RECORDS AND MORE
Tuesday, March 16, 2021
Community
MEETINGS
• PENDLETON — The
Board of Directors of the
InterMountain Education
Service District will meet
for a work session Wednes-
day, March 17, at 4 p.m. at
the IMESD office, 2001 S.W.
Nye Ave., Pendleton. A
regular board meeting will
follow at 4:45 p.m.
• LA GRANDE — The
Union County Fair Board
will hold a virtually public
meeting Thursday, March
18, at 6 p.m. For instruc-
tions on how to join,
contact fair association sec-
retary Heather Rajkovich at
rhrajkovich6212@outook.
com or 541-910-0234.
• LA GRANDE —
The Northeast Oregon
Economic Development
District Board of Directors
will meet online Thursday,
March 18, at 1:30 p.m. via
Zoom.
Items on the agen-
da include election of
officers, an audit report
and discussion on a needs
assessment. For connec-
tion information, email
lisadawson@neoedd.org
or ir call 541-426-3598.
BRIEFS
BIG READ 2021 CON-
CLUDES WEDNESDAY
ENTERPRISE — This
year’s Big Read, hosted by
Fishtrap of Enterprise, con-
cludes Wednesday, March
17, when Fishtrap’s exec-
utive director, Shannon
McNerney, sits down with
author Nathaniel Philbrick
for an in-depth discussion
about the people, times,
and themes in “In the Heart
of the Sea.” View it online
at www.fishtrap.org or on
YouTube, along with all
of the month-long virtual
festival’s events. Visit www.
fishtrap.org for a full list of
this year’s Big Read events,
resources and videos.
HONORS
LA GRANDE STUDENT
EARNS ACADEMIC
HONOR AT UW
LARAMIE, Wyo. —
Brianna Blythe Reeves,
of La Grande, secured a
place on the University
of Wyoming’s 2020 fall
semester Provost’s Honor
Roll by earning a grade-
point average of at least
3.50. Established in 1886,
UW, in Laramie, provides
undergraduate and grad-
uate programs to 12,249
students from all 50 states
and 88 countries.
— The Observer
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Obituary
Max Moffit
Upcoming local services
Lostine
Max Moffit, 92, of Los-
tine, died March 11 at Prov-
idence St. Mary Medical
Center in Walla Walla,
Washington. A graveside
service will begin at 11 a.m.
March 20 at the Lostine
Cemetery with vault inter-
ment to follow. A reception
will be held at the Lostine
Grange Hall after the ser-
vice. Arrangements are by
Bollman Funeral Home,
Enterprise.
Elma E. (Conrad)
Sherwood
Please follow guide-
lines regarding face cov-
erings and social dis-
tancing at all services.
March 13 — LORI
GREENWAY: 3 p.m.
memorial service, Enter-
prise First Baptist
Church.
March 19 — RAY-
MOND JOHNSON:
11 a.m. graveside service,
Summerville Cemetery.
March 20 —
CHARITY HENRY:
11 a.m. memorial ser-
vice, La Grande Church
of Christ.
April 24 — BECKY
ROBERSON: 2 p.m.
celebration of life, Elgin
Community Center.
— calendar cour-
tesy of Loveland Funeral
Chapel, La Grande
1921-2021 • La Grande
Elma Elese Sherwood,
99, lifetime resident of the
Grande Ronde Valley, died
March 12 in
La Grande. A
family grave-
side service
will be held
at Grandview
Cemetery,
where she will be laid to rest
next to her husband, Thomas
Vernon “Skip” Sherwood.
Arrangements are by Dan-
iels-Knopp Funeral, Cre-
mation & Life Celebration
Center, La Grande.
Elma was born Nov.
18, 1921, in Summerville
to Heber Wells and Elma
Irene (Wagoner) Conrad.
In 1946 she met and mar-
ried Thomas Vernon “Skip”
Sherwood. They enjoyed
many happy years together
on their farm on Foothill
Road until Skip’s death
in 1984. In 1994, Elma
was reintroduced to Lyle
“Sandy” Sanderson, her
companion until his death in
2007. They enjoyed traveling
worldwide and spending
winter months in Arizona.
Elma was very active.
She was a mother and home-
maker, helped maintain a
dairy farm, and worked at
the Tinker Box, a craft store,
and Laurence’s Jewelry. If
it was a hobby, a craft or a
volunteer opportunity, she
would take it on and perfect
LA GRANDE — Art
Center East, La Grande, is
hosting an online reading
with local poet Ryan Sca-
riano at the next virtual
ACE Writing Project gath-
ering, Wednesday, March
17, at 7 p.m.
Scariano is the author
of two poetry collections,
“Smithereens” and “Not
Your Happy Dance.” He
lives in La Grande and
works at Eastern Oregon
University.
Paulann Petersen,
Oregon poet laureate
emerita, said, “In the infec-
tious music of Scariano’s
it. She was a past Oregon
state president of the UPRR
Lady Firemen, taught 4-H
classes and was active with
the Home Extension Service.
