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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 23, 2019
HERMISTON HISTORY
IRENE MILLER
President, Harkenrider Senior Center
When and why did you move to Hermiston?
In 1950 — my husband worked at McNary Dam
as an electrician. We moved to McNary and then
Hermiston.
What is your favorite place to eat in
Hermiston?
The senior center
What do you like to do in your spare time?
I have three hobbies: I knit and crochet, I love to
play games on my computer, and I’m into those
wonderful coloring books.
HH fi le photos
LEFT: Workers protest the K.B. Peppermills restaurant in Umatilla in 1994, claiming the business owed them unpaid
wages. RIGHT: Jonathan Wilson, 9, gets a helping hand from Highland Hills Elementary teacher Charlie Clupny in
preparation for a model rocket launch in 1994.
What surprises you about Hermiston?
The growth
25 YEARS AGO
What was the last book you read?
I just got done reading “The Last Boyfriend” by
Nora Roberts.
What app or website do you use most besides
Google or Facebook?
None, but I use both of those.
If you could travel anywhere, where would
you go?
Aspen, Colorado
What is the funniest or most exciting thing
that’s happened to you?
My travels to Peru, and my accomplishment of
climbing to the top of Huayna Picchu, in 1983
or so. My son-in-law loved watermelon, and he
had a watermelon in his backpack that we didn’t
know he had. So when we got to the top, we ate a
watermelon.
What is one of your goals for the next 12
months?
One of my goals is to make the citizens of Hermis-
ton be completely aware of the wonderful building
they have in the senior center. That’s the main thing
I want to do this year.
What is your proudest accomplishment?
I think probably just getting up out of bed and walk-
ing — being able to be out and about.
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VOLUME 113 • NUMBER 04
Jan. 25, 1994
There may be a way to solve the
traffi c and pedestrian problem near
Armand Larive Junior High School.
But making sections of West Ridge-
way and Northeast Second streets one
way won’t be one of them.
Earl Torres, Hermiston School Dis-
trict superintendent, came before the
council to ask them to make the streets
near the junior high one way.
About 300 students cross the streets
to get to the classrooms at the Carne-
gie Building next door to the library.
Torres was met with resistance.
“I really don’t like one-way
streets,” councilor Gary Quick said.
Quick and other council mem-
bers said the change would force traf-
fi c over either an unimproved section
of Northeast Third or all the way to
Northeast Fourth — neither of which
was acceptable to the council.
2) The Greater Hermiston Area
Chamber of Commerce recognized
fi ve long-time area residents at the
1994 Distinguished Citizen Awards
banquet Saturday.
Deviating from tradition, the cham-
ber’s Man of the Year award went to
three brothers: Giles, Leon and Don-
ald Shockman.
Their company, Shockman Broth-
ers Construction, built many of the
buildings on Main Street and has pio-
neered work in circle irrigation in the
area.
Other award winners were Betty
Higginbotham as Woman of the Year
and Dennis Barnett as Business Per-
son of the Year.
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50 YEARS AGO
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Jan. 23, 1969
Farm Chemicals, Inc. of Athena
confi rmed reports today that it is exer-
cising its option to purchase approxi-
mately 12,000 acres of land between
Boardman and Hermiston near Route
30 in Morrow County. No purchase
price was disclosed.
E.C. Miley, president of the fi rm,
said that purchases are being made
to study the feasibility of reclaiming
normally arid land using new farming
techniques, including modern irriga-
tion systems.
2) Information being circulated
throughout the country that Congress
recently passed a bill granting World
War II veterans a special dividend on
their GI insurance is completely erro-
neous, according to H.G. Helmstetter,
acting manager of the Portland Veter-
ans Administration Regional Offi ce.
As a result of this misleading infor-
mation, VA insurance offi ces are being
fl ooded with inquiries. Because of this,
the VA asked newspapers, veterans
service organizations and other inter-
ested groups to take an active interest
in dispelling this false information.
75 YEARS AGO
Jan. 27, 1944
Subject to approval of the Federal
Public Housing Authority, the 83 new
housing units located at the west city
limits of Hermiston will hereafter be
called “Victory Square.”
To Mrs. F.C. McKenzie goes the
honor of naming the new addition to
Hermiston, formerly known as Tert-
letown. An alternate name was cho-
sen by the group of judges in case
FPHA rejects the fi rst place winner.
Mrs. Charles Taylor entered the name
of “Victory Court” and will be sub-
stituted for the former should it be
rejected.
The four judges, Col. A.S. Buy-
ers of the Umatilla Ordnance Depot,
D. W. Bliss of Ordnance, and F.B.
Swayze and E.P. Dodd spent consid-
erable time Wednesday evening dis-
cussing the many titles entered in the
contest sponsored by the Hermiston
Herald. The names were numerous
and considerably varied. The Herald
publishers wish to thank all those who
entered the contest.
