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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2016
Our Community
Salvation Army rings in Red Kettle campaign with gala event
By TAMMY MALGESINI
Community Editor
The Salvation Army
Pendleton Corps, which in-
cludes the Hermiston area,
is ringing in the holiday
season with a fundraising
gala dinner and auction.
The traditional Red Ket-
tle Campaign — which
helps ensure that children
get a toy for Christmas,
families have food on the
table and people receive as-
sistance to keep a roof over
their head — is familiar
during the holiday season.
Bell ringers stationed next
to a Red Kettle accept do-
nations that help raise mon-
ey for The Salvation Army.
Kicking off the 2016
Red Kettle campaign, the
gala event features a tri-tip
dinner, music by the Peace
Lutheran Bell Choir and an
auction. It is Saturday from
5:30-8 p.m. at The Sal-
vation Army Community
Center, 150 S.E. Emigrant
Ave., Pendleton. Tickets
are $25.
Items up for bid include
tickets to the Civil War
game between the Univer-
sity of Oregon and Oregon
State University, Tri-City
Americans tickets, sterling
silver jewelry, collectibles,
artwork and even a truck-
load of gravel.
“Supporters of our Red
Kettle campaign can help
give us a head start on ring-
ing our bells to help the
needy,” said Mary Corp,
The Salvation Army advi-
sory board chairwoman.
The Red Kettle campaign
assists the organization in
providing year-around pro-
grams to help those in need.
The Salvation Army offers
programs for children and
youths, family services and
feeding the hungry during
daily meals and providing
food boxes.
STAFF PHOTO BY TAMMY MALGESINI
Maria Tovar rings a bell for The Salvation Army’s 2015
Red Kettle Campaign outside the Hermiston Safeway. The
Salvation Army is kicking off the 2016 season Nov. 19 with a
gala fundraising dinner and auction.
For more information
about the event or how to
volunteer as a bell ringer,
contact Susan Lamb at 541-
276-3369,
susan.lamb@
usw.salvationarmy.org or
visit www.facebook.com/
salarmypendleton.
Agape guests gobble up murder mystery
HERMISTON HERALD
A packed house had an
appetite for murder during
“Gobble, Gobble Death
and Trouble.”
The Saturday murder
mystery dinner presen-
tation raised $1,000 for
Agape House of Herm-
iston. Guests feasted on
a smoked turkey dinner
while playing amateur
sleuths during an inves-
tigation into the murder
of chef Ramsey Gordon,
whose turkey recipe is fa-
mous around the world.
Among the suspects
were Thaddeus Fickel of
Hermiston, Jim Glover of
Umatilla, Tina Ridings of
Umatilla, Trish Rossell of
Hermiston and Polly Van
De Brake of Stanfi eld.
Boyd Sharp of Umatilla,
who played the part of a
turkey farmer, was found
to be the murderer.
Money raised from
the event will be used by
Agape House to serve
those in need in the com-
munity. Dave Hughes,
executive director, said
the organization plans to
host four murder mystery
events in 2017 and invites
anyone interested in partic-
ipating to call him at 541-
567-8774.
Operation Christmas Child boxes holiday cheer
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IN BRIEF
Youth theater
stages ‘Jungle
Book’
After months of re-
hearsals, youths in the
Hermiston Parks & Rec-
reation’s drama program
will present “The Jungle
Book.”
The classic produc-
tion will provide enter-
tainment for the entire
family, said Gina Wicks
of the recreation depart-
ment.
The performances are
Thursday and Friday
at 6:30 p.m. at Armand
Larive Middle School,
1497 S.W. Ninth St.,
Hermiston. Pre-ordered
tickets are $2 each.
Tickets purchased at the
door are $3.
For more information,
visit www.hermistonrec-
reation.com. For tickets,
call 541-667-5018 or
stop by the recreation of-
fi ce at 180 N.E. Second
St., Hermiston.
Echo serves early
Thanksgiving
dinner
The community is
invited to celebrate the
season with a tradition-
al Thanksgiving meal in
Echo.
The free event is Sat-
urday from noon to 2
p.m. at Echo Community
Church, 21 N. Bonanza.
For more information,
call 541-376-8108 or
541-571-4419.
By TAMMY MALGESINI
Community Editor
With the precision of
Santa’s toy shop, more than
200 shoeboxes were fi lled
with gifts as part of a Nov.
