RECORDS
Tuesday, February 28, 2017
PUBLIC SAFETY LOG
SATURDAY
3:39 a.m. - A male walked into Heller & Sons’ Distributing.
30 W. Catherine Ave., Hermiston, and said someone beat
him.
2:50 p.m. - Juveniles with guns trespassed at the
Pendleton gun range off Northgate.
4:21 p.m. - A caller complained about a male “dumpster
diving” at the Pendleton Family Aquatic Center, 1901 N.W.
Carden Ave., Pendleton.
4:50 p.m. - A caller in Hermiston asked if it was legal in
Oregon for a felon to own a pellet gun.
6:15 p.m. - A Pendleton caller reported finding a bag full
of medication on South Court Avenue between Second and
Third streets.
7:12 p.m. - A caller told Hermiston police a family friend
assaulted his mother.
11:43 p.m. - Pendleton police warned someone for public
indecency outside Crabby’s Underground Saloon & Dance
Hall, 220 S.W. First St.
SUNDAY
2:31 a.m. - Five or six juveniles on Northwest Fourth
Street, Pendleton, rang doorbells and ran away. Police did
not find the culprits.
9:43 a.m. - Pendleton police received a call to check
on the welfare of a child on Southwest Hailey Avenue and
Second Street after a parent yanked the toddler around and
yelled at her. Police did not find the parent or child.
11:06 a.m. - Stanfield police responded to a report of
domestic violence on North Prescott Street, Echo.
11:22 a.m. - Milton-Freewater residents on the 100 block
of Orchard Street reported someone threw eggs at their
house.
4:13 p.m. - Hermiston police took a report of the theft of
a 2009 black Honda CRV from Boulder Apartments on West
Jennie Avenue.
4:19 p.m. - A woman in Hermiston reported her boyfriend
was “freaking out” and hit her.
ARRESTS, CITATIONS
Friday
•Umatilla tribal police arrested Cameron Joseph Shawl,
39, of Pendleton, for criminal activity in drugs and dangerous
drugs.
•Sometimes police don’t have to work too hard to make a
case.
An Oregon State Police trooper at 5:23 p.m. responded to
a crash on the westbound side of Interstate 84 near milepost
204 where the driver of a Chevrolet HHR lost control and the
vehicle rolled three times in the median.
An ambulance took the driver, Stephanie A. Stout, 23, no
address provided, to St. Anthony Hospital, Pendleton. The
trooper found a powdery white substance on her identifi-
cation, according to state police, and it tested positive for
methamphetamine.
The trooper talked to Stout at the hospital, according to
state police, and she admitted to driving while high on meth.
She also provided a blood sample, and the trooper cited her
for DUII and possession of meth.
•A 19-year-old Boardman man ended up in jail for drunken
driving after almost striking an Oregon State Police trooper.
State police reported the trooper at 6:53 p.m. was dealing
with a driver he stopped on the eastbound side of Interstate
84 near milepost 184 when a red Audi A4 sedan drove over
the rumble strips on the freeway shoulder and nearly struck
the police car.
After catching up to the driver and getting him stopped,
according to state police, the trooper saw the driver was
drunk.
Carlos Enrique Medieta Ramirez failed a sobriety test
and provided a blood-alcohol level of .23 percent, just shy of
three times the legal limit of .08 percent. The trooper booked
Medieta Ramirez into the Umatilla County Jail, Pendleton, for
DUII and reckless driving.
•State police reported another trooper made an arrest for
intoxicated driving of a man who had beer and drugs.
The trooper stopped a vehicle at 11:42 p.m. for a traffic
violation on Johns Lane near Snyder Road, Pendleton. The
officer saw the driver, Cedric Stephan Hall, 20, of Adams, had
glassy, watery eyes and the smell of alcohol on his breath.
State police also reported Hall had an open bottle of beer
between his leg and the door.
Hall showed signs of impairment during a sobriety test,
according to state police, so the trooper arrested him for
DUII. State police also reported the officer searched Hall, and
in his front pocket found a bag containing a white powdery
substance that tested positive for cocaine.
Hall also later took a breath test that showed his blood-al-
cohol level was .14 percent.
The trooper booked Hall into the Umatilla County Jail for
DUII and possession of a controlled substance.
Saturday
•Oregon State Police arrested Harry Pete McCormack,
38, of Athena, for DUII. Police also cited him for driving while
suspended, failure to install an ignition interlock device,
which is a breathalyzer for a vehicle, and refusing to take an
intoxication level test. Umatilla County Circuit Court records
show he has a 2013 conviction for DUII.
