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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17, 2019
HERMISTON HISTORY
DANNY BROWN
Maintenance,
Hermiston School District
When and why did you move to Hermiston?
My family moved here in 1961. Been here ever
since. Moved here to be closer to family.
HH fi le photo
What is your favorite place to eat in
Hermiston?
La Palma
Andi Baumgart, right, and Nicole Brown proudly display pueblos in fourth grade teacher Juli Hutchins’ class in 1994.
What do you like to do in your spare time?
Go to the mountains, cut wood, shed hunt, mush-
room hunt, look at wildlife
What surprises you about Hermiston?
The growth
What was the last book you read or are cur-
rently reading?
Bugle magazines
What app or website do you use most often?
Accuweather — I don’t really use apps, maybe
Schooldude for work.
If you could travel anywhere, where would
you go?
Canada or Alaska
What is the funniest thing that’s happened
to you?
I can’t really think of anything, but my grandson
thinking I was Papa Smurf and comparing was
kinda comical.
What is one of your goals for the next 12
months?
Retirement
What is your proudest accomplishment?
My family
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25 YEARS AGO
April 19, 1994
Witnesses broke up a fi ght
between two teenage girls Wednes-
day after one student cut the other
girl’s face.
Umatilla Police Chief Travis
Eynon said details of the incident
were unclear, but it appeared to have
been spurred by rivalry over a boy.
Witnesses said one girl began to
harass the other, who had a small
hunting knife in her pocket. As the
girls struggled, the one with the
knife pulled it out and cut a super-
fi cial wound above her assailant’s
eye.
A man spotting the incident from
his parked car split the two girls
apart and took the girl with the knife
into McNary Heights Elementary
directly across the street.
2) The city’s Community Center
Committee is getting ready to kick off
a major fundraising drive to fi nance
the remodeling of the new center.
Tim Mabry, coordinator of the
fund-raising project, said the group
plans to raise between $400,000 and
$500,000 for the project.
Remodeling should begin in late
summer, city administrator Ed Brook-
shier said. He said he has an ambitious
schedule in mind for the opening of
the community center.
50 YEARS AGO
April 17, 1969
A veritable bombshell was dropped
in the closing minutes of the Hermis-
ton City Council last Monday night as
council members were advised by city
manager Tom Harper that three Herm-
iston junior high girls were rushed to
Good Shepherd late Monday after-
noon by city police offi cers after they
had apparently taken an overdose of
barbiturates reportedly furnished by
another junior high student.
Hermiston City Police Chief Bob
Adams said that school offi cials
advised the police department of the
peculiar condition of the three girls
around 3 p.m., suspecting drug use,
and the children were then rushed to
the hospital for treatment.
A junior high boy, reportedly in
possession of some of the danger-
ous drugs, was brought to the police
station, then taken to the hospital for
treatment after it was discovered that
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Celina Alder, Devin Alder, Brielle Medoza, Anton Alder and Matthew Gibson take
a turn riding an elephant at the Shriner Circus in Hermiston in 1994.
he had also taken some of the barbi-
turates. A fi fth juvenile was taken to
the hospital later that day after having
admitted to parents that she too had
taken some of the pills.
Chief Adam said phenobarbital
and several other types of “danger-
ous” drugs were recovered and an
intense investigation is now underway
to determine the source of the supply.
75 YEARS AGO
April 20, 1944
Only 12 units of a total of 83 now
remain unoccupied at Victory Square,
according to Mrs. Florence Olmstead,
acting manager.
The 12 units are one-bedroom
houses and are renting for $27.50 per
month. This includes stoves, water
heater and water. Mrs. Olmstead
stated that workers at the huge Han-
ford project were inquiring about the
houses and that some had already
moved in.
Victory Square is now a pleas-
ant little spot with green grass, wide
streets, concrete sidewalks and other
facilities.
100 YEARS AGO
April 19, 1919
Efforts are being made to carry
out some of the plans suggested by
Miss Lorene Parker on her recent vis-
its here in the interests of the anti-fl y
campaign.
