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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2019
COMMUNITY
THREE MINUTES WITH ...
HERMISTON HISTORY
DOUGLAS SANDERS
Owner at
Tech Tech Goose Gaming
When and why did you move to Hermiston?
I was born and raised here. I joined the National
Guard when I was 17, and traveled there. I came
back and got married when I was 20. I was a cor-
rections offi cer at Two Rivers for 17 years. It’s just
home.
What is your favorite place to eat in
Hermiston?
That’s a tough one. The place we go out to eat
most often would be the Golden Palace. I feel loyal
to there because I worked there as a teenager.
What do you like to do in your spare time?
There are a couple things I like to do. One, I like to
go camping with my family. Two, I like riding my
Harley. Three, I like to go panning for gold. A lot
of people don’t know, you can fi nd gold in pretty
much any river in Oregon.
What surprises you about Hermiston?
How well the community gets along. Everyone has
been very supportive of [Tech Tech Goose Gam-
ing]. The community is willing to get behind small
businesses with such passion. It’s also a place
that’s growing fast. When I was growing up, Herm-
iston was basically just Main Street. In 20 years,
I wouldn’t be surprised if it was as big as the
Tri-Cities.
What was the last book you read?
It was a book about how to run a small business.
Usually, I’m more into Sci-Fi. J.K Rowling is one
of my favorite authors, and Tolkien too.
What website or app do you use most other
than Facebook?
YouTube. A lot of YouTube, a lot of how-to videos.
If you could travel anywhere, where would
you go?
The Vatican, or the Holy Land. I’m a devout Cath-
olic, so I would love to see either of those places.
What is the funniest thing that’s ever hap-
pened to you?
I’m kind of a goofball. Just yesterday, my mother-
in-law made me a cupcake with lots of chocolate
frosting for my birthday. While I was holding it,
my daughter tapped my hand and the cupcake fl ew
into the air and landed directly on my head.
What is one of your goals for the next 12
months?
To make this store self-suffi cient. To let people
know that I’m here to help kids in the commu-
nity, and that this is a place for adults too. I’d like
to make enough money here to not have to pay
the bills for this place out of my own pocket. I’ve
always wanted to give back to Hermiston, and
there’s nothing for kids to do in this town. People
say I should turn this into a bar at night, but I’m
not going to go that route. Here, kids play for free
and can hang out and make friends.
What is your proudest accomplishment?
I got a daughter who is an A-plus student in high
school. You know how kids tend to rebel against
their parents? She rebels against the thought of
rebelling. I’m proud to have a happy home for my
daughter and wife. When I think of all the things
that I’ve done, I think that having a happy family
you can provide for is a real challenge.
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Bob Henry, manager at Columbia Outdoor and Surplus, holds a Colt AR-15, one of the guns banned by a crime bill, in 1994.
25 YEARS AGO
SEPT. 20, 1994
Two days after President Clin-
ton signed into law a crime bill that
bans the manufacture, sale and pos-
session of 19 models of “assault
weapons,” a Colt AR-15 sits on the
sale rack of Columbia Outdoor and
Surplus in Hermiston.
The soon-to-be-banned rifl e has
a $1,899 price tag.
“Seven or eight months ago,
AR-15s were selling for $600. Yes-
terday, I sold one for $1,600,” said
Bob Henry, the store’s gun manager.
Henry has two banned guns
in stock — the Colt and a Cobray
M-12 .380 caliber pistol.
He also has two Chinese SKS
rifl es. The ban on import of that
make of rifl e was signed by Presi-
dent Bush, but they can still be sold
and owned.
Of all the guns to be banned by the
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crime bill, he has sold about half a West Park Elementary students Veronica Saucedo, right, and Lisha De Mill
examine the dress of Nicole Willis, winner of the Junior Indian Pageant, during a
dozen in the past year, he said.
50 YEARS AGO
SEPT. 18, 1969
A Umatilla County Circuit Court
jury acquitted John Gifford, Herm-
iston, late Tuesday afternoon of a
charge of manslaughter in a case
involving the death of John David
Boyd, Jr.
Gifford had been accused of strik-
ing Boyd over the head with a sawed-
off pool cue in a local tavern during an
altercation last February. Gifford was
working as a bartender there at the
time. Boyd died 40 days later, March
10, in Good Shepherd Hospital.
2) In an informal discussion after
the regular agenda of the Hermiston
District 8-R board meeting, the sub-
ject of sex education in the schools
was brought up.
