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Article from the
Observer Newspaper of July 2, 2008
Local man prompts city to
show patriotic Spirit
By STEFANIE THOMAS
The stars and stripes are
fluttering in the occasional bree ze,
waving down from nearly every light pole, every building, along Humble’s
Main Street these days, reminding antique shoppers and tavern patrons,
churchgoers and museum visitors alike to take pride in their country.
Not just on Independence Day — always.
Aside from his hearty
down-home kitchen, local restaurant owner and caterer Harvey Trigg is
well-known for his generosity, donating his products and services on a
regular basis to support a good cause. But more than an active supporter
of the community, Trigg is also an ardent patriot.
“A few weeks ago he came in
to pay his water bill and said he needed to talk to me for a minute,”
said Darrell Boeske, Humble’s city manager. “When he mentioned that he
wanted to buy flags to put up along Main Street I started asking around.
It wasn’t a priority in recent years; we had kind of forgotten about it,
and I’m glad he brought it to our attention.”
Boeske and Trigg both said
that Humble had flown flags over Main Street in the past. The last time
he saw them, Trigg remembered, was nearly seven years ago following the
9/11 terrorist attacks in 2001.
A year and a half later, the
flags were taken down and haven’t been seen on Main Street since.
“On Memorial Day weekend I
went to a cemetery in Houston and put flags on all the veterans’
graves,” Trigg said. “When I went home — I live on Main Street — I was
thinking how we used to have flags there, too, and that we need them
again,” he said.
Trigg approached Boeske with
the offer to shoulder the cost for the flags but the city manager sprang
into action at once, gathering up flags from one city department and
the brackets from another. Much had become lost in the shuffle when
offices were rearranged and job duties reassigned a few years ago,
Boeske explained.
“Next thing I knew, the
flags were all up and down Main Street,” Trigg said with an air of
approval. “I’m a proud American. I’m proud of what we have. We shouldn’t
forget who we are, where we came from.”
Boeske said that in the
future, the flags will grace Main Street begining the week prior to
Memorial Day each year. They will salute Main Street shoppers and
residents well past Flag Day and Independence Day and remain in place
until mid-September to commemorate the 9/11 anniversary.
“The flags represent
America, and they represent freedom,” Boeske said.
 Humble
restaurateur Harvey Trigg, center, approached the city of Humble about
resuming an old tradition that fell to the wayside several years ago.
Friends Clinton Johnson, left, Humble fire marshal, and firefighter Jack
Terry said they like Trigg’s idea and commend him for his call to a
display of patriotism.
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Article from the
Observer Newspaper of March 14, 2007
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Good food, good people
Harvey Trigg, owner of the
Humble Inn and Trigg’s Catering, received special recognition from the
Harris County Citizen Corps for providing approximately 450 meals to
support the Corps’ Rodeo Roundup. Corps representatives Branch Isbell,
left, and Mardie Menke, right, hold the banner they presented to Trigg,
seated next to his wife, Mary. Trigg was also given a plaque and
T-shirts in appreciation. “It’s nice to be recognized and thanked for
something you like to do,” said Trigg. “I appreciate it.”
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