Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About Hermiston herald. (Hermiston, Or.) 1994-current | View Entire Issue (April 8, 2020)
COMMUNITY A2 • HERMISTONHERALD.COM THREE MINUTES WITH ... WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8, 2020 HERMISTON HISTORY SIERRA MILLER Home health care aid When and why did you move to Hermiston? I was born and raised in Hermiston ... actually, technically I was born in Pendleton. But I was raised in Hermiston. Where is your favorite place to eat in Hermiston? My favorite place, I’d have to say, is Ixtapa, or I really like Papa Murphy’s. Their food is fresh. What do you like to do in your spare time? I like to ride horses when I can, and I like playing video games. What surprises you about Hermiston? People who don’t live here and only come for cer- tain events would probably be surprised that it’s more of an agricultural town, not like Portland. What was the last book you read? The Book of Mormon What website or app do you use most other than Facebook? I use Instagram a lot. I use Snapchat quite a bit. Out of the main apps I have on my phone, lately I’ve been using Pinterest a lot. If you could travel anywhere, where would you go? I’d want to go to Alaska or Arizona. My dad lives in Arizona, and I’ve always wanted to go to Alaska. What is the funniest thing that’s ever hap- pened to you? I honestly don’t know. Right now I’m trying to avoid getting a thumbtack stuck in my foot. I had ones on the wall holding up a sign, and appar- ently it fell off last night, and I can’t fi nd one of the thumbtacks. What is one of your goals for the next 12 months? To get my driver’s license. I need it. What is your proudest accomplishment? I’m not sure. Printed on recycled newsprint VOLUME 114 • NUMBER 14 Chris Rush | Publisher • crush@eomediagroup.com • 541-278-2669 Jade McDowell | News Editor • jmcdowell@eastoregonian.com • 541-564-4536 HH fi le photo Lee Geissel, postmaster of the Umatilla Post Offi ce, looks over a history book that was the inspiration for a new mural for the post offi ce in 1995. Trucker robbed by teen boys 25 YEARS AGO April 11, 1995 A Savannah, Tenn., truck driver was robbed at gunpoint Sunday after- noon west of downtown Hermiston. Three juvenile males, one armed with a semiautomatic handgun, took $193 from Michael Earl King, 40. The unidentifi ed suspects are still at large, said Hermiston Police Sgt. Michael Marcum. King, hauling electrical transform- ers, told police he stopped near the railroad crossing on West Main Street to ask for directions to Pacifi c Power when the three juveniles accosted him. Marcum said one pointed what may have been an Olympic Arms .223 caliber semiautomatic pistol — “a lit- tle bigger than an Uzi,” he said — between King’s eyes and demanded money. King surrendered all the cash he had on his person, he said. The sus- pects demanded more, but King told them that was all he had. The suspects then fl ed. Jeanne Jewett | Multi-Media consultant • jjewett@hermistonherald.com • 541-564-4531 50 YEARS AGO April 9, 1970 Audra Workman | Multi-Media consultant • aworkman@eastoregonian.com • 541-564-4538 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. The Port of Umatilla Commis- sion was told at its regular meeting Monday that an Idaho food process- ing fi rm was interested in an industrial site, possibly at the McNary Industrial Park. Port Manager Walt Peters said the Idaho food processing fi rm, which he would not name, was interested in establishing a $1-5 million dehydrated potato processing plant. Peters said the plant would require about 70 acres of land with rail and storage facilities. Operating about 11 months of the year, the plant would employ mostly women. The number of employees was not revealed. 2) The new president of the Herm- iston Chamber of Commerce is Har- mon Springer of the radio station HH fi le photo Danica Cline shows off her unbroken egg during a West Park Elementary School science project to protect eggs dropped from the Hermiston Butte in 1995. KOHU. He and other offi cers were elected at Monday night’s meeting of the organization. Others elected for the coming year were Roger Bounds, vice pres- ident; and Chuck Rohrman and F.K. “Woody” Starrett, directors. 75 YEARS AGO April 12, 1945 Frank P. Sargent has received an offi cial “go ahead” signal for a new post offi ce in Hermiston and expects to begin construction as soon as the building lots can be cleared. The new structure will be located just east of the Oasis Theater and west from the city property on Main Street. Mr. Sargent states that he has received priorities for building mate- rial as well as a signed lease from the U.S. government. 