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COMMUNITY A2 • HERMISTONHERALD.COM THREE MINUTES WITH ... WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 2019 HERMISTON HISTORY COREE TERJESON Dean of Students at West Park Elementary When and why did you move to Hermiston? I actually don’t live in Hermiston. I commute each day from outside of Helix. HH fi le photo What is your favorite place to eat in Hermiston? Taste of Thai Undersheriff Ron Harnden, left, and Deputy Mike Boise of the Umatilla County Sheriff ’s Offi ce pose with new dirt bikes purchased by the department for patrolling off -road in 1994. What do you like to do in your spare time? I enjoy baking, crafting, traveling and spending time with my family. What surprises you about Hermiston? The community. Even though Hermiston seems small, there are many outreach programs and ser- vices in our area that support families in need. What was the last book you read? ”Born on a Blue Day” by Daniel Tammet What website or app do you use most other than Facebook? Pinterest If you could travel anywhere, where would you go? Bora Bora What is the funniest thing that’s ever hap- pened to you? I can’t think of anything too funny in particular... What is one of your goals for the next 12 months? Travel and make memories with my family. What is your proudest accomplishment? My two children, Mazee, 7, and Jens, 4. They mean the world to me, and they are defi nitely my proudest accomplishment. 25 YEARS AGO OCT. 11, 1994 School supporters made some digs at the site of the new Hermis- ton middle school last week. Not criticism, mind you, but lit- eral dirt tossing as community lead- ers turned out to celebrate the begin- ning of construction on the school. Like many groundbreaking cer- emonies, though, a lot of dirt has already been moved on the corner of 10th Street and Diagonal Road. 2) Just when you thought it was not safe to go back into the water, everything seems to be OK. A decidedly ferocious-look- ing fi sh found near the Irrigon fi sh hatchery two weeks ago has been diagnosed as less dangerous than it looks. Although it bears a strik- ing resemblance to the fl esh-eating piranha that has spooked movie-go- ers for years, the fi sh appears to be a fruit-eating cousin. Positive identifi cation is still lack- ing, but warm water biologists have tentatively tagged the toothy creature as a pacu on the basis of descriptions. Pacu are a sub-species of the piranha family that eat fruit and other plant matter that make their way into South American streams. 50 YEARS AGO Oct. 9, 1969 Printed on recycled newsprint VOLUME 113 • NUMBER 41 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 Dawn Hendricks | Circulation assistant • dhendricks@eastoregonian.com • 541-564-4530 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. Member of EO Media Group Copyright ©2019 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. Two little orphan girls, Melissa and Leanna Turk, ages 5 and 7 respectively, will be under temporary custody of an uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Bell, Kent, Wash., as the result of a court order by Umatilla County Circuit Judge Henry Kaye, who appointed the Bells temporary guardians for a period of 90 days. Bell is the brother of the girls’ mother. The girls were cared for at Uma- tilla Hospital suffering from shock and exposure after they were found on the Washington side of the Colum- bia River after the houseboat in which they were occupants capsized Monday night, Sept. 29. They were released from the hospital last Friday. The body of their mother, Mrs. Marian Turk, washed up on the Washington side near where the girls were found. Their father, James Turk, and another man, Herbert Ramsey, who were on the house boat, are still missing. The two girls were found, cling- ing to rocks, by Deputy Sheriff Don HH fi le photo Mrs. Cephus Buck, R.N., watches as Melissa Turk, age 5, and her sister Leanna, age 7, play with dolls in their room at Umatilla Hospital while recovering from exposure after nearly drowning in the Columbia River. McGee and Mike Corbett, a senior at Umatilla High School. Helping in the rescue work were Deputy Sher- iff Ralph Tassie and a Umatilla High School senior, Mike Kennedy. diately, according to manager R. A. Brownson. 75 YEARS AGO Oct. 12, 1944 There seems to be no surcrease to the improvement era in Hermiston that began early in the summer, and the work of constructing substantial business buildings and the laying of concrete walks in the residential and business portions goes steadily on. All this, added to the paving of Main Street, which work will soon be under way, will make Hermiston the hub of all the thriving towns in the west end of the county. 2) With each year that rolls around you celebrate a birthday, but are you positive the day in question is actu- ally the anniversary of the day you were born? Could you go to court, say, and prove the date of your own birth except by your own or parents’ verbal evidence? Is there any record of your birth except in the family Bible? It is likely there is no other record and that you could not prove the date beyond a reasonable doubt. Why? Because birth registration is compar- atively new in the United States. Because your own birth is not recorded, however, is no good reason why your children should not have the benefi ts of birth registration. Several cases of residents burning leaves and other trash in city streets have been reported. In one case a fi re was built in a newly oiled block, causing considerable damage to the new oiled surface. Mayor F. C. McKenzie stated this week that all practices of burning rub- bish in the streets must be stopped at once. While in a scolding mood, citi- zens once more are urged not to fl ush rags and other articles down the city sewer as this practice is causing con- siderable concern. 2) A greater portion of about 75 tons of coal was destroyed in an early Sunday morning fi re which com- pletely burned the Tum-A-Lum Lum- ber Co. coal shed just north of the depot. Although the cause of the fl ames has not been defi nitely determined, it is thought that it was probably started by combustion. Although fi remen and others reached the scene, very little could be done because of lack of suf- fi cient hose to reach the fl ames. The shed will be rebuilt imme- 100 YEARS AGO Oct. 11, 1919 DHS raffl e springs excitement with winners By TAMMY MALGESINI COMMUNITY EDITOR A pair of local families were the recipients of a labor of love in the form of heavy-duty spring horses. The two rocking horses were awarded during a raffl e to support a winter event for area foster children and their families. They were created by Marvin Hamilton and Jason Bremner, both of the Department of Human Services Child Welfare program, Bremner’s son, Gavin Payne; and Lani Hamil- ton and Tile Poumele, members of the Firestarter Youth Group from The County Church in Hermiston. In addi- tion, parts were donated by the Herm- iston Goodwill store. On Sept. 16, Judge Eva Temple drew the two winners. They included Jessica Moreno, who planned to pres- ent the Princess Unicorn Pony to her daughter, Paloma Contreras, for her birthday. The Mini Mustang Pony was taken home by the Al and Michelle Davis family, who have three sons who will enjoy it. Hamilton said the raffl e garnered a Photos contributed by Marvin Hamilton Left, Paloma Contreras, 2, sits on the Princess Unicorn Pony, which her mother, Jessica Moreno, won during a Department of Human Services Child Welfare program fundraising raffl e. Right, Camden Davis, 3, enjoys a ride on the Mini Mustang Pony, which was won by the Al and Michelle Davis family. total of $640. The money will be used for the “Foster Child Cabin Fever Event,” which will be held in February 2020. The event, he said, will be bigger and better than the one held in 2019 — thanks to the generous support from the community. “DHS would like to thank it’s local Morrow and Umatilla county com- munity for your continued support,” Hamilton said. “Thank you for sup- porting your local children when there is a need.” For more information or to volun- teer during the Feb. 15, 2020 event, contact Hamilton at 541-564-4484 or marvin.hamilton@dhsoha.state.or.us.
