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Retiree NewsPGE Retirees’ Annual Picnic NEW LOCATION — Tualatin Community Park, Tualatin, Oregon Thursday, July 17, 2014The PGE Retirees’ Annual Picnic will be held at a NEW location — Tualatin Community Park, located in the heart of Tualatin, at 8513 SW Tualatin Road on Thursday, July 17, 2014. The North Main No. 75 covered shelter, which overlooks the river, has been reserved.

We want to extend a special invitation to new retirees and/or those of you who haven’t joined us in the past. We are hoping that folks from the south and west who felt Gresham was too far away will attend. Joanne Olson is our new picnic chairperson. She is also in charge of the Bingo game. She would appreciate your help with setup and cleanup.

Driving directions to the park: From the north or south: From I-5 take Exit 289 and turn westbound onto SW Nyberg Street. Staying to the right side, turn right at SW Martinazzi Avenue, then at the traffic signal turn left onto SW Boones

Ferry Road, then right on Tualatin Road. Take the next right to the park entrance. Look for parking near the tennis courts at the second left.

If you have any questions, call or email: Joanne Olson, 1-360-254-7898, [email protected] (note her new email address) or co-chair, Barbara Bergmans 503-682-8858, [email protected]

Chicken, coffee, tea, lemonade, cups, plates, napkins and eating utensils will be provided. Please bring serving utensils if your dish requires it. Also, it’s a good idea to put your name on your dish and utensils, in case they get left behind.

Suggested Food List: Dessert – salad - hot dishes

Buy it or fix your favorite dish. The important part is for you to be there.

There are picnic tables onsite, but if you would like to bring a more comfortable lawn chair, please do so. (Don’t forget a hat, sun glasses and sun screen.)

Noon to 1:00 p.m. Potluck lunch

1:00 to 1:30 p.m. Door prizes1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Bingo and

relaxation3:30 p.m. Clean-up time

(your help will be appreciated)

June/July 2014

Bowling(See page 4)

Volume No. 244 Barbara Bergmans, Editor 503‑682‑8858 [email protected]

Items of Interest

Retirees(See page 2)

Golf news(See page 3)

PGE retiree museum(See page 5)

Next board meeting(See page 2)

Blood drive(See page 3)

Sunshine chairperson(See page 3)

Helpful information(See page 9)

Trips and tours(See page 2)

PGE Retirees’ Annual picnic(See page 1)

2014 Employee Giving campaign, Sept. 29‑Oct. 17(See page 7)

Painting classes(See page 7)

Note from the editor(See page 8)

In memoriam(See page 6)

Franz Bakery tour(See page 4)

PGE retiree website(See page 5)

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This year’s luncheon was another success. It was organized by Russ Bailey and his hard working luncheon committee members. The Monarch did another great job serving salmon this year. There were 243 retirees and guests in attendance. It was great to see several new retirees and a lot of familiar faces. We hope to see you on December 11, 2014, at the Airport Holiday Inn for the holiday luncheon.

Officers Elected for 2014

• Terry Judkins – President• Barbara Bergmans – Vice President• Darlene Judkins – Secretary• Ed Miska – Treasurer

Retiree annual spring luncheon Next board meeting The next retirees’ board meeting will be on Monday, August 11, at 9:30 a.m. in the Faraday Conference Room in the basement of the Portland Service Center, 3700 SE 17th Avenue, Portland.

All retirees and spouses are welcome to attend.

June 2014• Noell, Sharon (20 years)

Analyst IV, Customer Insights

July 2014• Benitez, Samuel (30 years)

Specialist V, Security• Bingaman, Michael (34 years)

Plant Serviceman AA, Boardman Coal Plant

• Cox, Kelly (22 years) Manager I, Customer Specialized Programs

• Crosby, Michael (44 years) Working Foreman Meterman, Salem Meter Services

• Evers, Rodney (13 years) Customer Service Representative, Customer Contact Operations

• Ewing, Agnes (54 years) Customer Service Representative, Billing, ERC

• Garland, Wynema (16 years) Specialist III Planner/Scheduler, Oregon City Utility Asset Management

• Jensen, Robert (6 years) Specialist V, Dispatch

• Jones, Daniel (30 years) Supply Chain Project Manager, T&D Transformation

• McLain, John (32 years) Project Manager, Customer Training

Retirees(a total of 752 years of service!)

