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A2 • HERMISTONHERALD.COM WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 2018 COMMUNITY THREE MINUTES WITH ... HERMISTON HISTORY HEIDI SIPE Superintendent of Umatilla School District When and why did you move to the area? We moved to Umatilla in July of 2000 from Spokane. We had two toddlers and wanted to work in the same school as we were juggling multiple schedules in Spokane. We assumed we’d stay for two years and instead fell in love with the students and community. What is your favorite place to eat locally? It’s a tough three-way tie for me: Java Junkies (for lunch), Rae’s Dayz (for breakfast) and Donitas (for dinner). If I’m really lucky, I can pull off all three in one day. What do you like to do in your spare time? In my free time, I am usually wearing a tool apron (my cousin made it for me) and working on a remodel project. We’re on our fifth total house remodel and it’s very rewarding to spend a weekend doing work that has immediate gratification, even if it comes with a few bruises and sore muscles. What surprises you about this area? The people are always so friendly and accepting in our area. I love the way people come together to cel- ebrate in times of joy and comfort in times of sadness. What was the last book you read? I read about three books a week and love anything mindless and full of mystery. I last read “Manhat- tan Beach” by Jennifer Egan. It was OK, but not my favorite. What app or website do you use most often besides Facebook or Google? My Fitness Pal. I track everything I eat very care- fully, then I promptly ignore what it tells me I’m doing wrong and head to Rae’s for an omelet followed by a complaint about my tight pants. If you could travel anywhere, where would you go? The Grand Canyon continues to be on my list, but no one in my family shares that wish so it might be a bit before I make it there. What is one of your goals for the next 12 months? I hope to have a habit of exercising firmly in place. I’ve assembled the bike, but have yet to ride it, so I’m taking some small baby steps toward the goal. What is your proudest accomplishment? I’ve been exceptionally blessed in my life, so it’s hard to say anything is an accomplishment solely of my own doing. Perhaps my best solo accomplishment is con- vincing my husband that he still likes being married to me after nearly 22 years. It’s Valentine’s week, right? Printed on recycled newsprint VOLUME 112 ● NUMBER 7 Jade McDowell | Reporter • jmcdowell@eastoregonian.com • 541-564-4536 Jayati Ramakrishnan | Reporter • jramakrishnan@hermistonherald.com • 541-564-4534 Tammy Malgesini | Community Editor • tmalgesini@eastoregonian.com • 541-564-4539 Alexis Mansanarez | Sports Reporter • amansanarez@eastoregonian.com • 541-564-4542 Jeanne Jewett | Multi-Media consultant • jjewett@hermistonherald.com • 541-564-4531 Audra Workman | Multi-Media consultant • aworkman@eastoregonian.com • 541-564-4538 Dawn Hendricks | Circulation District Manager • dhendricks@eastoregonian.com • 541-564-4530 To contact the Hermiston Herald for news, advertising or subscription information: • call 541-567-6457 • e-mail info@hermistonherald.com • stop by our offices at 333 E. Main St. • visit us online at: hermistonherald.com The Hermiston Herald (USPS 242220, ISSN 8750-4782) is published weekly at Hermiston Herald, 333 E. Main St., Hermiston, OR 97838, (541) 567-6457. 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The construction blocked traffic on Orchard Avenue, in February of 1993. 25 YEARS AGO FEB. 16, 1993 Gary Marks and mem- bers of the Sagebrush Coa- lition hope to right a wrong by convincing Oregonians they need to return to the “one senator per county” system of government. Marks, the city manager of Heppner, visited the Uma- tilla Chamber of Com- merce Thursday, to give Umatillans a chance to help out this “grassroots cause” which is sweeping through Eastern Oregon. “I never realized what a difference there is between the east and west sides of the state until I came to Heppner,” Marks said. “I realized then I was mis- takenly born in Portland, which was compounded by being raised there most of my life.” He said when he became city manager in Heppner, he learned quickly how much the eastern part of the state is discriminated against. “Look at the recent arti- cle in the Sunday Orego- nian on water,” Marks said. “They paint a nightmar- ish picture for the urban dweller that is quite believ- able. It says that farmers and ranchers are ‘drain- ing Oregon dry.’ It’s just another example of how the west side is distorting things.” Marks said he and the Sagebrush Coalition are a group of people who are fed up with the west side of the state controlling every- thing. As the state senate is set up now, there are 26 sen- ators from west of the Cas- cades, and only four from east of the Cascades. The Sagebrush Coalition seeks to even that number up with 18 on the west and 18 on the east. Marks gave those present a history lesson on how Oregon used to have a one senator per county system until the Supreme Court of the United States decided this system was unconstitutional. In order for the state to change the current system, the Sagebrush Coalition is attempting to get an advi- sory question on the bal- lots of the 18 counties east of the Cascades. Currently only Malheur and Morrow A February 1918 photograph of an American schooner off St. Nazaire, Frace, ablaze from stem to stern. The ships of the Allies hesitated to go to the rescue of burning crafts, as German commanders had adopted the decoy of a simulated ship in distress to bring their prey within torpedo distance. counties have placed the question on their ballots. salvage company that gets the job. 100 YEARS AGO 50 YEARS AGO 75 YEARS AGO Moving date for the old Riverside High School building at Boardman to the new structure, now under construction, is less than two months away. The school district’s contract with the Army Corps of Engineers calls for vacat- ing the old buildings by April 1, in order that they may be razed by a salvage contractor before the John Day Dam is closed and waters of the Umatilla res- ervoir rise. Lawson Con- struction Company is rac- ing against time to get the new school ready for occu- pancy by the deadline, but it is almost a certainty that the job will not be com- pleted by that time. Supt. Ron Daniels of the Morrow County School District is hoping that class- rooms will be far enough along to accommodate the students. Daniels has told both the school board and parents that a delay in the delivery of steel now makes it questionable whether the classroom portion of the new building will be fin- ished on time. The contract for the salvage is not at this writing been awarded, but it is hoped that the school district will be able to get an extension on the time that they will need from the Thousands of Oregon rural homes were equipped with electricity just prior to the outbreak of the war and may now be facing repair problems at a time when regular repair men are almost impossible to get and when even the men of the house are swamped with other work, points out Myrtle Carter, Home Demonstration Agent for Umatilla County. This con- dition means that the job of keeping everyday elec- trical equipment in repair is falling to a considerable extent on the women of the house, who are going to have to find out that a fuse box, for example, has noth- ing to do with firecrackers. To aid inexperienced folks in making simple electri- cal repairs, a home eco- nomics mimeographed cir- cular No. 1678 has been issued and is available from county extension offices. It explains, among other things, that fuses in a fuse box are circuit breakers put there to serve as safety valves on the electrical sys- tem. If one goes out, the lights on that particular cir- cuit may not be used until it is replaced. • The Mac-Hi Pioneers drew first blood in the sub-district tourney when “Bob’s” popularity grows on West side: Appar- ently Robert E. Stanfield, candidate for United States senator, has made a big hit with the voters of western and southern Oregon on his campaigning tour through those portions of the state. It’s a good criterion of a candidate’s success when newspapers speak well of him — and from what has been printed in coast papers of his candidacy it would seem as if “Bob” will eas- ily receive the nomination at the primary election by force of his known abil- ity and ardent support of the voters and members of the fourth estate in north, south, western and eastern Oregon. Two ranchers decided to trade their farms instead of exchanging money. Frank Auseon, the well-known barber, and W.L. Pear- son, well-known pharmacy man, got talking about trades the other day, and before they were through each had swapped his farm holdings in this community to the other, and moving day was set for Thursday of next week. In the deal Mr. Auseon gives Mr. Pearson his twenty-acre improve homestead north of town for the latter’s improved five in town and six acres on the Umatilla River not far from here. 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LOL ~Dawn they came from behind to defeat the Hermiston Bull- dogs on the local floor Monday night. The margin of victory came in the final period when the Bulldogs’ defense fell apart and their offense failed to click. The Pioneers scored rapidly and suddenly pulled away into a six-point lead and a 29 to 23 victory. The game was a slam bang affair all the way with the Milton-Free- water quintet jumping into an early lead. Ellis and Torgeson scored the first points of the contest on fast breaking shots from close under the basket. The only points scored by the Bull- dogs in the first period were a pair of free throws in which Bill Schoonover dropped in. Interested in a Medical career? Need funds to complete your training? Good Shepherd Com munity Health Foundation medical scholarship applications are now being accepted from qualified local students through February 28th. 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