RECORDS
Friday, December 30, 2016
PUBLIC SAFETY LOG
WEDNESDAY
1:35 a.m. - A woman reported hearing four gunshots fired at
West Highland Avenue and Southwest 9th Street, Hermiston, as
she was walking home.
7:44 a.m. - Pendleton curbsides are not the place for old
furniture. Someone set out their used sofa at the corner of
Southwest Marshall Avenue and Tutuilla Road, which violated
the city’s code.
9:20 a.m. - Rocky Mountain Colby Pipe Co., Pendleton, was
the target of fraud after someone duplicated company checks
for $6,000.
9:57 a.m. - Hermiston police responded to a report of a
break-in to an Interpath Laboratory company vehicle on West
Elm Avenue, Hermiston. There were scratches around the
lock area and on the inside of the car, and damage around the
steering wheel.
11:11 a.m. - Someone broke into the soda pop machine at
Pilot Rock Market, 168 N.W. Birch St., and took about $450.
11:48 a.m. - A caller reported a car trapped between a
recycle bin and a chain-link fence at Home Depot on West
Harper Road, Hermiston. The windows of the car were steamed
up.
12:04 p.m. - A caller reported a dead puppy in the road on
Southeast 4th Street and asked police to come move it.
2:23 p.m. - A caller in Rieth reported someone shooting a
rifle was upsetting her horses.
2:46 p.m. - Hermiston police were called to check on a dog
at Southwest 1st Street and West Laird Avenue, Hermiston. A
caller reported the Doberman has been kept in a kennel and tied
up with a rope for several months and is never released. The
caller said others have reported the tied-up dog before, and said
she was willing to sign a complaint for a tether law violation.
3:06 p.m. - Scammers pretending to be with Publishers
Clearing House tried to lure a Hermiston-area resident, who
instead of sending money called the Umatilla County Sheriff’s
Office and asked to speak with a deputy.
3:21 p.m. - A caller reported transients set up tents and have
garbage on his father’s orchard near Northeast First Avenue,
Milton-Freewater, and the Walla Walla River.
4:31 p.m. - Pendleton police received a report of eight males
taking items from two cars and placing them in backpacks on
the first block of Southeast Seventh Street. They also did not
look like they wanted anyone to notice them, a caller said.
7:42 p.m. - An Athena man on Northeast Second Street
complained about a man who rides his lawn mower around
the neighborhood. The Umatilla County Sheriff’s Office sent a
deputy, who warned the lawnmower rider.
11:14 p.m. - A resident on Meadow Drive, Pendleton, asked
law enforcement to check on his neighbor, who has been idling
his vehicle for five hours. The caller said he knocked on the
neighbor’s door, but no one answered.
ARRESTS, CITATIONS
Wednesday
•An Oregon State Police trooper pulled over a vehicle
on Highway 37 near milepost 9 outside of Pendleton after it
nearly hit him head-on. The driver was a 17-year-old male who
admitted to smoking marijuana before getting behind the wheel.
The cop searched the vehicle and found pot and drug-related
items, then arrested the teen for driving under the influence
of intoxicants and minor in possession of marijuana before
releasing him to his mother.
•Boardman police arrested Michael William Barclay, 52, no
address available, for DUII.
Thursday
•Stanfield police were called to a residence on North
Sloan Street in the early morning hours after the homeowner
complained that a neighbor had been “out doing cookies” on
her property the night before, and was now on the property
screaming and had broken her fence. The caller said the
trespasser’s mother was out with him.
Officers arrested Arnoldo Almonte, 35, of Stanfield on
charges of second-degree disorderly conduct and second-de-
gree criminal mischief (vandalism), both misdemeanors. He was
lodged at the Umatilla County Jail, Pendleton, on $10,000 bail.
Officers killed in the
line of duty rose in 2016
By LISA MARIE PANE
Associated Press
The number of police
killed in the line of duty rose
sharply in 2016, driven by
shootings of police around
the country, most notably
ambushes in Dallas and
Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
From Jan. 1 through
Wednesday, 135 officers
lost their lives. Some died in
traffic accidents, but nearly
half were shot to death.
That’s a 56 percent
increase in shooting deaths
over the previous year. Of
the 64 who were fatally
shot, 21 were killed in
ambush attacks often fueled
by anger over police use of
force involving minorities.
