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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 19, 2022
HERMISTON HISTORY
Business owner donates to library
BRODIE MESSENGER
Umatilla
How long have you lived in Umatilla?
We moved there in 2018.
You’re married?
Yes, we got married July 4, 2017.
You remember your anniversary. How do you
usually celebrate? Fireworks?
Usually, we go to friends’ houses and we do watch
fi reworks. We’ve always wanted to go somewhere,
but we never do. It’s the Fourth of July, though, and
I like to tell everyone that they’re celebrating us.
Do you have special places to go in the area for
date night?
I really don’t have date night. It’s just the two of us,
and for weekends and evenings we don’t really do
much. We have favorite shows. There is one show,
called “You” on Netfl ix. We really like that one, and
we binged it together. It’s kind of violent.
Are you a violent person?
No, not at all.
Why do you like watching violent programs,
then?
I don’t know.
What was the last good book that you’ve read?
I read a self-help book.
What did you learn?
Just how to be a better person. It talked about how
to put yourself in other people’s shoes and deal bet-
ter with situations.
You do a lot of volunteering, right?
Just the warming station. I’m the chair and the trea-
surer, so there’s a lot that goes into that. I pay the
bills, I talk with volunteers.
What makes for good volunteers at the Herm-
iston Warming Station?
Being able to listen, having an open ear and hearing
people. Also, following our rules. For me, as a board
member, it makes it easier when we all know what’s
expected and know what to expect.
What do the guests at the station talk about?
They often have grievances about things, which is
why it is so important to listen. Sometimes, you can
hear them and off er help. I’ve been able to lead them
to resources.
This is your last year as chair of the warming
station board. How do you feel about that?
I’m excited for what’s to come, but I’m also sad
about the ending.
What’s your regular job?
I’m a soft count supervisor at the casino. I’m in the
department that counts all the money. I manage that
team.
Do you enjoy that work?
Yes, I enjoy the people I work with. It’s a good job.
Do you see yourself doing something diff erent
in the future?
Yes, but I don’t know what that is. I still don’t know
what I want to be when I grow up. There’s a lot of
diff erent things that interest me. I’ve thought that
maybe I’d like to be a teacher or work in human
resources. I don’t know what my path is yet. I guess
I’m still working on that.
Hermiston Herald, File
Martin Krogh, a Hermiston shoe repair man, challenges other businesses to join him in donating $100 to support the
Hermiston Public Library.
25 YEARS AGO
Jan. 21, 1997
When hearing about the city’s
proposed library budget cuts, Martin
Krogh decided something needed to
be done.
Owner of the Martin Krogh Shoe
Repair store in Hermiston, Krogh
wrote a $100 check to donate to
the library’s budget and challenged
other Hermiston businesses to do
the same. The budget will be cut
from $13,000 to $8,000 in the 1997-
98 fi scal year, approximately one-
fi fth of what other libraries of sim-
ilar size have. Claiming “a library is
one of the centerpieces of the town.
It’s a vital institution in our commu-
nity,” Krogh didn’t want to see it
impoverished.
Krogh is optimistic his plan
will work, as a similar instance
occurred 30 years ago in his home-
town of Bend. Many Bend busi-
nesses donated $100 each to sup-
port the struggling library and within
two weeks, a whopping $10,000 had
been raised. Krogh hopes to see the
same happen here, stating “I’m just
a shoe repair guy — if I can come
up with $100, why can’t all the other
businesses in town?”
Hermiston Herald, File
In 1997, students from Armand Larive Middle School’s tech lab receive a tour of
a newspaper printing facility by Hermiston Herald press foreman, Clay Hendon.
For 18 months, Mink has served
in this area as an advisor to local
families of servicemen in South-
east Asia. He will now be moved to
Hawaii, accompanied by his wife,
Grace, to work as a construction unit
company commander at the Schof-
ield Barracks.
75 YEARS AGO
Jan. 21, 1947
50 YEARS AGO
Jan. 20, 1972
Captain Warren S. Mink’s mil-
itary career has brought him all
over the U.S., in a rather zig-zag,
cross-continental fashion, with his
newest assignment probably being
the most favorable location of them
all — Hawaii.
To start off , Mink enlisted into
the Army in 1966 after receiving an
undergraduate degree in engineer-
ing technology from the University
of Illinois. Then, he traveled to the
Pacifi c Northwest for basic train-
ing at Fort Lewis, Washington, and
a year later to the east coast where
he entered Engineer Offi cer Cadet
School at Fort Belvoir, Virginia.
