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A2 • HERMISTONHERALD.COM COMMUNITY THREE MINUTES WITH ... WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 27, 2017 HERMISTON HISTORY MARK MORGAN Assistant City Manager, city of Hermiston When and why did you move to Hermiston? July 2012. I moved here for work. What is your favorite place to eat in Hermiston? Walker’s Farm Kitchen. What do you like to do in your spare time? I like golfi ng at the course in Boardman, because its wide fairways, short holes, and lack of hazards fi ts well with my complete lack of skill. What surprises you about Hermiston? I grew up near Ontario, which is very similar to Hermiston in many respects. So everything here seems pretty normal. What was the last book you read? “The Whistler” by John Grisham. What app or website do you use most besides Facebook or Google? The East Oregonian’s app which lets you view it as an actual newspaper. I hate reading things in website format. I read it every morning. If you could travel anywhere, where would you go? I would simply like to wander around the United States via RV. What is the funniest thing that’s happened to you? When I came to Hermiston to interview for my posi- tion, it had been about seven years since I had been home in the summer. So when I got just outside of Tri-Cities, and saw center pivots irrigating corn fi elds, I got hit by a huge wave of nostalgia. Of all the things I thought I would be nostalgic about, I never thought it would be center pivots and sage brush. What is one of your goals for the next 12 months? Do more reading for fun. What is your proudest accomplishment? My wife and I created the world’s prettiest baby girl (currently 15 months). Printed on recycled newsprint VOLUME 111 ● NUMBER 52 Tammy Malgesini | Community Editor • tmalgesini@eastoregonian.com • 541-564-4539 Jayati Ramakrishnan | Reporter • jramakrishnan@hermistonherald.com • 541-564-4534 Jade McDowell | Reporter • jmcdowell@eastoregonian.com • 541-564-4536 Alexis Mansanarez | Sports Reporter • amansanarez@eastoregonian.com • 541-564-4542 Jeanne Jewett | Multi-Media consultant • jjewett@hermistonherald.com • 541-564-4531 Shannon Paxton | Offi ce coordinator • spaxton@hermistonherald.com • 541-564-4530 Audra Workman | Multi-Media consultant • aworkman@eastoregonian.com • 541-564-4538 Dawn Hendricks | Circulation District Manager • dhendricks@eastoregonian.com • 541-564-4540 To contact the Hermiston Herald for news, advertising or subscription information: • call 541-567-6457 • e-mail info@hermistonherald.com • stop by our offi ces at 333 E. Main St. • visit us online at: hermistonherald.com ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION RATES Delivered by carrier and mail Wednesdays Inside Umatilla/Morrow counties .......... $42.65 Outside Umatilla/Morrow counties ....... $53.90 The Hermiston Herald (USPS 242220, ISSN 8750-4782) is published weekly at Hermiston Herald, 333 E. Main St., Hermiston, OR 97838, (541) 567-6457. Periodical postage paid at Hermiston, OR. Postmaster, send address changes to Hermiston Herald, 333 E. Main St., Hermiston, OR 97838. Member of EO Media Group Copyright ©2017 CORRECTIONS It is the policy of the Hermiston Herald to correct errors as soon as they are discovered. Incorrect information will be corrected on Page 2A. Errors commited on the Opinion page will be corrected on that page. Corrections also are noted in the online versions of our stories. Please contact the editor at editor@hermistonherald.com or call (541) 564- 4533 with issues about this policy or to report errors. HH FILE PHOTO Hermiston High School FFA sales teams competed in the state’s agricultural sales contest at Culver High School in 1992. Back row, left to right: Ben Walchli, Matt Henderson and Ben Van Dyke. Front row, left to right: Michelle Hopper, Kim Miller and Erin Hansell. 