COMMUNITY
East Oregonian
A6
Thursday, August 4, 2022
Hermiston woman sings praises for Desert Rose Ministries
Street carnival
fundraiser is
Saturday, Aug. 6
STREET
CARNIVAL AND
FUNDRAISER
WHEN: Saturday, Aug. 6
TIME: 12-5 p.m.
WHERE: Desert Rose
Ministries, Hermiston
WHO: Everyone
WHAT: Old-fashioned
family fun
QUESTIONS: 541-667-9566
By TAMMY
MALGESINI
East Oregonian
HERMISTON — Sheena
Tarvin’s life was on a down-
ward spiral. Her addiction to
methamphetamine resulted in
legal issues, the breakup of her
marriage and homelessness.
At her lowest point, Tarvin
said her family refused to
enable her. Initially angry,
she’s now grateful because it
led her to Desert Rose Minis-
tries and an opportunity to
change her life.
Tarvin encourages people
to help support the minis-
try and have fun at the same
time. A street carnival and
fundraiser is Saturday, Aug.
6, noon to 5 p.m. behind the
Desert Rose facility, 512 E.
Main St., Hermiston. There is
no admission charge — tick-
ets can be purchased to partic-
ipate in activities.
Pastor Jason Estle said
he hopes the old-fashioned
event will bring the commu-
East Oregonian, File
Pastor Jason Estle prepares a plate of food for Joseph Day on April 5, 2017, at Desert Rose
Ministries in Hermiston. A street carnival and fundraiser to support its outreach programs is
Saturday, Aug. 6, 2022, noon to 5 p.m. on the 500 block of East Main Street, Hermiston.
nity together. People can have
fun, he said, and then stake out
a spot on Main Street for the
Umatilla County Fair kick-oû
parade at 6:30 p.m.
In addition to carnival
activities, music and food,
there is a 50-50 raÿ e and
a silent auction People also
can make donations.
Founded in 2014, the
ministry continues to expand.
Next week, Estle said they
plan to open Desert Rose
Ministries Lighthouse. The
sober living facility will oû er
addicts who want help with a
place to live. It will provide
hands-on help with things
like recovery plans, goal-set-
ting and teaching life skills.
“What we really do is
share Jesus with people. I
know he can help them,”
Estle said. “The volun-
teers we have are people
who have come right oû the
street whose lives have been
changed by Jesus.”
In addition, Desert Rose is
Pendleton’s music scene is no secret
MATT
HENRY
THE ROAD NOT TAKEN
A
s a young child I was
fortunate to grow up
in a musical house-
hold, meaning some type of
music was frequently play-
ing in the background. For
my mother, it was usually
crooning by Sinatra, which
eventually gave me an
appreciation for old “Blue
Eyes.” My father, however,
was keen on Broadway
musicals and show tunes.
From that, I grew to love
the soundtracks from such
classics as “West Side
Story,” “Camelot,” “Okla-
homa,” “Carousel,” and
many others. Such formed
the musical backdrop of my
adolescent life (that is, until
the British Invasion in the
60s further û eshed out my
musical tastes).
However, my father also
had a passing fancy in a few
pieces of classical music.
Childhood favorites were
Prokoû ev9s <Peter and the
Wolf” and Borodin’s “In the
Steppes of Central Asia”
for their haunting Russian
folk melodies. The day
came when I û nally heard
Tchaikovsky’s ripping “1812
Overture” with its outra-
geous û nale of massed
carillon and cannon blasts
celebrating Russia’s victory
over Napoleon’s invasion.
I laid down on the couch,
put on a good pair of head-
phones and was transported
to the battleû elds of Peters-
burg as the strings begin
their quiet but agitated
movement portending the
show stopping cataclysm at
the end.
There was (and remains)
no better piece of classi-
cal music to introduce to
a 10-year old boy grow-
ing up in Toledo, Ohio.
Tchaikovsky made it easy
to hear the back-and-forth
movements of the French
and Russian troops on the
ground, the point at which
the victory swings in favor
of the Russian troops against
the French invaders and
the huge national celebra-
tion at the end, blowing
the roof oû any concert
hall and one’s imagina-
tion. From that moment on,
I was hooked. Eventually I
discovered the seductive and
dreamy music of the French
themselves (it is easy to
“see” with your ears lovers
smooch on top of the Eiû el
Tower in June in Debussey’s
“Claire de Lune,” even the
exact moment when their
lips meet). The title means
“Light of the Moon” but it
doesn’t take much imag-
ination to hear what the
impressionist composer is
doing with sound. He is,
quite simply, doing what
most classical composers do
so well: create visual images
with sound that pulls at the
heartstrings.
Now, at this point I
must say that growing up
during the 60s, classical
musical introduction — let
alone appreciation — was
popularized by the genius
of Warner Brothers as the
studio made great use of
the genre in their cartoons.
How many of us û rst knew
“The Flight of the Valky-
ries” from Elmer Fudd sing-
ing “Kill Da Wabbit.” WB
did a huge favor for classi-
cal music by introducing
bits and pieces to musically
impressionable young kids
coming of age in the middle
of the last century.
