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COMMUNITY A2 • HERMISTONHERALD.COM THREE MINUTES WITH ... WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 29, 2020 HERMISTON HISTORY PAM SCHAFFELD Special Education Facilitator at Herm- iston School District & Educator of the Year nominee When and why did you move to Hermiston? I moved to Hermiston in 1985 after my husband and I graduated from college in LaGrande. I began my teaching career at that time. We owned a windshield business for 10 years and currently sell log homes. What is your favorite place to eat in Hermiston? I love to eat out in Hermiston and it is hard to choose a favorite restaurant. I am going to go with La Palma and the mole chicken enchiladas. Yum! What do you like to do in your spare time? In my spare time I enjoy quiet activities such as reading books and watching movies. I also enjoy gardening and spending time with family and friends. What surprises you about Hermiston? Hermiston is a great community to live in. Like many people I know, it was easy for Hermiston to become my home. I am continually impressed with the growth Hermiston experiences, the progressive mindset and support of the community. What was the last book you read? I am an avid reader and love the Friends of the Library’s $1-a-bag book sale in the fall. I read books like eating candy and enjoy mysteries and “CSI” type fi ction. What website or app do you use most other than Facebook? For relaxation, I sometimes daydream on Pinter- est. You can fi nd everything there! If you could travel anywhere, where would you go? I would like to travel to England, Scotland and Ireland. What is the funniest thing that’s ever hap- pened to you? A few years ago my husband wanted me to plan to leave on our trip at 5 a.m. I adamantly refused to leave any earlier than 6 a.m.! The next morn- ing the alarm went off and I proceeded to jump out of bed, get dressed, and happily jumped in the car and put my seat belt on. All was fi ne until I noticed the clock in the car showed the time of 5 a.m. It took me a few minutes to fi gure out that my hus- band had changed all the clocks in the house! What is one of your goals for the next 12 months? In the next 12 months I would like to help my hus- band complete our log home in Sumpter, OR. What is your proudest accomplishment? As many other interviewees have stated, my proud- est accomplishment has been my marriage of 37 years to the love of my life and raising two fantas- tic young men. Printed on recycled newsprint VOLUME 114 • NUMBER 5 Chris Rush | Publisher • crush@eomediagroup.com • 541-278-2669 Jade McDowell | News Editor • jmcdowell@eastoregonian.com • 541-564-4536 Jessica Pollard | Reporter • jpollard@eastoregonian.com, 541-564-4534 Tammy Malgesini | Community Editor • tmalgesini@eastoregonian.com • 541-564-4539 HH fi le photo Jaycee Distinguished Awards winners in 1970 were, from left, Larry Keimig, Dick Green, A.F. Rohrman, Ray Woolley and Lee Baggett. Club’s racist policy creates a stir 25 YEARS AGO Jan. 31, 1995 Work on the Hermiston Commu- nity Center is making progress and could be done by mid-summer, city building offi cial Hank McDonald said. “Hopefully, if things go well, we’ll be out of there early July,” McDon- ald said. Weather could delay the project, he said. A few good freezes could push completion into later that month. However, he does not see work drag- ging into August. 2) Jer Pratton said the relative lull in youth violence should not dissuade the community from tackling the tough issue. “It’s like popcorn — nothing hap- pens when you fi rst put it in the pan,” said Hermiston’s school superinten- dent and board member of Greater Hermiston’s Chamber of Commerce. Problems like drugs and alcohol, gangs and poor race relations threaten the entire community, he said, even when they lie beneath the surface. That is why Pratton is taking the lead to form the Youth Safety Task Force — a broad-based group designed to infl uence positive, safe behavior among our young people. 50 YEARS AGO Jan. 29, 1970 A petition was fi led this week by the city of Hermiston with the Fed- eral Aviation Administration against the proposed construction of a 700- foot steel tower about a mile and three-quarters from the Hermiston Airport. Proponent for the project is the Corps of Engineers, Seattle District. The tower is for Civil Defense radio networks. A report was released from the FAA last week approving the struc- ture, stating, “the structure would not be a hazard to air navigation ...” but airport offi cials feel differently. Churck Rohrman, chairman of the Hermiston Airport Commission, asked the city council to fi le a petition with the FAA against the structure. 