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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 22, 2018
COMMUNITY
THREE MINUTES WITH ...
HERMISTON HISTORY
25 YEARS AGO
MATT FISHER
Lieutenant, Umatilla County Fire District
When and why did you move
to Hermiston?
In 2008 — when the hous-
ing market crashed, I was
in central Oregon, pursu-
ing a career. A job oppor-
tunity opened up here, so
that’s why I moved.
What is your favorite place to eat in Hermiston?
When it’s here, the taco truck by the Cottage.
What do you like to do in your spare time?
Outdoor activities — hunting, fishing and boating,
and spending time with my family.
What surprises you about Hermiston?
The culture. There are a lot of different ethnicities,
and everyone still kind of maintains their heritage,
and it’s fairly well-respected.
What was the last book you read?
Extreme Ownership, by Jocko Willink and Leif Babin.
It’s a management book by a Naval officer.
What app or website do you use most often?
CrewSense, for work. It’s a personnel management
app.
If you could travel anywhere, where would you
go?
Probably Paraguay. My uncle passed away there when
he was 15 years old, on a mission trip. My grandpar-
ents were missionaries. That’s where he’s buried. My
middle name is after him, and my son is named after
him. I’d kind of like to see where they did the mission.
What is the funniest thing that’s happened to
you?
My son (age three and a half) says some pretty funny
things. But at work, we were up all night one night,
and we were taking pictures of each other. Then the
same pictures showed up at our banquet, and it was
the same night I won firefighter of the year.
What is one of your goals for the next 12 months?
To spend more time with family, and reprioritize
things.
What is your proudest accomplishment?
Besides my son, I’d say my career. I’ve worked really
hard, and had lots of things come in my way that I
think a lot of people would have stopped and tried
something else. But I kept pushing on.
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AUG. 24, 1993
Beginning Wednesday,
drivers relying on a “Fuzz-
buster” may find them-
selves busted by an Oregon
State Police trooper using
a new laser-based speed
measuring system.
The physically-harmless
laser is invisible to both the
eye and any radar detector.
The OSP recently pur-
chased several LTI 20-20
laser
speed
detection
devices. As he cruises
around the West End,
Trooper Dave Mac-Man-
imam will be armed with
such a device.
• Potato processors are
investing millions of dol-
lars to transform millions
of gallons of water from a
burdensome byproduct to a
valuable economic benefit.
Vegetable
process
water is what’s left over
at potato processing plants
after potatoes have made
their way to the fryer and
become frozen french fries,
hash browns, tator tots and
potato wedges.
Craig Smith, vice pres-
ident of Environmen-
tal Affairs of the Port-
land-based
Northwest
Food Processors Associ-
ation, said vegetable pro-
cess water is finding new,
valuable uses as a source of
farmland irrigation water
and fertilization.
“French fries, hash
browns and other val-
ue-added potato prod-
ucts are the result of a
major manufacturing pro-
cess,’ Smith said. “A major
by-product of this process
is water.”
The effort to re-use the
water is “now beginning to
pay off in substantial sav-
ings to farmers because of
reduced need for commer-
cial fertilizers and lower
irrigation water costs.”
50 YEARS AGO
AUG. 22, 1968
Gene Palmer, Uma-
tilla County Roadmaster,
announces that one of the
road department’s 1968
projects for the Hermis-
ton area is the extension of
the Elm Street road across
Bakers Pond, thus connect-
ing Diagonal Road with
the
Hermiston-McNary
Highway.
At the present time,
nearly four city blocks of
Elm Street is black-topped
and Palmer states that plans
call for a Class A gravel
road this year, on the bal-
ance of the road under
construction. Black-top-
ping will take place on this
stretch of road in 1969.
The Elm Street exten-
sion, nearly half a mile in
length, show alleviate a
lot of the truck and smaller
vehicle traffic that nor-
mally flows through down-
town Hermiston.
75 YEARS AGO
AUG. 26, 1943
Major Chester L.C.
Johnson, son of Mrs. Rose
Johnson of Pendleton, is
a prisoner of the Japanese
in the Philippine Islands,
according to word received
HH FILE PHOTO.
Almost 5,000 pounds of produce were loaded onto this Pendleton Grain Growers truck to
take to Portland to distribute in August 1993. Pictured are Mayor Frank Harkenrider (shown
kneeling) and Kris McCullough, Pat Napolitano, Jutta Haliewicz, Donna Prewitt, Coleman
Devine, Mike Boise, DuWayne White, Lyle Crane and Byron Grow.
by his mother.
Major Johnson is a for-
mer Hermiston boy, hav-
ing graduated from the
local high school where he
was very prominent in all
school affairs. He later was
appointed West Point by
Rep. Walter Pierce.
Major Johnson had not
been heard of directly since
April 14, 1942 when he
was stationed in the Philip-
pines, and news that he was
alive and well proved a joy-
ous message for his mother.
