RECORDS
Wednesday, July 27, 2016
PUBLIC SAFETY LOG
East Oregonian
Page 5A
OBITUARIES
MONDAY
7:26 a.m. - Burglars struck a vacant rental house on
Northwest Fifth Street, Hermiston, the property owner reported,
and added someone also broke into the house Saturday night.
9:28 a.m. - A Pendleton resident on Southwest Eighth Street
complained about a neighbor dumping his grass clippings on
her lawn, which he also did back in May.
9:47 a.m. - Pendleton police received a report of a
crying dog left outside on a deck on Northwest Third Drive.
Temperatures in Pendleton averaged 79 on Monday, according
to the National Weather Service, and peaked at 98.
10:41 a.m. - A man reported the theft of batteries, yard tools
and more from his property on Buffalo Lane, Hermiston.
10:52 a.m. - A man told Hermiston police he was ighting
with his girlfriend at Eldorado Apartments, 245 N.W. 11th St.,
and she wants to take his vehicle.
10:52 a.m. - Dobermans continued to jump a fence on
Southeast 10th Street, Pendleton, sparking a call from a
neighbor who reported the dogs are vicious.
11:37 a.m. - Hermiston police received a report of a guest
at Knights Inn, 425 N. First St., Hermiston, who has a torch, a
rattlesnake, and possibly drugs in the room.
11:54 a.m. - A man told Hermiston police someone used his
Social Security number to buy vehicles.
1:05 p.m. - A woman skipped out on paying an $85 tab at the
Main Street Diner, 349 S. Main St., Pendleton.
1:11 p.m. - Stanield police contacted an employee at Hunt’s
Auto & Fabrication, 170 E. Page Ave., Stanield, about cleaning
up weeds and more around the business.
1:24 p.m. - Umatilla police responded to a complaint on
Yakima Street for offensive odor and weeds.
2:43 p.m. - A caller told Stanield police her former landlord
on South Main Street illegally ran electricity to two outbuildings
on the property.
3:45 p.m. - A resident on Northeast Riverside Avenue,
Pendleton, told police her neighbor posted a speed limit sign
and yelled at her to slow down.
8:07 p.m. - A Pendleton man with a warrant asked police if
an oficer could cite and release him because he has a job and
children and would not be able to turn himself in.
20:31 p.m. - Pendleton police received a call about a
male on a motorcycle with the cash machine open at Banner
Bank, 1220 Southgate. Three minutes later, a caller reported
second-hand information that someone tampered with the cash
machine at that bank.
8:50 p.m. - Someone broke into a home on East Jennie
Avenue, Hermiston. A caller said this is an ongoing problem.
11:38 p.m. - A vehicle crashed into a power pole at Cooney
Lane Extension and Bensel Road, Hermiston, which caused the
power lines to sag.
ARRESTS, CITATIONS
•Pendleton police arrested Emmett Lloyd Hankey, 53, no
address provided, for possession of methamphetamine.
•Pendleton police arrested Timothy Jay Faria, 29, of
Pendleton, for irst-degree forgery and identity theft.
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Joel Brian Ellis
Newberg
December 13, 1926-July 23, 2016
Athena
November 20, 1953-July 20, 2016
Marvin L. Clarkson, 89, of
Newberg died Saturday, July
23, 2016.
Marvin was born Dec. 13,
1926, in Booker,
Texas, to Eula and
Edwin
Clarkson.
Marvin would be
the oldest of ive
children. The family
lived in Booker until
Marvin was age 9. Hard times
and the dust bowl blew them
to southern Idaho. During
Marvin’s youth he discovered
a love for growing animals
and crops.
As Marvin became a
young man he was drafted
into the U.S. Army. He served
in Berlin during the occupa-
tion at the end of the war.
On Dec 31, 1948, Marvin
married the sweet young
Louise Hockett at Greenleaf,
Idaho. They began their life
together working on farms
in the Greenleaf and Melba
areas of Idaho. They were
soon joined by a son, Danny,
and a daughter, Barbara. In
1957 Marvin began working
his own dairy in Notus, Idaho.
In 1964 a third child, Chuck,
joined the family.
In 1966 the dairy was
sold and Marvin worked
at various farms. In 1973
Marvin became the irrigation
manager at Eastern Oregon
Farms in Irrigon, Ore. After
17 years he moved on to
George Fox University and
joined their physical plant
staff until his retirement at
age 82.
