COMMUNITY
Saturday, August 20, 2022
East Oregonian
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Tearing down the avenue
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Road construction workers Thursday, Aug. 18, 2022, cover Southeast Byers Avenue at
the intersection with Third Street, Pendleton, with black tarps and gravel. The con-
struction stretches along Southeast Byers from Main Street to Seventh Street.
COMMUNITY BRIEFING
David Nelson
shares about debut
novel
PENDLETON — David
Nelson will talk about his
book, “Mariah is Missing,”
during the upcoming Terrifi c
Tuesday at Heritage Station
Museum.
The event is Tues-
day, Aug. 23, 6 p.m. at the
museum, 108 S.W. Frazer
Ave., Pendleton. There is no
admission charge.
Nelson earned a bachelor’s
degree from the University of
Oregon and a law degree at
the University of Montana.
In addition to working as an
attorney and wheat farmer,
Nelson was a member of the
Oregon State Senate from
1996 until retiring in 2013.
Published in Septem-
ber 2021, Nelson bases his
debut novel on a crime that
occurred in 1974 while he
was serving as the county
attorney in Pondera County,
Montana. Realizing that the
case had a longterm ripple
effect on many people, he
decided to write the book.
For more about Heritage
Station events and activities,
visit www.heritagestation-
museum.org or call 541-276-
0012. For more about the
book, visit www.davidhen-
rynelson.com.
Old Nicks gears up
with car show
UMATILLA — Pickups,
low riders, import cars and
hot rods are invited to enter
the Al Estilo Throwdown.
Held in conjunction with
the grand opening celebra-
tion at Old Nicks Restaurant
+ Lounge, the event is Satur-
day, Aug. 27, 10 a.m. in the
parking lot at 610 Sixth St.,
Umatilla. Vehicles should
roll in between 8-9 a.m.
There is no registration fee.
Awards will be presented for
fi rst through third place, as
well as best of class.
Heritage Station Museum/
Contributed Photo
David Nelson of Pendleton
will discuss his debut novel,
“Mariah is Missing,” during
Terrifi c Tuesday on Aug. 23,
2022, at Heritage Station
Museum, Pendleton.
In addition to the car
show, the family-friendly
event features $1 dogs, $2
burgers and a bouncy house
for the kids. Also, there will
be live music, as well as food
and drink specials for adults.
For more information,
search Facebook for “Old
Nicks.” For questions, call
541-922-3896.
Harvest Festival
plows into Pilot
Rock
PILOT ROCK — A full
day of activities will sprout
during the Harvest Festival
in Pilot Rock.
Presented by the Pilot
Rock Downtown Associa-
tion, the event is Saturday,
Aug. 27, with most activities
held downtown. Also, yard
sales are planned throughout
the town starting at 8 a.m.
To begin the day with a
hearty meal, head to the Fire-
man’s Breakfast, 6-10 a.m. at
the Pilot Rock Fire Station.
Downtown activities start
at 10 a.m., including vendor
booths, children’s activi-
ties and a cornhole tourna-
ment. The Johnathin Hascall
Memorial Run begins at
10 a.m. on Yellow Jacket
Road.
The car show gets into
gear at 11 a.m. with judging
and awards in the afternoon.
A beer garden opens at noon
at The Vault, 194 W. Main St.
The outdoor beer garden will
continue through midnight.
After noon activities
include The Great Duck
Race at 3 p.m. and Barn Yard
Bingo at 4 p.m. The Rocket
Run/Walk, which benefits
the Doherty family, starts at
5 p.m. on the football fi eld.
The entry fee is $20. The
Harvest Festival parade gets
rolling at 7 p.m.
For more information,
search Facebook for “Pilot
Rock Downtown Associ-
ation.” To register for the
cornhole tournament ($10),
call Shannon at 541-379-1575.
Bulldogs plan
early ‘70s joint
reunion
HERMISTON — The
Hermiston High School class
of 1972 says, “the more the
merrier.” Bulldogs who grad-
uated in 1970 through 1973
are invited to a joint Dawg
reunion.
The event begins with a
meet and greet on Sept. 30,
5 p.m. at Midway Bar &
Grill, 1750 N. First St., Herm-
iston. This is a no-host gath-
ering with no entry fee.
The fun and memories
continue on Oct. 1, 3-9 p.m. at
Bennett Botanical Gardens,
32632 E. Punkin Center
Road, Hermiston. No-host
food and drinks will be avail-
able for purchase. The cost is
$15 at the gate.
In addition to food and
fun, musical entertainment
is planned. Organizers are
looking for a volunteer to
take group photos. For more
information, search Face-
book for “HHS Class of 1972
Reunion.”
— EO Media Group
STUDENTS
Local students on
EOU spring honor
roll
LA GRANDE — Eastern
Oregon University named
570 students to the dean’s
list for the 2022 spring term.
