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COMMUNITY A2 • HERMISTONHERALD.COM THREE MINUTES WITH … WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19, 2020 HERMISTON HISTORY Man dies after shooting himself in the foot 25 YEARS AGO Aug. 22, 1995 JACKIE LINTON Substitute teacher When and why did you move to Hermiston? I was born in Hermiston. Where is your favorite place to eat in Hermiston? Shiki Hibachi Sushi, Delish Bistro, and Kobe Hiba- chi Sushi What do you like to do in your spare time? Be with my twin grandkids What surprises you about Hermiston? The unity they showed in the peaceful march What was the last book you read? “Forgotten,” by Linda Hervieux What website or app do you use most other than Facebook? AARP Yahtzee game If you could travel anywhere, where would you go? Ghana What is the funniest thing that’s ever hap- pened to you? I was acting like a donkey when I arrived at a sur- prise birthday party for me. At least it ended up funny. What is one of your goals for the next 12 months? Have my business ready What is your proudest accomplishment? Getting my teaching license School district looking for feedback on child care needs HERMISTON HERALD Hermiston School District is working to add child care options to Hermiston during the upcoming school year, and is asking the public for feedback. According to a news release from the district, it is working with the Cham- pions after-school child care program to provide day care, and is working with the city of Hermiston on using the Eastern Oregon Trade and Event Center as a venue. To determine need, the district is asking par- ents to fi ll out a survey at surveymonkey.com/r/ ChampionsChildcare. Interested families should mark “yes” when asked whether they would like more information about the program. The Champions weekly rate is $190 per student for all day care, but the district plans to offset a portion of the costs, and opportunities for discounts and waivers are available. To fulfi ll state require- ments about keeping chil- dren in stable “cohorts,” Champions will only offer full-day, full-week care. The recent arrest of an Irrigon couple for possession of native artifacts is not unusual, says an authority on cultural resources. Jeff Van Pelt, manager of the Cultural Resources Protection Project of the Department of Nat- ural Resources and the Confeder- ated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, said he comes across these cases all the time. The Irrigon couple were arrested earlier this month and charged with a felony for possession of the 30,000 artifacts found in their home. The artifacts were probably found in Benton County, sheriff’s offi cials said. The couple pleaded not guilty but could face up to fi ve years in prison and a $10,000 fi ne if convicted. Van Pelt said their case is a typ- ical example of people who make looting a profession. “[Cases such as this could be] a good example of extensive collec- tors who do it for money,” he said. 50 YEARS AGO Aug. 20, 1970 City Councilman Frank Harken- rider of Hermiston was shaken and his pickup heavily damaged when it was struck by another vehicle early Tuesday morning at the inter- section of Highland Avenue and South First Place. The accident occurred at 8:50 a.m. when Delbert L. Starr, 26, of Caldwell, Idaho, failed to notice a stop sign on Highland Avenue. Passengers in Starr’s car included his wife and two children. No one was injured. 2) The Hermiston School Board Monday night postponed its deci- sion whether to appeal the Aug. 13 ruling by the State Court of Appeals on the Owens case. Arnold Owens, a former teacher in the Hermiston School District, was not offered a new contract last year and claimed in a lawsuit that the district broke its own rules by not giving him a hearing and not giving him a cause for its action. The district contended that its rules were not binding because they contravened a state statute. The Umatilla County Circuit Court ruled for the district, but the Court of Appeals reversed the deci- sion, ruling that a school district may adopt stricter rules on teacher employment than statutes provide for. 75 YEARS AGO Aug. 23, 1945 Now it can be told — without fuss or fanfare, Umatilla Ordnance Depot at Ordnance has been doing a big job toward bringing V-J Day nearer, as shown in fi gures released this week by Col. A.S. Buyers, commanding offi cer. A monthly average of 1,230 car- loads of ammunition and quarter- master supplies have moved in and out of the depot since it opened in 1941. From the beginning of this year, the tempo has been stepped up to nearly 1,900 cars per month. Over 68,000 cars have been han- dled since 1941. The Chief of Ordnance