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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 2019
HERMISTON HISTORY
DANIEL ALLEN
Music teacher at
Sandstone Middle School
When and why did you move to Hermiston?
I moved to Hermiston in the summer of 2015 to
take over the music teacher position at Sandstone
Middle School.
HH fi le photo
Susan Myrick, left, and Gloria Skuzeski of the Girls League of Hermiston Senior High School sell booster buttons to raise
funds for scholarships in 1969.
What is your favorite place to eat in
Hermiston?
Walker’s Farm Kitchen. Ruty’s or Quizno’s are my
go-to places for food on the go.
25 YEARS AGO
SEPT. 13, 1994
What do you like to do in your spare time?
I do a lot of woodworking and I also like to get out
on my sailboat when the weather is nice.
What surprises you about Hermiston?
This community has a strong commitment to excel-
lence. We have been state football champions,
dance champions, the storied wrestling program...
this is a hard-working town.
What was the last book you read?
”The Culture Code” by Daniel Coyle — a must-
read for anyone in a leadership position! I reread
it every summer to help me brainstorm ideas for
the upcoming school year.
What website or app do you use most other
than Facebook?
I have a fl ip phone, so I don’t use apps. I do use
music/video streaming computer programs like
YouTube, Spotify, Netfl ix, etc. frequently.
If you could travel anywhere, where would
you go?
When it comes to travel, I think the company mat-
ters more than the location. With that said, I would
love to go to space! I am also a huge Mariners
fan and I love traveling to see my beloved M’s on
the road. It is a great way to see the country. It is
a goal of mine to make it to all thirty big league
ballparks.
What is the funniest thing that’s ever hap-
pened to you?
I teach middle school — every day there is a new
“funniest thing”!
What is one of your goals for the next 12
months?
I don’t really care so much about “winning” the
older I get, but it would be a lie to say that the kids
and I aren’t hungry to collect a few more acco-
lades this year. Ultimately, though, I want my
students to understand their potential and real-
ize that they are in complete control of how well
they accomplish any task, whether it be musically
related or not. Excellence is a choice. I also want
to grow the music program at Sandstone. We are
close to 400 students enrolled in music ensembles.
It would be really cool to hit that 400-mark!
What is your proudest accomplishment?
Professionally the best thing is when a student with
a previously questionable work ethic catches the
bug and really starts to dig in and see how hard
work leads to sweet rewards. Last March we placed
fi rst in a competition consisting of 32 middle school
bands in the Columbia Basin. We also had two stu-
dents place fi rst in woodwind solo and brass solo,
respectively, at the Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival
last year. That festival involves thousands of stu-
dents from all over the United States and Canada.
My students give me a lot to be proud of.
My proudest personal accomplishment is how
well I have developed the art of practicing. I have
really gotten good at the art of refl ecting, develop-
ing effi cient drills/exercises, and improving at any
task very quickly.
A small vapor leak was detected
in three projectiles containing nerve
agent at Umatilla Depot Activity
Wednesday.
None of the liquid agent escaped,
and there is no danger to the pub-
lic or to depot personnel, said depot
spokesperson Donna Fuzi.
“They found it the day it started,”
Fuzi said.
The 155mm projectiles contain
Agent GB and are stored in one of
the depot’s two igloos designed for
leaking ordinance. These igloos are
monitored daily.
2) More than half a dozen homes
in the upscale Dickerson subdivi-
sion west of Hermiston have had
to deepen their water wells by as
much as 300 feet in the past month.
After his faucets started spitting
air, Don Armstrong sunk his well
down to 525 feet. He said he is con-
fi dent the deepened well will last
him a lifetime.
“I’m glad it’s just my lawn and
not my living,” he said. “I guess I
have a little better feel for what our
farmers are going through.”
50 YEARS AGO
SEPT. 11, 1969
A soldier in the army just returned
from Vietnam on leave, John Swan-
son, 22, Umatilla, was arrested in
the early hours of Sept. 4 by Offi cer
Greg Pierce of the Hermiston Police
Department after receiving informa-
tion from the Oregon State Police
and the FBI that he was suspected of
being in possession of large quanti-
ties of marijuana.
Police reported that Swanson was
found to be in possession of about
$900 worth of marijuana, which is
believed to have been intended for
sale in this area.
2) Mayor Walter Pearson has
called for a special meeting of the
Hermiston city council for 8 p.m.
Monday, Sept. 15, to be held at the
C.R.C. The purpose of the meet-
ing will be to decide how to proceed
regarding eight paving projects as the
result of infl ationary costs that have
caused bids to be much higher than
the city engineer’s original estimates.
