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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 2018
COMMUNITY
THREE MINUTES WITH ...
HERMISTON HISTORY
25 YEARS AGO
BRIANA
CORTABERRIA
Executive assistant to the superintendent
and board of the Hermiston School District
When and why did you move to Hermiston?
It was spring of 2010. Greg and I moved to Hermis-
ton with our first boy, needing more space and bed-
rooms for our growing family. Both Greg and I are
from the area; this has always been home. Greg is a
Hermiston native, and I am from Pendleton. He was
pleased with himself, to move me into a home over-
looking Hermiston.
What is your favorite place to eat in Hermiston?
As with everyone, it can depend on the mood. I have
a favorite pizza place, Mexican restaurant, etc. Pick-
ing just one... I would say Kobe Hibachi Sushi. Until
I started a career, it was something completely out of
my norm, making it seem like a “treat” now.
What do you like to do in your spare time?
What spare time? With three boys, two of which are
now in sports, spare time is a premium! I will say
this, though, I have come to enjoy the time I have to
fold laundry because at least I am off my feet. Bonus
benefit, I can get in a Hallmark movie or two at the
same time.
What surprises you about Hermiston?
I am surprised Hermiston is big enough to have
“traffic!” I don’t remember traffic two or three years
ago, but now I definitely have roads I try to avoid at
certain times of the day.
What was the last book you read?
I just finished “A Shade of Vampire 5: A Blaze of
Sun,” by Bella Frost. I downloaded the first book free
on social media, from one of those “If you liked the
Twilight books, then you must check this out.” spon-
sored ads... Little did I know the series had 68 books!
What app or website do you use most often
other than Facebook or Google?
For social media, I prefer Instagram. I enjoy the more
personal aspect of it, keeping up with my friends and
family through pictures and avoiding most of the
political posts now on FB.
What is the funniest thing that’s happened to
you?
It is funny now, but looking back it wasn’t at the time!
When we were pregnant with our second child, the
doctor initially told us we were having a girl. I was
elated! We would have one of each, a quaint little fam-
ily. About ten minutes later, as the doctor is checking
all the organs and such, she says “well, what is that.”
She kind of paused; then apologized and corrected
herself. “You are having a boy.” She went on to pro-
fusely apologize, as I am in tears at this point, and
Greg is trying to not jump up and down and cheer!
What is your proudest accomplishment?
Without a doubt, the family that Greg and I have built
together. Never in my wildest dreams did I expect to
have three children, let alone all boys! Just sitting
here thinking about it, I can get emotional! I am truly
blessed.
NOV. 20, 1993
Jeff Greene said curios-
ity led him to the burning
house from which he res-
cued a 91-year-old Hermis-
ton man Friday.
“I was just curious. I
wanted to see where the
smoke was coming from,”
he said. “I kind of expected
to find a brush pile.”
Albert Reeves is in
guarded condition in Good
Shepherd Community Hos-
pital’s intensive care unit
recovering from smoke
inhalation. Hermiston fire-
man Glen Phillips said
Reeves was likely sleep-
ing when a fire broke out
in his split-level house on
East Beech. Greene found
Reeves unconscious on the
floor of the house. He told
a neighbor to call 911, then
entered the house through
the front door to retrieve
Reeves.
• DNA, the basis of the
Jurassic Park movie plot,
and the key sometimes used
to solve murder mysteries,
aided local game officers in
solving a wild-game poach-
ing violation by a Uma-
tilla man and a member of
the Umatilla Confederated
Tribes.
Oregon State Police
game officer Tim Gallaher
recently solved an illegal
deer violation case, brought
to the attention of officials
by a witness, after an inten-
sive investigation and DNA
testing by a federal labora-
tory. Tissue samples taken
from fresh gut piles and car-
casses were broken down
and the blood was analyzed
to determine a DNA profile,
Gallaher said. The profiles
were then compared to find
possible matches between
animals.
50 YEARS AGO
NOV. 28, 1968
A new two way blinker
traffic light was installed
over the intersection at
Main and Harding Avenue
in Stanfield Thursday, Nov.
21 as a result of efforts on
the part of a Stanfield citi-
zens group that pressed for
the signal several months
ago through the State High-
way Commission.
The intersection is at the
base of the hill on the north
approach to Stanfield, main
street actually being the
extension of Highway No.
32 South.
• From a classified
ad by Charlotte L. New-
man, Realtor for Univer-
sal Realty: “Available now
and ready to move into,
new three bedroom homes
from $14,500 to $19,500.
These homes offer the con-
veniences and location that
today’s buyers are looking
for. Drop in and we’ll be
glad to show them to you
and work on the financing.
HH FILE PHOTO
Firefighters fight a blaze at a home on Punkin Center in 1993. A man was resuced from
another fire that week on Beech Street.
HH FILE PHOTO
Two drivers discuss their minor collision in Hermiston in
1968.
“We have some real
sharp used homes in the
middle-priced range. If
you can use a good three
bedroom priced right at
$13,500 we can fill your
need.”
