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COMMUNITY
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2020
HERMISTON HISTORY
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Danny Perez serves customer Jennifer Albert two tacos from his family’s truck in Hermiston in 1995.
An ode to the American worker
25 YEARS AGO
Sept. 5, 1995
TESS WHITE
Territory Sales Manager, Alltech
When and why did you move to Hermiston?
I moved to Umatilla in 2010, and then lived in
Hermiston from 2011-18 until moving back to Uma-
tilla. My career allows me to work from home and
cover my territory of Oregon and Washington, so I
moved to Umatilla to be closer to my daughter and
her family.
Where is your favorite place to eat in
Hermiston?
La Palma Mexican Restaurant, the best chili relle-
nos and guacamole fresca!
What do you like to do in your spare time?’
Love to cook and spend time with my family and
friends, escape to the golf course as often as possi-
ble, play frisbee golf at the course at the dam, lots
of time with my Border Collie running the trails and
playing fetch at the river, time with my Arab mare
and I love to garden.
What surprises you about Hermiston?
I appreciate the willingness of people to help others;
the local seasonal produce is amazing — I especially
love the melons; appreciate the support by the com-
munity of programs for our students and the abun-
dance of parks and walking trails.
What was the last book you read?
“The Green Platform,” by Declan Coyle
What website or app do you use most other
than Facebook?
LinkedIn, Twitter, Instagram
If you could travel anywhere, where would you
go?
Back to Germany to see my great-nephew, age 3,
and his parents again.
What is the funniest thing that’s ever hap-
pened to you?
Age 9 going head-fi rst down an outhouse at our
cabin to recover the fl ashlight I dropped and getting
stuck upside down until my mom came to see why
I was taking so long. Imagine the look on her face
when she opened the door and only saw my lower
legs and feet.
What is one of your goals for the next 12
months?
Be a positive role model and uplift others.
What is your proudest accomplishment?
Raising my children to be beautiful humans and
great assets to their careers and community.
For a casual lunch, take time out
for a taco.
Assistant girl’s soccer coach
for Hermiston High School and a
reserve police offi cer for the Stan-
fi eld Police Department, Danny
Perez, helps run his family owned
taco stand El Tapatio.
“This is the stand I always go to,”
said Jennifer Albert, as she picked
up two beef tacos.
Danny’s father, Benito Perez,
began four years ago selling from
his taco stand located on the lot
behind Bob’s Red Apple. Bob Sev-
erson, owner of the grocery store,
doesn’t charge the Perez family rent.
“We have an agreement,” Danny
said. “We can park here if we buy
our produce from Bob.”
Danny enjoys his job.
“I get to meet different people,
help people and make friends,” he
said, adding, “Sometimes it’s hard
to keep up with all the customers.”
50 YEARS AGO
Sept. 3, 1970
Labor Day has historically served
as an occasion for putting into per-
spective the progress of the Amer-
ican worker. Perspective requires
examination of where we have
been, where we are, and where we
are trying to go. Although William
B. Wilson, the fi rst Secretary of
Labor in his fi rst Labor Day state-
ment, characterized the labor move-
ment broadly as “humanity itself,” it
is doubtful that even he could have
imagined the impact that the march
of American Labor would have on
the social and economic history of
the United States.
Progress has been real and dra-
matic. This progress could not have
been achieved without the per-
sonal commitment of thousands
of enlightened men and women of
widely varied backgrounds who not
only believed in a better way, but
in their obligation to help bring it
about. As has so often marked the
course of human events, removal of
one set of barriers to progress has
revealed the existence of yet other
obstacles hidden only by earlier pre-
occupations. In improving the lot
of the American worker we clearly
have not run out of challenges.
75 YEARS AGO
Sept. 6, 1945
From an advertisement in the
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An illustration in a 1920 Hermiston Herald demonstrates the possibilities for
family vacations for a family that owns an automobile.
Hermiston Herald:
Shell’s new gasoline — Capa-
ble of more power than your car has
ever known.
Now released!
