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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.
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VOLUME 114 • NUMBER 14
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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.
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50 YEARS AGO
April 9, 1970
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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)