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A2 • HERMISTONHERALD.COM WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2017 COMMUNITY HERMISTON HISTORY THREE MINUTES WITH ... DAVID MCCARTHY Account Executive, KOHU & The Q Radio HERALD ARCHIVE Twenty-fi ve years ago, Lori and Don Armstrong, owners of the McDonald’s Restaurant in Hermiston, played host to 73 Oregon Rotary exchange students on their way to the Pendleton Round-Up. Young people from 17 countries including Slovenia (Yugoslavia), Ukraine, Argentina, Sweden, Finland, Colombia, India, Mexico, Brazil, Denmark, Germany and the Philippines called ahead to order McDonald’s hamburgers and colas. Shown are, left to right, Charlotte Londoff, 17, of Denmark, Corlos Barbieri, 17, of Argentina, and Lara Radonjie, 18, of Slovenia (Yugoslavia). Art Prior of Eagle Ranch of Echo pulls vines from carrots climbing the digger’s boom in this 1992 fi le photo. The carrots were being loaded into a truck headed to Hermiston Foods, where they will be diced during processing in the plant. 25 YEARS AGO SEPTEMBER 22, 1992 • A year ago, the Herm- iston Bulldogs began their fi rst football season under head coach Ray Braun by routing Class 3A Mac-Hi, edging Class 3A power- house Hood River Valley in overtime, and edging crook county 17-16 in overtime en route to their fi rst 3-0 start since 1965 — to lay the foundation for what proved to be the most successful football season in HHS history up to that point. The Bulldogs went on to fi nish 1991 with a 7-2 regular season record, good for second place in the Inter-mountain Conference standings. Af- ter qualifying for the state Class 4A playoffs for the fi rst time in school history, the Bulldogs fi nished 7-3 overall, losing 16-6 in the fi rst round to Lake Oswe- go — a team that tacked on two more playoff wins to earn a berth in the state semi-fi nals. The 1992 Bull- dogs, despite some heavy graduation losses, have their sights once again set on a berth in the state Class 4A playoffs. • Less than 30 people turned out last week for the fi nal public hearing on clean-up efforts at three sites on the Umatilla Army Depot. The Wednesday night hearing, which end- ed with no input for the record, dealt with two is- sues — efforts to dispose of lead-contaminated soil around deactivation fur- nace and with two landfi ll sites. The U.S. Army pro- poses leaving two on-site landfi lls as they are today while disposing of con- taminated soil in a land- fi ll still being used at the depot. Clean-up efforts at the Depot have been con- sidered for many years. But when the installation was placed in the Base Re- alignment List in 1989, the Army intensifi ed its study. Dr. Chuck Lechner of the Corps of Engineers toxic and hazardous materials agency said once the Army decides which course of action is best, a waiting period for public comment is required. “What we re- ceive from you may be an idea or modifi cation we can incorporate into our solution to make the whole project better for everyone concerned. 50 YEARS AGO SEPTEMBER 21, 1967 • Legal voters of Herm- iston School District 8R will cast ballots Monday, September 25, between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. at Herm- iston Junior High school on the question of con- tracting a bonded indebt- edness of $1,385,140 for the purpose of construct- ing, improving, repairing, equipping, furnishing and making additions to each of the fi ve schools in the Hermiston system. Of this $1,345,140 is for fi ve building improvements and additions and the bal- ance of $40,000 is to ren- ovate the swimming pool at the high school, which is open to the public use during the summer. Voters are reminded that hours of election will be 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. in compliance with a new state law, instead of 2 p.m. to 8 p.m., which has been custom for school elections in the past. Be- fore submitting the bond proposal to the voters the board of directors named a lay committee of 18 local persons, headed by Law- rence P. Gray, to study the needs for improvements in the schools’ physical structure, and this group has worked during the past year with periodic meet- ings, named Robert Smith of Smith and Keys, Ontar- io, as architect. Smith has attended several meetings of the committee and di- rectors and has plans ful- ly prepared. These plans are shown in diagrams in a booklet, “Sea of Faces” which also describes in detail the reasons why the board and committee are submitting the bond issue to the people. A total of 2,000 copies of this bro- chure were distributed to residents of the area. • A total of 785 people received infl uenza immu- nizations Tuesday after- noon at the CRC, Mrs. Lelia Hodge, chairman for the West End of Umatilla County, reported. This ex- ceeded last year’s number, when 700 fl u shots were given at the clinic. Dr. Al- ton H. Alderman, Umatil- la County Health Offi cer, with the aid of nurses, administered the shots to both those who were tak- ing new immunization and those who took the shots last year, who required only boosters. 