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WEDNESDAY, MAY 1, 2019
HERMISTON HISTORY
DELFINO OSORIO
GARCIA
Science teacher,
Hermiston High School
When and why did you move to Hermiston?
I actually never moved to Hermiston formally. I
started my teaching career at Umatilla School
District and transitioned to Hermiston SD in 2015.
I grew up in Washington in the small agricultural
town of Bridgeport, which sits on the Columbia
River and is home to Chief Joseph Dam. I was ini-
tially attracted by the geographic similarities, but
have come to appreciate our area for its small
town feel.
What is your favorite place to eat in
Hermiston?
Hale’s Restaurant. We really enjoy their family
atmosphere and abundance of fries.
What do you like to do in your spare time?
I enjoy spending my spare time fi shing or just
doing something outdoors. Having the Columbia
River fi shery is an open invitation to fi sh whenever
I fi nd myself able to fi sh.
What surprises you about Hermiston?
Something that has pleasantly surprised me is the
outpouring support of our community for people in
time of need. Whether it’s fi nancial, volunteering
of time or attending events, people step up to help
when possible.
What was the last book you read/are cur-
rently reading?
Currently I am reading “Grading Smarter, Not
Harder: Assessment Strategies that Motivate Kids
and Help them Learn” by Myron Dueck.
What app or website do you use most other
than Facebook or Google?
Lately I’ve been spending a lot of time browsing
the AllTrails App. It’s great for looking up trails
and their diffi culty. I especially enjoy reading oth-
ers’ reviews and looking at the photos posted of
their trips.
If you could travel anywhere, where would
you go?
I would say Iceland; the picturesque scenery
draws me in.
What is the funniest thing that’s happened
to you?
My fi rst year teaching ever, I was walking down
the hall the week before school starts. This was
during the teacher in-service time and I was walk-
ing to my classroom. As I walked down the hall, a
janitorial staff member stopped me and asked me
who I was looking for, when I said no one in par-
ticular I was asked to leave the building and return
when school started. I did clear things up and
inform them that I was a staff member myself
Controversy erupted last week
when Umatilla residents discovered
that a new restaurant planned to fea-
ture “exotic dancers.”
Riverside Restaurant and Lounge
owners have said there will be topless
dancing in the lounge, which opened
Friday.
“My view and that of people I have
talked to is that this just doesn’t fi t in
our community,” said Joe McConnell,
pastor of Umatilla Baptist Church
and a father of several school-aged
children.
Other Umatilla ministers, parents
and local restaurants have criticized
the bar.
2) Several hundred people came to
McKenzie Park Sunday to dance, eat
and have a good time at Hermiston’s
Cinco de Mayo fi esta.
They were treated to live music
from two ensembles, Group Carcicia
and Banda 660; the crowning of Sirita
Hispanidad 1994; and a presentation
by Hermiston’s renowned folk danc-
ing group, Quetzalcoatl.
50 YEARS AGO
MAY 1, 1969
Fred Reeves, Hermiston Postmas-
ter, says at least two different pub-
lishing fi rms have been fl ooding local
postal patrons with printed materials
in the past 30 days that is, in many
cases, highly objectionable to the par-
ties receiving it through the mail.
Reeves advises the public that any-
one may have their name taken off the
sender’s mailing list by simply fi ll-
ing out and mailing P.U.D. form No.
2150, which is obtainable at any U.S.
Post Offi ce.
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The literature that has been turned
into the post offi ce, says Reeves, has
both pictures and words that numerous
postal patrons fi nd revolting, and is
generally sent as fi rst class mail. Sev-
eral of the irate patrons have referred
to the literature as lewd, obscene and
pornographic, says Reeves.
2) Hermiston city offi cials met with
representatives of the Stadeli Pump
Company and GATX Corporation last
Friday to inspect the work accom-
plished on the city’s new one million
gallon storage tank and adjacent deep
well in the south part of town.
The tank has recently been painted,
inside and out, and on the exterior
boasts the Hermiston Senior High
School colors of purple and gold, with
a large bulldog painted on the west
side of the tank.
75 YEARS AGO
MAY 4, 1944
Margaret E. McCourt, former
employee of the Umatilla County
Ordnance Depot, has joined the ranks
of the women marines. Miss McCourt
enlisted April 27 through the Portland
recruiting station and is now await-
ing orders to report for “boot camp” at
Camp Lejeune, N.C. training base of
all women marines.
Private McCourt is the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. George E. McCourt
of Stanfi eld. Her brother, Corporal
Francis H. McCourt, is a marine para-
trooper. She has been employed at
the Ordnance Depot for the past 17
months.
2) A new business enterprise is
being launched at Hermiston this
week with the establishment of a
second hop yard to be known as the
Hermiston Seedless Hop Yard No. 2.
What was last week the Joe
Baumgartner dairy farm is now being
plowed under to make the new yard. It
is planned to put in only 25 or 30 acres
of hops and during the winder months
another 25 acres will be planted.
100 YEARS AGO
MAY 3, 1919
During the month of April Herm-
iston property has changed hands
more rapidly than at any time since
the palmy days of the beginning of the
town two years ago. It is apparent on
every hand that Hermiston has come
back.
