RECORDS
Tuesday, March 8, 2016
East Oregonian
PUBLIC SAFETY LOG
OBITUARIES
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
12:11 a.m. - A caller reported vehicles racing at 80-90 mph on
Diagonal Boulevard and North Ott Road, Hermiston.
12:28 a.m. - Pendleton police received a report of residents on
Southeast 10th Street screaming and hitting each other.
12:57 a.m. - A woman reported a man was helping her husband
move belongings to a Stan¿eld storage shed when police arrested
her husband and the helper then took her things. She also said she
called and texted him but he replied she was harassing him.
1:20 a.m. - A caller from Wallace Drilling, 3103 S. Ott Road,
Hermiston, reported an employee’s girlfriend may have stolen
another employee’s laptop computer.
1:50 a.m. - A Umatilla woman told police her ex-boyfriend kicked
in her door on Tyler Avenue and she forced him out. She called
police at 9:55 a.m. and reported someone slashed tires on her
vehicle.
4:13 a.m. - A woman told police someone was trying to break into
her house on Southwest Sixth Street, Pendleton.
4:18 a.m. - An Irrigon woman on South First Street reported a
theft of guns.
10:56 a.m. – A local wheat farmer and attorney reported the theft
of a brown 1989 *0C full-si]e crew cab pickup from the area of
75000 Stage Gulch Road, Pendleton.
11:57 a.m. - A member of the 0orrow County Sheriff’s Of¿ce
gave a man a ride home after a caller reported walking by a man
who didn’t move while on the ground behind the car wash on the
100 block of Southwest Front Street, Boardman.
1:27 p.m. - A male and female stole a black 2000 Chevrolet
3/4-ton pickup from a home on Highway 334, Pendleton.
4:10 p.m. - The Umatilla County Sheriff’s Of¿ce received another
call about the dead dog in an orange sleeping bag where Birch
Creek Road, 0ilton-Freewater, crosses the Walla Walla River.
4:22 p.m. - The Umatilla County Sheriff’s Of¿ce received a report
of a poached elk on Highway 37 off Nelson Creek near Pendleton.
4:29 p.m. - Barking dogs prompted action from a Heppner man.
He told the 0orrow County Sheriff’s Of¿ce the dogs bark day and
night at a man’s house on Southeast Gilmore Street, so he took
video of the barking at different times of the day over three weeks.
He said he would like someone to quiet the dogs and did not need
to talk to a deputy.
7:39 p.m. - A Pendleton resident extinguished an illegal burn on
South 0ain Street, Pendleton.
9 p.m. - One heavy set male and one slimmer male damaged a
bathroom at Crossroads Truck Stop, 2020 Highway 730, Umatilla,
before leaving in a gray Honda Accord with Washington plates.
9:02 p.m. - A driver reported someone on the Goad Road
overpass threw items onto Interstate 84, Pendleton, which hit her
vehicle, though it may not have caused damaged.
9:47 - A caller from (astern Oregon Correctional Institution,
Pendleton, reported seeing someone in a “ha]mat suit” walk on the
railroad tracks near the prison.
11:42 p.m. - Someone in a slow-going vehicle shined a spotlight
on houses on Powerline Road, Hermiston.
SUNDAY
12:50 a.m. - Police looked for but did not ¿nd a possibly intox-
icated male who stood on planters at 0ain Street 0arket, 255 S.
0ain St., Stan¿eld, and dodged in and out of traf¿c.
1:23 a.m. - Residents on West Hermiston Avenue, Hermiston,
woke up and called 9-1-1 because three males fought in a front yard.
2 a.m. - A woman reported someone shot out her window and
then a vehicle left at 9ista 0obile Home Park, 1800 N.(. 10th St.,
Hermiston,
8:12 a.m. - A caller complained to Pendleton police about 10-12
members of the downtown CrossFit gym running westbound in the
middle of Dorion Avenue, which is a one-way street eastbound.
8:50 a.m. - Two Doberman Pinschers attempted to attack a man
on Southwest 12th Drive, Pendleton, as he got into his vehicle.
11:16 a.m. - Pendleton police received a report of a male riding
a bike and pulling what looks like a covered wagon in the middle of
downtown 0ain Street.
11:55 a.m. - A Boardman woman reported someone attacked her
the previous night and took her pills, wallet, purse and more.
1:52 p.m. - A father told the 0orrow County Sheriff’s Of¿ce his
16-year-old daughter reported her mother’s boyfriend pushed her
and the mother near Heppner, and the mother hit her head but
seemed ¿ne. The daughter, though, wanted to speak to a deputy.
3:29 p.m. - A Pendleton mother told police a male has been
harassing her and threatening her daughter on Facebook.