There is a herd law to keep your
neighbor’s cattle from your fi elds, but
we can appeal only to your sense of
justice and your civic pride to keep
the fl ies that swarm and breed in
fi lthy places on your place or your
neighbor’s, from promenading across
babies’ food, leaving in their wake
typhoid, tuberculosis, cholera, dysen-
tery and “summer complaint.”
The fl y-swatter, even a folded
paper, brings sure and sudden death to
the fl y you stalk from place to place
but this method is messy and often a
squashed fl y falls in unseemly places.
There are easier and cleaner methods.
A fl yless town is possible. Flies
are attracted to your door by cooking
odors. Place a fl y trap there. They are
drawn to your tin can heap. Place a fl y
trap there and rinse each can before
throwing it out.
Hermiston has always gone “over
the top” in all she undertakes. You
gave three cheers and a tiger for the
women of the Civic Club at the Father
and Sons’ banquet. Give them such
willing and effective support in this
crusade.
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• • •
An Adult Easter Egg
Hunt will help raise money
for Echo Girl Scout Troop
10298.
The event is Friday,
April 26 at 6 p.m. in George
Park on North Dupont
Street, located behind Echo
City Hall. Tickets are $25
each. Prizes include baked
goods, gift certifi cates,
hand crafted items, candy
and more. Proceeds from
the event will help support
Girl Scouts bronze and sil-
ver projects.
For more information or
to buy tickets, call Jamie
Wiseman at 541-701-4138.
• • •
The Tom Denchel Ford
Country.Com Shootout
helps drive youth fundrais-
ers. In its ninth year, the
April 6-7 tournament at
Big River Golf Course in
Umatilla included a number
of area golfers. Flight win-
ners for the ninth annual
event included:
Horse Race: (1) Noe
Rodriguez & Ryan Hosek,
(2) Mike Webb & Rick
Jewett, (3) Glen Phillips
& Craig Engbretson, (4)
Kurt Massey & Tim Gil-
bert. Mule Race: (1) Don
Obrist & Leo Karnowski,
(2) Terry Rowan & Pat
Kerrigan, (3) Jorge Pan-
toja & Bob Barton.
Megan Olsen, Big River
general manager, expressed
special thanks to the Uma-
tilla County Fair court,
who volunteered their time
and cooked for the golfers.
In addition, hole sponsors
included American Pacifi c
Mortgage
&
Melisa
Webb, BBSI & Mike
Engelbrecht,
Bendix-
sen Law Offi ces, M&M
Potato, Columbia Auto
Body, Schroth Financial
Services, Premier North-
west & Aitor Irusta and O
So Kleen.
• • •
People are invited to turn
a page or two at the Echo
Public Library, as recent
donations continue to bol-
ster the collection. During
the month of March, sev-
eral people contributed
books, including Bonnie
Berry (4), Jessica Holben
(4), Jonny Moreno (7),
Bob Tolar (19), Kent &
Laura Madison (36), and
William Gatchel & Gayle
Weatherson (3 boxes).
Other
donations
reported by the city include
Dick Snow Memorial
($100 for public art), Bob
Tolar (African honorary
native clothing to the Echo
Museum) and Kent &
Laura Madison ($500 for
public art).
With spring in the air,
library staff especially
encourage people to check
out books and materials
about trees and gardening.
The library is located at 20
Bonanza St. For questions,
call 541-376-8411.
• • •
The March 18 Ameri-
can Red Cross blood drive
at Good Shepherd Med-
ical Center in Hermiston
collected 24 units.
Volunteer Patti Per-
kins was excited to share
that Rosaura Madrigal of
Hermiston was a fi rst time
donor. In addition, Perkins
expressed appreciation to
the Hermiston Emblem
Club for providing the
canteen for the collection
event.
Perkins encourages peo-
ple to consider becom-
ing blood donors. She said
each donation can help save
three patient’s lives.
For dates and times of
upcoming donation drives,
visit www.redcross.org. To
make an appointment, call
1-800-448-3543.
• • •
The menu for the Har-
kenrider Senior Activity
Center for Thursday is ham
and yams, vegetable, salad
and dessert. The menu for
Tuesday is hot dogs, sauer-
kraut, baked beans, potato
salad and dessert.
The senior center will
start serving lunch fi ve days
a week in April 29.
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