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HERMISTON HISTORY
JOHN LAUCK
Adjunct math professor, BMCC Hermiston
When and why did you move to Hermiston?
I moved to Hermiston in the fall of 1986 as a first year
biology teacher at Hermiston High School — brand
spanking new — as a graduate from Oregon State
University. It was a great job to accept as teaching
jobs were very difficult to find in the state.
What is your favorite place to eat in Hermiston?
I always enjoy a good meal at Ixtapa but wish we had
an Italian restaurant in town.
HH FILE PHOTOS
LEFT: Hermiston Mayor Frank Harkenrider and Brian Wolfe got the crowd cheering as “Hermiston’s cheerleaders” at the
Farm-City Banquet in 1993. RIGHT: Sergeant Jerry Roberts takes contributions of toys, food, money and other items
during the Hermiston Police Department’s Christmas Express in 1993.
What do you like to do in your spare time?
I enjoy playing tennis, announcing high school sports
events, playing Scrabble, going to my fitness class,
traveling, coordinating the high school Knowledge
Bowl Club, reading and watching movies and plays.
What surprises you about Hermiston?
Hermiston surprises me in that it’s quite diverse.
People can be quite different, but are very approach-
able and friendly. It’s a very attractive feature I
believe! I love calling Hermiston my home.
What was the last book you read or are cur-
rently reading?
I am reading three books — The Summons by John
Grisham, Moby Dick by Herman Melville and Astro-
physics for People in a Hurry by Neil DeGrasse
Tyson.
What app or website do you use most often
other than Facebook or Google?
I am addicted to Words With Friends, although dis-
like it when people cheat on me in the game.
If you could travel anywhere, where would you
go?
I would love to visit Germany, the Swiss Alps and
Italy. I have been to many amazing places, but I
would love to practice the German I learned in high
school and also eat some authentic Italian food and
drink!
What is the funniest thing that’s happened to
you?
I’ve had many funny things happen to me, most of
which are my own fault. The time I accidentally
pulled an emergency chain in a hospital shower room
while I was buck naked was pretty funny to the Candy
Striper who walked in on me. Here I thought I was
starting the shower water, but got pretty red-faced
instead. At least she provided me with a much needed
towel. Thank you...
What is one of your goals for the next 12
months?
One of my goals the next year is to travel to Col-
orado this summer and climb some mountains in
Rocky Mountain National Park with some of my fam-
ily members.
What is your proudest accomplishment?
I am pretty proud of choosing teaching as a profes-
sion. Over my 25 years at the high school and now my
years part-time at the college, I still enjoy the passion
of teaching, the passion of seeing students learn and
meeting so many interesting and cool characters in
the field of education, both students and co-workers.
25 YEARS AGO
DEC. 7, 1993
If he returns to Salem for the 1995
legislative session, Rep. Chuck Nor-
ris will again press for a law mandat-
ing an eastern Oregon representative
on the Northwest Power Planning
Council, he said.
“We’re getting shortchanged on
that issue so badly that it’s time we
try to do something,” he said.
Oregon’s two representatives on
the council, Angus Duncan and Ted
Hallock, hail from the west of the
Cascades and have been among the
most vocal of those in favor of such
salmon recovery proposals as a draw-
down of the John Day pool on the
Columbia River.
50 YEARS AGO
DEC. 5, 1968
A matter previously discussed
by the Hermiston City Council held
the spotlight at the council meet-
ing Wednesday, Nov. 27, as the pos-
sibility of removal of the Umatilla
County Fairgrounds from its pres-
ent location on Hermiston Avenue
was again brought up by the appear-
ance of W.H. Eals of Modulux, Inc.
of Portland.
Modulux, Inc. is a building firm
that has offered, and continues to
offer, its assistance in helping pro-
mote the conversion of the present
fairgrounds site to a new civic center
for Hermiston.
Modulux has offered its type
of buildings as being suitable for
the new civic center if and when it
comes, and claims to be able to help
the city overcome some of the prob-
lems it will naturally encounter with
a major construction job of this kind.
The presentation by Modulux was
met with mixed emotion as Mayor
Walt Pearson proposed that no more
expansion of the present fairgrounds
facilities should be allowed and coun-
cilman Dick Hodge viewed the pro-
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• • •
A handful of local law
enforcement personnel will
graduate from the Oregon
Public Safety Academy.
Itzel Sanguino Claus-
tor of the Umatilla Police
Department and Dalton
Garcia, Taylor Wasser-
man and Thomas Way,
all of the Morrow County
Sheriff’s Office, are fin-
ishing up with the 16-week
Basic Police Class. The cer-
emony is Friday at 11 a.m.
at the academy in Salem.
The public is invited to
attend and congratulate the
members of Basic Police
#BP383. A reception will
follow.
The Oregon Depart-
ment of Public Safety
Standards and Training
course includes such topics
as survival skills, firearms,
ethics, cultural diversity,
community policing, elder
abuse and drug recognition.
For more information, visit
www.oregon.gov/dpsst.
posal as being perhaps several years
premature, while councilman Jack
Hoggins added that other entities
such as the planning commission and
the county court were also very much
involved in any decisions affecting
the relocation of the fairgrounds.
75 YEARS AGO
Dec. 9, 1943
“Mama, may I have another glass
of milk?”
“Yes dear, drink all you want.”
This short but very frequent dia-
logue will be assured in the future at
Umatilla, Ordnance and Hermiston
as long as Mr. and Mrs. Olyn Hodge
and sons, Ted and Dick, operate the
Hermiston Dairy.