2) Plans for the collection of cloth- ing for victims of war torn countries have been completed with defi nite arrangements to be announced next week. Members of the local American Legion post, under the leadership of Commander F.B. Belt, have pledged their support and are making plans for a concentrated drive. It is urged that residents begin col- lecting all usable clothing which is not needed. Whenever possible, all necessary sewing should be done at home but where mothers are at war work or for some others this work can not be done, members of the Red Cross sew- ing unit have offered their services. This type of clothing may be left at the USO club where members of the sewer group will repair as much of the clothing as possible. 100 YEARS AGO April 10, 1920 Ole Jacobson, who was recently tried on a statutory crime against his own sister-in-law, after pleading guilty received a sentence of eight years in the state prison. Shortly after sentence was passed a petition was circulated in this city, where Jacobson lived with his family, praying for his release on parole. While this received many sig- natures, there were numerous who refused to sign it on the grounds that the man should receive punishment for his crime and for the further rea- son that were he paroled now it would establish a bad precedent. As a result of this sentiment, a peti- tion of remonstrance against grant- ing a parole to Jacobson was circu- lated this week, and this also received a large number of signers. Both peti- tions have been sent to Judge G.W. Phelps at Pendleton. Hermiston School District updates meal delivery routes Hermiston School District continues to add stops to its routes delivering free meals and other supplies to students in the district. Unforseen delays mean times may not be exact, but the following is the district’s most recent schedule: • 7:55 a.m. and 11:20 a.m. Northeast Second Street and Oregon Street • 8:05 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. Quail Ridge • 8:15 a.m. and 11:40 a.m. East Francolin Avenue • 8:25 a.m. and 11:50 a.m. Skyview Court and North- east Sixth Street • 8:30 a.m. and 11:55 a.m. 420 SE 7th St. • 8:35 a.m. and 12:00 p.m. East Hurlburt Avenue (New- port Park) • 8:45 a.m. and 12:10 p.m. Cottonwood Apartments and Juniper Apartments • 8:50 a.m. and 12:15 p.m. 310 SE 4th St. • 8:55 a.m. and 12:20 p.m. 420 SE 4th St. • 9:05 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. Ridgeway Apartments • 9:10 a.m. and 12:35 p.m. 620 W Madrona Ave. Bus # 1 • 7:10 a.m. and 10:45 a.m. Hilltop Manor (dirt lot on Punkin Center Road) • 7:15 a.m. and 10:50 a.m. Sagebrush Road and Joy Lane • 7:20 a.m. and 10:55 a.m. Cactus and Joy Lane • 7:25 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. Balboa Lane • 7:30 a.m. and 11:05 a.m. Punkin Center Trailer Park • 7:35 a.m. and 11:10 a.m. 2350 N Ott Road • 7:40 a.m. and 11:15 a.m. 15th Street and Theater Lane • 7:45 a.m. and 11:20 a.m. Vista Park • 8:00 a.m. and 11:35 a.m. Sandstone Middle School • 8:15 a.m. and 11:50 a.m. 140 NE Eighth St. • 8:20 a.m. and 11:55 a.m. Aspen Apartments • 8:25 a.m. and 12:00 p.m. Northeast Sixth Street and East Oregon Ave • 8:30 a.m. and 12:05 p.m. Dogwood Apartments • 8:35 a.m. and 12:10 p.m. 1005 NW Spruce St. Bus # 2 • 7:10 a.m. and 10:40 a.m. Viewcrest Apartments • 7:20 a.m. and 10:45 a.m. Hacienda West Apartments • 7:25 a.m. and 10:50 a.m. Northwest 12th Street and West Madrona Avenue • 7:35 a.m. and 10:55 a.m. 12th Street and Ridgeway Avenue • 7:40 a.m. and 11:05 a.m. Northwest 12th Street and Hartley Avenue • 7:45 a.m. and 11:15 a.m. Applewood Apartments • 7:55 a.m. and 11:25 a.m. Blue Apartments on Herm- iston Avenue • 8:05 a.m. Victory Square Park (Foxwood Apartments) • 8:15 a.m. and 11:45 a.m. Chateaubri • 8:25 a.m. and 11:55 a.m. Buttercreek • 8:30 a.m. and 12:05 p.m. Village Park Bus # 4 HH fi le photo School buses are delivering meals to students around Hermiston. • 8:40 a.m. and 12:15 p.m. Sunland Apartments • 8:50 a.m. and 12:25 p.m. Highland Manor Apartments • 9:00 a.m. and 12:35 p.m. Desert View Elementary Bus # 3 • 7:15 a.m. and 10:40 a.m. Terra Verde (Dun Rollin) • 7:25 a.m. and 10:50 a.m. Northwest Eucalyptus Drive and Northwest Prickly Pear Drive • 7:30 a.m. and 10:55 a.m. Northwest Eucalyptus Drive and Northwest Dusk Drive • 7:40 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. Punkin Center and Overlook Drive • 7:50 a.m. and 11:10 a.m. Van Arsdale (gravel lot behind Big 5) • 7:15 a.m. and 10:45 a.m. 100 Northeast Eighth Place • 7:25 a.m. and 10:55 a.m. Johnston Lane and Cabana Road • 7:35 a.m. and 11:05 a.m. 32147 Progress Road • 7:45 a.m. and 11:20 a.m. 80478 Old River Road • 7:50 a.m. and 11:25 a.m. Pamela Drive and Suzanna Drive • 11:30 a.m. 880 W Punkin Center Road • 8:05 a.m. and 11:35 a.m. Punkin Center and Geer Road (day care) • 8:10 a.m. and 11:40 a.m. 80390 Kik Road • 8:15 a.m. and 11:45 a.m. Joy Lane and Kik Road • 8:15 a.m. and 11:45 a.m. Joy Lane and Highway 395 • 8:25 a.m. and 11:50 a.m. Rocky Heights Elementary School (Bus Lane) • 8:35 a.m. and 12:00 p.m. Dickenson Drive • 8:45 a.m. and 12:10 p.m. 78824 Prindle Loop • 8:55 a.m. and 12:15 p.m. 29436 Knight Road • 9:00 a.m. and 12:20 p.m. 79429 Lewis Road • 9:00 a.m. and 12:20 p.m. 79531 Lewis Road • 9:05 a.m. and 12:25 p.m. 79534 Lewis Road • 9:15 a.m. and 12:35 p.m. 14th Place (Across from Gotta Stop)