On February 8, 2011, his
Hermiston native earns Whitworth degree
SPOKANE — Yvonne Lacoursiere of Hermiston was
awarded a Bachelor of Arts in history during the 2016
Whitworth University graduation ceremonies.
Marvin L. Clarkson
beloved Louise passed away
in order to get the garden
ready for Dad to see it.
Marvin’s passion was
watching life grow.
Sometimes it was
plants. Other times
it was animals, but
the greatest joy
was seeing spiritual
growth in the lives
of people. Marvin always had
an inluence on those around
him through encouragement,
wisdom and mentoring.
Many students at George Fox
learned to love Marvin and
kept in touch with him. Later
in life Marvin and Louise
received a lot of joy through
their involvement with the
Foster Friends program
that supported the GFU
girls’ basketball team. He
continued to meet with two of
his Foster Friends each week
right up until his death.
Survivors include son
Danny Clarkson, his wife
Debi and children Bart, Katie
and Lori; daughter Barbara
Hatield, her husband Ernie
and children Jay and Robert;
son Chuck Clarkson and
children Joel, Amanda,
and Caleb; brother Marion
Clarkson; and sister Letha
Dillon.
He was preceded in death
by his parents, Edwin and
Eula Clarkson, and brothers
Howard Clarkson and Everett
Clarkson.
Funeral services will be
held Friday, July 29 at 10 a.m.
at Attrell’s Funeral Chapel in
Newberg.
UPCOMING SERVICES
WEDNESDAY, JULY 27
FUCHS, JOYCE — Recitation of the rosary at 6 p.m.
in the chapel at Burns Mortuary, 685 W. Hermiston Ave.,
Hermiston.
THURSDAY, JULY 28
FUCHS, JOYCE — Mass of Christian burial at 10 a.m. at
Our Lady of Angels Catholic Church, 565 W. Hermiston Ave.,
Hermiston. Burial will follow in the Hermiston Cemetery.
SALAS GARCIA, EDUARDO JR. — Recitation of
the rosary at 7 p.m. in the chapel at Burns Mortuary, 685 W.
Hermiston Ave., Hermiston.
BRIEFLY
Upper Columbia Mill closing down
BOARDMAN — The Collins Companies has notiied
oficials in Morrow County that it will shut down its Upper
Columbia Mill in Boardman by the end of October and lay
off all 67 employees.
The Upper Columbia Mill consisted of a sawmill at the
former Boardman Tree Farm and planer facility at the Port of
Morrow, both of which will be permanently closed. The last
day for most employees will be Sept. 19.
GreenWood Resources, which operated the tree farm since
2007, has since sold the entire 25,000-acre property to Willow
Creek Dairy and AgriNorthwest to raise cows and potatoes.
That left the mill without a viable source of logs to continue
operating, according to Collins President and CEO Eric
Schooler.
The mill will let go of any remaining salaried personnel and
maintenance by Sept. 30, with a complete shutdown by Oct.
31.
Hermiston to create two new committees
HERMISTON — The city of Hermiston is creating two
new committees to address upcoming projects.
The irst is a design committee for the festival street that
the city plans to build along Second Street in front of city hall
using money from the Urban Renewal District.
City manager Byron Smith told city councilors Monday
night that the committee would work for about a year with
architects to design the project and gather public input. The
committee will be made up of one city council member, one
city staff member and three members of the public.
The other committee is a transit advisory committee,
which will help the city look at “potential improvements” to
the city’s transportation system. The city has already budgeted
for a Dial-a-Ride system in the next year to supplement the
taxi ticket program for senior and disabled residents.
That committee will include two councilors, someone
from the planning department, someone who uses the taxi
ticket program, someone in the senior care industry, someone
from the chamber of commerce and a citizen.
The rest of Monday’s meeting included committee reports,
the June inancial report and a proclamation recognizing
National Night Out.
Mirasol clinic hosts health fair
HERMISTON — Food, games, prizes, health screenings
and entertainment are featured during a free community
health fair.
Fiesta de Salud! is Sunday from 1-5 p.m. at Mirasol
Family Health Center, 589 N.W. 11th St., Hermiston.
For more information, contact Jessica Johnson at 509-865-
6175 or jessicajohn@yvfwc.org.
Umatilla Co. schools get new leadership
Umatilla County schools continue with the game of
musical chairs as Umatilla High School welcomes its second
new principal in as many years.
