RECORDS
THURSDAY, AUGUST 12, 2021
DEATH & SERVICE NOTICES
PUBLIC SAFETY REPORT
Everett Hancock
La Grande
Everett Hancock, 72, of La Grande, died Aug. 10,
2021, at his residence. Arrangements are by Loveland
Funeral Chapel & Crematory, La Grande.
Stephen A. Cruikshank
La Grande
Stephen A. Cruikshank, 73, of La Grande, died Aug.
10, 2021, at Grande Ronde Hospital. Arrangements are
by Daniels-Knopp Funeral, Cremation & Life Celebra-
tion Center, La Grande.
Alta ‘Rose’ Moore
Union
Alta “Rose” Moore, 102, of Union, died Nov. 5, 2019.
A memorial service will begin at 12:30 p.m. Aug. 18
at the Haines Cemetery. Arrangements are by Dan-
iels-Knopp Funeral, Cremation & Life Celebration
Center, La Grande.
MONDAY, AUG. 9
TUESDAY, AUG. 10
10:17 a.m. — La Grande police received a report of an assault
on the 1500 block of 21st Street. An offi cer made contact and will
follow up.
11:10 a.m. — A caller reported a burglary at a residence on the
700 block of North 15th Avenue, Elgin. A Union County sheriff ’s
deputy responded and took a report.
11:41 a.m. — A caller reported loose livestock in the area of the
59300 block of Glass Hill Road, La Grande.
12:02 p.m. — La Grande police received a report of a restrain-
ing order violation on the 2100 block of Y Avenue. An offi cer
responded and took information.
4:24 p.m. — The Union County Sheriff ’s Offi ce received a report
of domestic violence in a vehicle in the area of Walmart, 11619
Island Ave., Island City. A sheriff ’s deputy searched the area but did
not fi nd the vehicle.
7:10 p.m. — La Grande police received a complaint about a
careless driver at Birch Street and W Avenue. An offi cer responded
and warned the subjects involved.
8:54 p.m. — A caller complained about an ongoing problem
with a barking dog on the 1200 block of Conklin Road, Cove.
8:38 a.m. — A caller on the 2900 block of Mulholland Drive,
La Grande, reported a person was urinating in public. An offi cer
responded and trespassed one person.
10:15 a.m. — La Grande police responded to a residence on the
300 block of 20th Street on a report of a juvenile disturbance. An
offi cer explained options.
11:52 a.m. — A business at Pat’s Alley, 1414 Adams Ave., La
Grande, reported a theft. An offi cer made contact and trespassed
two people.
3:55 p.m. — La Grande police responded to Willow Street and
Penn Avenue on a report of a suspicious male. Offi cers counseled
the subject.
5:22 p.m. — A caller complained about juveniles at Willow and
Second streets, La Grande, shooting a bow at a target.
8:32 p.m. — Residents on the 1000 block of Frontier Court,
La Grande, reported a runaway. An offi cer responded and took a
report. Police returned the juvenile to a parent.
11:04 p.m. — The Union County Sheriff ’s Offi ce received a
report of a possible sighting of a missing person at Walmart, 11619
Island Ave., Island City.
COMMUNITY BULLETIN BOARD
UPCOMING LOCAL SERVICES
Aug. 14 —
PATRICIA SANDLIN:
11 a.m. funeral, Bollman
Funeral Home, Enter-
prise; interment follows at
Enterprise Cemetery.
Aug. 14 — ALVIN
MONTGOMERY:
12:30 p.m. celebration
of life, Zion Lutheran
Church, La Grande.
Aug. 18 — ROSE
MOORE: 12:30 p.m.
THE OBSERVER — A3
MEETINGS
• LA GRANDE —
A regular session of the
La Grande Landmarks
Commission will be held
Thursday, Aug. 12, at
6 p.m. This meeting is
being held by electronic
communications. To
submit comments or ques-
tions or for access instruc-
tions, email mboquist@
cityofl agrande.org or call
541-962-1307 before 5 p.m.