High school principal Jack Jen-
kins said: “We have no sex educa-
tion as such, except as it is touched
upon in biology and health education
classes.”
The discussion followed a state-
ment by board member Leland Bag-
gett that a group in town had talked
to what he termed the local council of
church concerning the sex education
in local schools.
Superintendent Armand O. Lar-
ive replied that a committee from the
Hermiston Ministerial Association
had met with him and when he had
reviewed with them what the district
is doing in regard to sex education
“they didn’t take offense to it.”
Dr. Wendell Ford, a member of the
board, said that when he was practic-
fi eld trip to the Pendleton Round-Up in 1994.
ing medicine in Nebraska he taught
sex education for 10 years in the high
school.
“Our young people are entitled to
premarital training. The young people
want to know,” he said.
75 YEARS AGO
SEPT. 21, 1944
Plans for an assemblage one hour
after offi cial confi rmation of Germa-
ny’s defeat are being completed here
under the sponsorship of Hermiston
Post No. 37, American Legion.
Tentative plans are as follows:
When offi cial news has been received
by Col. A.S. Buyers, command-
ing offi cer at the Umatilla Ordnance
Depot, confi rming Germany’s surren-
der, he will notify Legion offi cials in
Hermiston. Immediately there will be
three long blasts of the city fi re siren.
Within one hour the high school band
will assemble at the fl agpole at the
west end of Main Street. This will be
a signal for an assemblage of all resi-
dents in this area.
A parade will form and will
march to the lawn at the front of the
high school where a short program
will be held. Included will be short
addresses by clergy, U.S. Army offi -
cials, Legionnaires, Mayor F.C McK-
enzie and possibly others. Group
singing and music by the band will be
featured.
The above program should not be
mistaken for an occasion of hilarity
and fun-making but rather a period of
rededication and reconsecration for
the tasks that still lie ahead. Dr. F.B.
Belt, local post commander, Ameri-
can Legion, states that the war is still
far from over, even with Germany’s
capitulation. However, the occasion
should be remembered with renewed
vows for the future. The time to cel-
ebrate will be when Japan and Ger-
many have both fully surrendered.
100 YEARS AGO
SEPT. 20, 1919
H. Spinning returned last Satur-
day from a month’s visit to Tacoma
and other coastal points. He remarked
one evening shortly after his home-
coming that Hermiston had by far the
worst streets and sidewalks of any of
the little towns he had visited in his
journeyings.
He offset this, however, by the
statement that for liveliness and vim,
this city had them all cheated, and
if only we had streets and sidewalks
to correspond with the upward trend
Hermiston would have no equal for
its size anywhere in the west.
2) Wade Noble was in town on
business Monday from his ranch in
the east end, and took home with him
a few “No Trespass” signs with which
to post his place. He is doing this, he
says, not to protect the game birds
on ponds and in the enclosure from
sportsmen, but to protect his dairy
herd from getting their hides full of
shot from the gun of a possible erratic
or irresponsible hunter.
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and Morrow county are Ready 2 Learn
participants. They offer programs for
children starting at birth and provide
education to parents about the impor-
tance of reading and playing with their
children.
For more information, visit www.
ready2learnoregon.weebly.com,
search Facebook or stop by your local
library.
• • •
Parents with students in kindergar-
ten through sixth grade can receive
help with homework at the Umatilla
Public Library.
Carole Deich is available each
Thursday from 4-5 p.m. to answer
questions or provide assistance. The
local resident has more than 19 years
of teaching experience. The library is
located at 700 Sixth St., Umatilla.
For more information, call the
library at 541-922-5704.
• • •
The Irrigon Chamber of Com-
merce is looking for a new home and
new director.
Their previous offi ces were
recently sold to a new owner and they
are looking for offi ce space to rent in
Irrigon.
The group has experienced rapid
growth over the past few years, jump-
ing from six members to about 70. The
increased revenue means the chamber
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can afford to hire a part-time direc-
tor to spend about 20 hours a month
answering phones and emails and
organizing chamber events.
For more information about apply-
ing to the director position or for tips
on available offi ce space, call Phyllis
Danielson at Stokes Landing Bed &
Breakfast at 541-922-3857.
• • •
The menu for the Harkenrider
Senior Activity Center on Thursday
is beef stew, salad and dessert. Fri-
day is salad bar, garlic bread and des-
sert. Monday is build your own tacos
and dessert. Tuesday is ham and yams,
vegetable, fruit salad and dessert.
Next Wednesday is tuna salad sand-
wich, salad and dessert.
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