“We’ve never seen a
year in my memory when
we’ve had an increase of
this magnitude in officer
shooting deaths,” said Craig
Floyd, president and chief
executive of the National
Law Enforcement Officers
Memorial Fund. “These
officers were killed simply
because of the uniform they
wear and the job they do.
This is unacceptable to the
humane society that we are.”
In Dallas, a sniper on July
7 attacked at the end of what
had been a peaceful rally
against police brutality. He
killed five law enforcement
officers and wounded nine
others — the largest death
toll among law enforcement
from a single event since
the 9/11 attacks, which
killed 72 officers. Months
later, Dallas businesses
and residents still display
blue ribbons and banners
declaring, “We support our
Dallas police officers.”
But even amid commu-
nity support, the police
department remains unset-
tled. Hundreds of officers
have retired or left the force
over the past six months as
the city struggles to find
a way to increase pay and
save a failing police and
fire pension. Former Chief
David Brown, who became
a national figure in the
aftermath, was among those
who opted to retire. And
interim Dallas Police Asso-
ciation president Frederick
Frazier said that morale is
“almost nonexistent.”
“A lot of us are going
through the motions at
work. We’re hoping things
will get better with our
struggle,” he said. Frazier
added that the attack was a
“game changer. It changed
the perception of law
enforcement. It reversed
the roll after Ferguson. We
were the pursuer and now,
we’re being pursued.”
Less than two weeks
after the Dallas attack,
a lone gunman in Baton
Rouge shot and killed
three officers and wounded
three others outside a
convenience store in the
weeks after a black man,
37-year-old Alton Sterling,
was shot and killed by
police during a struggle.
Baton Rouge Police Cpl.
Lester Mitchell was part-
ners with Matthew Gerald,
one of the three slain
officers, and was among the
officers who raced to the
scene of the shooting that
also killed sheriff’s deputy
Brad Garafola and officer
Montrell Jackson. Mitchell
has daily reminders of the
deadly shootout, driving
past the scene on his way to
police headquarters.
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DEATH NOTICES
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OBITUARY POLICY
Linda Dianne (Palmer) Tefft
Richland, Wash.
Nov. 3, 1944-Dec. 26, 2016
Linda Dianne (Palmer) Tefft, 72, died Monday, Dec. 26,
2016, in Richland, Wash. She was born Nov. 3, 1944, in
Dunsmuir, Calif. A memorial mass will be held Saturday,
Dec. 31 at 10:30 a.m. at Christ The King Catholic Church,
1111 Stevens Drive, Richland. Burns Mortuary of Herm-
iston is in care of arrangements. Send condolences at
burnsmortuaryhermiston.com
The East Oregonian publishes paid obituaries. The obituary can in-
clude small photos and, for veterans, a flag symbol at no charge.
Obituaries may be edited for spelling, proper punctuation and style.
Expanded death notices will be published at no charge. These in-
clude information about services.
Obituaries and notices can be submitted online at www.eastorego-
nian.com/obituaryform, by email to obits@eastoregonian.com, by fax
to 541-276-8314, placed via the funeral home or in person at the East
Oregonian office.
For more information, call 541-966-0818 or 1-800-522-0255, ext. 221.
MEETINGS
Martha Lee Woodward
FRIDAY, DEC. 30
Walla Walla
Sept. 26, 1942-Dec. 27, 2016
No meetings scheduled
Former Pendleton resident Martha Lee Woodward, 74,
died Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2016, in Walla Walla. She was born
Sept. 26, 1942, in Pawnee, Okla. A full obituary will follow.
Burns Mortuary of Pendleton is in charge of arrangements.
Sign the online condolence book at www.burnsmortuary.
com
UPCOMING SERVICES
FRIDAY, DEC. 30
ANDERSON, RICHARD (ANDY, DICK) — Grave-
side service with military honors at 2 p.m. at Willamette
National Cemetery in Portland. A celebration of life will
immediately follow in Vancouver, Wash.
DAY, LIZ — Celebration of life service at 10 a.m. at
the First United Methodist Church, 191 E. Gladys Ave.,
Hermiston.
