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About Hermiston herald. (Hermiston, Or.) 1994-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 2, 2017)
A2 • HERMISTONHERALD.COM WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 2, 2017 COMMUNITY THREE MINUTES WITH ... HERMISTON HISTORY Jackrabbits plague alfalfa farms in ’42 25 YEARS AGO AUGUST 4, 1992 JAYSON PAKULAK Owner, Brickhouse Coffee and Bistro When and why did you move to Hermiston? I got to Hermiston in June, and I moved here be- cause of the opportunity to bring some great craft coffee to Hermiston. What is your favorite place to eat in Herm- iston? I love Delish and Walker’s Farm to Table — they’re both fantastic. What do you like to do in your spare time? Before or after opening a small business? I enjoy finding places to eat and sharing them with people. I play the guitar, and I like good movies. What surprises you about Hermiston? How nice people are. What was the last book you read and would you recommend it? The last book I read was “Keep Your Love On” by Danny Silk. I would highly recommend it. What app or website do you use most other than Facebook? I probably just use the news app on my phone. I’m a bit of a geek, so I enjoy Screen Rant. And I love watching movie trailers, so the trailer app on my phone. If you could travel anywhere, where would you go? That’s pretty easy — I’d probably go to Italy, and once I got there, I’d be within striking distance of all the other European countries. That would pri- marily be a trip for the food, scenery and architec- ture. What is the funniest thing that’s ever hap- pened to you? There had been a girl that was a regular at a coffee shop I worked at. I’d never asked her her name, but I thought I knew it. So one day we were saying goodbye, and I used the wrong name. She turned around and corrected me. Then I turned around and hit an entire rack of coffee and knocked it over — with a full house. It was good. We got to be good friends. What is one of your goals for the next 12 months? Growing the business. One of the best things about the job is that people are generally excited to see you, and seek out what you’re providing. What is your proudest accomplishment? Five amazing daughters, and expecting my first grandkid. • A group of 22 Japanese boys began learning about Hermiston area agriculture as part of a two-week visit to the region. After a few days to acclimate to hot and dry Eastern Oregon, the students got rolling on their bus and were off to their first stop at JR Simplot to view the processing facility. After the tour of Simplot every- one seemed to be excited to hit the pop machines to help combat the temperature and to prepare for the next stop at Walchli Farms. HERALD ARCHIVES Verlyn Schulz of Walchli Farms shows a group of Japanese students around Walchli’s potato shed. The tour of the potato packing facility and an opportunity to see a herd of buffalo gave the visitors a look at life in rural Oregon. 50 YEARS AGO AUGUST 3, 1967 • Hermiston Rotary club members last Thursday noon made a brief tour of the John Walchli farm to observe the potato harvesting and pack- ing operations conducted by John and his brother Pat Walchli. The Walchlis have more than 300 acres of po- tatoes being harvested, uti- lizing irrigation water from a well on the property which produces 4,000 gallons per minute and irrigates around 900 acres of diversified crops. The Rotarians took considerable interest in the potato harvesting machine, operated by two people and covering two rows at a time. They also toured the pack- ing plant, where the pota- toes are sorted by women working on the conveyor belt. They then are sacked by employees and carted to the trucks. About 25 persons are employed in harvesting and in the packing plant. • Chief of Police James Pollard today warned mer- chants and other citizens of the possibility that some counterfeit bills might be circulating in the area. Chief Pollard said that on Thurs- day, July 27, William Phin- ney, manager of the Hermis- ton Safeway Store, reported that a $5 counterfeit bill had been discovered by a check- er, who had received it from a regular customer who was not aware that the bill was phony. The bill was released to a local bank to be turned over to the Secret Service. 75 YEARS AGO AUGUST 6, 1942 • Farmers who grow al- falfa are reporting that the jackrabbits this year are causing considerable dam- age. Gene Lear, assistant county agent here, stated Wednesday that the rabbits are much more plentiful this year than recent years HERALD ARCHIVES Watermelon harvesting takes on a different aspect as workers toss the melons from worker to worker from the field to the truck. Working in a small groups, these workers were able to harvest five or six rows at a time by tossing the melons up the line to the truck in this photo from 1992. and the damage as been to a greater extent. In addition to alfalfa, many other crops are feeling the abundance of the long-eared animals. Ac- cording to Mr. Lear, steps are being taken to poison the pests and results have been very good. Strychnine is available at cost at the Hermiston Drug Co. for this purpose. • Private Ernest W. John- son of the Pendleton air base was apprehended by local officers Wednesday night on charges of peeping tom activities. State and local of- ficers had been on the alert for the past week following reports of a peeping tom near the O’Grady Cabins south of town. He was seen on several occasions and a fairly good description was obtained. He was arrested on Main Street when officers recog- nized him from the descrip- tion they had received. He was taken to the Pendleton jail that same evening by Sheriff RE Goad. 100 YEARS AGO AUGUST 4, 1917 • The United States government needs great numbers of stenographers and typists, both men and women, for service in the departments at Washing- ton, D.C, and the situation in federal offices outside of Washington is scarcely less urgent. The supply of qual- ified persons on the com- mission urges as a patriotic duty that citizens with this special knowledge apply for examination for the govern- ment service. Examinations for the departmental service are held every Tuesday in 47 cities in the eleventh district. Examinations for the field service will be held Aug. 18. For full information and application blanks apply to Herbert F Ward, district sec- retary, 11th civil service dis- trict, 303 Post Office Bldg, Seattle, Wash. • The Hermiston Herald apparently intended to get into the wedding business in 1917. This item appeared in the front page story on Aug. 4, 1917: Now that we have disposed of our stock of sta- tionery and have oceans of room, we are going to in- stall a new business — one that will not come in com- petition with any business interests in town. While marriages of local people occur quite frequently, it is a noticeable fact that the contracting parties, in most instances, go elsewhere to have the marital knot tied. To help promote this “trade at home” idea in this line we have decided to open a matrimonial bureau. In this enterprise it will be our aim and earnest endeavor to secure husband for old maids, young maids, real widows and grass widows. The bachelors will be taken care of in like manner. We’ll see to it that all who desire to enter connubial bliss will be happily married. 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