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A2 • HERMISTONHERALD.COM WEDNESDAY, JULY 18, 2018 COMMUNITY THREE MINUTES WITH ... HERMISTON HISTORY BEN MILLARD Owner, Veg Out When and why did you move to Hermiston? I’d lived here my whole life. I went to college and had jobs elsewhere. I moved back last year to figure out the next step, and ended up getting involved in this business with my sister. What is your favorite place to eat in Hermiston? Veg Out! What do you like to do in your spare time? I like pretty much all sports, playing or watching. I like relaxing and watching movies because I work a lot. What surprises you about Hermiston? It always seems to be growing, which is good. Before I opened the business I didn’t pay too much atten- tion, but now I’m noticing other small businesses and restaurants. Right around the time we opened up, four other new restaurants opened up — it’s pretty cool. What was the last book you read? I think it was the new Harry Potter book — Harry Potter and the Cursed Child. What app or website do you use most? Spotify or Netflix. If you could travel anywhere, where would you go? Brazil — where I served my mission for my church for two years. I definitely want to go back. What is the funniest thing that’s happened to you? In college, me and my roommates watched all nine seasons of The Office in one semester — four semes- ters in a row. That’s funny — or embarrassing. Or a proudest accomplishment. What is one of your goals for the next 12 months? My goal is to keep expanding the business, and hope- fully move into a bigger spot soon. Maybe even within a year look at opening up new locations. What is your proudest accomplishment? Probably serving my mission for church. It was prob- ably one of the hardest, most important and best things I’ve done. VOLUME 112 ● NUMBER 28 Printed on recycled newsprint 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 | Office 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. HH FILE PHOTOS (Top) David Bothum, left, and artist Deb Ashbeck pose with the limited edition print commemorating the 1993 Farm- City Pro Rodeo. The print features Bothum on his first ride in his first National Finals Rodeo in 1978 on a horse called Come Apart. He was the national saddle bronc champion that year. (Bottom) Workers from Ag-Tech Construction lay the foundation for Campus Life’s facility in 1993. ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION RATES Delivered by mail Wednesdays Inside Umatilla/Morrow counties .......... $42.65 Outside Umatilla/Morrow counties ....... $53.90 Periodical postage paid at Hermiston, OR. Postmaster, send address changes to Hermiston Herald, 333 E. Main St., Hermiston, OR 97838. Member of EO Media Group Copyright ©2018 CORRECTIONS It is the policy of the Hermiston Herald to correct errors as soon as they are discovered. Incorrect information will be corrected on Page 2A. Errors commited on the Opinion page will be corrected on that page. Corrections also are noted in the online versions of our stories. Please contact the editor at editor@hermistonherald.com or call (541) 564- 4533 with issues about this policy or to report errors. SUBMIT A LETTER TO THE EDITOR Letters Policy: Letters to the Editor is a forum for the Hermiston Herald readers to express themselves on local, state, national or world issues. Brevity is good, but longer letters should be kept to 250 words. No personal attacks; challenge the opinion, not the person. The Hermiston Herald reserves the right to edit letters for length and for content. Letters must be original and signed by the writer or writers. Anonymous letters will not be printed. Writers should include a telephone number so they can be reached for questions. Only the letter writer’s name and city of residence will be published. 25 YEARS AGO JULY 20, 1993 The foundation was laid for Herm- iston Campus Life’s building on South First Place last week. This Sat- urday it’s expected that volunteers will begin erecting the structure, and by October the building should be ready for occupancy, according to high school teacher Rod Bragato. Campus Life has raised about $25,000 in funds and donations to build the youth building, but still needs about $12,000 to complete the project, Bragato said. Volunteers are also needed to erect the structure. • Just as fall fashion designs come and go, so do the colors favored by architectural color consultants and their clients. This past summer, one of the West Coast’s leading color con- sultants has been working his magic on an apartment complex he owns in Hermiston. Bob Buckner recently became the sole owner of the Tower Apartments and decided the time was right to change the look of the complex south of town. While Buckner selected 10 differ- ent colors for the Hermiston project, he was careful to make sure none of the colors would “blow people away.” Instead he chose Sorcery, which is gray, for the main body of the com- plex, and followed it up with such interesting names as Catawba for the roof fascias, Mississippi Delta for the deck and stair railings, Swiss Coffee for the ceilings of the hallways and Oyster for the letters on each build- ing unit. 50 YEARS AGO JULY 18, 1968 Dr. Alan Van Tyne, 31, Hermiston chiropractor, lost his life on Monday evening, July 15, when the light place he was piloting stalled and crashed as he was attempting to land. According to reports, he was cir- cling the field from west to