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WEDNESDAY, MAY 31, 2017
COMMUNITY
HERMISTON HISTORY
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School levy fails, grasshoppers
swarm and con man caught
By SHANNON PAXTON
of the Hermiston Herald
25 YEARS AGO
JUNE 2, 1992
• Harvey Hazen was cho-
sen as the new superintendent
of the Stanfield School Dis-
trict to replace retiring super-
intendent Jim Carlson. Hazen
comes from Wy’east Middle
School in Hood River.
• Thanks to the Oregon
Department of Environmen-
tal Quality’s permit process,
the Haas Foods plant in Uma-
tilla expanded its operations.
“We will begin dehydrat-
ing garlic this week and con-
tinue until mid August,” said
plant manager Dan Briscoe.
“We’ve had garlic arrive al-
ready and are just waiting to
get the volume up.
• The City of Echo has
received a long-awaited Or-
egon Community Develop-
ment Block Grant.
“I had a phone call that
said we had gotten it, but I
wanted to wait for official
confirmation before I got
excited about it,” said Diane
Berry, city administrator.
City officials have been
“holding their breaths” since
early March when the city
applied for a $500,000 grant
to improve the city’s deterio-
rating water system.
KELLIE ZEPEDA
Graduating senior, Hermiston High School
When and why did you move to Hermiston?
I moved to Hermiston when I was seven years old.
We had moved from Irrigon, and we moved because
we got a better house here, and more of our family
was here.
What is your favorite place to eat in Herm-
iston?
This is kind of cheesy, but McDonald’s. I have
younger siblings, so it’s nice that they get to
play, and I get to talk with my parents about
our week.
What is your favorite activity in your free
time?
I definitely love to volunteer and spend time in the
community. There are different areas I’ve learned
so much, and bonded with people I’d never have
hung out with. I’ve gotten really involved with clubs
like Key Club, NHS, Generation College, and AS-
PIRE. And I’m a Girl Scout.
What was the last book you read? Would you
recommend it?
“Snow Falling on Cedars” by David Guterson. I
liked it. It’s about a Japanese American being con-
victed of murder during World War II.
50 YEARS AGO
JUNE 1, 1967
• A group of the Hermis-
ton Jaycees, including Larry
Keimig, Al Frost, Bruce Hol-
loman, Dennis Potter, Doug
Whichter and Dick Ervin,
appeared at the regular meet-
ing of the Hermiston City
Council Wednesday May
24, to discuss the distribution
and upkeep of the city litter
barrels which the Jaycees
have contributed as a civic
project. Ervin presented the
Jaycees’ plans to the council.
Councilman Lawrence
Gray made a motion and the
council formally accepted
the Jaycees fine project. The
motion carried.
• Echo voters again de-
feated the 1967-68 school
budget in an election Mon-
day, May 29. The vote for the
tax levy over 6 percent lim-
itation was 116-Yes, 122-No.
This defeated the pro-
posed budget by six votes
the second time it had been
placed before Echo District
voters.
• Work is going forward
in Boardman on the new
Dodge City Motor Hotel.
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Tatone
expect to open for business
about June 1.
The half million dollar
luxury motel will consist of
40 units, with a restaurant
and a 20 by 40 foot swim-
ming pool. Later on they
hope to open the lounge.
75 YEARS AGO
JUNE 4, 1942
• Interest in the 1942
county fair was revived
somewhat this week with the
announcement from the state
department at Salem that
HERALD FILE PHOTO
City crews planted 60 trees along the seven blocks of Main Street in 1992.
Sheriff Til Taylor caught the
man as he was going through
Pendleton. He had more than
enough money to repay both
banks and admitted the forgery.
Umatilla County’s portion of
this year’s “cut” will amount
to $2,019.
A meeting of the county
board will be held in the near
future.
• Construction of the
Hermiston sewer and im-
proving the water system is
gaining momentum every
day and full steam ahead is
the order for the next few
months, according to the
contractor. Anxious residents
who are concerned about
their lawns because irriga-
tion has been hindered are
asked to be patient and all
possible speed will be made
to resume operations.
