MILTON-FREEWATER â Damien Reino is well aware he will have to make his mark as the cityâs newest council member through dedication and work.
Reino was appointed on Monday, March 8, to fill the vacancy left when Verl Presnall died Oct. 14, 2020, while he was running unopposed for reelection to his at-large city council position.
In its first in-person meeting for nearly a year, city council met with Reino and another applicant, Wes Koklich, at the Milton-Freewater Community Building. Council member Ed Chesnut said in Februaryâs meeting he was too âold fashionedâ to consider helping choose Pressnallâs replacement via a Zoom meeting.
Q: What’s the worst vision to have?
A: 2020!
Barb and I know we have been
extremely fortunate compared to a lot of people. Still, there are some things that have been depressing to me in the last month or so.
I’ve lost three former classmates:
Verl Presnall was a good friend throughout most of grade school. He was also on the board of directors and past president of the East End Rod & Gun Club in Milton Freewater, Oregon. He died of prostrate cancer on October 14
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Kathy (Fargo) Deyo was a high school classmate. We were never close but with a class of only 125 everyone knew everyone else. And she was always such a happy person. It was always a pleasure to be around her. She was one of those people who you think, “Life is so unfair that he/she should die so young.” She died November 13