RECORDS
Tuesday, February 15, 2022
PUBLIC SAFETY REPORT
DEATH NOTICE
Janet Allread
La Grande
Janet Allread, 86, of La Grande, died Feb. 12, 2022, at a
local care facility. Arrangements are by Loveland Funeral
Chapel & Crematory, La Grande.
BRIEFS
COMMUNITY
BULLETIN BOARD
Union food bank is open on Feb. 18
UNION — The Union food bank is open on Friday,
Feb. 18, at 10 a.m. The service is available to those
who meet the income requirements. The food bank is
at Catherine Creek Community Center, 667 N. Main
St. For more information, call 541-562-2038 or email
ccccenter667@gmail.com.
Sign up for senior lunch in Cove by Feb. 22
COVE — Cove senior lunches are served at Founders
Hall on the Ascension School grounds on the first and
third Tuesdays of the month. Coffee and tea are available
at 11:30 a.m., and lunch is at noon. The menu for Tuesday,
March 1, is country-fried steak, potatoes and gravy, peas,
salad bar, rolls and carrot cake
The price is $5 per meal and reservations are requested
to ensure there is food for everyone. If you wish to par-
ticipate, call Betsy Arnson at 541-568-4902 or Virginia
Fischer at 1-907-299-6072 by Feb. 22.
— The Observer
Elgin Lions honored
Gerald Hopkins/Contributed Photo
At the January 2022 meeting of the Elgin Lions Club, President
Barbara Hawes, right, presented an award to Governor Kathy Oliver
for 15 years of service to the organization. Also during the meeting,
Debbie and Jared Rogers received their 25-year membership pins,
and Steve Oliver was presented with a 15-year pin.
THe ObserVer — A5
FRIDAY, FEB. 11
7:11 a.m. — A caller reported a disabled vehicle on Indian
Creek Road, Elgin. A Union County sheriff’s deputy responded
and gave the driver a ride.
11:21 a.m. — A caller reported an animal issue in the area
of 74500 Thompson Road, Elgin. An animal enforcement officer
made contact.
12:05 p.m. — A Union County sheriff’s deputy responded
to the 200 block of North 13th Avenue, Elgin, on a call about a
domestic disturbance and separated the parties.
3:53 p.m. — A caller reported possible animal abuse on the
76400 block of Palmer Junction Road, Elgin. An animal enforce-
ment officer made contact and took information.
4 p.m. — The Union County Sheriff’s Office received a com-
plaint about a possible restraining order violation on the 74500
block of Thompson Road, Elgin. A deputy made contact, took
information and provided options.
8:16 p.m. — A caller complained about an animal at Grande
Woods Apartments, 2005 Gekeler Lane, La Grande.
SATURDAY, FEB. 12
4:34 a.m. — La Grande police at Division Avenue and Umatilla
Street arrested Corbin Roy Goodman for driving under the influ-
ence of intoxicants.
10:19 a.m. — A caller reported a possibly dead animal on 12th
Street, La Grande. An animal enforcement officer checked it out
and found a coyote that was not dead.
6:43 p.m. — La Grande police responded to the 300 block of
Aquarius Way on a report of a disturbance and counseled the
subject.
The Observer
LA GRANDE — John
Sibley Williams will head-
line the first Art Center
East Writing Project of
2022 with a virtual pre-
sentation Wednesday, Feb.
16. The program, held via
Zoom, begins at 7 p.m.
Williams is the author
of nine poetry collec-
tions, including “Scale
Model of a Country at
Dawn” (Cider Press
Review Poetry Award),
“The Drowning House”
(Elixir Press Poetry
Award), “As One Fire
Consumes Another”
(Orison Poetry Prize),
East Oregonian
Tien-chu Loh/Contributed Photo
The artwork of Tien-chu Loh is featured in “Chinese Brush
Painting: A Progression,” an exhibit that opened Feb. 10, 2022,
at Betty Feves Memorial Gallery at Blue Mountain Community
College, Pendleton.
and the Lan Su Clas-
sical Chinese Garden in
Portland.
Loh experiments with
various Chinese brush
techniques. He also works
Prize. He serves as
“Skin Memory”
editor of The Inflec-
(Backwaters Prize,
tionist Review and
University of
founder of the Cae-
Nebraska Press)
sura Poetry Work-
and “Summon”
shop series. Pre-
(Juxta-Prose Chap-
book Prize).
vious publishing
Williams
His book “Sky
credits include Best
Burial: New &
American Poetry,
Selected Poems” is forth-
Yale Review, Verse Daily,
coming in translated form North American Review,
by the Portuguese press do Prairie Schooner and
lado esquerdo.
TriQuarterly.
