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COMMUNITY A2 • HERMISTONHERALD.COM THREE MINUTES WITH ... WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5, 2019 HERMISTON HISTORY JIM SCHLENKER HH fi le photo Chief Operating Offi cer, Good Shepherd Health Care System Cameraman Bryan Bates fi lms Mark Galbraith while Al Herberholz takes a break from fi shing in 1994. An episode of “Fishing the West” was being fi lmed at the Umatilla Marina. 25 YEARS AGO When and why did you move to Hermiston? My family and I moved to Hermiston in March of 2015 as I took the job of Chief Operating Offi cer at Good Shepherd Health Care System. What is your favorite place to eat in Hermiston? Walker’s Kitchen What do you like to do in your spare time? I like to golf when I am not playing with my kids or traveling with my family. What surprises you about Hermiston? How many things there are to do and how friendly the people really are. What was the last book you read? “Ready Player One” by Ernest Cline What website or app do you use most other than Facebook? WPT Online Poker (LOL) If you could travel anywhere, where would you go? Anywhere tropical. I love the tropics. What is the funniest thing that’s ever hap- pened to you? After a late night of studying in college (yes some of us actually did that), I ended up in the wrong showers very early in the morning. What is one of your goals for the next 12 months? Finding time to plan a special trip for my family and my wife to celebrate our 10 years together. What is your proudest accomplishment? Going back to college and completing my Masters degree (at Penn State University) in December while working and my family being there to sup- port me the whole time. Printed on recycled newsprint VOLUME 113 • NUMBER 23 JUNE 7, 1994 One man is dead and another will be charged today with fi rst degree murder after a shoot- ing in downtown Herm- iston yesterday at about 2:30 p.m. Joe Perez, 36, of Hermiston was pro- nounced dead at Good Shepherd Community Hospital after being shot at least three times in the back. Police arrested John Ralph Crespin, Jr. in con- nection with the crime. According to wit- nesses and police accounts, the incident began with an attempted car theft in the 700 block of East Newport. After Perez allegedly failed to take the car at knifepoint from Crespin’s wife, a chase ensued, with John Crespin and his son, Billy, pursuing Perez on foot. Perez pleaded with cus- tomers of the Eastside Mar- ket to drive him away, but found no takers. The chase continued for fi ve blocks to the inter- section of Newport and Southeast Second with Crespin now alone in pur- suit. As Perez crossed the south edge of St. Antho- ny’s Clinic property, he was shot by several rounds from a .22-caliber revolver at short range. Perez fell to the ground in Fontaine’s Restaurant parking lot. Crespin then went into the lounge and surrendered the revolver to Karen Fontaine, who was tending the bar. 50 YEARS AGO JUNE 5, 1969 Chris Rush | Publisher • crush@eomediagroup.com • 541-278-2669 Jade McDowell | News Editor • jmcdowell@eastoregonian.com • 541-564-4536 Tammy Malgesini | Community Editor • tmalgesini@eastoregonian.com • 541-564-4539 Annie Fowler | Sports Editor • afowler@eastoregonian.com • 541-564-4542 Jessica Pollard | Reporter • jpollard@eastoregonian.com, 541-564-4534 Jeanne Jewett | Multi-Media consultant • jjewett@hermistonherald.com • 541-564-4531 Audra Workman | Multi-Media consultant • aworkman@eastoregonian.com • 541-564-4538 To contact the Hermiston Herald for news, advertising or subscription information: • call 541-567-6457 • e-mail info@hermistonherald.com • stop by our offi ces at 333 E. Main St. • visit us online at: hermistonherald.com The Hermiston Herald (USPS 242220, ISSN 8750-4782) is published weekly at Hermiston Herald, 333 E. Main St., Hermiston, OR 97838, (541) 567-6457. ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION RATES Delivered by mail Wednesdays Digital + e-Edition .............................. $39/year Full Access (print and digital) ............. $49/year Periodical postage paid at Hermiston, OR. Postmaster, send address changes to Hermiston Herald, 333 E. Main St., Hermiston, OR 97838. The one thing that has been established about the controversial proposal to change the name of the pool behind the John Day Dam is most people in the area apparently like what it’s called now: Lake Umatilla. A few politicians have been agitating to change the name and want to call it Lake Aldrich, honoring E.B. Aldrich, publisher of the East Oregonian, his widow still being president HH fi le photo Lyle Crane, left, Duane Alexander, seated, Vince Watson and Jerry Sobotte check out the prizes for Hustler Days in 1969. of the newspaper. But Mayor A.L. “Bud” Draper of Umatilla is lead- ing the vocal defense of the “good” name of Lake Umatilla. A voice from another world, the Tri-City Herald, has come out with a dif- ferent version of what the lake should be called. The Washington newspaper wants to tab it Lake Dodd for Elmer Perry Dodd of Hermiston, who did a lot of leg work to secure the McNary Dam. 75 YEARS AGO JUNE 8, 1944 Editor’s note: The Allied invasion of Normandy, France known as D-Day took place June 6, 1944. The fi rst news of the great invasion was received in Hermiston Monday eve- ning shortly after 10 o’clock over the radio. Many of those who were fortunate enough to be tuned in at that time remained on the networks most of the night as all stations were buzz- ing with news. When early morning came, the news spread and most of our citi- zens spent the larger part of Tuesday listening in on the radios or inquiring about At a meeting of the city council Thursday night a motion prevailed that the city attorney be instructed to draw up an ordinance which will have for its pur- poses the abolishing of all future building of board sidewalks in Hermiston, and that hereafter only con- crete sidewalks will be allowed. This is a good move, and it is hoped the civic body will go a step further and order at