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COMMUNITY A2 • HERMISTONHERALD.COM THREE MINUTES WITH ... WEDNESDAY, APRIL 22, 2020 HERMISTON HISTORY STEFANI CRANDALL Certifi ed Pharmacy Technician Hermiston Drug & Gift When and why did you move to Hermiston? I am a lifelong resident of Hermiston. We have stayed here to be near both of our families. HH fi le photo Where is your favorite place to eat in Hermiston? Oh hard choice, I would have to say La Palma or Delish Bistro What do you like to do in your spare time? Binge watch all my favorite shows like Tiger King. But the real question is, did Carol Baskin kill her husband? What surprises you about Hermiston? I would have to say the most surprising thing about Hermiston is how big and diverse we have gotten over the years. What was the last book you read? The last book I read is the Pharmacy Certi- fi ed Technician Training Manual. Not much of a reader; if it isn’t on Instagram I don’t read it. What website or app do you use most other than Facebook? I am not on Facebook at all. My go-to app is Instagram. If you could travel anywhere, where would you go? My dream vacation is to Bora Bora. What is the funniest thing that’s ever hap- pened to you? On our wedding day it was time for my hus- band to do the garter toss. My dad’s response to this moment made me laugh hysterically. Let me start by saying my dad is one of the quietest, most reserved men in the world. My husband was slink- ing his way up my dress. He had only made it half- way up, when my dad came rushing over arms in the air yelling, “No, no, stop, stop!” At fi rst fi rst everyone thought he was serious and didn’t know how to act. However, he began laughing and at that moment we all joined him in laughter. What is one of your goals for the next 12 months? My husband and I would like to start a family within the next year. What is your proudest accomplishment? My proudest accomplishment was buying our fi rst home. Printed on recycled newsprint Osborne cousins Lucas, 4, Dustin, 3, and Caleb, 2, eat snow cones at a carnival in Hermiston in 1995. Umatilla man attributes escape to angels 25 YEARS AGO April 25, 1995 Angels are alive and active, according to a Umatilla man. Dean Black, 40, attributes his escape from what could have been a deadly accident to his angel. Black, a welder for Jones-Scott Company, jumped into a plugged-up sand and gravel hopper to free the machinery feeding rocks to the washer. Sand and gravel began falling on Black, covering his body. “Except for my arm sticking up out of the sand, I couldn’t move,” Black said. “I was trying to get the sand out of my face when I lost it (fainted).” Still running, the machine pulled Black to the bottom of the hopper with fi ne rock engulfi ng him. One leg made it through an outlet in the base of the large machine. Three men working nearby pulled on Black’s leg, removing him from his entombment. “I was glad they were there to get me out,” Black said. “I never would have made it out without them.” Miraculously, besides a bruised and sore body, Black escaped with only a dislodged hip. 50 YEARS AGO April 23, 1970 “Eastern Oregon is facing a slowly eroding economic base and declin- ing population,” state treasurer Robert Straub told a gathering of Democrats here on Friday. Straub, Democratic candidate for the nomination for governor, was guest speaker at a potluck dinner sponsored by the Umatilla County Democratic Central Committee. The need for a rural renewal pro- gram and small industry fi nanc- ing were cited as important goals by Straub. “I am working with several others at the present time on a long- range plan that would be benefi cial to Eastern Oregon,” he said. dle the heavy work load which is expected when the war shifts from Europe to the Pacifi c. 2) Plans for the big annual U.O.D.-U.S.O Amateur Show were completed this week after two audi- tions were heard at the U.S.O. club. The yearly event will be held in the high school gym Saturday, April 28 at 8 p.m. There is no admission charge and a free dance, with the Music Makers playing, will follow the show. 100 YEARS AGO April 17, 1920 HH fi le photo Michael Fisher, 6, carries a bag of cotton candy at a carnival in Hermiston in 1995. 2) The number of display booths and spaces at Hermiston’s Expo-70 has grown to well over 80 with mer- chandise and services of every type and description planned for showing. The event, the fi rst of what is planned as an annual event of the Hermiston Hustlers, the sponsoring organization, will be held Friday and Saturday, May 1 and 2, in two build- ings and surrounding grounds at the Umatilla County Fairgrounds. 