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Friday, March 31, 2017
East Oregonian
PUBLIC SAFETY LOG
OBITUARIES
DEATH NOTICES
WEDNESDAY
12:05 a.m. - A Hermiston woman on Southeast Eighth
Street called police to trespass a male who refused to leave
her house.
1:01 a.m. - They had the melted chocolate, but not the
marshmallows or graham crackers.
The Boardman Rural Fire Protection District responded
to a trailer fire on the westbound side of Interstate 84 near
milepost 173. Boardman fire marshal Marty Broadbent said
the rig was hauling Hershey bars, Kit Kats and Reese’s
Peanut Butter Cups.
“That was a real heart breaker,” he said.
The driver unhooked the tractor from the trailer
and pulled away from the flames and was not injured,
Broadbent said. The crew worked on the fire until about
4 a.m., he said, then received a second call to the fire at
5:30 a.m.
Boardman said the only losses were the trailer and the
chocolate, and he has heard plenty of s’mores jokes.
4:41 a.m. - Hermiston police received a report of a
vehicle theft on East Wilshire Avenue.
8:15 a.m. - Vandals threw eggs at several vehicles on
Northeast Gladys Drive, Hermiston.
8:51 a.m. - Pendleton police received a report of a
vehicle break-in on Southeast 10th Street, and then a caller
a few minutes past noon said someone during the night
entered another vehicle near the first break-in.
10:02 a.m. - A Hermiston man reported someone
cashed checks using his account information.
10:07 a.m. - A caller reported the theft of a fifth-wheel
trailer from Margaret Avenue and Highway 395, Umatilla.
11:21 a.m. - The Umatilla County Sheriff’s Office
responded to a 9-1-1 report of a male pushing a female at
Locust Mobile Village trailer park, 1501 N. Elizabeth St.,
Milton-Freewater.
12:38 p.m. - A Milton-Freewater resident on the 1400
block of Chestnut Street reported someone drove into her
motor home earlier in the week.
1:35 p.m. - Employees at the Pendleton Rite Aid,
Melanie Square, 1900 S.W. Court Ave., told police they
found a possible stolen or fraudulent $100 bill.
2:42 p.m. - An employee at Smoke City, 125 S.E. Fourth
St., Hermiston, reported the theft of a $200 vape kit.
4:35 p.m. - A man at the Pendleton Wal-Mart, 2203
S.W. Court Ave., told police someone stole his PlayStation,
laptop and more from the back of his pickup.
5 p.m. - Two males fought outside a Stanfield home
on the corner of East Harding Avenue and North Wayne
Street.
5:28 p.m. - A resident on West Beebe Avenue,
Hermiston, complained about the neighbor’s dogs making
waste in her yard. She said she even has it on video.
6:53 p.m. - Columbia Harvest Foods, 1411 Sixth St.,
Umatilla, advised police a remodeling crew would be in the
store most of the night working on a new kitchen.
9:56 p.m. - Umatilla police received a report that a
student driver refused to get out of a semi at the Umatilla
Port of Entry.
Dr. Robert G. Rives DDS
Peggy D. Favorit
Pendleton
March 31, 1920-October 24, 2016
Umatilla
Feb. 9, 1953-March 28, 2017
Two sentenced for kidnapping,
assault over destroyed property
BEND (AP) — An
Oregon woman and a
California man will spend
several years in prison for
kidnapping and assaulting
a couple that stayed in their
home.
The Bulletin reports that
36-year-old Alisha Bryden
was sentenced Tuesday
to 6 ½ years in prison
and 37-year-old Jeremiah
Degraw was sentenced
to 7 ½ years in prison on
Wednesday. Both entered
guilty pleas in exchange for
amended charges last week.
Degraw and Bryden
are accused of retaliating
against a couple who rented
a room from Bryden and
then stole and destroyed
his possessions. After the
theft, Degraw and Bryden
went to their guest's room
to confront them. A fight
ensued and Bryden and
Degraw restrained their
victims and severely beat
them.
Later, Bryden and
Degraw called their victims'
family members and asked
for ransom money.
Shore leave was canceled
for an old sailor. Dr. Robert
G. Rives joined the Navy
the month after the attack
on Pearl Harbor from his
childhood home in Pembroke,
Kentucky, to begin
a 40-year career in
uniform. Born in
Pembroke March
31, 1920, he died in
Pendleton, Oregon,
October 24, 2016, of
natural causes.