• For the first time in many
years, the city of Echo will
be without an official news-
paper. Mr. and Mrs. W.H.
Crary, who have published
the paper since November,
1915, this week announced
that they were voluntarily
going on the retired list as
far as publishing the paper is
concerned.
The News was estab-
lished in 1913 by Al Carden
and was purchased by the
Crarys in 1915. Rising costs,
war restrictions and inability
to secure help in the mechan-
ical department and wishing
to get away from the “regular
grind” were given as reasons
for the step.
• Approximately 50 acres
of green crops have been
destroyed and several hun-
dred more acres are being
menaced and damaged by
a serious concentration of
grasshoppers in the Butter
Creek section of Umatilla
County. In about 20 acres of
the infested area the damage
is so severe that practically
all green vegetation on the
desert has already been defo-
liated. Since the feed is run-
ning short on the desert, the
hoppers, even though they
are small as yet, are moving
to green crop for feed.
100 YEARS AGO
JUNE 2, 1917
• The Hermiston auxilia-
ry of the Red Cross is grow-
ing steadily in membership.
The officers hope this will
continue until every person
in this area is affiliated. All
the ladies who possibly can
are urged to help on the sew-
ing. This work is the making
of needed supplies to be
used in the hospitals and the
demand will undoubtedly
soon be heavy. The work
room is open every day, so
those giving their time can
select the hours that will
least conflict with home
work.
• A large plate glass win-
dow in the front of the Ore-
gon Hardware & Implement
Co., was broken Sunday by
a carelessly thrown rock.
This is the second window
to be broken within a short
time.
• Last week a man of ex-
cellent appearance dropped
into Hermiston claiming to
be a traveling representa-
tive of the telephone com-
pany. He called at the local
telephone office to make
his bluff good and seemed
well posted on all details.
Later he went to the bank to
cash a check and made such
a good showing in talk and
with credentials that he was
given $325. Soon after the
bank became suspicious and
telephoned the sheriff and it
was found a Pasco bank had
also cashed a check.
Sheriff Til Taylor caught
the man as he was going
through Pendleton. He had
more than enough money to
repay both banks and admit-
ted the forgery.
What app or website do you use most, other
than Facebook?
Twitter. Not only to catch up on who’s talking about
whom, but also as a news outlet, because it’s kind
of instantaneous.
What surprises you about Hermiston?
How much it’s grown in the last couple of years.
When I came here, I knew it was pretty tight-knit.
But in the past two years, we’ve had some trage-
dies, but the community has grown stronger. And
people are willing to help.
If you could travel anywhere in the world,
where would you go?
I’d go to my mom’s hometown of Cuernavaca
Morelos, Mexico. I’ve been exposed most of my
life to my dad’s side of the family, so I’d like
to meet the other side. It’s known for being the
place of eternal spring, so there’s always nice
weather.
What is one of the funniest things that’s hap-
pened to you?
When we were younger, my mom was busy, and she
made an appointment for my dad to take me and my
sister to get our pictures taken. He couldn’t find a
hairbrush, so he convinced my sister and me that
he could do a quick hairstyle with his fingers. He
talked us up so much, we believed him. When the
pictures came back, my mom was shocked because
we looked horrible! Any time with my family is
memorable. We always have stuff to laugh about.
What is one of your goals for the next 12
months?
I hope to adjust myself to a new environment — Or-
egon State University — adapting there, and meet-
ing as many people as I can. I also want to find
new ways to be involved in the community I am in.
I want to help it flourish.
What is your proudest accomplishment?
Getting where I am today, knowing after all the
years and the work I put in to graduate, it’s all com-
ing together. And being a speaker at graduation,
giving the Spanish welcome.
CORRECTION
The May 23 story “Macaroni and Hope” misstated the
number of people served by Stanfield’s food bank. It is 120
to 180 families, not individuals, who are served, translat-
ing to 400 to 550 people per month.
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