75 YEARS AGO SEPTEMBER 24, 1942 • Oregon’s 1942 fl ax- seed production should bring no less than $2.40 a bushel, Portland, for No. 1 seed, the Oregon USDA War Board reports. Com- modity Credit Corporation is arranging to make loans to crushers on 40 percent of the linseed oil produced by each company from the 1942 crop. Only those crushers paying growers the announced support price of $2.40 a bushel will be eligible. While Or- egon’s acreage of fl ax seed is small, the state’s 18,000 acres of fi ber fl ax should yield around 270,000 bushels of seed. • “Where do they all live” has been partly an- swered in this survey of the Hermiston vicinity and school district. Actu- al count was made of the housing facilities within the city limits and of the main camps adjacent and a reasonable estimate made of the farm districts with- in a 4-mile radius. In ad- dition to the 200 houses, tourist cabins and apart- ments in Hermiston built prior to September 1940, there are 353 new housing units of lumber construc- tion. Of these, there are about 185 two-, three- or more-room dwellings of permanent construction; 85 one-room cabins and 88 houses comprising Tertel town. In addition to these, there are about 50 apart- ment and living rooms reconstructed in former homes in town and about 100 housing units added on farms through remod- eling of ranch homes and reconstruction and build- ing of other structures. Imagine The Difference ou You Make Can Can Make The most valuable and respected source of local news, advertising and information for our communities. eomediagroup.com OREGON CAPITAL INSIDER Get the inside scoop on state government and politics! DONATE YOUR CAR CAR DONATE DONATE TE YOUR YOUR CAR 1-844-533-9173 -844-533-9173 There are also numerous single rooms rented in the larger houses in town and country. The serious mat- ter shown in this survey is lightly constructed board shacks, tents and small poorly built trailers, which can be heated with diffi - culty for the comfort and health of the occupants, particularly when children must be cared for. These facts are borne out by the enrollment in the Hermis- ton schools larger than last year and in the increase in all the other schools in the vicinity. Also the sugar ra- tioning report reveals near- ly 11,000 people in this defense area. What is your favorite place to eat in Herm- iston? That’s a tough one, there are so many great options here I would never tire of food. But my favorite is probably Delish Bistro. What do you like to in your spare time? I seem to have less lately so that’s a tough question. I prefer to stay busy. But when I have no commit- ments, I enjoy catching up on my favorite TV shows. What surprises you about Hermiston? Not sure, when you move from a larger city I guess most things do. I’d consider it a nice surprise if I ran into someone I knew in Spokane, I’m surprised if I don’t here. What was the last book you read? “Dear Luke, We Need To Talk, Darth: And Other Pop Culture Correspondences” — There are so many little hilarious treasures in this it’s hard to stop reading. What app or website do you use most other than Facebook or Google? I stay pretty closely connected to all of Google and Facebook family of apps so even if I don’t visit their respective .com sites I’m using something like Goo- gle calendar or Facebook pages manager. Other than that, probably Spotify. If you could travel anywhere, where would you go? Venice, Italy. The concept and architecture of that city always impresses me. What is the funniest/most embarrassing thing that’s ever happened to you? Faceplanting into a free-standing wall while I was in a performance. Then having to “act” like it didn’t hurt. What is one of your goals for the next 12 months? I’m always looking for new skills or ways to better myself, and I’m thinking some physical training is in order. What is your proudest accomplishment? I love performing, and I think the fi rst time someone said I was their favorite really made me want to keep doing it. 100 YEARS AGO SEPTEMBER 22, 1917 • The Herald will pay one dollar to the farmer who shall produce at this offi ce the largest and most perfect potato of this year’s growth. We have made a wager that this valley will produce tubers with more weight and more perfect shape than any other irri- gated section in this state, and to back up our judg- ment that is why we offer the above premium. • As to athletics, Herm- iston High School will probably play some foot- ball, but basketball is the big noise. We intend to start basketball about the fi rst of October. In addition to the four old heads of last year, we have plenty of new ma- terial. With this material to start with and the effi cient coaching, which has been offered by Mr. Carl Voyen, we will give the towns of Eastern Oregon a run for their money. The girls ex- pect to do equally as well. OPEN HOUSE Saturday, Sept. 23 10:00am-2:00pm 1341 SW 13th Place, Hermiston, OR RMLS #17669499 DALIA VILLEGAS, REALTOR Printed on recycled newsprint VOLUME 111 ● NUMBER 38 Gary L. 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