KJELDAHL, DOROTHY — Memorial service at 11
a.m. at the First Presbyterian Church, 201 S. Central Ave.,
Cut Bank, Mont.
PRAG, JOHN — Celebration of life from 4-7 p.m. at
the Port of Morrow Riverfront Center, 2 Marine Drive,
Boardman. Bring a favorite story to share.
SATURDAY, DEC. 31
TATUM, BILL — Memorial service at 11 a.m. at Grass
Valley Baptist Church, 122 Mill St., Grass Valley, Ore.
TEFFT, LINDA — Memorial mass at 10:30 a.m. at
Christ the King Catholic Church, 1111 Stevens Drive,
Richland, Wash.
MONDAY, JAN. 2
STOKES LANDING SENIOR
CENTER BOARD, 6 p.m., Stokes
Landing Senior Center, 195 N.W.
Opal Place, Irrigon. (Karen 541-
922-3137)
HEPPNER PLANNING COM-
MISSION, 7 p.m., Heppner City
Hall, 111 N. Main St., Heppner.
(541-676-9618)
MILTON-FREEWATER PLAN-
NING COMMISSION, 7 p.m.,
Milton-Freewater Public Library
Albee Room, 8 S.W. Eighth Ave.,
Milton-Freewater. (541-938-5531)
WESTON PLANNING COM-
MISSION, 7:30 p.m., Memorial
Hall, 210 E. Main St., Weston. (541-
566-3313)
TUESDAY, JAN. 3
UMATILLA MORROW RA-
DIO & DATA DISTRICT, 1:30
p.m., Boardman City Hall, 200 City
Center Circle, Boardman. (Shawn
Halsey 541-966-3774)
PENDLETON SCHOOL DIS-
TRICT WORK SESSION, 3 p.m.,
Pendleton School District office,
107 N.W. 10th St., Pendleton. (541-
276-6711)
WESTON LIBRARY BOARD,
5:30 p.m., Weston Public Library,
108 E. Main St., Weston. (541-566-
2378)
IRRIGON PLANNING COM-
MISSION, 6 p.m., Irrigon City Hall,
500 N.E. Main St., Irrigon. (541-
922-3047)
MEACHAM
VOLUNTEER
FIRE DEPARTMENT, 6 p.m., Mea-
cham Fire Department, Meacham.
(541-786-2069)
BOARDMAN CITY COUN-
CIL, 7 p.m., Boardman City Hall,
200 City Center Circle, Boardman.
(541-481-9252)
STANFIELD CITY COUNCIL,
7 p.m., Stanfield City Hall council
chambers, 160 S. Main St., Stan-
field. (541-449-3831)
UMATILLA CITY COUNCIL,
7 p.m., Umatilla City Hall council
chambers, 700 Sixth St., Umatilla.
(541-922-3226)
PENDLETON CITY COUNCIL,
7 p.m., Pendleton City Hall council
chambers, 501 S.W. Emigrant
Ave., Pendleton. (541-966-0201)
PILOT ROCK CITY COUNCIL,
7 p.m., Pilot Rock City Hall council
chambers, 143 W. Main St., Pilot
Rock. (541-443-2811)
WEDNESDAY, JAN. 4
MORROW COUNTY COURT,
9 a.m., Bartholomew Government
Building upper conference room,
110 N. Court St., Heppner. (541-
676-9061)
HERMISTON AIRPORT AD-
VISORY COMMITTEE, 4 p.m.,
Hermiston Airport lounge, 1600
Airport Way, Hermiston. (541-567-
5521)
BLUE MOUNTAIN BOARD
OF EDUCATION, 6:30 p.m., Pio-
neer Hall boardroom, 2411 N.W.
Carden Ave., Pendleton. (Shannon
Franklin 541-278-5951)
CONDON CITY COUNCIL,
7 p.m., Condon City Hall, 128 S.
Main St., Condon. (541-384-2711)
Tribes get say in land rules, worry about Trump
By BRADY MCCOMBS
Associated Press
SALT LAKE CITY —
Native Americans who have
long bemoaned their lack of
participation in federal land
decisions scored a major
victory when President
Barack Obama designated
a new national monument
in Utah that gives five tribes
an opportunity to weigh in
on the management of their
ancestral home.
