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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 16, 2019
HERMISTON HISTORY
JONATHAN E. LOPEZ
Pastor/CEO of
Einstein Learning Center
When did you move to Hermiston?
January 9, 2018
HH fi le photo
What is your favorite place to eat in
Hermiston?
Shiki Hibachi Sushi
Judy Graybeal, communications specialist for Westinghouse Hanford, brings Hermiston Fire Chief Jim Stearns and some of
his department up to speed on how a nuclear shipment is safeguarded in 1994.
25 YEARS AGO
What do you like to do in your spare time?
What is spare time? Just kidding, when and if I do,
I like to cook and watch sports.
What surprises you about Hermiston?
How much it reminds me of how my hometown was
15 years ago (Harrisonburg, VA).
What was the last book you read?
”Leadership with Purpose” by Rick Warren
What app or website do you use most often?
Instagram
If you could travel anywhere, where would
you go?
Anywhere in Europe with amazing food (I live to eat
and eat to live).
What is the funniest thing that’s happened to
you?
I would say the funniest thing that happened to me
is when I walked around Seattle all day without
realizing my pants were ripped pretty wide and you
could see my boxers underneath. Who knows how
long or how many folks saw.
What is one of your goals for the next 12
months?
One of my goals is to make an impact and a differ-
ence to my community by being involved and serv-
ing its residents in any way possible.
What is your proudest accomplishment?
My proudest accomplishment has been helping a
young boy with autism and social anxiety overcome
his struggles. He was homeschooled and in special
programs most of his life due to those diffi culties,
and we were able to work through those diffi culties,
and he can attend college and be in classes with
other students of his age and needs.
Jan. 18, 1994
An odd-looking truck transport-
ing high-level radioactive materials
to Hanford will be coming within a
few miles of Hermiston.
The truck is the only one of its
kind in the nation. It is approved to
carry capsules of Cesium-137 from
a medical sterilization facility near
Denver to the Waste Encapsulation
and Storage Facility at Hanford.
Offi cials from both the Oregon
Department of Energy and Westing-
house Hanford said the shipping is
being conducted in a safe manner.
Judy Graybeal, of Westing-
house Hanford, said the 15-ton, dou-
ble-walled cask that protects the cap-
sules is practically impervious to
accidents.
“That thing could run down a cliff,
and nothing would happen to it,” she
said.
2) The Port of Umatilla named
Kim Puzey as the new manager of
the port last week. He will start on
Feb. 1.
Puzey brings with him more than
15 years of experience in the fi eld
of economic development, most
recently for Roosevelt County, N.M.
Port
Commission
President
Woody Starrett said Puzey’s enthu-
siasm and his track record in devel-
opment — particularly his dominant
role in the introduction of Midland
Dairies to New Mexico — impressed
him and other commissioners.
Jan. 16, 1969
VOLUME 113 • NUMBER 03
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tive amendment to the Eastern Ore-
gon program which, in part, specifi es
that major committees must appoint
one-third of their governing boards
from local offi cials who are elected
and one-third from members of the
community who are themselves poor.
2) Hermiston city manager Tom
Harper advised the Herald that Herm-
iston’s offi cial census, based on fi g-
ures compiled annually by the Center
for Population Research and Census
at Portland State College, now credits
the city with a population of 5,300 ...
an increase from 5,100 this past year.
75 YEARS AGO
Jan. 20, 1944
50 YEARS AGO
Printed on
recycled
newsprint
HH fi le photo
Jennie Lewis illustrates the cover of a book she wrote for a school project at Echo
Elementary School in 1994.
The Hermiston Neighborhood
Center faces possible closure as a
result of action being taken by the
regional Offi ce of Economic Oppor-
tunity in San Fransisco, Calif. last
week.
The OEO offi cials are unhappy
with the way the Blue Mountain
Economic Development Council
has failed to comply with OEO reg-
ulations in administering the local
two-county (Morrow and Umatilla)
program.
OEO has specifi cally accused the
BMEDC of not only failing to turn
in an audit and an outside evalua-
tion of the group’s activities during
December, but is also failing to com-
ply with Rep. Edith Green’s legisla-
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Hamm were
greatly relieved this week to receive
word from their son, Pfc. David
Hamm, who is with the Marine Raid-
ers, Commando group. His attach-
ment was among the fi rst to land on
Bouganville, about Nov. 1.
