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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.
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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.