Soon
after
joining the Navy,
the young seaman
took advantage of
a Navy program to
study dentistry at the
University of Louis-
ville, then adminis-
tered to Navy men
and women until his
retirement in 1982.
Bob, as most knew
him, retired as a
Navy captain after
serving on three
carriers, including
assignments
to
multiple war zones
and to the Naval
Academy at Annap-
olis, Md. He was
also generous with Rives
his time, mentoring
officers and sailors under his
command.
The son of western
Kentucky farmer, George
Rives (known as the Wheat
King of Christian County),
and his wife Katherine
Graham, Bob often remi-
nisced on the pleasures of
driving a steel-wheeled
tractor equipped with metal
lugs down a rutted dirt road,
harvesting wheat, milking
cows and churning butter for
his mother.
He was stationed in
Boston early in his career,
where he met and married
Laura Lundstrom on May 9,
1944, a match that continued
63 years until her death at
83 on December 12, 2007,
in Pendleton. The Navy wife
accompanied Bob to stations
at both ends of the country and
to such ports as Guam and the
Philippines. Their daughter,
Susan, was born in Norfolk,
Virginia, on Jan. 5, 1950, and
accompanied them to both the
Philippines and Guam, where
she met and married Charles
Denight.
In addition to the U of
Louisville Dental School,
Bob attended Lindsey Wilson
College, Columbia, Ky., and
graduated Western Kentucky
University, Bowling Green.
Bob’s passions were
history, crossword
puzzles,
trains
and old tractors.
After moving to
Pendleton in 2007,
he never missed
the annual Old Iron
Show in Roy Raley
Park in Pendleton.
For many years
he built and ran
various model train
layouts. He might
have been one of
the few in Pendleton
who relished the
opportunity to sit in
traffic and watch a
train pass.
Bob was a
volunteer at Heri-
tage Station, the
museum of the
Umatilla
County
Historical Society,
for several years.
Prior to moving
to Pendleton, he
spent many years
as a volunteer with
his wife, Laura, at
Central Baptist Hospital in
Lexington, Kentucky, where
they lived for 25 years after
his retirement from the Navy.
He also volunteered for Meals
on Wheels.
In addition to his daughter,
Susan
Rives-Denight,
Pendleton, and her husband,
Charles, Bob is survived by
granddaughters Susan Laura
Denight, Warm Springs,
Ore., and Cristin Emmalynn
Denight, Portland, Ore.;
great-granddaughter Unah
Malachite Rives Leonard,
Portland; nephew George
Peyton Kirk, Littleton, N.H.;
nieces Nancy Rives McCann,
Newberg, Ore., and Helen
Rives, Gig Harbor, Wash.;
cousin Walter A. Graham,
Lexington, Ky.; and a host
of members of his extended
family.
He was preceded in death
by his parents; his sister
Martha Kirk, Pleasant Hill,
Calif.; brother George Rives,
Portland, Ore.; and nephew
Douglas Rives, Seattle, Wash.
A celebration of life is
being planned for a later date
in Pendleton.
Peggy D. Favorit, 64, of Umatilla died Tuesday, March
28, 2017, in Richland, Wash. She was born Feb. 9, 1953, in
Hood River. A private family celebration will be held. Burns
Mortuary of Hermiston is in care of arrangements. Sign the
online condolence book at burnsmortuaryhermiston.com
Darryl Stephen ‘Steve’ McGee
Pendleton
March 6, 1941-March 29, 2017
Darryl Stephen “Steve” McGee, 76, of Pendleton died
Wednesday, March 29, 2017, at his home. He was born March
6, 1941, in Pendleton. Arrangements are with Pendleton
Pioneer Chapel, Folsom-Bishop.
Thomas James ‘Jim’ Power
Hermiston
Jan. 24, 1925-March 29, 2017
Thomas James “Jim” Power, 92, of Hermiston died
Wednesday, March 29, 2017, in Hermiston. He was born Jan.
24, 1925, in Pendleton. At his request, no service will be held.
Burns Mortuary of Hermiston is in care of arrangements. Sign
the online condolence book at burnsmortuaryhermiston.com
UPCOMING SERVICES
FRIDAY, MARCH 31
WHITE, JOHN — Graveside service at 1 p.m. at Olney
Cemetery, Pendleton.
