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HERMISTON HISTORY
LILLY
ALARCON-STRONG
City Recorder and Executive Assistant to
the City Manager and City Council
When and why did you
move to Hermiston?
I was born in this great
city, baby! Lol ;-) And,
I’ve never had the desire
to leave. I love it here!
What is your favorite
place to eat in Hermiston?
My mom’s house. After that it’s a tie between La
Palma and Golden Palace.
What do you like to do in your spare time?
Read, play board games and cuddle with my boys,
spend time with family and friends, and enjoy the
great outdoors.
What surprises you about Hermiston?
We’re growing rapidly but we still have such a strong
sense of community and togetherness.
What was the last book you read?
The Trouble with Twelfth Grave. It’s a series of 13
books by Darynda Jones. The 13th comes out next
year (2019) and I’m itching to get my hands on it.
What app or website do you use most often
other than Facebook or Google?
Pinterest. I have all of these amazing things “pinned”
to my board that I want to do or make ... but I know
I’ll probably only get to like 10 percent of them. Hey,
it’s the thought that counts, right?!
If you could travel anywhere, where would you
go?
Hmmm ... I’ve got to say, as long as I’m traveling
with amazing people and learning new things, I don’t
really care where I go. But, my entire family is plan-
ning a trip to Florida next year. We have lots of fam-
ily in that area and I love it when we’re all together.
So, Florida it is!
What is the funniest thing that’s happened to
you?
Well, I’m a naturally happy person who loves to
laugh and have fun. But the funniest (which means
embarrassing) thing that’s happened to me is ... If
someone is vomiting and I hear it, smell it, or see it,
then I’m usually (unwillingly) joining them.
My boyfriend (now husband), my two nieces and
I were driving to my mom’s house when my nieces
BOTH got sick in the back seat. My boyfriend was
unable to pull over and in the panic had locked the
windows so I wasn’t able to roll down the windows
to get fresh air in the car while the girls were hav-
ing their puke-fest. While I was trying to comfort
my nieces and tell him to unlock the windows I also
started throwing up ... all over myself, the floor of the
car, EVERYWHERE!!!! He was finally able to pull
over, but by that time it was too late. The entire car
and my nieces and I were covered in vomit.
This obviously wasn’t a deal breaker because we
eventually married and have two incredible boys
together! But still, talk about embarrassing. It’s
something we completely laugh about now when
we’re reminiscing about “the good old days”!
What is one of your goals for the next 12
months?
I’m very close to earning my Certified Municipal
Clerk Certification (CMC). It’s about a three (+/-)
year process and I hope to have that completed by
year end. I also want to teach my boys Spanish.
What is your proudest accomplishment?
Besides the obvious, my family, my boys Preston and
Pierce; I am proud to be living the American Dream!
I am a first-generation American. My parents came
to this county with nothing, not knowing the lan-
guage or the way of life, etc. They showed us, by
example, specifically my remarkable mother, Fran-
cisca Alarcon, that hard work, perseverance and
love can accomplish anything you want in life. I am
so proud and lucky be to be an American! Thanks,
Momasita! xoxo
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25 YEARS AGO
AUGUST 31, 1993
The Port of Morrow
will earn about $1 mil-
lion per year in fees from
the Coyote Springs electric
generation plant, accord-
ing to Port officials. The
Port signed an agreement
with Portland General
Electric last week to build
the 220-megawatt elec-
tric plant, which will take
two years to complete. The
project could begin as soon
as January if the permit-
ting process is complete.
A plant expansion, which
will double the size of the
facility, is planned for the
year 2000. The Port will
lease the land to PGE for
50 years with the options
to renew them for five
10-year periods.
According to the agree-
ment, the Port will also
receive a percentage from
the sale of the steam gen-
erated from the plant. The
project, one of the largest
in port history, is expected
to increase the county’s tax
base by about 50 percent
once the planned expan-
sion is complete. The con-
tract to build the plant has
been granted to EBASCO,
an engineering and con-
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50 YEARS AGO
AUGUST 29, 1968
Talk about physical fit-
ness ... Mrs. Claude (Mar-
ion) Corder of Umatilla has
that to spare ... She dove in
from the Oregon side of the
Columbia River, just above
McNary Dam at 10:20 a.m.
Tuesday, Aug. 27, and in
just one hour landed on the
Washington side. And as
though that wasn’t enough,
she immediately dove back
in and swam back ... land-
ing at reservoir Beach at
12:25... Total time for the
whole trip was two hours
and five minutes. Fol-
lowing Marion in Char-
lie Kik’s boat were the
Kik family, house guests
of the Kiks’ from Califor-
nia, and Claude and Clau-
dette Corder, husband and
daughter of the long dis-
tance swimmer. The other
member of the family,
son Craig, was not along
during the swim. Marion,
aged 46, uses the “Trud-
geon Crawl” in her swim-
ming and says this style fits
her best for distance and
helps her to avoid cramp-
ing during the long swims.
HH FILE PHOTO
A group of kindergarteners in Barbara Torris’ class took a tour of Rocky Heights
Elementary on the first day of school in 1993. They stopped to visit with the new principal,
Phil Starkey.
75 YEARS AGO
SEPTEMBER 2, 1943
The annual Umatilla
County Four-H fair will
be held in Hermiston Sat-
urday, September 25. The
date was set last Friday
night at a meeting of the
fair board in the office of
the assistant county agent,
Frank Hackler. Also pres-
ent was Mrs. Myrtle Car-
ter, home demonstration
agent of Pendleton. Due to
the busy war times, it was
voted at the meeting to cur-
tail this year’s show to one
day instead of the usual
two. It was thought that
better cooperation would
be available with this
arrangement. Prizes will be
generally higher than last
year with the same num-
ber of divisions as hereto-
fore. Final arrangements
for the fair will be made
soon. Judges and superin-
tendents will be announced
next week. Mr. Hackeler
will be in general charge of
the show.
HH FILE PHOTO
Dave Bradley of Umatilla coaches his daughter Sonja, 3, on some fishing techniques in
1993. The two were participating in a kids’ fishing tournament on the Columbia River.
100 YEARS AGO
AUGUST 31, 1918
The fifth annual field day
at the Experiment Farm will
be on Saturday, Sept. 7 at
2 o’clock in the afternoon.
A number of brief talks on
vital subjects is the proj-
ect farmers have arranged.
R.W. Allen, demonstra-
tion agriculturist, will talk
on “Observation on Land
Development” touching
on the problems he has
met this summer and the
points to be considered
in future development.
“What the Future Has in
Store for Hermiston from
the Dairy Standpoint and
how to Attain It,” is the sub-
ject M.S. Shrock, county
agricultural agent, has cho-
sen. Professor of Irrigation
W. L. Powers, from Corval-
lis, will discuss “Irrigation
Investigation and Practices.”
The balance of the afternoon
will be used in going over
the field experiments, tak-
ing up their plans and results
to date. The experiments
which will receive special
attention are border and fre-
quency irrigation, corn vari-
ety, alfalfa variety, and pas-
ture grass tests, lysimeter
investigations, and orchard
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