Pete Porter, who was known affectionately as “Mr. Husky” during his 16-year tenure as Sports and Religion Editor of The New Era, will be the grand marshal for this Saturday’s Sportsman’s Holiday parade.
Porter, of Albany, will lead the parade with the theme, “My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys.”
Retired for nearly eight years, Porter had a distinguished career, earning numerous statewide journalism awards. The Oregon coast native spent 26 years in the lumber and…