Mark your calendar for trips and tours in 2014.

Tour/Event Date CostProvidence Park (formerly Jeld-Wen Field) PGE box seats (contact Norby Chartrey, 503-357-2614, email [email protected])

When available TBD

Willamette River jet boat ride July 24 $32Lineman’s Rodeo July 26Great Oregon Steam Up July 28 $10Portland Spirit luncheon Aug. 7 $39Timberline Lodge all-you-can-eat buffet luncheon

Sept. 11 $18.50

Bob’s Red Mill manufacturing plant/mill Sept. 25 $10PGE hydro tour Oct. 16 $5

NOTE: Theabovepricesreflectthecostafterthe$5.00contributionfromthePGERetirees,onsomeselectedevents.AtleasttwoweekspriortotheeventpleasemakeoutyourchecktoPGERetireesandsendthemto: EdMiska,745ThirdStreet,LakeOswego,OR97034.

For additional information, please contact Terry Judkins at 503‑518‑8600 (email [email protected]) or Dan or Linda Reed at 503‑256‑7903 (email [email protected]).

Trips and tours

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The next blood drive is scheduled for Aug. 12, 2WTC Plaza Conference Room, 7:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Three units were donated at our last blood drive on May 7, 2014. We appreciate the blood donations and the help of our wonderful group of volunteers.

If you have questions, please contact one of the following:

• Linda Peerenboom, chair, 503‑253‑5262, [email protected]

• Jeanette Mullins, 503‑397‑3348, [email protected]

• Stan Chiotti, 503‑397‑0805, [email protected]

• Linda Reed, 503‑256‑7903, [email protected]

• Joanne Olson, 360‑254‑7898, [email protected]

• Barbara Bergmans, 503‑682‑8858, [email protected]

Blood drive

Golf newsDon’t miss the opportunity to see old friends and have a great day of golf. We look forward to seeing you at the tournaments. Mark your calendars with this year’s tournament locations, dates and tee times:

Date Location Tee TimeJune 24 Broadmoor Golf Course 9 a.m.

July 29 Eastmoreland Golf Course 8 a.m.Aug. 19 Meriwether Golf Course 9 a.m.

If you would like to help or join the golf team or have any questions regarding the dates, times and places, please contact Mike Chapin, chair, 503‑643‑1757, [email protected], or one of his committee members, Tim Wandell, 503‑524‑8639, [email protected] or Wally Linder, 503‑925‑9018, [email protected].

New email address for Sunshine chair

There were no requests for cards in the last two months. If you know of someone who is under the weather or has a special birthday, anniversary or any other special occasion, please contact Joanne Olson, our Sunshine chair, at 1‑360‑254‑7898 or [email protected]. (If you are an Oregon resident and don’t have unlimited long-distance calling, you may call the cochair, Barbara Bergmans, at 503-682-8858, and she will pass the information on to Joanne.)

July 2014• Nolan, Susan (37 years)

Analyst IV, Human Resources Total Rewards

• Ratliff, Don (43 years) Specialist, Environmental Science Pelton-Round Butte

• Starr, Milo (40 years) Specialist IV, SDPM Westside Service and Design

• Wandell, Julie (34 years) Specialist V, Human Resources Total Rewards

August 2014• Black, John (37 years) Service

Inspector, Regional Service Inspection

• Carpenter, Bruce (35 years) Vice President of Distribution

• Evens, Linda (31 years) Analyst IV, Marketing, Customer Insights

• Foreman, Dave (39 years) Wireman Foreman, Substation Maintenance

• Marsh, James (27 years) Tool/Equipment Repair Head, Recycling/PSC

• Martin, Richard (12 years) Senior Communications Technician, Substation Communication Support

• Pitner, Colleen (41 years) Executive Secretary I, to Stephen Quennoz VP Power

• Remley, John (24 years) Specialist III, Utility Asset Management

• Standley, Michael (14 years) Analyst IV, SR Systems IT Applications

• Wade, Calvin (37 years) Foreman Service Inspector, Field Collections, Newberg Line

Retirees(Continued)

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Bowling news

This season’s bowling came to a close on May 21 and the new season starts on September 3. Be sure to join us. We do this for fun!

