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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2018
COMMUNITY
THREE MINUTES WITH ...
HERMISTON HISTORY
NATE RIVERA
General Manager,
Hermiston Energy Services
The Blue Mountains were still buried in snow in early February 1993, as shown by this submitted photo of a reader’s cabin.
When and why did you move to Hermiston?
October 2004
FEB. 9, 1993
What is your favorite place to eat in
Hermiston?
Kobe Hibachi Sushi, Ruty’s or Midway. Can’t
choose, I love all three.
What do you like to do in your spare time?
Ride bikes with the crew from Scott’s Cycle and
Sports
What surprises you about Hermiston?
Always the people! The way our community can
rally around a cause and support each other.
What was the last book you read?
“Pro Cycling on $10 a Day,” by Phil Gaimon. For-
mer low-level pro showing the non-glamorous side
of professional sports using lots of humor.
What app or website do you use most often
besides Facebook or Google?
Weather.com. Always checking the wind and tem-
peratures to determine how hard my bike ride is
going to be.
If you could travel anywhere, where would
you go?
Girona, Spain. Home to several U.S. pro cyclists
racing in Europe. After years of following them on
social media, they describe the town as a cycling
paradise. Cycling all day, while experiencing a new
culture and eating great food with my family sounds
like the perfect trip.
What is the funniest thing that’s happened to
you?
Nothing I can recall. I manage an electric utility...
We’re more known for safety than fun.
What is one of your goals for the next 12
months?
Find balance in life with work, family, activities,
and health
What is your proudest accomplishment?
Convincing my wife to marry me and have two fan-
tastic daughters. It’s clear to anyone who’s ever met
us; I got the better end of the deal.
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50 YEARS AGO
FEB. 8, 1968
Every residential pine
tree and shrub in the Uma-
tilla County towns of
Hermiston, Umatilla and
McNary Manor will be
sprayed sometime in May
as part of the effort to con-
trol the pine shoot moth
found recently in the area,
according to the Oregon
A group of HHS leadership students paint over graffiti at the old hospital near West Park
grade school. The class offered to help anyone who needed help painting over graffiti.
State Department of Agri-
culture. The decision fol-
lowed a recent meeting of
officials of the involved
towns, departments of
agriculture and forestry,
and the U.S. Forest Ser-
vice regarding the issue.
The chemical Sevin will be
used. On another front, the
three agencies have agreed
to establish a research proj-
ect in the McNary Dam
area. This program will
seek to find attractants to
control the moth and to ini-
tiate studies on using steril-
ized males for controls.
The Umatilla PTA
scheduled a panel discus-
sion for the general public
on the dangers of drug use
on Feb. 14, beginning at 8
p.m. in the Umatilla School
cafeteria. “Instant Insanity:
Drugs and Narcotics” is
the title of the discussion,
according to Mrs. A.W.
Easton, publicity chairman
for the program.
75 YEARS AGO
FEB. 11, 1943
An urgent request for a
used piano for use at the
Stanfield camp has been
made by the U.S.O. per-
sonnel here. Quite a num-
ber of soldiers are now sta-
tioned at the former CCC
barracks in Stanfield and
the need of some form
of entertainment is quite
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100 YEARS AGO
FEB. 9, 1918
A Hermiston
man
enlisted in the Navy sent
his mother a letter describ-
ing a dangerous sea voy-
age. Excerpts from Bob
West’s letter to his mother
from Boston:
We were sent from Bos-
ton several weeks since
by rail to Quebec, Can., to
man the U.S.S “Favorite,”
a wrecking ship equipped
with large cranes and hoist-
ing machinery.
Quebec is a beautifully
located city. However, our
two weeks stay there was
far from pleasant. Mercury
35 below zero much of the
time. The inhabitants are
largely of the anti-war class
and they treated us worse
than one would a dog. We
soon learned to never leave
the ship in a navy uniform.
At 4:30 a.m. Jan. 10,
we cast off and began
what many thought to be
an impossible trip to Hali-
fax. The first day we were
fighting thin ice and made
90 miles. Then the ice was
heavier and we could make
progress only when the
tide was running out. Many
times the ice was heavy
enough to stop us. That
meant back up and take a
run at it. Some danger in
that too, because our boat
was not built to stand such
abuse. But for us to stop
meant certain disaster from
being frozen in so the work
of pounding away contin-
ued night and day. Our case
seemed hopeless, but when
we most needed it a lead of
open water opened and we
escaped.
We arrived in Halifax
Jan. 20th and hoped to take
on coal. We were unable to
get coal on account of the
conditions following the
terrible explosion and fire,
of which you all know. On
the morning of Jan. 23 we
steamed into Boston har-
bor, and it sure looked
good to us.
Tell every one I appre-
ciate their having remem-
bered me, and I will write
them soon. Was surprised
to hear that so many from
Hermiston had enlisted.
Must be rather lonesome
around Hermiston.
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shoes now — but you
must have a ration stamp
No. 17 of Book No. 1 if
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resumed throughout the
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that accompanied the OPA
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are discovered. Incorrect information will be corrected on Page 2A. Errors
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A young boy walked
into the Hermiston Herald
office in February of 1993
to share his struggle with
AIDS.
Russ Aiken is a 16-year-
old who should be just
starting out on a life of
endless possibilities. But
while his friends are out in
the late winter afternoons
playing a pick-up game
of basketball or thumb-
ing through catalogs try-
ing to decide which college
to attend, Russ has to work
at keeping his body healthy
enough to fight off the
infection for another day.
From day one, Russ has
had a rough road. He was
born with hemophilia, a
hereditary disorder that
does not allow blood to clot
properly. Ten years later,
he and his mother were in
a serious automobile acci-
dent which left Russ coma-
tose for three days. It was
after being flown to a hos-
pital in Walla Walla for
treatment that the doctors
discovered the AIDS virus
in his blood, which doc-
tors believe he contracted
from the clotting medicine
he must take whenever he
cuts or bruises himself.
While the physical
effects are traumatic for
anyone with the disease,
Russ has had to put up with
the taunts of his peers as
he had to battle both his
hemophilia and the AIDS
virus.
“Everybody makes fun
of you,” he explained.
“People don’t want to talk
to you.”
“They think if you just
sneeze on them they’ll
get it,” his grandmother
remarks. “It isn’t that easy
to get.”
With his deteriorating
condition, he presently
weighs 80 pounds and has
lost two inches in height.
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