REGION
Wednesday, August 29, 2018
East Oregonian
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Rescuers reach man
Time capsule to offer a slice of life in 2018 trapped in tree
HERMISTON
By JADE MCDOWELL
Staff Writer
When Hermiston resi-
dents’ grandchildren open
the city’s time capsule 50
years from now, Mark Rose
hopes they find a treasure
trove of interesting Herm-
iston memorabilia that pro-
vides a window into 2018.
So far, the Hermiston
Public Library director said,
there haven’t been many
offerings. A small collec-
tion of items ranging from
a Hermiston Police Depart-
ment patch to a commem-
orative coin from Hermis-
ton’s 75th anniversary sits
on display in a glass case
at the library, but there is
plenty more room inside the
two-foot-tall metal capsule
that will be sealed up Sept.
8.
Rose said there are a few
plans in the works for more
items — a city employee
was going to gather up some
menus from local restau-
rants, and a local teenager
volunteered to submit some
writings and photographs
about everyday life as a teen
in Hermiston in 2018. The
photography club that meets
at the library plans to take
photos of places in the city
they think may look dra-
matically different by 2068,
such as the fields around the
water tower north of town.
“There will be people
that will watch this go into
the ground that will watch it
come out again,” Rose pre-
dicted. “But the city will be
bigger. There will be differ-
ent buildings. It will be a
different place.”
The plan is to seal the
time capsule in an under-
ground vault behind Herm-
iston Public Library, next to
the arch that marks the loca-
tion of the old Armand Lar-
ive Middle School. The arch
is getting new landscaping,
LED lighting and an inter-
pretive panel as part of the
construction of the Harken-
rider Senior Activity Cen-
ter nearby. Burns Mortuary
of Hermiston is donating a
stone marker to place over
where the capsule is buried.
A ribbon cutting cere-
mony for the new senior
center will take place at 1
p.m. Saturday, Sept. 8, with
By PHIL WRIGHT
East Oregonian
Rescuers saved a man
Tuesday who was trapped
upside down in a tree in
the forests of the Blue
Mountains.
Jodi Florence, public
information officer for the
Umatilla County Sheriff’s
Office, said Union County
at 11:28 a.m. transferred
an emergency report of a
man hanging upside down
in a tree for two days off
Highway 244 near Ukiah.
Finding him took some
time, she said — the site
was about 20 miles east of
Ukiah.
Multiple
agencies
responded, including the
sheriff’s office, Pendle-
ton Fire and Ambulance
Department, members of
the United States Forest
Service and the air ambu-
COMMUNITY CALENDAR
Staff photo by Jade McDowell
The time capsule that will be sealed up Sept. 8 sits in the Hermiston Public Library.
Staff photo by Jade McDowell
A few items donated for the time capsule sit in a case
at the Hermiston Public Library.
the overall dedication cel-
ebration from 11 a.m. to 3
p.m. Rose said he plans to
have photo boards or some
other medium to show peo-
ple attending the celebration
what is in the time capsule
before it is buried that day.
In the meantime he hopes
people continue to drop off
Hermiston-branded items,
photos and other contri-
butions at the library. He
suggested service clubs
could contribute a one-
page writeup of their cur-
rent officers and doings, or
the schools could drop off
items frequently confiscated
from students as a slice of
“human interest.”
Submissions will be
accepted through Sept. 5.
The city is being careful
to mark the location of the
capsule and register its lat-
itude and longitude with a
national registry after a pre-
vious Hermiston time cap-
sule went missing.
Jim Sexton, Hermiston
Class of 1992, said he and
his classmates submitted
items for a Class of 1992
time capsule to be opened
at their 20-year reunion,
but no one knows where the
capsule went. Some have
speculated it was buried and
then accidentally discarded
during construction of a
new school.
“The new HS was
built and our capsule was
never seen again,” he said
in a Facebook message.
“We have contacted sev-
eral teachers of our era and
nobody knows anything
about it.”
City manager Byron
Smith said the city was
told that the capsule might
have been buried in the area
where the Harkenrider Cen-
ter was being constructed
and the arch was being
re-landscaped, but con-
tractors kept a lookout and
never saw anything.