Warm-up is at 12:30 p.m., and bowling starts at 12:45 p.m. We bowl at 20th Century Bowl, SE 92nd Avenue and Powell Boulevard in Portland (right off I-205). Games are held on the first and third Wednesdays of the month. The cost is only $7, which includes three games and your bowling ball and shoes. If you win the door prize of $5, you get the whole deal for only $2. (Sometimes there are enough players to have more than one door prize drawing.)

Both male and female retirees, their spouses, family members and significant others are welcome.

Call Al Richardson, chair, at 503‑655‑2863 (email [email protected]) or Terry Judkins, assistant chair, at 503‑518‑8600 (email [email protected]) if you have questions or need additional information.

The Franz bakery tour was the first tour of 2014 and the tour was absolutely wonderful. The plant is five whole city blocks; they work every day except for two holidays. Our tour guide took us around the processing plant where we saw pallets and pallets of dry ingredients and huge barrels of oil in the warehouse storage areas. We saw actual mixing/raising of the various doughs for making hot dog and hamburger buns. The massive ovens, the overhead track where all the buns go around and around for 20 minutes to cool off before they are checked for quality (the imperfect ones are sorted out and given to hog farms and some to dog food plants). Then to the area where the buns are inserted into the plastic bags, put on huge racks for loading into trucks (some trucks are triples). Then, the baked goods are shipped to the stores.

I remember when we were in grade school, we went to Franz Bakery and had to put on the hair nets before the tour and after the tour we were given a very small loaf of bread to take home. Fast forward now to being a senior citizen—we went through the same process—hair nets and free samples of bread. This time we were also given a cute sandwich holder box and a package of cookies.

Storyandphotosubmittedby LindaPeerenboom

Franz Bakery tour

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The changes for the By-Laws were voted on and accepted at the PGE Retiree Spring Luncheon. New Officers and board members were elected:

• Barbara Bergmans, President • Terry Judkins Vice President• Phyllis Miska Secretary• Ed Miska TreasurerIf you would like to be part of the museum board or would like to volunteer time at the museum, please let one of us know.

We still need 1950s cabinets for our window display. You may donate or loan these items to us.

We are still accepting donations; you may drop them off at 1WTC Plaza, (next to Customer Service), 121 SW Salmon Street. Call the museum at 503-464-2120 to make sure we are there, or leave a message and we will get back to you. Alternatively, you may call or email one of us listed below.

Our search is still on for old Bullseyes and/or NewsLines, so if you have any lying around, please drop them by or mail them to the museum. We are missing several 1950s issues and would love to have them. (We don’t mind duplicate copies because we use them for other projects in the museum.) The museum group will be very thankful for any help you can give us.

If you no longer have a need for items that you might have purchased or been given to you by PGE that might be of interest or value to the museum, please give us a call, and we’ll gladly pick them up. We’ll also take your old retirement books, slides, awards, etc. Cash donations are also accepted since we do need to purchase items for the museum.

Remember, all donations are tax deductible.

PGE retiree museum

Contact information for retiree museum Location: 1 World Trade Center next to Customer Service, 121 SW SalmonContact Phone Email addressRetiree Museum 503-464-2120 [email protected]

Barbara Bergmans (President) 503-682-8858 [email protected] Judkins (Vice President) 503-655-2863 [email protected] Miska (Secretary)Ed Miska (Treasurer)

PGE retiree website—pgeretirees.orgDid you know that there were 2,242 visits to our website from June 2013 - May 2014? That’s an average of 187 visits a month. If you haven’t checked it out yet, now is a good time to do so. If you have something you would like posted on this website or have a question, please contact Linh Huynh. See additional information on the information sheet or contact one of the following:

