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A2 • HERMISTONHERALD.COM WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2018 COMMUNITY THREE MINUTES WITH ... HERMISTON HISTORY MIKE HELLER Owner, Heller and Sons When and why did you move to Hermiston? My dad bought the business in 1957, and we moved here from Milton-Freewater. I was six. What is your favorite place to eat in Hermiston? Probably Delish Bistro. What do you like to do in your spare time? Besides work, I like trap shooting. What surprises you about Hermiston? From moving here in 1957, the growth has been sur- prising to me. This town has really grown a lot since we got here. It’s a great place to live. Hermiston has become a very good town to be doing business. What was the last book you read? I’m an avid reader. I’m currently reading a murder mystery. But I can’t remember the name of it. What app or website do you use most? Amazon Kindle. I get a lot of books off there. If you could travel anywhere, where would you go? Probably either Seattle or Boise to see my grandkids. What is the funniest thing that’s happened to you? I can’t think of anything off the top of my head. What is one of your goals for the next 12 months? To expand and keep working the business. What is your proudest accomplishment? Probably the business. It went from my dad starting it, to growing it to what it is — probably 40 or 50 times what it was when we started. 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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 In a Wednesday, Nov. 7 article, the Hermiston Herald incorrectly noted the nature of a Hermiston School Board executive session. The board met in executive session to discuss negotiations with a dis- trict collective bargaining unit, not, as stated in the article, to discuss the superintendent’s contract. The Herald regrets the error. A Nov. 7 Hermiston Herald article incorrectly stated Jody Frost’s title. Frost is a Supervisor for DHS child welfare in Umatilla and Morrow counties, not a director. The same article also incorrectly stated the gear that Amber Randall was wearing. She wore an M16 rifle, a flak vest (body armor), web belt and chem gear. And the photo of Tile Hamilton incorrectly states the year she was on the U.S.S. Carl Vinson. The year was 1997. The Herald regrets the errors. 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. HH FILE PHOTO Roy Solomon, past governor of the Pacific Northwest District of Kiwanis International, presents Craig Munkers with a charter for a second Kiwanis Club in Hermiston in 1993. 25 YEARS AGO never had to worry about the quality of Hermiston turkeys because they were always of the higher grade. He also gave the plant its best “bill of health” it has ever had. NOV. 9, 1993 Dr. John Kitzhaber said he supports Presi- dent Bill Clinton’s health care reform efforts but not without a few reservations. I give the president really high marks for put- ting this issue on the front burner,” he said. “This is not something we can ignore. The costs creating it are going up too fast.” Kitzhaber said, “The political concern I have has to do with the process or lack of process by which the Clinton administration developed this plan.” The candidate for gov- ernor said the Clinton administration developed the plan behind closed doors, consulting with rel- atively few, and is now attempting to “sell” the plan. • Drivers traveling east on East Gladys Street have to get used to a different lane scheme at Highway 395. In the past, the left lane had been a left turn or through lane. The right lane had been for right turns only. That has changed. the left lane is now for left turns only. Through traffic should use the right lane. “Our phones are ring- ing,” Hermiston Police Chief Grant Asher said. “People are irate.” Asher said there have been incidents where ver- bal confrontations have ensued from the confusion. 50 YEARS AGO NOV. 14, 1968 A solid 86 percent of registered voters in Uma- tilla County turned up to vote Tuesday, Nov. 5, says Umatilla County Clerk Jes- sie Bell, in an election that saw the local returns com- ing in earlier than in many years past. 19,102 voters were registered says Miss Bell, and the breakdown between party affiliation follows: 9,953 Democrats, 8,667 Republicans and 482 others. • The coveted position of Speaker of the House 100 YEARS AGO NOV. 16, 1918 HH FILE PHOTO Art Griffin chops down a tree at his Orchard Avenue home in 1968. in the Oregon legislature has gone to Robert Smith, the 36-year-old Republican from Burns who has served in the House for four terms in different capacities rang- ing from membership on the House Highways Com- mittee to majority leader during the last session. His selection over Staf- ford Hansell, local hog rancher, was decided by the 38 Republicans who again control the House, in a closed-door session in Salem 75 YEARS AGO NOV. 18, 1943 Robert Carlton, son