RECORDS
Wednesday, May 10, 2017
PUBLIC SAFETY LOG
MONDAY
5:08 a.m. - A Hermiston resident on Northeast 10th Street
reported a man outside his fence harassed him and his dog
for almost an hour.
5:44 a.m. - Someone stole hunting gear and more from a
vehicle on the 900 block of Ward Street, Milton-Freewater.
8:05 a.m. - A resident of Southwest Lake Drive, Pendleton,
reported ongoing issues with a neighbor.
9:24 a.m. - Staff at Sunridge Middle School, Pendleton,
asked for an officer for a student “in a shouting match with the
principal in the office.”
10:59 a.m. - A woman told Hermiston police she moved
from California, and the movers she hired stole a vintage
jewelry box.
11:02 a.m. - Hermiston police took a theft report from
an East View Drive resident who said someone stole his
horseshoeing tools, a cordless drill and a grinder from his
pickup bed during the night.
11:13 a.m. - And a man told police someone on West
Ridgeway Avenue, Hermiston, stole his red weed cutter worth
$200 from his vehicle.
11:25 a.m. - A Heppner mother asked to speak to a Morrow
County sheriff’s deputy about her son “stealing stuff from
around town.”
12:44 p.m. - Pendleton police received a complaint about
a resident making constant pounding for five days at Pillars
Motel, 1816 S.E. Pendleton.
3:12 p.m. - Someone stole a homemade trailer from a
home on Southwest 24th Street, Pendleton.
5:06 p.m. - Pendleton police took a report of a burglary at
the Little League parks on the 1900 block of Southeast Byers
Avenue.
8:07 p.m. - A young child on the 300 block of Southwest
21st Street, Pendleton, called 9-1-1 and said someone was
trying to kill him.
8:33 p.m. - A Boardman man on Wilson Lane reported a
neighbor’s dogs again chased his horses.
ARRESTS, CITATIONS
Sunday
•Pendleton police cited Jonathan Clark, 23, of Pilot Rock,
for driving under the influence of intoxicants.
Monday
•Oregon State Police cited William Russell, 44, for reckless
driving. While we don’t usually report on singular traffic
citations outside of driving under the influence, state police
reported Russell drove a commercial semitrailer just a few feet
off another vehicle’s rear bumper on Highway 11 near milepost
8 and passed it in a no-passing zone while speeding on a blind
hill.
“The driver almost crashed while attempting to overtake
another vehicle in Milton-Freewater,” state police reported.
•Pendleton police arrested Nathaniel Eickstaedt, 21, of
Pendleton, for DUII.
SCHOLARSHIPS
Noon Kiwanis announce
scholarship recipients
The Hermiston Kiwanis Noon
Club announced that six Hermiston
High School students have been
selected to each receive $1,000
scholarships.
The Perry Johnson Post-Sec-
ondary Education Scholarships have
been awarded to Frederick Gonzalez,
Kellie Zepeda and Wyatt Paschal.
Gonzalez plans to study business
and/or graphics design. Zepeda plans
to attend the University of Portland,
where she will work towards a
degree in physical therapy with the
ultimate goal of getting a doctorate
in the field. Paschal will pursue a
degree in agricultural education at
Washington State University.
Recipients of the Russell Dorran
Memorial Scholarships are Jahayra
Garcia, Vanessa Ambriz and
Matthew Rada.
Garcia plans to major in finance
at the University of Portland. Ambriz
will study international relations at
Whitman College. Rada will major
is atmospheric sciences at Oregon
State University with the goal of a
master’s degree in meteorology from
the University of Oklahoma.
The scholarship applicants were
evaluated on their academic achieve-
ments, financial need, and leadership
and service activities within their
school and community.
The scholarships are given in
memory of a pair of past Kiwanis
members. Johnson also was a Baptist
minister, who supported youth
services and education. Dorran was
a charter member of the club, as
well as the Hermiston Elks Lodge,
Hermiston Development Corpora-
tion and Blue Mountain Community
College board.
For more information about the
Kiwanis scholarship program, write
Hermiston Noon Kiwanis Club, P.O.
Box 375, Hermiston, OR 97838.
Education foundation
awards scholarships
East Oregonian
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DEATH NOTICES
UPCOMING SERVICES
Harold E. “Bud” Bartlett
WEDNESDAY, MAY 10
No services scheduled
THURSDAY, MAY 11
BRADSHAW, DAVID — Graveside services at 2 p.m. at
the Milton-Freewater Cemetery.
CROW, ARLENE — Celebration of life service at 5
p.m. at Solid Rock Community Church, 140 S.W. Second St.,
Hermiston.
