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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 11, 2018
COMMUNITY
HERMISTON HISTORY
THREE MINUTES WITH ...
DOUG PRIMMER
Correctional Lieutenant/
Reserve Deputy Sheriff/City Councilor
When and why did you move to Hermiston?
My family moved here from Seattle in 1977, when my
dad retired from the U.S. Navy.
What is your favorite place to eat in Hermiston?
Currently a tie between the Pheasant and Kobe Sushi
HH FILE PHOTO
Workers with J.C. Compton tear up the westbound lane of Highway 730 last week as part of the $3.4 million renovation
project.
25 YEARS AGO
APRIL 13, 1993
Although construction
on Highway 730 began
before Christmas, the work
didn’t really become vis-
ible until two weeks ago.
Now
anyone
passing
through Umatilla can view
the progress.
Last week, workers with
J.C. Compton Contractor,
Inc. blocked off two lanes
of traffic through Umatilla
and began digging up the
asphalt in the westbound
lanes, creating havoc for
drivers, residents and busi-
ness owners.
The project, which is
scheduled to be complete
the first week of July, will
rebuild the road from curb
to curb, widen the current
railroad bridge to four lanes
of traffic and add sidewalk,
curbing and new signs and
lighting on the east end of
town. All of this at a cost of
$3.4 million.
Once completed, the
downtown section of high-
way will be three lanes,
two directional lanes and
one center turning lane.
Currently the highway has
two lanes of traffic with
no turning lane. The high-
way department opted for
this new configuration after
talking to local businesses
and residents.
The new configuration
will allow the downtown
area to have parking on
both sides of the highway,
while allowing cars to keep
moving without having to
stop for vehicles waiting to
make a left turn.
Until the rebuilding of
the highway is finished,
businesses are having to
cope with traffic hassles
and a reduction in customer
count. Terry Stubenrauch, a
manager with the 24 hour
convenience store, Cir-
cle-K, said the construction
hit them hard the first day.
“We saw a big slowdown
that first day, but things are
starting to pick up again.
Not back to the same level
as before, but it is coming
back.”
Reconstruction of the
westbound lane of traffic is
scheduled to be completed
by April 17, with crews dig-
ging up the eastbound lane
of traffic April 19 and fin-
ishing work May 8.
50 YEARS AGO
APRIL 11, 1968
Edna Morris, executive
director of the Umatilla
County Housing Author-
ity, announced an open
house at the 32 new low-in-
come units just completed
in town.
The new homes are
between Victory Square
and Orchard Homes. Rent-
als include duplexes, four-
plexes and single homes.
Morris said that rent-
ing began in March and is
based on family income.
HH FILE PHOTO
Princesses of the 1968 Umatilla County Fair Court, left
to right: Jean Anne Ringhand, Milton-Freewater; Kathy
Gilleese, Hermiston; Cheryl Nelson, Milton-Freewater; and
Jimmie Stephens, Umatilla.
HH FILE PHOTO
Mrs. Edna Morris, executive director of Umatilla County
Housing Authority, holds keys to a one-bedroom duplex
which will be one of 32 units in Hermiston.
For two people, the max-
imum annual income is
$3,600 and for eight it’s
$5,800. A single person
over 62 must not have an
income more than $3,000.
The Timber Company of
Hermiston was the contrac-
tor with a bid of $304, 845,
and the total construction
cost was $350,000.
• Campers, boaters and
sightseers are cautioned
against parking on the river
banks or islands of the
Columbia River between
McNary Dam and John Day
Dam, beginning April 16.
The John Day pool form-
ing Lake Umatilla will fill
very rapidly, and water will
rise about one foot per hour.
This rise can trap vehicles,
equipment and people.
75 YEARS AGO
APRIL 15, 1943
(The following editorial
ran on the front page of the
Hermiston Herald)
To the Readers of the
Hermiston Herald:
The $13,000,000,000
second war loan is the
responsibility of every
one of us. As Americans,
we must lend our gov-
ernment every dollar we
can during these next few
weeks. No matter how
much or how little our
paychecks are, each of us
must do his part.
The money is urgently
needed to back up our
armed forces now on the
offensive with the weapons
they must have to win and
win quickly.
We are asked to give
up our luxuries and even
our comforts to match in
a small way the sacrifices
our men in the armed forces
are making on the fighting
fronts.
Remember: They give
their lives — we are only
asked to lend our money.
Only you know how
much you can lend. Don’t
wait for someone to come
around and ask you to do
your part.
Do it today. Do it gladly.
Do it to the utmost of your
capacity.
Do it knowing that upon
how much you do depends
to a large extent how
quickly we win this war.
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• A proposal for imme-
diate construction of the
Umatilla rapids dam on the
Columbia River near Uma-
tilla is before the war pro-
duction board.
Bonneville Administra-
tor Paul J. Raver said on
his return from Washing-
ton D.D. that the Bonne-
ville advisory board had
recommended the project
as necessary to meet war
demands. Raver added that
additional generators for
Grand Coulee dam also had
been recommended.
“All we are asking for is
a minimum of war needs.
We don’t want to use any
more critical materials than
necessary,” he said.
100 YEARS AGO
APRIL 13, 1918
The income tax law has
made it necessary for farm-
ers to keep a closer account
of their business. This fea-
ture of the income tax alone
may in the end prove a
great blessing.
Farmers generally have
not taken kindly to book-
keeping because books
made for that purpose have
been too complicated. We
now have a book that is
so simple that any person
can keep his accounts very
accurately.
This book was designed
by the Department of Agri-
culture and the Oregon
Agricultural College and
is the only book published
that gives a complete yet
simple summary at the
close of the year showing
the year’s business.
Agricultural
agent
Shrock has 50 of these
books that he will give
away to farmers or to farm
boys or girls who wish to
keep farm accounts.
He will assist in enter-
ing the inventory and will
explain the use of the book.
He will visit each coopera-
tor during the year to check
up on the work and at the
end of the year will help
close the book and summa-
rize the year’s work.
What do you like to do in your spare time?
Costume and prop making for cosplay, scuba diving,
pistol and long-range rifle shooting, spending time
with my wife, kids and grandkids.
What surprises you about Hermiston?
How much people get behind each other to help.
Sure, there are always squabbles, but when it comes
down to it, people get in and help each other.
What was the last book you read?
“Horse Soldiers”
What app or wesbite do you use most often
other than Facebook or Google?
IMDB, Yahoo News
If you could travel anywhere, where would you
go?
Diving on the Great Barrier Reef. No question.
What is the funniest thing that’s happened to
you?
One of the first conversations I had with a fairly new
dispatcher at Hermiston PD. I was out on patrol
for the Sheriff’s Office and stopped by the dispatch
center. It was the first time my job had allowed me
to grow a beard. So I asked one of the dispatchers
what she thought. She glanced up from what she was
doing and said (without any hesitation), “Anything
that hides half your face is bound to be an improve-
ment.” And then immediately went back to what she
was doing. Five years later, I married her.
What is your proudest accomplishment?
Being elected to the city council. The fact that a sig-
nificant portion of the citizens of our city felt confi-
dent that I could help lead the city in the direction
that they wanted was humbling.
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