Contact Phone Email addressLinh Huynh (webmaster) 503-328-7915 [email protected] Jack Wojnowski (assistant webmaster) 360-885-4671 [email protected] Bergmans 503-682-8858 [email protected]

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In memoriam — October 2013 ‑ May 2014

NAME

AGEDATE OF DEATH

Anders, Kevin 48 12/13/2013Bauman, Walter 84 12/15/2013Baker, Robert 87 10/6/2013Biddle, Geroge E. 86 5/11/2014Robert (R.J.) Brown 85 11/19/2013Cach, John 75 11/29/2013Callister, Robert 92 11/14/2013Cary, Eleanor 71 5/6/2014Cooper, Robert M. 76 10/22/2013Davis, Roy C. 91 2/17/2014Derting, Luther E. 68 11/26/2013DeVerna, Andy 42 1/31/2014Dishman, Helen L. 85 3/9/2014Erickson, Deborah 62 5/6/2014Gallinger, James S. 87 2/7/2014Griffith, Mike 63 2/27/2014Herod, Pinkney M. 88 3/17/2014Hiser, James 5/8/2014Johnson, Edward 67 1/18/2014Judie, Jay T. 75 11/19/2013

NAME

AGE

DATE OF DEATH

Kaski, Peter 67 9/28/2013Knight, Margaret 97 2/25/2014Law, Norman 85 12/11/2013Li, In-Nan 64 12/8/2013Matthews, Dwight K. 83 5/13/2014McGowan, William F. 89 2/28/2014Moffat, Arthur 90 4/14/2014Nash, Douglas E. 67 4/5/2014Odgers, F. Scott 79 2/24/2014Phillips, David D. 87 1/27/2014Pittman, Max 73 1/4/2014Rice, Joyce 78 1/25/2014Sirnio, Bruce 61 1/31/2014Smith, Robert G. 66 11/30/2013Stocker, Steven 65 4/10/2014Sullivan, Richard L. 92 3/9/2014Verheiden, Eric 87 11/14/2014Webb, Burdette H. 87 10/5/2013Whatley, Bill D. 78 1/30/2014Wright, Stanley D. 97 3/6/2014

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Get ready for the 2014 Employee Giving Campaign This year’s Giving Campaign runs Sept. 29 through Oct. 17. Your pledge must be received by Oct. 17 to receive the 50 percent match. PGE will cover the cost of the admin fees (except credit card fees) again this year so charities will receive 100 percent of your gift .

Log onto the myCommunity website today at portlandgeneral.com/myCommunity and look for your favorite nonprofit or suggest a charity if it’s not listed on the website.

See page 10 on how to logon to myCommunity.

Additional information will be sent to your home during the week of Sept. 29.

Patti Klein has been a member of the Portland Fine Arts Guild (a non-profit organization) since 2007.

Patti thinks other retirees like herself would also enjoy participating in what PFAG has to offer. Their web page: http://portlandfineartsguild.org/HomePage.html

The art instruction classes are held on the first and third Monday of each month (except the months of July, August, December and major holidays). The four-hour classes cost only $15/class for non-Guild members and $12/class for members. New students’ first class is FREE! You do not have to become a member to continue attending classes.

Check the following links for class announcements:

http://oregonlive.adpay.com/clicknbuy.aspx?p=2016&adid=ORE12142684

http://oregonlive.adpay.com/clicknbuy.aspx?p=2016&adid=ORE12142644

Patti is in charge of posting the announcements for upcoming classes, and you can go online at http://classifieds.oregonlive.com/ and type “Portland Fine Arts Guild” in the search box and hit the enter key. If you have any questions, you may call Patti at 503‑661‑2439 or email her at [email protected].

Painting classes at the Portland Fine Arts Guild

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It’s been a busy year, the good news first: on May 18, my granddaughter, Ashlee gave birth, to my newest great granddaughter, Lucille Elizabeth. She will be called Lucy. (Ashlee has collected “I Love Lucy” memorabilia for years.)