In May, the Umatilla School Board accepted the
resignation of high school principal Beth Burton.
Burton, who has been with the district since July 2015,
accepted the position as principal of Stanield Secondary
School, left vacant by Bryan Johnson who is moving to a new
position in Washington state. Previously Burton worked as the
Imbler School District superintendent during the 2014-2015
school year and before that as a teacher in Arlington for three
years. Burton’s father, Wayne Kostur, served as Stanield’s
interim superintendent during the 2013-2014 academic year.
Burton had planned to be in Umatilla for several years, but
when Johnson left Stanield she decided to throw her hat in the
ring. Burton is expecting her irst child with her husband and
jumped at the opportunity to raise her child in Stanield, citing
the small school, small town feel she grew up with in Athena.
Bob Lorence will replace Burton at Umatilla High School.
Lorence has been serving as the principal of McNary Heights
Elementary School. McNary vice principal Rick Cotterell will
move up to the principal position at the school.
Prodigal Son hosts Science Pub Talk
PENDLETON — The public is invited to a presentation
about space and black holes during a Science Pub Talk.
Black Holes and Gravitational Waves: LIGO’s New View
of the Cosmos will be presented by Shane L. Larson of the
Adler Planetarium and Northwestern University. The event
is Sunday at 6 p.m. in the theater room at The Prodigal Son
Brewery & Pub, 230 S.E. Court Ave., Pendleton.
Larson, formerly of La Grande, said virtually everything
we know about the universe has been discovered from the
study of photons — light in all its myriad forms from radio
waves, to visible light, to x-rays and beyond. Advanced
technology, he said, is providing access to the cosmos through
detection of ripples in the fabric of space-time itself.
In the early morning hours of Sept. 14, 2015, a long-
awaited gravitational wave signal came booming out of
the sky, triggering the twin LIGO — Laser Interferometer
Gravitational-wave Observatory — detectors in Hanford and
Livingston, Louisiana. The signal was the signature of two
black holes merging to form a new, larger black hole.
Larson will share about the momentous discovery, what
LIGO saw, what it revealed about the universe and what the
future holds.
For more information about the event, call 541-276-6090.
For more about LIGO, visit www.ligo.caltech.edu.
Joel Brian Ellis passed
away July 20, 2016, at the age
of 62 after a long battle with
cancer.
He was born the second
son of Wayne
and Mary Ellis
on November 20,
1953, in Pendleton,
Oregon. He attended
school in Athena,
and after high school
Joel worked for
numerous farmers
and enjoyed being a
mechanic. He went
on to pursue a job
as a seismic tech in Ellis
Nevada.
Upon returning
to Athena he drove school
bus for the Athena-Weston
School District and did
mechanic work on buses for
several school districts in the
same location his father once
owned.
DEATH NOTICES
Eduardo Salas Garcia Jr.
Irrigon
Oct. 24, 1977-July 25, 2016
Eduardo Salas Garcia Jr., 38, of Irrigon died Monday,
July 25, 2016, at his home. He was born Oct. 24, 1977, in
Hermiston. Recitation of the rosary will be held Thursday,
July 28 at 7 p.m. at Burns Mortuary chapel in Hermiston.
Mass of Christian Burial will be held Friday, July 29 at 1 p.m.
at Our Lady of Angels Catholic Church in Hermiston. Burial
will follow at the Hermiston Cemetery. Burns Mortuary of
Hermiston is in care of arrangements. Sign the online guest
book at burnsmortuaryhermiston.com
Ruben Herrera
Hermiston
March 15, 1957-July 23, 2016
Ruben Herrera, 59, of Hermiston died Saturday, July
23, 2016, in Hermiston. He was born March 15, 1957, in
Edinburg, Texas. A funeral service will be held Friday, July
29 at 10 a.m. at Faith Presbyterian Church, 1005 S.E. Ninth
St., Hermiston. Burial will follow at the Hermiston Cemetery.
Burns Mortuary of Hermiston is in care of arrangements. Sign
the online guest book at burnsmortuaryhermiston.com
MEETINGS
WEDNESDAY, JULY 27
MORROW
COUNTY
COURT, 9 a.m., Bartholomew
Building
upper
conference
room, 110 N. Court St., Hep-
pner.
UMATILLA
COUNTY
BOARD OF COMMISSION-
ERS, 9 a.m., Umatilla County
Courthouse room 130, 216 S.E.
Fourth St., Pendleton.