Classical music is unique
in its ability to create easily
accessible visual images
with sound: a drunken
reveler’s tipsy fall amidst
laughter in Ravel’s “Daph-
nis et Chloe,’” a mountain
thunderstorm in Rich-
ard Strauss’s “An Alpine
Symphony,” and the dread of
war in “Mars” from Holst’s
stupendous work, “The
Planets.” There is, in short,
nothing like classical music
that stimulates the imagina-
tion and senses in a manner
that no other genre does.
Your mind works to hear
what sensory pictures the
composer is creating while
your emotions react to it.
It’s a gas. “Classical Gas,”
that is.
So what’s my point
beyond trying to convince
you of the joy of giving clas-
sical music a try? Simply
this. Growing up in a major
Midwestern city, I had the
pleasure of hearing the
Toledo Symphony play this
music live, an experience
that always lifted my spirit.
It’s not unusual for a major
city to have a symphony;
they can aû ord such things.
But a Podunk town in the
middle of nowhere in East
Oregon with a population
of 17,000? Unheard of —
unless you live in Pendleton.
There is, by right, no way
a town of this size should be
able to sport a symphony.
But thanks to few key
things, it does, sometimes
by the skin of its teeth.
First oû , we have an itiner-
ant conductor from Waco,
Texas of all places with the
catchy name Beau Benson.
Sounding like he belongs
in a daytime soap, this
dynamic and talented man
commutes when needed
to lead our symphony,
taking brief respites from
his bread-and-butter gig of
being a secondary school
music teacher. The guy’s a
champ in my opinion and it’s
anything but boring watch-
ing him lead our musicians
in concerts. Along with him
is our current symphony
board prodded along by the
talents of local prodigy J. D.
Kindle. His executive exper-
tise keeps the ship on track.
But most of the credit goes
to a few generous individu-
als who actually pony up the
money it costs to put on such
Roberta 8Bert9 Sharp
February 27, 1935 - June 18, 2022
Roberta <Bert= Sharp, a longtime
Hermiston, Oregon, resident, was
born on Feb. 27, 1935, in Wapato,
Washington. She died on June 18,
2022, in Longview, Washington,
at the age of 87 years. Roberta and
her beloved husband, Ray, owned
the Dairy Queen in Hermiston for
many years.
Roberta was dearly loved by
her two children, Richard Mitchell (wife, Bethany)
and Vona Bassitt (husband, Craig), that she had with
her orst husband, Tom Mitchell. She was blessed with
seven grandchildren, Aaron (Jessica), Tommy, Reese,
Ricky, Quentin, Katrina (Toby) and Beth (Justin). She
has seven great-grandchildren, Abby, Kessa, Dylan,
Zander, Lacie, Arya and Aaron Isaiah. They all brought
her great joy.
She met and had many wonderful friends in
Hermiston, <fat ladies club,= painting classes and
volunteering at the hospital just to name a few. She
enjoyed her reading and making beautiful art.
Roberta died peacefully in Longview, Washington,
with her son, Richard, and daughter, Vona, by her side.
The days before her passing were olled with much love
and hugs from family in person and over the phone.
She had nine siblings, eight still living (Clifford,
George, Tom, Pat, Don, Judy, Darlene and Bob) and
got to hear how loved she was by each one before she
passed. She is with our amazing lord and savior.
We love you mama.
A private burial will be at the Hermiston Cemetery,
Hermiston, Oregon. A celebration of life graveside
service will be held on Sunday, Aug. 14, 2022, at 1 p.m.
at the Hermiston Cemetery, Hermiston, Oregon.
Please share memories of Roberta with her family at
www.burnsmortuaryhermiston.com. Burns Mortuary of
Hermiston, Oregon, is in care of arrangements.
concerts for an aû ordable
price for the rest of us — and
a boatload of local citizens
who donate hard-earned
cash to the cause so tiny, itty
bitty Pendleton can oû er
the same music experiences
found in Portland or Seattle,
which one pays through the
nose to attend.
Thanks to such individ-
uals, Pendleton children
have the chance to hear (and
perform) quality music that
stimulates the imagina-
tion, heightens the emotions
and sharpens math skills to
boot. So my friends, sample
great music not likely heard
in the Round-Up stadium
but rather in the Vert Hall
in Pendleton or Commu-
nity Center in Hermiston. It
sure ain’t “New Country” or
Hip-Hop or even the British
Invasion. But God is it good
and it rounds out what it
means to be a human alive in
the moment.
———
Matt Henry, a native Buck-
eye, is a Roman Catholic
musician, a retired ABC/UMC
pastor and a volunteer at the
Outreach and the Warming
Station. No one should be
cold, hungry or lonely.
reaching out to older adults in
the community to help with
home repair projects. At no
cost to the seniors, materials
and labor are provided.
