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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).
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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
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•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.