RECORDS
Tuesday, March 28, 2017
East Oregonian
PUBLIC SAFETY LOG
OBITUARIES
DEATH NOTICES
FRIDAY
Walter Robert Sullivan
Parley E. Fox Jr.
Summerville
December 26, 1942-March 5, 2017
Pendleton
Jan. 23, 1942-March 24, 2017
7:44 a.m. - Pendleton police responded to a home on
Southwest Emigrant Avenue after a caller reported someone
broke the window of her vehicle and stole her purse. The
case is under investigation.
2:16 p.m. - A woman told Hermiston police her ex-boy-
friend may have cashed a check for $212 that she did not
write.
3:13 p.m. - Stanfield police responded to an assault at
Pilot Travel Center, 2115 S. Highway 395, Stanfield.
4:52 p.m. - The Umatilla County Sheriff’s Office took a
report about two males fighting on Stateline Road, Milton-
Freewater, after one pulled a knife on the person who called
9-1-1.
6:04 p.m. - A Pilot Rock resident on Northeast Hickory
Street reported being harassed by a woman on Northeast
Fourth Street.
7:54 p.m. - Pendleton police received a report that a driver
was in a stolen vehicle at McDonald’s or Safeway trying to
get money at Western Union.
11:02 p.m. - Morrow County sheriff’s deputies responded
to Nash Contracting, 73967 Homestead Lane, Boardman, for
a report of a party involving minors drinking.
11:15 p.m. - One man punched and knocked out another
at the Sub Zero Restaurant and Lounge, Irrigon.
11:33 p.m. - Pendleton police responded to a 9-1-1 call
about a fight on Northwest Fourth Street.
SATURDAY
12:18 a.m. - An Oregon State Police trooper responded to
three men fighting at the Midway Bar & Grill, 1750 N. First St.,
Hermiston. Cops detained two of the men, and the third ran away.
Neither man wanted to be a victim, state police reported,
and the trooper decided it was mutual combat and no one
suffered injuries.
Police trespassed one of the men and found the one who
fled violated his probation and sent the information to his
parole officer.
4:06 a.m. - A newspaper delivery person reported she was
on West Sherman Street, Athena, where a customer’s family
member chased her down and scared her.
10:50 a.m. - A caller told Hermiston police a male at
Hermiston Main Street Laundry, 545 E. Main St., locked
himself in the bathroom 10 minutes ago and refused to come
out.
12:07 p.m. - Two Heppner boys, aged 9 and 11, ingested
hemlock, prompting a call to 9-1-1 because the substance is
poisonous. An ambulance took the boys to Pioneer Memorial
Hospital, Heppner, where the Poison Control Center
contacted the emergency department.
SUNDAY
1:57 a.m. - Pendleton police received a report of an
assault at Cadillac Jack’s Saloon & Grill, 1703 S.W. Emigrant
Ave., Pendleton.
7:25 a.m. - Pendleton police took a report of a robbery on
Southeast 11th Street.
8:43 a.m. - Someone tried to break into vehicles during
the night or early morning on East Jefferson Street, Athena,
according to a caller.
10:29 a.m. - The mother of an 8-year-old boy in Irrigon
reported her son suffered a serious dog bite to his hand and
was bleeding badly. An ambulance took the children to Good
Shepherd Medical Center, Hermiston.
11:49 a.m. - A hitchhiker reported he was riding with a
woman who was intoxicated, they stopped for gas at Love’s
Travel Stop, 78665, Tower Road, Boardman, and she left with
all of his belongings. Law enforcement found the red Honda
with South Carolina plates in Arlington, and the driver gave
the hitchhiker’s backpack to a deputy, who returned it to the
man.
12:11 p.m. - An emergency caller on Northeast 35th
Street, Pendleton, reported a female screamed about
someone going to shoot the dog.
3:16 p.m. - Hermiston police responded to report of a
15-year-old boy beating his mother.
ARRESTS, CITATIONS
•Throughout the weekend, the Morrow County Sheriff’s
Office gave five citations and 11 warnings during traffic stops.
Friday
•Umatilla County parole/probation arrested Justin Wayne
Stiffler, 31, of Weston, for contempt of court and possession
of methamphetamine.
Saturday
•Pendleton police arrested Christopher Travis Herrera, 28,
of Vernal, Utah, for criminal trespass, giving false information
and unauthorized use of a vehicle.
•Hermiston police arrested Gusmaro Humberto Cervantes,
22, of Hermiston, for possession of methamphetamine,
violating parole and on a warrant for failure to appear.
Sunday
•The Morrow County Sheriff’s Office received a call at
10:04 a.m. from an Irrigon man on Sunset Lane who reported
neighbors were shooting high-powered rifles in the direction
of his home, and one round grazed the side.
Deputies responded and arrested Able Lomas Murrillo, no
age or address provided, for two counts of unlawful use of a
weapon and two of reckless endangering.
•Oregon State Police cited Timothy Kevin Smith, 60, of
Pendleton, for false swearing and unlawful purchase of a
firearm.
•Pendleton police arrested Daniel Campos Tappo, 20, of
Stanfield, for possession of methamphetamine and first-de-
gree theft.