A 27-time Pushcart
Williams has an MFA
nominee, Williams is
in creative writing from
Rivier University and
the winner of numerous
a master’s in book pub-
awards, including the
lishing from Portland
Wabash Prize for Poetry,
State University. He
Philip Booth Award,
is the head teacher of
Phyllis Smart-Young
Caesura Poetry Work-
Prize and Laux/Millar
with round brushes, ink,
color and Xuan paper, a
traditional style of rice
paper known for its fine
surface.
“I prefer the Xieyi
(expressive) over the
Gongbi (meticulous and
formal) style,” he said. “I
enjoy working with my
hands, thus I construct a
lot of my frames and dis-
play my works in a non-
conventional fashion.”
His paintings reflect
both his heritage as well as
his immersion in Western
culture.
The exhibition includes
art pieces that exemplify
a range of technical skills
and Loh’s refined artistic
sensibilities.
The Betty Feves Memo-
rial Gallery is nonprofit
exhibit space.
Its mission is to connect
emerging and established
artists and their work
with BMCC students and
staff, as well as the general
public.
Regular hours are
Monday through Thursday,
9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Admission is free.
For more information,
visit www.bluecc.edu/
community/feves-art-gallery.
RICHLAND, WASHINGTON, SHOOTING
Umatilla officer among first responders to help
Lt. Keith Kennedy
performed
‘perimeter watch’
in case suspect
remained in vicinity
By ERICK PETERSON
East Oregonian
RICHLAND, Wash. —
Following a deadly shooting
in Richland, Washington,
the Umatilla Police Depart-
ment sent one of its own to
help.
Lt. Keith Kennedy
rushed to the scene of the
shooting on Monday, Feb.
7. Two people had been
shot, and one had died, at
the Fred Meyer store in
Richland. Officers from
numerous agencies were
present. Kennedy’s job was
to perform a “perimeter
watch” in case the suspect
remained nearby, according
to the Umatilla Police
Department.
SUNDAY, FEB. 13
7:44 a.m. — A caller reported harassment on the 1100 block of
Alder Street, Elgin. A Union County sheriff’s deputy made contact
and explained options.
8:44 a.m. — La Grande police responded to a call from Mar-
ket Place Fresh Foods, 1912 Fourth St. and trespassed a person.
11:32 a.m. — La Grande police responded to a report of a dis-
turbance at a residence on the 2300 block of Jefferson Avenue
and took information.
5:04 p.m. — La Grande police responded to a report of a distur-
bance on the 1500 block of Z Avenue and separated the parties.
6:29 p.m. — La Grande police received a report of a possible
family offense. An officer made contact and logged information.
Award-winning poet reads at virtual event
Pendleton exhibit features Chinese brush painting
PENDLETON — “Chi-
nese Brush Painting: A
Progression” by Tien-chu
Loh opened with an artist
reception on Thursday,
Feb. 10, at the Betty Feves
Memorial Gallery at Blue
Mountain Community Col-
lege in Pendleton.
Nearly 30 ink paintings
of landscapes, animals and
calligraphy are featured in
the solo show.
Born and raised in
Hong Kong, Loh attended
Oregon State Univer-
sity and earned degrees
in microbiology and phar-
macy. He worked as a
pharmacist for more than
30 years, including a few
years in Pendleton in the
early 1980s.
Now retired, he enjoys
spending time on his cre-
ative endeavors, including
photography and Chinese
brush painting. Loh par-
ticipates in exhibitions
and demo sessions at
local art shows, libraries
7:50 p.m. — La Grande police again responded to the 300
block of Aquarius Way on a report of a disturbance and again
counseled the subject.
8:28 p.m. — A resident on the 3200 block of Alder Street, La
Grande, reported harassment. An officer responded and tres-
passed a person.
9:06 p.m. — A caller on the 1300 block of Z Avenue, La Grande,
reported a dog bit someone. An officer responded and removed
the dog. An animal enforcement officer will follow up.
10 p.m. — La Grande police responded to the 1800 block of
Washington Avenue on a report of a suspicious vehicle. An officer
took a report for confiscated drugs.
10:48 p.m. — A Union County sheriff’s deputy responded to
the area of 10500 North McAlister Road, Island City, on a report
of a person experiencing mental or emotional crisis. The deputy
provided assistance and options.
“They wanted anyone
Baker said it is
who could come to come,”
uncommon for her depart-
ment to send officers to
Kylie Baker, Umatilla
locations as far away as
police administrator, said.
“They really didn’t know at the Richland Fred Meyer,
which is more than 40 miles
that point what the scale of
this event was going to be.” away.