Unfi nished business listed
on the agenda is the selec-
tion of a consultant for the
La Grande Downtown His-
memorial service, Haines
Cemetery.
Aug. 21 — MARY
BROWN: 11 a.m. cele-
bration of life, St. Peter’s
Episcopal Church, La
Grande.
Aug. 21 — WES
KILGORE: 2 p.m. cel-
ebration of life, Joseph
Methodist Church; a
remembrance get-together
for family and friends fol-
lows at the Joseph Com-
munity Center.
— calendar cour-
tesy of Loveland Funeral
Chapel, La Grande
toric District Standards
Update.
attend are asked to bring a
dessert or side dish to share.
BRIEFS
Play bingo at the
senior center on
Tuesdays
LHS classes of 1957
and 1958 reunite this
weekend
LA GRANDE — Mem-
bers of the La Grande High
School classes of 1957 and
1958 and their families are
invited to a reunion on Sat-
urday, Aug. 14, at Fred
Beeman Memorial Park
in Island City. The BYOB
gathering will go from
10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Those who
Interested in
genealogy? Center
opens to public
LA GRANDE — The
Family History Center
at 1802 Gekeler Lane,
La Grande, is now open
to the public. Hours are
Monday and Friday from
9 a.m. to noon, Tuesday
and Thursday from 9 a.m.
to 3 p.m., and Wednesday
from 6-9 p.m.
— The Observer
LA GRANDE — The
Union County Senior
Center, 1504 N. Albany, La
Grande, is again opening
its doors for community
activities, beginning with
Tuesday night bingo. Doors
open at 5:30 p.m., and all
are welcome.
Proceeds benefi t Union
County senior programs
including Meals on Wheels.
“Real Food for
the People”
Open
Fri-Sun Take-out
Menu
5pm-8pm Updated
Flora silversmith honored by grand marshal selection
By RONALD BOND
Wallowa County Chieftain
FLORA — Thirty-fi ve
years ago, Larry Bacon
attended a spur-makers
school in Idaho.
The classes, which were
in Nampa in 1986, were to
take four weeks, but Bacon,
a Flora resident, attended
for just a week due to mat-
ters that needed tended to
on his home farm.
“I asked if I could go just
for one week. I had cows to
calve, etc.,” he said.
Yet in that week, the
skill he honed — which he
set out to develop to make a
little money on the side —
turned into one that led to
him spending three decades
crafting spurs for the all-
around winner of the Chief
Joseph Days Rodeo.
And he was honored
for that contribution as he
was named grand marshal
of the Chief Joseph Days
Parade, which ran through
the streets of Joseph on Sat-
urday, July 31.
“It was quite an honor —
very much appreciated,” he
said. “There’s only very few
people that are chosen with
that honor. If they think I
have benefi ted their rodeo
and business, I very much
appreciate that.”
Bacon began making
spurs for the rodeo in 1991,
he said, after “word kind of
got out” that he was making
spurs and bits.
“One of the directors
contacted me and asked if I
could make a pair for Chief
Joseph Days, which I did,”
he said.
The silver spurs have
become a hit since, and one
of the more desired items
one can win at CJD.
“From what the direc-
tors tell me, everyone wants
to win those spurs, and it
becomes quite a competi-
tion between them of who is
going to get it,” Bacon said.
The spur-making pro-
cess, he said, can take about
a month and starts with a
bar of steel.
“You saw out your
design, cut it out of the
steel, fi le it, and work it as
needed,” he said.
Once the steel is crafted
into a spur shape, Bacon
overlays the spur with
silver, then polishes it.
The CJD spurs then have
the logo for the rodeo in
bronze soldered onto them,
with lettering spelling out
the title also soldered on —
and also in bronze.
This year, Bacon said, it
read, “All-Around Cham-
pion, 2021, 75th.”
Bacon, who has made
between 100 and 200 sets
of spurs, said he has always
liked making, working
on farm projects or as a
mechanic. That was part of
what turned him on to spur
making.
“I wanted a job that I
could do in my shop over
the winter time, and kind of
make a little extra money
for the farm,” he said.
