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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 2, 2019
HERMISTON HISTORY
ADELAIDE ZUMWALT
GIS Administrator
at Umatilla Electric Cooperative
When and why did you move to Hermiston?
We moved from Anchorage, Alaska to Hermiston in
2015 to get out of the cold and be closer to family.
Most of my family lives in the Portland area but we
didn’t want that kind of commute so we decided to
job hunt in smaller towns.
What is your favorite place to eat in
Hermiston?
Walker’s Farm Kitchen. Hands down.
What do you like to do in your spare time?
Hang out with my family and get outside hiking or
camping.
What surprises you about Hermiston?
Everyone is so friendly and welcoming.
What was the last book you read?
A Higher Loyalty by James Comey
What app or website do you use most often?
Pinterest or Reddit.
If you could travel anywhere, where would
you go?
I would backpack the PCT or Appalachians.
What is the funniest thing that’s happened to
you?
When we had our fi rst child we were so sleep
deprived that after dropping her off at daycare we
realized I had forgotten my work shoes and would
be stuck in snow boots all day and Jacob had forgot-
ten his work shirt (he was just wearing his under-
shirt under his snow jacket). We just looked at each
other and thought “what has happened to us?!”
What is one of your goals for the next 12
months?
Get back into running.
What is your proudest accomplishment?
My children.
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VOLUME 113 • NUMBER 01
HH fi le photo
The Hermiston High School marching band practices in a parking lot before performing in the Rose Parade in Pasadena,
California in 1994.
25 YEARS AGO
JAN. 4, 1994
The annual fl u season
has arrived in full force.
Ken Franz, nurse man-
ager in the emergency room
at Good Shepherd Commu-
nity Hospital, said the ER
is receiving 40 fl u patients
a day.
The “Beijing Flu” is
keeping the ER staff busy.
They broke the record for
the number of visits in one
month with two days to
spare.
2) The last week of 1993
marked the passing of two
of the city’s former may-
ors, both of whom distin-
guished themselves as men
of vision: Lawrence Gray
and Frank Wells. Both were
84.
Gray was elected to the
Ward 3 council seat in 1965.
In 1970 he defeated incum-
bent Walter Pearson for the
mayor’s seat, and in 1974
successfully defended his
seat against another future
mayor: Frank Harkenrider.
He did not run for re-elec-
tion in 1982.
Wells was elected to the
city council in 1953 and
was appointed mayor by
the council shortly after
the death of Mayor Charles
Thomas in 1957. He served
as mayor until November of
the following year, when he
lost his seat to to W.H. Bell.
50 YEARS AGO
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JAN. 2, 1969
There is still a strong
possibility that the Port of
Umatilla industrial park
could be selected as a site
for a Dow Chemical Plant
as evidenced by the Oregon
Department of Planning and
Development, according to
Port Manager Walt Peters.
The port personnel
have been working fever-
ishly with the employees
of the ODPD, says Peters,
BTW
Continued from Page A1
CORRECTION
The Dec. 26 story “Realtors Board has equity in
Agape House” incorrectly stated that the Columbia
Basin Board of Realtors had collected money for the
Agape House at the Peace and Goodwill Hermiston
Community Christmas Concert. The board raised the
money at its annual Christmas party. The concert also
raised money for Agape House but was not run by the
Realtors board.
CORRECTIONS
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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.
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Facebook.
• • •
Tickets are on sale for
the annual Melonville
Comedy Festival, which
will be held Jan. 25 at the
Eastern Oregon Trade and
Event Center.
The tickets, $25 if pur-
chased ahead of time, are
available online at www.
melonvillecomedyfesti-
val.com or from the Last
Chance Tavern or Midway
Bar & Grill.
Look for more informa-
tion about the event in a
future edition of the Herm-
iston Herald.
• • •
Oregon State lawmakers
have received their com-
mittee assignments for the
coming session.
Rep. Greg Smith,
R-Heppner, will soon be
sworn in for his 10th con-
secutive two-year term
HH fi le photo
VFW Post Commander Lawrence Klein, left, VFW member Clarence Martin, Mayor Walt
Pearson and Rotary President Henry Frischmuth raise the fl ag on the newly installed pole at
Hermiston’s new Rotary Park on First and Main in 1969.
being informed only that
the chemical company will
probably make a decision
regarding its new location
around January 20.
Peters says the proposed
plant would cost approxi-
mately $20 million.
75 YEARS AGO
JAN. 6, 1944
Mr. and Mrs. Claude
Belles have received word
from the Adjutant General,
Washington, that their son,
Pvt. Kermit A. Belles, is
missing in action.
