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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2020
HERMISTON HISTORY
City council calls for release of prisoners of war
SHANNON SNYDER
Broadcasting teacher
at Sandstone Middle School
When and why did you move to Hermiston?
We moved to Hermiston in 2002 from Las Vegas
because my husband got a job here and we wanted
to be closer to our families who are up in the Seat-
tle area.
Where is your favorite place to eat in
Hermiston?
Ixtapa or La Palma ... or anywhere that serves me
and I don’t have to clean a pot.
What do you like to do in your spare time?
Spare time, that’s cute. I currently have two jobs so
I don’t get much spare time. When winter months
come and photography slows down I love to read
and crochet.
What surprises you about Hermiston?
I’m not sure if surprised is the correct word, but the
community of Hermiston is extremely generous to
those in need.
What was the last book you read?
“Things That Need To Be Said,” by John Pavlovitz
What website or app do you use most other
than Facebook?
Instagram. I am rarely on Facebook. Although this
pandemic has introduced me to TikTok and it’s a bit
addictive.
If you could travel anywhere, where would you
go?
Oh, remember the days we could travel? My pass-
port has gotten a bit dusty but I love traveling. I
would love to go to Greece.
What is the funniest thing that’s ever hap-
pened to you?
Oh, lots of funny things; I laugh at myself a lot but a
recent one was at the beginning of quarantine. I was
at my puzzle table, as was the rest of the country,
while my family was watching a movie. My friend
and neighbor decided to mask up (Halloween mask,
not COVID mask) and scare me through the back
window. My reaction was pretty hilarious, and all
caught on tape.
What is one of your goals for the next 12
months?
Stay healthy and dive into my new job as a teacher.
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with my students even through the computer screen.
What is your proudest accomplishment?
My marriage and family. Happy marriages are rare
and I have a great one with four teen/young adult
kids.
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Hermiston Herald, File
Hermiston voters vote in person for the last time before Oregon switched to voting by mail in 1995.
25 YEARS AGO
Nov. 21, 1995
By Tuesday, Dec. 5, registered
Republicans and Democrats in
Hermiston will have joined their ilk
statewide in punching ballot cards
to choose their party’s candidate for
U.S. Senate.
A month later, all registered voters
will do the same to elect a successor
to the former Sen. Bob Packwood.
In neither case will they have to
go to Thompson Hall or any other of
the customary places to do it. Most
ballots will likely be cast at kitchen
tables throughout the state.
Oregon is at the forefront in the
use of voting by mail. Though the
state has conducted special elec-
tions by mail for 14 years, the pro-
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Oregon Secretary of State Phil
Keisling said he cannot think of a
reason not to have mail elections.
They are cost-effective — up to
$2 million less than a polling place
election — they are popular, and are
good for the democratic processes,
he said.
Hermiston Herald, File
Sherri Lafferty and Neena Kik discuss lunch at Lafferty’s Torpedo Alley sub shop
in Umatilla in 1995.
50 YEARS AGO
Nov. 26, 1970
A City Council resolution
adopted Monday night calls for
release of American prisoners in
Southeast Asia.
The council unanimously passed d
the resolution after hearing Mrs.
Cecil Ware, whose son, John, is
missing in action in Vietnam, tell
what letter-writing to North Viet-
nam and the Viet Cong already has
accomplished.
At the recent meeting in Washing-
ton, D.C., of the National League of
Families of Prisoners and Missing in
Southeast Asia, Mrs. Ware said Dal-
las, Tex. philanthropist H. Ross Perot
told league members that many per-
sons know about their relatives in
Southeast Asia as a result of let-
ter-writing. She quoted Perot as say-
ing Communists, especially village
chiefs, tend to be receptive to Ameri-
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Mrs. Ware urged the mayor and
the council individually to partici-
pate in the campaign to have 100,000
letters from Oregonians read to be
delivered to the Paris peace confer-
ence in January.