City engineer John Morgan
informed the council at this week’s
meeting Monday that low bid
received at the Aug. 25 meeting was
$107,873 from Percy Jellum, with
Schnell and Kalal bidding $110,139.
This is 17% higher than previous
estimates made some time ago.
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75 YEARS AGO
It was paynight for the Hermis-
ton Fire Department at the regular
monthly meeting last Monday eve-
ning, each member receiving a check
from the city for $1, this amount rep-
resenting the monthly salary of all
those who did not renege from their
duties during the 30 days prior to that
time.
There were only nine members
responded to roll call at the meeting,
and through that act of disobedience
the absent ones will come up minus
their one plunk when next payday
rolls around, for an absence means
forfeiture of the monthly salary.
2) After being on the mat work-
ing like tigers for a hammerlock,
half-nelson toe and scissor-hold for
24 minutes and 30 seconds, so evenly
were they matched, Young Robinson
of Portland lost the fi rst fall to Vernon
Davis of Pendleton in their wrestling
match at the Hermiston Auditorium
last Friday evening before a good-
sized audience.
Both men were clever, and each
tried every trick of the wrestling
game in the way of holds to gain the
ascendency. The 24 minute struggle
for supremacy in the fi rst bout, how-
ever, weakened Young Robinson to
such an extent that it only took the
more strengthy Davis 10 minutes and
55 seconds to pin his shoulders to the
mat, thereby gaining the second fall
and winning the bout in two straight.
improved access with environmental
protection.
Horn said she is excited to repre-
sent Eastern Oregon on the task force.
She has worked for the city of Uma-
tilla for two years.
• • •
Congratulations are in order to
Nicholas Lemmon of the Umatilla
Police Department. He recently
graduated from the 391st Basic Police
Class, a 16-week Oregon Depart-
ment of Public Safety Standards
and Training course.
A graduation ceremony was held
Sept. 6 at the Oregon Public Safety
Academy in Salem. Chief Robin
Sells of the Gresham Police Depart-
ment served as the special speaker.
Eriks Gabliks serves as the direc-
tor of the academy, which is nation-
ally recognized for its innovative
training programs. For more informa-
tion, visit www.oregon.gov/dpsst.
• • •
Cecili Longhorn, director of
the Stanfi eld Public Library, just
returned home after spending the fi rst
week in September in New England.
She fl ew across the country to attend
the 2019 Association for Rural &
Small Libraries Annual Conference
in Burlington, Vermont.
“It is amazing to be able to share
ideas with small libraries from all over
the United States,” Longhorn said.
She called the trip a “bucket list
item,” which was made possible
thanks to a scholarship from the Ore-
gon Library Association. In addition
to attending the conference, Longhorn
did some sight-seeing, including visit-
ing numerous local libraries.
• • •
The menu for the Harkenrider
Senior Activity Center on Thursday
is tuna noodle casserole, salad, veg-
etable, fruit and cookies. Friday is
clam chowder, dinner roll, coleslaw
and dessert. Monday is chicken cor-
don bleu, salad and dessert. Tuesday
is tater tot casserole, salad, fruit and
dessert. Next Wednesday is two slices
of pizza, salad and dessert.
SEPT. 14, 1944
J.H. DeMoss of the Columbia dis-
trict reports that a bomb fell approxi-
mately 150 feet from their home last
Thursday about 5:45. The missile
was apparently dropped by mistake
from one of the many bombers fl y-
ing over this region. The bomb made
a hole about three feet deep and three
feet wide.
Mr. DeMoss thinks they should be
more careful.
2) Bill Roberts, who recently
operated the Temple Cafe, states
that the Union Club Cafe will open
for business Saturday morning. The
rooms have been redecorated and
new equipment installed.
Mr. Roberts expects to carry a full
line of dinners, luncheons, soft drinks
and other refreshments.
100 YEARS AGO
SEPT. 13, 1919
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HH fi le photo
Jan Zita of Echo models a turn-of-the-century outing dress at a vintage fashion
show at Fort Henrietta in Echo in 1994.
School football game.
• • •
The Buttercreek Boys are back.
Offering toe-tappin’ music, the sea-
soned musicians are resuming perfor-
mances at a new venue.
The group will play the sec-
ond Wednesday of the month from
6-7:30 p.m. at Sun Terrace Hermis-
ton, 1550 N.W. 11th St. There is no
admission charge.
• • •
Esmeralda Horn, the city of
Umatilla’s development and recre-
ation manager, was appointed to serve
on a new state Task Force on the
Outdoors.
The one-year task force was cre-
ated by Governor Kate Brown to
develop a report making recommen-
dations on boosting economic devel-
opment to ensure equal access to
the outdoors and increasing outdoor
participation, while balancing the