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WEDNESDAY, MARCH 8, 2017
THREE MINUTES WITH ...
a reminder of how great our God is and trust we all have
our place in this world. There is a movie coming out soon
based on this book, too.
ERICA SANDOVAL
Police officer, Hermiston Police Department
When did you come to the area and what brought
you here?
I moved here with my family in 1986. I come from a
migrant-working family and my dad was in the army
before that, so we moved around a lot. He wanted a
more stable life for his kids and for us to be able to
complete a whole school year in one place.
What is your favorite local place to eat?
My favorite local place to eat is Ye Olde Pizza Shoppe!
My favorite food is pizza, but they also have the yum-
miest grilled burgers! The taco pizza and taco burger
are my go-tos there.
What is your favorite activity in your free time?
Dancing, hands down! Especially salsa dancing. I do
all kinds and have since I could walk, but after partic-
ipating in Dancing with the Hermiston Stars in 2015,
I started taking classes with Salsa Con Rumba in Ken-
newick, Washington, and it led into other types of Lat-
in-related/similar dances like Bachata, Kizomba and
Tango.
What’s the last book you read? Would you rec-
ommend it?
The Shack! And yes, yes, YES!!! I feel like I’ve read it
a million times but still turn to it when my faith needs
What is your favorite website or app (other than
Facebook)?
I use my iPhone’s music app which includes my Apple Mu-
sic subscription ALL THE TIME. Music is a part of my
soul! I also like to keep motivated that someday I’m going
to buy a house, so I use the Zillow app a lot to look up
houses not just in Hermiston and the surrounding areas
but in other cities I may someday want to move to, like
Albuquerque, New Mexico, where my parents live. Yelp is
another favorite especially when I travel.
What surprises you about Hermiston?
Hermiston is very progressive! The progressive is not the
part that surprises me but that we are a small community
in the desert with less funding and resources and STILL,
we have been able to be steps ahead of our larger, more re-
sourced bigger cities. For example (and I use this example
because it’s what I know closely), our police department is
using and has been using technology and philosophies like
our body cameras and community policing for years where
bigger departments across the nation are just starting to
adopt these practices and ways of thinking.
Describe your perfect travel destination.
I can do that in a few words: sand, ocean, sun, and tropi-
cal. Hahaha! One of the places that makes my heart hap-
py is the beach and the coast. I would prefer it to include
sunshine wherever it is, but I do love our Oregon Coast
in any weather. On my bucket list of life is to visit all the
colored beaches of the world which includes white, black,
green, pink, and red. I’d also love to dance all my favorite
dances in the countries that they originate from like Cuba,
the Dominican Republic, Brazil, etc.
What’s the funniest thing that’s ever happened to
you?
I’m not sure if it’s the funniest, especially at the time, but
it still makes me and whomever I’m recounting the story
to laugh. It was the second time I got tased. It’s changed
now but before in order to carry and have a Taser, we had
to pass a training class which included being tased. There
was a “refresher” course to give us updates on the new
model and included the opportunity to be tased. This
was not a requirement if you had been tased in your
initial training but I have to admit I let my ego get a lit-
tle out and volunteered since a majority of the guys in
the class were going to, as well. Did I mention I was the
only girl in the class? By the end of the training, sever-
al had dropped out of the tasing part but not me. My
turn comes up and I take the full tasing. This includes
being shot with the darts AND a full 5 second ride.
Doesn’t sound like a long time unless you are under
50,000 volts. So, I’m shot and everything seems to
slooooow down….during this time I remember hear-
ing what I can only describe as the sound a dirt bike
makes when its being revved up. Well, lucky for me
several of my “brothers” in the class had whipped out
their cell phones and documented this event, which
they were all-too eager to show me. When I saw the
video, I discovered the cause of that dirt bike sound…
yup, it was me!!!! It was me saying a not so nice word
(saying, yelling…whatever) and holding out the mid-
dle vowel sounds for several seconds! I have a copy
of the video and it still gets giggles preceded by the
obligatory cringe when the darts hit. Never again, if
I can help it!
