a member of the Knights
of Columbus and was a
eucharistic minister, he
sat on parish council and
was also a board member for St. Mary’s
Outreach.
In the Pendleton community, Bud
served on the budget committee for
Pendleton School District 16R. He served
on the American Cancer Society’s local
chapter and was the president of the
local Kiwanis International, president of
the Pendleton Chamber of Commerce;
president of Pendleton River Parkway;
Blue Mountain College Small Business
counselor; Pendleton Swim Team board
member.
He worked closely with Tessie
where available
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PENDLETON — Joe
Yetter, the Democratic
candidate for Oregon’s 2nd
Congressional District, is
coming to the Round-Up City.
Yetter announced he plans
to greet people and answer
questions Tuesday, July 12,
in downtown Pendleton.
The meet-and-greet starts
at 5:30 p.m. at OMG! Burg-
ers & Brew, 241 S. Main St.
Yetter will be there to talk
with the public and share his
campaign’s policy issues.
Yetter’s campaign website
shows his policy issues center
around national service and
security, the economy, health
care, including reproductive
rights, climate change and
more.
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one of the store clerks, two
young teens planning their
fi rst post-graduate adven-
ture, a city councilman
and a registered nurse. He
didn’t know any of them
but it didn’t matter; such
is the nature of collateral
damage. It wasn’t his fault
they’d chosen a bad day to
pick up their medications.
As the screaming and
mass chaos ensued, a
middle-aged man sport-
ing a red MAGA hat had
a clear line of sight on the
shooter. Shaking from the
adrenaline, he squeezed off
a shot. It missed, hitting the
pharmacist square in the
chest, killing him instantly.
At the same moment,
another concerned and
brave citizen who could
only see the MAGA man
fi ring his revolver, quickly
reached into her purse,
pulled out her own pistol
and fi red, taking him
down with a hollow point
to the abdomen. At about
the same moment, the
primary assailant placed
his Glock to his temple,
pulled the trigger and
ended his earthly misery.
Once the police arrived,
the tally was taken: twelve
deceased victims, all of
them having met their
untimely end needlessly.
The two funeral parlors
in town had business for
weeks.
Driving home from
work, I thought how fortu-
nate I was to live in a town
this size. Not too small,
just large enough, it’s a
peaceful place out in the
middle of nowhere where
real excitement is a rodeo.
I was listening to the radio,
to a favorite Blood, Sweat
& Tears tune. David Clay-
ton Thomas’s beautiful,
deep and rich baritone
gave meaning to the day.
“What goes up must come
down/Spinnin’ wheel got
to go round/Talkin’ ‘bout
your troubles it’s a cryin’
sin/Ride a painted pony let
the spinning wheel spin/
You got no money and
you got no home/Spinnin’
wheel all alone/Talkin’
‘bout your troubles and you
never learn/Ride a painted
pony let the spinnin’ wheel
turn …”
For you, Alice, dear
friend.
———
Matt Henry, a native
Buckeye, is a Roman Catho-
lic musician, a retired ABC/
UMC pastor and a volun-
teer at the Outreach and
the Warming Station. No
one should be cold, hungry
or lonely.
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UMATILLA COUNTY
— Local churches in the
Pendleton and Hermiston
areas the past month have
gathered together in person
and through social media to
try and help service refugees
in need through community
eff orts.
Churches involved to date
are: Pendleton First Presb-
ytrian Church, Pendleton’s
Episcopol Church of the
Redeemer, Pendleton Peace
Lutheran Church, Pendle-
ton First Christian Church
and Hermiston’s First United
Methodist Church.
The organization still is
in the process of fi guring out
what eff ective eff orts could be
made to make an impactful
diff erence for refugee fami-
lies in need. As of right now
they’re looking for fi nancial
donations to work towards
their goal of sponsoring a
refugee family.
To fi nd further information
regarding the project and their
goals, visit Lutheran Immi-
gration Refugee Services
www.lirs.org.
MATT
HENRY
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citizens, most of them had
long since written him off .
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afternoon, he walked back
into his last employer’s
establishment. Wearing his
fl imsy plastic raincoat on
a hot, sunny day, he strode
up to the service counter
and asked to see the store
manager. When told the
manager was off for the
day, bitterly disappointed
he changed his plans to
his backup should such
an eventuality occur as it
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