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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24, 2019
HERMISTON HISTORY
JOSH VANDECAR
Groundsman,
Hermiston School District
When and why did you move to Hermiston?
About 20 years ago, for more opportunity.
HH fi le photo
What is your favorite place to eat in
Hermiston?
Hales
Umatilla High School students assisted Oregon State Police by acting as victims during a disaster drill in 1994. Left to right
are Nolan Wetterling, Danny Picard, Rob Maker, Nathan Cleaver and Victoria Sanguino.
What do you like to do in your spare time?
Anything with family
What surprises you about Hermiston?
The growth of the area
What was the last book you read or are cur-
rently reading?
The Bible
What app or website do you use most often?
Accuweather
If you could travel anywhere, where would
you go?
Bahamas
What is the funniest thing that’s happened
to you?
Nothing comes to mind
What is one of your goals for the next 12
months?
Better myself
What is your proudest accomplishment?
Where my family is today
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recycled
newsprint
25 YEARS AGO
April 26, 1994
International food process-
ing giant ConAgra announced last
week that it would purchase Uni-
versal Frozen Foods for an undis-
closed price.
Parent company Universal Foods
Corporation will receive a cash
payment that refl ects a premium
over the food processor’s book
value, according to company news
releases.
The sale of Universal Frozen
Foods, which produces frozen pota-
toes for domestic and international
markets, is expected to close June 1.
Purchaser ConAgra will add Uni-
versal Frozen Foods to an already
large base of food processing facili-
ties around the world.
2) Ed Brookshier, Hermiston’s
city administrator, received praise
Monday from Mayor Frank Harken-
rider and city council members for
refusing his 7 percent salary increase.
In a letter to city councilors, Brook-
shier said he was unwilling to accept
more than the 3 percent increase that
other city workers were receiving.
“He puts others above himself,”
Harkenrider said. “He is worth the
money.”
VOLUME 113 • NUMBER 17
50 YEARS AGO
April 24, 1969
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An intense investigation by the
Hermiston Police Department has
disclosed that the source of barbi-
turate drugs taken in large doses
by fi ve Hermiston junior high stu-
dents last week was traced to a civil
defense fi rst aid supply kit kept at the
school, according to Police Chief Bob
Adams.
The fi ve juveniles, four girls and
one boy, were rushed to Good Shep-
herd hospital late Monday after-
noon, April 14, and have all now been
released from the hospital, Adams
said.
In an offi cial news release, Adams
said his department learned from one
of the girls involved in the case that
she had complained of a headache
while at school Monday afternoon,
and while reclining on the cot in the
junior high sick room noticed the civil
defense kit and its list of contents.
Upon seeing the word “phenobar-
bital” she removed the bottle of drugs
from its larger container and replaced
the cardboard carton in its original
shape, thus eliminating any suspicion
HH fi le photo
Volunteer Ruth Klaus holds a fl owering plum tree as Doug Bennett of the city of
Hermiston shovels dirt around it at Belt Park in 1994.
that the kit had been opened.
According to Adams, she then
took a small quantity of these pills
at this time and then shortly thereaf-
ter left the sick room where she con-
tacted the other students and distrib-
uted the pills liberally to the other
four children.
75 YEARS AGO
April 27, 1944
Mr. and Mrs. George Harris have
received a letter from their son,
Wayne Harris, stating that he recently
had a four-day visit with his brother
George, who is stationed aboard
another ship. Wayne states that his
ship was tied alongside that of his
brother’s and when they fi rst met they
were quite surprised.
Wayne writes that they are both in
good health and seemingly enjoying
their work. While the two ships were
tied up alongside, several U.S.O.
shows were seen and other entertain-
ment enjoyed.
2) A ray of hope that Technical Ser-
geant Vern Daugherty Jr. may be alive
and well was received via a postal card
Thursday morning by his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. Vern Daugherty. Tech Sgt.