5:47 p.m. - A guest at 0otel 6, 325 S.(. Nye Ave., Pendleton,
tried to kick down a door.
6:12 p.m. - The 0orrow County Sheriff’s Of¿ce checked into a
possible case of a felon in possession of a weapon.
7:37 p.m. - Pendleton police received a request from the police
department of Coeur d’ Alene, Idaho, to help ¿nd a person connected
to an attempted homicide case. Police did not ¿nd the person in the
area.
ARRESTS, CITATIONS
Friday
Pendleton police arrested Christine G. Richardson, 26, of Walla
Walla, on a warrant and for possession of methamphetamine.
Umatilla Tribal Police Department arrested Jason Arthur Butler,
42, of Pendleton, for two counts each of harassment, disorderly
conduct, assault, menacing and recklessly endangering another, all
misdemeanors.
Hermiston police arrested Noe Calderon Sanche], 22, of
Hermiston, for second-degree assault and on a warrant for failure
to appear.
Oregon State Police cited a 16-year-old Pendleton girl for
possession of less than an ounce of marijuana while under the age
of 21.
Saturday
Pendleton police arrested Richard L. Bohna, 26, of 62441
0c(lligot Road, Ione, for duii.
Oregon State Police arrested Travis Andrew Clack, 22, of
Umatilla, for duii.
Oregon State Police at 7:57 p.m. received a report of a denial
of a gun buy at Hodgen Handguns, 71620 Valley View Drive,
Pendleton. A trooper responded and cited Drew William Tachella,
40, of Pendleton, for false swearing and unlawful purchase of a
¿rearm.
An Oregon State Police trooper caught two racers for going
more than 100 mph.
Trooper 0arcus Burt was observing traf¿c on Interstate 84 at
milepost 200 a few miles east of Pendleton when two vehicles at
8:24 p.m. ]oomed by. The ¿rst, a two-door Volkswagen, was going
100 mph, according to state police, and the second, a Dodge pickup,
was at 117.
The trooper chased, and the driver in the Volkswagen hit the
brakes in front of the pickup, nearly causing a crash. The trooper
stopped the car and waved for the pickup to stop, but it did not. The
trooper, though, later caught up with that driver.
Abdula]i] Alqasimi, 25 of Boise, drove the Volkswagen, and
Jordon Travis Beckley, 22, of Hermiston, drove the Dodge. The
trooper cited both for driving faster than 100 mph, and gave an
additional ticket to Alqasimi for reckless driving.
Sunday
Hermiston police arrested Jaime 0oras Nava, 26, of Paterson,
Washington, for driving under the inÀuence of intoxicants, reckless
driving and on a warrant for failure to appear.
Umatilla Tribal Police Department arrested Joel Daniel Simpson,
54, of Pendleton, for second-degree disorderly conduct, assaulting
a public safety of¿cer and resisting arrest.
0ilton-Freewater police arrested Don Douglas Lovell, 50, of 703
Washington St., 0ilton-Freewater, for duii.
Robert Milton ‘Bob’ Brown
Grace R. Sallee
Hermiston
May 31, 1928-February 25, 2016
Milton-Freewater
February 9, 1925-March 6, 2016
Robert “Bob” Milton
Brown, age 87, passed away
Thursday, February 25, 2016,
after three days of hospitaliza-
tion at Good Shep-
herd Medical Center
followed by a short
stay in Sun Terrace
Assisted Living with
Hospice Care.
Bob
was
born May 31,
1928, in Klamath
Falls,
Oregon,
to Raymond C.
Brown and Goldie
P. (Sparks) Brown.
The family soon
moved to La Grande
and later to a farm in
Irrigon.
When Bob was Brown
in lower grade
school, his father
nearly lost an arm when
dragged through a barbed wire
fence by a runaway horse.
Bob’s parents later divorced,
and he and his sister Jean
lived with their mother, step-
father Floyd Provancha and
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area and then various places
and states picking crops. This
resulted in attending many
different schools each year. In
1941, from Twin Falls, Idaho,
the family moved back to the
farm in Irrigon, which was
owned by Bob’s Grandfather
Sparks.
It was in Irrigon that he
met future wife Ellen Fraser,
who moved there from Idaho
in 1942, since her father had
started work the year before at
the Umatilla Ordnance Depot.
Bob graduated in 1947
from Irrigon High School
and started classes that fall
at Eastern Oregon College
in La Grande, where he
earned his bachelor’s degree
in elementary education
and later a master’s degree.
During the years at Eastern
Oregon College, he served in
the National Guard.