•James Allen Griffith, 61, of Kennewick, tried to buy a gun
in Hermiston, but the mandatory background check revealed
he was wanted on a warrant for failure to appear. State police
arrested Griffith on the warrant and for unlawful purchase of a
firearm and booked him into the Umatilla County Jail.
•Umatilla County Sheriff’s Office arrested Tony Lee
Colbray Sr., 54, of Hermiston, for possession of meth and
possession of heroin.
•Morrow County Sheriff’s Office arrested Marvin Lewis
Strickland, 37, of 78936 Shoemake Lane, Boardman, for two
counts of harassment and one of felony assaulting a public
safety officer.
Sunday
•Umatilla tribal police arrested Justin Matthew Yeager, 32,
no address provided, for DUII.
•Pendleton police arrested Derek Ryan Miller, 34, of
807 S.W. Eighth St., Pendleton, for second-degree assault,
menacing and driving while suspended/revoked.
•Umatilla police arrested Rodolfo Rosas Barreto, 36, no
address provided, for DUII (alcohol).
Joe Robert McDaniel
Earl Eugene ‘Gene’ Wells
Hermiston
August 3, 1923-February 23, 2017
Hermiston
September 16, 1922-February 15, 2017
Joe Robert McDaniel was cated to Parkdale, Ore. When
born August 3rd, 1923, in the winters in the shadows
West County, Texas. He was of Mt. Hood became too
the youngest of five children. extreme they went in search
Joe spent the
of a warmer climate
early part of his
and found them-
childhood growing
selves relocating to
up in Texas and
Hermiston. In 1999,
went through many
with all of their
life-changing
children grown and
hardships, which
out of the nest, Joe
included surviving
and Shirley decided
the Dust Bowl and
to downsize so they
the Great Depres-
sold the farm and
sion. He later
for the first time in
moved to Montana
their lives “became
where he graduated
city folks” when
from
Harrison
they moved to
High School. After
Pasco, Washington.
school he proudly
This would be
served his country
their home until
as a U.S. Marine McDaniel
Shirley
passed
(Semper Fi). He
away in December
served in the Pacific
of 2012. In 2014
Theater and saw action on Joe would find himself on
several beachheads, most the move one last time, back
notably Saipan.
to Hermiston were he would
After his honorable live until his peaceful passing
discharge in 1946, he on February 23rd, 2017.
returned to Montana where
Joe was preceded in death
he worked with his dad by his wife Shirley, and
and brother ranching for sons Donald and Maurice.
several years. Then a young Survivors include daughters
lady by the name of Shirley Tia and Doug Paine of
Reel “caught his eye” and Hermiston, and Glenda and
wedding bells would follow. Keith Thomsen of Simi
In the fall of 1950, they were Valley, Calif.; son Mark and
married and this union would Graciela McDaniel of Herm-
last for more than 61 years iston, Ore.; six grandchil-
and produce five children.
dren: Tiffany, Tracy, Thaleia,
While living in Montana Kurtis, Andrea and Kieran;
the first three children and 10 great-grandchildren:
Donald, Maurice, and Tia Britt, Taylor, Jake, Megan,
were added. Then the young Kaylin, Brody, Kemper,
family found themselves Aviva, Pearl and Cirrus.
moving across country to
A celebration of life
Arkansas where Glenda and service will be held on
Mark would round out their Friday, March 3, 2017, at
growing family. The pull of 1:00 p.m. at Burns Mortuary
Montana was strong, though, chapel, Hermiston, Oregon.
and they found themselves
Please sign the online
once again returning to the condolence book at burns-
Big Sky Country.
mortuaryhermiston.com
The early 1960s brought
Burns Mortuary of Herm-
an employment opportunity iston, Oregon, is in care of
for Joe and the family relo- arrangements.
Marietta H. Unternahrer
PENDLETON TOASTMAS-
TERS NO. 154, 6:30 a.m., Pendle-
ton City Hall community room, 501
S.W. Emigrant Ave., Pendleton.
TOPS CHAPTER OR 1110, 8
a.m., Missionary Baptist Church,
125 E. Beech St., Hermiston. 8
a.m. weigh-in followed by meeting
at 8:45 a.m. (Margaret Wetterling
541-720-0276)
GREENFIELD GRANGE PI-
NOCHLE, 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Green-
field Grange 579, 209 N.W. First
St., Boardman. (541-481-7397)
BIBLE STUDY, 10 a.m., First
United Methodist Church, 352 S.E.
