WEDNESDAY, JULY 22, 2015
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HERMISTON HISTORY
HERALD STAFF REPORT
Does this ticket booth
look familiar?
Perhaps you know it
from its days standing sen-
tinel at the main gate of
the Umatilla County Fair-
grounds as a ticket booth.
The booth was installed
there in 1975. But if you
are old enough, you may
remem-
it
HISTORY ber
from its
previ-
ous life, when it was the
toll booth on the Umatilla
bridge over the Colum-
bia River, way back when
there was only one bridge
there.
The following is the sto-
ry on how the booth found
its way from the river to
the fairgrounds from a sto-
ry published 40 years ago
on July 24, 1975.
• • •
E.S. Schnell & Co.
workers aided in the “re-
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HERALD PHOTO
The toll booth from the Umatilla bridge over the Columbia River was re-purposed as a ticket booth
for the Umatilla County Fairgrounds in 1975.
cycling” of the 20-by-4
foot building that guarded
the Oregon entryway to
the Umatilla County Toll
Bridge for over 20 years,
settling it on a newly-laid
concrete slab at the main
gate of the Umatilla Coun-
ty Fairgrounds, its perma-
nent home from now on.
The Umatilla County
Fair Commission acquired
the booth, and the two
smaller 4-by-6 foot build-
ing that À anked it, through
the efforts of the late Gene
Hiatt, who had managed
the toll bridge since it was
built in the mid-1950s, and
past County Commission-
er Raymond Rees, who
offered the building to
the fair last fall. Steadily
increasing traf¿ c over the
bridge each year resulted
in the bonds being paid off
in record time, ending the
need for the toll booths.
The main building, said
fair board member Les
Wilcox, will not only fa-
cilitate the processing of
fair patrons but will be a
boon to other organiza-
tions using fairgrounds
facilities for events in-
volving paid admission
through the gate. Double
swinging gates adjoining
the building on each side,
each with access width of
18 feet, will accommodate
either vehicle or foot traf-
¿ c for admission-charged
events without eliminating
free access when necessary
and provide better control
of both pedestrian and ve-
hicle traf¿ c, Wilcox said.
The buildings, which
have been stored by
Schnell & Co. since they
were removed from the
bridge entrance, have had
new windows and light-
ing installed, and will be
refurnished with a new
coat of paint to match the
red and buff color scheme
of the other buildings on
the grounds.
COURTS
SENTENCES
The following sentences have been
imposed in Umatilla County courts:
FELONY
•Bobby Gene Burgess, 49, Kenne-
wick, Wash., pleaded guilty to Theft
I and Burglary II; sentenced to 18
months Oregon Dept. of Corrections, 1
year post-prison supervision and $140
fi ne for each count, plus court costs
and fees.
•Kaitlynn May Christman, 21,
Hermiston, pleaded guilty to Theft
of Identity; sentenced to 18 months
probation, 90 sanction units, 30 max-
imum jail units, $140 fi ne and $800
fi ne-suspended, plus court costs and
fees.
•Joseph Lee Swope, 34, Irrigon,
pleaded guilty to Felon in Possession
of Firearm; sentenced to 14 months
Oregon Dept. of Corrections, 2 years
post-prison supervision, $440 fi ne
and $2,000 fi ne-suspended, plus
court costs and fees; pleaded guilty
to Possession of Methamphetamine;
sentenced to 3 months Oregon Dept.
of Corrections, 2 years post-prison su-
pervision, $140 fi ne, $2,300 fi ne-sus-
pended and 6 months driver’s license
suspension, plus court costs and fees.
•Lisa Hope Quillen, 22, Umatilla,
pleaded guilty to Possession of Meth-
amphetamine; sentenced to 15 days jail,
18 months probation, 30 sanction units,
80 hours community service, $500 fi ne,
$1,250 fi ne-suspended and 6 months
driver’s license suspension, plus court
costs and fees.
•Toby Dale Rodriguez, 44, Irrigon,
pleaded guilty to Aggravated Theft I;
sentenced to 19 months Oregon Dept. of
Corrections, 3 years post-prison supervi-
sion, $500 fi ne-waived and $58,096.50
restitution, plus court costs and fees.
MISDEMEANOR
•Adolfo Ambriz Bolanos, 20, Hermis-
ton, pleaded guilty to Assault IV; sentenced
to 5 days jail, 180 days jail-suspended, 2
years probation, 40 hours community ser-
vice, $240 fi ne and $1,200 fi ne-suspended,
plus court costs and fees.
•Desirae Lynn Weatherford, 35,
Umatilla, pleaded guilty to Initiating
False Report; sentenced to 4 days jail,
180 days jail-suspended, 2 years pro-
bation, 40 hours community service,
$40 fi ne and $10,000 restitution, plus
court costs and fees.
Divorces
Divorce decrees were signed in
Umatilla County Courts for:
Bryan Johnson and Brynn Kulbe;
Roberto Esparza and Thamara
Vazquez; Leslie Ann Wildman and Jo-
seph Ray Wildman.
Marriages
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Christopher Dean Schnider, 27,
and Cherie Aurelia White, 28, both of
Hermiston.
The U.S. Navy, in cooperation with the Advisory Council on Historic
Preservation (ACHP), Oregon State Historic Preservation Officer (SHPO),
and Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation (CTUIR), has
prepared a Draft Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) to complete
National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA) Section 106 consultation for the
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