Elma enjoyed painting,
cake decorating and making
wedding cakes. Many
people have told the family
she was the nicest person
they have ever known.
Surviving relatives
include her children, Bar-
bara Sparks and husband,
Charles Sparks, of La
Grande and Gilbert, Ari-
zona, Thomas Sherwood of
Richland, and Cheryl Sher-
wood Kosta of La Grande;
six grandchildren and 10
great-grandchildren; and
brother, Delmer Conrad of
La Grande.
She was preceded in
death by her parents; hus-
band, Skip; and companion,
Sandy.
Memorial contributions
may be made to the Blue
Mountain Humane Associ-
ation, 3212 Highway 30, La
Grande, OR, 97850, or the
American Cancer Society,
330 S. Curry St., Portland,
OR, 97239.
Gary A. Gaston
La Grande
Gary A. Gaston, 56, of
La Grande, died March 13
at Grande Ronde Hospital.
Arrangements are by Love-
land Funeral Chapel & Cre-
matory, La Grande.
Crawford J. Bryan
La Grande
Crawford J. Bryan, 85, of
La Grande, died March 13 at
his residence. Arrangements
are by Loveland Funeral
Chapel & Crematory, La
Grande.
Margey L. Fisher
La Grande
Margey L. Fisher, 88, of
La Grande, died March 15 at
her residence. Arrangements
are by Loveland Funeral
Chapel & Crematory, La
Grande.
Raymond K. Duggins
Cove
Raymond K. Duggins,
82, of Cove, died March 15
at his residence. Arrange-
ments are by Loveland
Funeral Chapel & Crema-
tory, La Grande.
Public Safety Report
FRIDAY, MARCH 12
8:37 a.m. — A caller
reported possible animal
neglect on the 1800 block of
26th Street, La Grande. An
animal enforcement officer
made contact with the caller
but did not find the animal
in question.
9:33 a.m. — A caller
complained about an
aggressive dog on the
300 block of D Street,
North Powder. The animal
enforcement officer checked
the area but did not find the
dog.
1:26 p.m. — La
Grande police and medics
responded to N Avenue and
Fourth Street on a report of
a fight. Police took a report.
2:30 p.m. — A caller
reported vandalism to a
fence on the 1200 block of
Hall Street, La Grande. An
officer made contact and
will follow up.
5:32 p.m. — La Grande
police responded to the
1200 block of U Avenue on
a report of a juvenile dis-
turbance. Police arrested a
15-year-old male for assault.
9:15 p.m. — A caller
reported someone left a
child alone in a vehicle at
Walmart, 11619 Island Ave,
Island City. A Union County
sheriff’s deputy responded
but the vehicle was gone.
SATURDAY, MARCH 13
8:15 a.m. — La Grande
police responded to the
300 block of 18th Street for
a burglary. Police took a
report.
1:17 p.m. — A caller
reported a burglary at a res-
idence on the 1200 block of
Eighth Street, La Grande.
An officer responded and
took a report.
5:29 p.m. — A caller
reported a transient person
was setting up a tent at Pio-
neer Park, La Grande. An
officer searched the area
but did not find the tent.
7:30 p.m. — A Union
County sheriff’s deputy
responded to the area of
Hunter Road and Starr
Lane, La Grande, for a
vehicle that struck an elk.
The deputy took a crash
report.
10:16 p.m. — A caller
reported cattle were loose
at Miller Lane and Godley
Road, Union. A Union
County sheriff’s deputy
took information and con-
tacted the cattle’s owner.
SUNDAY, MARCH 14
Class on Nez Perce Tribe returns
Wallowa County Chieftain
JOSEPH — Back by pop-
ular demand, the Josephy
Center for Arts and Culture
presents Rich Wandschnei-
der’s Zoom class on the Nez
Perce Tribe on Saturday,
March 27, according to a
press release.
Wandschneider will
present “The Nez Perce
Story: An Introduction,”
from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
He also will discuss tradi-
tional Plateau Indian culture
from precontact to today.
The Nez Perce Story
class will cover:
• Traditional Plateau
Indian culture and the
impacts of white arrivals —
disease, horses, fur trade, mis-
sionaries, settlers and miners.
• Immediate events pre-
ceding the war of 1877 —
the treaties of 1855 and 1863,
and President Ulysses S.
Grant’s proposed division
of the Wallowa Country in
1873.
• The war’s aftermath,
from Bear’s Paw to Indian
Territory (Oklahoma), and
from Indian Territory back
to the Northwest, but not to
Oregon — where and how
the Nez Perce people live
today: three reservations,
a National Historical Park
and the Nez Perce Wallowa
Homeland.
Cost of the class is $25.
To register and for more
information, go to www.
josephy.org/event/the-nez-
perce-story-an-introduction.
EOU prof Ryan Scariano gives online reading
The Observer
The OBserVer — 3A
poems, a lilac has ‘loamy
eyes’; sugar ants are ‘little
seasonal keystrokes’; vin-
egar can ‘inhale summer’s
glow / and
exhale that
long amber
breath.’”
