RECORDS
Wednesday, April 12, 2017
PUBLIC SAFETY LOG
MONDAY
8:28 a.m. - A car prowl was reported by a resident of Villadom
Mobile Home Park, 53785 W. Crockett Road, Milton-Freewater.
9:42 a.m. - The Umatilla County Sheriff’s Office received a
report of a car broken into and fraud from a resident of Correa
Lane, Echo.
12:43 p.m. - Pendleton police were called to an alleged
assault on Southwest Runnion Avenue.
1:19 p.m. - A passerby reported a man carrying some kind
of pipe or weapon was following another man about a half block
behind on Southwest Frazer Avenue. Pendleton police were
unable to locate the man.
2:25 p.m. - Another assault was reported to Pendleton police,
this time on Southeast 15th Street.
2:34 p.m. - A cow was found slaughtered near Ross and Old
Oregon Trail roads near Meacham. The Umatilla County Sheriff’s
Office took a report.
2:41 p.m. - Milton-Freewater police investigated a burglary at a
home and garage in the 400 block of South Mill Street.
3:03 p.m. - Boardman and Irrigon fire crews were called to a
flareup on Estergardt Road and Boardman Canal Lane.
3:37 p.m. - The manager of Safeway, 203 S.W. 20th St.,
Pendleton, reported a trespasser who has been stalking
employees was in the store. Pendleton police arrested the
trespasser.
4:21 p.m. - A resident of Washington Lane, Irrigon, called the
Morrow County Sheriff’s Department to report cows out on the
road. The caller also said her neighbor had been attempting to
hit the cows with a vehicle while screaming profanities, but was
currently parked. Sheriff’s deputies assisted in corralling the cows
and talked to the neighbor.
6:54 p.m. - A man at Warehouse Beach on Highway 730 near
Umatilla called dispatch to report he had been locked behind a
gate and it was not yet dusk. He requested help from a Umatilla
County sheriff’s deputy.
8:28 p.m. - The Umatilla County Sheriff’s Office was called
when a man reported his ex-girlfriend showed up and started
ripping up his camp trailer parked at Blue Mountain Lumber,
44112 Rieth Road, Pendleton. He said she also struck him in the
face twice.
8:49 p.m. - A resident of Baxter Road, Hermiston, reported
hearing gunshots and requested contact from a Umatilla County
sheriff’s deputy. Bullet casings were found in the road.
ARRESTS, CITATIONS
•Oregon State Police arrested Roger Kelly Quinn, 47,
Pendleton, for possession of methamphetamine.
•Pendleton police arrested Jason Douglas Sweet, 42, address
not provided, for driving under the influence of intoxicants
(controlled substance).
•Pendleton police arrested Ricky Sly Higheagle, 32, address
not provided, on charges of possession of methamphetamine,
resisting arrest and interfering with police, as well as two felony
and one misdemeanor failure to appear warrants.
•The Morrow County Sheriff’s Office arrested Oscar Alexis
Pallares, age and address not provided, for duii and second-de-
gree criminal trespass.
•Miguel Angel Gutierrez, 45, address not provided, was
arrested by the Morrow County Sheriff’s Department on two
probation violation warrants and 33 counts of contempt of court.
•Oregon State Police were called to a one-vehicle accident
on Interstate 84, milepost 200. The driver had fallen asleep at the
wheel and over-corrected and rolled the vehicle into the median.
Upon contact with the driver, the officer was allowed to search the
vehicle and recovered methamphetamine. Laurel Rae Cassidy,
35, address not provided, was cited and released for possession
of methamphetamine and reckless driving on her release from St.
Anthony Hospital in Pendleton.
•Oregon State Police stopped a vehicle on a speeding
violation on Highway 332 near Milton-Freewater, and the officer
noticed a plastic bag with a crystal-like substance in a hole in
the vehicle dashboard. Thomas Lynn Hobbs, 20, address not
provided, admitted the substance was methamphetamine and
he was lodged at the Umatilla County Jail, Pendleton, on a
possession charge.
Murder trial delayed again
East Oregonian
The trial of two men
accused of killing Pend-
leton resident Tony Jimenez
Jr. in 2016 has been delayed
again.
Julian Simpson and
Victor Contreras had been
scheduled to stand trial
beginning Tuesday in
federal court in Portland.
Simpson,
formerly
of Pendleton, is accused
of shooting and killing
Jimenez at a house party on
the Confederated Tribes of
the Umatilla Indian Reser-
vation while Contreras is
charged with shooting and
injuring another man at the
same party.
Attorneys for both of
the accused requested addi-
tional time to prepare for
trial and the U.S. Attorney’s
Office in Portland, which
is prosecuting the case, did
not contest. The trial is now
scheduled to begin July 11.