“I was in the last war,” stated Mr.
Hodge to the reporter this week when
he made a visit to the dairy, “and I
know what it means to be short of
various foods. As long as there is a
bountiful supply of milk no one will
need suffer. It is our aim and purpose
to supply this milk to the residents of
this area.”
At the present, the Hermiston
Dairy is milking 85 cows of a herd
of 125 milk stock, with an additional
50 young heifers which will guaran-
tee a milk supply in years to come.
The cows range on sub-irrigated
meadows on the 240-acre ranch
located below the Cold Springs res-
ervoir — an ideal setting for a dairy,
truly a “home for contented cows.”
As a supplement to pasture feed, Mr.
Hodge stated that he had purchased
500 tons of hay from local farmers to
assure plenty of feed for the winter
months.
100 YEARS AGO
Dec. 7, 1918
It is with a degree of pride that
we issue The Herald with week in
its new dress of type set from a lino-
type machine that has been installed
in this office. It took some money
• • •
Holiday cheer and 719
meals, including 122 deliv-
eries, were served during
the Community Fellowship
Dinner held on Thanksgiv-
ing Day in Hermiston.
Board chairman Gary
Humphreys said the effort
featured more than 110 vol-
unteers. Also, he said gen-
erous support, both finan-
cial and in-kind, was
received by numerous
individuals, churches and
businesses.
Humphreys gave a
shout-up to sponsors,
including Reser’s Fine
Foods. Headquartered in
Beaverton, its Pasco facil-
ity donates mashed pota-
toes for both holiday meals.
Leftovers,
Humphreys
said, are donated to the
local Open Table program
that provides lunch to those
in need.
Other CFD board mem-
bers include Jan Cassens,
vice chair/kitchen man-
ager; Heather Smart, sec-
retary/assistant
kitchen
manager; Makayla Hum-
phreys, treasurer/volunteer
coordinator; Amber Ruiz-
Burleson, Tom Marks,
Cathy Stolz and Joe Kiser,
event founder.
The second free din-
and quite a little spunk to invest in
such a wonderful piece of machinery
but we are pinning our faith on this
town steadily advancing from now
on, and if it does go ahead as fast in
the next two years as in the past two
we will have done our duty in keep-
ing abreast of the times by putting in
a linotype now.
People who have never seen this
machine in operation can hardly real-
ize its mechanical possibilities. It has
often been said of it that it is the near-
est to being human in its workings of
any machine ever invented.
It is next to impossible to tell in
cold type the wonders of this machine
which has superseded the old method
of hand composition in all modern
printing establishments, so the next
best thing is to invite all who wish
to step into our sanctum and see its
operation.
• To the Public:
Once again the Central Loyalty
Committee of the Umatilla County
Patriotic Service League feels it a
duty to publish to the county that
Higby Harris, wealthy Milton res-
ident, has refused to contribute to
a patriotic fund and to express the
opinion that this fresh refusal, when
considered with his past record in
war work undertakings, justifies him
being held in scorn and contempt by
every loyal and patriotic man, woman
and child.
Mr. Harris, as was stated at the
time he was published for delin-
quency in the Fourth Liberty loan
campaign, is one of Umatilla Coun-
ty’s most wealthy citizens and has
made the major part of his riches in
this county. The assessed valuation
of property in this county in his own
name is approximately $85,000 but
his total wealth is estimated variously
from $175,000 to $400,000.
So far as our records show his
contributions to war relief funds
have been nil though we have been
informed that a year ago he gave $1
to the Red Cross.
ner of the season will be
served Christmas Day
from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in
the Hermiston High School
commons. For more infor-
mation, to volunteer or to
make a donation, contact
541-371-9772, cfdhermis-
ton@gmail.com or search
Facebook.
• • •
Deputy Mike Cahill of
the Morrow County Sher-
iff’s Office was recently
honored for his swift
actions in saving a sui-
cidal woman from drown-
ing Sept. 10 in the Colum-
bia River near Boardman.
The Oregon State
Marine Board recognized
Cahill and other marine
law enforcement offi-
cers from across the state
for water-related rescues
during the Marine Law
Enforcement Conference,
held Oct. 16 in Redmond.
The event also highlighted
individuals for outstanding
service that went above and
beyond in helping improve
boating safety on Oregon’s
waterways.
That wasn’t the only
time during the summer
that Cahill assisted in sav-
ing someone. On July 31,
Cahill and other Mor-
row and Umatilla county
first responders received
a report of a boat fully
engulfed in flames on the
Columbia River near Irri-
gon. The boat’s opera-
tor, Raymond Howey Jr.,
was treated for burns on his
legs.
The board is funded by
registration, title fees and
marine fuel taxes paid by
motorized boaters. For
more information, visit
www.boatoregon.com.
• • •
While attending the
Dec. 1 Festival of Trees at
the Hermiston Community
Center, Destiny George
ensured herself a spot on
Santa’s nice list this holi-
day season.
After
winning
the
Hermiston Kiwanis raffle
tree, the Hermiston woman
and her significant other,
Matt Johnson, decided to
pay it forward by donating
all the toys that were scat-
tered under the tree to the
Hermiston Police Christ-
mas Express.
Money raised from
the raffle tree ticket sales
is being used to upgrade
“Kiwanis Falls,” a High-
way art feature near Uma-
tilla, said John Spomer of
the Hermiston Kiwanis.