2) Mrs. Stella Greenlee, assistant
manager of the Umatilla Ordnance
Depot dormitories, better known as
the ladies matron in the barracks, is
really out after the reward offered to
the lady who sells the most bonds for
cash this week. She is offering to kiss
any individual who will buy a $1,000
bond from her for cash. Her husband
became jealous and bought the fi rst
$1,000 bond from her on Tuesday.
100 YEARS AGO
Jan. 25, 1919
Residents in numerous sections of
the city are complaining of having
milk left on their doorsteps in the eve-
ning by dairymen disappearing during
the night. The miscreants not only
purloin the milk, but take the bottles
also. This has been going on for some
time, and has become very annoying
to both the customers and the dairy-
men operating milk routes in Hermis-
ton. A close watch is now being kept
in the hope of apprehending the petty
thieves, and indications are that it will
be only a matter of a short time before
they are caught.
2) Dr. D.J. McFall, county health
offi cer, has placed the whole county
again under rigid quarantine regu-
lations, and has designated that the
ban is directed against all social gath-
erings, literary entertainments and
public or private dances. In Herm-
iston this order is being carried out
by Mayor McKenzie, the churches,
public school, library and business
houses being the only ones allowed to
operate.
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CORRECTIONS
The Jan. 16 article “RV park construction halted at EOTEC”
misstated the location of the planned RV park. It is planned
for the northeast corner of the property, not southeast. The
Hermiston Herald sincerely regrets the error.
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
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Oregon Trade & Event
Center. Tickets are $40
each and are available at the
Hermiston School District
offi ce, Hermiston Cham-
ber of Commerce and
online at www.eventbrite.
com.
• • •
We ran an online poll on
our website starting Dec.
31 asking people for their
favorite movie of 2018:
Black Panther, A Quiet
Place, A Star is Born, Mis-
sion Impossible: Fall-
out, Avengers: Infi nity War,
Blindspotting, Hereditary,
Solo: A Star Wars Story,
Venom and Bohemian Rhap-
sody. As of Tuesday, Aveng-
ers was the winner with
11 votes. Solo, it turns out,
wasn’t any of our readers’
favorite fl ick of the year.
• • •
As 2018 came to a close,
Good Shepherd Health
Care System presented
year-end awards to a hand-
ful of people.
Those recognized include
Dr. Leila Keeler (provider
of the year, obstetrics/gyne-
cology, informatics), Jaimie
Renteria (employee of the
year, charge master coor-
File photo
Gift baskets and other items are displayed for auction
during the 2016 Hermiston Education Foundation Beach &
Beef Fundraiser.
dinator), Wendy Parsons
(manager of the year, surgi-
cal services assistant nurse
manager) and June Rosen-
berg (volunteer of the year,
Good Shepherd Medical
Center Auxiliary).
“Each of these individ-
uals is deserving of receiv-
ing this award. These recipi-
ents were ultimately chosen
by their outstanding rec-
ommendations,” said Nick
Bejarano, marketing and
communications director.
• • •
For a second year in a
row, the SAGE Center
has been included in Ore-
gon Business magazine’s
top 100 fan-favorite destina-
tions across the state.
An interactive visitor
center in Boardman, it was
listed at No. 86. Standing
for Sustainable AGriculture
& Energy, the Port of Mor-
row project was 53rd on last
year’s list. The SAGE Cen-
ter is located at 101 Olson
Road. It’s currently open
Monday through Saturdays
from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. For
additional information, visit
www.visitsage.com.
Other regional tourist
activities making the list
include Tamastslikt Cul-
tural Institute (41) and
Pendleton Round-Up (82).
Researchers studied 66,000
reviews — a 74 percent
increase over last year’s
information — on Google,
TripAdvisor and Yelp.
Maps available at visi-
tor centers and at the state’s
borders will feature the top
destinations for people to
use as a guide when trav-
eling across the state. The
complete fan-favorite list
can be viewed at www.oreg-
onbusiness.com.
• • •
In recognition of Janu-
ary’s School Board Recog-
nition Month, the Morrow
County School District
recently expressed appre-
ciation for its school board
members.
Those who serve include
Becky
Kindle,
chair;
Richard Cole, vice chair;
Andy Fletcher, May Kil-
lion, Brian Kollman, Bar-
ney Lindsay and Marcie
Rodelo.
Dirk
Superintendent
Dirksen invites the public
to the upcoming meeting,
which will include a spe-
cial thanks to the board. The
meeting is Monday, Feb. 11
at 7 p.m. at Windy River
Elementary School, 500
Tatone St., Boardman.