Federal judge Anna
Brown will preside.
East Oregonian
OBITUARIES
Ruby Halvorson
Ross Lee Noble
Hermiston
September 21, 1927-April 8, 2017
Springfield
April 10, 1955-April 7, 2017
Ruby Halvorson of Herm-
Her family would like to
iston, Oregon, was born thank the staff at Brookdale
on September 21, 1927, in Assisted Living, including
Holdman, Oregon, to parents Audrey of Audrey’s Hair
Walter and Eva Thorne. She Salon within Brookdale and
died on April 8, 2017, in an extra special thanks to
Hermiston, Oregon, at the fellow resident, Neva, who
age of 89 years.
have been there for
She was raised
my mom and loved
and
attended
her as an extended
schools in Stan-
family member. I
field and Haines,
know that she was
Oregon, graduating
in your hearts. We
in the class of 1945.
will be forever
Ruby was united in
grateful for your
marriage to Kenneth
love and support.
Halvorson on July
The
family
1, 1950, in Walla
would also like to
Walla, Wash. They
thank Vange John
lived in La Grande, Halvorson
Hospice for the
Oregon, and she
support that they
was a full-time mom, staying have given to mom in her
home to raise their children time of need. Thank you so
until they were out of school. much!
They moved to Hermiston,
The family gives a special
Oregon, after Ken retired to thanks to mom’s good friend,
be closer to their family.
Linis (Lee to my mom), we
She is survived by her will be forever grateful for
daughter Kenda Irby and your love and support.
husband Steven, Spokane,
A graveside funeral
Wash.; two grandchildren, service will be held on Friday,
Cody and Trevin Irby April 14, 2017, at 1:00 p.m.
of Spokane, Wash.; two at the Hermiston Cemetery,
great-grandchildren, Corbin Hermiston, Oregon, for
and Kadibrie, children of family and close friends.
Cody and Tiera Irby; and
Please sign the online
several nieces and nephews.
condolence book at burns-
Ruby was preceded in mortuaryhermiston.com
death by her husband, her
Burns Mortuary of Herm-
parents, brother, sisters and a iston, Oregon, is in care of
daughter, Jeanne Halvorson.
arrangements.
Patricia M. ‘Pat ’Taylor
Milton-Freewater
March 17, 1933-April 9, 2017
Patricia M. “Pat” Taylor,
Milton-Freewater, Oregon,
formerly of Athena, Oregon,
passed away April 9, 2017,
at Heritage Cottage in
Milton-Freewater at the age
of 84 years. Funeral services
will be Friday, April
14, 2017, at 2:00
p.m. at the Athena
Baptist
Church
in Athena with
concluding services
and interment in the
Athena Cemetery.
Memorial contri-
butions may be
made to Samaritan
Purse or the Athena
Baptist
Church Taylor
Preschool through
the
Munselle-Rhodes
Funeral Home.
Mrs. Taylor was born
March 17, 1933, in Yakima,
Washington, the daughter
of Leonard and Mildred
Siekawitch McNeice. On
March 20, 1962, she married
Harry A. Taylor in Couer
d’Alene, Idaho.
She served as secretary
for the Athena Baptist
Church and as a homemaker.
Mrs. Taylor had a passion
for children and enjoyed
being involved with all of
their activities in the church.
She absolutely loved the
mountains, especially Mt.
Rainier. She loved nature and
flower gardening.
Mrs. Taylor was a
lover of all people
and
a
doting
grandmother. She
was a member of
the Athena Baptist
Church.
Mr.
Taylor
preceded her in
death on July 28,
2013.
She is survived
by her daughter
and son-in-law Jeff and
Holly
Taylor-Chamberlin
of College Place, Wash.,
and grandchildren Nicolai
Carrera of Portland, Ore.,
Morghan
and
Camron
Clark and Mailen Carrera of
College Place, Wash., and
Alec Carrera of Walla Walla,
Wash.
She was preceded in death
by a son, Brett Taylor, on
November 23, 1996.
Iowa town’s editor wins Pulitzer for
taking on powerful agricultural groups
“We’re here to
challenge people’s
assumptions and
I think that’s what
every good news-
paper should do.”
By DAVID PITT
Associated Press
DES MOINES, Iowa —
The owner of a small-town
Iowa newspaper who took
on powerful agricultural
groups for allowing nitrogen
runoff to pollute lakes and
streams and wrote that the
state “has the dirtiest surface
water in America,” has won
the Pulitzer Prize for edito-
rial writing.