of Mrs. Esther Strasser of Stanfield, spent a short fur- lough here recently follow- ing active duty overseas. He is the holder of the air medal with nine oak leaf clusters, his campaign rib- bons showing service in Africa, South America and the Italian campaign, including Sicily and Italy. He was granted a short leave prior to reporting back for duty at Salt Lake City where he will transfer to a flying squadron flying the new superbombers, the Boeing B-29s. Carlton, an engi- neer-gunner on a Flying Fortress, has served two years in the air forces, nine months of which were spent overseas. He has engaged in more than 50 combat missions in the European war zone, with more than 300 hours in the Flying Fortresses on com- bat missions to his credit. He has been recommended for the prized Distin- guished Flying Cross. He is credited officially with having destroyed two Nazi planes, a 190 Messer- schmitt and another. • Turkey pickers, plant managers and others inter- ested in the activities of the local plant of the Eastern Oregon Turkey Growers Association were all smiles Wednesday. The reason for the exuberant spirit was a “pat on the back” as it were from Charles A. Cole of Salem, federal and state supervisor of turkey grading. Making his annual visit to Hermiston Wednesday he stated that the birds in this area were the best he had seen this year. He espe- cially commended local growers for the quality of their turkeys, stating he Did Hermiston cele- brate the real news of the signing of the armistice? Why of course she did, and in a manner that left no doubt but what the war was over. It was no small cele- bration like the one when the fake news came, for the real grand parade Monday, with real band music, was something to conjure with for years to come. Echo and Stanfield hove to in like manner, and when the three towns joined force the proces- sion that wended its way back and forth between the above places was six miles long. It will take a long time to finally adjust to peace proper, for Germany is now in the throes of internal tur- moil, but the signing of the armistice means a begin- ning of the end, for which everyone is thankful. • After a battle of three weeks in an endeavor to stamp out Spanish influ- enza in this neighborhood, Mayor McKenzie this Sat- urday evening will pro- claim the lifting of the quar- antine, which will admit of church-going people to attend worship Sunday and everything to resume normal condition Monday. Simultaneously Chairman J.D. Watson of the local school board will serve notice of the re-opening of the Hermiston School on Monday morning of the coming week. Mr. Watson also desires to notify teach- ers and pupils that school will take up fifteen min- utes earlier each morning and the lunch hour short- ened by that much at noon. This will add an half-hour to normal school time, and is being done to make up for lost time on account of the enforced vacation. Writers’ series welcomes Oregon’s poet laureate Kim Stafford to read at arts center HERMISTON HERALD A poet and essayist, Kim Stafford is the founding director of The Northwest Writing Institute at Lewis & Clark College, where he has taught since 1979. Stafford comes by writ- ing naturally — he is the son of William Stafford, Oregon’s poet laureate from 1974-89. The younger Staf- ford was appointed earlier this year as Oregon’s ninth poet laureate since 1921 by Gov. Kate Brown. The First Draft will discuss how Writers’ Series wel- words can most comes Stafford as matter for the good its headliner this of our nation and month. He will read this Earth. from his newest Stafford is the works Thursday at author of a dozen 7 p.m. at the Pend- books of poetry and leton Center for the Stafford prose, and holds a Arts, 214 N. Main Ph.D. in medieval St. The free event is open to literature from the Univer- sity of Oregon. the public. His book, “Having In addition, a free poetry writing workshop follows Everything Right,” won on Friday from 9-11:30 a citation for excellence a.m., also at the arts center. from the Western States Those who plan to attend Book Awards in 1986, he received a Governor’s Arts need to register. Titled “Poems for a Bet- Award for contributions to ter Nation,” it will explore Oregon’s literary culture the poet’s work in these and his work has been fea- strange times. Participants tured on National Public Radio. “Poetry is our native lan- guage,” Stafford said. “In a society of diverse back- grounds and perspectives, poetry builds community.” Showcasing notable Pacific Northwest authors, the First Draft Writers’ Series meets the third Thursday of each month. For more information or to register for the workshop, visit www.pendletonarts. org. For questions, con- tact 541-278-9201 or direc- tor@pendletonarts.org. To learn about the poet laure- ate program, visit www.cul- turaltrust.org, and for more about Stafford, go to www. kim-stafford.com.
