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Wednesday, July 21, 2021
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Family Outing
A heard of bighorn lambs and ewes eye the photographer from rocks overlooking the Deschutes River
below Shearers Falls.
Gary Elkinton photo
Lance Corporal Robert Greniger rests in Fort Snelling National Cemetery in Minnesota. His family was
the first to receive one of Anthony Marquez’s battlefield cross carvings.
Jessie Larvick photo
FILM
Local crew
honors fallen
Continued from page 1
the heartwarming story of
Anthony adopting the dog
he served with in the Marine
Corps and “Psychopath,”
the story of a man trying to
build a haunted theme park
in the woods of Oklahoma.
Larvick is co-directing his
first feature film, sharing
creative and filming duties.
Also a professional photog-
rapher, Larvick is putting his
photography skills to work
by collecting portraits of the
Gold Star families on the trip
in hopes to creating a “coffee
table book” to accompany
the documentary. The found-
er of LarvickMedia, he works
alongside Hood River and
Gorge based businesses such
as Double Mountain and
Maryhill Winery.
While filming is the fun
part, the behind the scenes
work commands the most
time. Working as a two-
and sometimes three-man
team, Larvick and Manny
are slowly contacting the
families, organizing equip-
ment, plotting the road trip
and trying to raise funds
for the films production, all
while leading their normal
lives as media producers.
Marquez and Larvick interview Kurt and Teresa Greniger, Robert’s
parents.
Contributed photo
The “XVII Carvings” project
has already began capturing
video, but the bulk of pro-
duction doesn’t begin until
October when they embark
on their five week road trip
in Oklahoma. The plan is to
head down to Texas, then
drive up the east coast. After
driving through the Midwest
they plan to end at Camp
Pendleton in California.
Many of Anthony’s friends
and unit members complet-
ed training at the Marine
Corps base outside San
Diego. A fundraising page
has been setup to try and
secure funding.
“This project will be our
entire lives for five weeks,”
said Manny.
With no production
assistant and no gaffer,
Larvick and Manny will be
trying to fill every role on set.
The two are doing a project
that usually requires a team
of seven or eight. Although,
when revisiting families that
have lost a loved one, some-
times a smaller team is better.
“If you are surrounded by
seven or eight people, it can
feel very overwhelming,” said
Larvick.
Those who donate to the
GoFundMe will be gifted
items such as t-shirts and
movie posters, depending on
the amount contributed. If
you would like to support the
production, you can find the
fundraiser by searching “XVII
Carvings” on the GoFundMe
website.
PURSUIT
that “he is being kidnapped”
and reported identifying
Two arrested for information on the suspects
their vehicle.
fraud, kidnapping and According
to The Dalles
Continued from page 1 City Police Chief Tom
Worthy, law enforcement
was first notified that a victim
Correctional Facility in The
was attempting to pass a
Dalles.
The suspects are alleged to fraudulent check at U.S. Bank
in The Dalles. Bank man-
have persuaded a home-
less man from Portland
ager Kim Kennedy-Burns
to go along with the scam
declined to comment on the
and forged fake checks in
incident.
his name. The three men
Worthy said officers spoke
were alleged to have visited
with the victim near the
multiple banks in the state
bank and were notified of
before arriving in The Dalles, the make and model of the
Ellis said.
vehicle the suspects used.
During an attempt to
They had fled the scene,
cash a fraudulent check at
said Worthy. Thus began a
First Interstate Bank in The
Gorge-wide manhunt for the
Dalles Thursday afternoon,
suspects.
police logs note that the
According to Worthy,
man “appeared nervous, he
the suspects crossed the
was faking phone calls and
Hood River-White Salmon
attempted to leave without
Interstate Bridge and headed
his ID.” The man then left a
in the direction of Carson.
note on the back of a receipt Agents from Skamania
County Sheriff’s Office
discovered the car unoccu-
pied and dispatched a K-9
unit and a drone to locate
the suspects. Both suspects
were detained and sent to a
hospital in Hood River, ac-
cording to police logs, which
note the car was identified as
a rental car dispatched from
an airport in Seattle.
“The Dalles City Police and
partners all worked together
to bring a peaceful resolution
to this situation,” Worthy
said.
Worthy noted many of
the details on this case are
still being worked out by
investigators.
Skamania County Sheriff’s
Office did not return a re-
quest for comment by press
deadline.
The suspects are be-
ing held on bail posted at
$10,000 each.
a combination of both.
Neher said Washington
Department
of Natural
Male issued
Resources referred the case
criminal citation to the Washington Attorney
General’s office, who can
Continued from page 1 seek restitution on behalf of
the agencies involved with
deputies identify the suspect, fighting the seven-acre fire.
While cost estimates are
Dallesport local Alexander
still coming in, Neher said he
Tally.
expects the real cost of fight-
Tally was charged with
reckless burning in the sec-
ing the July 4 fire between
ond degree, which is a gross $75,000 and $100,000. That
day, assets from multiple
misdemeanor and carries a
maximum penalty of impris- county fire districts, air sup-
port and tree-fallers, as well
onment up to 364 days, by
fine not exceeding $5,000, or as other assets from DNR
and the Department of Fish
and Wildlife were activated
in response to the blaze.
Multiple structures were
threatened by the fire, which
prompted officials to an-
nounce a Level 3 evacuation
order for the entire commu-
nity of Lyle. The order lasted
nearly two hours and a 100%
containment announcement
was made the following day.
Neher said the type of
fireworks used in the ignition
of the fire, namely bottle
rockets, are illegal in the state
of Washington.
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