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COMMUNITY A2 • HERMISTONHERALD.COM THREE MINUTES WITH ... WEDNESDAY, MARCH 27, 2019 HERMISTON HISTORY KARLY CARLSON Life Skills Teacher, Highland Hills Elementary School When and why did you move to Hermiston? I grew up in Hermiston! Left for college and moved back after I fi nished my bachelor’s degree. What is your favorite place to eat in Hermiston? That is a tough one...my top three are La Palma, Delish and Walker’s. What do you like to do in your spare time? I like to use my spare time to spend quality time with friends and family, read, play music for my church, and play volleyball (very poorly). I really enjoy going for walks outside as well, especially now that the snow has fi nally gone away. What surprises you about Hermiston? I’m surprised by how much Hermiston has grown! It has changed a lot since I was a kid, and it is a much larger and more diverse community now. What was the last book you read? The last books I read went together: “The Rosie Project” and “The Rosie Effect” by Graeme Simsion. What app or website do you use most often? Hmm, I would say Gmail and Amazon are two of my most visited websites. If you could travel anywhere, where would you go? I think next on my list would be to travel to Nor- way/Sweden or New Zealand — both are places I hope to visit one day. What is the funniest thing that’s happened to you? Once in middle school I played the piano for a talent show and one of the announcers acciden- tally set off the smoke machine for another group during my performance. It didn’t quite fi t with classical piano music... What is one of your goals in the next 12 months? Continuing to improve in my career is probably my biggest goal right now — and it will hopefully extend past the next 12 months! What is your proudest accomplishment? I fi nished my master’s degree last year, and I am quite proud of that accomplishment. I celebrated by taking a trip to Scotland! 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HH fi le photo Kayleigh Knudsen, Justin Burnside and John Bowe (left to right) swing from bar to bar on a play structure at Sunset Elementary in 1994. 25 YEARS AGO March 29, 1994 Voters in the Hermiston School District narrowly approved a $9.9 million bond issue to ease some overcrowding at local schools. “We are delighted,” superinten- dent Jer Pratton said. “I think the people of the community identifi ed that as a solid plan.” The funds will go toward building a middle school on Diagonal Road and remodeling the aging Armand Larive Junior High structure. Both will eventually serve sixth, seventh and eighth grade students. 2) In a work session last night, the Hermiston city council gave city administrator Ed Brookshier and the Community Center Committee a green light to continue their work. “All in all, we can move forward on acquisition of the building and the required parking for between $480,000 and $500,000,” Brookshier said. The county is expected to address purchase of the old Safeway building for $400,000. It will likely begin emi- nent domain proceedings to acquire the attached, vacant Sprouse building for $40,000 and possibly make a move to purchase vacant land between the building and St. Anthony’s Clinic. 50 YEARS AGO March 27, 1969 Hermiston and the West End expe- rienced ferocious winds and a blinding sand storm Saturday afternoon, March 22, during which many trees were blown over and shingles lifted from roofs in a number of places. Residents on the East Walls Hatch- ery Road were unable to travel on that artery which is connected to Diago- nal Road, late Saturday afternoon, due to a tree which has crashed across the lane at approximately 4 p.m. The terrifi c intensity of the winds, sometimes reaching 70 to 80 miles per hour, also blocked traffi c with tumble- weeds and dirt at the UAD 80 N exit railroad overpass, and crews from Ordnance were called out to dislodge and clear much of the debris gathered at that point. 2) The Hermiston city council on Monday heard from Norman See, rep- resenting the LDS Church group in this area, and were advised by See that his group is interested in having their property on the southwest cor- ner of West Highland and Southwest 11th annexed into the city. The group intends to build a large new church BTW Continued from Page A1 Arena stage as a part of the rodeo kickoff concert Sept. 7, the Round-Up announced this week. Tickets go on sale 6:30 a.m. on Friday. And no, the lineup for the Pendleton Whisky Music Fest hasn’t been announced yet, but we will let you know when we fi nd out who this year’s much-anticipated act will be. • • • We hope you enjoyed our spotlight of Highland Hills Elementary School this month. We wrap it up today by featuring one of their staff in our Three Minutes With column on A2. For April we will take a break from spotlighting individual schools to fea- ture