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Here’s what a library
card means for you
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•Fun programs that
This September is bring families and commu-
Library Card Sign-Up nities together, like book
Month sponsored by our clubs, craft gatherings,
libraries and the Amer- movie nights
ican Library Associa-
•Local history col-
tion (ALA). It is a time to lections, genealogy and
remember that a
family
history
library card is a
resources
critical step on the
• Com mu n it y
path to lifelong
meeting rooms
learning.
•Magazines
A library card
and newspapers
opens a world
• C h i l d r e n ’s
of infi nite possi-
play areas
bilities through
•The Summer
E RIN
resources and ser-
Reading Program,
M C C USKER
vices that give
helping students
COMMENT
library custom-
retain their read-
ers of all ages the
ing skills over the
tools to succeed in school summer
and beyond. Your librar-
•And wonderful library
ies in the Umatilla County staff who are ready to help
Special Library District
If you already have a
(UCSLD) provide early library card, go check out
literacy and family story your library and see what’s
times, teen programs, new. You can access the
STEAM (science, technol- websites of all of the
ogy, engineering, arts and UCSLD member librar-
mathematics) programs, ies at this website address:
high-quality and popular www.ucsld.org/index.php/
books, videos and audio- member%20libraries.
books. And, there is more.
If you don’t have a
When you get a library library card yet, visit your
card at your local library local library in person or
— Adams, Athena, Echo, online to fi nd out how to
Helix, Hermiston, Mil- get this valuable treasure
ton-Freewater,
Pendle- and make sure you don’t
ton, Pilot Rock, Stanfi eld, miss out on all the fun.
Ukiah, Umatilla or Weston
Here are a few programs
— you have access to not coming up at the Umatilla
only your home library but Public Library:
also all of the libraries in
•Sept. 6, 1 p.m. — Uma-
Umatilla County (www. tilla Public Pop-up Library
ucsld.org).
during Kiwanis Park Rib-
Additionally,
your bon Cutting at Kiwanis
library is a member of Park, Umatilla
the Sage Library System
•Sept 10, 5 p.m. —
and you have access to “a Umatilla Public Pop-up
library consortium of pub- Library at the Master Trail
lic, school, academic, and Plan Ribbon Cutting at
special libraries through- Umatilla City Hall
out 15 counties of East-
•Sept. 13, 3 p.m. —
ern and Central Oregon” “Toy Story” movie and
(www.sagelib.org).
snacks at the Umatilla Pub-
Your library card also lic Library
provides free access to the
•Sept. 20, 3 p.m. —
ebooks and audiobooks of “Toy Story 2” movie and
the Library2Go program of snacks at the Umatilla Pub-
the Oregon Digital Library lic Library
Consortium (https://librar-
•Sept 26, 10 a.m. to
y 2g o.ove r d r i ve .c o m). 6 p.m. — Outdoor book
Check at your local library sale and Umatilla Public
for tips and tricks to down- Pop-up Library at Village
load them to your own Square Park
device.
•Sept. 27, 3 p.m. —
In addition, your free “Toy Story 3” movie and
library card gives you snacks at the Umatilla Pub-
access to the following lic Library
services:
———
•The internet at your
Erin McCusker is the dis-
library’s public computers trict director of the Uma-
or through complimentary tilla County Special Library
wifi
District. Read her column,
•Online, electronic data- Libraries Provide – County-
bases of high quality infor- wide!, the last weekend of the
mation, vetted by research month. Contact McCusker at
librarians and experts in 541-276-6449 or director@
the fi eld (www.galepages. ucsld.org.
Saturday, August 31, 2019
Reid cruises into 95th birthday
East Oregonian
By Erin McCusker
ANNIVERSARY
Jack and Katie Johns
Jack
and
Katie
(Her-
burger) Johns
are celebrat-
ing their 60th
wedding anni-
versary. The
Johns are cattle
ranchers in Fox,
Ore.,
where
they have lived Katie and Jack Johns Katie and Jack Johns
in 1959.
in 2019.
for their entire
married life.
A party is planned Sept. 7, 2019, at the Fox School
House from 1-3 p.m. Cake and refreshments will be pro-
vided. The daughters of Jack and Katie encourage friends
and family to join in the celebration, but request no gifts
for the couple.