What is one of your goals for the next 12 months?
My goal is to take flying lessons, at the very least, one.
My first love after dance was aviation and in high
school I wanted to be a pilot in the Air Force and had
my sights set on working on fighter jets or even the
space shuttle (I am even a Space Camp alumni). My
eyesight kept me from fulfilling that dream, but I’d still
like to try flying and see if my love for aviation (which
is still strong and thriving) includes being in the pilot’s
seat.
What is your proudest accomplishment?
I’d have to say my proudest accomplishment is becom-
ing and maintaining a career in law enforcement. It
hasn’t always been easy and there have been times that
it has broken my heart to the point I questioned staying
in it, but it’s also been the most challenging and fulfill-
ing thing I’ve ever done in my life. It’s truly an honor
and a privilege to serve my community and also to be
a part of this blue family that is connected all over the
world.
HERMISTON HISTORY
Word of Army Depot siting near Hermiston first reported 75 years ago
25 Years Ago
50 Years Ago
MARCH 10, 1992
MARCH 9, 1967
• The city of Stanfield
could face up to $500,00 in
fines if its wastewater treat-
ment plant is not cleaned up.
Citing problems with the
operation and maintenance
of the plant, Department of
Environmental Quality Of-
ficial Don Caldwell said if
things aren’t brought back
up to required levels the
matter will be turned over
to DEQ enforcement offi-
cials.
• Up to 10,350 local peo-
ple could die if an earth-
quake were to break open
and cause a fire in just two
of the chemical-weapons
warehouses at the Umatilla
Army Depot, according to
an Army report. It is unlike-
ly that such an event could
occur, the Army points out.
Seismic activity in the area
is slight, and the colorless,
odorless, deadly chemi-
cal weapons — 12 percent
of American’s total — are
stored in warehouses that
are anything but fragile.
Called “igloos,” because
that’s what they look like,
the warehouses are 40 feet
wide, 80 feet long, 20 feet
tall and have walls made
two feet thick with concrete.
On top of the concrete lies
another three feet of dirt.
The igloos are strong, earth-
quakes are rare, but the fact
remains: an earthquake is
rare, but the fact remains:
an earthquake at the depot
could precipitate the deaths
of more than 10,000 peo-
ple. Those worries no longer
exist as all of the chemical
weapons have since been
systematically
destroyed
and the depot is no longer
used for weapons storage.
• Simple error on federal
income tax returns can delay
refunds and cause taxpayers
trouble, according to A.G.
Erickson, district director of
Internal Revenue for Oregon.
Erickson suggests this sim-
ple checklist: 1. Check arith-
metic. 2. Attach Forms W-2
from all employers. 3. Sign
your return. Both husband
and wife must sign a joint
return. 4. Print or type name
and address, including zip
code. 5.Use the correct tax
table. 6. Total our deductions
if you itemize them on page
2. 7. List your Social Secu-
rity number correctly. Both
husband’s and wife’s number
should be on the joint return.
• Air force Lieutenant
Roger S. Bounds made a sur-
prise stopover to visit with his
mother, Mrs. Doris Bounds.
Lt. Bounds has completed
training at the missile school
in Ft. Bliss, Texas, and ex-
pects to be assigned to Ft.
Stewart, in Savannah, Geor-
gia, for fixed wing pilot train-
ing, about the middle of May.
• The new Westland bridge
over the Umatilla River was
opened Friday, March 3. The
250-foot span was erected by
the Rogers Construction Co.,
at a cost of $110,635.
Completion of the bridge
is a big link in the project call-
ing for a 32-foot wide paved
highway from the Butter-
creek Highway to Interstate
80N (now known as Inter-
state 84).
75 Years Ago
MARCH 12, 1942
• John W. Kelly, in his
syndicated column written
from Washington, D.C.,
islands were grand. Also he
mentioned to be sure and
tell all of his friends “hello”
for him.