“People reported it was
there, but we never found
it,” he said.
BRIEFLY
Plymouth Day Use
Area closes early
PLYMOUTH,
Wash.
— The U.S. Army Corps
of
Engineers
recently
announced that the Plym-
outh Day Use Area will close
for the season, effective Aug.
29.
The closure allows the
Corps to conduct mainte-
nance as a result of vandal-
ism. Anyone with knowl-
edge of the vandalism should
contact the Benton County
Sheriff’s Office at 509-783-
1310 or 509-735-6555
The day use area nor-
mally closes Sept. 15. For
questions about the closure,
call John Day Ranger Office
at 541-739-1135.
Altrusa brews
up Hermiston
Oktoberfest
HERMISTON — For
some fall fun and to help
8/29
Cineplex Show Times
$5 Classic Movie
Today • 12pm • Fat City
ALPHA [PG13]
4:30 7:00 9:20
CRAZY RICH ASIANS
[PG13]
4:10 6:50 9:30
raise money to benefit a vari-
ety of community service
projects, grab your lederho-
sen and get ready to attend
the Oktoberfest Wine &
Stein.
Hosted by Altrusa Inter-
national of Hermiston, the
annual celebration is Sat-
urday, Sept. 29. The doors
open at 5 p.m. and a din-
ner featuring German fare
is served at 5:30 p.m. at the
Hermiston Community Cen-
ter, 415 S. Highway 395. The
event features food, music,
raffles, live/silent auctions
— and, of course, beer from
Ordnance Brewing. Dinner
tickets are $30 each and can
be purchased at the Hermis-
ton Chamber of Commerce,
1055 S. Highway 395, Suite
111, or from any Altrusan.
For more information,
contact hermistonaltrusa@
gmail.com, search Facebook
or watch for an upcoming
article in the East Oregonian.
FFA Alumni
request help with
auction
BOARDMAN — Orga-
nizers with the Mor-
row County FFA Dinner
and Auction are seeking
assistance.
Erin Heideman and Greg
Barron, auction volunteers,
invite the public to help sup-
port agriculture education
for youths in the county’s
FFA programs in Boardman,
Heppner, Ione and Irrigon.
HEY
KIDS...
want to earn some
EXTRA
MONEY?
MILE 22 [R]
4:00 6:40 9:40
Ask Mom & Dad, then come
sign up to be a part of the
THE MEG [PG13]
4:50 7:20 9:50
Pendleton Round-Up.
MAMMA MIA! HERE WE
GO AGAIN [PG-13]
4:20 7:10
Help sell the 2018 Round-Up
Special Edition Magazine and the EO.
September 8-15th, 2018
Ages 10 and up or groups.
SLENDER MAN [PG-13]
10:00
* Matinee Pricing
wildhorseresort.com • 541-966-1850
Pendleton, OR I-84 - Exit 216
lance company Life Flight.
“We just got the word
that Life Flight transported
him,” Florence said Tues-
day afternoon.
Darcy
Weseman,
spokesperson for the Uma-
tilla National Forest, said
three Forest Service work-
ers helped locate the site
and a place for the helicop-
ter ambulance to land. She
said the man fell out of a
hunting stand and he was
hanging from his harness
when the search and rescue
team reached him.
Florence said she did
not have information about
his identity, condition or
where the flight was taking
him. The East Oregonian
will update the story as we
gather information.
———
Contact Phil Wright at
pwright@eastoregonian.
com or 541-966-0833.
Call 541-564-4530 for more information.
“Our youth is our greatest
resource and those in agri-
culture even more so,” Bar-
ron said.
Monetary donations as
well as auction items can be
donated for the silent and
live auctions. The event,
which is Saturday, Nov. 17 at
5 p.m. at the Port of Morrow
Riverfront Center in Board-
man, also includes a meal.
The cost and ticket sales will
be announced at a later date.
For more information, to
make a donation or to learn
more about the Morrow
County FFA Alumni, contact
Heideman at 541-561-0081,
erin.heideman@oregon-
state.edu or Barron at 541-
701-7311, gbarron@centu-
rytel.net.
