TWO - Heppner Gazette-Times, Heppner, Oregon
Wednesday, January 8,2014
Obituaries
The Official Newspaper
of the City of Heppner and the County of Morrow
Carol K. Anderson Porter
Heppner
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Trophy Corner
Las! week’s G-T Trophy Corner incorrectly stated that Tiffany
Akers resides in Irrigon. Tiffany Akers, 12, of Boardman shot
her first doe on Dec. I during the Morrow County Youth Hunt
at Green Wood Resources in Boardman. -Contributed photo
Community lunch
menu
Amazing Grace Fellowship church members will
serve lunch on Wednesday, Jan. 8, at St. Patrick’s Senior
Center. The meal will include chicken pot pie, green salad.
French bread and brownies.
Willow Creek Baptist and Elohim Covenant church
members will serve lunch on Wednesday, Jan. 15. Lunch
will include pulled pork sandwiches, macaroni and
cheese, carrot salad, apple sauce and cookies.
Milk is served at each meal. Suggested donation is
$3.50 per meal. Menu is subject to change.
Chamber lunch
meeting
Upcoming Cabin
Fever concerts
feature local talent
T he a n n u a l J o h n
W ambeke and F rien d s
Cabin Fever music and
variety shows may offer a
cure for the winter doldrums
for the entire family.
The four upcom ing
shows—three in Hermiston
and ohe in Pendleton—also
include vocalists with local
ties, Joe Lindsey and David
Bates, along with fiddler
Eric Jepsen.
Now in its sixth year,
the 2014 C abin F ever
Concert series offers a
pair of Dutch oven dinner
shows Friday, Jan. 17, and
Saturday, Jan. 18, at 6 p.m.,
as wel 1 as a regular matinee
show Sunday, Jan. 19, at 3
p.m., all at the Hermiston
Conference Center. 415 S.
Highway 395 in Hermiston.
In addition, Wambeke
and F rien d s w ill tak e
the show to the road for
a benefit performance at
Blue Mountain Community
College in Pendleton on
behalf of Jeremy Miller, who
is fighting pancreatic cancer.
Miller, who performed with
the Absolutely Nobody a
cappella quartet, is the son
o f David Miller, former
music director at BMCC.
The benefit performance in
Pendleton is on Saturday
night, Jan. 25, at 7 p.m. at
the Pioneer Hall Theatre.
Jo e L in d s e y o f
L e x in g to n , a fo rm e r
m em ber o f A bsolutely
Nobody, will join with
other past quartet members,
David Bates o f Sisters,
OR (son of Dale Bates of
Heppner), Cory Cooley,
and Micah Barton, in the
fundraising performance
in Pendleton only. Quartet
m em bers L indsay and
Cooley will perform as
a duet at the Hermiston
shows,
Other features o f the
event include the Frazier
W am beke Trio as the
show ’s house band, the
continued antics of Thelma
(Wambeke) and Eunice (Pat
Ward) in an episode of “The
Dating Game,” the vocal
talent of Stacy Cooley, and
other guests.
The Saturday night
dinner show is sold out;
however, tickets are still
av ailab le for the other
three performances. Tickets
can be purchased at the
H erm iston C onference
Center or the Pendleton
Chamber of Commerce, or
bycalling541-701-7014or
541-314-3751. Friday night
Dutch oven dinner tickets
are $35 in advance. Sunday
matinee tickets are $10
each or $25/family and can
be purchased at the door,
The cost for the benefit
performance in Pendleton
and as a magazine editor.
in death by her step-father,
Throughout her life, Ervin Anderson. She is
su rv iv ed by her
she pursued her
sons, Richard Porter
interest in writing
o f Palo Alto, CA
short stories and
and Cory P orter
collecting antiques.
(Nicole DeWeese)
In retirement, she
of Los Angeles, as
enjoyed read in g
well as two sisters.
and v is its from Carol K.
her sons and other A n d e r s o n Dee (Jim) Erdmann
o f A u m s v ille
family members and Porter
and Nancy (Phil)
friends.
In a d d itio n to her McLennan of Hillsboro and
parents, she was preceded their families.
Funeral Notice
Donald A. Cole— Donald A. Cole, 74. of Baker City
died at St. Alphonsus Medical Center in Baker City on
Jan. 4, 2014.
