RECORDS/COMMUNITY
Saturday, March 27, 2021
COMMUNITY BRIEFING
St. John’s prepares
for in-person
Easter service
HERMISTON — After a
yearlong hiatus on in-person
worship because of COVID-
19, Rev. Chuck Barnes said
St. John’s Episcopal Church
is reopening.
The church will welcome
people for the celebration
of Eucharist and liturgy
for Easter. The service is
Sunday, April 4, at 9 a.m. at
665 E. Gladys Ave., Herm-
iston. Everyone is welcome.
Current Umatilla County
COVID -19 g uidelines,
including masks, social
distancing and enhanced
cleaning, will be in place.
For those who are home-
bound or are not yet comfort-
able with worshipping in
person, the church will
continue to livestream its
services on Zoom or Face-
book. For questions, call
Barnes at 541-567-6674,
text 541-571-5563 or email
chuckb@eotnet.net.
— EO Media Group
BIRTHS
St. Anthony Hospital, Pendleton
MARCH 17, 2021
BUTTERFIELD — Gretchen Louise Butterfield and Damon
Lamont Butterfield of Pendleton: a girl, Jadzia Tiffany Butterfield.
MARCH 18, 2021
COREY — Adele Patricia Corey and George Robert Corey of
Adams: a boy, Boone Foley Corey
HOLCOMB — Hannah Holcomb and Morgan Holcomb of Pendle-
ton: a boy, Archer Declan Holcomb.
MARCH 19, 2021
BARNHART — Kelsey Barnhart and Sheehan Barnhart of Kenne-
wick: a girl, Chaney Shae Barnhart.
GONZALEZ — Stephanie Leon and Victor Gonzalez of Boardman:
a girl, Penelope Dream Gonzalez.
Good Shepherd Medical Center, Hermiston
MARCH 17, 2021
DE LA PAZ — Lindsey Catherine Pope and Luis Miguel De La Paz
of Hermiston: a boy, Lucas Lee De La Paz.
MARCH 19, 2021
JEPSEN — Caitlin Rose Jepsen and Eric James Jepsen of Hermis-
ton: a girl, Emilia Rose Jepsen.
MARCH 20, 2021
SANCHEZ — Selene Sanchez of Umatilla: a girl, Sofia Anahi
Sanchez.
COE — Katie Noelle Dumolt-Coe and Matthew Ellis Coe of Herm-
iston: a boy, Nathan Oliver Coe.
MARCH 22, 2021
MARTINEZ RAMOS — Alondra Ramos Delacruz and Fermin
Martinez Dircio of Hermiston: a girl, Elizabeth Martinez Ramos.
MEETINGS
Editor’s note: Due to concerns about the coronavirus, many
activities have been postponed or canceled. Contact the venue
before attending any public gathering to ensure the event is still
scheduled, and at the place listed.
MONDAY, MARCH 29
MORROW COUNTY HEALTH DISTRICT, 7 p.m., Port of Morrow, 2
Marine Drive, Boardman. (Tonia Adams 541-676-2942)
TUESDAY, MARCH 30
MORROW COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION, 7 p.m., Irrigon City
Hall via Zoom meeting, 205 Third St. N.E., Irrigon. Join the meeting
at https://zoom.us/i/97872531735?pwd=eVR3Mm5ibStLQ0ozU-
Hovcv9iSnA3QT09, password: 318269, meeting ID: 978 7253 1735,
or call 253-215-8782, same meeting number. (Stephanie Loving
541-922-4624)
East Oregonian
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Local libraries celebrate National Library Week
ERIN
MCCUSKER
LIBRARIES PROVIDE —
COUNT Y WIDE!
April 4-10 is National
Library Week, a time to
highlight the essential
role libraries, librarians
and library workers play
in transforming lives and
strengthening communities.
The theme for this year’s
National Library Week is
“Welcome to your library,”
which promotes the idea
that libraries extend far
beyond the four walls of
a building and that every-
one is welcome to use their
services. Whether people
visit virtually or in person,
libraries are accessible and
inclusive places that foster
a sense of belonging and
community through learn-
ing, discovery, and explo-
ration.
