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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 12, 2022
Annual MLK march seeks to promote peace
Event scheduled for
Monday, Jan. 17
By TAMMY MALGESINI
Hermiston Herald
John Carbage, president
of the Hermiston Cultural
Awareness Coalition, is
looking forward to hosting
the Martin Luther King Jr.
Day Peace March.
“We call it a peace
march because we want to
promote peace in the land,”
he said. “We don’t want to
cause a divide — we want
peace.”
With planning under-
way to host the in-person
program, Carbage said the
event will begin Monday,
Jan. 17, at 11 a.m. with a
short walk through down-
town Hermiston — starting
and ending at the Hermis-
ton First United Methodist
Church, 191 E. Gladys Ave.
After the march and
some words by city lead-
ers, participants are invited
to enter the church where
the program will include a
short scholarship presenta-
tion by the Hermiston Cul-
tural Awareness Coalition,
followed by Pastor Mar-
lando Jordan’s keynote
Hermiston Herald, File
Jackie Linton reads from the book “Let the Children March” during the Martin Luther King Jr.
Day program on Jan. 21, 2019, in Hermiston. This year’s Peace March and program is Monday,
Jan. 17, in downtown Hermiston and the Hermiston United Methodist Church.
address.
COVID-
19 protocols
require peo-
ple attend-
ing the pro-
gram at the
Jordan
church to
wear a face
covering at all times. A
mask will be provided for
anyone who does not have
one.
Carbage said the coali-
tion always chooses a per-
son of color who can share
how the legacy and work of
Martin Luther King Jr. has
impacted their life.
Jordan, who started
preaching as a 14-year-old,
became the youth pastor in
1996 at Word of Faith Cen-
ter — now known as Sozo
Church — in Kennewick.
He was called as senior
pastor in 2015.
Driven with passion and
enthusiasm, Jordan shares
a message of faith, hope
and love. In addition, he
urges Christians to unite in
an eff ort to heal the racial
divide in our nation.
“The faith-based com-
munity is called to repre-
sent the heart of God, which
is love, unity and equality,”
Jordan said. “The church is
supposed to lead by exam-
ple in these areas, not the
world.”
Pastor Patty Nance
of the Hermiston United
Methodist Church also
highlights the importance
of peace and inclusiv-
ity, which is why her con-
gregation readily opens
its doors to host the Mar-
tin Luther King Jr. Day
program. King, she said,
preached hope for a better
tomorrow through nonvio-
lent civil action.
King’s eff orts and the
response of people march-
ing in the streets, Nance
said, helped shine a spot-
light on the teachings of
Jesus Christ. And, she said,
King’s legacy has had a
lasting impact.
“Faith
communities
began to look at the inher-
ent racism within their own
walls,” Nance said. “While
it has been a slow and ardu-
ous journey, that glimmer
of hope that King shared
so long ago still burns
bright in many of our faith
communities.”
While Carbage said
progress has been made in
regard to racial division,
it’s important to continue
to be diligent in promoting
peace. Continuing the work
and remembering the non-
violent and peaceful leader-
ship King stood for is para-
mount, he said.
“We don’t want the
past to repeat itself,” Car-
bage said. “We want peace,
even in Eastern Oregon and
our small community of
Hermiston.”
Jordan agreed, saying
that everyone can take an
active role to aff ect change
on a daily basis. Very sim-
ply, he said, it’s a matter of
perspective.
“Begin to view each
other through the eyes of
God,” Jordan said. “Every
individual is valuable in the
eyes of God.”
Also, everyone is invited
to get involved with the
Hermiston Cultural Aware-
ness Coalition. It meets
the second Saturday of
each month, 2 p.m. at the
Hermiston United Method-
ist Church. For more infor-
mation, contact Carbage
at 541-701-7073 or jcar-
bage@yahoo.com.
BRIEFS
Webinar promotes brain health
Carole Mace-Edwards Jones/Contributed Photo
“Forever Blues,” an acrylic on panel by Boardman artist Carole Mace-Edwards Jones, is
currently on display at the Betty Feves Memorial Gallery at Blue Mountain Community
College, Pendleton. The exhibition, which features the work of BMCC faculty and staff , opened
Thursday, Jan. 6, 2022, and remains through Feb. 3.
Boardman artist featured
in BMCC gallery show
By TAMMY MALGESINI
Hermiston Herald
A painting by a Board-
man artist is among the
pieces on display during
the current exhibition at the
Betty Feves Memorial Gal-
lery at Blue Mountain Com-
munity College.
“Forever Blues,” is
an acrylic on panel, cre-
ated by Carole Mace-Ed-
wards Jones, an early child-
hood education instructor
at the college. She gained
inspiration for the piece
from the beauty of the Blue
Mountains.
“Though I grew up in
the area, I have lived a great
deal of time out of the North-
west,” Jones said. “I always
enjoyed returning home to
this area, full of texture,
color and richness of life.”