Now for the “not so good news”: On Saturday, May 24, I ended up in St Vincent Hospital ER having woke up with terrible pains in my stomach. With my sister just having gone through heart surgery and my older brother having heart bypass surgery in 2005, I decided I had better not take a chance. Afraid if it was my heart I shouldn’t be driving and no one else available, I had to ask my husband. With his memory problems I was reluctant to do so. Last August after he got lost for three hours trying to drive to his oldest daughter’s in Beaverton, the doctor restricted his driving to around town and over to his youngest daughter’s in Burlingame. He lived in that area from 1960 when his family arrived from Holland until we bought our home in Wilsonville in 1994.

After going through several tests, they told me I had the heart of a much younger person but wanted to keep me overnight for additional tests. They decided my problem was acid reflux, which hadn’t bothered me for years.

After arriving in my room the attending nurse asked if anyone was with me. I told her my husband had been but that he had gone home and I hoped that he made it okay.

Sunday morning he called and told me he had been in an accident on the way home and totaled his pickup. He wasn’t sure what had happened. Later I found out that he had missed the exit to I-5 from 217 and went straight ahead and ran a red light. The other car hit him in the gas tank. Fortnately, he was driving an older pickup or it could have been worse.

His bad luck didn’t stop with the accident, on Tuesday, June 3, his youngest daughter had come

down to go walking with him. At the end of their walk, he used the rest room in the park and left his wallet in it. By the time he realized he didn’t have his wallet and I drove him back to the park, it was long gone. If you have ever had your wallet or purse lost or stolen, you know it’s an all day job running around getting new bank cards etc. At the DMV, we got him a new ID.

The one good thing that came out of all of this is that he will no longer be driving. Our doctor and the rest of his family and friends have been worried for quite awhile that he might end up hurting or killing himself or someone else. And truthfully I think he realized it was “time” to hang up the keys. Growing up my Father use to say: “Bad things happen in three’s.” So, we are hoping this is it, at least for a little while.

Thanks to some of you who wrote to tell me that after shopping around, you were able to find pharmacies that would give you a Shingles shot at no charge. Some of you told me you had paid the fee charged, not wanting to have to go through the pain of Shingles.

I want to extend a personal invitation to all of the new retirees to come and join us. We are a busy group and as you can see from our list of trips planned. Dad use to tell me, “Sis stay busy and you’ll stay young”. It worked for him and his family living alone until their deaths in their 90s.

If you would like your story told or know of someone’s story you would like to see in the bulletin, please contact me at 503‑682‑8858 (home), 503‑730‑7903 (cell) or [email protected] or write to 9250 SW 4th Street, Wilsonville, Oregon 97070. All of these stories are kept on file at the museum.

God bless all of you.

- Barb Bergmans, Editor and Vice President

Note from the editor

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Helpful information for retirees(Detach and post on your bulletin board or refrigerator)

Need to make an address change?If you have moved, temporarily gone south for the winter

or experienced a change in your mailing address or telephone number, please let PGE know. This will help PGE to make sure your annual tax documents, other important documents or even the Retiree Bulletin is securely mailed to your temporary mailing address. Please notify PGE when you return so we can switch you back to your original home address.

If you experience any mailing address or email changes, please contact Heidi Turnbow at 503-464-7333.

Retiree medical assistance programThe Retiree Assistance Program is available to help any qualified retiree or surviving spouse. It can provide financial assistance for out-of-pocket medical expenses not covered by insurance or Medicare. Your request is handled with strict confidentiality. Requests for assistance must be in writing. Call Tom Kreis, 503-645-2754, Barbara Beck, 503-775-9236, or Russ Bailey, 503-632-5423, for more information.

Website for VA claims/appealsAre you or your spouse a veteran and need to file a claim or an appeal? Nancy Nash, the wife of PGE retiree and veteran Douglas Nash, has set up a website to be a guide to help veterans and/or their dependents file claims or appeals with the VA. The forms you need are available on this site, plus the site gives you a step-by-step “how to” guide for filling out the forms. This may save you from having to hire an attorney, but in case you need to, you’ll have your forms already filled out. The website is www.howtoassemblevaclaims.com (one word, no spaces).

