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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
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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.
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