After being commissioned,
Mink went back to the West Coast
where he was assigned as a training
offi cer at Fort Ord., California, and
then across the continent to attend
ranger and jump schools at Fort
Benning, Georgia.
Next, he served in Vietnam as
a platoon leader and staff member
Hermiston Herald, File
Remains of the Chuck Wagon Drive-
In, whose interior was destroyed by
fi re two days before in 1972.
of the 173rd Airborne Brigade for
a year before his assignment to the
Umatilla Army Depot.
• Bert Nation, the local deputy
sheriff , will travel a long distance to
retrieve a local criminal who some-
how wound up in Michigan. Byron
Fernon, who is held on a forgery
charge committed in this area last
May when he cashed $350 worth
of false checks, is currently in the
hands of Lansing, Michigan police
authorities. Nation plans to leave
on Jan. 24 and return within two
weeks with the runaway convict.
• The governor of Oregon, Julius
L. Meier, also plans to leave the
area on a mission — but one much
diff erent than retrieving a culprit.
He will be traveling with state bud-
get director Henry Hazen and attor-
ney Colonel A.E. Clark to our
nation’s capital, where they’ll meet
with congressional leaders con-
nected with the Columbia River
power projects. Expecting to be
absent for about three weeks, Wil-
lard L. Marks, president of the Sen-
ate, will fi ll Meirer’s chair in Salem
until he returns.
BY THE WAY
Registration opens for children’s fl ag football in Umatilla
The early bird gets the discount for kids fl ag football
— the city of Umatilla invites parents to register chil-
dren ages 4-12 by Monday, Feb. 7 to receive a $10 dis-
count. The early bird fee is $40 per child, the regular fee
is $50 and the fee for people who are not Umatilla resi-
dents is $60.
Register at www.umatilla-city.org.
The season kicks off April 9 and runs through May
21. There is a mandatory Meet my Coach Day on Sat-
urday, April 2, the time to be announced. Games are on
Saturdays at the Third Street soccer fi elds.
Also, volunteer coaches are needed. For more infor-
mation, contact Hannah Keister at 541-922-3226 or
hannah@umatilla-city.org.
• • •
For those of us who have put off Christmas tree dis-
posal until now, there is still time to rid ourselves of
browning holiday timber. Until Jan. 31, you can drop
trees off to be recycled.
Recycled trees will live to see another another day as
mulch in Hermiston parks.
Remove all ornaments, lights and decor. Leave trees
on the pile of Christmas trees at Butte Park, 1245 N.W.
Seventh St., Hermiston.
• • •
Drop by the Hermiston Public Library, 235 E.
Gladys Ave., for several fun activities and displays
throughout the remainder of January.
First, there is the library’s monthly art display. Janu-
ary’s display shows off the work of Belen Sofi a, a local
photographer.
Also, you can go to the library for Story Time, a
weekly reading to children. It takes place on each Tues-
day at 10:30 a.m.
If your visit to the library occurs on Thursday,
Jan. 20, you can also take in Family Movie Night. At
6 p.m., Disney and Pixar’s “Luca” will be screened.
It is a coming-of-age story about a young boy experi-
encing an unforgettable summer. Luca shares his amaz-
ing adventures with his friend Alberto, but their fun is
threatened by a deeply held secret — they are sea mon-
sters from a world below the water’s surface.
There also is Teen Anime Trivia Night. Visitors to
this monthly activity, Jan. 24, 6 p.m., are welcome to
join library staff for a night of snacks, drinks and anime
trivia. Trivia questions will be of trending animes, such
as “Demon Slayer,” “Jujutsu Kaisen,” “Fruits Basket,”
“One Piece,” “Haikyu!!” and more.
Trivia winners will receive prizes.
• • •
The Harkenrider Senior Activity Center menu for
Thursday, Jan. 20, is beef stew, biscuit, fruit and des-
sert. The menu for Tuesday, Jan. 25, is Mexican casse-
role, Spanish rice, fruit and dessert.
In-house meals will be served from noon to 12:30 p.m.
People planning to dine in are asked to call by 11 a.m.
For a Meals on Wheels delivery in Hermiston, call
541-567-3582 before 10 a.m. to place an order. To pick
up a meal from the center at 255 N.E. Second St., call
before 11 a.m. Meals are $5 and can be picked up between
11:30 a.m. and noon.
• • •
The Boardman Senior Center is open for dine-in
lunches on Tuesdays and Thursdays, noon at 100
Tatone St. Meals are $4 for seniors and $5 for others.
Take-out lunches are available by calling 541-481-3257.