PGE retirees website (pgeretirees.org)Can’t find one of your older bulletins? Check out our website for previous issues of the bulletin. You will be surprised and amazed by how much information you will find on this website. Our webmaster updates the retirees’ website daily as new items become available to him. There are items on this site that aren’t just for retirees, but are of interest to all employees. Learn about the history of PGE, plus find links to several other sites. If there are items or events that you would like to add to the website, please contact Linh Huynh, 503-328-7915, [email protected]; Jack Wojnowski (assistant webmaster), 360-885-4671, [email protected], or Barbara Bergmans, 503-682-8858, [email protected].

Do not call listIf you haven’t signed up for the National Do Not Call List, do it soon. You may register up to three phone numbers by going online at www.donotcall.gov or by calling 1-888-382-1222. Numbers placed on the registry are permanent thanks to the Do Not Call Improvement Act of 2007, which became law in February 2008. Once you register your phone number, telemarketers covered by the National Do Not Call Registry have up to 31 days from the date you register to stop calling you, according to the Federal Trade Commission.

Fit FactoryFor only $20 per month, PGE retirees are welcome to use the health club facilities located in Three World Trade Center. As a member, you are welcome to use the weight machines, treadmills, shower facilities or participate in any of the offered classes. To join or get answers to your questions, contact Wendi Arant at 503-464-8075.

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PGE retiree get‑togethersLocation Time DateVillage Inn 10301 SE Stark Street

8:30 a.m. First Tuesday of even-numbered months

Black Bear Diner 237 SW 4th Street, Madras

9:00 a.m. First Wednesday of each month; contact Dave Gibson, 503-708-8364, for information

Village Inn Columbia River Hwy, St. Helens

9:00 a.m. First Wednesday of each month

Hale’s Restaurant 17502 SE McLoughlin Blvd

9:00 a.m. First Wednesday of each month

Elmer’s Restaurant 390 SW Adams Street, Hillsboro

9:00 a.m. Every Wednesday

Wichita Bar and Grill 19140 Molalla Avenue, Oregon City

9:00 a.m. First Thursday of each month

Guest House 4850 Portland Road NE, Salem

7:30 a.m. Every Thursday

McDonald’s, Beaverton Mall 3205 SW Cedar Hills Blvd, Beaverton

9:30 a.m. Every Thursday

The Bomber 13515 SE McLoughlin Blvd

11:30 a.m. First Wednesday of odd‑numbered months beginning September 3, 2014

All of the above groups are open to all PGE retirees, their spouses or significant others. If you would like to start up a group closer to your area, or know of a group that hasn’t been listed in the bulletin and would like for it to be or have any questions regarding any of the groups, please call Terry Judkins at 503-655-2863 or email him at [email protected].

myCommunity, the website for volunteering is livemyCommunity, our new easy-to-use website on volunteering , is ready for prime time. This dynamic and highly interactive site offers to help you find and post volunteer projects, record your volunteer hours and earn money for your favorite charities:

• Log in and register at portlandgeneral.com/myCommunity to get started. You’ll need your employee number, Include the “E” when entering it, and your email address.

• Join events: You can search for PGE-sponsored events and other volunteer projects and you can even narrow your search by ZIP code.

• Earn rewards: Record 20 volunteer hours at one or more organizations and earn a $200 Cause Card to give to your favorite eligible charity. No paperwork is required. Record your volunteer hours and redeem your Cause Card directly in myCommunity. Each employee or retiree may earn up to two $200 Cause Cards annually. This program replaces Community Service Grants.

For additional information or if you don’t know or have forgotten your employee number or have other questions or don’t have a computer, please call Scott at 503-464-8554 or email him at [email protected].

Please follow these few steps to register your first time logging into myCommunity:

• Access the site at portlandgeneral.com/myCommunity.

• Click on “Register.”• Read and click on the disclaimer.• Click “Next.”• Enter your last name and your

employee number, including the “E” (e.g., E12345).

• Click “Continue.” • Set up your password.

• Set your privacy setting to “Public” (which is PGE only).

• Add your email address.

• Click “Register.”

• Then you’re ready to log in!

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