75 YEARS AGO Feb. 1, 1945 A recent news item in the Pend- leton East Oregonian, and given to the Associated Press from there, con- cerning action taken by the Pendleton post, Disabled War Veterans, “never to allow a Japanese or a colored vet- eran to become a member” traveled many miles. The story was credited to Hermis- HH fi le photo Members of a Hermiston High School choir wait during a choir concert in Hermiston in 1970. Seated are Paul Kelly, left, and Geri Ulmer. Standing are Edith Weber, Mary Pat Montgomery and Larry See. ton when the Pendleton post came to Hermiston to recruit new members and apparently made the announce- ment upon return to Pendleton. Former residents of Hermiston have written many letters to local friends concerning the incident and newspaper articles and editorials have been sent to this offi ce. A majority of the information received greatly deplores such an action during war time. 100 YEARS AGO Jan 31, 1920 And now it develops that the Max- ine Dempsey, who signed herself as the ex-wife of Jack Dempsey, world’s heavyweight champion pugilist, in a scathing article appearing in daily papers the latter part of last week, in which she accuses him of being a downright slacker, is none other than former Miss Addie Cates of Echo. Under this name she was known to many Echo, Stanfi eld and Hermis- ton people a few years ago. Later she changed her name to Maxine Cates. When she left Echo she went to Salt Lake, so the story goes, and there met and later married Dempsey. It is a trite axiom, applicable in this case no doubt, that “hell hath no fury like a woman scorned.” So for the present it would seem that her “trib- ute” will count for naught, for the “heavy” himself has asked for and is now undergoing investigation in San Fransisco as to whether he was or was not a slacker during the war. 2) The report of the theft of a gold watch and chain from one of the busi- ness houses last Saturday evening was the incentive for Chief of Police C.J. Crandall to do a little detective work. He had only a slender clue to work on; but nevertheless this led to suc- cess, and now the merchant owner of the timepiece is happy over its recov- ery, for on Wednesday the marshal turned the watch over to him. The name of the culprit is withheld in this instance, the merchant not wishing to prosecute the case. There has been several thefts of a like nature in this city of late, all of which have been traced and the goods recovered. All these thefts were found to have been committed by minors, but owning to their youth, prosecu- tions have been withheld pending good behavior. 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 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. Stanfi eld library cashes in with Northwest FCS grant HERMISTON HERALD 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 ©2020 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. Photo contributed by Deb Strohmaier Darcy Sexson, (third from left) Pendleton branch relationship manager of Northwest Farm Credit Services, presents a check to Cecili Longhorn, Stanfi eld Public Library director, along with toddler story time participants. The money will be used to enhance the library’s children’s area. An update to the chil- dren’s area of the Stanfi eld Public Library is being made possible thanks to a $1,000 grant from Northwest Farm Credit Services. Library director Cecili Longhorn said money from the Northwest FCS Rural Community Grant Program is being used to purchase mobile shelving for the chil- dren’s area. The updated materials, she said, will make it more exciting for kids who utilize the library space. “We appreciate the sup- port Northwest FCS has given us to help us bet- ter serve our community,” Longhorn said. Northwest FCS is com- mitted to helping rural com- munities succeed, including through its grant program. In 2019, it provided more than $237,000 for 190 projects in rural communities across Oregon, Idaho, Montana and Washington. Since the pro- gram’s inception in 2007, it has awarded 1,182 grants totaling more than $1.99 million. The grant program dead- lines are Feb. 1, June 1 and Oct. 1. For more informa- tion or an application for the Rural Community Grant Program, visit www.north- westfcs.com and click on “Stewardship.”
