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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 2017
HERMISTON HISTORY
25 Years
FEBRUARY 18, 1992
DAVID FLOREA
Outside sales representative
and account manager
When did you come to the area and what
brought you here?
I first moved to the area from Medford in 1980
with my family. My stepdad worked for the
Corps of Engineers and came here to work on
the power house at McNary Dam.
What is your favorite local place to eat?
My absolute favorite place to eat is at my home.
My bride is a world class cook and unparalleled
locally; however, I do enjoy eating at Ixtapa
when going out in town.
What is your favorite activity in your free
time?
Music. Listening, playing, writing, and record-
ing music.
What’s the last book you read? Would you
recommend it?
I am an avid reader of the classic short stories
by Washington Irving, Carl Sandburg, etc. But
the last book I read was a nonfiction book called
“The Like Switch” by Jack Schafer. I heartily
recommend it — especially if your business re-
quires good relationship skills.
What is your favorite website or app (other
than Facebook)?
Oddly, I enjoy window shopping on Craigslist. I
look at listings all over the Northwest.
What surprises you about Hermiston?
The fact that Hermiston has not been taken more
advantage of by other national distributors. Our
location on the crossroads of two freeways lead-
ing to the cardinal points, our railroad hub, and
the river traffic makes it an ideal location.
Describe your perfect travel destination.
Southern Germany, specifically the Bavaria re-
gion has fascinated me my entire life. I would
love to drive through that area in autumn and
cruise the lower Rhine visiting the castles and
vineyards.
What’s the funniest thing that’s ever hap-
pened to you?
Oh boy, that’s a difficult one. There’s been so
many ... probably the time when as a teenager
I held a rotten tomato from our garden out at
arm’s length threatening to throw it at my broth-
er (for some in prank he committed towards me)
and as I was trying hard to appear menacing
he simply swiped upwards with his hand hitting
mine, and causing that nasty fruit to hit me in
the face. It exploded all over my face and chest.
I stood there stunned as my brother nearly wet
himself laughing ... I’m still plotting my re-
venge!
What is one of your goals for the next 12
months?
To finally record some of my music and get it out
there for public consumption. I’m always the
bridesmaid, never the bride in that realm. Al-
ways helping someone else’s musical ambitions,
leaving little time for my own.
What is your proudest accomplishment?
Yikes, how does one answer that without sound-
ing arrogant? Probably the time I was able to
help a severely disabled man to meet his idol
Johnny Cash. I made a few calls and arranged a
pre-show, backstage meeting with Johnny at the
Rose Garden (now the MODA Center) arena in
Portland. My bride and I drove the gentleman to
Portland and back for the occasion. We all cried
on the way home. Johnny Cash was a sweet
man, so was his wife, June. The gentleman we
took was overwhelmed with emotion. And I have
never felt so grateful to God for making it all
come together.
Jess Foster celebrated 30
years with Inland Empire
Bank. He started as a teller
and then moved up to loan
officer, and then on up until
he was the president.
Foster’s big claim to
fame, although he denies
it, was becoming one of the
youngest bank managers in
this region. Foster was 25
when he became manager
at the Umatilla branch of
Inland Empire Bank.
“I wouldn’t say I was the
youngest bank manager,”
he said. “I was the youngest
manager in this area, so I
guess some people thought
I was the youngest any-
where.”
Doris Bounds, owner of
the bank, said she hopes
Foster stays with the bank
for a long time.
•••
Hermiston police offi-
cers saturated the city over
the weekend looking for
youths out past curfew.
Police are stepping up
their curfew patrols in an
attempt to combat a recent
rash of vandalism, said of-
ficer Poncho Rios.
The curfew patrols fo-
cused on kids who were
walking around or hanging
around convenience stores.
After being caught
breaking curfew, which is
10 p.m. for people 15 or
younger, the youths are tak-
en to the police station and
their parents are called to
the station to come and pick
them up.
The punishment for cur-
few violation is likely to be
community service such as
serving on litter patrol.
Most youths and par-
ents took the citations fairly
well, Rios said.
One juvenile charged
with curfew violation was
taken home to his mother,
and then caught violating
curfew again an hour later,
police said.
He was taken home
again to his mother who
was cited for allowing him
to be out.
50 YEARS AGO
FEBRUARY 16, 1967
The Hermiston School
Board called its second spe-
cial meeting within a week
Monday night, Feb. 13 to
further consider the pro-
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 15
BABY BOOGIE & TAPPIN’ TODDLERS,
10-10:45 a.m., Hermiston Public
Library, 235 E Gladys Ave,
Hermiston. (541-567-2882)
STORY TIME, 11:15 a.m., Hermiston
Public Library, 235 E. Gladys Ave.,
Hermiston. (541-567-2882)
STANFIELD SENIOR MEAL SERVICE,
12 p.m., Stanfield Community
Center, 225 W. Roosevelt,
Stanfield. Cost is $3.50 for seniors,
$6 for others. (541-449-1332)
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16
BOARDMAN SENIOR MEAL SERVICE,
12 p.m., Boardman Senior Center,
100 Tatone St., Boardman. Cost is
$4 for seniors 55 and over or $5
for adults. (541-481-3257)
HERMISTON SENIOR MEAL SERVICE,
12 p.m., Hermiston Senior Center,
435 W. Orchard Ave., Hermiston.
Cost is $4 for adults, free for
children 10 and under, $4 for
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75 YEARS AGO
FEBRUARY 19, 1942
The first carload of scrap
iron which has been gath-
ering along the tracks be-
tween the Farm Bureau and
Inland Cooperative left to-
day (Thursday) for Seattle.