New Shell Premium Gasoline
became possible the moment the
Armed Forces released our stocks
of aviation fuel. New Shell Pre-
mium Gasoline is the best gasoline
we have ever made. Today it is in
thousands of Shell pumps …thou-
sands more are receiving it daily.
New Shell Premium grew out of
Shell research — the same research
that fi rst delivered the “makings”
of 100 Octane gasoline. New Shell
Premium comes to you as a practi-
cal benefi t of that research. And at
no increase in cost.
You are invited to fi ll your tank
with New Shell Premium today and
from now on. Shell makes this invi-
tation knowing that you have never
had so much power at your com-
mand. If you are, however, a user of
“regular” grade … Shell Gasoline is
also a new gasoline today — defi -
nitely improved even over the Shell
Gasoline of “before the war.” Come
in and try it.
100 YEARS AGO
Aug. 27, 1920
The golf bug has a sad face. He
is plainly out of sorts. Something
is the matter with him. He has just
come from the doctor’s offi ce where
he has undergone a thorough phys-
ical examination. He is sore and
depressed, but not from what the
doctor found, but from what he
refused to fi nd.
“You are all right,” said the
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Santos Guardado, owner of the taco
stand Pinos Real Tacos, samples a
taco in 1995.
learned physician. “You are as
sound as a nut.”
That was a little joke the golf bug
did not enjoy.
“Are you sure that I am in fi rst
class condition?” he asked.
“Absolutely.”
“Is my blood pressure normal?”
“Perfect.”
“Heart regular?”
“Heart OK.”
“Lungs clear?”
“As a bell.”
“Liver in good working order?”
“Splendid.”
“No trace of neuritis?”
“Not a bit.”
“Am I not bordering on a nervous
breakdown?”
“See no indication of it.”
“I’m sorry.”
“Sorry, man; what for?”
“I thought surely you’d dig up
some good excuse for me to go
away. Now I’ll have to be honest
and say I’m going South simply
because I want to play golf.”
BY THE WAY
Oregon gas prices holding steady ahead of Labor Day
Oregon drivers will pay the cheapest gas prices over
Labor Day in four years, according to AAA.
A report from the auto club reports that while hurri-
canes in the Southeastern United States have pushed up
gas prices there, Oregon’s prices are holding steady at an
average of $2.67 per gallon. The national average is cur-
rently $2.23 per gallon.
According to the data from AAA, Oregon’s average
gas price was $3.04 per gallon this time last year. The
state’s highest recorded average price was $4.29 on July
3, 2008.
• • •
SNAP sees benefi ts boost this month
The Oregon Department of Human Services has
announced that it has received approval to disburse
increased food benefi ts in September.
This additional $30 million for eligible Supplemental
Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) recipients will
bring the total increased benefi ts to $150 million.
SNAP households will automatically receive the addi-
tional allotment in the same way they receive their cur-
rent benefi ts, according to a news release. For most cus-
tomers this is an EBT card. The additional benefi t amount
will be disbursed on the schedule below to all eligible
SNAP households. Some recipients may not see it until
the following day.
Oregonians already enrolled in SNAP do not need to
take any additional action.
• • •
Offi ce space open in Herald building
The Hermiston Herald is looking for a new neighbor.
JioVanni Staffi ng has moved out of the offi ce space
they were previously renting inside the Herald offi ces at
333 E. Main St. in Hermiston, and the space is now avail-
able for lease to a new tenant.
The space is 825 square feet, with a main reception
area and two individual offi ces. Utilities and some use
of storage space in the building included. Rent is $825 a
month.
For more information, call 541-564-4538 or email
aworkman@eastoregonian.com.
• • •
Senior meals include meat loaf, tuna
The Harkenrider Senior Activity Center continues
to provide takeout and delivery meals to senior citizens
in the community.
The menu for Thursday, Aug. 3, is tuna bake, peas,
fruit and dessert. Tuesday, Aug. 8, will be meat loaf, spin-
ach, mashed potatoes with gravy 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 N.E. Second St., call the same num-
ber before 11 a.m. Meals are $4 and can be picked up
between 11:45 a.m. and 12:15 p.m.