SATURDAY, APRIL 1
BREHAUT, DANNY — Services at 11 a.m. at the First
Presbyterian Church, 201 S.W. Dorion Ave., Pendleton.
GREEN, GWYNETH — Memorial service at 2 p.m.
at Munselle-Rhodes Funeral Home, 902 S. Main St.,
Milton-Freewater.
KNIFONG, LINDA — Memorial service at 1 p.m. at
the First Baptist Church of Enterprise, 1420 W. North St.,
Enterprise
REYNOLDS, RONALD — Celebration of life service
at 2 p.m. at the Irrigon Marina, end of Northeast 10th Street,
Irrigon.
SULLIVAN, WALTER — Memorial service at 11 a.m. in
the chapel at the Summerville Cemetery.
WHITE, JOHN — Memorial service at 2 p.m. at the First
Presbyterian Church, 2001 W. Kennewick Ave., Kennewick,
Wash.
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HONORS
CWU names winter honor roll students
CHENEY, Wash. —
Local students named to
the Winter Term honor
roll at Central Washington
University for the 2016-17
academic year include:
FRIDAY, MARCH 31
No meetings scheduled
MONDAY, APRIL 3
Students throughout the Hermiston
School District sparred for the top
prize in a literary contest that’s become
increasingly popular throughout the
state: the Battle of the Books.
Hermiston had a strong showing at
all three grade levels, with the Rocky
Heights Elementary School team besting
all comers in the region to go to the state
competition, while Hermiston High
School’s team took second at regionals.
The statewide event assigns students
at each grade level a selection of fiction
books, which students gather into teams
of four to read and discuss. The teams
are then quizzed on those books in head-
to-head competitions.
After making it to the top of their
respective schools, teams went to a
regional competition at Blue Mountain
Community College. Rocky Heights
beat a pool of 21 teams, including
Highland Hills in the finals, to become
the regional champions.
The team, which includes Cate
Doherty, Eleanor Larsen, Caden Lloyd
and Glen Lystrup, will compete at the
state competition April 8 in Salem.
“We have an amazing team,” said
Melissa Doherty, a Rocky Heights third
grade teacher and coach of the winning
team. “They gave up every recess to stay
in the classroom and study, they made up
their own battle questions — I’ve been
so impressed.”
Doherty said the competition has
challenged students to read books they
wouldn’t ordinarily pick up.
At the state level, the students will
be quizzed on the same 16 books they
read for the previous competitions, but
the questions will be much more difficult
and specific.
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Wednesday, March 29
Photo contributed by Delia Wallis
Ethan Atkinson, Chance Frederickson, Quincy Nordyke and Jessica Fer-
guson were on the Hermiston High School Battle of the Books team that
competed at regionals.
At Rocky Heights, the winning team
will also face off against a team of
teachers on April 7.
At the high school level, students
usually read about 12 titles per team —
often splitting the workload. Most are
contemporary titles, but usually one or
two classics are included. Seven teams
competed within the high schools.
A team of sophomores who called
themselves The Book Tumors won the
school-wide competition. That team,
comprised of Ethan Atkinson, Jessica
Ferguson, Chance Frederickson and
Quincy Nordyke, went to the regional
tournament and competed against several
other high schools: Adrian, Baker City,
Imbler Charter, Ione Community and
Jordan Valley.
Frederickson said his team went over
some of the questions together, focusing
on books they were quizzed on most
during the first few rounds, but said the
main preparation was just reading the
books. He said most of the questions
tested the students’ knowledge of facts
and chronology of events in each book.
At Sandstone Middle School, a team
of sixth graders took the top prize. The
Eragonic Readers, featuring Karter Arrit,
Elizabeth Doherty, Gavin Doherty and
Everett Wicks, had to compete for their
victory in two matches in front of the
entire school.
Armand Larive’s champions bested
a field of thirty-plus teams to win. The
Seventh Grade Wonders of the World,
featuring Hunter McDonald, Alyssa
Miller, Bridget Sanders and Emma
Williamson, were the school’s winners.
Delia Wallis, the librarian for Herm-
iston secondary schools, said she and the
students were both surprised and excited
they did so well, and she looks forward
to having many students participate
again.
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