Second St., Pendleton. (Rev. Jim
Pierce 541-276-2616)
HERMISTON CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE, 12 p.m., Hermiston
Conference Center, 415 S. High-
way 395, Hermiston. February
guest speaker: Hermiston School
District Superintendent Dr. Fred
Maiocco. Cost is $10 for members,
$13 for non-members, RSVP re-
quested. (Debbie Pedro 541-567-
6151)
“THE LIFE MODEL: LIV-
ING FROM THE HEART JESUS
GAVE YOU” BOOK STUDY
GROUP, 1-2:30 p.m., Bowman
Building, 17 S.W. Frazer Ave.,
Pendleton. (Pat 541-276-6671)
TOPS CHAPTER OR 1169,
4-5:30 p.m., Hermiston Assembly
of God Church, 730 E. Hurlburt
Ave., Hermiston. Use west side
door. (Janell Bailey 541-571-5744)
STUDYING THE MIRACLES
OF JESUS, 4-6 p.m., Good Sa-
maritan Ministries, 319 W. Locust
Ave., Hermiston. (541-564-1041)
COLUMBIA RIVER TOAST-
MASTERS, 6-7 p.m., Umatilla Se-
nior Center, Umatilla.
WILLOW CREEK SYMPHO-
NY REHEARSAL, 6-7:30 p.m.,
Irrigon Jr./Sr. High School, 315 E.
Wyoming Ave., Irrigon. Prepara-
tory orchestra for all ages. Does
not rehearse June-July-August
or during Christmas-New Year
holidays. (RaNiel Dunn 541-289-
4696)
AWANA, 6:30-8 p.m., Pendle-
ton Baptist Church, 3202 S.W. Nye
Ave., Pendleton. For children age
3 through sixth grade. (541-276-
7590)
HOUSE OF HOPE, 6:30
p.m., Hermiston Assembly of God
Church, 730 E. Hurlburt Ave. (use
Seventh St. entrance), Hermiston.
Help for needy and homeless indi-
viduals in the Hermiston commu-
nity. (Linda Durant 541-449-5038)
Earl Eugene “Gene” Wells
passed peacefully in his sleep
on February 15, 2017, at his
home in Hermiston, Ore. He
was born September
16, 1922, to Orbie
and Erma (Dupuis)
Wells at Nolin, Ore.
He grew up
in the Hermiston
area, attending the
Columbia School
and
Hermiston
High School. He
played football for
Hermiston High. Al
Buell, his lifelong
best friend, intro-
duced Gene to Fay
Dodge. In June of
1942 Gene and Fay
were married.
Wells
Gene
was
drafted into the
Army in 1943. He served in
the Pacific. He was injured
during his service and spent
11 months in a military
hospital. He was honorably
discharged in the fall of 1945.
Gene and Fay had
eight children together. He
worked for the state highway
department in Hermiston and
then at Ukiah, Ore. In 1966
he moved his family back
to Hermiston and bought
Hermiston Taxi. It was a
family business run from
their home and all family
members worked in the
business in some manner.
They sold the taxi business
in 1979. Within a few years
Gene and Fay divorced. He
moved to Newport, Wash.
In 1985 he married
Frances Turner. She brought
three daughters to the
marriage and Gene loved
and treated them as his own.
Approximately 20 years later
that marriage ended.
Gene moved back to
Hermiston to be near family.
He kept active with daily
walks, woodworking and
lawn care. In August of 2016
Gene moved into Brookdale
Assisted Living facility. He
said he didn’t know how
he got so lucky to end up
there because they
“treated me like a
king.”
Gene is survived
by his sons Chuck
Wells,
Emmett,
Idaho, Tom Wells,
Hermiston, Ore.,
and George Wells,
Pendleton,
Ore.;
daughters
Judi
Merry, Hermiston,
Ore., Barbara Cole,
Shasta Lake, Calif.,
Wendy
Evans,
Stanfield, Ore., and
Suzi
Bradshaw,
Hermiston, Ore.;
stepdaughters
Crystal
Killian,
Copper Center, Alaska, and
Suzi Ahlers, Preist River,
Idaho; brother Orbie E.
Wells, Spirit Lake, Idaho;
sister Naomi Futch, Orlando,
Fla.; 25 grandchildren; 56
great-grandchildren,
and
seven great-great-grandchil-
dren .