75 YEARS AGO April 26, 1945 The Umatilla Ordnance Depot will be having troops again in the next few weeks, according to the infor- mal information received by the Com- manding Offi cer. Civilian workers will still be in demand at the Depot and the active recruiting campaign for employees will continue. The ammunition company, which is due to arrive soon, will be used for maintenance work and to help han- There being no snow on the ground, and the shoemaker know- ing of no one wearing a No. 15 boot, those mysterious white tracks on the sidewalks Wednesday morn- ing caused no end of speculation. It never was ascertained whether they were made by a slew-foot man from the sunny south who had fallen into a lime barrel, or a rejuvenated dinosaur from the Arctic region — except that they all led to the store of Sappers’ Inc., which fi rm was cel- ebrating its fi rst anniversary as hard- ware merchants of Hermiston by giv- ing away 10% of its profi ts. 2) A social event of great interest and almost as a complete surprise was the quiet, unannounced wedding of Miss Alice Prann and Frank H. Stone at noon on Tuesday, April 13, which took place at the home of the bride’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. A.W. Prann. Immediately after the simple and unelaborate ceremony, performed by Rev. M.R. Gallaher, the newlyweds surreptitiously hied away to Stanfi eld, where they took train No. 7 to Port- land to spend their honeymoon. All our readers, we daresay, know pretty, vivacious, lovely Miss Prann, who has been employed as stenographer and bookkeeper at the Inland Empire Lumber Co. for some time past, and the groom is one of the young prosperous and progressive ranchers of the irriga- tion district. VOLUME 114 • NUMBER 16 Chris Rush | Publisher • crush@eomediagroup.com • 541-278-2669 Jade McDowell | News Editor • jmcdowell@eastoregonian.com • 541-564-4536 Jeanne Jewett | Multi-Media consultant • jjewett@hermistonherald.com • 541-564-4531 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. 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In response to ques- tions about Umatilla resi- dents’ concerns, the gover- nor’s offi ce sent a statement that residents in both Ore- gon and Washington need to comply with social dis- tancing requirements and limit all nonessential travel, including crossing state borders for recreational reasons. “(Brown) is urging everyone in Oregon to limit nonessential travel — espe- cially to our rural commu- nities that do not have the hospital capacity to treat an infl ux of patients from other parts of the state,” the email said. “In line with her orders, the Oregon Depart- ment of Fish and Wild- life has closed recreational hunting and fi shing to non- residents to discourage nonresident travel amid COVID-19 restrictions. Such travel could spread the virus and put more of a burden on Oregon’s rural communities.” But coupled with con- cerns about recreational and nonessential travel spread- ing the virus between the two states is the common and essential commutes some workers must make to their workplaces across the border. In Walla Walla County, health offi cials have con- fi rmed 37 cases as of Tues- day, eight of which have been linked to a multi- county outbreak at Tyson Fresh Foods in Wallula. The beef production plant has already reported that 90 employees have tested positive. Fiumara said four people who tested positive in Uma- tilla County are connected to the outbreak. While that doesn’t mean all four indi- viduals are employees of the plant, it shows the threat of workers bringing COVID-19 back home with them on the other side of the border is real. However, Milton-Free- water City Manager Linda Hall said citizens on the northeast end of the county have yet to voice concerns about transmission between the states. “I have not heard any complaints or necessarily any concerns,” she said in a voicemail. “Honestly, we’re so close to Walla Walla that it’s pretty common to have people going back and forth between those state lines.” Meanwhile, Fiumara and the Umatilla County Health Department have been fi elding calls from businesses along the bor- der that have been confused by the information fl ow between the two states. While Oregon and Washington are mostly consistent in the businesses restrictions and basic infor- mation about the pan- demic, one subtle differ- ence does exist — Oregon considers someone recov- ered from COVID-19 and safe to return to work after spending 72 hours without symptoms, but Washington mandates at least 14 days of self-isolation before being allowed to return to work. Businesses are under the jurisdiction of whichever state and county they are located in, but the discrep- ancy has led to employers and employees on either side of the border being unsure of when exactly someone is legally allowed to return to work. Fiumara highlighted that the threat of COVID-19 spreading between coun- ties on opposite ends of the state border will also pose challenges as govern- ments begin to formulate their plans for reopening economies. Earlier this week, The Oregonian reported a draft of Brown’s plan will include the option for rural, Eastern Oregon coun- ties to reopen before their more urban counterparts. But whether the restric- tions being lifted coincides with counties in Southeast Washington doing the same may be just as important. “If Umatilla County took the position that we’re going to open the restau- rants and bars, how many people are going to come down from Walla Walla or the Tri-Cities area?” Fiumara said. “We could quickly fi nd ourselves in a tough situation.” Umatilla County Com- missioner George Murdock said conversations about reopening businesses have begun between the board of commissioners and have been pushed to the fore- front of statewide discus- sions among county lead- ers. He acknowledged the need to consider the risks of cross-county transmission in those discussions. “I think any county like ours feels good about what people locally are doing,” he said. “It’s the things you can’t control like people coming from the outside that are concerning.”