Qualifying students achieve
and maintain a grade point
average of 3.5 or higher while
completing a minimum of 12
hours of graded coursework.
Local students receiving
recognition include:
PENDLETON: Molly
Bishop, Addison Bonzani,
Carissa Cooley, Kaylee
Cope, Blake Davis, Taylor
Dougherty, Justin Duso,
Kyler Eckman-Lunny, Jacob
Gau, Carter Habig, Merissa
Haynes, Jessica Hitzman,
Melinda Lente, Brooklynn
Lunny, Kyndra Nelson,
Cooper Roberts, Jillian
Samp, Daniel Van Cleave,
Jonathan Wolotira, Tucker
Zander.
HERMISTON: Ryne
Andreason, Daneli Atilano,
Jiliane Dawson, Jenni-
fer Fuentes, Daniel Goss-
ler, Martin Heredia, Callie
Ann Hoeft, Naxely Jaime,
Andrew James, Madelyn
Juul, Hayden Larson, Kylee
McClure, Anani Medina,
Joshua Roberts, Aaron
Roman, Ashley Seibel,
Ericka Wells, Evan Yzagu-
irre.
ATHENA: Amy Arre-
dondo; BOA R DM A N:
Veronica Alvarez Frias, Ana
Barajas, Alondra Caldera,
Jose Puerta, Johana Sepul-
veda Vieyra; ECHO: Natalee
Sherbahn; HEPPNER:
Hunter Nichols; IRRI-
GON: Ashley Aguilera,
Kimberly Renteria Montes;
MILTON-FREEWATER:
Wyatt Gilmore, Evelyn
Armenta Landa, Giselle
Lopez De Loera, Noah Prat-
ton, Mckenna Stallings;
PILOT ROCK: Ellie Lank-
ford; UMATILLA: Chantal
Lemus, Daisy Nava, Leah
Yarbrough.
EOU congratulates each
of the students and acknowl-
edges their dedication to
academic excellence. For
more information, contact
the office of University
Advancement at 541-962-
3740 or ua@eou.edu.
Pacifi c University
announces
academic honors
FOREST GROVE — The
spring 2022 dean’s list at
Pacifi c University includes
three local students — Brit-
tany Case and Kirsten
Mendel, both of Pendle-
ton; and Sophie Grant of
Heppner.
To receive the recognition,
students must earn a grade
point average of 3.7 or higher
while completing at least 12
graded credit hours.
A private university based
in Forest Grove, Pacifi c was
founded in 1849. For more
information, visit www.
pacifi cu.edu.
— EO Media Group
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Arin Velho, 16, shreds the guitar on Aug. 11, 2022, during Rock & Roll Camp at Pendleton
Center for the Arts. The Arts Council of Pendleton recently received an Oregon Cultural
Trust grant, which will be used to support free arts education, experiences and programs
for youths at the arts center.
Oregon Cultural Trust awards
record amount in grants
Umatilla County
nonprofi ts receive
more than $78K
East Oregonian
SA LEM — T h ree
Umatilla County nonprofi t
organizations are among
the 138 arts, heritage and
humanities organizations
across the state to receive
a share of $3.4 million in
grant awards disbursed
by the Oregon Cultural
Trust. The grants are made
possible by Oregonians
who invested a record $5.7
million in the Cultural Tax
Credit in the 2022 fiscal
year.
Local recipients, the
grant award and purpose:
• $30,285 to Tamasts-
likt Cultural Institute to
support culturally appropri-
ate, artistic outdoor gateway
signage. The new signage
will be installed on High-
way 331 to direct visitors
to the museum. Gateway
signage and a front-of-facil-
ity sign linked by periodic
art on the landscape will
invite visitors and commu-
nity members.
• $30,285 to the Umatilla
County Historical Soci-
ety to support the remodel
of the Heritage Station
Museum entryway, lobby
and gift shop so that a single
staff member or volunteer
can greet and welcome visi-
tors while also staffi ng the
gift shop.
• $11,604 to the Arts
Council of Pendleton to
support increased access
to arts education for youths
in rural Eastern Oregon
through a robust menu of
free arts education and
experiences at Pendleton
Center for the Arts.
In addition, Friends of
the Elgin Opera House
was a fi rst-time recipient of
an Oregon Cultural Trust
grant, receiving $12,599.
The award will be used to
support specialized train-
ing for its actors by invit-
ing acting coaches, vocal
instructors, choreographers
and visual artists to work
with the community theater.
This year’s awards
br ing the cumulative
total of Oregon Cultural
Trust grants to nearly $40
million since its founding
in 2001. Each year, 60%
of the money goes directly
to cultural organizations
and agencies in the form of
grants, while the remaining
40% helps grow a perma-
nent fund for culture.
For more information,
visit www.CulturalTrust.
org. For questions, contact
Carrie Kikel, communi-
cations manager, at carrie.
kikel@biz.oregon.gov or
503-480-5360.
