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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2018
FROM A1
Jim and Michelle McAllister pose in
a recent photo with a grandchild.
Richard Scarlett and Wanda Hunt.
They met in first grade at West
Park Elementary School in 1956.
More than 30 years later, Richard
proposed to Wanda, in the same
classroom where they’d met as
kids.
“We lived across the street from
each other when we were young,”
Wanda said. “Our families knew
each other, and I always said to
my mom I thought he would be the
boy I married but he moved away
to Seattle and got married.”
The couple remembered each
other, and would visit each other’s
families when they were in town.
But their romance didn’t take off
until their 20th high school reunion,
in August 1988. They started dat-
ing in earnest shortly after, and got
married in 1992. The couple has
enjoyed a life of adventures both
at home and abroad, visiting more
than 35 countries. Wanda said one
of her favorite memories is a trip
they took to Thailand, and Richard
recalls fondly a trip to England to
visit friends, where their plane had
to be used to fly troops for the Gulf
War before they were supposed to
leave.
But Richard’s dream was
always to move back to Hermis-
ton, where he grew up.
“It reminded him of the TV
show Mayberry with Andy Grif-
fith,” Wanda said.
Every Christmas, the couple has
a special tradition: dressing up as
Santa and Mrs. Claus, visiting local
retirement and nursing homes, and
giving out treats and gifts.
“We do that in our parents’
memory,” Wanda said. “Everyone
in those nursing homes — a lot of
them are between the ages of 80
and 90. All those people knew our
parents. We’ll keep doing that as
long as we can.”
Lillian Smith’s late husband
Jack knew he was going to marry
her the first time he met her, when
they were both introduced during a
Friday night at Hale’s. He told her
so right then and there.
“He said, ‘That’s wonderful,
can we have a dance?’” Lillian
said. “I said, ‘There’s no music,’
and he said ‘That’s OK, I can sing.’
We had a dance. He told me ‘I’m
going to marry you,’ and I said
‘Like ‘H’ you are.’”
Lillian, who turned 95 this
month, was divorced with two
children and wasn’t looking for
love again. But Jack was so kind to
her and the children that over time
she changed her mind.
The minister at their Lutheran
church wouldn’t marry them
because Lillian was divorced, so
they got married by a Methodist
minister instead. Jack adopted Lil-
lian’s two oldest and they had a
third child together. During their
working years, Lillian worked at
the Umatilla Chemical Depot and
Jack at the Hinkle rail yard. They
were married for 58 years before
Jack died in 2006.
Their daughter Judy Jung said
they loved to throw a good party
and that their house for a while
was the second largest stop in the
county for the Olympia beer truck.
Lillian still has that love — she
said her 95th birthday party with
friends and family lasted until
midnight.
out a deal to transfer sole ownership
and financial liability to the city. On
Monday city manager Byron Smith
reported to the council that nego-
tiations were going well, although
the two most difficult issues — an
agreement to build storage/office
space for the Umatilla County
Fair and an agreement for the city
to take over at least part of Ott Road
and Airport Road — have not yet
been tackled.
Mayor David Drotzmann
asked when the public would be
able to weigh in on the deal, and
Smith said information would be
published on the city’s website in
the agenda packet for the March 12
meeting a few days before the meet-
ing, which will then include time
for public testimony.
• • •
The January American Red
Cross blood drive at Good Shep-
herd Medical Center in Hermiston
celebrated first-time donor Kayla
Humphrey.
“It is people like Kayla that keep
our blood supply strong,” said vol-
unteer Patti Perkins. “Our donors
are a special group of people.”
Calling the Jan. 16 event “a
highly successful drive,” Perkins
said it included 51 donors, which
resulted in 48 units. In addition,
Perkins expressed appreciation to
Altrusa International of Hermis-
ton for providing the canteen.
This month’s blood drive is
Monday, Feb. 19 from 10 a.m. to
4 p.m., also at Good Shepherd,
610 N.W. 11th St. While walk-ins
are welcome, Perkins said it helps
with volunteer staffing if appoint-
ments are made in advance by call-
ing 1-800-448-3543.
The Red Cross is currently expe-
riencing a blood shortage due to ill-
nesses and winter weather that have
kept donors away.
• • •
The local American Youth Soc-
cer Organization recently scored,
thanks to the Hermiston Lions
Club.
AYSO Regional commissioner
Erik Juarez expressed apprecia-
tion for the $1,000 donation, which
contributed to the support of six
local teams. Money for the donation
was generated from the annual Don
Horneck Memorial Dinner. Don
Horneck was a Lions Club mem-
ber and an avid supporter of AYSO
and other youth programs. He died
unexpectedly in 2014. Lions Club
president Phillip Spicerkuhn said
the Hermiston group was pleased
to honor Horneck’s memory by
contributing to the local AYSO
program.
“Don contributed to our commu-
nity in many ways but one certainly
important to him was the youth soc-
cer program,” Spicerkuhn said.
• • •
A Clara Brownell Middle
School student already has his
sights set on the future. As part of
“The Promise of Oregon,” Bhavya
Kumar shared that he hopes to
become a police officer.
Kumar said he wants to help
criminals turn their lives around.
Referring to the middle schooler
as “amazing,” Umatilla School
District employees Tina Ridings
and Stefanie Blake both give the
youngster high marks.
The “Promise of Oregon” is a
statewide public education support
campaign launched by the by the
Oregon School Boards Association
showcasing school districts that are
using cutting-edge programs to help
prepare students for careers and
college.
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She was rounding the bases
when she tripped and injured
something — she remembers it
was her ankle, he says it was her
wrist — and they ended up back in
the exact same clinic where they
first got to know each other. Jim
thought, “Why not?” and got the
flowers and ring out of the car and
proposed right there.
The first year of their marriage
wasn’t easy — they got married
on a Saturday, and Jim flew back
to California on Sunday, where
he would wait for two months for
Michelle to be able to join him.
Then they were both on 24-hour
shift work for over a year, home
at the same time only two or three
times a week.
Twenty-eight years, four chil-
dren and several moves around the
world later, however, they’re still
happily married and have settled
down in Hermiston.
PHOTO CONTRIBUTED.
Wanda Hunt
and Richard Scarlett
Though they didn’t get married
until they were 40, Wanda Hunt
and Richard Scarlett’s history goes
back a little further than that.
BTW
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Walla Walla head coach Ben
Robert said of Campos: “Antonio is
a quality goalkeeper that has proven
his ability to keep clean sheets.
Antonio possess a great amount of
athleticism to make top-class saves.
... Looking forward to his contribu-
tions to the team.”
For a full story and photos from
the signing celebration, visit www.
hermistonherald.com.
• • •
The Hermiston city council plans
to discuss and possibly vote on a
final deal with Umatilla County to
take over ownership of the Eastern
Oregon Trade and Event Cen-
ter during their March 12 council
meeting.
The city and the county are cur-
rently co-owners but are working
PHOTO CONTRIBUTED BY WANDA HUNT.
Lillian and Jack Smith
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