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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
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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.
What is your proudest accomplishment?
My six children.
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"Scram ble for
Scholarships"
Friday, June 9th
1pm Shotgun Start
Big River Golf Course - Umatilla
Golfers of all skill levels are being invited to participate in the 24 th annual
"Scramble for Scholarships" golf tournament. 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