“I’ve worked here about
Her department, Baker
10 years, and normally
said, only had two or three
that’s not standard
officers on duty at
protocol,” Baker said.
the time, including
“But normally, we
the school resource
don’t really have five-
officer, charged to
scale events occur-
look over Umatilla
ring in our area,
schools. That left
fortunately. So, it
Kennedy as the only
doesn’t happen very
person available to
Kennedy
often, but when agen-
assist, Baker said.
cies call and say, ‘We need
“Basically, what hap-
pens from a law enforce-
help,’ if we have someone
ment perspective, is once
available, we’ll definitely
they get on scene at a
go.”
major event like that, they
Baker said there were
check in with a command
“definitely people from
post,” Baker said. “What-
other departments in this
ever the most immediate
area, as well” to assist.
need is at that time, that’s
Aaron Christopher Kelly,
what they get assigned for
39, was arrested late Feb. 7
that event.”
on the freeway between the
Kennedy’s perimeter
town of Sprague and Spo-
kane, Richland police said
watch was with a pair of
other officers from different in a Facebook posting.
departments.
Police dispatchers in
Richland received a call
reporting yelling and pos-
sible gunshots in the store at
11:03 a.m. Feb. 7. The first
officers responding arrived
just one minute later, police
said.
Richland interim Police
Chief Brigit Clary said
responding officers found
the two victims near each
other in the store and said
that although lifesaving
measures were tried, one
had already died.
The wounded victim was
a store employee who was
taken to a hospital, she said.
He had surgery and was
listed in critical condition,
police said. Neither victim
was identified.
The suspect and the
victim who died talked
before the shooting,
according to store video
footage seen by police.
Police said they don’t know
what was said and whether
the two knew each other.
The person who died was
not a store employee,
according to police.
shop, a virtual workshop
series, and also works
as a poetry editor and
book coach. He lives in
Portland.
To learn more, visit
his website, www.
johnsibleywilliams.com.
Attendance at the ACE
Writing Project is free.
To join, go to www.
artcentereast.org/calendar/
ace-writing-project-john-
sibley-williams/.
Guest writers can also
sign up to participate in an
open mic on Art Center
East’s website.
The evening’s facilita-
tors are Nancy Knowles
and Amelia Ettinger.
UPCOMING
LOCAL
SERVICES
Feb. 19 — WANDA LOWE: 1 p.m. memorial
celebration, Mountain Life Church, La Grande.
March 26 — JUDY HUNT: 3 p.m. celebration of
life, La Grande Seventh-day Adventist Church.
Please follow guidelines regarding face coverings
and social distancing at gatherings. Calendar courtesy
of Loveland Funeral Chapel, La Grande.
Online at lagrandeobserver.com
Michael “Mikey” Richard Jacobs
August 3, 1953 - January 24, 2022
Michael Richard Jacobs, aka
Mikey, 68, of La Grande, Ore-
gon, passed peacefully Jan. 24,
2022, at his residence. Mikey’s
family is planning a celebration
of his life in July of 2022. De-
tails are forthcoming.
Mikey was born Aug. 3,
1953, to Patrick and Barbara
(Lindsey) Jacobs in San Diego,
California. When he was young,
his family moved to Parris Is-
land, South Carolina, where his father was stationed in
the United States Marine Corps. When his father retired
from the Marine Corps, his family moved to Pocatello,
Idaho, where he graduated from Pocatello High School
with the class of 1972. After graduation, he was a crane
operator in Pocatello, Idaho. He was a truck driver for
the last 25 years and he had recently retired and moved
to La Grande, Oregon, to be closer to family.
He enjoyed four-wheeling and target shooting with
his cousin Randy Lindsey, brother-in-law Boyd Rock
and his nephews Justin, Jason and Josh Rock. He loved
barbecuing brats and turkey legs with his family. He
loved going to the cabin in Starkey, Oregon. He en-
joyed spending holidays with family. He owned a 1976
blue and white Chevy pickup short box that he bought
brand-new, and his brother Dan bought a blue one just
like it on the same day. He put a lot of time and money
into his beloved truck.
Mikey loved his job so much that he would tell his
family he was going on vacation when he would go on
his route for work. He was not fond of technology, as
his family very well knew. He would get lost on occa-
sion on his route and he would call his family to have
them look up how to get him out and back on his way.
Mikey was a kind and caring person who would give
his shirt off his back for anyone who needed it. He had
a great sense of humor.
He is survived by his brother, Dan (Glenda) Jacobs
of Pocatello, Idaho; sister-in-law, Judy Jacobs of Po-
catello, Idaho; sister, Vikki (Boyd) Rock of La Grande,
Oregon; brother, Rick (Melanie) Jacobs of McCall,
Idaho; sister, Linda Jacobs of Venice, California; and
numerous cousins, nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by his father, Patrick Ja-
cobs; mother, Barbara (Lindsey) Jacobs; brother, Sam
Jacobs; cousin, Wendy (Lindsey) Jorgensen; and his
grandparents.
In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made in his
honor to the La Grande Rifle Pistol Club, c/o Oregon
Trail Trader, 2312 Adams Ave., La Grande, OR 97850.
Online condolences may be made to the family at
www.lovelandfuneralchapel.com.