Every year, a library
supporter is named the
National Library Week
honorary chair. This year,
Academy Award-winning
actress, director, producer
and activist Natalie Port-
man has been selected.
A lifelong fan of books,
she will help highlight the
essential role libraries,
librarians and library work-
ers have played in serving
their communities, espe-
cially during the challeng-
ing times of this last year.
During National Library
Week, the Umatilla County
Special Library District
(UCSLD) encourages
all community members
to visit their library’s
website to explore and
access virtual services
and programs. Libraries
offer a wide array of online
resources that are avail-
able from the comfort of
home. Check out all of the
resources at www.gale-
pages.com/umatillacsld.
You will find resources to
research a science topic,
how to write a resume,
learn more about Excel,
pick the next book you want
to read, or get a reference
question answered through
Oregon’s chat reference
program, Answerland.
During these challeng-
ing times, libraries of all
types have been going
above and beyond to adapt
to our changing world by
expanding their resources
and continuing to meet
the needs of their patrons.
Libraries across the country
are making a difference in
people’s lives by provid-
ing electronic learning
resources like online home-
work help and Wi-Fi access
for students and workers
who may lack internet
access at home.
This National Library
Week, the public can
show their appreciation
and support for libraries
by visiting their library’s
website, following them on
social media and using the
hashtag #NationalLibrary-
Week.
First sponsored in 1958,
National Library Week
is a national observance
sponsored by the American
Library Association and
libraries of all types across
the country each April. For
more information, visit your
local library’s website —
find the link at the UCSLD
website at www.ucsld.org/
our-libraries.
Formed by voters in
1986, “The purpose of the
Umatilla County Special
Library District shall be to
provide library and infor-
mation services to persons
within the district.” The
UCSLD is governed by a
five-member, voter-elected
Board of Directors and is an
independent, special taxing
district funded by taxpayer
dollars. The UCSLD works
in partnership with our
libraries to advance and
make available excellent
library services, programs,
and continuing education
opportunities for all.
———
Erin McCusker is the
district director of the
Umatilla County Special
Library District. Reach her
at 541-276-6449 or direc-
tor@ucsld.org.
Beloved children’s author Beverly Cleary dies at 104
By HILLEL ITALIE
AP National Writer
NEW YORK — Beverly
Cleary, the celebrated chil-
dren’s author whose memo-
ries of her Oregon childhood
were shared with millions
through the likes of Ramona
and Beezus Quimby and
Henry Huggins, has died.
She was 104.
Cleary’s publisher Harp-
erCollins announced Friday
that the author died Thursday
in Carmel Valley, California,
where she had lived since the
1960s. No cause of death was
given.
Trained as a librarian,
Cleary didn’t start writing
books until her early 30s
when she wrote “Henry
Huggins,” published in
1950. Children worldwide
came to love the adventures
of Huggins and neighbors
Ellen Tebbits, Otis Spof-
Vern Fisher/The Monterey County Herald, File
Beverly Cleary signs books at the Monterey Bay Book Festi-
val in Monterey, Calif., on April 19, 1998.
ford, Beatrice “Beezus”
Quimby and her younger
sister, Ramona. They inhabit
a down-home, wholesome
setting on Klickitat Street
— a real street in Portland,
Oregon, the city where
Cleary spent much of her
youth.
Among the “Henry” titles
were “Henry and Ribsy,”
“Henry and the Paper Route”
and “Henry and Beezus.”
Ramona, perhaps her best-
known character, made her
debut in “Henry Huggins”
with only a brief mention.
“All the children appeared
to be only children so I tossed
in a little sister and she didn’t
go away. She kept appear-
ing in every book,” she said
in a March 2016 telephone
interview from her Califor-
nia home.
Cleary herself was an only
child and said the character
wasn’t a mirror.
“I was a well-behaved
little girl, not that I wanted
to be,” she said. “At the age
of Ramona, in those days,
children played outside. We
played hopscotch and jump
rope and I loved them and
always had scraped knees.”
In all, there were eight
books on Ramona between
“Beezus and Ramona” in
1955 and “Ramona’s World”
in 1999. Others included
“Ramona the Pest” and
“Ramona and Her Father.”
In 1981, “Ramona and Her
Mother” won the National
Book Award.