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WEDNESDAY, MAY 8, 2019
HERMISTON HISTORY
RICK BAHER
Lead Warehouse,
Hermiston School District
When and why did you move to Hermiston?
1986 — I got out of the service and my mom lived
here.
What is your favorite place to eat in
Hermiston?
Ye Olde Pizza Shoppe
HH fi le photo
What do you like to do in your spare time?
Go to the mountains, hunting
Hank Dennis, Jacque Page, Pat Napolitano and Helen Adams celebrate the dedication of Sunset Park in 1994.
What surprises you about Hermiston?
How quickly it’s growing
25 YEARS AGO
MAY 10, 1994
What was the last book you read or are cur-
rently reading?
The Hobbit
What app or website do you use most other
than Facebook or Google?
PFT (Pro Football Talk)
If you could travel anywhere, where would
you go?
New Zealand
What is the funniest thing that’s happened
to you?
I can honestly say I don’t know
What is one of your goals for the next 12
months?
Saving money
What is your proudest accomplishment?
When my son was born
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VOLUME 113 • NUMBER 19
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Hermiston
High
School students will
attend classes on a block
schedule starting in the
1995-96 school year.
The school board
approved the recommen-
dation by high school
Principle Diana Cuts-
forth on the condition
that a fi nalized format
for the scheduling system
be approved by the board
next year.
Block
scheduling
would divide the school
day into four classes per
day, rather than the cur-
rent seven. Advocates say
fewer classes per semester
and longer class periods
allow students to study
subjects with more depth.
2)
Seventh-Day
Adventists in Nyahururu,
Kenya now have a 300-seat
church thanks to one of the
most effi cient construction
crews around.
The crew arrived in the
city of 200,000 at the end of
March and were done less
than two weeks later. Even
more impressive is the fact
that only a few members of
the crew are old enough to
drive.
Fifty-two young Sev-
enth-Day Adventists from
the Northwest, including
six from Hermiston Junior
Academy, made the trip as
part of a mission.
50 YEARS AGO
MAY 8, 1969
Dale Slusher, local man-
ager of Pacifi c Northwest
Bell, says as of Wednes-
day shortcut dialing of tele-
phone numbers in Umatilla
will no longer be possible.
“The addition of more
local equipment in our
offi ce will make it neces-
sary to dial all seven dig-
its of Umatilla numbers,
including the three digit
prefi x, 922,” says Slusher.
Currently
telephone
HH fi le photo
Tirsia Lopez examines the refl ected image of a partial solar eclipse in 1994.
users can dial less than the
seven digits and complete a
local call, Slusher pointed
out, and besides add-
ing more telephone lines
and numbers in the Uma-
tilla central offi ce, PNB is
also adding more calling
paths between Umatilla and
Hermiston.
Cost of the work is esti-
mated at $22,000.
75 YEARS AGO
MAY 11, 1944
On Page Four of this
issue, Horace Smith of the
Hermiston Laundry & Dry
Cleaners explains to the
people of this vicinity his
predicament in having more
work than his business can
handle. Until recently the
laundry force has just barely
been able to keep from get-
ting snowed under with reg-
ular business.
The climax came last
week, however, when the
Domestic Laundry of Pend-
leton announced that it
would cease sending a truck
to Hermiston. This added
load of business also fell
to the Hermiston Laundry.
Although Mr. Smith is far
from discouraged, he will
be forced to set up a few
regulations in order to cover
as much ground as possible.
2) A class of 40 Herm-
iston High School students
will receive their diploma
at the annual exercises to be
held Thursday, May 18, in
the high school auditorium,
according to W.G. Kersger-
gen, superintendent. Bac-
calaureate services will be
held Sunday evening, May
14, also in the auditorium.
100 YEARS AGO
MAY 10, 1919
How many taxpayers are
there in Hermiston who are
of the opinion that the town
should be rebonded for the
installation of a new water
system? Not many, we ven-
ture to say, but were they
cognizant of the fact that
the present plant is fast
eating the heart out of the
resources of the community
it is possible they would
change their minds.
No matter who built the
present system, or how it
was built, the fact remains
that it has deteriorated until
now the pipes spring a leak
fi rst here and then there,
then some part of the pump
wears out, and ever and
anon expense money rolls
out of the city coffers.
Taxes are high enough,
all admit, but if the present
water system is maintained
much longer this town is
liable to go properly dry
for lack of funds to operate
the water system as it now
exists.
This was more forci-
bly brought out at the reg-
ular semi-monthly session
of the city council Wednes-
day evening, when, after the
clerk had read a great grist
of bills, most of which were
connected up with opera-
tion and maintenance of the
water system. A city coun-
cilor remarked, “We sure
have an expensive city.”
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• • •
The public is invited to a disaster
service volunteer response training.
Presented by the American Red
Cross, the event provides information
on how volunteers can learn to help
in disasters. The training is Thurs-
day, May 16 from 6:30-7:30 p.m. at
214 S.E. Emigrant Ave., Pendleton.
The group meets the third Thursday
of each month.
For more information, call Don
Tombleson at 541-276-9222.
• • •
As the weather warms up, the
Oregon Marine Board is encourag-
ing people to be safe in the water.
Would-be boaters can visit www.
oregon.gov/osmb to see a map of
boat launches in the state, pump sta-
tions, facility closures, safety infor-
mation, registration information, reg-
ulations and more.
The marine board asks anyone
going out on the water to never boat
alone, to not boat while intoxicated,
to make sure everyone onboard is
wearing a properly-fi tted lifejacket,
to take breaks when tired and to be
courteous in sharing the waterways
with others.
• • •
Local youths are invited to give
back during a Teen Community
Service activity coordinated by the
Hermiston Public Library. Teenag-
ers are invited to join the fun by play-
ing board games Wednesday, May 15
at 4 p.m. with residents at Sun Ter-
race Assisted Living, 1550 N.W.
11th St. For questions, call the library
at 541-567-2882.
• • •
It’s almost time to get into gear
for the ACE Car Show. Sponsored
by the ACE Automobile Club of
Echo High School, there are nearly
two dozen vehicle classes to enter.
The event is Saturday, May 25 with
registration beginning at 9 a.m. in
downtown Echo. For more informa-
tion, contact rsmith@echosd5.org,
541-376-8436 or search Facebook.
Also, watch for a story in the May 22
Hermiston Herald.
• • •
The Harkenrider Senior Activ-
ity Center is now serving meals fi ve
days a week (see A7). The menu for
Thursday is turkey and dressing, veg-
etable or fruit and dessert. Friday
is soup or salad with half sandwich
and dessert. Monday is salad bar and
dessert. Tuesday is roast beef, pota-
toes and gravy, vegetable and des-
sert. Next Wednesday is dinner salad,
roast beef sandwich and dessert.
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