But federal bureaucrats
working under President-elect
Donald Trump’s cabinet
appointees will still have
the final say on all land
decisions, and some tribal
officials are concerned that the
shared-management arrange-
ment could quickly sour if
the incoming administration
charts a different course for
the 1.35-million acre Bears
Ears National Monument.
Navajo Nation lawmaker
Davis Filfred, who hopes to
be on the tribal commission
helping to oversee the monu-
ment, said he and others are
worried, but they are trying to
stay hopeful that the adminis-
tration will give the commis-
sion a legitimate voice.
“Now is not the time
to bash him,” Filfred said,
“because I need him.”
Federal officials will also
create a different advisory
committee made up of local
government officials, business
owners and private landowners
to provide recommendations.
That board will probably
lean heavy with people who
opposed the designation over
concerns about adding another
layer of federal control and
closing the area to new energy
development, a common
refrain in the battle over use of
the American West’s vast open
spaces.
The language designating
the monument creates a tribal
commission composed of
one elected official from
each of five tribes. That
arrangement falls short of the
full co-management system
the tribes requested, but they
still considered the setup a
significant improvement.
“It’s double, not a home
run from the tribes’ perspec-
tive,” said Kevin Washburn,
a University of New Mexico
law professor and the Obama
administration’s
former
assistant secretary for Indian
affairs. “But it gives the tribes
an important seat at the table.”
AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File
U.S. Interior Secretary Sally Jewell looks in to a canyon
at Gemini Bridges near Moab, Utah, during a tour to
meet with proponents and opponents to the “Bears
Ears” monument proposal. President Barack Obama
designated two national monuments Wednesday at
sites in Utah and Nevada that have become key flash-
points over use of public land in the U.S. West.
Obama has protected
more acreage through new or
expanded national monuments
than any other president. But
Trump is not expected to carry
on that legacy. The Republican
businessman has pledged to
honor Theodore Roosevelt’s
tradition of conservation in the
West but has also said he will
“unleash” energy production
and has railed against “face-
less, nameless bureaucrats” in
land-management agencies.
Utah’s Republican senators,
Orrin Hatch and Mike Lee,
vowed to work with the Trump
administration to get the Bears
Ears monument repealed.
On Thursday, state elected
officials and county commis-
sioners blasted federal offi-
cials at a protest in the small
city of Monticello, Utah,
declaring that the monument
shows the Obama adminis-
tration ignores the wishes of
Utah residents.
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Service will co-manage Bears
Ears. The red rock lands
are home to an estimated
100,000 archaeological sites,
including intact ancient cliff
dwellings that attract visitors
from around the world.
Obama also designated
the Gold Butte National
Monument
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Nevada
outside Las Vegas, protecting
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led an armed standoff with
government agents in 2014.
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rare fossils and recently
discovered dinosaur tracks.
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tion allows current oil and
mining within the bound-
aries, but it bans new activity.
Grazing, hiking, hunting and
fishing will still be allowed.
White House officials
touted the tribal commission
as a first-of-its-kind setup that
will ensure management deci-
sions reflect tribal expertise
and traditional and historical
knowledge. The commission
will include one elected
officer from each of the five
tribes that formed a coalition
to push for the monument:
Hopi, Navajo, Ute Mountain
Ute, Zuni and the Ute Indian
Tribe of the Uinta Ouray.
The tribes “will help set a
new standard for collaborative
management at the national
monument,” Navajo Nation
President Russell Begaye said.
“We look forward to the day
when all national monuments
on native lands are collabora-
tively managed with tribes.”
The commission and
monuments are part of a
concerted push by the Obama
administration to protect
native lands and show respect
for tribal voices, said Athan
Manuel, Sierra Club director
of lands protection in Wash-
ington, D.C. The Chimney
Rock National Monument
in Colorado, designated in
2012, is another example.
“Politically,
it’s
a
great message that Native
American communities are
being recognized this way,”
Manuel said.
Zuni councilman Carleton
Bowekaty is optimistic that
the commission will have a
legitimate role in decisions no
matter the political agenda of
the White House because of
specific legal language in the
designation. It not only ensures
that the commission cannot be
scrapped but requires that the
Interior and Agriculture secre-
taries give written explanations
if they decide not to incorpo-
rate formal recommendations
made by the tribal commission.
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