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Lake Oswego Review/West Linn Tidings Thursday, April 4, 2013
Soroptomists to honor
two local women at event
REVIEW, TIDINGS PHOTO: VERN UYETAKE
Ray Dahlgren gazes at a painting of Lou Gehrig taking a cut in Yankee Stadium. The West Linn man is a great
source of oral history about baseball.
Dahlgren: Sell-out crowd at
Yankee Stadium gave Ray, Diane
a standing ovation in 2006
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diculous, McCarthy whispered
another reason he had let
Dahlgren go: He smoked marijuana.
From that moment on, Dahlgren
was baseball’s wandering
first baseman, playing with the
Boston Braves, St. Louis
Browns, Chicago Cubs, Brooklyn
Dodgers, Pittsburgh Pirates
and Philadelphia Phillies.
That averages out to six teams
in six years.
“He was a
full-time
dad. I had a
tremendous
upbringing.”
— Ray Dahlgren
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online
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When Babe Dahlgren, right , first arrived in the Big Leagues in 1935
with the Boston Red Sox, one of the first players to greet him was his
hero Lou Gehrig.
He later
found out
that one of
the people
most responsible
for perpetuating
the
false rumor
was Branch
Rickey, legendary
owner
of the Dodgers.
Still, even with a shadow always
hanging over him, Babe
Dahlgren shaped a wonderful
life. Ray Dahlgren gives vivid
testimony to that. Any baseball
fan visiting his home is in
for a tremendous treat. First
his dogs and cats shower you
with affection. Then his wife,
Diane Dahlgren, fixes you a
delicious toasted cheese sandwich
for lunch. Then Ray takes
decades off of your life by telling
baseball stories.
“He was a full-time dad. I
had a tremendous upbringing,”
Ray Dahlgren said.
Baseball fans still fondly remember
Babe Dahlgren, and
those memories are not tainted
by any phony scandal.
Ray and Diane Dahlgren
found that out when they visited
Yankee Stadium and got the
full VIP treatment from the
Yankees’ bombastic and controversial
owner George Steinbrenner
in 2006. The high
point came when the massive
Fresh New
Classifieds
every day -
all day!
scoreboard flashed the message
that Babe Dahlgren’s son
Ray and daughter-in-law Diane
were special guests of the
day. The sell-out crowd of
59,000 fans at Yankee Stadium
stood up and cheered.
“It was just unbelievable,”
said Ray Dahlgren, misting up
at the memory.
The baseball gods were finally
smiling on Babe Dahlgren.
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Soroptomist International
of Lake Oswego/West Linn, a
volunteer organization for
business and professional
women, will present two special
awards at a ceremony
April 10.
The event will begin at 6:30
p.m. at the Holy Names Heritage
Center, 17425 Holy Names
Drivein Lake Oswego. The public
is invited to attend.
The club will give a $500
Women’s Opportunity Award
to Sarah Tedrick, 29, of Canby,
to improve her economic situation
through additional education
and training. Tedrick will
use the award to fulfill her
transfer requirements at
Clackamas Community College,
subsequently transferring
to Marylhurst University
while maintaining her psychology
major and preparing for
the masters in art therapy program.
Once she completes her
studies, Tedrick, a domestic
abuse survivor and sole provider
for her three children,
plans to become a child therapist
using art concepts to develop
recognition, reconnection
and life skills for troubled
youth.
The Women’s Opportunity
Awards program is Soroptomist
International of the
Americas’ major service project.
The organization is dedicated
to improving the lives of
women and girls, in local communities
and throughout the
world.
Tedrick will now advance to
the Soroptomist Northwest Region
level, where one recipient
will receive $5,000. The program
culminates with three finalists
receiving$10,000
awards.
The Lake Oswego/West Linn
Soroptomists chose Tedrick because
of her determination and
optimistic attitude, her 4.0
grade point average in college
and the excellent recommendations
she received.
Also at the awards ceremony
Samantha Wong will receive
the club’s Violet Richardson
Award, which honors young
women for volunteer action.
Wong, a 17-year-old Lake Oswego
High School junior, will
receive a $250 cash award for
her involvement with several
organizations. She created a
Red Cross youth club at LOHS
and spearheaded a fundraiser
for Superstorm Sandy. She coordinated
fire safety presentations
at four of the Lake Oswego
elementary schools. Wong
volunteers as a tutor at Buckman
Elementary School in
Portland and created a program
to teach clarinet and flute
lessons after school by borrowing
LOHS instruments to give
students an opportunity they
wouldn’t have otherwise.
Wong is most passionate
about her work with Catholic
Charities at Kateri Park, a lowincome
apartment complex in
Portland, which is home to refugees
from Somalia who suffered
tragedies in their homeland
when civil war broke out
in 1991. She is in charge of “Get
Artsy,” which allows young Somalian
children to express
themselves by working with
clay, feathers, glitter or just
drawing using supplies donated
by Catholic Charities.
Wong will now advance to
the Soroptomist Northwest Regional
level, where a $1,000 Violet
Richardson Award recipient
will be selected. At that level,
an additional $1,000 will be contributed
in honor of the recipient
to her volunteer organization.
To learn more about Soroptimist
International of Lake Oswego/West
Linn, call club president
Joanna Williams at 503-
656-2107.
Brannon Halvorsen-Jennifer Rieser
Jennifer Riser and Brannon Halvorsen
were married Aug. 25, 2012 at Mount Hood
Bed and Breakfast in Parkdale. Yehudah
“Alan” Winter officiated at the double ring
ceremony.
The bride was escorted down the aisle by her
father, John Riesert. She wore an ivory Spanish
lace mermaid-style gown with a sweetheart
neckline. She created her bouquet of Patience
and Shakespeare heirloom roses, white and
blue veronica with mint and rosemary sprigs.
Matron of honor was the bride’s sister, Jacqueline
Crimes of Washington D.C. Bridal attendants
include Melissa Jasko, Madison Zettle,
Joanna Rieser, Alexandra Rieser, Ellie Halvorsen
and Dianna Rieser. Laila, the bride’s niece,
and Dillion, her nephew, served as flower girl
and ring bearer.
Serving as best man was the groom’s brother,
Spenser Halvorsen of Redondo Beach, Calif.
Groomsmen included Lucas Zettle, Jordan Zettle,
Stephen Bolen, John Duffy, Scott Miller,
Trevor Resar and Patrick Mullen. Mitchell
Halvorsen, the groom’s cousin, and John Rieser
and Michael Rieser, brothers of the bride,
served as ushers.
Honored guests were the bride’s grandmother,
Anne Rieser of Dayton, Ohio; and the
groom’s grandparents, Norma and Bob Harper,
Bend, and Karen Halvorsen, Bakersfield, Calif.
The bride is the daughter of John and Lynne
Rieser, Palm Beach Shores, Fla. She graduated
in 2003 from Western Reserve Academy in Hudson,
Ohio, attended St. Mary’s College in Notre
Dame, Ind., and graduated from University of
Notre Dame in 2007. She is employed as a senior
allocation analyst at Columbia Sportswear.
The groom is the son of Steve and Pam
Brannon and Jennifer Halvorsen
Halvorsen of Lake Oswego. He graduated from
Lakeridge High School in 2003 and from University
of Notre Dame in 2007. He is employed as a
technology manager at Nike.
The couple honeymooned at La Blanc Resort
in Cancun, Mexico. They are at home in Northwest
Portland.
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