once the removal of a few of the derelict side- walks now existing in the main part of town and have them replaced with con- crete ones. 2) Advertising mer- chants constitute only 16 percent of all business fail- ures reported in Bradstreet and in Dunn’s, says an OAC news exchange. Of all business failures in the entire country, 84 percent are non-advertisers, mostly small town merchants. The Oregon dispatch says that Oregon editors have long known that the phenomenal success of mail order houses in Ore- gon is due to paid public- ity, but many merchants seem to think that this fact is used only to whee- dle money out of them. The merchants can hardly accuse the great rating fi rms of Bradstreets and Dunn being partners in this imaginary scheme. Qualifying groups or projects include cultur- al-based activities in Mor- row County. Categories include literary, histori- cal preservation, visual and performing arts, or humanities, and cultural organizations. Grants can be awarded for up to 50% of the total project cost. For complete guidelines and an applica- tion, contact Gayle Guti- errez at 541-676-5630 or ggutierrez@co.morrow. or.us. Applications must be submitted by Thursday, Aug. 1. • • • Hermiston School Dis- trict held a public open house for Fieldstone #5 on Monday, showcasing its fi fth student-built home since the Columbia Basin Student Homebuilders program started. The four bedroom, three bathroom, highly energy effi cient house was built and landscaped by high school students from Hermiston, Stanfi eld and Umatilla over the course of the school year. It is now up for sale, with pro- ceeds from the sale fund- ing future homebuilding classes. • • • The menu for the Har- kenrider Senior Activ- ity Center for Thursday is spaghetti, garlic bread, tossed salad, vegetables and dessert. Friday’s menu is a smorgasbord of hot foods and dessert. Mon- day is salad bar, garlic bread and dessert. Tuesday will be roast pork, dress- ing vegetable, salad and dessert. Next Wednesday will be turkey or egg salad sandwich, bowl salad and dessert. ———You can submit items for our weekly By The Way column by email- ing your tips to editor@ hermistonherald.com. the streets as to the latest hourly reports. Few peo- ple thought of, or talked of, anything else. A loud speaker was kept going from the Car- penters Local hall during the day giving promi- nent events as they were reported from the scenes of the battle. Flags were unfurled from many build- ings, and churches were opened for prayer services and a community prayer meeting was held at the Baptist church at 8 o’clock in the evening. Much concern was felt for some of our Hermis- ton boys who were last reported in England, some of whom are pilots, while others are with the amphibious and ground forces. All are prayerful and hopeful that they have safely endured the terrible ordeal of the last few days and will be successful in the days to come. 100 YEARS AGO JUNE 7, 1919 Member of EO Media Group Copyright ©2019 BTW CORRECTIONS It is the policy of the Hermiston Herald to correct errors as soon as they are discovered. Incorrect information will be corrected on Page 2A. Errors commited on the Opinion page will be corrected on that page. Corrections also are noted in the online versions of our stories. Please contact the editor at editor@hermistonherald.com or call (541) 564-4533 with issues about this policy or to report errors. SUBMIT A LETTER TO THE EDITOR Letters Policy: Letters to the Editor is a forum for the Hermiston Herald readers to express themselves on local, state, national or world issues. Brevity is good, but longer letters should be kept to 250 words. No personal attacks; challenge the opinion, not the person. The Hermiston Herald reserves the right to edit letters for length and for content. Letters must be original and signed by the writer or writers. Anonymous letters will not be printed. Writers should include a telephone number so they can be reached for questions. Only the letter writer’s name and city of residence will be published. OBITUARY POLICY The Hermiston Herald publishes paid obituaries. The obituary can include small photos and, for veterans, a fl ag symbol at no charge. Expanded death notices will be published at no charge. These include information about services. Obituaries may be edited for spelling, proper punctuation and style. Obituaries and notices may be submitted online at hermistonherald.com/ obituaryform, by email to obits@hermistonherald.com, by fax to 541-276-8314, placed via the funeral home or in person at the Hermiston Herald or East Oregonian offi ces. For more information, call 541-966-0818 or 1-800-522-0255, x221. BTW Continued from Page A1 from noon to 9 p.m. at Roy Raley Park in Pendleton. People are encouraged to form teams or come out and walk or participate in fundraising activities to support the American Cancer Society. For more information, contact Carol Preston at relaypendleton@yahoo. com, 541-379-6294 or visit www.relayforlife.org. • • • Wheatstock Music Festival announced that Reckless Kelly, an Amer- icana band out of Aus- tin, Texas, is headlining the Aug. 17 event. The 12th annual music festival will be held at Quantum 9 Arena in Helix. The fi rst 500 tickets are $20 each (through June 30) — then, the price increases to $30. Tickets at the gate are $35. Admission is free for active military person- nel and kids 12 and under. Also, VIP packages (which includes a meet-and-greet with headliners and event swag) and shade cabana rentals are available. For more information or to pur- chase tickets, visit www. wheatstock.org or www. brownpapertickets.com. • • • Rocky Heights Ele- mentary School is our spotlight school for the month of June, so look for news about the school throughout the month. For today, see A15 for photos of the school’s The Amer- ican Dream play and news on A8 about the school’s new principal. • • • The Morrow County Cultural Coalition, funded by the Oregon Cultural Trust Founda- tion, is accepting appli- cations for the 2019 grant period.