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East Oregonian
Saturday, October 26, 2019
LIBRARIES PROVIDE — COUNTYWIDE
Umatilla County library
staff team up for training
On Friday, Nov. 1, all of the public libraries
Online
in Umatilla County will be closed so that their
Find more information at www.ucsld.org.
staff members can attend a daylong, all-staff
inservice provided by the Umatilla County
Special Library District (UCSLD).
The UCSLD provides two inservice train-
ings for library staff each year — one in the from what should be ignored and deleted. They
spring and one in the fall. Many
also help customers navigate through
libraries can’t afford the cost of going
the ever-changing ocean of technol-
to a conference or to a training for all
ogy devices. In order to do this, they
of their staff members. With travel,
have to keep learning about what is
lodging and meals in addition to the
new themselves.
fees for the training, the cost can be
The Nov. 1 inservice is a full day
prohibitive, especially for more than
of learning. Our keynote presentation
one staff member.
is on Equity, Diversity and Inclusion,
The UCSLD inservices provide
a vital focus of public library service.
new learning for all staff members.
Other presentations include: the 2020
E RIN
Additionally, they get to know their
Census and how libraries can help
M C C USKER
colleagues from the other libraries
COMMENT
in the process, the new law for state-
in the district, contributing to coun-
wide standards that defi ne a public
ty-wide collaboration, exchange of
library, and interactive sessions with
ideas and co-envisioning ways to work together highlights from staff members’ training and
for the benefi t of our library customers.
conference attendance from the last year.
Training at the inservices covers all aspects
Additionally, the UCSLD will provide an
of public library service: leadership, pro- inservice on Saturday, Nov. 16, for city library
gramming for adults and youth, working with boards, city council members and city offi cials,
unique populations, marketing, collection friends of libraries groups and library direc-
development, policies, budgets, customer ser- tors. This inservice covers how the library dis-
vice, planning for the future, partnering with trict works with local libraries and the roles and
community organizations and more. We are responsibilities of providing excellent library
fortunate to have the coordinator of the Sage service to our county residents and visitors.
Library System, of which we are all mem-
Many libraries focus on ensuring continu-
bers, come periodically to provide training on ing education for their customers and Uma-
reporting, new processes and cataloging with tilla County library staff members work hard
our shared system.
to continue their learning as well.
Continuing education is extremely import-
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ant for the staff members who help library visi-
Erin McCusker is the district director of
tors fi nd and access the information they need. the Umatilla County Special Library District.
From the amount of data increasing quickly to Read her column, Libraries Provide – County-
the fact that so many people are connected to wide!, the last weekend of the month. Contact
the internet, librarians are critical to help wade McCusker at 541-276-6449 or director@ucsld.
through and discern authoritative information org.
Contributed photo
Wendy Mullins, left, Deena Pitcher, Kathie Nooy, Marilyn Johnson and Blair Cress pose
with food collected as part of an eff ort by U.S. Bank, which was donated to Pendleton’s
Community Outreach Food Pantry.
Outreach pantry cashes
in with food donations
East Oregonian
PENDLETON — The
Community
Outreach
Food Pantry (formerly St.
Mary’s Outreach) recently
received a generous dona-
tion from U.S. Bank.
During the summer
months, the bank gave
away reusable grocery
bags in exchange for a
nonperishable food item.
They collected nearly 400
pounds of food.
Among those involved
with the effort included
Wendy Mullins, Deena
Pitcher, Kathie Nooy,
Marilyn Johnson and
Blair Cress. The dona-
tion was recently presented
to Johnson on behalf of
the Community Outreach
Food Pantry.
For more information,
call 541- 276-2878.
Photo contributed by Chase Muromoto
Artists work on creations during the inaugural Eastern Oregon Mural Festival, held Oct. 11-13
in Ontario.
Mural festival draws out community engagement
East Oregonian
ONLINE
ONTARIO — The inau-
gural Eastern Oregon
Mural Festival was deemed
a success.
Chase Muromoto, mar-
keting director for Trea-
sure Valley Cannabis
Company, said the goal
of the event was to engage
the community through the
process of creating art and
interacting with the artists
themselves. Through the
process, Muromoto said it
resulted in the creation of
lasting works that would be
publicly accessible to all of
For more information
about the project,
contact info@treasureval-
leycannabis.com or visit
www.treasurevalleycan-
nabis.com/?blog=y.
the Treasure Valley region.
The Oct. 11-13 event,
held in Ontario, included a
pair of murals on local busi-
nesses. In addition, the fes-
tival included activities at a
local park.
“We set up multiple large
wooden panels to include
more artists, vendors, live
glass blowing, and more,”
Muromoto said. “This was
a huge part of our project
as we were able to include
more artists.”
The result included addi-
tional community engage-
ment and inspiration. The
event, Muromoto said,
opened people’s eyes that
public art is very necessary
and appreciated.
“We are now able to
move forward with more
murals in this town and help
the community increase its
value,” he said.
THANKS
Warming station appreciates helping hand
The Hermiston Warm-
ing Station (HWS) would
like to thank Wildhorse,
Good Shepherd, Walmart
Distribution Center, Uma-
tilla Electric Cooperative
and Tillamook for the gen-
erous grants received.
