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WEDNESDAY, MAY 30, 2018
COMMUNITY
THREE MINUTES WITH ...
HERMISTON HISTORY
JAMES ZAGAR
Union representative, American Income
When and why did you come to Hermiston?
Very recently — I came here for work, to protect
union families and fill any gaps in union coverage.
What is your favorite place to eat in Hermiston?
Ixtapa or Midway.
What do you like to do in your spare time?
I don’t have spare time.
What surprises you about Hermiston?
How nice the people are.
What was the last book you read, and would
you recommend it?
“Outwitting the Devil,” by Napoleon Hill. I would
recommend it.
What app or website do you use most often?
Podcast — an iTunes app.
If you could travel anywhere, where would you
go?
Brazil
What is the funniest thing that’s happened to
you?
The other day my friend and I were sitting in the Rite
Aid parking lot. I was in the driver’s seat, and in the
vehicle next door was a pug. We made eye contact,
and he had this really intense underbite. I looked at
my friend and said, “I don’t like the way this dog is
looking at me. It makes me uncomfortable.” We just
lost it.
What is one of your goals for the next 12
months?
Make money and grow the business.
What is your proudest accomplishment?
Being in the Marines definitely ranks up there.
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HH FILE PHOTO
Second and third grade girls rehearse “Le Cirque Ballet” at Armand Larive Middle School in 1993. Pictured are (back row,
left to right) Jessica Ford, Elizabeth Kindle, Jenna Lloyd, Amanda Carper, Rachel McCune, Samatha Alder and kneeling are
Jessica Lorencen and Chelsea Alder.
25 YEARS AGO
June 1, 1993
Representative Chuck
Norris reported that his
office has been inundated
with calls and letters from
teachers concerned about
a proposed bill that would
change retirement benefits
for newly hired teachers.
House Bill 2717, which
established a second tier for
newly hired teachers in the
Public Employee Retire-
ment System (PERS),
only affects new teach-
ers, stressed Norris. The
second tier for new hires
would be a defined contri-
bution plan, with 6 percent
of payroll contributed by
the employer and 6 percent
by the employee.
Members already in
the system would not see
a change in their benefits
under the bill, contrary to
information being given to
teachers.
“It’s unfortunate that
this erroneous information
was distributed, causing
undue stress to the teach-
ers of this state who are
already reeling under the
cuts brought on by Mea-
sure 5,” he added.
•Up to $15 million may
be lost by the agricul-
tural industry because of
a Department of Environ-
mental Quality decision
not to allow a groundwa-
ter recharge project under
existing water rights. Last
month, DEQ officials
informed Kent Madison,
of Madison Ranches, that
a permit to allow Columbia
River water to be pumped
into the deep level aquifer
beneath most of Umatilla
County was denied.
This decision could
effectively shut down the
agricultural industry in the
Butter Creek area within
five years.
Agriculture could be
affected because the proj-
ect was an effort to cor-
rect a reduction in water
imposed by Oregon Water
Resources, which will limit
several area farmers to only
HH FILE PHOTO
Trucks haul away portions of the old Safeway store in 1968 in preparation for a new
location.
a few thousand acre feet of
water per year.
50 YEARS AGO
May 30, 1968
Hermiston
police
reported
a
rash
of
vandalism.
A front window, facing
east, was broken out of the
Justice Court with the court
seal on it. A broken beer
bottle was found nearby.
The same night a window
was broken by vandals
throwing a bottle through
a window at Columbia
Furniture.
Several pop vending
machines were broken into
and suspects are believed
to be professionals as they
hit only the pop machines
on the main highway
through town.
75 YEARS AGO
May 27, 1943
“Once in a thousand”
but in the past few weeks
it has happened twice, and
thus makes the headlines.
Several weeks ago
a man, shooting across
Despain Gulch at a coyote,
struck a main transmission
line and caused a blackout
here for several minutes.
Although this was strange
it was not extraordinary.
However, last Thursday
someone shot at a hawk
above Umatilla and did
the same identical thing,
hitting a wire and causing
part of Umatilla to go dark.
After the place of trouble
was located, a large hawk
was found at the foot of
the power pole. Killing the
hawk was good business
but not news — hitting the
wire again, that was.
•Not only has the Her-
ald classified page proved
extremely valuable in
recent months to persons
who wish to sell, buy or
trade various items, but
also is furnishing some
interesting reading mate-
rial. For instance, this week
Bob Alstott is advertising
as follows: “Will the per-
son who persists in milk-
ing my cow, please call at
my house and make some
arrangements, as I need
some of the milk?”
100 YEARS AGO
The food administration
stated through the Orego-
nian Sunday, May 26, that
we, the citizens of Oregon,
were to be eased into the
wheatless regime by a five
days’ training period.
The food administration
has made stirring appeals
for every citizen to return
the wheat flour on hand, but
some of our people have
not heard. Are you unpatri-
otic or just selfish? Selfish
because you do not realize
that our armies are with-
out bread, the food which
makes over half of their
diet. The wheat flour which
you return goes directly
into the government ser-
vice, and is purchased by
the food administrator.
•On the night of the
theft of the McNaught and
Messner cars some time
ago by joy riders a plush
robe, checkered on one
side and with roses worked
on the other, was purloined
from a hay rack belong-
ing to Peter Norquist that
stood beside the Herm-
iston livery stable. Mrs.
Norquist prized the robe
very much and would be
greatly pleased if she could
recover it.
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