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Wal-Mart celebrates its
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By SHANNON (REED)
PAXTON
Hermiston Herald
25 YEARS AGO
JUNE 16, 1992
• Local dignitaries are
expected to be on hand for
the grand opening celebra-
tion of Wal-Mart’s 73,000
square-foot store, Tues-
day, June 30. “We appre-
ciate the warm welcome
we have received from the
community and are eager
to begin serving Hermiston
residents,” said Phil Konty,
Wal-Mart store manager.
• Hermiston has re-
ceived the go-ahead for the
construction of a new state
offi ce building on property
west of the Hermiston air-
port, commonly known as
Village Port.
In a letter to the city last
week, the Department of
General Services approved
the new building saying
it would provide the best
value for the dollars ex-
pended. “Whooppie! This
is a great day for the City,
said Mayor Frank Harken-
rider. The new building
will house all of the state
agencies located in the
Hermiston area, including
Employment, Children’s
Services and Senior and
Disabled Services.
• The manager of Ir-
rigon’s irrigation district
was cited by the Oregon
State Police on charges of
tampering with fi sh screen
at the district’s pump on
the Umatilla River.
Jerry Franke, operations
manager of West Exten-
sion Irrigation district in
Irrigon, was cited for un-
lawfully tampering with
fi sh screening devices at
an irrigation pump.
• Hermiston Spuds
opened it’s season last
Wednesday at the new
American Legion Baseball
fi eld on Diagonal Rd., by
splitting a double header
with visiting West Valley
of Sunnyside. Spuds 1-7
and West Valley 2-4.
50 YEARS AGO
JUNE 15,1967
• Hermiston city police
received a report from Bet-
ty Thompson on Thursday,
June 8, that on the previous
night, someone had shot a
hole through a window of
her home.
Police who investigated
found a B-B hole in the left
hand corner of the window,
but no other sign of dam-
age.
• Engine man Third
Class David S. Corey,
USN, son of Mr Norman
V. Corey of Umatilla and
Commissary man Seaman
Michael R. Snyder, USN,
Son of Mr. & Mrs. Sam I.
HERALD ARCHIVES
Hermiston High School graduates blow bubbles during an
outdoor commencement ceremony in 1992. The ceremony
was the last outdoor ceremony before moving into a
gymnasium that was under construction at the time.
Chuy Rome and Tia
Conklin walk into the
Hermiston stadium
during the 1992
graduation ceremony.
Snyder of Irrigon, returned
to San Diego, Calif..,
aboard the attack aircraft
carrier USS Ticonderoga,
after an eight month de-
ployment to the Gulf of
Tonkin.
• Detachment 12 of
the 2705th Air-munitions
Wing from Hill Force
Base, Utah, has been as-
signed to Umatilla Army
Depot, it was announced
by Col. Herman Hoplin,
Depot Commander. They
will be responsible for
stock management of con-
ventional
air-munitions
and components which are
part of the Depot’s mission
inventory.
Assignment
of the detachment to the
Army post was accom-
plished in order to bring
about closer liaison be-
tween elements of the two
services in the handling of
ordnance for the Air Force.
Col. Hoplin stated. The
same arrangement recently
has been effected at other
Army depots.
75 YEARS AGO
JUNE 18, 1942
• Prevention rather than
cure will be the biggest
factor in cutting down Or-
egon’s farm and fi re loss,
says Art King, extension
specialist at Oregon State
college, who has
been in charge of
organizing
some
1,100 rural fi re con-
trol units through-
out the state. Nearly
one-third of all fi res
in farm dwellings
start from stoves
or chimneys, ac-
cording to the state
fi re marshal. While
most of these fi res
probably
occur
during the winter,
greatest damage is
done by such fi res
in summer.
• Although the budget
for the Echo schools for
the ensuing year calls for
more expenditures than
the past year, the tax levy
is about $3,000 lower than
last year. This results from
there being more cash on
hand due to refunds from
the sinking fund and the
double tax payment in ef-
fect this year.
• At a meeting of may-
ors from Echo, Stanfi eld,
Hermiston and Umatilla
County Emergency Coun-
cil was formed to help
cope with problems arising
from added activities in
this section of the county.
County Judge Carl Cham-
bers was present to discuss
various matters, including
housing,
transportation,
policing and others.
The following offi -
cers were elected: Carl
Chambers, chairman; F.C.
McKenzie, vice chairman;
“Brick” Esselstyn, secre-
tary. Other mayors present
were Frank Sloan of Stan-
fi eld and Jeff Stevens of
Umatilla.
• Formal announcement
of President Roosevelt’s
scrap rubber collection
campaign sent Americans
searching their attics and
basements the fi rst of the
week for rubber “to build
the planes to bomb Tokyo
and Berlin.”
• The rubber salvage
campaign began at 12:01
am Monday and continues
through June 30. It was or-
dered by the president to
fi nd out how much scrap
there is in the country.
Whether there is enough to
postpone nationwide gas-
oline rationing as a rubber
conservation measure.
100 YEARS AGO
June 16, 1917
• What part can the
“kiddies,” the tender, big
hearted little boys and girls
do to help win the war?
This is one of the questions
that has been interesting
the leaders in the great Red
Cross drive for $400,000.
They believe they have ar-
rived at a solution of it and
will attempt to arouse the
enthusiasm of the young-
sters to a pitch as keen as
that of the grownups who
are waging the battle for
the dollars. The plan is to
enlist the assistance of the
parents and urge them to
instill at this time the pa-
triotic need of exercising
self-sacrifi ce and self-re-
straint in the smaller things
that eat up the pennies and
nickels that the “kiddies”
spend for “eats” and good-
ies of all kinds.
• The local railroad
yards are a center of ac-
tivity these days and will
continue such until well
into the winter. Just now
everything is hay. The rail-
road company is doing it’s
best to supply cars as fast
as needed and is doing
very well. No sooner had
the last crop of 1916 hay
gone out than shipments
of the 1917 crop started.
In fact, the two crops fi lled
in so well that the next day
after the last car of old hay
was taken the car of new
was started. Just now ship-
ments of hay alone in car
lots amount to four cars
per day.
TOM HUXOLL
Owner, Cascade Auto Repair
When and why did you move to Hermiston?
I moved here because my family was living here, in
1980. I’d been here off and on growing up.
What is your favorite place to eat?
I like them all — there’s one place, Ixtapa, that we go to
a lot. I like their food.
What do you like to do in your spare time?
When I get spare time, I like fi shing and golfi ng — rec-
reational stuff.
What surprises you about Hermiston?
I think the fact that people are from all over the place.
Growing up, being an army brat, everyone you met was
from everywhere. It’s similar to that.
What was the last book you read?
I don’t really read books, but I like to read articles. The
topic doesn’t matter, if I don’t know about it, I like to
read about it.
What app or website do you use most oth-
er than Facebook?
I don’t use Facebook, actually. I like pro basketball, so
probably NBA.com, I like to know what’s going on. I
follow the Blazers.
What is the funniest thing that’s ever hap-
pened to you?
When a bunch of us guys got together and decided to
do a charitable fundraiser. We decided to dress up like
hula dancers with grass skirts, up on a stage. It was
quite comical, and we did raise quite a bit of money.
If you could travel anywhere, where
would you go?
I like Europe. I’ve been there a few times. If I had time,
I’d go there and see some different places. I’ve been
mostly to Germany, lived there.
What is one of your goals for the next 12
months?
To see my grandson. He lives in Nebraska. He’ll be a
year old this month.
What is your proudest accomplishment?
My family, without a doubt. My wife and kids — great
things.
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