the Hermiston School HH fi le photo M.L. Koester, left, and Eugene Ford are shown next to a potato-planting machine in 1969. at this location to accommodate their congregation, which has grown from 15 members in 1948 to 615 at the present time. In other annexation activity, the council voted to approve an ordinance calling for the annexation of two par- cels of city-owned property, one piece being 40 acres known as the “Butte” property and the other containing fi ve acres laying adjacent to Northeast 4th Street which is the site of the city’s new well and huge reservoir tank. 75 YEARS AGO March 30, 1944 Estimated cost for the Umatilla dam on the Columbia River was increased last week $20 million to make it a $69.5 million project. The increase was included in a riv- ers and harbors postwar planning bill passed by an overwhelming 213 to 36 vote by the House. The bill authorizes construction and improvements cost- ing nearly $400 million. The measure carries no appropri- ation, however, and the report of the rivers and harbors committee stipu- lated that no work could be undertaken until after the war unless specifi cally recommended by the war agency. The bill now goes to the Senate. 2) From the opinion page: The sug- gestion in an amendment to the rivers and harbors bill that the Umatilla Rap- ids Dam be changed to McNary Dam gives the dam national importance. The late Senator was watch-dog for the Umatilla Rapids Dam for over 20 years, and no man is more entitled to the name for the work done to bring it to the stage it is now in. District maintenance department. • • • Hermiston Herald readers have an opportu- nity to help a Virginia stu- dent. Andrei, who is a third-grader at The Lang- ley School in McLean, Virginia, is researching the state of Oregon for a school project. In addition to gathering information from books and the internet, students are reaching out to peo- ple in the states. Andrei recently sent a letter requesting help: “I am hoping that you would be willing to send me some items to help me learn more about the best things in your state. It could be things like postcards, maps, pictures, souvenirs, general information, this newspaper article, or any other items that would be At this important time his name should have weight in the Senate where the bill now rests for fi nal pas- sage. Charles L. McNary has been responsible for many public works in Oregon, but none of them carry his name. It would be an honor justly due for the quarter of a century service he gave to the state, and the eminence to which he has risen. 100 YEARS AGO March 29, 1919 This part of Umatilla County is undeniably the region for early hon- ey-giving daisies and the little white fl ower that much resembles wild buckwheat. And likewise it is the one place in all Oregon where the honey bee thrives and prospers in the early spring and all during the summer, pro- viding, of course, that atmospheric and other conditions continue to pre- vail each succeeding year as they have so far this season. Already the bees in this section are making honey from the wild fl ow- ers and now is the time that bee men should prepare and many are prepar- ing, for a big harvest when alfalfa comes to bloom and the main fl ow begins. First of all every bee man should examine his colonies and replace all missing queens, and at the same time build up all weak colonies. Never divide colonies that are not nearly ready to swarm, and then such colo- nies as will be strong enough to divide should be gone over and counted, and either raise or send to some good queen breeder for the required num- ber of queens. useful,” Andrei wrote. Items should be addressed and mailed to: Ms. Lyons’ Class, The Langley School, 1411 Balls Hill Road, McLean, VA 22101. • • • Congratulations are in order to several people who make Umatilla a spe- cial place to live and work. During the March 21 Distinguished Citizen Awards Banquet, Tina Ridings was named Citi- zen of the Year; AgSource Laboratories received Business of the Year; and Above and Beyond recipi- ents were Clyde and Betty Nobles, Larry and Marge Nelson and William Meade. The event was coordinated by the Uma- tilla Chamber of Com- merce & Visitor Center. • • • Area golfers fi nally got back into the swing of things in Umatilla. Big River Golf Course opened its season March 16 with the annual Brown Grass Tournament. The foursome of Josh Williams, Josh Brown- ing, Mark Herman and Bob Barton placed fi rst with 62 gross; second with 63 were Rick Jewett, Blue Blackhurst, Jorge Pan- toja and Zeno Marvin; and third with 64 was Car- los Chavez, Don Daggett, Heather Villaneuva and Ian Coyle. For upcoming tourna- ments at Big River, con- tact Megan Olsen at 541-922-3006, megan@ golfbigriver.com or search Facebook. ———You can submit items for our weekly By The Way column by email- ing your tips to editor@ hermistonherald.com.