He writes that he now knows what
the jack rabbits around here felt like
when “David” was on the loose with
his trusty .22.
Since Christmas the boys have
been receiving one hot meal a day.
They have been experiencing earth-
quakes quite regularly at Bougan-
ville, the largest in the Solomon
Island group, which has several
active volcanoes.
He states that Garth Clark, Guy
Clark and Bud McCourt, all of Stan-
fi eld, are near him on Bouganville and
that all are in fi ne shape. He asked his
parents not to worry. A radio broad-
cast hear since the arrival of the letter
indicated that the marines who orig-
inally landed on Bourganville have
been taken to a rest camp.
100 YEARS AGO
Jan. 18, 1919
Temporarily unbalanced from an
attack of the fl u, George Parsons,
a bachelor rancher south of town,
loomed up on the streets of Hermis-
ton early Sunday morning all decked
out in battle array. He was fi rst dis-
covered by early risers pacing back
and forth with a rifl e in each hand and
a fearsome look in his eyes.
A citizen induced him to part with
his rifl es, and afterwards got him to
go into the Hotel Oregon to get warm,
he apparently being half frozen from
an all night vigil looking for an imag-
inary enemy, whom he accused of
shooting at him and his horses at his
place the night before.
Later he was taken from his home
and given medical treatment, and
Monday he was moved downtown in
order to be close and receive proper
treatment. Since then he has begun to
show signs of regaining his normal
condition.
2) The United States is now a dry
nation, the necessary thirty-six states
to ratify the federal constitutional
amendment for prohibition having
been secured by Nebraska voting for
it Thursday.
BTW
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have the opportunity to
meet the fi nalists in a vari-
ety of forums sometime in
mid-February. Names of
the semifi nalists are confi -
dential, but will be released
prior to their visits to the
college.
• • •
The City of Hermis-
ton has been stepping up
its social media presence
lately. City departments
now share regular posts
on the city’s offi cial Face-
book page providing infor-
mation about city services,
from the number of miles of
road within city limits (180)
to the number of vehicles
that come through the inter-
section of Highway 395
and Elm Avenue every day
(19,300).
• • •
There’s still time to pro-
vide help to the Hermiston
Warming Station. Mem-
bers of Altrusa Interna-
tional of Hermiston are
wrapping up a donation
Photo contributed by Phil Hamm
Steve Meyers, member services administrator for Umatilla
Electric Cooperative, receives a check from Phillip
Spicerkuhn, Hermiston Lions Club president.
drive for the nonprofi t orga-
nization through the end of
the month.
Items requested include
household cleaning and
paper products, beverages,
laundry and dishwashing
soap, foot powder, socks
and hand/foot warmers.
For a complete list, call the
warming station at 541-289-
2150 or search Facebook.
Items can be placed in
collection boxes at Ship-
ping Solutions, Dance
Unlimited, Old West Fed-
eral Credit Union, Banner
Bank and the Hermiston
Chamber of Commerce.
In addition, donations can
be dropped off at the Herm-
iston Warming Station
Wednesdays from 3-6 p.m.
and
Saturdays
from
1-3 p.m. at 1075 S. High-
way 395.
• • •
The Hermiston Lions
Club recently provided an
extra charge for Umatilla
Electric
Cooperative‘s
summer Hydromania Sci-
ence Camp.
The local service club
provided a $5,000 donation
for the camp, which cele-
brated its 20th anniversary
this past summer. Hydro-
mania offers area fourth and
fi fth graders an opportu-
nity to learn more about sci-
ence, water, energy and the
environment.
Youths participate in
hands on experiments and
activities, go on fi eld trips
and meet other kids. Lions
Club member Phil Hamm
said it makes for an unfor-
gettable experience.
For more informa-
tion about the Hermiston
Lions Club, call Hamm at
541-561-4724.
• • •
Are you starting a new
business? A new club? Did
you receive a big award? Do
you have a question about
something interesting you
noticed around town? We
want to hear from you this
year for our “By the Way”
column. Send in your infor-
mation, or questions you’re
hoping we’ll answer, to edi-
tor@hermistonherald.com.