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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 2, 2021
HERMISTON HISTORY
Americans prepare for bread shortage
JEANINE DILLEY
Owner, Bella Grace Boutique
When and why did you move to Hermiston?
I live in Boardman. I’m a Morrow County girl, orig-
inally from Heppner, and in 2012 my husband and I
moved to the north end of the county to be closer to
the freeway and other things for convenience.
Where is your favorite place to eat in
Hermiston?
Hale’s. I like Nookie’s a lot too. It might be a toss-up
between the two.
What do you like to do in your spare time?
We have a little bit of property, so we raise a few
head of cattle and work the land. I like to wood work
and I do a lot of home canning, both of which I sell
here (at Bella Grace Boutique in Hermiston).
What surprises you about Hermiston?
That it has not expanded its retail footprint more, as
much as it has been growing. It’s adding houses, it’s
adding jobs, but the retail hasn’t kept up.
What was the last book you read?
I’m a spy novel fan, so I just fi nished “Oath of
Offi ce” by Tom Clancy.
What website or app do you use most other
than Facebook?
Probably Square, for the business. I have some
woodworking websites I use as well.
If you could travel anywhere, where would you
go?
My husband and I travel a lot, and we’re talking Fiji
next.
What is the funniest thing that’s ever hap-
pened to you?
I remember one year for my birthday, I was look-
ing really slouchy, funky jeans, no makeup, hair not
done, and my husband had done a surprise party for
me. For the rest of my life, I always get gussied up
on my birthday now.
What is one of your goals for the next 12
months?
Letting go. I am a control freak, I know I am, and
I’m trying to embrace retirement, and trying to learn
how to relax.
What is your proudest accomplishment?
My kids, my marriage. We’ve been married 40 years
in November and still actually like each other. I have
two kids I’m very proud of. Also my military service.
Correction
The brief “Umatilla County reports three COVID-
19 deaths” on Page A1 of the May 26 Hermiston Herald
included one death of an 82-year-old male reported by Ore-
gon Health Authority instead of Umatilla County Public
Health. It is unclear of the male is the same 82-year-old male
reported by Umatilla County Public Health on a diff erent
date, but according to the health department, the number of
deaths in Umatilla County remains at 86.
Hermiston Herald, File
Sea Cadets Jay Epperson and James Ingalls piece together fl agpoles for the Avenue of Flags in Hermiston in 1996.
25 YEARS AGO
June 4, 1996
A potentially ugly fi ght between
the Port of Umatilla and the City of
Hermiston was averted last week
when both sides sat down to talk.
Hermiston Mayor Frank Harken-
rider requested the meeting after city
councilors engaged the port’s direc-
tor, Kim Puzey, in a not-so-friendly
question and answer session two
weeks ago.
“I don’t want to see (this) melt
down in a family feud,” said State
Rep. Chuck Norris.
Wednesday’s joint meeting of
the city council and port commis-
sion was intended to iron out wrin-
kles in the relationship formed for
the regional water system.
The system, which was supposed
to cost only $15 million, deliv-
ers potable water to city ratepayers
and potato processors, and nonpota-
ble water to the port as well as U.S.
Generating’s Hermiston Generating
plant.
Cost overruns of $750,000
brought tensions to the near boiling
point at last month’s council meet-
ing, when councilors demanded to
know when the port would sell some
of its portion of the water to new
industrial users so user fees for the
city could be lowered.
Hermiston Herald, File
Four honor students prepare to address Hermiston High School at
commencement in 1971. From left to right are Deborah George, Ted Rattray,
Mary Buckles and Rebecca Corley.
supplies without a shortage appear-
ing at the consumer level in the form
of smaller supplies of fl our, bread
and other wheat products.”
The committee called upon
American consumers to eat at least
one third less wheat products during
the emergency period of short
supplies.
Hermiston Herald, File
50 YEARS AGO
June 10, 1971
Crews tear down the old Hermiston
Hotel building in 1971.
Sweeping changes are soon to be
made in the appearance and atmo-
sphere of the Hi-Ho restaurant in
Stanfi eld.
Jesse Mosso, Portland, owner of
the Hi-Ho, appeared before the City
Council at its Tuesday night meeting
and was granted a license to remodel
the restaurant.