Guy Shaw, chairman of the
drive and manager of the
Inland Cooperative, which
has donated time and labor,
states that the drive will
continue and there will be
another carload or two to
follow.
A drive was held in the
Westland district Tuesday.
The following people con-
tributed to make a total of
6,400 lbs., which was add-
ed to the pile in town: Guy
Knapp, who also donated
his truck for hauling, Dan
Lambert, V.V. Lewis and
William Van Orsdall.
•••
Houses and more hous-
es are needed. We suggest
that those who have good
one-room affairs, or two
rooms, begin construction
and make bigger and better
places for permanent fami-
lies to live. The tent house
and trailer house and mere
shack time is over, and
more attractive and modern
places are sought daily by
families who will pay rea-
sonable rentals and remain
permanently.
100 YEARS AGO
FEBRUARY 17, 1917
Washington, D.C. —
Thousands of telegrams
Meals on Wheels. Extra 50 cents
for utensils/dishes. Bus service
to Senior Center by donation.
(541-567-3582)
SENSORY STORY TIME, 12:30 p.m.,
Boardman Public Library, 200 S.
Main St., Boardman. For children
from birth to age 4. (541-481-2665)
THE ARC UMATILLA COUNTY BINGO,
6-10 p.m., The Arc Building, 215
W. Orchard Ave., Hermiston.
Doors open at 6 p.m., seats may
be held until 6:30 p.m., then all
seats first come, first served;
games begin at 7 p.m. Proceeds
benefit Umatilla County citizens
with developmental disabilities.
18 years or older, must have proof
of age and photo I.D. Basic pot
$20, prizes range from $20-$750.
(541-567-7615)
some favorite oldies or join in the
jam session. All ages welcome.
(541-567-3141)
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17
HEALTHY FRIDAYS, 9:30-11:30 a.m.,
Good Shepherd Medical Center
conference room 7, 610 N.W. 11th St.,
Hermiston. Free health screenings
including cholesterol, blood
sugar, BMI, blood pressure checks,
weigh-ins and health information.
For cholesterol and glucose tests,
fast 10-12 hours prior to blood draw.
Open to all community members.
(541-667-3509)
I found Dad’s remote in the fridge again.
…I’m beginning to get worried.
IT’S NOT LIKE HIM.
FIDDLERS NIGHT, 6:30-8:30 p.m.,
Brookdale Assisted Living, 980
W. Highland Ave., Hermiston.
Enjoy light refreshments, listen to
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posed teacher salary raise.
At last week’s special
meeting the Teachers Con-
sultation Committee had
proposed a raise from the
present base scale of $5,000
to $5,800. The School
Board retaliated with an of-
fer of $5,400.
The Board was informed
the teachers had rejected
the offer and had requested
that a board of arbitration
be set up to review the mat-
ter.
Following
customary
procedure regarding such
matters the teachers picked
a representative, Arnold
Owens, and the school
board picked a representa-
tive, Rustin A. Brewer.
Owens and Brewer will
now pick a third member to
sit with them on the review
board.
•••
Umatilla basketball de-
feated McEwen in a game
played at Umatilla Satur-
day, with the final score
75-69.
Steve Eldridge was high
scorer for Umatilla with 23
points, closely followed by
Lonnie Buck with 22. De-
wayne Dunlap was high for
McEwen with 27.
Riverside
High
of
Boardman was victor in a
game at Weston Saturday
night, winning the encoun-
ter 65-54.
Chet Phillips was high-
point man for Riverside
with 21 points. Sam Tucker
led the Tiger team with 20.
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HH FILE PHOTO
Rotarians view a computer system installed at McNary Dam
in February 1967. Richard Earnhardt, far left the former chief
operations division for the Corps of Engineers explains
the system to Ron Baker, ‘Ax’ Adams, Ralph Hector, John
Cermak and Curtis Simons.
from different parts of the
country urging steps to
maintain peace between the
United States and Germany
reached the White House
Monday. Many of them
were in the same language
and evidently were the re-
sult of an organized move-
ment. Representatives of
the Emergency Peace Fed-
eration, recently organized
at New York, called the
White House in an effort to
make an engagement to see
President Woodrow Wilson
next week. A mass meeting
will be held here soon.
•••
Thirteen hundred acres
in the second unit of the
West Umatilla irrigation
project will be opened to
homestead entry March 6.
Under regulations pro-
mulgated Monday, those
desiring to enter should file
their applications at The
Dalles or La Grande office
between March 1 and 6.
The building charge assess-
es against this land is $96
an acre, 5 percent of which
must be deposited before
the application for entry
will be received.
•••
The last week of the
Legislative session in Sa-
lem will be busy doings
in the legislature, which
winds up the 29th session
of Oregon assembly. Into
the few remaining days
must be crammed and
jammed all the mass of un-
finished business that has
piled up in the past five
weeks. A vast deal of such
business is accumulated. It
will be the unhappy task
of the legislature to sort
out, differentiate between
the good and the bad, the
trivial and the unimport-
ant contained in a total of
several hundred bills, all in
these last days.
•••
The executive commit-
tee of the National Wool
Growers association desig-
nated February as poison
month and asks everyone
living where there are coy-
otes to put out poison. In
this connection it might be
well to mention that the
legislature is passing a law
for all killed during 1917
with an increasing the coy-
ote bounty to $3 and an in-
crease of $1 per year there-
after on females.
Part-time driver needed
to deliver East Oregonian
publications throughout
Eastern Oregon. Must be
able to lift up to 50 pounds,
have a valid driver’s license
and a good driving record.
Shifts vary but will regularly
include Tuesday nights.
Duties may include non-
driving work if extra hours
are desired. Drug test,
driving record and criminal
background checks will be
completed before hire.
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