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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.
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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.
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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.”