BIRTHS
St. Anthony Hospital,
Pendleton
AUG. 21, 2019
REYES — Isabel A.
Reyes and Enrique Reyes
Jr. of Pendleton: a girl,
Aveline Rose Reyes.
AUG. 22, 2019
MORRIS — Sarah E.
Heise-Arroyo and Alex W.
Morris of Pendleton: a girl,
Evee Ann-Marie Morris.
AUG. 23, 2019
KNIGHT — Molly
S. Hamilton and John T.
Knight: a girl, Landry
Jayne Knight.
AUG. 24, 2019
THOMPSON — Sara
J. Obrist and Anthony C.
Thompson of Pendleton:
a girl, Penelope Pearl Ann
Thompson.
AUG. 25, 2019
PITTMAN — Sierra M.
Wells and Woodrow W. Pit-
tman II of Pendleton: a boy,
Woodrow Wilson Pittman
III.
Good Shepherd Medi-
cal Center, Hermiston
AUG. 20, 2019
ESCOBEDO — Shanna
Escobedo and Gabriel Esc-
obedo of Hermiston: a boy,
Cody Gabriel Escobedo.
AUG. 21, 2019
MEYERS — Carissa
Bankston and Dwayne
Meyers of Umatilla: a girl,
Lillian Grace Meyers.
AUG. 27, 2019
GOLDIE — Maxine
Goldie and Dustin Goldie
of Echo: a boy, Mason
Wayne Goldie.
Photo contributed by Wanda Hunt
Robert Reid of Irrigon, left, recently enjoyed a sunset cruise
on his 95th birthday on a pontoon boat with his granddaugh-
ter, Michelle Williams, and daughter Janie Kepler.
IRRIGON — Robert
Reid recently had a birthday
to remember.
The 95-year-old Irrigon
man is a World War II vet-
eran who spent most of his
time during the war in the
South Pacifi c. Richard Scar-
lett and Wanda Hunt of Hat
Rock made arrangements
to meet him at the Stan-
fi eld Senior Center for lunch.
Then, Reid’s granddaugh-
ters Michelle Williams, who
lives in Utah, and Heather
Kandle, who resides in North
Dakota, showed up. Unbe-
knownst to Reid, his daugh-
ter, Janie Kepler, had made
arrangements for the surprise.
Reid lived the majority of
his life in Heppner, moving to
Irrigon about 10 years ago. He
spent most of his life working
in the lumber industry. He has
a portable saw and has made
furniture, bird houses and
wooden boxes that he sells at
area farmers markets.
Scarlett and Hunt met
Reid about 10 years ago and
said he’s a man of few words
who has a smile that lights
up a room. Later after din-
ner at Ye Olde Pizza Shoppe,
Reid headed to Hat Rock
where Scarlett and Hunt
took him on a sunset cruise
on the Columbia River on
their pontoon boat. Hunt
said Reid commented, “This
is a birthday to remember.”
Walmart salutes Pendleton VFW post
East Oregonian
PENDLETON — The
Pendleton Walmart store
recently provided a grant
to Pendleton Veterans of
Foreign Wars Let’er Buck
Post 922.
Recognizing all the great
work the VFW does, and hav-
ing an active duty military
daughter, Walmart manager
Shawna Nulf wanted to fi nd
a way to give back to the orga-
nization. The $1,000 donation
will be put towards the pur-
chase of 72 new 3-foot-by-
5-foot American fl ags to be
used for community parades
and patriotic events, said Fred
Bradbury, VFW Fourth of
July parade chairman.
The Veterans of Foreign
Wars was originally created
in 1899 and later recognized
by Congress in 1936. The
local Let’er Buck Post 922
was approved in 1919, Brad-
bury said. To qualify for
Contributed photo
Gary Ward, local VFW commander, far left, and Fred Brad-
bury, VFW Fourth of July parade chairman, far right, accept a
donation from Pendleton Wal-Mart representatives, includ-
ing Eva Richerson and Crystal Schlaht, associates, and store
manager Shawna Nulf.
membership, one must have
honorably served overseas
in an area of foreign confl ict
approved by Congress.
The primary function of
the VFW organization is to
help disabled veterans, as
well as their dependents,
and to promote American-
ism through local commu-
nity service, Bradbury said.
