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A2 • HERMISTONHERALD.COM WEDNESDAY, MAY 24, 2017 COMMUNITY Community garden shapes up near Good Shepherd THREE MINUTES WITH ... Members of a community service crew assist with putting up fencing at Lovin’ Spadefuls, the Hermiston Community Garden, which is located on Good Shepherd Medical Center property. Garden facilitator Chelle Hankinson is grateful for the generous donation of materials from American Fencing. Garden plots are $10 each and can be reserved through Umatilla Morrow Head Start. Applications are also available at www.umchs.com. For more information about the garden, call Hankinson at 541-571-2435 or find it on www.facebook.com STAFF PHOTO BY TAMMY MALGESINI HERMISTON HISTORY Armed Forces Day, police shakeup and Butter Creek sale of the Hermiston Herald 25 YEARS AGO 50 YEARS AGO MAY 25, 1967 • Clear, sunny skies helped swell attendance at the Army Depot’s Umatilla Armed Forces Day Open House to more than 2,000. A large percentage of visitors took train and bus tours of unrestricted areas of the sprawling 24-square- mile depot and viewed dis- plays of heavy equipment, office fixtures, munitions, items from Vietnam and a color movie on life in Southeast Asia. Buses provided by the Army operated throughout the day carrying hundreds to and from the event from the surrounding towns. A dance for employees and guests in the evening made a great ending to the annual event. • According to the Hermiston office of the Or- egon State Police, of 210 accidents in eastern Oregon Director, Hermiston Public Library When and why did you move to Hermiston? We arrived on August 13, so I could start my job here. We moved from Nampa, Idaho. What is your favorite place to eat? La Palma. What is your favorite activity in your spare time? Woodworking, when I can get to it. Something unique I’ve made is an M&M dispenser with my daughter, to demonstrate physics principles. By SHANNON PAXTON MAY 26, 1992 • Every year millions of young wild hatchery fish travel tail first through the elaborate diversion tunnels at McNary Dam and are gathered in raceways to await transfer to barges or trucks for later release be- low Bonneville Dam. Three dams on the Snake and Columbia rivers collect and transport fish — Lower Granite, Little Goose and McNary — but McNary boasts the largest facility. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers estimates some 40 million juvenile fish are above McNary Dam this year. • Construction has offi- cially begun in Boardman on a $2.6 million onion pro- cessing plant at the Port of Morrow. Company president Bri- an Maag said he expects construction to take about three months, and process- ing should begin in late Au- gust. • Less than one-half of the 24,601 registered Uma- tilla County voters showed up at the polls to cast bal- lots in last week’s state wide primary election. “We pretty much ex- pected around 45 percent because this was just a pri- mary with no major local races in Umatilla County,” said Patty Chapman, depu- ty election officer. MARK ROSE What surprises you about Hermiston? Nothing, really. But something different is that I’m a gardener, and the fact that the soil drains well here is different. I’m used to more clay. HERMISTON HERALD FILE PHOTO The Corps of Engineers transport glides downriver with thousands of pounds of juvenile salmon and steelhead in the holds in this 1992 file photo. through April, 107 were one-car accidents. Twelve people were killed as a re- sult of the accidents. In the Hermiston area for the month of May thus far the major causes of accidents are passing at intersections and following too close. 75 YEARS AGO MAY 28, 1942 • Motorists who were expecting to make their farewell excursion trip this weekend to get the wander- lust out of their systems can rest easy for at least another month. Plans calling for the card rationing of gasoline in Oregon and Washington were canceled earlier in the week by the office of price administration because of a “marked improvement” in gasoline supplies in the last few days in both states. There is no assurance that this situation would con- tinue for longer than one month. • Leland Smith, former police chief of Umatilla but recently employed with the railroad, has been appoint- ed a police officer in Herm- iston. Under the new set-up, B.J. Nation, for many years Denied Benefits? Unable To Work? Fighting For Your SOCIAL 1 Do You Qualify For Disability %HQHˉWV"&DOO)RU A FREE Evaluation a night officer, will be pro- moted to chief of police but will continue to work the night shift. Mr. Smith will be the day officer and in ad- dition will handle some of the other duties pertaining to street and water mainte- nance. Harry Dent, who had been police chief for the past several months, has not announced his future plans. • Organization of a lo- cal Oregon State Guard has been completed, accord- ing to acting Captain Vern Daugherty. A total of 84 men have designated their intentions of participating in the project and tempo- rary officers have been named, final appointment resting at the state office. • All merchants of Herm- iston, except for restaurants and confectioneries, will close all day Saturday (Me- morial Day) in honor of those who have lost their lives in battle for the Unit- ed States. Service station operators met Tuesday and agreed 100 percent to close their concerns for the day. Regular Saturday hours will prevail Sunday, ac- cording to an advertisement appearing on page two of this issue. 100 YEARS AGO MAY 26, 1917 • The official proclama- tion of President Woodrow Wilson, calling for the reg- istration of all male persons between the ages of 21 and 30, was posted this week in Hermiston. Tuesday, June 5, between 7 a.m. and 9 p.m. • The Hinkle ranch is one of the best in the lower Butter Creek sec- tion. The ranch sold for $36,000 which includes a fine stand of alfalfa, it is all fenced, has a house, barn wells, all necessary implements and stock sheds and is in every way fitted for the new owners to take hold of a alfalfa producing ranch. The new owners com- posed of 12 prosperous Tillamook dairy men who have formed a cooperative company. They have pur- chased this ranch so when the local supply runs out of hay they can ship to Tilla- mook. • The Oregon Hardware & Implement Co., has al- ready this season deliv- ered 23 mowers and have a number of others sold if the machines can be secured. What is the last book you read, and would you recommend it? “A Man Called Ove,” by Fredrik Backman. I would recommend it. What app or website do you use most, other than Facebook? Here at work, it’s Outlook, to keep up with the city. What’s something funny that’s happened to you? I have been from the middle of the world — Mitad del Mundo — in Ecuador, to a small town in Ger- many called “End.” So I’ve been from the middle of the world to the end of the world. If you could travel anywhere, where would you go? My wife wants to go back to Germany, where we were stationed for the army. I’d like to go see Ecua- dor again. I served there as a missionary. What is one of your goals for the next 12 months? Get riding my bike again. 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Four person teams can sign up together or individuals pairings can be made by the tournament committee. Your $70 entry fee covers green fees, a box lunch at noon, and BBQ at the end, plus makes a charitable donation to the foundation to use in awarding scholarships for local health care students. Join us for a fun afternoon of golf for a good cause by calling 541-667-3405. Entry deadline is June 7th. Great prize holes and Hole-in-one on #1 & #9 wins a new car sponsored by Tom Denchel Ford and Hermiston Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram! Th e Cinco de Mayo 2017 would like to thank the following sponsors for r t their heir support in making this year a successful event! • Fiesta Foods • Cleaver Farming • Wal-Mart Distribution Center • Heller & Sons, Inc. • Umatilla Electric Cooperative • La Ley 99.5 • Latino Partnership • Radio Exitos • Wal-Mart Super Center - Hermiston • El Caporal Fine Leathers • Roger’s Toyota • Adamari’s Boutique • Prestige Motors, Inc. • La Voz Hispanic Newspaper • Velasco Car dealership agle Ranch • Eagle • Windy y River Farms ellinger Farms ms • Bellinger