Art Cullen, who owns the
Storm Lake Times with his
brother John, acknowledged
it wasn’t easy taking on
agriculture in a state that is
the nation’s top producer of
corn and No. 2 in soybeans
and where farm fields stretch
for hundreds of miles in
every direction. The Cullens
lost a few friends and a
few advertisers, but never
doubted they were doing the
right thing.
“We’re here to challenge
people’s assumptions and I
think that’s what every good
newspaper should do,” he
said Monday.
Cullen’s writing was
lauded by the Pulitzer
committee for “editorials
fueled
by
tenacious
reporting, impressive exper-
tise and engaging writing
that successfully challenged
powerful corporate agricul-
tural interests in Iowa.”
Northwest
Iowa’s
Buena Vista County, where
the
3,000-circulation,
twice-weekly
newspaper
is based, was one of three
counties sued by Des
— Art Cullen, co-owner,
editor of Storm Lake Times
Dolores Cullen/Storm Lake Times via AP
In this Monday photo provided by the Storm Lake
Times, Art Cullen, center, editor and co-owner of the
small-town newspaper, poses for a photo with his
son, Tom, left, and brother, John, outside the paper
in Storm Lake, Iowa, after Art won the Pulitzer Prize
for editorial writing. Cullen’s writing took on power-
ful agricultural groups for allowing nitrogen runoff to
pollute lakes and streams and wrote that the state
“has the dirtiest surface water in America.”
Moines Water Works for
allowing too much nitrogen
to be released through farm
drainage systems into Iowa
rivers from which the utility
draws its drinking water.
The counties fought the
federal lawsuit using money
provided by undisclosed
sources.
The newspaper worked
with the Iowa Freedom of
Information Council to force
the release of documents
showing funding came from
the Farm Bureau and other
agricultural groups.
“Anyone with eyes and
a nose knows in his gut that
Iowa has the dirtiest surface
water in America,” Cullen
wrote in a March 2016
editorial. “It is choking the
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waterworks and the Gulf of
Mexico. It is causing oxygen
deprivation in Northwest
Iowa glacial lakes. It has
caused us to spend millions
upon millions trying to clean
up Storm Lake, the victim
of more than a century of
explosive soil erosion.”
Cullen, 59, says he feels
vindicated that the informa-
tion was released.
A judge dismissed the
water utility’s lawsuit last
month, giving the farm
groups and counties a clear
victory.
Cullen is proud that the
Pulitzer committee recog-
nized his small newspaper’s
efforts alongside those of
larger papers. The two other
finalists in the editorial
writing category were from
the Houston Chronicle and
The Washington Post.
“We’ve always believed
that the Storm Lake Times
should be as good at
covering Storm Lake as
The New York Times is at
covering New York,” he
said. “There’s no reason
why an editorial written in
Iowa shouldn’t be as good
as an editorial written in
Washington.”
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Ross Lee Noble passed
away April 7, 2017. He was
born in Murray, Utah, on
April 10, 1955.
Ross graduated from
Brigham Young University
in 1991. He served a mission
in Alaska for the
Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter-day
Saints, where he
met his wife, Clar-
issa. They dated
while
attending
BYU and were
married April 23,
1977.
Ross was a
gifted equipment
operator and pilot. Noble
He felt a great
connection with the land
and worked in agriculture
for many years. He was a
certified golf course superin-
tendent, an achievement that
he took great satisfaction in.
Ross is survived by his
wife, Clarissa; three children,
R. Leon Noble, Marci Noble
and Douglas B. Noble; and
three grandchildren, Michael
A. Noble, Isis K. Noble
and Jacob S. Noble. He is
also survived by his sisters
Nancy Noble, Rosemary N.
Palmer, Annette N. Golom
and Margaret N. Jackson,
and his brothers
Brian E. Noble and
Paul D. Noble. He
is preceded in death
by his parents,
Cleon E. Noble and
Mary
Catherine
Bowen Noble, his
sister, Diane Noble
Green, and a son,
Alan L. Noble.
Funeral services
will be held in
Springfield, Ore.,
at the Church of Jesus Christ
of Latter-day Saints, 525 N.
66th St., on Friday, April 14
at 11:00 a.m.
Arrangements entrusted
to Springfield Memorial
Funeral Home. Please access
the obituary and you are
invited to sign the guestbook
at musgroves.com
Roger L. Von Arx
Umatilla
October 24, 1953-February 9, 2017
Roger L. Von Arx, of
Umatilla, Oregon, former
longtime Pendleton, Oregon,
resident, was born
on October 24,
1953, in Portland,
Oregon, to parents
Leo and Dorothy
Law Von Arx. He
died on February 9,
2017, in Hermiston,
Oregon, at the age
of 63 years.