He was preceded in
death by his parents; brother
Charles Wells; sisters Juanita
Flora and Jo Eleanor Autry;
infant son Robert Earl;
Fay Wells; stepdaughter
Linda Wells; Frances Wells;
grandson Brian Best; and his
lifelong best friend Al Buell.
A funeral service will be
held on Saturday, March
4, 2017, at 1:30 p.m. at the
Hermiston Church of the
Nazarene, 1520 W. Orchard
Ave., Hermiston, OR 97838.
Burial with military honors
will follow at the Hermiston
Cemetery,
Hermiston,
Oregon.
Please sign the online
condolence book at burns-
mortuaryhermiston.com
Burns Mortuary of Herm-
iston, Oregon, is in care of
arrangements.
Pendleton
January 31, 1924-February 24, 2017
DEATH NOTICES
Marietta H. Unternahrer Friday, February 24, 2017,
was born January 31, 1924, with loved ones at her side.
to Roy E. and Katherine
She is preceded in death
(Burns) Hanford in Boise, by her partner; brothers Mark
Idaho. Marietta was the Hanford, Robert Hanford,
Roy
Hanford,
youngest of eight
Kenneth Hanford
children.
and David Hanford;
She lived in
and sisters Ruth
Boise, Idaho, until
Boyd and Katherine
she went to college
Young.
at University of
Survivors
Idaho in Moscow,
include son Thomas
Idaho. She met and
and Sharon Unter-
married
George
nahrer of San Jose,
H. Unternahrer in
California; daugh-
1946. In 1947 they
ters
Katherine
moved to Pend-
Gallant of Crescent
leton, Ore., where Unternahrer
City,
California,
they raised their
and Sandra Buffham of
three children.
Marietta enjoyed her Pendleton, Oregon; three
flower garden, sewing, granddaughters and 17
and
many
and artwork including an grandsons;
ornament in the Smithsonian great-grandchildren.
No service will be held
museum.
She passed at home on upon her request.
Robert R. ‘Bob’ Smith
UPCOMING SERVICES
TUESDAY, FEB. 28
No services scheduled
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1
No services scheduled
Weston
April 15, 1926-Feb. 24, 2017
Robert R. “Bob” Smith, 90, of Weston died Friday, Feb. 24,
2017, at his home. He was born April 15, 1926. Munselle-Rhodes
Funeral Home in Milton-Freewater is in charge of arrangements.
Alice I. ‘Pat’ Southard
Stanfield
March 1, 1942-Feb. 25, 2017
Alice I. “Pat” Southard, 74, of Stanfield died Saturday, Feb.
25, 2017, in Hermiston. She was born March 1, 1942, in Billings,
Mont. A celebration of life gathering is pending. Burns Mortuary
of Hermiston is in care of arrangements. Sign the condolence
book at burnsmortuaryhermiston.com
MEETINGS
TUESDAY, FEB. 28
WEST UMATILLA MOSQUI-
TO CONTROL DISTRICT, 3 p.m.,
distric office, 3005 S. First St.,
Hermiston. (Janie Cuellar 541-567-
5201)
IONE SCHOOL DISTRICT,
3:30 p.m., Ione Community School,
445 Spring St., Ione. 3:30 p.m. work
session followed by 4:30 p.m. regu-
lar meeting. (541-422-7131)
MORROW COUNTY PLAN-
NING COMMISSION, 6:30 p.m.,
Port of Morrow Riverfront Center, 2
Marine Drive, Boardman. (Stepha-
nie Loving 541-922-4624)
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1
OBITUARY POLICY
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.
COMMUNITY CALENDAR
TUESDAY, FEB. 28
Page 5A
OBITUARIES
FRIDAY
12:58 a.m. - Hermiston police responded to an assault
and a male in the road at the Westside 76 station, 710 W.
Hermiston Ave.
8:34 a.m. - A caller at La Colmena, 714 Plaza Way, Milton-
Freewater, reported a burglary and theft.
11 p.m. - A pilot at 12,000 feet about five to 10 miles
northeast of the Eastern Oregon Regional Airport, Pendleton,
reported someone targeted his plane with a laser. A pilot on
Dec. 21 reported a similar incident.
11:29 p.m. - The Umatilla County Sheriff’s Office received
a report of five people fighting on North Hunt Street, Athena.