fore- casts that the work to be done at the depot through the end of this year shows only a slight decline. The personnel policy, as outlined by Colonel Buyers, will be that civil- HH fi le photo Benton County Sheriff ’s Department Lt. John Hodge displays some of the 30,000 looted artifacts confi scated from a couple in Irrigon in 1995. HH fi le photo The Umatilla County Fair Court in 1970 was Queen Janet Hopkins, top, and Princesses Pam Moyer, Pam Mason and Bev Burns (left to right). ian employees are to replace Ital- ians, and no lay-off of any kind is contemplated at this time. 100 YEARS AGO Aug. 20, 1920 W.C.E. Pruitt of Pendleton, well known in Hermiston, died Monday at St. Frances hospital. Mr. Pruitt accidentally shot himself in the foot while hunting grouse in the moun- tains near Meacham, last Sunday. It was impossible to get medical aid quickly and when he was taken to Pendleton, it was found necessary to amputate the foot, and the delay and the shock from the operation proved fatal. Mr. Pruitt was 43 years old and had lived in Pendleton since 1902. He has been a newspaper man, has practiced law and recently was with the Umatilla Auto Co. He was advertising manager for the Pendle- ton Round-Up. He is survived by his wife, who was Miss Cosbie Raley; a daughter, Ray, by a former marriage; and lit- tle Mary Helen Pruitt, a daughter by adoption. 2) Raymond W. Hamm, pro- prietor of the Liberty Bakery, evi- dently discouraged by the recent fi re in the Adams building on Main Street, decided to seek fresh fi elds for his labors and left Monday night. He neglected to leave a forwarding address at the Oregon hotel where he has been staying, which is a source of much regret to his landlady and to a number of creditors. It is reported that the sum of his debts is in the neighborhood of $2,500. Mr. Ham had worked up a good business in both his bakery and lunchroom trade, and it is under- stood that outsiders are already looking over the ground with a view to reopening the bakery. BY THE WAY Survey to help select new elementary school name now online Hermiston School District’s survey about the name of its new elementary school planned for Theater Lane is now live. The survey can be accessed until Aug. 28 at sur- veymonkey.com/r/ElemSchoolName. After 61% of respondents to a previous survey stated they would prefer to see the school named after a geo- graphical feature, all three names are refl ective of the landscape around the site, and are in Spanish to refl ect the demographics of the school district, where a majority of students are Latino. The three choices are Artemisa Elementary School, Loma Vista Elementary School or La Senda Elemen- tary School. Artemisa means sagebrush in Spanish, Loma Vista means hill view and La Senda means the pathway. • • • The funding is available to businesses Umatilla, Mor- row, Union, Wallowa, Harney and Malheur counties. According to a news release, the purpose of the Incum- bent Worker Training Program is to “assist employ- ers in training currently employed workers in an effort to keep businesses and workers competitive.” They can use the funds to train employees on new skills, equip- ment or systems and help them attain new certifi cations or credentials. Priority is given to applicants who show how the fund- ing could help them prevent layoffs or retain current employees. To learn more, contact Tara Bishop at 541-377-6209 or tbishop@tecteam.org. • • • Money available for employee retraining Children’s summer meal program extended Businesses can access funding from the Train- ing & Employment Consortium to help retrain their employees. Hermiston School District’s summer meal program has been extended through Sept. 4 after the district voted to move the fi rst day of school to Sept. 8. Students will be able to continue to pick up meals at bus stops and from Armand Larive Middle School, Herm- iston High School, West Park Elementary School and Sandstone Middle School through Sept. 4. The meals, free to any child ages 0-18, are available from 7:30-8:30 a.m. and 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. • • • Senior meals are pork chops, taco casserole The Harkenrider Senior Activity Center continues to provide takeout and delivery meals to senior citizens in the community. The menu for Thursday, Aug. 20, is pork chops, scal- loped potatoes, applesauce and dessert. Tuesday, Aug. 25, is taco casserole, green salad, garlic bread and dessert. For a Meals on Wheels delivery, call 541-567-3582 before 10 a.m. to place an order. To pick up a meal from the center at 255 Northeast Second St., call the same number before 11 a.m. Meals are $4 and can be picked up between 11:45 a.m. and 12:15 p.m.