• A financial statement
for the Hermiston Irrigation
District has been released
by Charles Taylor, district
accountant. Any member
of the district wishing a
certified copy of the finan-
cial affairs of the system
is asked to call the office
in Hermiston. The state-
ment is fot the fiscal year
December 31, 1940, to De-
cember 31, 1941. Cash on
hand December 31, 1941,
was $12,363.25, making a
total gain for the fiscal year
$2,186.35.
this week caused consider-
able stir hereabouts by his
story stating that a $10 mil-
lion quartermasters’ depot
would be established in the
Hermiston-Umatilla area.
The depot, Kelly explained,
would be used to divert
supplies to either Puget
Sound, which now has one
depot, or the Columbia Riv-
er region as the emergency
demands. The story carried
no authoritative source. No
further news concerning the
project has been released in
Washington with the army
engineers in Portland also
denying any knowledge of
the depot. A telegram from
Rep. Walter Pierce received
in Hermiston Sunday also
indicated that a warehouse
was definitely slated at or
near Hermiston. However,
to date no definite statement
has been made and the en-
tire situation is speculative.
• Mr. and Mrs. Dan Fol-
lett and family a received
long-distance
telephone
call at 8:00 o’clock Mon-
day evening from their son
Bob, who is in the army and
stationed in the Hawaiian
Islands. The Folletts state
that his voice was very clear
and that is sounded like he
was in the same room. Bob
said that he was fine and the
100 Years Ago
MARCH 10, 1917
• On Tuesday, the board
of the Westland Irrigation
District held what proved to
be a very important meeting.
A number of matters relative
to the new district were taken
up, but the principal item was
the selection of a consulting
engineer, It is the desire of the
directors that everything be
checked over and every pos-
sible feature of the new work
be verified before the bonds
are placed and work start-
ed. To do this A. Laurgaard
Sincerely,
Debbie Hibbert, Jennifer Hibbert, Carley Hibbert,
Eli Hibbert, Lori Howard, and Eric Hibbert
Hibbert Dental Staff: Heather Gabriel, Sara Kellogg,
Jennifer Scharf, Carley Towne
of the construction charge
and the remaining 95 percent
shall be paid in 15 annual in-
stallments, the first of which
is due Dec. 1 of the fifth cal-
endar year after the initial
installment. The sixth unit
lies north of Hermiston in the
W.T. Roberts neighborhood.
There are but four or five
homesteads, the remainder
being private lands.
• In compliance with a re-
quest from the Civic Club the
city council has fixed Friday,
March 30, as spring clean up
day. As in the past, the city
will furnish a team and wag-
on to haul away all rubbish
that will not burn. Residents
of the city are asked to gather
up all rubbish that may have
accumulated around their
places, in the street and alleys,
burning all that will and plac-
ing the remainder in boxes or
sacks at the alley line. In col-
lecting this rubbish the driver
will not stop to help gather it,
nor will he bother with it un-
less it is out where is can be
readily seen and in recepta-
cles as requested.
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The family of Dr. Hibbert
would like to express their
gratitude to the Pendleton
community for the privilege
of serving you the last 34
years. We received many
letters of sympathy after
his sudden passing.
We want to give a special
thanks to the following
dentists who gave generously of their time over the last
few months: Dr. Loc Vuu, Dr. Blair Smith, Dr. Robert Pratt,
Dr. Edward Dolan, and Dr. Nate Bushman. Their kindness
allowed us to continue serving our loyal patients.
of Portland was selected as
consulting engineer of known
ability, having been connect-
ed with a number of big un-
dertakings, among which are
government irrigation works.
Mr. Laurgaard will start his
work soon and all possible
haste will.
• Public notice has been
issued by the Secretary of
the Interior to the effect that
water will be available for
lands under the sixth unit of
the Umatilla irrigation project
during the irrigation season
of 1917 and thereafter. The
lands covered by this opening
lie in township 5 north, range
28 east. Homestead entry
for the mentioned farm units
may be made on and after
March 15, 1917 at 9 o’clock
a.m. at the La Grande land of-
fice. The construction charge
is $70 per acre of irrigable
land. When filing is made it
must be accompanied by a
certificate from the project
manager that water right ap-
plication has been made and
water right charges paid. The
initial payment is 5 percent
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