The reading
will conclude
with a com-
Scariano munity open
mic. The mod-
erator will take sign-ups
beginning at 6:45 p.m. on a
first-come basis (maximum
10 readers, each with a
5-minute reading limit).
This is a free event via
Zoom.
For more informa-
tion and the Zoom link,
go to www.artcentereast.
org/calendar, scroll down
and click on the March 17
Writing Project event.
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12:36 a.m. — The Union
County Sheriff’s Office
received a complaint about
a disturbance at the Union
City Park, Union. A sher-
iff’s deputy responded and
found a party in progress.
The deputy told the group
to keep the noise down.
12:39 a.m. — A caller
reported fireworks on
the 10400 block of South
McAlister Road, La
Grande. A Union County
sheriff’s deputy responded
and counseled the
parties involved.
10:33 a.m. — A Union
County sheriff’s deputy
responded to the 700
block of East Delta Street,
Union, after hearing gun-
shots. The deputy found
the gunshots came from a
trap club.
11:30 a.m. — La
Grande police responded
to a residence on the 400
block of Adams Avenue
for a disturbance. The
subjects left the property,
but police warned them
for disorderly conduct.
Carmella Mae Bourhill
September 19, 1934 - March 8, 2021
Carmella Mae
Bourhill, age 86, died
March 8, 2021, at Grande
Ronde Hospital of a
heart attack secondary to
metastatic cancer. “Car-
mel” was born at home
in Odell, OR, outside of
Hood River. She was the
oldest of seven children
of Harry Curtis Sook and
Hazel Mae Jett.
She attended a one-
room schoolhouse. She
may or may not have
walked five to 10 miles
through the snow one
way with her siblings
to get to school. The
mileage varied depending on when she told
the story, but I know it was a long way. Her
family moved often. When they lived in
Cornelius, she and her siblings picked fruit,
including peaches and strawberries.
She graduated from Hillsboro High
School, where she played basketball, volley-
ball and softball. She was baptized at Hills-
boro Baptist Church. She attended Portland
State University. Among her belongings
when she passed were some beautiful
sketches she drew for art classes there, but
she did not pursue that passion.
Mom was always herself: funny, acerbic,
loving. She did what she wanted. She did it
“Her Way.” I love her for that.
She met Robert George Bourhill when
they both worked at Montgomery Ward in
Portland. They wrote love letters to each
other when Robert worked summers as
a forest firefighter. They married in 1957.
Their love song was “Unchained Melody,” a
song that brings tears to me, her daughter,
every time I hear it all these years later.
They divorced in 1972.
Carmel and Robert moved with their
children, Colleen, 6, and Mark, 4, on
Colleen’s sixth birthday, Aug. 15, 1966.
Carmel took a job doing medical transcrip-
tion for the Fourth Street Clinic, a job she
would keep until her retirement in 1997.
She retired as office manager for a thriving
practice that is now GRH Regional Medical
Clinic on 4th Street in La Grande.
Passionate about sports, Carmel ex-
celled in volleyball and softball, amassing
shelves full of trophies during the 1970s
and 1980s. To say she was passionate about
playing is an understatement. She lived for
those games and she was seldom happier
than when she played.
Many families remember their moth-
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recipes. Carmella, my
mother, was different.
She proudly displayed
a sign in her kitchen
that said, “I Only Have a
Kitchen ‘Cause It Came
With My House.” She
loved eating out, and
her friends and family
loved eating out with
her.
When her grand-
children were small,
they each spent a week
visiting “DeeDaw” in
La Grande, where the
grandkids could swim,
watch as much TV as
they wanted, eat McDonald’s kids’ meals,
and make daily visits to the nearest Dollar
Store. Each grandchild would have a dollar
bill or some change to buy something
special.
She loved the Oregon Coast and
Wallowa Lake and was always up for a trip
there. She went on summer trips with her
children and grandchildren to national
parks across the West, including Yellow-
stone, Mount St. Helen, Mount Rainier
National Park and Olympic National Park.
Carmel’s church family at Faith Center
church in Island City was the center of
Carmel’s life in the many years after her
children and grandchildren moved to Vir-
ginia. She had a special seat she liked in the
back row and she loved to sing - oh, how
she loved to sing.
She also loved delivering Meals on
Wheels to seniors who want to live inde-
pendently but have a hard time cooking for
themselves. She did that for many years,
until she no longer could get out of her car
because of advancing rheumatoid arthritis.
A private service was held Friday,
March 12, 2021, at Faith Center in Island
City. She was a member of the Glorious
Grannies group there. Her family misses
her more than any words can say. She is
survived by her daughter, Colleen LaMay
(husband Brian), and grandchildren Ku-
randa LaMay, Cole LaMay, and Abby La-
May. She is predeceased by her son, Mark,
who died of brain cancer in 1998 at age 36.
She is survived by many extended
family members, including sisters Virginia
Furrow, Mary Stocker, Patricia Stocker and
Sara LeBrun and brothers Bud Sook and
Tim Sook.
Online condolences may be made to the
family at www.lovelandfuneralchapel.com.
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