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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 25, 2019
HERMISTON HISTORY
KRISS DAMMEYER
Founder and executive
director at Made to Thrive
When and why did you move to Hermiston?
I was born and raised here. I moved away for col-
lege but shortly after graduation I came back to
be closer to family. It proved to be a wise move as
I met my husband here as well as giving me a few
precious years with my mom who passed away
suddenly at the age of 60.
What is your favorite place to eat in
Hermiston?
Delish Bistro and Veg Out
What do you like to do in your spare time?
Spend time with my kids and family, kayak, attend
sporting events, hike to waterfalls, watch a beauti-
ful sunset
What surprises you about Hermiston?
How quickly it continues to grow. It is defi nitely
not the same Hermiston I grew up in. I have a pop-
ulation sign that has Hermiston at a little over
9,000 people shortly after I was born in the late
70’s.
What was the last book you read?
“The Go Giver” by Bob Burg and John David
Mann. It is so profound and inspiring and made
quite an impact on me.
What website or app do you use most other
than Facebook?
WhatsApp to communicate with my family and
friends internationally, Team App and Redfi n.
If you could travel anywhere, where would
you go?
To Germany to see my four half-sisters and Italy to
see where my dad’s side of the family came from.
What is the funniest thing that’s ever hap-
pened to you?
One of the funniest things that has made my fam-
ily and I laugh for quite a few years is when I was
goofi ng around walking backward to school and
my dad hollered at me to turn around so I wouldn’t
hit the pole holding a traffi c sign. When I turned
around I hit the pole with my forehead. It made
an awful sound and gave me quite the goose egg.
Days later I realized the pole was bent...when I
asked my dad about it he told me my head did that.
I found out years later he was joking. A car had hit
the pole but it was coincidentally around the same
time I hit it with my head. He always teased me for
my hard headedness!
What is one of your goals for the next 12
months?
Travel, take more time to relax.
Professionally, to hire staff and continue to
scale Made to Thrive.
What is your proudest accomplishment?
Personally, my children, running a marathon,
being inducted into the Athletic Hall of Fame at
my college and caring for my parents until they
passed away even when the days were long and
very tough.
Professionally, I am most proud of starting
Made to Thrive, which now serves more than 300
kids per year, from the ground up in 2014. I rarely
have time to sit back and think about that, but it’s
humbling for sure.
HH fi le photo
City of Hermiston and Port of Umatilla offi cials break ground on the Regional Water System in 1994.
25 YEARS AGO
SEPT. 27, 1994
Offi cials from the city of Herm-
iston and Port of Umatilla turned
the fi rst dirt for the Regional Water
project on Sept. 20. The event is the
culmination of years of planning to
tap a stable water supply from the
Columbia River.
“To me, the greatest thing about
public service is that once or twice
in your career you get to do some-
thing that really makes a differ-
ence,” said Hermiston city man-
ager Ed Brookshier to an audience
of about 50.
The groundbreaking marked the
start of all three main phases of the
project: the 42-inch water pipe, the
intake pump and the fi ltration plant.
The project should deliver water to
Hermiston faucets by July.
2) Stanfi eld Middle School will
close at the end of the school year,
but no one knows what the alternative
will be.
Stanfi eld school board members
will meet at 7:30 p.m. on Oct. 4 at
Stanfi eld High School to discuss pos-
sible options.
Failure last week of a $3.2 million
bond to build a middle school addi-
tion on the high school was a major
disappointment, said superintendent
Harvey Hazen.
50 YEARS AGO
SEPT. 25, 1969
“There is too much litter in Herm-
iston’s vacant lots as well as in the
city streets,” councilwoman Barbara
Lynch told the Hermiston city council
during its Monday meeting.
“What we need,” Mrs. Lynch said,
“is not just enforcement of ordinances
affecting property owners, important
as that is, but also a campaign against
litter dumpers.”
With students from Hermiston
Senior High political science class
attending the council meeting, Mrs.
Lynch, as well as other members of
the council, suggested that students
could help in such ways as not throw-
ing gum and candy wrappers along
the streets or in vacant lots.
