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A2 • HERMISTONHERALD.COM WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2017 COMMUNITY THREE MINUTES WITH ... HERMISTON HISTORY 25 YEARS AGO lead for Hermiston. These were the only points scored during the game although there were several anxious moments for Hermiston supporters who saw the Washington lads drive to the Hermiston 6-inch line. Only the half time whistle prevented a score. • The United States Employment Service is now recruiting women to be trained as truck drivers for the Umatilla Ordnance Depot. • Mrs. R.G. Penney, chief clerk of the Hermis- ton rationing board, stated Wednesday that no more caning sugar will be grant- ed after October 15. OCTOBER 13, 1992 GLENN PURCELL Employee, Smoke City When and why did you move to Hermiston? I live in Stanfi eld, but I moved down here last year. I was in Tri-Cities, but my wife’s father passed away, and we moved in with her mom to help offset bills. What is your favorite place to eat in Herm- iston? The Golden Palace. What do you like to do in your spare time? I am a competitive vaper — I travel all over the Pacifi c Northwest and compete in cloud competi- tions or vape competitions. I had a friend take fi rst place at the West Coast Vape Expo in Lincoln City. He won $1,000 for blowing a cloud. The Expo is in Pasco this year — I’ll be there. What surprises you about Hermiston? The community comes together pretty well. If I hap- pen to have a question, I don’t have a problem ask- ing someone, they’re pretty open. I haven’t had a bad experience yet. What was the last book you read, and would you recommend it? Lord of the Flies for a school project 10 years ago. Most of my reading is done online. What app or website do you use most often besides Facebook? I use a vape tool that allows me to create my coils virtually before I make them. I also use Instagram. As a competitive vaper, I advertise for my sponsors. If you could travel anywhere, where would you go? The Philippines. I’ve been twice, and would go back. What is the funniest thing that’s ever hap- pened to you? While I was in the Philippines, we had a dance con- test that I was forced to participate in — and I won, out of pity. • Perhaps the most im- portant trade mission in years visited both Lamb- Weston and Simplot po- tato processing plants last week. Organized by the Oregon Potato Commis- sion in cooperation with the Blue Mountain Potato Growers Association, the mission included chief and senior executive offi cers of a number of the major fast food chains in south- east Asia. These are the ‘yes’ men said Billy Brew- er, president of the Blue Mountain Potato Growers. • More than $15,000 in food, cash and other contributions will be add- ed to the Eastern Oregon Food Caravan on Friday as it passes through Herm- iston. The Desert Shrine Club, Al Kader Temple AAONMS will join the caravan for its 38th annual trek from Fruitvail, Idaho to the Shrine Hospital for Crippled Children in Port- land. According to Shriner Louis Clark, the local club is the largest contributor of food along the Caravan’s route. More than 100 ve- hicles will deliver about $60,000 in fresh, frozen and canned food, toys and cash to the hospital. • Heppner’s Tony Cur- rin currently sits third in the all around in Columbia River Pro Rodeo Circuit standings released Oct. 8th. Curring has season winnings of more than $15,000, trailing Mike Beers ($23,718) of Powell Butte and Brad Goodrich ($16,480) of Pendleton. 