Remodeling will be extensive,
according to Mosso, who said he
has found the structure to be in very
poor condition. Also to be changed
are the quality of the food, the san-
itary conditions and the format of
the entertainment. The name, too,
will be changed — to Victor’s, after
Mosso’s son, who will manage the
restaurant.
will speak on “The public health
problems of venereal diseases.”
One-day institutes, similar to
the one to be held here, are being
planned and held throughout the
country. These institutes aim at cre-
ating an informed public that will act
to hold the line against the advance
of venereal disease, repress prosti-
tution and educate young people for
better health, better homes and better
communities.
2) The famine emergency com-
mittee warned Wednesday that
American consumers will face con-
tinued shortage of fl our, bread, and
other wheat products for at least two
months. These shortages will result
from the government’s wheat pro-
curement program to provide grain
for famine areas overseas, the group
said.
The committee pointed out that
81 million bushels of the 1945 wheat
crop have been purchased by the
government since May 1 for ship-
ment to overseas areas, adding:
“It is impossible to remove this
quantity of grain from the present
75 YEARS AGO
June 6, 1946
The Umatilla County Public
Health association will sponsor a
Social Hygiene Institute in Pendleton
at the Vert Little Theater. At this ses-
sion, Dr. Percy Pelouze, consultant
to the U.S. Public Health Service,
100 YEARS AGO
June 3, 1921
Hermiston will have a new neigh-
boring town. Cold Springs Land-
ing will be the place, on a part of the
Shaw homestead. E.P. Dodd, who
now owns the land at the old Cold
Springs station, will start the town
and E.I. Davis is now busy prepar-
ing the plat.
The Newport Construction Com-
pany and the Shotwell Contracting
Company will soon make camp at
and near the new town, and begin
construction of the new highway
leading from the new town to Hold-
man, and thence to Pendleton.
Alfalfa lands in the Colum-
bia district extend to within about
two miles of the townsite and other
lands within the vicinity between the
present irrigated area of this project
and the new townsite are subject to
reclamation.
There is already at Cold Springs
a railroad site and a platform and
springs, for shipping hay, and these
facilities will be increased as rapidly
as possible.
The main street of the town
extends south from the present
station. Land will be leveled for
buildings.
BY THE WAY
Sunset Elementary School to get new principal
Sunset Elementary School Dean of Students Erin
Andreason will be promoted to principal of the school
next year, according to a news release from Hermiston
School District.
Andreason has worked at elementary schools in Herm-
iston for 14 years, including at Rocky Heights Elemen-
tary and Sunset.
She will replace current Principal Jerad Farley, who
is leaving Sunset to work at the district offi ces as director
of elementary instruction.
The news release also stated that Director of Human
Resources Jake Bacon will continue overseeing human
resources for the district, but his title will change to assis-
tant superintendent.
• • •
Billboard contest open
Keep Oregon Green is celebrating its 80-year his-
tory by unveiling its fi rst billboard poster art contest,
asking Oregonians of all ages to create and submit
entries and share their vision for keeping Oregon free
of wildfi re.
“We are excited to celebrate our important milestone
by off ering this fun opportunity to all Oregon residents.
As over 70% of Oregon’s wildfi res are human-caused,
the power of prevention is 100% our shared responsi-
bility,” said Kristin Babbs, president of Keep Oregon
Green. “The purpose of the poster contest is to involve
the public in helping reduce the number of careless
wildfi res we see each year and remind everyone how
critical it is to prevent them.”
The contest opens on June 1, and the entry deadline
is 5 p.m., Aug. 9, 2021 (Smokey Bear’s birthday).
All submitted artwork will be reviewed in fall of
2021, and Oregon will become an open-air art gallery
in 2022, showcasing the fi rst-place winning artwork on
billboards at major intersections, highways and inter-
states across the state. There will be three separate divi-
sions based on age.
For more information, visit https://keeporegongreen.
org/kog-billboard-contest-submissions/
• • •
Senior meals include roast beef
The Harkenrider Senior Activity Center menu for
Thursday, June 3, is roast beef, parsley potatoes, car-
rots and dessert.
The menu for Tuesday, June 8 is pork loin chop,
rice, veggies 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. Sec-
ond St., call the same number before 11 a.m. Meals
are $4 and can be picked up between 11:30 a.m. and
noon.
The Boardman Senior Center now is providing
meal delivery. Meals are $4 paid upon delivery. Call
541-481-3257 to order.