The telegram follows:
“Mrs. Rhody Belles: The
Secretary of War desires me
to express his deep regret
that your son, Pvt. Ker-
mit A. Belles, has been
reported missing in action
since November 26 in the
North African area. If fur-
ther details or other infor-
mation are received you
will be promptly notifi ed.”
The
telegram
was
received last Friday and to
date the Belles have had no
further information.
2) Frank Bilderback of
the Hermiston Rod & Gun
as a member of the Ore-
gon House of Representa-
tives, making him the lon-
gest-serving member of the
GOP Caucus.
Smith wields continu-
ing congressional clout as
co-vice chair of the Joint
Ways and Means Commit-
tee and co-chair of the Joint
Ways and Means Subcom-
mittee on General Gov-
ernment. Other assign-
ments include Joint Ways
and Means Subcommit-
tee on Capital Construc-
tion, co-vice chair of the
Joint Student Success Com-
mittee, Joint Tax Expen-
ditures Committee, Joint
Legislative Administration
Committee, Joint Legisla-
tive Audit Committee and
the House Committee on
Revenue.
Sen.
Bill
Hansell,
R-Athena, is midway
through his second four-
year term.
His committees include
the Joint Committee on
Ways and Means, Commit-
tee on Workforce and the
Transportation and Eco-
nomic Development Sub-
A notable and also a
historical happening was
revealed a short time after
the death of Mrs. Susan B.
Brisnet, which occurred
recently at her home in
Hyatbille, Wyoming, when
it was discovered that she
had the distinction of hav-
ing lived in fi ve states with-
out having moved from her
home. She was 82 years
old at the time of her death,
and was believed to be
the oldest white native of
Wyoming.
She was born at Fort
Laramie when it was a fur
trading post and she lived
there for 60 years, being
a resident successively of
Missouri, Nebraska, Idaho,
Dakota and Wyoming with-
out moving from the place,
due to the changes in bound-
aries for the fi ve states.
2) There’s a fellow down
in old Missouri who has
come out in a public state-
ment to the effect that infl u-
enza is “sporadic in char-
acter, that it is in no sense
epidemic, that quarantines
are foolish” and a lot of
similar rot.
The man’s name is J.N.
Dolp, up till the time of the
statement thought highly
of in the “Show Me” state.
Some there are, no doubt,
who believe there is truth in
his statement, but statistics
disprove his utterances, for
it is a notable fact that every
city and community which
adopted strict quarantine
and other sensible measures
are no longer affected by
the dread disease.
committee. He will also
take on the General Gov-
ernment Subcommittee for
the fi rst time.
• • •
On December 11-13 the
Umatilla County Sher-
iff’s Offi ce, in partnership
with Blue Mountain Com-
munity College, spon-
sored and hosted free train-
ing for local and regional
law enforcement and pub-
lic safety personnel called
“Tactical Medical for
First Responders.” Three
instructors from the Fed-
eral Law Enforcement
Training Center (FLETC)
from Artesia, New Mexico,
taught each of the eight-
hour courses over the three
days at the BMCC campus
in Hermiston.
The program teaches
students to perform a Med-
ical Threat Assessment,
including a medical plan
to help citizens during an
emergency operation with
injuries. At the comple-
tion of the training, stu-
dents were provided with
tourniquets and emergency
trauma medical kits free of
charge, with grants funds
that UCSO obtained from
Good Shepherd Medical
Center in Hermiston and
St. Anthony Hospital in
Pendleton.
The class was fully
attended by 72 students
from several local and
regional agencies over
the three days of train-
ing. UCSO Deputy Chris
Daugherty
organized
the event and Matthew
DeGarmo from BMCC
provided the venue.
Agencies who attended
the training included the
Umatilla County Sheriff’s
Offi ce patrol, civil, correc-
tions and communications
divisions, the Walla Walla
County Sheriff’s Offi ce,
Umatilla County Fire Dis-
trict 1 and police depart-
ments from Boardman,
Hermiston, Pendleton, Pilot
Rock, Stanfi eld, Umatilla
and the Tri-Cities.
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Club has received a request
from David B. Charlton,
president of the Izaak Wal-
ton League of America,
Oregon Council, for unused
duck and goose feathers.
These have been requested
by the War Production
Board for use in manufac-
turing army clothing.
Although it is too late for
the duck and goose season,
it is thought that some hunt-
ers saved up their feath-
ers and would be willing
to donate them. Also some
may have an old comforter
or pillows not in use and
would like to donate those.
100 YEARS AGO
JAN. 4, 1919