Bob managed Hermiston’s
Head Start summer program
during some years between
1951-1983 when he was
an elementary teacher in
Hermiston School District
#8. Various grade levels were
taught at West Park, Rocky
Heights, and Highland Hills.
While at West Park School, he
was a Boy Scout leader from
students in high school.
Until Bob’s rapid decline
in health, which included a
painful inoperable spine and
shoulders, he was
able to be an active
member for First
Christian Church.
Bob’s hobbies/
special
interests
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camping;
hiking
and backpacking,
especially in the
Wallowa Mountains
and Mount Rainier;
climbing Mt. Hood
in 1974 with wife
Ellen and son
Daryl;
operating
a small sailboat in
the 1980s; learning
Morse Code and becoming a
ham operator; bow-hunting
with friends; Boy Scout
leader (high school age);
doing woodworking, building
and installing cabinets and
workbenches in the garage
and shop; doing photography;
and being an avid reader.
Bob survived by wife
Ellen;
daughter
Vickie
Hartley; son Daryl Brown;
six grandchildren: Jeff (Astri)
Brown, Matt (Leslie) Brown,
Scott Brown, Eric Brown,
Angela Hartley and Jason
Hartley;
daughters-in-law
Peggy Brown and Sue
Brown; sister Jean Pinney;
stepsister Patty Smith; and
several cousins.
Preceding Bob in death
were his parents, stepfather
Floyd Provancha, stepsisters
Mary Joyce, Donna and
Barbara; and his son Gary.
A Celebration on Life
service will be held March
12, 2016, at the First Chris-
tian Church in Hermiston,
Oregon, at 11:00 a.m. A
private family burial was held
at the Hermiston Cemetery.
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consider cards or a donation
for researching a cure for
Alzheimer’s disease, which
claimed son Gary in April
2015.
Please sign the online
guest book at burnsmortuary-
hermiston.com
Burns Mortuary of Herm-
iston, Oregon, is in care of
arrangements.
John Clifford Lovell
John Clifford Lovell
was born June 28, 1950, in
Roseburg, Oregon, to parents
Donald Clifford and Mary
Hermine (Laughlin) Lovell.
He died at his home in
Pendleton, Oregon, on Friday,
February 19, 2016, at the age
of 65.
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in Eugene and Echo,
Oregon, before his
family moved to
Pendleton. He grad-
uated from Pend-
leton High School in
1968, and graduated
from Eastern Oregon
State College in La
Grande in 1973.
John
worked Lovell
for the US Forest
Service in the late 1970s as a
civil engineering technician. In
the early 1980s John worked
at the Eastern Oregon Hospital
& Training Center as a psychi-
atric aide. John also worked for
the Blue Mountain Economic
Development Council as an
energy program coordinator
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Eastern Oregon. In the early
1990s he returned to the U.S.
Forest Service as a forestry
technician. John worked
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the Foster Grandparents and
Grace
R.
Sallee,
Milton-Freewater, Oregon,
passed away March 6, 2016,
at her home surrounded by
her family at the age of 91
years. Graveside services
will be Thursday, March
10, 2016, at 1:00 p.m.
at the Milton-Freewater
Cemetery. Memo-
rial contributions
may be made to
the charity of the
donor’s
choice
through
the
Munselle-Rhodes
Funeral Home.
Grace was born
on the family cattle
ranch February 9,
1925, in Yocum,
Oregon,
the
daughter of John
R. and Laura
Johnson
Bond.
She was the third
of three daughters.
Grace’s
family
moved to Cove,
Oregon, where she
graduated
from
Cove High School
in 1943.
She joined her Sallee
sister in Portland,
Oregon, where she worked
for the Oregonian news-
paper. She married the love
of her life, Henry L. Sallee,
on October 17, 1946. The
couple raised their four boys
on the ranch on Cricket Flat
in Elgin, Oregon. After
selling the ranch, the family
moved to Milton-Freewater
and purchased the Chev-
rolet dealership. Grace and
her family operated Sallee
Chevrolet from 1973 until
retiring in 2006. Mr. Sallee
preceded her in death on
November 15, 1989.
Grace loved the outdoors
all of her life, riding horses,
gardening, overcoming all
the challenges of ranching
and raising four
boys. She then
readily
adapted
to the automobile
business, success-
fully handling all
accounting
and
business activities
of Sallee Chev-
rolet. She enjoyed
her
retirement,
reading books and
watching golf on
television.
She
especially enjoyed
family events and
spending time with
her grandkids and
great-grandkids.
Grace
is
survived by four
sons and their
spouses: Joe and
Diane Sallee of
Addy,
Wash.,
Robert and Sherry
Sallee of Milton-Freewater,
Ore., Foster and Marie
Sallee of Walla Walla,
Wash., and Tom and Peggy
Sallee of Colbert, Wash.;
six
grandchildren;
11
great-grandchildren; a great
niece, and two great-great-
nieces.
