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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 2, 2019
HERMISTON HISTORY
LACI WALDEN
Marketing director and manager
at Hermiston Raceway
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When and why did you move to Hermiston?
We moved to Hermiston in 2017 because we love
racing!
What is your favorite place to eat in
Hermiston?
Our favorite places to eat besides at our track are
Midway and The Pheasant.
What do you like to do in your spare time?
We spend our time at Hermiston Raceway every
chance we get.
What surprises you about Hermiston?
The community. Just love the camaraderie among
Hermistonians!
What was the last book you read?
Go Dog! Go! by Dr. Seuss— I’m a mother of three
littles.
What website or app do you use most other
than Facebook?
Instagram
If you could travel anywhere, where would
you go?
Pomona, Calif. for the NHRA drag championships
What is the funniest thing that’s ever hap-
pened to you?
Which time!? This race season, I was driving peo-
ple back to their camp areas and we popped the
biggest wheelie ever in a golf cart, it would have
been world record status had Guinness books been
there!
What is one of your goals for the next 12
months?
To make Hermiston Raceway the destination race-
track it use to be back in the 70s— which in turn
helps the whole community.
What is your proudest accomplishment?
On a personal note, my children. On a career note,
the news and achievements my family and I are
making for racing in the Northwest. Seeing peo-
ple building race cars again and watching fami-
lies make memories. All the work we put in to this,
there is nothing more rewarding than that! It’s
more than we could ever ask for.
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Jason Smith poses with a goat he is raising for 4-H in 1994.
25 YEARS AGO
Oct. 4, 1994
The Oregon Supreme Court ruled
Thursday that the state acted in accor-
dance with its own rules — and that
the rules were arrived at properly —
when it approved the siting of the
Hermiston Generating Project near
Lamb Weston on Westland Road.
The case was the last legal hurdle
for the project.
Financing for the 476 megawatt
generating project should close by
the end of this month, and construc-
tion should begin in early November,
said Peter Evans, Hermiston Generat-
ing Project developer.
The natural gas-fi red cogeneration
plant will cost about $440 million to
build, although it may be assessed for
tax purposes at a lesser amount.
After the plant is up and running in
mid-1996, an enterprise zone arrange-
ment between project developers
and the state Department of Revenue
excuses taxes for the fi rst three to fi ve
years of operation.
When the enterprise zone expires,
districts claiming the project will have a
signifi cantly greater assessed value.
50 YEARS AGO
Oct. 2, 1969
A houseboat capsized near the cen-
ter of the channel of the wind-swept
Columbia River about three miles west
of Umatilla at about 6:30 p.m. Mon-
day with three adults and two children
aboard.
The two little girls were saved,
found clinging to rocks, wearing life
jackets. Their mother was drowned
and her body recovered. The two men,
including the girls’ father, were missing
and presumed drowned.
The body of Marian Turk, 28, was
recovered by Benton County author-
ities on the Washington side of the
Columbia River across from Devil’s
Bend, three miles west of Umatilla.
Her daughters, Melissa Turk, age 5,
and Leanna Turk, age 7, were washed
up on rocks near Devil’s Bend on the
Hermiston Police
Department’s bicycle offi cer
Gretchen Erickson patrols
the streets near Sunset
Elementary School in 1994.
wick’s 16-yard stripe. In the fi rst play
in the next session, Schoonover took
a spinner off tackle 16 yards to pay
dirt. Matott converted on a line buck.
The touchdown by the Lions
came midway in the third period
when a Hermiston back misjudged
a Kennewick punt, with Kennewick
recovering on the Hermiston 25-yard
line. Eight plays later the Washington
lads crashed over for a score. A place
kick went wide.
100 YEARS AGO
Oct. 4, 1919
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Gary Walls, tree trimming foreman for
Umatilla Electric Cooperative, takes a
sample from a tree for plant pathologist
Phil Hamm to look for fungus in 1994.
Washington side. Both girls were wear-
ing life jackets. They were taken to
Umatilla Hospital, where they were
treated for exposure. Their condition
was reported to be good.
There was no trace of Herbert K.
Ramsey, 63, who operated the Mis-
ter Five Percenter fi rm in Power City,
owner of the houseboat, or James Turk,
51, husband of the dead woman and
father of the girls who were saved.
75 YEARS AGO
Oct. 5, 1944
The Hermiston Bulldogs won a hard-
fought contest from the Kennewick
Lions under the lights in the Washing-
ton city last Friday night. Coach Frank
Davison’s boys out-rushed and out-
played their opponents most of the eve-
ning even though they faced a consid-
erable weight handicap. The fi nal score
favored Hermiston 7-6.
The Hermiston touchdown came
on the fi rst play of the second quarter
after a fi rst period march of 80 yards.
The start of the game found Hermis-
ton kicking off and, after an exchange
of punts, Kennewick worked the ball to
its own 40.