Daugherty was recently reported
“lost in action” while a member of an
American Ranger battalion in action
in the Italian battlefront.
The postal card came from Mrs.
C. P. Skilton of Carbondale, Penn.,
a member of a short wave amateur
radio club. The card stated, “A mes-
sage addressed to you was read this
evening on a shortwave radio broad-
cast from Berlin. In effect, it stated:
“Dear Folks, I am well and feeling
fi ne. This is my address, Stalog 2-B.
Contact Red Cross for information
about sending me packages. All my
love.” The message was signed Ber-
nard but it is thought that it might
have been mistaken for Vernon. The
parents’ address was correct.
100 YEARS AGO
April 26, 1919
The Rev. Jones of Baker spoke
before the high school and upper
grades last Tuesday. His talk was
chiefl y an appeal to the boys and girls
to get to the top of the ladder.
He said in part: “The great thing
in life is to be well-bred, not rich, but
well trained in manners, in humble-
ness of heart. Never lose an opportu-
nity to advance.”
For example he gave Abraham
Lincoln whom he believes to have
been a product of refl ection and med-
itation. Knowledge is power; knowl-
edge never amounts to anything until
one has a higher, ideal personality
that dominates and controls us. Never
take a failure as a model, take a suc-
cess in life. The chief aim in life is
to render an unselfi sh service to the
world.
The talk was greatly enjoyed and
appreciated by all the students.
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For a profi le on Pre-
uninger, see next week’s
Hermiston Herald.
• • •
On Monday we were sad
to say goodbye to reporter
Jayati
Ramakrishnan,
who left the Hermiston
Herald/East Oregonian
after more than two years
covering education and
public safety in Hermis-
ton. We wish her well at her
new job at The Oregonian
in Portland.
Our newsroom will be
short-staffed the next few
weeks as we work to hire
her replacement, so please
keep those news tips and
contributed photos coming.
• • •
This week’s Three Min-
utes feature wraps up our
spotlight of Hermiston
School District’s main-
tenance department for
the month of April. For
the month of May we will
be spotlighting Hermis-
ton High School, so look
for stories and other fea-
tures about the high school
throughout the month.
• • •
Sheila Botti and Vicki
Rayburn of the Morrow
County Health District
were each recently recog-
nized with a Service Excel-
lence Award.
Botti is a medical assis-
tant and limited x-ray tech-
nician at the Irrigon Med-
ical Clinic and Rayburn is
a housekeeper and cook at
Pioneer Memorial Hospi-
tal in Heppner. Health dis-
trict CEO Bob Houser said
both women go above and
beyond what is expected of
them.
Other staff from the
health district were rec-
ognized for their years of
service during the April
5 employee recognition
banquet:
5 years: Regina Bran-
non, medical assistant at
Pioneer Memorial Clinic;
Kris Jones, primary care
services manager; and reg-
istered nurses Rachel
Schonbachler,
Mindy
Smith and Lauren Crum.
10 years: Dr. Russ
Nichols, clinic physician
and hospital chief of staff;
Diana Sharp, medical lab-
oratory technician; Shawn
Cutsforth, information ser-
vices manager; Lori Jones,
certifi ed medication aide at
Pioneer Memorial Hospital;
and Del Turner, paramedic
with the Boardman Ambu-
lance Station.
25 years: Kim Thomp-
son, patient care coordi-
nator at Pioneer Memorial
Clinic.
30 years: Susie Thomp-
son, RN at Pioneer Memo-
rial Hospital and Clinic.
• • •
The menu for the Har-
kenrider Senior Center
for Thursday is chicken
cordon bleu, potato, veg-
etables and birthday cake.
Next week the center starts
meals fi ve days a week.
Monday is a salad bar and
dessert; Tuesday is meat-
loaf, potatoes and gravy,
vegetables and dessert; and
Wednesday, May 1 is salad,
sandwich and dessert.
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our weekly By The Way
column by emailing your
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herald.com.