REES, PHYLLIS — Viewing from 4-6 p.m. at Burns
Mortuary, 336 S.W. Dorion Ave., Pendleton.
Milton-Freewater
Aug. 28, 1926-May 7, 2017
Harold E. “Bud” Bartlett, 90, of Milton-Freewater died
Sunday, May 7, 2017, at his home. He was born Aug. 28,
1926. Munselle-Rhodes Funeral Home in Milton-Freewater
is in charge of arrangements.
Arlene Bubar
Milton-Freewater
May 12, 1935-May 9, 2017
Arlene Bubar, 81, of Milton-Freewater died Tuesday,
May 9, 2017, at her home. She was born May 12, 1935.
Munselle-Rhodes Funeral Home in Milton-Freewater is in
charge of arrangements.
Mary Magdaline Olsen
Hermiston
Sept. 9, 1927-May 5, 2017
Former Milton-Freewater resident Mary Magdaline
Olsen, 89, of Hermiston died Friday, May 5, 2017, at her
home. She was born Sept. 9, 1927. Memorial services will
be held Saturday, May 13 at 2 p.m. at the Munselle-Rhodes
Funeral Homein Milton-Freewater. Munselle-Rhodes
Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Phyllis Rees
Pendleton
May 16, 1939-May 8, 2017
Phyllis Rees, 77, of Pendleton died Monday, May 8,
2017, in Pendleton. She was born May 16, 1939, in Parsons,
Kan. Viewings will be held Thursday, May 11 from 4-6
p.m. and Friday, May 12 from 9-11 a.m. at Burns Mortuary
of Pendleton. A memorial service will be held Saturday,
May 27 at 10:30 a.m. at the funeral home. A full obituary
will follow. Burns Mortuary of Pendleton is in charge of
arrangements.
Joseph A. Sizemore
Pilot Rock
July 9, 1984-May 7, 2017
Joseph A. Sizemore, 32, of Pilot Rock died Sunday, May
7, 2017, in Baker City. He was born July 9, 1984. Arrange-
ments are with Pendleton Pioneer Chapel, Folsom-Bishop.
William J. “Bill” Zerba
Walla Walla
Aug. 12, 1923-May 7, 2017
Former Athena resident William J. “Bill” Zerba, 93, of
Walla Walla died Sunday, May 7, 2017, in College Place.
He was born Aug. 12, 1923. Munselle-Rhodes Funeral
Home in Milton-Freewater is in charge of arrangements.
OBITUARY POLICY
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include 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 include
information about services. Obituaries and notices can be submitted
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or in person at the East Oregonian office. For more information, call
541-966-0818 or 1-800-522-0255, ext. 221.
MEETINGS
WEDNESDAY, MAY 10
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 CEM-
ETERY MAINTENANCE DIS-
TRICT NO. 3, 12 p.m., Milton-Free-
water Golf Course restaurant, 301
Catherine St., Milton-Freewater.
(541-938-5531)
STANFIELD
IRRIGATION
DISTRICT, 12 p.m., district office,
100 W. Coe Ave., Stanfield. (Tiffa-
ny Harrell 541-449-3272)
PORT OF MORROW COM-
MISSION, 1:30 p.m., Port of Mor-
row, 2 Marine Drive, Boardman.
(541-481-7678)
PENDLETON FAÇADE 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)
OREGON TRAIL LIBRARY
DISTRICT BUDGET COMMIT-
TEE, 6 p.m., Irrigon Public Library,
490 N.E. Main Ave., Irrigon. (541-
481-3365)
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)
THURSDAY, MAY 11
U M AT I L L A - M O R R O W
COUNTY FARM BUREAU, 12
p.m., TBA, TBA, Pendleton. (Julie
Spratling 541-457-8045)
BOARDMAN RURAL FIRE
PROTECTION DISTRICT, 1 p.m.,
Boardman Fire Department, 300
S. Wilson Lane, Boardman. (541-
481-3473)
BRIEFLY
Ambriz-Mendoza
Car, semi collide at
Fourth and Elm
Garcia-Sandoval
Gonzalez
Medel
HERMISTON — A
car and a semi crashed at
Northeast Fourth Street and
East Elm Avenue on Tuesday
morning in Hermiston.
The driver of the 1996
Pontiac Bonneville, Laura
DeMoss Bradley, was
uninjured and the passenger,
Jeannett McCoy, was
complaining of pain after
the crash. The driver of the
Freightliner, Kenneth Waelty,
was also uninjured.
