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COMMUNITY A2 • HERMISTONHERALD.COM THREE MINUTES WITH ... WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 2020 HERMISTON HISTORY LOUISE ABLES Volunteer at Harkenrider Senior Activity Center When and why did you move to Hermiston? I had a job here, at Payless Shoes. I’ve lived here since 1990. I’m from Pilot Rock; I didn’t get that far. What is your favorite place to eat in Hermiston? I like to go to Chen’s and Denny’s, but I don’t go out too often. What do you like to do in your spare time? I read a lot, I garden. I also sew and teach Sunday School at Landmark Missionary Baptist Church. What surprises you about Hermiston? How fast it’s growing. HH fi le photo Scott Logan, left, and Humberto Ortego, right, prepare for a state chess competition while advisor Gary Miller looks on in 1995 in Hermiston. Man jumps from truck to escape train 25 YEARS AGO Feb. 28, 1995 What was the last book you read? “The Victims,” I can’t remember the author. It was about an internet homicide and the court case that followed. What website or app do you use most other than Facebook? I do have a Facebook, but I don’t do much on it. If you could travel anywhere, where would you go? I would probably go to Alaska again. I took a cruise there and it was short, but it was fun. What is the funniest thing that’s ever hap- pened to you? I can’t think of anything. What is one of your goals for the next 12 months? I want to fi nish a quilt I’ve started, it has to be together by September when my daughter visits from Arkansas. I don’t want to ship it out there! What is your proudest accomplishment? Probably my children. They’re all educated and self-suffi cient. That’s the goal! Printed on recycled newsprint VOLUME 114 • NUMBER 9 By passing a package to lure the company to Hermiston, the Herm- iston city council went public with what may have been the worst-kept secret since nerve agent came to the Umatilla Depot Activity: a Wal-Mart distribution center may likely be coming to town. Though the company swore city offi cials and business leaders to secrecy over the deal for the past three years, the name surprised few when it was fi nally spoken last night. All that is left is for Wal-Mart offi cials to sign on the dotted line. The city expects offi cial word by Monday. Hermiston was one of seven sites in Oregon considered for the center. Other locations included Pendleton, Boardman, Madras, Cascade Locks, Medford, Grants Pass and Lincoln City. The city’s pitch includes a three- year property tax break, city utility improvements, exemption from city fees and a host of other provisions to sweeten the deal. 2) A Hermiston couple would like to give local kids a safer, more engag- ing place to play. Jerry and Kathy Blankenship, dis- satisfi ed with the state of Hermiston’s playgrounds, have started an effort to site an elaborate wooden playground here. 50 YEARS AGO Feb. 26, 1970 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 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. 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. 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. Complete liquid fertilizer facilities are being installed at Pendleton Grain Growers’ Feedville fertilizer and chemical center south of Hermiston. This new installation totaling approximately 100,000 gallons of liquid fertilizer storage and handling facilities rounds out the service center at the Feedville site where a dry fertil- izer bulk blending plant and chemical warehouse was completed in Febru- ary 1968. This fertilizer and chemical complex is owned by Pacifi c Supply Cooperative of Portland and leased to PGG. “Injection through a sprinkler sys- tem is a practical and effi cient way of applying liquid fertilizers and some pesticides,” according to Glen Wulff, manager of PGG’ feed, seed and chemicals department at Hermiston. Rapid growth of sprinkler irriga- tion, particularly the large circular systems, has created a need for these services, Wulff said. BTW Continued from Page A1 been no reports of impacts to wildlife. • • • Hermiston brothers Sei- lala Jr. and Siu Sepeni recently earned the rank of Eagle Scout, Scouting’s highest honor. According to a news release, the Boy Scouts of America’s Blue Moun- tain Council gave the award on Jan. 19 in Hermiston. The scouts are the sons of Falefi tu and Pitolua Sepeni of Hermiston HH fi le photo A family enjoys a sunny winter day at the park in 1995. 75 YEARS AGO March 1, 1945 100 YEARS AGO Feb. 28, 1920 Cpol. Ralph C. Neill writes his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W.D. Neill of Hermiston, from “somewhere in the Pacifi c area war zone” that he recently had a “slight tussle with a Jap mortar shell which left me with a bit of a hole in my left arm and also a broken arm. The arm is now in a cast and I feel none the worse except for the discom- fort of the thing.” He has been evacuated to another island and states that he is receiv- ing fi ne care. Further information is anxiously awaited to see how he progresses. 2) His many Hermiston friends were glad to learn this week that Major Chester Johnson, son of Mrs. Rose Johnson of Pendleton, has been a war prisoner of the Japanese since the fall of the Philippines. Nothing had been heard of his whereabouts for many months and it was feared that he had been killed. The news of his fate was ascer- tained by the Red Cross. Chester is well known in Hermis- ton where he attended school for sev- eral years. He was particularly noted for his literary talents, starting the fi rst high school publication here. He later attended West Point, graduating with high honors. Last Saturday while in Echo fi nish- ing up an eight day hay hauling con- tract, O.O. Felthouse of Columbia District narrowly escaped with his life in an accident in which his truck was struck by a freight train on the main line of the O.W.R.N. in the above city and completely demolished. Loading a car of hay on the siding, Mr. Felthouse started just after dinner to get another truck load. To do this it was necessary to cross the tracks. On the siding before approaching the main line he had to go through a line of box- cars that had been split in two sections on each side of the crossing. This, of course, obstructed his view of the main line from any direction, and not till he had passed through the freight car gap did he see a fast rushing freight going west bearing down on him. Realizing he was trapped and that he would not have one chance in a thousand to stop before the train would be on him, his fi rst thought was how he could save his life. He had to think fast, and knowing he had but a moment to decide, jumped just in the nick of time to escape fatal injury. The truck was struck by the pilot of the engine and carried about 300 yards, where it was ditched in an utterly demolished condition. and both are members of Troop 605, chartered by the Butte Ward of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Their Scout leader is Jer- emy Harris. In order to achieve the rank of Eagle Scout, the Scouts each had to earn 21 merit badges and show leadership by planning, developing, and complet- ing a community service project. For their projects, the brothers each built an outdoor information bulle- tin board and placed them at Harrison Park and Sun- set Park. The projects were funded by the city of Hermiston and took a combined 290 hours to complete. • • • Wheatstock Music Festival announced that the Texas-based Randy Rogers Band is headlin- ing the Aug. 15 event. The 13th annual music festival will be held at Quantum 9 Arena in Helix. The fi rst 1,000 tickets, which go on sale March 1, are $30 each. Tickets at the gate are $40. Admission is free for active military personnel and kids 12 and under. Also, VIP packages (which includes a meet- and-greet with headlin- ers and event swag) and shade cabana rentals are available. For more information or to purchase tickets, visit www.wheatstock.org or www.brownpapertickets. com. • • • The menu at the Har- kenrider Senior Activ- ity Center for Thursday is roast beef, mashed potatoes and gravy, corn and birth- day cake. Friday is a smor- gasboard of cook’s choice items. — You can submit items for our weekly By The Way column by emailing your tips to editor@hermiston- herald.com.