Hermiston Herald, File
Huck Tibbets, right, with his mother Patricia Snyder, left, recovers from a double
lung transplant in Hermiston in 1995.
on the A line canal at the southeast
city limits of Hermiston.
Starling and Miss Sigrid Mer-
ritt of Portland were enroute from
Portland to Spokane and had missed
the turn at the junction near Board-
man and continued on to the Stan-
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Hermiston to Highway 730 the car
missed the bridge and overturned in
the canal, pinning Starling beneath it
on the west bank. Miss Merritt was
thrown clear of the car as it over-
turned and suffered a fractured skull,
bruises and shock. She was entered
at the hospital here where she was
given medical care.
Attempts of passing motor-
ists who removed Starling from the
canal to revive him were of no avail
and internal injuries were said to be
the probable cause of death.
75 YEARS AGO
Nov. 22, 1945
100 YEARS AGO
Nov. 26, 1920
First Lt. Leon J. Starling, about
30 years of age, U.S. Army and sta-
tions at Camp Jordan near Seattle,
was instantly killed Sunday evening
about 5:45 p.m. in an auto accident
Last Tuesday night the great Shir-
ley, saxophone king, and his com-
pany played to a very small house at
the Play House.
The attraction was a very good
one and should have been better
patronized. It relieves the monotony
to have a good troupe come in once
and a while, but Manager Adam-
son will get tired bringing them in if
better support is not accorded them
when they come.
The show was above average
and was enjoyed by all those who
attended.
2) The way in which perfectly
sane and normal people who are
railroaded to private sanitariums by
people who want to put them “out
of the way” is nowhere more clearly
shown than in Dorothy Gish’s latest
photo-drama “Turning the Tables”
which comes to the playhouse on
Wednesday, Dec. 1.
A plotting aunt who seeks to steal
the fortune of her minor ward, and
an unscrupulous physician who was
promised a large fee, are the engi-
neers of the scheme. Dorothy is
brought before another doctor and
given the sham trial of proving her-
self sane, which can rarely be done
under any circumstances. In the end
the aunt gets her just desserts and
Dorothy is restored to the estate she
rightfully inherited.
BY THE WAY
Tree lighting and Festival of Lights to continue
Downtown Hermiston will still be getting a giant
Christmas tree this year, but its annual tree lighting cer-
emony will be a virtual event, according to Parks and
Recreation Director Larry Fetter.
Fetter said he is still working out details, but on the
evening of Dec. 3 the city plans to host a livestream of
Santa lighting the tree, along with carolers and a Christ-
mas story read to the children watching from home.
The Eastern Oregon Trade and Event Center is
still planning to resurrect Festival of Lights this year,
but it will be a drive-thru only event.
Starting Friday, Nov. 27, people can drive through
the light displays at EOTEC from 5-10 p.m. on Thurs-
days and Sundays, and 5-11 p.m. on Fridays and
Saturdays.
Admission is by donation, with half the proceeds
EHQH¿WLQJRotary Club and the other half split between
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Festival of Lights events.
For more information about the tree lighting cer-
emony and Festival of Lights, see an article in next
week’s Hermiston Herald.
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Due to adjustments to the Thanksgiving week print-
ing schedule for the presses where the Hermiston Her-
ald is printed, the Herald was printed on Monday, Nov.
23, instead of Tuesday, Nov. 24.
For coverage of the Nov. 23 city council meeting,
visit www.hermistonherald.com or see next week’s
Herald.
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an update to the sewer ordinance, creation of a new debt
service fund and reports from various councilors, staff
and committees.
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The Harkenrider Senior Activity Center will be
closed from Wednesday, Nov. 25, through Monday,
Nov. 30, for the Thanksgiving holiday.
The menu for Tuesday, Dec. 1 is ham and beans,
cornbread, fruit and dessert.
For a Meals on Wheels delivery in Hermiston, 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 number before 11 a.m. Meals are $4 and can
be picked up between 11:45 a.m. and 12:15 p.m.
The Boardman Senior Center is now providing
meal delivery. Meals are $4 paid upon delivery. Call
541-481-3257 to order.