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WEDNESDAY, JULY 11, 2018
COMMUNITY
THREE MINUTES WITH ...
HERMISTON HISTORY
ALEXIS MCCARTHY
Promotions Director, KOHU/The Q,
and Studio Director, Dance Unlimited
When and why did you move to Hermiston?
I grew up here, and came back June of last year after
graduating with my music degree from Whitworth
University. I love this town, and being able to do
good work in this community with the radio stations
and dance studio is very fulfilling.
What is your favorite place to eat in Hermiston?
We have so many great restaurants, what a hard deci-
sion! If I have to pick just one at the moment, Del-
ish Bistro.
What do you like to do in your spare time?
I love to read, but music is my biggest passion, so you
can find me singing most days.
What surprises you about Hermiston?
Growing up here, I don’t have a big surprise that
stands out. However, I am so pleased with how much
the arts scene is growing here.
What was the last book you read?
“Better Than Before” by Gretchen Rubin. A great
read for anyone looking to form (and stick to) new
habits.
What app or website do you use most often
other than Facebook or Google?
Gohermiston.com. It’s the perfect one-stop-shop for
any information and websites local to our area!
If you could travel anywhere, where would you
go?
That probably changes on a daily basis. Today I’ll
say Italy; I want to tour Europe’s opera houses, and
Italy is the perfect place to start!
What is the funniest thing that’s happened to
you?
I was barrel racing one day as a kid when I started
falling off of my horse, but refused to let go. So I
grabbed my horse’s neck and slowly slid sideways
until I was hanging upside-down before finally fall-
ing off. Spectators thought it was pretty funny!
What is one of your goals for the next 12
months?
I will be soloing with the Oregon East Symphony in
February, so I am working toward that performance.
What is your proudest accomplishment?
Graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in Voice Perfor-
mance last year. It was the culmination of hours and
hours in a practice room and the library, and it was
so worth it.
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JULY 13, 1993
The Hermiston School
District approved the sign-
ing of a “memo of under-
standing” at its monthly
board meeting. The doc-
ument helps prepare pub-
lic schools for “maximum
protection” in the event of
an accident at the Umatilla
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The memo provides for
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to have portions of the
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itive-overpressurized.”
According to the memo,
overpressurization would
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the school children would
be safe.”
Pratton told the board
that overpressurizing part
of the school facilities is
the recommended choice
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overpressurization method,
students could be expected
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“safe haven” for at least 72
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50 YEARS AGO
JULY 11, 1968
Excerpt from an op-ed
from The American Rifle-
man published in the Her-
ald: The rights of 200
million law-abiding Amer-
icans to own and use fire-
arms legitimately are
gravely threatened because
of three assassins, all of
them possibly Communist
tools. Two are alleged to
have extensive Communist
contacts.
The triggermen who
horribly and deplorably
shot down President John
F. Kennedy, Dr. Martin
Luther King and U.S. Sen.
Robert F. Kennedy also, it
now appears, struck a stag-
gering blow to the Amer-
ican tradition of firearms
ownership that has stood
since the first settlers
landed gun in hand.
Some
Congressmen
and anti-gun extremists
now demand that all pri-
vate ownership of firearms
be stamped out as an evil.
If the Administration con-
curs in this, it will show
a morale-crushing lack of
faith in the integrity and
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Youngsters play in the Hermiston swimming pool on a hot day in July 1968.
good intentions of the
American people.
Any such step will also
in some measure betray
behind their backs thou-
sands of young Americans
now obeying orders to die
gun in hand, if necessary,
to halt Communism in dis-
tant Vietnam. A distinct
percentage of the 500,000
servicemen there believe
devoutly in the right of
American civilians to keep
and bear arms. They write
home, distressed, about
the ease with which the
Communists capture dis-
armed Vietnam villages.
If the National Rifle
Association could believe
that gun controls sponsored
by the Johnson Adminis-
tration and its Congressio-
nal adherents really would
reduce crime, we as loyal
and law-observing Amer-
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to fall in line and support
them.
75 YEARS AGO
JULY 15, 1943
The Umatilla Electric
Cooperative
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this week enters its sixth
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other rural consumers in
this area.
Citing the progress of
the Cooperative since its
lines were first energized
on July 16, 1938, Manager
Ray L Woolley, recalled
that the system had only
381 consumers at the end
of its first month of oper-
ation. Today the Coopera-
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vice to 774 consumers
along 271 miles of distri-
bution lines in Umatilla
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Farm Members of the
Cooperative have come to
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electric equipment to save
labor and increase produc-
tion of such vital foods as
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meats, Mr. Woolley said.
The 647 farms served by
the Cooperative consumed
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JULY 13, 1918
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and the flames cutting her
off forced her to take to the
fire escape, dropping 15
feet to the ground.
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