5 packing party for Opera-
tion Christmas Child at the
Stanfi eld Baptist Church.
“It was a great event,”
said Barb Wattenburger,
collection coordinator in
Hermiston.
Hermiston
business-
woman Carol Frink, a
member of the Stanfi eld
church, helped organize the
event that assists in spread-
ing the joy of Christmas to
disadvantaged children in
poverty-stricken
nations
across the globe. Opera-
tion Christmas Child is an
outreach ministry of the in-
ternational Christian relief
organization Samaritan’s
Purse. People are invited
to help with the effort by
fi lling shoebox-sized boxes
with gifts.
In 2015, Hermiston do-
nors gave a whopping 1,725
boxes, said Fay Smith, the
organization’s regional me-
dia coordinator. The concept
is simple, she said: Pack
gifts for either a boy or girl
Library celebrates
International
Games Day
PHOTO CONTRIBUTED BY BARB WATTENBURGER
Area residents participate in a shoebox-packing party Nov. 5 at the Stanfi eld Baptist Church. The
gifts will be distributed through Operation Christmas Child to needy children across the globe.
of a designated age group
in a standard-size shoebox,
add a shipping label, pro-
vide $7 per shoebox to help
with shipping costs and take
it to a relay center during
National Collection Week.
Gifts can include small
toys, clothing, a stuffed an-
imal, toothbrushes, soap
and washcloths. Prohibited
items are anything liquid or
breakable, war-themed toys,
chocolate and vitamins.
National
Collection
Week continues through
Monday, Nov. 21. People
can take shoebox gifts to
New Hope Community
Church, 1350 S. Highway
395, Hermiston. The drop-
off times are: Wednesday
from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.;
Thursday from 11 a.m. to
1 p.m. and 5-7 p.m.; Friday
and Saturday from 11 a.m.
to 1 p.m.; Sunday from
noon to 2 p.m.; and Mon-
day from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Anyone can participate
in Operation Christmas
Child. For uniformity in
packaging and distribution,
items must be placed into a
shoebox-sized container.
More
information,
guidelines for shoebox
gifts and an option for peo-
ple to virtually “Build a
Box” is available at www.
samaritanspurse.org/occ.
Also, Wattenburger can be
reached at 541-626-3159
and Smith at smith_fay@
yahoo.com.
Erik Estrada livens up game show fun
I
can name that tune in three
notes. Before you get too
impressed, I must qualify
the statement with music
from game shows.
Such was the case when
the familiar opening theme
music from “Match Game”
and “The Newlywed Game”
boomed through the sound
system Oct. 29 at Wildhorse
Resort & Casino. And then
there was wild cheering and
screaming — mostly coming
from the mouths of female
baby boomers, like myself
— when announcer Jimmy
Richards introduced Erik Es-
trada as the live host during
“America’s Greatest Games
Shows.”
Known as Ponch from the
1977-83 TV Series “CHiPS,”
I had a poster of Estrada back
in my college days. Yep, the
man who once graced the
cover of People magazine —
who was designated as one of
sexiest bachelors in the world
in 1979 — still has it going
on.
When Tiah DeGrofft of
Wildhorse community rela-
STAFF PHOTO BY TAMMY MALGESINI
Erik Estrada, from the 1977-
83 TV show “CHiPs,” has
fun with a contestant during
“America’s Greatest Game
Shows” at Wildhorse Resort
& Casino.
tions asked if I was interest-
ed in attending the event, I
was all in. I’m a game show
junkie. My husband, John, is
amused that I actually record
some of my favorite ones to
watch later.
My game show addiction
started when I was a kid and
continued when I was in col-
lege. Kari Knutson, one of
my old roomies, and I were the date got closer, I thought I
parked in front of a black- should paint a picture of what
and-white TV each day to the event would be like — a
watch as Richard Dawson in- lot of screaming people. For
troduced families as they bat- a man who lives for concerts,
tled it out on “Family Feud.” he doesn’t like big crowds of
When Tiah asked if I rowdy people.
would be interested in
I invited my bestie,
a telephone interview
Carol Greene, to go
with Erik Estrada, what
with me. To give you
do you think I said?
an idea of how crazy
After getting the
we can be together, my
offi cial business out
husband has referred to
of the way, Erik and I
Carol as Lucy — as in
spent a few minutes
Lucy and Ethel.
shooting the breeze. Tammy
While we weren’t
Malgesini
In regards to aging, INSIDE MY
chosen as contes-
we agree that our bod- SHOES
tants, Carol and I had
ies feel older than our
a great time. And in
minds. An avid golfer, I told keeping true to our “I Love
Erik to prepare to spend some Lucy” monikers, there
time “at the beach” when were some shenanigans.
swinging the clubs at Wild- However, what happens at
horse.
