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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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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
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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.