SATURDAY, APRIL 25, 2015 HERMISTONHERALD.COM • A9 FROM PAGE A1 DONATION: Stanfield Senior Center continued from page A1 JESSICA KELLER PHOTO Andrew Barboe, left, Hermiston, and John Addleman, Oregon City, hold up spring Chinook salmon they hauled in Thursday afternoon along the Columbia River below McNary Dam. 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Roosevelt Ave. served and was honorably discharged, Casper said, so he was called back in and served in Korea in 1950 and 1951 with the Army FRPEDWHQJLQHHUV When Casper was hon- orably discharged a second time, he returned to Herm- iston and married Laura in 1RYHPEHURI He began working at the Army depot, where he worked for the Department RI 'HIHQVH IRU \HDUV He was then transferred to an Army depot in Cham- bersburg, Pennsylvania, for three years and then to Al- abama for three years, and KLVZLIHWUDYHOHGZLWKKLP “I was working with guided missiles at the WLPH´ KH VDLG ³,Q IDFW , PDGHDWUDLQLQJ¿OPRQWKH guided missile fuels and ox- LGL]HUVDQGWKLQJVOLNHWKDW 7KHQWKH\GHFLGHGWKDW¿YH of us were needed in Pueb- lo, Colorado, in the special weapons division, which ZDVQXFOHDUZDUKHDGV´ “We’re getting at the age where we’re trying to give back to the communities. Eventually, we’ll work northward, because (Hermiston) is our hometown.” — Milton Casper Hermiston resident MEDICAL DIRECTORY V ISION C ARE Eye Health & Vision Care Robert D. Rolen , O.D., LLC After about three years in Colorado, he was sent back to Korea as a civilian with the DOD for about D \HDU +H ZDV WKHQ DVNHG to transfer to Seneca, New <RUN “That’s when I put my foot down and said, ‘No, I’m not going to go any- more,’ and we came back to Hermiston and started EXLOGLQJ´ KH VDLG ³7KDW ZDV LQ :H VWDUWHG EXLOGLQJ KRPHV 7KHQ ZH stopped homes and built Highland Manor Apart- ments — then Sage Manor, then Butte Manor, Lakev- iew Manor, Riverview 0DQRU LQ 8PDWLOOD 7KHQ ZH JRW WLUHG DQG ZH TXLW We had about 14 years of commercial building, and we’ve been retired for 34 years pretty much, ex- cept we still dibble dabble DURXQGZLWKUHDOHVWDWH´ Casper said the couple plans to make donations in other communities in the future as they are able, and WKH\DUHKDSS\WRJLYHEDFN “It makes us sleep pret- W\ JRRG´ KH VDLG ³:H worked pretty hard for those 14 years when we ZHUH EXLOGLQJ ,I \RX¶UH ever wondering what it’s OLNH WR ZRUN IRU KRXUV a day or nine days a week, DVNPH´ F AMILY D ENTISTRY Family Dentistry ~ N ew Patients Welcome~ 541-567-8161 995 W. Orchard Ave., Hermiston Ryan M. Wieseler, D.D.S . U RGENT & F AMILY C ARE Optometric Physician 115 W. Hermiston Ave. Suite 130 541-567-1837 P EDIATRIC D ENTISTRY Good Shepherd Medical Group Family Medicine Internal Medicine Pediatrics Women’s Health General Surgery Urology The specialists you asked for... ...Right here at home. Appointments 541-567-5305 600 NW 11th St., Suite E-37 • Hermiston • www.gshealth.org Call Today! 541-289-5433 1060 W. Elm, Suite #115, Hermiston, OR (across from Good Shepherd Medical Center) www.apd4kidz.com Office Hours: Mon-Fri 8am-4pm JESSICA KELLER PHOTO -HVV\1RUWRQ+HUPLVWRQFDUYHVRIISLHFHVRIDÀVKWRXVHIRU bait Thursday next to the Columbia River below McNary Dam. 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