The Hermiston Warm-
ing Station is 100% vol-
unteer run and privately
funded through donations
and grants. Donations can
be made to P.O. Box 433,
Hermiston, OR 97838.
The upcoming training
schedule for October and
November at HWS (1075 S.
Highway 395) are:
• Saturday, Oct. 26 from
3-4:30 p.m.
• Sunday, Oct. 27 from
5-6:30 p.m.
• Tuesday, Oct. 29 from
6:30-8 p.m.
• Saturday, Nov. 2 from
9-10:30 a.m.
• Sunday, Nov. 3 from
3-4:30 p.m.
• Monday, Nov. 4 from
6-7:30 p.m.
• Thursday, Nov. 7 from
6:30-8 p.m.
• Sunday, Nov. 10 from
2-3:30 p.m.
• Wednesday, Nov. 13
from 6-7:30 p.m.
• Friday, Nov. 15 from
9-10:30 a.m.
• Tuesday, Nov. 19 from
6:30-8 p.m.
• Thursday, Nov. 21 from
6-7:30 p.m.
For more information,
call 541-289-2150.
Adelaide
Zumwalt,
Hermiston
Warming
Station
BIRTHS
St. Anthony Hospital, Pendleton
OCT. 16, 2019
KEESLING — Nina Richardson and
Erik Keesling of Pendleton: a girl, Aurora
Rae-Lynn Faith Keesling.
OCT. 17, 2019
MORROW — Morgan J. Warner and
Aaron J. Morrow of Pendleton: a boy, Nico
Akai Morrow.
OCT. 18, 2019
SECAKUKU — Darian L. Secakuku
and Ryan D. Secakuku of Pendleton: a boy,
Qacias George Secakuku.
Good Shepherd Medical Center,
Hermiston
OCT. 16, 2019
GUTIERREZ — Yecenia Flores of
Hermiston: a boy, Malachi Cyril Gutierrez.
MURPHY — Jessica Murphy and
Kyle Murphy of Hermiston: a boy, Ezekiel
Murphy.
ORDAZ-ORTIZ — Daniela Ortiz
Bazan and Salvador Ordaz Rendon of Herm-
iston: a girl, Jazmin Isabella Ordaz-Ortiz.
OCT. 18, 2019
FITZGERALD — Desiree Capote and
Tyler Fitzgerald of Umatilla: a girl, Rylee
Fitzgerald.
Pendleton Foundation Trust disburses funds
East Oregonian
PENDLETON — The
Pendleton
Foundation
Trust board of directors
announced Oct. 17 that
grants, memorial trust
funds and scholarships
given in 2019 will total
$160,639.
Chairperson
David
Blanc reported that the
seven-member board met
to consider applications at
its semi-annual meeting
for the fi nal allocation of
grants this year. The orga-
nization uses the earnings
from money donated to the
trust by individuals, orga-
nizations and estates for
its semi-annual grant allo-
cations. Fall grants in the
amount of $46,073.18 were
awarded to:
• Sunridge Middle
School, $10,890 for addi-
tional weights/ benches
and support equipment to
fi t the needs of students in
training and conditioning
classes.
• Pendleton Early
Learning
Center,
$9,404.90 to purchase 30
iPads and 30 kid-friendly
cases for the computer lab.
• The Rivoli Theater
Coalition, $2,500 toward
the Phase One construction
costs of steel and concrete.
• Eastern Oregon
Alcoholism Foundation,
$8,669.53 to renovate the
kitchen, bathroom and
laundry room at La Casa
Vida, the men’s transitional
sober home in Pendleton.
• Pioneer Relief Nurs-
ery, $11,861.79 to create a
more extensive outdoor area
with playground equipment
for small children.
• Oregon East Sym-
phony, $2,746.96 to pur-
chase fractional sized
instruments for an instru-
ment lending library to
accommodate the Sym-
phony Strings program.
The board expressed
appreciation for all con-
tributions received by the
trust from individuals
and civic organizations,
whether given as a memo-
rial in honor of a birthday
or retirement, special occa-
sion or a general donation.
Gifts to the Pendle-
ton Foundation Trust are
tax-exempt and may be
mailed to the Pendleton
Foundation Trust, P.O.
Box 218, Pendleton, OR
97801. For questions, con-
tact secretary Jerri Bealer
at 541-276-3331, bealer@
corey-byler.com or visit
www.pendletonfoundation-
trust.com.
P et of
the Week
Porkchop is a 3 yr old pitbull. Has been
spayed, chipped and up to date on all shots.
Porkchop is great on a leash, does not mind
other dogs, do not know about cats or small
children since she came in from the pound.
Porkchop is non vocal, will make someone or a
family a great dog.
478 Pets Adopted in 2019!
Visit Porkchop at the
Pioneer Humane Society/Paws
Tues - Sat • Noon - 4pm
517 SE 3rd ST, Pendleton
541-276-0181
Check out the
PAWSABILITY Thrift Store
PORKCHOP
-megumi’s dog grooming-
541.276.6220
920 SW Frazer Ste. 105
Pendleton, OR 97801