Featuring informal and
non-t raditional church
services, Estle initially didn’t
know what direction the
ministry would take. Provid-
ing support to the unhoused
and people experiencing alco-
hol and drug problems grew
organically from the first
prayer meeting.
“We were in the building
praying and a guy came in
higher than anything and
we led him to the lord,” he
said. “Ever since then, the
passion for helping people
just grows and grows.”
Tarvin is especially grate-
ful for that. Nearly û ve years
ago, she was hungry, tired
and needed a shower. With
nowhere else to turn, Tarvin
went to Desert Rose.
“They helped me when I
was an addict on the street,”
she said. “Because of what
God’s done for me through
them, I’ve been able to get
back on my feet and have a
life worth living.”
In addition to getting clean,
Tarvin completed her proba-
tion early, is no longer home-
less and works at the Power
House Treatment Center
in Hermiston. She said she
thinks the world of Dan
Madore, her former probation
oû cer with Umatilla County
Community Corrections, and
Erica Sandoval, the Hermis-
ton Police Department oû cer
who arrested her.
“God put these people,
Desert Rose and others in my
life,” she said. “They were
teachers of love, compassion
and accountability.”
For more i n for ma-
tion about Desert Rose
Ministries, search www.
facebook.com/desertrosem-
inistrieshermiston. For ques-
tions, call 541-667-9566.
COMMUNITY BRIEFING
builds in anticipation of
fair week. With a theme
of “Moo-ving Forward
Together,” the fair is
Aug. 10-13 at the Eastern
Oregon Trade and Event
Center, 1705 E. Airport
Road, Hermiston.
For more details about
the fair, including the
parade route, visit www.
umatillacountyfair.net.
Also, for up-to-date infor-
mation, search Facebook.
— EO Media Group
Umatilla County
Fair kicks oû with
parade
H ER M ISTON —
Everybody loves a parade
— the 2022 Umatilla
County Fair gets ready to
roll Saturday, Aug. 6 at
6:30 p.m. with the annual
kick-oû parade.
The community event
oû ers a great way to cele-
brate with family and
friends as the excitement
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Kari Ann Lindeman (Robinson)
July 9, 1973 3 July 29, 2022
It is with overwhelming sadness the
family of Kari Ann Lindeman (Robinson)
announces her passing. She died on Friday
July 29th as a result of a tragic car accident
caused by a wrong way
driver on the freeway.
Kari was born in
Pendleton, July 9, 1973.
She grew up in Pendleton
and attended Harris Junior
Academy through grade
10, then went to Gem State
Academy in Caldwell Idaho.
She was active in band,
choir, chorale, and softball.
She was an excellent pianist
and played for the Gem State
Choir.
She
is
survived
by
her
husband
Jonah Lindeman (Papa
JoJo), and her children
Jake Lemberger, Kasidee
Lemberger, Jaiden Lemberger,
Brogan
Biggerstaff,
Jay Lindeman (Arelie) and
Travis Lindeman and of
course her beloved Paz.
She was the best Grandma
KiKi to Jaxson Hans and
Remi Ray. Her parents Jim
and Becky Robinson, her
siblings Rick Robinson
Portland Or., Tony Heller
(Rebecca) Vancouver Wa., Det Robinson
(Tara) Nampa Id.
Kari also had many nieces and nephews
who include Jessica, Justin, Karlee, Tyler,
Kason, Page, Kade, and Ashton that she
loved very much.
She had a beautiful smile for everyone
and a personality to match. She loved her
husband and never missed an opportunity to
go on adventures with him which included
some of their favorites which were camping,
hiking, skiing, and mountain biking! Her
kids and grandkids were her pride and joy.
She was incredibly supportive of all their
athletic endeavors from T-Ball, Softball,
basketball, football, track and much more.
Her kids always knew that they could rely
on her for anything and everything. Her
family was the most important thing in her
life!
Kari graduated from
Blue Mountain Community
College in 1996, with a
nursing degree which began
her lifelong career as a nurse.
At the time of her passing she
was employed as a traveling
nurse traveling from her
home in LaGrande to Good
Shepherd Medical Center in
Hermiston.
Kari was such a unique,
adventurous, bubbly, loving,
and passionate woman that
always brightened up the
room with her big smile. She
was an incredible daughter,
wife, mother, grandma,
sister, aunt, and friend. She
valued and loved her family
more than anyone and would
do anything to make sure
they were safe and cared for.
She was also an incredible
travel nurse who not only
cared for thousands of
people, but also connected
to each of her patients in a
special way. One of Kari9s
friends summed her up well by saying <To
know her is to love her.=
During the pandemic Kari took on extra
shifts due to the nursing shortage to care
for everyone that was in need. When it was
suggested to her that she needed to take time
off she said: <The hospital and the patients
need me.< This is the type of selness person
that she was! Always sacriocing herself for
others. She cared deeply and loved hard!
There will be a Celebration of Life this
Saturday, August 6th at 1 PM at the home
of Kari9s parents, 71649 SW Bridle Drive,
Pendleton, OR. Everyone is welcome.
Please join us in celebrating her life.