25 YEARS AGO DECEMBER 29, 1992 •Hermiston’s future farmers recently showed other schools in the state that they can sell farm- ing and farm products. Charles Miller Hermis- ton FFA Chapter adviser and his two teams brought home one individual fi rst place win, two third place team awards and several other individual awards. Ben Walchli took an indi- vidual fi rst place with his advertising presentation. Erin Hansell placed eighth in the overall high-point individual competition. Out of twenty-seven teams, Hermiston’s “A” team — Michelle Hopper, Kim Miller and Erin Hansell — took third place; and “B” team — Ben Walchli, Ben Van Dyke and Matt Hen- derson — took a third place in the state competition. •All three men arrested in the shooting of 22 year old Brian David Smith were bound over to Uma- tilla County Circuit Court following the last hear- ing. Evidence presented by the district attorney’s offi ce was judged suf- fi cient to bring the case against Donald C. Ball, Jr., 22 of Hermiston; Steven L. DeRushe, 22 of Stan- fi eld; and Nathaneual J. Miller, 21, of Umatilla to trial. All three have been arrested on charges of mur- der, following the discov- ery of Smith’s body at Cold Springs Reservoir on Nov. 12. Smith was shot in the head at close range. Pros- ecutors maintain that all three were present when Smith was killed and that Ball pulled the trigger on the 12-guage shotgun. 50 YEARS AGO DECEMBER 28, 1967 •The Blue Mountains are blue again, at least partly. Warm Chinook like winds and rain melted much snow and brought fl ooding conditions to the Umatilla River and its trib- utaries. The river was sub- siding Wednesday, how- ever, and there appeared to HH FILE PHOTO Hermiston Elks Lodge 1845 provided Christmas 34 baskets with turkey and trimmings to families in need on December 24, 1967. Pictured, left to right: Bill Ford, Delmer Crawford, Don Shanafelt, Tom Wright, Gary Seibel and Warren Hall. be no danger of the Christ- mas fl oods which cov- ered the entire state three years ago. County Judge D.R. “Sam” Cook said that water fl owing from can- yons as well as streams and creeks contributed to the near-fl ood conditions of the Umatilla River. •Winners of the Hermis- ton Chamber of Commerce Christmas decorating and lighting contest for the res- idential area were: First: Duane Lindsey on SW 9th St., Second: Bobby Fugit (age 14) on SW 11th St. and Third was a resident also on SW 11th St. Run- ners up were Patrick Mol- loy, on NW Butte Dr. and Kim Knudeson on Orchard Ave. 100 YEARS AGO JANUARY 3, 1918 75 YEARS AGO DECEMBER 31, 1942 •Good news to resi- dents who are using oil stoves or furnaces comes from Robert W. Horton, assistant oil administra- tor, who this week stated that no fuel oil rationing was being planned for the Pacifi c northwest now or in the “predictive future.” Fuel oil tanks here are well stocked at present and unless a real shortage Visit us online at www.HermistonHerald.com AFTER CHRISTMAS SALE! Tues.-Sun., Dec. 26th-31st 50% off Storewide!* *excluding fresh fl owers and plants 541-567-4305 • Hwy 395, Hermiston www.thecottageonline.com Mon-Sat 8am-8pm • Sun 12pm-5pm is foreseen, rationing will not be necessary. Local oil distributors to date have no diffi culty in supplying the local demand. •The arrest of Ivan L. Taylor, 19, by local offi - cers last week has at least slowed up if not solved the recent series of thefts in town. Although Taylor admitted some of the law- lessness, it is thought that others are involved. Tay- lor appeared before Justice of the Peace E.P. Dodd last weekend and sentenced to 60 days in the county jail where he was taken on the weekend. His home address is Lapwai, Idaho, but recently has resided in the Westland district. PRIORITIES A hundred years from now it will not matter what My bank account was, the sort of house I lived in, or the kind of car I drove... but the world may be different because I was important in the Life of a Child. •Directing the destinies of an up-to-date banking institution and operating a ranch at the same time would seem to be a Her- culean task, but neverthe- less F.B. Swayze, the well known banker of this city, is going to understand it, and in this way do his “bit” toward increasing the food supply along Hooverite lines. He will begin activ- ities in this direction along about March 1st when he will move with his family from his town house onto the Ericksen fi ve acre tract in the southeastern part of the city, for which he traded his residence prop- erty on the corner of Sec- ond street and Gladys ave- nue a few days ago. •At the council meeting this week, in compliance with the law, Alderman J.D. Watson was unani- mously elected president of the council, the appoint- ment of Father Butler as a member of the library board was confi rmed and the grist of monthly bills audited and passed on. The ordinance regarding the monthly collection of city water rent will hereafter be strictly enforced, a motion prevailing instructing the city clerk to immediately bring the water collections up to date. This means that anyone who does not heed the cal of the clerk for set- tlement will have the water shut off on his premises.