A short punt gave the ball to the Bull-
dogs on their 20 and on a series of ground
plays they worked their way to Kenne-
Donald Shotwell, thirteen-year-old
son of Mr. and Mrs. J.K. shotwell, and
Joe Neary, thirteen-year-old son of Mr.
and Mrs. J.J. Neary, came within an
ace of being killed last Saturday fore-
noon when the automobile which the
Shotwell boy was driving was hit by a
freight train at the railroad crossing near
the depot.
The boys were coming from the
West Side, and on account of a multi-
tude of freight cars standing on the side-
track at the time failed to see or hear a
fast moving westbound freight train
approach. Nearing the crossing, how-
ever, they got a view of it, and evi-
dently Donald, the driver of the auto,
seeing his perilous position, applied the
brake to the machine. Too late, though,
to avoid impact with the fast moving
freight.
The crash came when the auto,
almost stopped, was caught by the
engine step protruding, it is believed,
and battered to one side a mess of
wreckage.
The boys were hurled from the
machine with awful force, and specta-
tors wondered they were not instantly
killed. As it was Joe Neary’s life was
despaired of for several days after the
accident, he having sustained an awful
scalp wound and a small fracture of the
skull. Reports at this writing are to the
effect that he is getting along nicely and
will recover. Donald Shotwell escaped
with several severe bruises, and is
almost well again.
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Chris Rush | Publisher • crush@eomediagroup.com • 541-278-2669
BTW:
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Jessica Pollard | Reporter • jpollard@eastoregonian.com, 541-564-4534
chance at being drawn for
one of fi ve $100 gift cards.
• • •
The Echo Corn Maze
and Pumpkin Patch is
open for the season. Reg-
ular hours are Tuesday
through Thursday from
2-6 p.m.; Fridays from
2-10 p.m.; Saturdays from
11 a.m to 10 p.m.; and
Sundays from 11 a.m. to
6 p.m. It’s located at 100 N.
Dupont St., Echo. General
admission is $10 for ages
3 and older, free for ages 2
and younger or $12 for an
all day pass. There are addi-
tional fees for other tick-
eted attractions. The Field
of Screams Corn Maze
Path is $12 (Oct. 19, 26
and 31 from 7-9 p.m.). For
additional information, visit
www.echocornmaze.com
or search Facebook. See the
Oct. 9 edition of the Herm-
iston Herald for a story and
photos.
• • •
Altrusa International
of Hermiston is rolling
out a fresh new fundraising
event. The Altrusa Food
Truck & Auction Extrav-
aganza is Saturday, Oct. 26
at the Hermiston Commu-
nity Center. Admission is
$20. The event also features
wine and beer tasting, live
entertainment, a raffl e for
a chance to win a $2,000
Visa card and a 50-50 cash
drawing.
Tammy Malgesini | Community Editor • tmalgesini@eastoregonian.com • 541-564-4539
Annie Fowler | Sports Editor • afowler@eastoregonian.com • 541-564-4542
Jeanne Jewett | Multi-Media consultant • jjewett@hermistonherald.com • 541-564-4531
Audra Workman | Multi-Media consultant • aworkman@eastoregonian.com • 541-564-4538
Dawn Hendricks | Circulation assistant • dhendricks@eastoregonian.com • 541-564-4530
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Children play at Sunset Park in Hermiston.
Tickets can be purchased
from Altrusa members or
the Hermiston Chamber of
Commerce. See the Oct. 16
Hermiston Herald for a
full story.
• • •
Travelers heading up or
down Cabbage Hill along
Interstate 84 east of Pend-
leton can expect lane clo-
sures in the westbound and
eastbound lanes over the
next few weeks. Shoul-
der paving began this week
in the westbound lanes,
and will shift to the east-
bound lanes in a week or
two. Motorists are advised
to slow down and be pre-
pared for single-lane travel.
Depending on weather
conditions, this work is
expected to be completed
around mid-October.
The paving will seal the
area where power cables
were installed. Those wires
will help provide electric-
ity to a dozen digital mes-
sage boards, freeway light-
ing and other enhancements
that are part of a $15 mil-
lion I-84 Snow Zone Safety
Improvements Project. The
project includes new high-
way cameras, road sen-
sors, curve warning signs,
a new freeway ramp gate
and other features that will
improve safety, especially
during the winter season.
Construction and some
lane closures will continue
near the top of Cabbage Hill
through October. The two-
year project that started ear-
lier this year will resume
next spring. All work is
expected to be completed
by next fall.
• • •
The menu for the Har-
kenrider Senior Activ-
ity Center for Thursday
is meat loaf, potatoes and
gravy, vegetables, fruit and
dessert. Friday is hamburg-
ers, bag of chips, potato
salad and dessert. Mon-
day is egg salad sandwich,
salad, fruit and dessert.
Tuesday is chicken noodle
soup, biscuit and dessert.
Next Wednesday is two
slices of pizza, salad and
dessert.
— You can submit items
for our weekly By The Way
column by emailing your
tips to editor@hermiston-
herald.com.