I had a discussion with Sharky's last night, and it has been decided that people can put their email address on their entries and will not need to be present to win.
We feel this might greatly increase ticket sales. We should be selling tickets in about a week.
Benefit raffle for Joe Garrison
LJ,
I will likely be at my house on Sunday...come out for a feed if you like....I will be back at LS on Mon.
I will likely be at my house on Sunday...come out for a feed if you like....I will be back at LS on Mon.
He was a really good guy and will be missed.
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I'm not sure I ever knew Joe, a whole lot of my friends did though. It looks like he had a very interesting and colorful life so even if he checked out a bit early it seems he made good use of the facilities:
RIP Joe.
\Joe was born in Niagara Falls February 26, 1959 and grew up in western New York in the small farming town of Akron. He graduated (almost) in 1977 and left home for New Orleans where for two plus years he worked off shore on the oil rigs. He departed Louisiana on a Motorcycle adventure traveling across North America, landing in Oregon around 1980.
In Oregon, he began working in the wood products industry. Employed by Bohemia Lumber, he worked his way up from pulling green chain in the saw mills to Shift Foreman to earning a position in the Environmental Compliance organization of Bohemia in 1993. After the sale of Bohemia to Willamette Industries, Joe started full time at Oregon State University where he graduated with a BS in Environmental Science and Geology in 1996.
While living in Oregon Joe became involved in The Oregon Country Fair as a member of the Fire Crew. Many of us know him from there. And boy do we have some stories to tell. Most of which should not be transcribed on these pages. Many great friendships were fostered during this time at the fair and continue to this day. Mine only one of several.
Joe went on to work using his degrees running eco-risk assessment around the Western US and was an environmental consultant for a plant test laboratory in the Corvallis area. This led to an opportunity to work overseas as an onsite project manager for an eco-risk assessment at a large copper-gold mining company in Irian Jaya, Indonesia. During this time, he traveled extensively around Asia and when the project finished he started his graduate studies in Tasmania, Australia.
Joe landed in Cambodia in 2002 and as he describes it, “Loved the country and culture, and loved the Wild West feel of a country coming back after being set back 50 years by the Khmer Rouge era following the Vietnam War. It felt like a place full of adventure and potential opportunity.”
He began a new career working as a field Biologist and Photographer for the Mekong River Commission and as a contract Photographer. The latter he excelled at. His many works were published including a book, The Living Mekong , co-published with The World Wildlife Fund. He has since had a fairly successful freelance photography business around SE Asia while basing in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
It’s during this time in Cambodia that he met a wonderful lady named Nguyen Thi Hoang, nicknamed Wan. One of the incredible gifts that came out of their relationship was the adoption of a little girl named Nguyen Thi Hoang Yen, nicknamed Hogan Mi (means Hoang’s daughter). She is now a 10.5 year-old beautiful, intelligent little girl attending international school in Phnom Phen, and means the world to Joe.
RIP Joe.
Romantic Cambodia is dead and gone. It's with McKinley in the grave.
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sad, he went to KL, had the operation and they said he was cancer free,
than less than a year later it came back while he was vacationing in the states.
RIP
than less than a year later it came back while he was vacationing in the states.
RIP
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Being declared cancer free is no bullet proof vest for the future. Sadly, sometimes things are missed too.
I only met him a couple of times.
Sorry for the loss for his friends and family.
I only met him a couple of times.
Sorry for the loss for his friends and family.
The mind is not a vessel to be filled, but a fire to be kindled.
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Officially, Cancer is not said to be in remission unless cancer free for 5 years. That said, in 2 more weeks, I shall be officially in remission.over the rainbow wrote: ↑Sun Mar 31, 2019 11:24 amsad, he went to KL, had the operation and they said he was cancer free,
than less than a year later it came back while he was vacationing in the states.
RIP
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thanks and congrats for all you in remission
Something i thought abut the other night of all the friends I have lost in the past 2 years.
those that died of cancer, were all between 50-60,
others died of old age, body just gave out ,stroke, heart attack over 70
so if u make it past 60 ur good to go till 70+
Something i thought abut the other night of all the friends I have lost in the past 2 years.
those that died of cancer, were all between 50-60,
others died of old age, body just gave out ,stroke, heart attack over 70
so if u make it past 60 ur good to go till 70+
Joe was told that they thought they got it all. He was never told he was cancer free. By the time he went to KL it was already to late for him. Joe was a good friend and he lived a good and full life. Living in Cambodia long term sometimes it is easy to let things go. A lesson for all, get physicals and get colonoscopy and PSA tests. Dying from these cancers is not a pretty way to go.
Joe Rest in Peace you were a good friend.
johnny
Joe Rest in Peace you were a good friend.
johnny