•Pendleton police arrested Jordan Matthew McMann, 26,
of Pendleton, for first-degree burglary and six warrants for
failure to appear.
•Pendleton police arrested Lester Keith Washington, 44, of
Adams, for felony fourth-degree assault and menacing, both
domestic violence, and on a warrant for failure to appear.
•Pendleton police arrested Brandon Case, 38, of
Pendleton, for driving under the influence of intoxicants.
•Pendleton police arrested Justin Lee Dean, 27, of
Pendleton, for strangulation (domestic violence).
Monday
•Umatilla tribal police arrested Sylvia Sue Minthorn, 41,
of Pendleton, for DUII (alcohol) and recklessly endangering
another.
Tour of Knowledge to
hold monthly meetings
East Oregonian
With the help of a
community donation to
purchase a new van, the
Hermiston-based
Tour
of Knowledge is back on
the road and ready to start
hosting monthly meetings.
The group, which tours
regional facilities related to
natural resources, had been
waylaid after its old Dodge
Caravan blew a head gasket.
Executive Director Eileen
Laramore, a local resident
heard about the problem,
and donated money to buy
a replacement vehicle.
“It was a total surprise,”
Laramore said. “We’re
very grateful and want to
thank our benefactor for
being so thoughtful and
generous. Support from the
community means a lot to
us.”
The Tour of Knowledge
will also begin holding
meetings, the first of which
is scheduled for Wednesday,
April 5 at the Blue Moun-
tain Community College
Hermiston campus, room
133, from 7-8 p.m. Topics
of discussion may include
the proposed Lost Valley
Ranch mega-dairy in
Morrow County, Hanford
cleanup and regional water
issues.
For more information
about the grassroots orga-
nization, contact Laramore
at 541-303-3872 or email
tourofknowledgeinfo@
gmail.com.
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Walter Robert Sullivan, 74,
of Summerville passed away
March 5, 2017, at a local care
center. A memorial service
will be held Saturday, April
1 at 11:00 a.m. in the chapel
at the Summerville
Cemetery.
Walt was born
December
26,
1942, to Charles
and
Dicksie
(Spencer) Sullivan
in Topeka, Kansas.
At a very young
age, his mother
died unexpectedly.
In 1944, his father
married his mother Sullivan
of 60 years, Erma
Humphrey.
His
family
lived in the heartland states
throughout his childhood.
He graduated from high
school in Oklahoma City,
then moved to the west coast
and work for the Forest
Service. Later, he graduated
from Oregon State University
in 1967 with a degree in civil
engineering. In 1970, he
married Elizabeth Sanderson
in La Grande.
Throughout his career he
assumed numerous executive
positions with the Oregon
State Dept. of Highways in
Pendleton, Portland and La
Grande. He was registered by
the state of Oregon to practice
as a professional engineer in
civil and traffic engineering
and as a professional land
surveyor.
He retired in 1996 from
the Region 5 construction
engineer
position
and
pursued a variety of his
favorite hobbies such as
woodworking,
restoring
antiques, and developing
model train layouts. More so,
he was a gourmet chef of fine
foods.
Walt was a member of the
American Society
of Engineers, the
Imbler
School
Board and the
Imbler Education
Foundation.
Walt is survived
by his wife, Eliza-
beth; his son Dallas
and daughter-in-law
Memory; grandsons
Bryce Sullivan and
Leslie and Kadyn
Trick; his sisters
Caroline Sullivan, Oklahoma,
and Cheryl and Riley Price,
Pendleton; brother Brad and
Kathy Sullivan, Oklahoma;
and numerous nieces and
nephews. He was preceded
in death by his parents, and
brother Charles D. Sullivan.
A special thank you is
extended to the physicians
and nurses of Grande Ronde
Hospital, Angelina Senior
Care, and Grande Ronde
Hospice Care. Their sympa-
thetic kindness enhanced
Walt’s spirits. Also, the
family expresses gratitude
and gives thanks to his long-
term friends and professional
colleagues for their ever-
lasting support and love.
The family requests
contributions may be made to
the Imbler Education Foun-
dation, P.O. Box 95, Imbler,
OR 97841.
Arrangements
are
entrusted by Daniels-Knopp
Funeral Center.
MEETINGS
TUESDAY, MARCH 28
MORROW COUNTY PLAN-
NING COMMISSION, 7 p.m., Bar-
tholomew Government Building up-
per conference room, 110 N. Court
St., Heppner. (541-922-4624)
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 29
No meetings scheduled
THURSDAY, MARCH 30
UMATILLA COUNTY SPE-
CIAL
LIBRARY
DISTRICT
SPECIAL MEETING, 5:15 p.m.,
UCSLD office, 17 S.W. Frazer
Ave., Suite 360, Pendleton. Exec-
utive session will discuss person-
nel. (Dan Feil 541-276-6449)
FRIDAY, MARCH 31
Parley E. Fox Jr., 75, died Friday, March 24, 2017, in Pend-
leton. He was born Jan. 23, 1942, in Twin Falls Idaho. Burns
Mortuary of Pendleton is in charge of arrangements. Sign the
online condolence book at www.burnsmortuary.com
Margaret Lucille Norris
Pendleton
Aug. 13, 1936-March 25, 2017
Margaret Lucille Norris, 80, of Pendleton died Saturday,
March 25, 2017, at a local care facility. She was born Aug. 13,
1936, in Fairfield, Idaho. Burns Mortuary of Pendleton is in
charge of arrangements. Sign the online condolence book at
www.burnsmortuary.com
UPCOMING SERVICES
TUESDAY, MARCH 28
SPRATLING, CALVIN — Funeral services at 10 a.m.
at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 609 N.W.