Joan Kathleen Kopp
April 1, 1933 - August 13, 2022
Joan Kathleen Kopp was born on April
1, 1933, to Pat and Catherine Folsom in
Pendleton, Oregon. Kathleen, known to
many as Mama, died peacefully at the age
of 89 on Aug. 13, 2022, in
her Pendleton home.
Famous
for
her
infectious laugh and sense
of humor, her April Fool's
Day birthday was always
a
greatly
anticipated
occasion. A tradition started
when she was only 5 and
friends were coming over
for a birthday party. Her
mother opened the door,
and she and Kathleen’s
sisters, Patti and Judy, told
the guests that the party
had been canceled, only to be followed
by Kathleen jumping out and exclaiming,
“April Fools!”
A carefree child, Kathleen loved
being with her Daddy, which translated
into a lot of time spent at the Round-Up
Grounds, where he actively volunteered.
For Kathleen, this meant being with
her horses or reading comic books and
just hanging out with her friend, Shirley
Navratil. Kathleen loved horses; her first
pony was Molly, then came Smokey,
Goldie, Pumpkin and Tony. In 1951, she
and Pumpkin proudly represented the
Pendleton Round-Up Court as princesses.
Kathleen graduated from Pendleton
High School, where she was actively
involved in many clubs and committees,
including Girls League, Ski Club and
PEP Club; she served as Phoenix Club
treasurer, advertising manager for The
Lantern school newspaper and secretary of
Quill and Scroll.
She attended the University of Oregon
and dental hygienist school in San
Francisco, California. She worked as a
dental hygienist in Portland, Oregon, until
she fell in love with and married Bill Kopp
in 1955. They were married 62 years. Just
days after they married, they headed off
for Bill’s Air Force duty, which took them
to Georgia, New Mexico, Mississippi and
Texas.
Following Bill's honorable discharge,
they settled in Pendleton, started their
family, and raised seven children. With all
seven finally in school, Kathleen started
cooking for the Pendleton School District,
which she enjoyed very much. Her
intention was to work for a short time —
so she could treat herself to new drapes for
the house — but she enjoyed the students
so much that she ended up staying on for
many years.
Kathleen would load up her knitting for
break time on the back of her moped and
head off to school. A daily PHS highlight
was snack break and serving hot chocolate
chip cookies. Rumor has it she had some
favorite students who apparently got a few
extra chocolate chips in their cookies.
Outdoor school at Kiwanis Cabins
was a favorite of Kathleen’s. She single-
handedly served the students their home-
away-from-home meals.
Most people might consider
it an impossible job, but
Kathleen managed with
grace and diplomacy and
then savored her evening
alone time with a book.
Alone time in a house of
nine people does not exist.
So, a grueling day over a
hot stove, in trade for an
evening of peace and quiet,
was well worth it.
Kathleen
embodied
what it means to be a
lifelong learner. She read every day. It all
started with The Nancy Drew Series and
“My Friend Flicka.” She nurtured both
her intellectual curiosity and sense of
adventure. She obtained her license at the
age of 50 and that’s when she started riding
her moped everywhere with her friend
Nancy Niord. Their road trip destinations
included Walla Walla, Mission and Pilot
Rock. They changed it up, sometimes
traveling by the backroads and sometimes
journeying by the highways.
Mama was deeply loved and appreciated
because there wasn’t a day that went by
that she wasn’t cheerful, stoic, supportive,
loyal, engaged and attentive. When you
were with Kathleen, you felt seen, accepted
and loved. She didn’t have a judgmental
bone in her body.
She was preceded in death by her loving
husband, William C Kopp; an infant child,
John Steven Kopp; her Daddy, Allen
Pat Folsom; and her Mother, Catherine
Fitzgerald Folsom; her sisters, Patti Green
and Judy Gladman; and her granddaughter,
Ashlee Lynn Hodgen.
Her legacy lives on in her adored,
cherished and loved 14 grandchildren
and six great-grandchildren (with one on
the way) and in her children, Linda Jarvis
(Brian), Billy Kopp (Shary), Philip Kopp
(Kim), Cari Volger (Eric), Cathy Ochs
(Gerry), Christopher Kopp (Rebecca),
and Curtis Kopp (Suzy). She also leaves
behind her faithful companion, Baby Kitty.
A rosary will be held at 6 p.m. on
Monday, Aug. 22, 2022, at Pendleton
Pioneer Chapel, Folsom-Bishop. The
funeral service will be at 10 a.m. on
Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2022, at Pioneer Chapel.
Interment will be at Olney Cemetery with
a reception following at the Pendleton
Convention Center Happy Canyon Room.
To honor Kathleen’s memory, the
family recommends donations to the
Ashlee Hodgen Memorial Scholarship
Fund (Branch Columbia Bank, 2101 S.W.
Court Place, Pendleton, Oregon, 97801).
Online condolences may be shared with
the family at www.pioneerchapel.com.