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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?
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for vehicles. 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.
FEB. 15, 1968
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always being there
for me & having
my back.
Love ya~
Dawn
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Happy Valentine’s Day Jesus!
Thanks for being there when
I needed & helping me as
much as you have, even
when it makes smoke
come out your
ears. LOL
~Dawn
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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
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under the basket. The only
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in which Bill Schoonover
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