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST
29
WILLOW RUN LADIES
GOLF CLUB, 8 a.m., Willow
Run Golf Course, 78873 Toms
Camp Road, Boardman. Rain
or shine. Need not be a mem-
ber to play. (541-481-4381)
CAY-UMA-WA
TOAST-
MASTERS, 12-1 p.m., Wild-
horse Resort & Casino, 46510
Wildhorse Blvd, Pendleton.
Everyone welcome. (Jeannette
Taylor 541-276-9492)
ALTRUSA INTERNATION-
AL OF PENDLETON, 12 p.m.,
Red Lion Inn, 304 S.E. Nye
Ave., Pendleton.
HERMISTON ELKS DIN-
NER, 5:30-8 p.m., Hermiston
Elks Lodge, 480 E. Main St.,
Hermiston. (541-567-6923)
OREGON GRASS ROOTS
CRIBBAGE CLUB NO. 2, 6:30
p.m., Desert Lanes Bowling
Alley, 1545 N. First St., Herm-
iston. All levels of players wel-
come. (541-567-6594)
THURSDAY, AUGUST
30
TUMBLEWEED TOAST-
MASTERS, 6:30 a.m., Eastern
Oregon Higher Education Cen-
ter, 980 S.E. Columbia Drive,
Hermiston. Visitors welcome.
(541-567-3360)
ARTS
AND
CRAFTS
FROM THE DRY SIDE, 9 a.m.-
2 p.m., Hermiston Assembly of
God Church, 730 E. Hurlburt
Ave., Hermiston. Use Seventh
Street entrance. Monthly busi-
ness meeting at noon. (541-
567-4446)
ALTRUSA INTERNATION-
AL OF HERMISTON, 12 p.m.,
ARC Umatilla County, 215 W.
Orchard Ave., Hermiston.
HERMISTON LINEBACK-
ER CLUB, 12 p.m., Desert
Lanes Bowling Alley, 1545 N.
First St., Hermiston. Hear HHS
football coach David Faae-
teete discuss the upcoming tilt.
RSVP by Wednesday at 3 p.m.
Meets during football season
only. (Flora Larson 541-567-
5215)
“KNOWING WHAT YOU
BELIEVE” WOMEN’S BIBLE
STUDY, 1:30 p.m., First Bap-
tist Church, 200 S.W. Willow
Fork Drive, Boardman. Ladies
are invited to learn more about
God’s plan for their lives. (541-
481-9437)
HERMISTON
HORSE-
SHOE CLUB, 5 p.m., Hermis-
ton High School Weber Field,
600 S. First St., Hermiston.
(Rick Rebman 541-720-6402)
HERMISTON
ELKS
LODGE NO. 1845, 7 p.m.,
Hermiston Elks Lodge, 480 E.
Main St., Hermiston. (541-567-
6923)
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER
2
SUNDAY EVENING BIBLE
STUDY, 4-5 p.m., Landmark
Missionary Baptist Church, 120
E Beech, Hermiston. Sunday
Evening Bible Study begins at
4pm. Check us out on Face-
book. (Pastor David 541-567-
3232)
SUBMIT COMMUNITY NEWS
Submit information to: community@eastorego-
nian.com or drop off to the attention of Tammy
Malgesini at 333 E. Main St., Hermiston or Renee
Struthers at 211 S.E. Byers Ave., Pendleton. Call
541-564-4539 or 541-966-0818 with questions.
Eagle Cap Excursion Train
Saturday, September 1, History Train
Guest speaker, Gwen Trice,
Maxville Heritage Center
September 8, Mystery Tour Train
Sept. 15, Fall Foliage Photo Train
Sept. 29, Wine & Cheese Train
October 6 & 13, Train Robberies
October 20, Season’s Bounty
Elgin Depot / Book online or call 800.323.7330
www.eaglecaptrainrides.com
E LY C REEK F IRE
AT G URDANE
We would like to THANK ODF,
Pilot Rock Fire Department, and all the
resources and neighbors that helped
battle the fi re. Had you not have held
it at the Gurdane Road, it would have
gone to the Western Route Road.
Due to everyone’s efforts our cattle
are safe and most of our fall grass
was saved.