south at approximately 100 feet when the plane went into a spin and out of con- trol. The craft plunged into the ground nose-first and burst into flames shortly thereafter. • As much as we dislike having anyone belittle a busy homemaker, we heard of an instance which illustrates an important and practical point. It seems that a lady called a service man and asked for some new felt pads for her dryer. It dried slowly and she thought new pads might speed up the job. In the three years since she bought the dryer, the lint trap had not once been cleaned. The collection in the trap looked like a felt pad. So we emphasize, empty the lint trap regularly. Failure to do so will slow down the drying. This informa- tion and many other worthwhile sug- gestions are in the instruction book. 75 YEARS AGO JULY 22, 1943 Wilfred J Thomas, army private, who recently made headlines for kill- ing three Italians in the Cicilian cam- paign, is the son of Mr. and Mrs. C. Thomas of Hermiston. The fam- ily resides in the Hanby trailer camp while Mr. Thomas is employed at the Umatilla Ordnance Depot. Pvt. Thomas made a visit to Hermiston in March to visit his parents. He has been in the service about one and a half years and apparently enjoys the “work.” Thomas was among a group of paratroopers who dropped 600 feet from a transport plane to wreak havoc among the defenders of the large island. They prepared the way for the landing of other armed forces. • A general exodus began Wednes- day at Tertle Town west of Hermis- ton when about 20 families began moving to Ordnance. Regular cara- vans of furniture, clothing and other belongings could be seen moving all day. Other residents will continue to move to Ordnance until the entire 83 houses have been vacated with work of rebuilding Tertle Town slated to get underway soon after all the families have moved. Included among the work to be done are the addition of a dinette to each unit. The houses will all be raised and placed on new foundations and all will be painted. New roofing will be placed on each house and con- ditions generally improved. A new community building will be erected for use of residents of Tertle Town. Residents who are being forced to leave their victory gardens for a short time will be glad to learn that steps will be taken to guard them as much as possible. 100 YEARS AGO JULY 20, 1918 Warnings are being sent out to towns in Oregon and Washing- ton against a number of fake “war heroes” who are speaking at war ral- lies and taking up collections after- wards. Several of these men appear in Canadian uniforms, and there seems to be no law to prevent their so doing. The principal damage these men do is not the money they secure but the fact that they spread sedition and dis- loyalty and are in fact German propa- gandists. Posing as heroes, martyrs and patriots, they drop little remarks intended to sink in. Five of these fraudulent war heroes have already been apprehended, but others keep bobbing up to take their places. All towns before permitting self- styled heroes to address public gath- erings should first check up on their reliability, regardless of whether they are called Canadian, British or Amer- ican patriots. Before permitting them to speak it should been seen to that they have proper credentials from their county council of defense or from the state council of defense, or both. • The rabbit drive that took place Sunday afternoon out in Columbia district was participated in by two- score farmers and a little over half as many townspeople. Even with this small number a goodly portion of the population of rabbitdom out in the neighborhood of the Henry Ott, Joe Craik and Henry Sommerer ranches were forever put to sleep by the shot gun route. That the drive, even with so small a body of hunters, was ably man- aged by those in charge is shown by the fact that a close estimate of the demise of the pest was around 500. The lines remained intact throughout and the slaughter was greatest when the hunters had driven the jacks to a rabbit-tight enclosure a short distance west of the Craik place. BottleDrop offers nonprofit fundraisers For Hermiston residents who have accumulated a large collection of cans and bottles while staying hydrated this summer, the Hermiston BottleDrop and Agape House are providing a way for those items to go to good use. On Tuesday, July 31 from 1-4 p.m. people can drop off their cans and bot- tles at the BottleDrop, 740 W. Hermiston Ave., and ask that the proceeds from the deposits go to Agape House. Also, people can make arrangements for pick-up service for large amounts of cans and bot- tles by calling Agape House director Dave Hughes at 541-567-8774. The money will be used for Agape House’s weekend food program that provides local students in need with a bag of food each weekend. Bottledrop, Hughes said, is matching donations given July 31, up to $1,000. “It’s a way for people to give and that’s a pretty good incentive,” Hughes said. The Hermiston Bottle- Drop is part of a network of redemption centers run by the Oregon Beverage Recy- cling Cooperative. Bottle- Drop Give offers a number of ways customers can give back to local nonprofits. In addition to participating in fundraising days like the one for the Agape House, they can log into their Bot- tleDrop account and trans- fer money in their account to a nonprofit or they can fill special blue bags marked for specific nonprofits and then drop them off.