The work by Jones, as
well as those by eight other
BMCC faculty and staff ,
will remain through Feb. 3.
The gallery is in BMCC’s
Pioneer Hall, 2411 N.W.
Carden Ave., Pendleton.
Regular hours are Monday
through Thursday, 9:30 a.m.
to 1:30 p.m. Admission is
free.
Jones said she particu-
larly enjoys working with
acrylics because of the
speed in which she can cre-
ate. However, she also likes
oils, watercolor, pencil, pho-
tography and inks.
Growing up in an artis-
tic household — her mother
was a fi ne artist in the Walla
Walla area — Jones said her
siblings and extended fam-
ily are all “highly creative.”
She also strives to help oth-
ers discover their talents.
“One of my goals is to
help children to recognize
their own creativity, and
remind adults who tell me
that they can’t even draw a
stick fi gure that creativity is
innate in all of us and all we
have to do is fi nd our own
mode of expression,” she
said.
Jones was born in Walla
Walla but has moved around
quite a bit — living in Texas
and California, as well as
Spain and Japan. Eventu-
ally, she ended up back in
the Pacifi c Northwest and
has been in Boardman for 36
years.
Prior to starting at BMCC
a little more than two
decades ago, Jones spent a
great deal of time working in
early childhood education.
When she was younger, she
wanted to be an art teacher.
“Instead, the road led me
to teacher education where,
hopefully, I can help teach-
ers to inspire young children
to become their best creative
selves,” Jones said.
A series of free webinars will provide
information about an innovative brain fi t-
ness program.
Prestige Senior Living is presenting
“Ageless Grace” beginning Wednesday,
Jan. 12, 11 a.m. The following two webi-
nars will be Jan. 19 and 26, also at 11 a.m.
The virtual live event is designed for
seniors and their loved ones to promote
the healthy longevity of the body and
mind. Denise Medved, creator of “Age-
less Grace,” will highlight how the pro-
gram activates all fi ve areas of the brain
and addresses aging factors of the body.
She also will share some simple everyday
exercises that can be done at home.
For more information or to register for
the webinar, visit www.PrestigeCanHelp.
com. For questions, call 541-276-1987.
Republicans host senate candidate
Jo Rae Perkins, Republican candidate
for U.S. Senate, who hopes to unseat Dem-
ocrat Sen. Ron Wyden in November, is the
guest speaker for the upcoming meeting of
the Roundup Republican Women.
The no-host gathering is Thursday, Jan.
13, 5 p.m. at Roosters Country Kitchen,
1515 Southgate Place, Pendleton. The
soup and salad dinner is $12.99. To RSVP,
email lynnevansrrw@gmail.com.
Scholarships for music students
The Oregon Music Hall of Fame is
accepting applications for its college
scholarship program. Oregon high school
seniors who plan to attend college in the
fall of 2022 with a major or minor in music
are eligible to apply.
The nonprofi t organization strives to
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Wet December boosts snowpack
After a relatively warm fall, colder tem-
peratures are having a restorative eff ect
on the snowpacks that feed the basins that
supply water to Umatilla and Morrow
counties.
In its monthly Oregon Basin Outlook
Report, the U.S. Department of Agricul-
ture’s Natural Resources Conservation
Service reported recorded snowpack levels
for the Umatilla, Walla Walla and Willow
basins. As of Jan. 1, the three basins’ snow-
pack was 111% of the median, jumping up
from 30% the month before.
December precipitation remained
strong, the USDA reporting it 124% of
normal for the basins, an increase from
103% the month before. But reservoir stor-
age remains below their normal levels:
McKay Reservoir was 66% of the median
and Cold Springs Reservoir was 47%
These totals do not include the several
snow storms that hit the region after New
Year’s Day, which coated many areas with
several inches of snow.
— Hermiston Herald
Church
DIRECTORY
First Christian Church
PET OF THE W EEK
inspire the continuing higher education
in music by off ering assistance with col-
lege expenses to support students in their
success. Four $2,500 scholarships will be
awarded.
The Oregon Music Hall of Fame was
created to help preserve Oregon’s unique
musical heritage. Its focus is to recognize
the legacy of exceptional Oregon musi-
cians of the past, promote promising new
Oregon musicians of today and to enrich
Oregon music education programs in order
to train the musicians of tomorrow.
The deadline to apply is Feb. 14. The
application is available at www.omhof.org.
For questions, email info@omhof.org.
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Hermiston, Oregon
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Hermiston Christian
Center & School
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Sun. Worship Service..............11:00am
Sun. Evening Worship..............5:00pm
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Wed. Prayer & Bible Study......5:00pm
Nursery care is available 3 years & under
Kids Club available 4 years-5th grade
Sunday Prayer Gathering: 6:00 PM
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