“That’s why I chose to learn
to do a little silver work and
maybe help out with my
income.”
Over the years, he has
made spurs for several
individuals, and has also
crafted them for the St.
Paul Rodeo. He also makes
buckles, jewelry, bits and
more.
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Patricia Louise Sandlin
February 17, 1937 - August 4, 2021
Patricia Louise Sandlin,
84, passed away Wednes-
day, August 4, 2021. She
was the third oldest child
of Ed and Sadie Carlson,
born February 17, 1937, at
Nespelem, Washington.
Pat was blessed with
a large family of many
siblings, grandchildren,
nieces and nephews, and
friends. She grew up on the
Colville Reservation in Ne-
spelem, Washington. Her
father worked on the Grand Coulee Dam
until its completion in 1942. Afterward
Ed had numerous jobs including working
in Richland, Washington, on the Hanford
Project.
Pat had three sisters and one brother
in her family. There was always room for
more people at the table, and Patricia’s
mom, Sadie, took in anyone needing a
place to stay.
Pat attended high school at Chemowa
Boarding School with her sister Bever-
ly. She was there for four years and had
numerous stories about her time there.
Everyone had a job there and they partic-
ipated in numerous activities. She made
a lot of good friends during her stay. She
was not able to attend her graduation
because her grandmother Louise became
ill and she had to leave for Enterprise,
Oregon. Pat went to join her parents and
sister Sandy in Enterprise, where Pat’s
dad secured a job in the late ’50s. Pat
went to join her parents and sister Sandy
there. Ed was known to be the most re-
spected log truck driver back in the day.
While attending a dance at the Wal-
lowa Lake Lodge Pat met a good-looking
cowboy named Jim Sandlin. They dated
and fell in love and were married not
long after on August 10, 1957. They were
to live on Imnaha Lookout at Hat Point
for a while. It was a great memory that
Pat always liked to reminisce about.
In July of 1958 Stacie Marie was born.
Pat had to carry her up many flights of
stairs to get to the top of the lookout.
After that job ended, they moved to the
upper Imnaha where Jim’s parents owned
a cattle ranch. Two years later in June
of 1960 Vickie Ann was born. Fourteen
months later Jeffrey Homa and James
Edward were born prema-
turely. They had to stay in
the hospital for a month
until they were well.
It was a busy time for
Jim and Pat with the four
children to care for. At that
time they had no electric-
ity and an old wood cook
stove had to be started
every day. Pat’s sisters and
her mother were often
called to assist on the
ranch. Stacie was helpful at
that time feeding the twins their bottles
at 3 years old. Years later Jim and Pat
moved to Enterprise where they pur-
chased a washing machine and Pat was
very happy.
Jim and Pat had been married 56
years at the time of his passing in 2013.
They spent most of their lives in En-
terprise except for two years in Unity,
Oregon. Jim ran a loader at the mill there
and it was a great time for the fami-
ly — hunting, fishing, rock collecting,
exploring old gold mines. After returning
to Wallowa County, they enjoyed many
camping trips and lots of good times on
the Imnaha. They had numerous good
friends in the county, which they called
the gang. Pat also enjoyed estate sales,
reading, and at any one mention of Wild-
horse off she went.
Pat sold her farm in 2018 and moved
to Milton-Freewater where three of her
children lived. She took on the role of
mother for all their friends. She was
always with them, whatever they were
doing and she will be missed by many.
Pat was survived by her children and
their spouses, Stacie and Bary Carper,
Jeff and Jani Sandlin, Jim and Monique
Sandlin, and Vickie and Jerry Schmierer.
Pat is also survived by one sister, Sandy
Whiteman, and seven grandchildren and
many great-grandchildren.
Pat was preceded in death by her
parents, Ed and Sadie Carlson; brother,
Jimmy Carlson; sisters, Beverly Mori and
Joane Kensler; husband, Jim Sandlin; and
nephew, Bobbi Morin.
Funeral services will be August 14,
2021, at 11 a.m. at the Bollman Funeral
Home in Enterprise, Oregon, with inter-
ment at the Enterprise Cemetery.