Wildhorse stays at Wild-
“I’ll bring my suntan lo- horse.
tion,” he said with a laugh.
———
Also, a bit of a foodie,
Tammy Malgesini is
Erik said many of the casinos the community editor. Her
that host “America’s Greatest column, Inside my Shoes,
Game Shows” have excellent includes general musings
chefs.
about life. Contact her at
Initially, John said he’d tmalgesini@eastoregonian.
attend with me. However, as com or 541-564-4539.
Special gaming pro-
grams and events for
the whole family are
planned during Inter-
national Games Day@
Your Library.
The Hermiston Public
Library invites people of
all ages to celebrate the
popularity and power
of games and play. The
family-friendly event is
Saturday from 11 a.m. to
3 p.m. at 235 E. Gladys
Ave., Hermiston. There
is no admission charge.
For more informa-
tion, call Jodi Hansen at
541-567-2882. For more
about the history of the
event, visit http://igd.
ala.org.
Run now, gobble later
People have an oppor-
tunity to trot off some of
those Thanksgiving meal
pounds during a fund-
raiser for the warming
stations in Hermiston
and Pendleton.
The Club 24 Turkey
Trot is Thanksgiving
Day — Thursday, Nov.
24 — beginning with
check-in and race day
registration at 7 a.m. at
Sno Road Winery, 111
W. Main St., Echo. The
races start at 9 a.m. The
cost is $15 for adults,
$10 for ages 6-16 and
free for 5 and under (un-
less they want a T-shirt,
then must register as
youth). The fee includes
a T-shirt if registered by
Nov. 16.
Participants are en-
couraged to wear a cos-
tume and have fun. The
races include a 5K run,
5K walk and a kids’ dash.
For more information
or to register, visit www.
eventbrite.com/e/club-
24-turkey-trot-2016-
tickets-26664574460.
Mid-Columbia
Ballet presents
‘Nutcracker’
A familiar holiday
classic will be present-
ed by the Mid-Columbia
Ballet.
“The
Nutcracker,”
which is in its 41st year
of production, typically
sells out. Performanc-
es are Dec. 9-11 in the
auditorium at Richland
High School, 930 Long
Ave., Richland, Wash-
ington. Friday and Sat-
urday performances are
at 7 p.m. and matinée
shows are Saturday and
Sunday at 2 p.m. Tickets
are now on sale, which
are $27 for adults, $18
for seniors/students and
$13 for children.
For more information
or tickets, visit www.
midcolumbiaballet.org
or call 509-946-5417.
Chart-topping
country musician
performs at Stet’s
After being discov-
ered during a talent
contest, Jason Michael
Carroll’s debut release
soared to number one on
Billboard’s Top Country
Albums.
“Waitin’
In
The
Country” also produced
three Top 40 hits in-
cluding, “Alyssa Lies,”
“Livin’ Our Love Song”
and “I Can Sleep When
I’m Dead.”
The North Carolina
musician’s next two al-
bums also charted on
the Billboard Top 200.
Opening for Brooks &
Dunn, Trace Adkins and
Alan Jackson, Carroll
has also performed on
“Good Morning Amer-
ica,” the CMA Mu-
sic Festival and on the
Grand Ole Opry stage.
Currently on tour,
Jason Michael Carroll
will perform solo Fri-
day, Dec. 2 at 9 p.m. at
Stet’s Steakhouse, 1619
N. First St., Hermiston.
General admission for
the 21-and-older show
is $20. Also, tickets for
VIP reserved, which
includes a meet-and-
greet, are $40. They
are available at www.
brownpapertickets.com/
event/2707263.
For more informa-
tion, call 541-289-7838.
For more about the
musician, visit www.
facebook.com/jasonmi-
chaelcarroll.
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Gary L. West | Editor • gwest@hermistonherald.com • 541-564-4532
Tammy Malgesini | Community Editor • tmalgesini@eastoregonian.com • 541-564-4539
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