When the fi rst building boom
struck 12 years ago last fall, hundreds
of lots were sold and nearly one-half
million dollars were invested within
less than two years time. During that
period not an acre of ground was
developed throughout the irrigated
district tributary to the town. It was
soon found that the town could not
develop without agricultural develop-
ment nearby. Property values came to
a standstill. Scarcely a sale was made
for years.
But the country for miles around
has been developed into prosperous
farms and has fi nally grown beyond
the town as far perhaps as the mush-
room period grew beyond the coun-
try. Conditions in Hermiston have
been improving greatly for two or
three years, but this spring has wit-
nessed the most positive develop-
ments toward future building of the
city, which was hoped for years ago.
Not only has farm development
added to the resources of the town but
the building of the Columbia High-
way, on which work is now being
done on both sides of Hermiston, has
added materially to the confi dence of
the city’s future.
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25 YEARS AGO
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BTW
What is one of your goals for the next 12
months?
I hope to start my masters program and spend
more time with my family.
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HH fi le photos
(LEFT) KOHU announcer Alfredo Aceves interviews
singer Norma Alicia Ochoa at the Cinco de Mayo
celebration in Hermiston in 1994. (RIGHT) Ana Lopez
and Camilo Cardenas dance at Hermiston’s Cinco de
Mayo celebration at McKenzie Park in 1994.
is grabbing the spotlight for May.
Today’s edition features an interview
with a science teacher, information
about the FFA’s plant sale and a Girls
Night In hosted at the high school for
incoming freshmen.
• • •
Hermiston Emblem Club #215
recently was visited by Gaille
Schmidt, state Emblem Club presi-
dent; Sandra Goodwin, state mar-
shal; and Judy Coleman, state trea-
surer — all from Coquille Emblem
Club #266.
The group feasted on a Mexican
dinner and a cake decorated with the
Emblem Club seal. Teresa Moncrief,
Hermiston Emblem Club president,
shared that the Hermiston club placed
second for outstanding club for the
second time in a row.
Gaille expressed gratitude to local
members Carol Goin, fi rst vice pres-
ident; Coyla Bedord, recording sec-
retary; Michele Dickmeier, corre-
sponding secretary; Sheryl Goin,
fi fth trustee; and Maxine Rice, second
guard, for serving on the Oregon State
Association of Emblem Clubs. She
also acknowledged supreme elected
and appointed offi cers: Bedord,
supreme deputy; and Angel Smith,
supreme press.
For more information about
the local club, call Moncrief at
541-564-0887.
• • •
Offi cer Alexander Jensen of the
Stanfi eld Police Department and
dispatcher Hannah Foster of the
Umatilla County Sheriff’s Offi ce are
graduating from the Oregon Public
Safety Academy, 4190 S.E. Aums-
ville Highway, Salem.
Foster, a member of #BT114, fi n-
ished the Basic Telecommunications
three-week course. The graduation
ceremony is May 3 at 11 a.m. Jen-
sen will fi nish with the 16-week Basic
Police Class #387 during a May 10
ceremony at 10 a.m. Both ceremonies
and receptions that follow are open to
the public.
The courses are presented through
the Oregon Department of Public
Safety Standards and Training. For
more information, visit www.oregon.
gov/dpsst.
• • •
The public is invited to watch steer
wrestlers with the Northwest Pro
Rodeo Association during a local
qualifying event for The American
Rodeo. Contestants will compete Sat-
urday beginning at 9 a.m. at the Uma-
tilla Sage Riders Arena at 81907
Highway 395, located between Herm-
iston and Umatilla.
There is no admission charge and
concessions will be available for pur-
chase. Those attending might want to
bring a lawn chair as seating is lim-
ited at the arena. For more infor-
mation, call Tammy Campbell at
541-922-8526.
• • •
The Harkenrider Senior Activ-
ity Center menu for Wednesday is
salad, sandwich and dessert. Thursday
is clam chowder, half sandwich, salad
and dessert. Friday is soup or salad,
half sandwich and dessert. Monday is
salad bar and dessert. Tuesday is tuna
rice casserole, vegetable, pea salad,
fruit and cookies.
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By The Way column by emailing your
tips to editor@hermistonherald.com.
Summer
institute
offers hands
on learning
A week-long residential fi eld
studies program for high school
students is accepting applications.
Offered by Eastern Oregon Uni-
versity, the Cottonwood Crossing
Summer Institute takes place along
the John Day River at Cottonwood
Canyon State Park. The program,
which is available to 25 students,
runs June 16-21. The cost is $160
and students receive college credit.
Participants work with regional
professionals conducting research
and completing projects on var-
ious topics related to the natu-
ral and cultural resources of East-
ern Oregon. This year’s program
includes fi eld research techniques
applied to wildlife and macroin-
vertebrates, designing and build-
ing solar solutions to modern prob-
lems, researching how the human
body responds to the environment,
and practicing the fi ne art of writ-
ing nonfi ction about nature.
For more information or to
apply, visit www.eou.edu/cotton-
wood-crossing. For questions, con-
tact M.J. Heather at heathe3@eou.
edu or 541-962-3316.