The VFW motto is “We
honor the dead by serving
the living.”
The local VFW post
supports communities in a
variety of ways, including
awarding two yearly schol-
arships to students attend-
ing Blue Mountain Com-
munity College, providing
Color Guards for events
and parades, and making
donations to youth athletic
and scholastic programs.
VFW members also partic-
ipate in local river and high-
way rest stop cleanups and
hosts the VFW Cowboy
Breakfast each year during
the four days of Pendleton
Round-Up.
For
more
informa-
tion about the Let’er Buck
Post, contact Bradbury at
fbradbury@yahoo.com or
541-377-7474.
MacPhersons’ granddaughter receives scholarship
East Oregonian
HERMISTON — The
granddaughter of Rob-
ert and Serena MacPher-
son of Stanfi eld received a
$1,200 scholarship from the
Oregon State Association
of Emblem Clubs. Serena
MacPherson was recently
installed as treasurer of
Hermiston
Emblem
Club #215.
M a r -
garet
A.
M a c Ph e r -
MacPherson
son, a junior
at
Wash-
ington State University, is
majoring in elementary edu-
cation with endorsements in
special education. Her par-
ents are Shawn MacPher-
son and Melanie Wheeler
of Camas, Washington.
Hermiston Emblem Club
president Teresa Moncrief
shared that Margaret’s goal
is to eventually teach chil-
dren whose fi rst language
isn’t English.
Emblem Club members
are recognized for charity
work in their communities,
scholarships they award,
their dedication to patrio-
tism, and their support of
the Benevolent and Protec-
tive Order of Elks and our
country’s veterans. For more
information about the Herm-
iston Emblem Club, call
Moncrief at 541-564-0887.
Fourth annual tournament tees off for Special Olympics
East Oregonian
ECHO — The fourth
annual Hermiston/Pend-
leton Special Olympics
Fundraising Golf Tourna-
ment raised $6,351.
The winning team, spon-
sored by Ensure CBD/Jeff
Edmundson, was led by
captain Mitch McClanna-
han and included his daugh-
ter Madison, son Gar-
rett, and Carlos Chavez.
The foursome shot a blis-
tering score of 51 during
the 18-hole scramble for-
mat contest. They received
assistance from mulligans
and the popular red rope
score enhancement devices,
which contributed to the net
earnings of the event, said
Kristi Smalley, Special
Olympics communications
manager.
The Aug. 10 event was
held at Echo Hills Golf
Course. Participants were
treated to a barbecue ham-
burger lunch served by rep-
resentatives of Our Lady of
Angels Knights of Colum-
bus Council #3999 and
Doris Boatright, who has
supported the local program
for more than 40 years as a
bowling coach and board
member.
Although not placing in
the tournament, a team of
four Special Olympics sup-
porters comprised of Union
Local Program head golf
coach Pam Thompson, Pat
Vaughn, Hermiston/Pend-
leton golf coach Cal Har-
ris and John Edmund-
son, grandfather of Special
Olympics athlete Jillian
Smalley, shot a 59. The
foursome wore Special
Olympics golf shirts pro-
vided by Special Olympics
Oregon.
Gold Medal Sponsors for
the event included Uma-
tilla Electric Cooperative,
A & A Mini Storage, Rog-
er’s Toyota of Hermiston,
Jim Purswell’s Pumps Co.
Inc., Knights of Columbus
and Wyatt Harris/North-
west Mutual.
Special Olympics pro-
vides athletic training and
competitions for individuals
with intellectual and devel-
opmental disabilities at no
charge. Athletes will begin
bowling and swimming
starting the fi rst week in
September. For more infor-
mation, call local coordi-
nator Angela Schneider at
541-314-0166.
Photo contributed by Kristi Smalley
Special Olympics supporters John Edmundson, Pat Vaughn,
Pam Thompson and Cal Harris shot a 59 during the Hermis-
ton/Pendleton Special Olympics Fundraising Golf Tourna-
ment, held Aug. 10 at Echo Hills Golf Course.
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the Week
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377 Pets Adopted in 2019!
Visit Butch at the
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Tues - Sat • Noon - 4pm
517 SE 3rd ST, Pendleton
541-276-0181
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