A postcard came from him,
stating: “Health excellent.
I am uninjured. Not under
treatment. Am well.”
• Hermiston might be
a small town to many but
already this little ham-
let has enough men in the
air corps to fly and man
a 10-man bomber. Some
of the first to leave for air
service were Bob Follett,
Harry Connor, Ted Ripley
and Wayne Casseday. Oth-
ers who have joined since
include Bill Corpe, Vester
Shaw, Tom Fraser, Gale
Felthouse, Ray Hollomon,
Gene Rugg and possibly
others.
If it were possible that a
bomber could be manned
by the 10 men from the
above group, the writer
would be willing to vouch
for it in any type of air
battle.
100 YEARS AGO
AUG. 24, 1918
You all have heard about
Col. Newport and his trusty
Ford taking a header into
the ditch one day last week
as he was hurrying from his
home to reach the depot to
take the train to Portland.
He was making good time
alright, and would have
reached the station in safety
had it not been for being
too generous in giving all
of the road to a car going in
the opposite direction — in
fact he gave so much of the
highway that he landed in
the ditch and damaged the
Ford to the tune of about 25
bucks. He escaped injury
himself and succeeded in
just making the train on
foot.
When he returned from
Portland he found the fol-
lowing letter from James
Stuart of Stanfield:
“I don’t know whether
you know it or not, but it
was me that you tried to
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you out at least. I think that
there was enough room
for you to get by, but you
struck the rough ground
and that drew you in. I
hope there was no damage
done. If there was, and you
think that I was in any way
to blame, I will pay you for
it, for I feel that it is not the
right way to use a friend.”
WORSHIP
COMMUNITY
St. Johns
Episcopal Church
Join Us On Our Journey With Jesus.
Scripture, Tradition and Reason
Family service 9am Sunday
N.E. Gladys Ave & 7th, Hermiston
PH: 567-6672
We are an all inclusive Church who welcomes all.
First Christian
Church
“Proclaiming the Message of
Hope, Living the Gospel of Love”
LANDMARK BAPTIST
CHURCH
125 E. Beech Ave. • 567-3232
Pastor David Dever
567-3013
Sun. Bible Classes...................10:00am
Sun. Worship Service..............11:00am
Sun. Evening Worship..............6:00pm
Wed. Prayer & Bible Study......6:00pm
775 W. Highland Ave., Hermiston
www.hermistonlmbc.com
Worship Gathering 10:00 am
Children’s Church 10:00 am
NEW BEGINNINGS
CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP
Worship Service 10:30 AM
Sunday School 9:00 AM
Pastor J.C. Barnett
Children’s Church &
Nursery Available
700 West Orchard Avenue
P.O. Box 933
Hermiston, Oregon
541-567-8441
Our Lady of Angels
Catholic Church
565 W. HERMISTON AVE.
First United
Methodist
Church
Hermiston
191 E. Gladys Ave , Hermiston OR
Sunday Worship 11am • 541-567-3002
Nursery available Check us out on Face Book
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Open Hearts, Open Minds, Open Doors
Rev. Dr. Jim Pierce, pastor
Grace Baptist Church
555 SW 11th, Hermiston
567-9497
DAILY MASS: Monday-Friday
...............................English 7:00 am
Thursday...............Spanish 6:00 pm
SATURDAY:.........English 5:00 pm
...............................Spanish 7:00 pm
SUNDAY:..............English 9:00 am
..........................Bilingual 11:00 am
..............................Spanish 1:00 pm
Offi ce..............................567-5812
Nursery provided for all services
Sunday School - 9:30 AM
Worship - 10:45 AM
6:00 PM
Wed Prayer & Worship - 7:00 PM
“Proclaiming God’s word,
growing in God’s grace”
The Full Gospel
Home Church
Seventh-day
Adventist Church
235 SW 3rd
Phone 567-7678
Rev. Ed Baker - Rev. Nina Baker
Sunday:
Sunday School........10:00 am
Worship...................11:00 am
Evening Service........7:00 pm
Wednesday Service..7:00 pm
“Casting all your care upon him;
for he careth for you.”
1 Pet. 5:7
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pass at noon today down
near your town, when you
run into the ditch with your
car. I was hurrying home
and didn’t give it a thought
till I got by too far to do any
good, when it struck me all
at once that I had done you
a dirty trick, and I have
felt like a sheep thief ever
since. I should have helped
Saturdays
Sabbath School........9:30 a.m.
Worship Service......11:00 a.m.
English & Spanish Services
567-8241
Hermiston Jr. Academy
1300 NW Academy Lane, • Hermiston
1520 W ORCHARD AVE
Sunday Worship Service
10:30 am Classes for Kids @ 9:15 am
SEEKING JESUS, SHARING LIFE,
SERVING PEOPLE
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To share your
worship times call
541-278-2678