City manager Tom Harper pointed
out that a land-use survey in 1963
had shown that 50% of the property
within the city is vacant. The study
revealed, he said, that 10,000 peo-
ple could reside within corporate lim-
its of the city, adding that the number
of vacant lots does create problems in
HH fi le photo
Alberto Botero, center, a Colombian foreign exchange student at Hermiston
Senior High School, poses with principal Jack Jenkins, left, and vice principal
Dale Gaylord in 1969.
enforcement of ordinances in regard
to cleaning them up.
turret gunner on a B-24 and apparently
was on a mission over enemy territory.
75 YEARS AGO
100 YEARS AGO
SEPT. 28, 1944
SEPT. 27, 1919
Although national politics have
fl ared up during the past week with
fi ery speeches by President Frank-
lin D. Roosevelt and his Republican
opponent Thomas E. Dewey, political
activities in the state, county and city
are extremely quiet. It is thought, how-
ever, that candidates and backers are
carefully preparing plans for a concen-
trated drive during October.
Absolutely nothing has been heard
from Hermiston offi cials, even though
the election is only slightly more than
a month away. Although he has not
been approached as yet, it is thought
that the local citizens will again draft
Mayor F. C. McKenzie to “carry on” a
job which he has faithfully fi lled for a
number of years.
Councilmen who are now serving
are George Harkenrider, W. W. Felt-
house, Horace Smith, Dr. W. L. Mor-
gan, J. G. Pearson and A.F. Rohrman.
None have issued public statements
whether they do or do not wish to be
elected.
2) A telegram was received shortly
before noon Thursday by Mr. and Mrs.
W. W. Felthouse that their son, Gale,
had been killed in action over Norway.
Gale, born and raised here, was a top
Bert Smith, who had been away on
a visit to Portland for some days, hove
into town Tuesday driving a Dodge
touring car that he purchased while in
the Rose City.
He said the roads were fairly good
all the way and that he made the trip
with only one accident — that being
when he absentmindedly let the auto
take a header with him off a steep
grade in the Cascades.
This little side trip seemingly did
not hurt him nor the car to any great
extent, but, according to Mr. Smith, it
was sure exciting while it lasted.
2) Saturday last seemed to be the
drawing day from this community to
the Pendleton Round-Up, for on that
day the town and country hereabouts
was well nigh deserted. They were
among the crush of nearly 30,000 in
attendance at the big annual show on
the fi nal day, and they took delight
in witnessing the spectacular stu-
dents pulled off by the cowboys and
cowgirls.
They saw Yakima Canutt make
his whirlwind championship ride of
the fearsome outlaw horse Noname,
which had dumped rider after rider in
the two preceding days of the show.
• • •
The Stanfi eld Irrigation District
has two openings for their board of
directors. The openings, for Division
1 and Division 3, are currently held
by Dan Walchli and Steve Walker.
For more information call 541-449-
3272 or stop by the offi ce at 100 W.
Coe Ave. in Stanfi eld.
• • •
Hermiston High School principal
Tom Spoo will receive the Distin-
guished Service Award for School
Administrators at the Oregon Asso-
ciation of School Libraries fall con-
ference on Oct. 12.
Secondary school librarian Delia
Fields nominated Spoo for the state-
wide award, which recognizes a
school administrator who has gone
the extra mile in supporting school
libraries.
“Students being able to read for
comprehension and being able to fi nd
credible information in the water-
fall of today’s technology is vital
skill-building, and Mr. Spoo supports
that,” she said.
Hermiston School District has two
librarians, of the 159 school librarians
in Oregon.
• • •
The menu for the Harkenrider
Senior Activity Center for Thursday
is baked chicken, potatoes and gravy,
vegetable, fruit salad and birthday
cake by Sun Terrace. Friday is BLT
sandwich, salad and dessert. Monday
is tomato basil soup, grilled cheese
sandwich, salad and dessert.
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at the women’s center to provide
care for women from adolescence to
menopause.
To
schedule
an
appoint-
ment with Rice, call 541-667-
3801 or request an appointment
online at http://www.gshealth.org/
good-shepherd-medical-group/.
• • •
Brass Fire, a regional horn band,
will perform Saturday from 7-9 p.m.
at the Union Club, 201 E. Main St.,
Hermiston. There is no cover charge.
The group, who is fronted by Herm-
iston’s Brad Rozema, sizzles with
tunes from the Big Band Era as well
as blues, soul and rock. They play
everything from Elvis and Chicago to
Santana and Earth Wind & Fire.
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