HERMISTON
LIBRARY
BOARD, 4-5 p.m., Hermiston
Public Library, 235 E. Gladys
Ave. (541-567-2882).
THURSDAY, JULY 28
BUTTER CREEK IRRIGA-
TION DISTRICT, 10 a.m., dis-
trict ofice, 73120 Highway 207
(Butter Creek Highway), Echo.
(William Porily 541-449-1327).
ECHO IRRIGATION DIS-
TRICT, 10:30 a.m., district of-
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Tuesday, July 26
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1 p.m.: 2-4-1-2
Clean Spot heads up charity support
UMATILLA — The Clean Spot Laundromat and Car
Wash is excited about a partnership with faculty, staff and
students of Clara Brownell Middle School in Umatilla in
supporting some of the First Nation People of Canada.
With a high rate of suicide and unemployment, the First
Nation people have been suffering a huge crisis and in need
of support. The Umatilla business laundered clothing that
was left behind at the school district and shipped them to be
distributed to needy families.
For those who would like to further help in providing
support, contact thecleanspot@hotmail.com, 541-571-4299 or
stop by 1251 Switzler Ave., Umatilla.
Th e family of
Frances Papineau “Sis” Beck
would like to thank everyone for the
support, love and cards. It meant so
much to us in our time of grief.
Many came a great distance and we
appreciated them for it. A big thank
you to the Oddfellows (Rebeka)
Lodge in Lexington for the lovely
dinner aft erwards. Th ey are a real
asset to the community.
Donna & Wayne VanZante
Phyllis Mayes
He loved all animals,
ishing, hunting and the
mountains. Joel had a passion
for ixing the unixable and
making something out of
nothing.
He was preceded
in death by his
parents,
brothers
Clark and Richard,
and sister Mary
Galloway.
Joel is survived
by his wife Ruth
Ann, son Jacob,
sister Alana Wallen,
and several aunts,
uncles and cousins.
A
memorial
service will be
held Saturday, July 30th at 1
o’clock at the Athena Baptist
Church.
Memorial contributions
may be made to the Walla
Walla Cancer Center and
Hospice.
ice, 73120 Highway 207 (Butter
Creek Highway), Echo. (William
Porily 541-449-1327).
SALVATION ARMY ADVI-
SORY BOARD, 12 noon, 150
S.E. Emigrant Ave., Pendleton.
LOWER UMATILLA BASIN
GROUNDWATER MANAGE-
MENT COMMITTEE, 1 p.m.,
Stafford Hansell Government
Center, 915 S.E. Columbia
Drive, Hermiston. Scott Fairley
with Greater Eastern Oregon
Solutions will speak about the
program and a possible part-
nership. (Janet 541-676-5452).
UMATILLA
COUNTY
PLANNING
COMMISSION,
6:30 p.m., Umatilla County Jus-
tice Center, 4700 N.W. Pioneer
Place, Pendleton.
FRIDAY, JULY 29
EASTERN
OREGON
TRADE & EVENTS CENTER
AUTHORITY BOARD, 7 a.m.,
EOTEC main building, 1705 E.
Airport Road, Hermiston.
MONDAY, AUG. 1
LOWER MCKAY CREEK
RURAL FIRE PROTECTION
DISTRICT, 8 a.m., 116 S.E.
Second St., Pendleton. (Chris-
topher
Cockburn
541-276-
3521).
HEPPNER
PLANNING
COMMISSION, 7 p.m., Hep-
pner City Hall, 111 N. Main St.
M I LT O N - F R E E WAT E R
PLANNING COMMISSION, 7
p.m., Milton-Freewater Public
Library Albee Room, 8 S.W.
Eighth Ave.
WESTON PLANNING COM-
MISSION, 7:30 p.m., Memorial
Hall, 210 E. Main St.
Route work
pays for my
children’s
activities.
7/27
Cineplex Show Times
$5 Classic Movie
7/27 12:00 PM
EDWARD SCISSORHANDS (PG13)
Ice Age: Collision Course (PG)
3D: 9:30
2D: 4:40 7:10
Star Trek Beyond (PG13)
3D: 9:40
2D: 4:20 7:00
Ghostbusters (PG13)
4:50 7:20 9:50
The Secret Life of Pets (PG)
4:30 6:50 9:20
The Legend of Tarzan (PG13)
5:00 7:30 10:00
Credit & Debit Cards accepted
Cineplex gift cards available
* Matinee Pricing
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