12th St., Pendleton.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 29
SWEARINGEN, WAYNE — Memorial service at 11
a.m. at the First Church of God, 712 S.W. 27th St., Pendleton.
A reception will follow at the Pendleton Round-Up Grounds
Roy Raley Room, 1205 S.W. Court Ave., Pendleton.
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Dems call for party unity in wake of Trump
By CLAIRE WITHYCOMBE
Capital Bureau
SALEM — Seemingly
energized by a common
enemy — President Donald
J. Trump — the Democratic
Party of Oregon convened for
a leadership reorganization in
Salem this weekend.
Many candidates for party
positions spoke of uniting the
party in the wake of a divi-
sive presidential election by
appealing to rural voters and
fostering an overall culture of
inclusivity.
While the presidential
election revealed fractures
within the national Demo-
cratic party — roughly
along the lines of those who
supported Vermont Sen.
Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and
those who supported former
Secretary of State Hillary
Clinton — those fault lines
were felt in Oregon, as well.
In its report on recent
accomplishments, the party
characterized the election
of Trump and the party’s
loss of the Oregon Secre-
tary of State’s Office as
“heartbreaks.” Republican
Dennis Richardson won
the office over state Labor
Commissioner Brad Avakian,
a Democrat.
On Sunday, Democratic
Party of Oregon delegates
elected former Oregon Secre-
tary of State Jeanne Atkins to
chair the party.
Atkins is a former staffer
for U.S. Sen. Jeff Merkley,
D-Oregon, and was appointed
secretary of state in early
2015, when then-Secretary
of State Kate Brown became
governor after the resigna-
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Atkins, who did not
seek election to the office
and intended to retire from
public service, said she was
motivated to jump back into
politics by Trump’s election.
In a speech before party
delegates cast their votes,
Atkins acknowledged the
party’s recent setbacks.
But she said Oregon
Democrats
have
had
successes as well — such
as the recent passage and
implementation of the coun-
try’s first automatic voter
registration law and raising
the state’s minimum wage.
Atkins said she seeks to
include and mobilize the
ranks of people she said were
turning to the Democratic
party to “resist the dark vision
of Donald Trump and his
fellow Republicans.”
“Our task is to open our
organization to them,” Atkins
said, “to encourage and
work alongside these new
organizations and individuals
to make change, and to do
our job of electing leaders
who endorse our Democratic
values of fairness, justice and
opportunity.”
Her opponent for chair,
Larry Taylor, who has been
involved with the party on
the local, state and national
level for 20 years, said that
Oregon Democrats had sent
a message to party leadership
in last year’s election that
they wanted a change.
“In Oregon, (voters)
elected a Republican as
secretary of state, and 28
out of 36 counties voted for
Trump,” Taylor said. In some
counties east of the Cascades,
more than 70 percent of
voters cast their ballots for
Trump, according to the
Oregon Secretary of State’s
Office.
Taylor also communicated
a sense of urgency in main-
taining the party’s hold on the
state Legislature, saying that
Democrats needed to run in
races for all state legislative
seats.
In the most recent elec-
tion, one Oregon Senate seat
flipped from blue to red, as
the late Sen. Alan Bates,
D-Medford, who died in
August, was replaced by
Alan DeBoer, a Republican
from Ashland, in a special
election last year.
Across the board, Oregon
Democrats are eager to
maintain their hold on the
governorship.
Gov. Brown, who was
elected in November to finish
the term of her predecessor,
is up for reelection in 2018.
A Republican has not held
the position since the late
Vic Atiyeh, who served from
1979 to 1987.
Some divisions within
Oregon’s
Democratic
Party were not only over
presidential candidates, but
philosophy.
Saying he sought to
restore trust and confidence
in the party, new male Vice
Chair Valdez Bravo called on
party members to “move on”
from the 2016 campaign.
“If we’re to accomplish
our bold ambitions and fight
against a fascist right-wing
agenda, then we have to stop
seeing each other as Bernie
versus Hillary,” Bravo, who
ran unopposed, said. “We
have to stop seeing each other
as establishment versus grass-
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Bravo said he believed
the party had a chance to
strengthen in Oregon’s
predominantly
Republi-
can-leaning rural counties
by sending more resources
east of the mountains and
emphasizing party leadership
in individual counties.
Lupita Maurer, who
was elected Sunday as the
party’s female vice chair,
said in remarks prior to her
victory that the party needed
to go beyond “lip service”
to a strategy of working in
all Oregon’s counties, and
that the party needed to help
counties develop programs to
foster Democratic leadership
on the neighborhood level.
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