75 YEARS AGO
DEC. 2, 1943
Mr. and Mrs. John Jen-
drzejewski were consid-
erably nonplussed and at
the same time quite wor-
ried this week when they
received by mail an enve-
lope containing identifica-
tion tags belonging to their
son, First Lt. Bernard Jen-
drzejewski, who is in the
army air corps. There was
no explanation with the
tags — as a result the par-
ents had considerable cause
for alarm.
Mr. Jendrzejewski wired
his base at Wilmington,
Delaware for an explana-
tion. The answer was that
Bernard had evidently
lost his tags and they were
returned by someone with-
out explanation. They were
also assured that their son
was safe and healthy.
• Members of the West
End Umatilla County Min-
isterial Association in a spe-
cial business meeting this
week voted to open Chris-
tian religious services at
Ordnance, beginning Sun-
day, Dec. 5 at 2 p.m. and
every Sunday thereafter.
Ministers of the churches
of this area will alternate in
bringing the message. This
weekend Rev. H.V, McGee
will be the speaker.
100 YEARS AGO
NOV. 30, 1918
All the cheer of Thanks-
giving was taken from the
home of Mr. and Mrs. P.E.
Hayden of this city after
receipt of a telegram Tues-
day informing them of the
death of their son John,
who was 32 years old an a
lieutenant in Co. G., 163rd
Infantry.
This company gained
fame at the battlefront in
France, and it was while
leading his battalion “over
the top” on the 14th day of
October that a shell burst,
pieces of which struck him
in the arm, thigh, head and
back. He was immediately
taken in an ambulance
and conveyed 26 miles to
the base hospital, where
he was operated on and
all pieces of the shell but
one in his spine removed
at the time, according to
a letter he wrote his par-
ents on Oct. 21, in which
he described how he was
wounded. He also said in
the letter that he expected
to rejoin his company in a
short time.
It seems, however, that
the piece of shell in his
spine was what killed him
following the last opera-
tion for its removal, the
dispatch saying he died on
the 28th day of October.
The deceased enlisted
at Lewiston, Idaho, where
he was a professor of agri-
culture in the schools there.
News of the death of their
son was a sorrowful blow
to the parents and his sister
here and his three brothers
and a sister in Lewiston.
• The sudden and unex-
pected close of the war
has probably put an end to
movements for providing
farm homes for soldiers.
The soldiers will be home
before any progress could
be made on reclamation of
land for their benefit. Sec-
retary Lane estimated it
would require a million or
two even to make the pre-
liminary study necessary to
work out a plan and deter-
mine location of suitable
lands.
Any project would
require a year in prepara-
tion and at least another
year before the land would
be ready for cultivation.
Before this could be accom-
plished the men will practi-
cally all be discharged from
the Army, says an Orego-
nian News Bureau dispatch
from Washington, D.C.
Echo Toy Run delivers holiday cheer
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A group of leather-clad stand-ins
for Santa Claus are gearing up for the
15th annual Echo Toy Run.
The United States Postal Service
doesn’t have a corner on the market
when it comes to making deliveries in
inclement weather. Neither snow nor
rain or sleet and freezing fog has pre-
vented a group of motorcycle enthu-
siasts from riding their bikes to take
toys to Good Shepherd Medical Cen-
ter each holiday season.
People are invited to bring new
unwrapped toys and gather Satur-
day on Echo’s Main Street for a noon
departure. With toys strapped to
his 2004 Harley Wide Glide and an
American flag waving in the wind, Al
Sells will lead the way to the hospital,
610 N.W. 11th St., Hermiston. Those
who don’t ride motorcycles can fol-
low at the rear of the pack.
Sells has carried on the tradition
started by the former owners of the
Echo Saloon. While the Stanfield man
might look a little rough around the
edges, Kelly Sanders, vice president
of human resources at Good Shep-
herd Health Care System, said Sells
and the rest of the bikers that partici-
pate annually have hearts of gold.
“They are such giving people,”
Sanders said. “It’s a wonderful thing
they do for the children at the hospital
and in the community.”
The bikers filled one of the hos-
CONTRIBUTED BY DANIEL BRENNAN OF BLACK VEST PHOTOGRAPHY
Nearly 100 motorcycles prepare to depart from Echo’s Main Street during a
past Echo Toy Run. In its 15th year, bikers will meet Dec. 1 in downtown Echo to
deliver toys to Good Shepherd Medical Center in Hermiston.
pital’s large laundry bins with toys
during the event’s first year. That
amount has increased threefold over
the years, Sanders said, as well as fill-
ing the back of a pick-up truck with
larger items like bicycles.
The generosity of the bikers lasts
well beyond the holiday season. In
addition to providing gifts to kids in
the hospital during Christmas, toys
are available for staff to give to chil-
dren who might benefit from hav-
ing their spirits lifted throughout the
year. Also, Sanders said they share
some with the Hermiston Police
Department’s Christmas Express pro-
gram and other needy children in the
community.
Hospital employees will greet the
group when they arrive and offer
coffee, hot chocolate and pastries.
For more information, call Sells at
541-571-1820 or Nick Bejarano at
541-667-3460.