Roger graduated
from
Pendleton
High School in
1972 and then
served in the United
States Army until
his
honorable
discharge.
He Von Arx
lived in Pendleton,
Oregon, for most of his life
where he made and sold
homemade fishing tackle for
many years. After his mother
passed away in 2007 he
moved to Umatilla, Oregon,
where he has lived since.
Roger loved to go fishing
and hunting, especially with
his longtime friend
Paul Koski.
Roger
leaves
behind
extended
family and good
friends with count-
less fishing and
hunting adventures
and the endless
stories that will be
forever cherished.
He was preceded
in death by his
parents and his
sister,
Linda
Giesler.
Please sign the
online condolence
book at burnsmor-
tuaryhermiston.com
Roger’s burial will be at
Olney Cemetery, Pendleton,
Oregon on Friday, April 14th
at 11:00 a.m. Friends are
welcome.
UPCOMING SERVICES
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 12
No services scheduled
THURSDAY, APRIL 13
GILLIAM, HELEN — Funeral service at 11 a.m. at
All Saints Episcopal Church, 140 W. Church St., Heppner.
Concluding service and burial will follow at the Heppner
Masonic Cemetery.
IN UNIFORM
U.S. Air Force Airman
Chelsi N. Spencer grad-
uated from basic military
training at Joint Base San
Antonio-Lackland,
San
Antonio, Texas.
Spencer
completed
an intensive, eight-week
program
that
included
training in military discipline
and studies, Air Force core
values, physical fitness, and
basic warfare principles and
skills. Airmen who complete
basic training also earn four
credits toward an associate
in applied science degree
through the Community
College of the Air Force.
Spencer earned distinction
as an honor graduate.
She is the daughter of
Kristine E. Gaines and
Darrin W. Spencer of Pend-
leton, and a 2011 graduate of
Pendleton High School.
MEETINGS
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 12
UKIAH SCHOOL DISTRICT,
8 a.m., Ukiah Community School,
201 Hill St., Ukiah. (541-427-3731)
MORROW COUNTY BOARD
OF COMMISSIONERS, 9 a.m., Ir-
rigon Public Library, 200 N.E. Main
Ave., Irrigon. (541-676-9061)
MILTON-FREEWATER CEME-
TERY MAINTENANCE DISTRICT
NO. 3, 12 p.m., Milton-Freewater
Golf Course restaurant, 301 Cath-
erine St., Milton-Freewater. (541-
938-5531)
PORT OF MORROW COM-
MISSION, 1:30 p.m., Port of Mor-
row, 2 Marine Drive, Boardman.
(541-481-7678)
PENDLETON FACADE COM-
MITTEE, 3:30 p.m., Pendleton
City Hall administrative conference
room, 500 S.W. Dorion Ave., Pend-
leton. (Julie Chase 541-966-0204)
RIVERSIDE SITE COUNCIL,
5:30 p.m., Riverside High School
library, 210 N.E. Boardman Ave.,
Boardman. (541-676-9128)
WESTON CITY COUNCIL, 6
p.m., Memorial Hall, 210 E. Main
St., Weston. (541-566-3313)
EASTERN OREGON RE-
GIONAL AIRPORT COMMIS-
SION, 6 p.m., Eastern Oregon
Regional Airport terminal/adminis-
tration office, 2016 Airport Road,
Pendleton. (Erica Stewart 541-276-
7754)
ATHENA PLANNING COM-
MISSION, 6:30 p.m., Athena City
Hall, 215 S. Third St., Athena. (541-
566-3862)
ADAMS CITY COUNCIL, 7
p.m., Adams City Hall, 190 N. Main
St., Adams. (541-566-9380)
CONDON PLANNING COM-
MISSION, 7 p.m., Condon City Hall,
128 S. Main St., Condon. (541-384-
2711)
CONDON SCHOOL DIS-
TRICT, 7 p.m., Condon Grade
School, 220 S. East St., Condon.
(541-384-2441)
HERMISTON
PLANNING
COMMISSION, 7 p.m., Hermiston
City Hall, 180 N.E. Second St.,
Hermiston. (541-567-5521)
STANFIELD SCHOOL DIS-
TRICT, 7 p.m., Stanfield School
District office, 1120 N. Main St.,
Stanfield. (541-449-3305)
UMATILLA COUNTY FIRE
DISTRICT NO. 1, 7 p.m., Fire Sta-
tion 21, 320 S. First St., Hermiston.
(Reta Larson 541-567-8822)
HELIX SCHOOL DISTRICT,
7:30 p.m., Helix School library, 120
Main St., Helix. (541-457-2175)
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