East Oregonian
(Linda Durant 541-449-5038)
A SHARP PLAYERS OR-
CHESTRA REHEARSAL, 6:30-
8:30 p.m., Pendleton High School
band room, 1800 N.W. Carden
Ave., Pendleton. Intermediate or-
chestra for players of any instru-
ment. (JD Kindle 541-276-0320)
PRELUDES
ORCHESTRA
REHEARSAL, 6:30 p.m., Blue
Mountain Community College
McRae Activity Center, 2411 N.W.
Carden Ave., Pendleton. For be-
ginning strings players of all ages.
(JD Kindle 541-276-0320)
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 1
HERMISTON BREAKFAST
KIWANIS CLUB, 6:30 a.m., Uma-
tilla-Morrow Head Start, 110 N.E.
Fourth St., Hermiston.
WILLOW RUN LADIES GOLF
CLUB, 8 a.m., Willow Run Golf
Course, 78873 Toms Camp Road,
Boardman. Rain or shine. Need
not be a member to play. (541-481-
4381)
NIMBLE THIMBLES QUIL-
TERS, 10 a.m., Aunty Ida’s Quilt
Shop, 425 W. Hermiston Ave.,
Hermiston. (541-567-2726)
HERMISTON LIONS CLUB,
12 p.m., Desert Lanes Bowling
Alley, 1545 N. First St., Hermiston.
MORROW COUNTY BOARD
OF COMMISSIONERS, 9 a.m.,
Bartholomew Government Build-
ing 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.,
Eastern Orego Higher Education
Center, 980 S.E. Columbia Drive,
LOTTERY
Friday, Feb. 24
Megamillions
12-29-33-42-68
Megaball: 14
Megaplier: 3
Estimated jackpot: $64
million
Lucky Lines
01-06-09-16-FREE-20-23-
28-31
Estimated jackpot: $50,000
Pick 4
1 p.m.: 6-3-9-9
4 p.m.: 6-8-7-4
7 p.m.: 2-1-4-4
10 p.m.: 7-1-1-5
Saturday, Feb. 25
Powerball
06-32-47-62-65
Powerball: 19
Power Play: 2
Estimated jackpot: $40
million
Megabucks
10-17-28-40-41-46
Estimated jackpot: $5.2
million
Lucky Lines
02-08-09-14-FREE-19-21-
27-29
Estimated jackpot: $51,000
Pick 4
1 p.m.: 9-1-9-4
4 p.m.: 2-8-5-7
7 p.m.: 5-6-2-4
10 p.m.: 8-7-1-6
Win for Life
20-45-48-73
Sunday, Feb. 26
Lucky Lines
04-05-09-16-FREE-19-23-
27-31
Estimated jackpot: $52,000
Pick 4
1 p.m.: 0-4-5-0
4 p.m.: 5-1-7-4
7 p.m.: 2-1-7-9
10 p.m.: 9-6-2-5
Monday, Feb. 27
Pick 4
1 p.m.: 1-0-4-0
Hermiston. (Shannon Franklin 541-
278-5951)
CONDON CITY COUNCIL, 7
p.m., Condon City Hall, 128 S. Main
St., Condon. (541-384-2711)
UMATILLA RURAL FIRE
PROTECTION DISTRICT, 7 p.m.,
Umatilla Fire Department, 305
Willamette St., Umatilla. (541-922-
2770)
THURSDAY, MARCH 2
PENDLETON DOWNTOWN
ASSOCIATION, 7-8:15 a.m.,
Pendleton City Hall community
room, 500 S.W. Dorion Ave., Pend-
leton. (541-304-3912)
ADAMS PLANNING COM-
MISSION, 6:30 p.m., Adams City
Hall, 190 N. Main St., Adams. (541-
566-9380)
PENDLETON
PLANNING
COMMISSION, 7 p.m., Pendleton
City Hall council chambers, 501
S.W. Emigrant Ave., Pendleton.
(541-276-7811)
2/27-2/28
Cineplex Show Times
$5 Classic Movie
3/1
GERONIMO
LEGO Batman Movie
(PG)
2D 4:50 7:10
3D 9:30
Fifty Shades Darker (R)
4:00 6:40 9:20
The Great Wall (PG13)
2D 5:00 7:20
3D 9:40
Fist Fight (R)
4:40 6:50 9:10
John Wick (R)
4:20 7:00 9:50
Credit & Debit Cards accepted
Cineplex gift cards available
* Matinee Pricing
wildhorseresort.com
541-966-1850
Pendleton, OR I-84 - Exit 216