His memorial service will be held Saturday, Jan. 18,
at 11 a.m. at the Baker City Christian Church with Pastor
Jesse Whitford officiating. Friends are invited to join the
family for a reception in the fellowship hall at the church
following the service.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Baker
City Christian Church or The Heppner Elks Lodge, 1 l,h
Hour Club through Gray’s West & Company Pioneer
Chapel. 1500 Dewey Ave.. Baker City. OR 97814.
Top: John Wambeke on guitar and Eric Jepsen on fiddle at a
past Cabin Fever performance. Bottom: Absolutely Nobody
quartet members Cory Cooley (left) and Joe Lindsay (right).
-Contributed photos
is $30, and those wanting fundraiser are advised to
to attend the Pendleton purchase tickets in advance.
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S ta te U n iv e rs ity and
the U niversity o f New
H am pshire, w here she
received a Bachelor of Arts
in English.
In 1964, she married
C la re n c e P o rter. The
m arriage later ended in
divorce.
She spent many years
in M innesota and New
Hampshire but returned to
Oregon upon her retirement
from a career spent mainly
in business software sales
KATIE IN HAITI
This week’s lunch meeting of the Heppner Chamber
of Commerce will be the annual luncheon on Thursday,
Jan. 9, from noon to 1 p.m. in the St. Patrick’s Senior
Center dining room.
The theme for this year’s luncheon is “Heppner
Magic, It’s the People.” This year will also feature music
provided by Andrea Grigg on the flute and Natalie Grigg
on the violin.
Costoflunch is $ 10; Alvin Liu of Cornerstone Gallery
will cater.
Town and Country tickets will also be available for
purchase for $20, so anyone who doesn't have tickets by
then can plan on purchasing them at the annual luncheon.
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Carol Anderson Porter,
72, passed away on January
3,2014 in Jacksonville, OR
after a lengthy illness. In
accordance w ith her request
there will be no memorial
service.
She w as b o rn on
D ecem ber 10, 1941 to
the late Harold and Ale; a
Anderson of F.ightmile and
1 leppner.
She graduated from
H eppner H igh School
and a tte n d e d O reg o n
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They brought him to our
facility,” recalls Heath.
“The amazing volunteer
and Haitian nurses, docs
and radiology department
were able to turn this little
guy’s life around. When I
left he was a plump, happy
little baby and was going to
do just fine.
“He received more love
by us volunteers then any
baby could ever hope for. It
was a treat to get off work
and go see the little guy. It
goes to show what amazing
things Project Medishare
can do with what little they
have. I am so proud to have
Baby Bernard is one
shining example among a
multitude of memories that
Heath says will stay with
her the rest of her life.
“There are so many
experiences; it’s hard to get
them all in one paragraph. 1
want people to know it’s an
amazing place, not a scary
place,” she says. “People
there are incredibly humble
and full of life. They work
so hard for so little and
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SWCD, MCLG to
Parks committee to hold joint meeting
meet
The Morrow County Parks Committee will meet
Tuesday, Jan. 14, at 1 p.m. at the Route 74 restaurant.
350 Highway 74, lone.
This will be a regularly-scheduled parks meeting
to discuss events, maintenance and vacant committee
positions.
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proposed agenda includes
Soil Health in Morrow
County, Blue-Green Algae,
W olf U pdate, W ildlife
Habitat Program Update,
Clean Water Act Update
and Grazing Management.
The MCLG annual
m eeting w ill begin at
3:30 p.m. The m eeting
will include an Oregon
Cattlemen update and a
p re s e n ta tio n on b eef
cattle research by Dr. Tim
DelCurto.
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The 2014 joint SWCD
and M o rro w C o u n ty
Livestock Grower program
will take place Friday, Jan.
17, at the St. P atrick's
C ath o lic P arish H all,
Heppner.
The Morrow SWCD
monthly meeting will begin
at 9:30 a.m., followed by
the SWCD annual meeting
at 11:15 a.m. and lunch
at 11:30 a.m. The joint
program will take place
from 12:30-3:30 p.m. The
If you or someone you know has a gambling problem,
help is available and that help Is FREE of charge.
If Y O U have a family member who suffers from
gambling addiction. Y O U can also receive FR E E treat
ment even if the gambler is not receiving treatment
If you are a resident of Morrow County and you
wish to take advantage of the services above or de
sire more information. Please call any of the following
numbers to set up a LOCAL appointment or just to
talk:
Bobby Harris @ 5 4 1 -67 6 -9 9 2 5 or 541-25 6 -0 1 7 5
Community Counseling Solutions (CCS) <9 541-676-9161
OR 1-877-695-4648 (1-888-MYLIMIT)
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