She was preceded in
death by her parents and
two sisters.
DEATH NOTICES
Samuel ‘Sam’ Cummings
Walla Walla
Dec. 13, 1919-March 1, 2016
Former Milton-Freewater resident Samuel “Sam”
Cummings, 96, of Walla Walla died Tuesday, March 1,
2016, at his home. He was born Dec. 13, 1919, near Chico,
Calif. Graveside services will be held Friday, March 11
at 11 a.m. at the Milton-Freewater Cemetery. Memorial
services will follow at 1 p.m. at the First Assembly of God
Church in Walla Walla. Munselle-Rhodes Funeral Home in
Milton-Freewater is in charge of arrangements.
Sharon K. Fry
Milton-Freewater
June 25, 1946-March 5, 2016
Sharon K. Fry, 69, of Milton-Freewater died Saturday,
March 5, 2016, at her home. She was born June 25, 1946.
Munselle-Rhodes Funeral Home in Milton-Freewater is in
charge of arrangements.
R. LaMar Jones
Pendleton
June 28, 1950-February 19, 2016
Senior Companions programs.
He also worked in property
maintenance until retiring in
2012.
On November 24, 1984,
he married Roxi Newland in
Friday Harbor, Washington.
John was passionate
about soccer. He
played soccer at
Eastern
Oregon
State College and
then later on many
city club teams. He
enjoyed watching
the junior high and
high school soccer
teams, and was glad
to see soccer gaining
popularity in the
United States. He
also enjoyed the
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backpacking,
mushroom
picking, and camping.
John is survived by his
wife Roxi of Pendleton,
Oregon, and his sister Donna
Lovell of Mountlake Terrace,
Washington. He was preceded
in death by his parents and
an older brother, Paul Scott
Lovell.
No services are planned at
this time.
Online condolences may
be shared with the family at
www.pioneerchapel.com
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Pendleton
Aug. 14, 1928-March 4, 2016
R. LaMar Jones, 87, of Pendleton died Friday, March 4,
2016, at his home. He was born Aug. 14, 1928, in Magna,
Utah. Arrangements are with Pendleton Pioneer Chapel,
Folsom-Bishop.
William L. ‘Bill’ Stocking
Hermiston
June 20, 1937-March 5, 2016
William L. “Bill” Stocking, 78, of Hermiston died
Saturday, March 5, 2016, in Hermiston. He was born June
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will be held Saturday, March 12 at 1 p.m. at the Church
of the Nazarene, 1520 W. Orchard Ave., Hermiston. Burns
Mortuary of Hermiston is in care of arrangements. Sign the
online guest book at burnsmortuaryhermiston.com
Ronnie E. ‘Ron’ Walls
Stanfield
Sept. 30, 1949-March 4, 2016
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March 4, 2016, in Hermiston. He was born Sept. 30, 1949,
in Hermiston. Arrangements are pending at Burns Mortuary
of Hermiston. Sign the online guest book at burnsmortua-
ryhermiston.com
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6:56 a.m. - A Hermiston man told police his wife assaulted him,
then he hung up.
11:42 a.m. - A man told Umatilla police he bought a camper from
someone who acted suspiciously, so he thought maybe the trailer
might be stolen.
3:30 p.m. - A little girl walked her dog on Northwest 10th Street,
Pendleton, when a brown and white pit bull dog attacked her dog.
3:34 p.m. - An employee of Westend Radio Co., doing business
KOHU & The Q, Hermiston, reported a male has been harassing
her at work and sending inappropriate texts.
4:22 p.m. - A Pendleton-area woman reported she ¿lled out a
bogus grant request via Facebook.
4:31 p.m. Four boys around 8 years old chased another child on
the roof of the restroom at Rice-Blakey Park, 2220 S.W. Quinney
Ave., Pendleton.
4:33 p.m. - A woman on Baxter Road, Hermiston, reported a
man took two handguns from her home on Feb. 22 and she has not
been able to get them back. The Umatilla County Sheriff¶s Of¿ce is
investigating.
4:56 p.m. — The owner of a Pendleton house on the 300 block
of Southwest Court Avenue told police a male and female who he
did not allow on the property both pulled their pants down as if they
were going to urinate.
10:22 p.m. - Pendleton police received a report of people with
Àashlights in the First United 0ethodist Church, 325 S.(. Second St.
10:23 p.m. - High school-aged drivers sped through a parking lot
at Community Park, 1200 S.W. 44th St., Pendleton, to try and “jump”
the speed bumps.
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