50 YEARS AGO OCTOBER 12, 1967 • Members of the Hermiston Volunteer Fire Department were guest of the Rotary club last Thursday noon. Imme- diately following lunch, while the members were being introduced, the fi re siren blew and all the fi re- 100 YEARS AGO OCTOBER 13, 1917 HERALD ARCHIVE Ten-year-old Sasha Wilson demonstrates how to exit through a window if a fi re breaks out in a home or building during a fi re safety training event at Hermiston Plaza put on by the West Side Fire Prevention Co-Op in 1992. men made a hasty exit in order to man the truck to fi ght a blaze. In lieu of the program ,which Fire chief Bob Russel had planned to present, City Manager Tom Harper took the op- portunity to praise the lo- cal volunteer fi refi ghters in these words. “When I came here 61/2 years ago from a city which had a paid, full-time fi re depart- ment, I was a bit concerned about a volunteer depart- ments effi ciency, but it took me only a few weeks to realize that these fel- lows probably know more about fi refi ghting than any full time department. Any six-months member can drive and operate all the equipment of the trucks. “The department is housed in very cramped quarters. Two trucks are stored in the old Rohrman garage. I don’t know anyplace else where we can store them if that building should ever be disposed of. T • For sale at the IGA grocery store this week are seedless grapes for 19 cents a pound. Crisp Cel- ery 13 cents a pound, Dan- ish Squashes 10 cents each and Valencia Oranges 7 lbs. for a dollar. 75 YEARS AGO OCTOBER 8, 1942 • The Hermiston Bull- dogs won their second start of the season Friday by trouncing a heavier Waits- burg 11 on their own fi eld. The Bulldogs scored early in the contest but failed to convert, making it a 6-0 • The annual procla- mation of the Civic Club has been issued, and in accordance with old-time custom it has designated all next week as the time when back yards, alleys and street, both in the res- idence and business dis- trict, shall be expunged of all debris. It is hoped by the proclaimers of this clean-up day that all will be imbued with civic pride and see that their plac- es are cleaned up so they will look neat during the holding of the Dairy and Hog Show. Teams will be furnished to cart away the garbage. • Hermiston is fast making a name for herself along the line of exporting commodities to various markets. It is surprising what this valley produces when it is taken into con- sideration that less than a third of the land within its confi nes is in cultivation. Nevertheless the soil is here, and the climate and water also, and therefore it is not to be wondered at that since the fi rst of last June 250 carloads of hay, peaches, melons, sheep, hogs, etc., were shipped out of this city over the O.W.R & N. What is one of your goals for the next 12 months? I would like to be running my own vape shop, ulti- mately. What is one of your proudest accomplish- ments? Becoming an Ohm trooper — it’s a big network of friends and family competition vapers. PUBLIC MEETINGS WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 11 MORROW COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS, 9 a.m. Irrigon Public Library, 200 N.E. Main Ave., Irrigon (541-676-9061). STANFIELD IRRIGATION DISTRICT, 12 p.m. district offi ce, 100 W. Coe Ave., Stanfi eld (Tiff any Harrell 541-449-3272). PORT OF MORROW COMMISSION, 1:30 p.m. Port of Morrow, 2 Marine Drive, Boardman (Dori Drago 541-481-7678). HERMISTON CEMETERY DISTRICT, 2 p.m. Burns Mortuary, 685 W. Hermiston Ave., Hermiston . RIVERSIDE SITE COUNCIL, 5:30 p.m. Riverside High School library, 210 N.E. Boardman Ave., Boardman (541-676-9128). HERMISTON PLANNING COMMISSION, 7 p.m. Hermiston City Hall, 180 N.E. Second St., Hermiston (541-567-5521). STANFIELD SCHOOL DISTRICT, 7 p.m. Stanfi eld School District offi ce, 1120 N. Main St., Stanfi eld (541- 449-3305). UMATILLA COUNTY FIRE DISTRICT NO. 1, 7 p.m. Fire Station 21, 320 S. First St., Hermiston (Reta Larson 541-567-8822). THURSDAY, OCTOBER 12 BOARDMAN RURAL FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT, 1 p.m. Boardman Fire Department, 300 S. Wilson Lane, Boardman (541- 481-3473). HERMISTON PARKS & RECREATION COMMISSION, 5:30 p.m. Hermiston City Hall, 180 N.E. Second St., Hermiston (541-567- 5521). UMATILLA SCHOOL DISTRICT, 7 p.m. Umatilla School District offi ce, 1001 Sixth St., Umatilla (541-922- 6500). Printed on recycled newsprint VOLUME 111 ● NUMBER 41 Gary L. West | Editor • gwest@hermistonherald.com • 541-564-4532 ENERGY COSTS TOO HIGH? TRY LOOKING AT IT IN A DIFFERENT LIGHT. 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