Hermiston police officers
arrived on the scene around
9:09 a.m., a few minutes after
the crash occurred, and found
the two occupants of the car
still inside the vehicle. Waelty
was standing on the side of
the road. The car had crashed
into the side of the semi, and
both windows on the driver’s
side had been shattered.
After officers spoke to
witnesses and both drivers,
Waelty was issued a citation
for making an improper
right turn. He was turning
from Northeast Fourth onto
Elm, and the car was driving
straight on Elm.
Pendleton man
killed in Baker
County crash
Paschal
The Hermiston Education
Foundation recently announced it
awarded five $2,500 scholarships to
graduating seniors from Hermiston
High School.
The recipients include Frederick
Gonzalez, who plans to study
business and/or graphic design;
Wyatt Paschal, who will purse a
degree in agricultural education
Rada
at Washington State University;
Matthew Rada, who will attend
Oregon State University to study
atmospheric sciences with the goal
of a master’s degree in meteorology
from the University of Oklahoma;
Carla Medel, who plans to study
psychology at OSU in preparation
for a career as a juvenile therapist;
and Kellie Zepeda, who will study
physical therapy at the University of
Zepeda
Portland.
The students were evaluated on
academic achievement, leadership and service activities
at school and the community, and financial need.
Separate from the school district, the Hermiston
Education Foundation is a nonprofit public benefit
corporation. Their goal is to help students reach their
potential. In addition to scholarships awarded each
spring, the organization provides grants twice a year to
teachers in the district to enhance and provide additional
educational opportunities for students.
For more information about the foundation’s schol-
arship program, write Hermiston Education Foundation,
P.O. Box 1096, Hermiston, OR 97838.
BAKER CITY — A
Pendleton man died in a
wrong-way freeway crash
Sunday when his car struck
two semi-trucks, hitting
one head-on, after he exited
the Baker Valley Rest Area
driving west in the eastbound
lanes.
Joseph Alan Sizemore, 32,
died at the scene, an Oregon
State Police press report
stated. OSP was dispatched to
the crash at 9:44 p.m. Sunday.
Sizemore’s 2012 Ford
Focus first sideswiped a
semitractor-trailer and then
struck a second semi head-
on, police said. Sizemore
apparently left the Baker
Valley Rest Area, about 10
miles north of Baker City,
and drove onto the off-ramp
and into the eastbound traffic,
police said.
North Powder Fire
Department volunteers were
first on the scene and found
Sizemore dead in the driver’s
seat of his car. He was
traveling alone, police said.
The trucks were driven by
Jonathan M. Lawrence, 26, of
Hammond, Indiana; and Isaac
Jermaine Pitts, 34, of Hahira,
Georgia. Dorian Raymond
Temple, 22, of Jacksonville,
Florida, was a passenger in
one of the trucks. The Baker
Staff photo by Jayati Ramakrishnan
A car and a semi truck were involved in a collision at Northeast 4th and Elm Avenue
in Hermiston Tuesday morning.
City ambulance transported
one person to St. Alphonsus
Medical Center after the
crash.
Both trucks were
towed from the scene. The
eastbound freeway was
closed at La Grande for
several hours Sunday night
during the cleanup and
investigation.
— Baker City Herald
would receive information
and emergency instructions.”
County emergency
management stressed not
to call 9-1-1 unless you
need help from emergency
services.
Responders to hold
emergency drill
tests Thursday
PENDLETON — Two
of five Pendleton men facing
counterfeiting charges ended
up in jail Saturday.
Pendleton police arrested
Dustin James Verrall, 24,
for possession of metham-
phetamine, first-degree theft,
second-degree mischief
(vandalism) and unauthorized
entry of a motor vehicle on
Saturday evening on the 800
block of Southwest Emigrant
Avenue. He has a hearing on
the case on May 15.
Police also nabbed
Zachary James Norton, 32,
HERMISTON — Local
responders will hold an
emergency drill Thursday
evening, the Umatilla County
Emergency Management
announced.
Good Shepherd Medical
Center, local police, fire and
ambulance departments will
participate in the drill to
practice emergency response
plans, communications and
the ability to handle a mass
casualty incident.
The exercise will
start around 6 p.m. near
Hermiston, according to the
statement from the county,
and involve emergency vehi-
cles, such as fire trucks, police
vehicles and ambulances.
The drill also will test
the emergency notification
system Alert Sense with area
residents.
“Some residents in
Hermiston may receive a
text message or phone call
notifying them that the emer-
gency drill is taking place,”
according to the statement.
“No public response is
needed; this will only be a test
of the emergency notification
system. If a real emergency
were to happen, residents
Fake money
defendants face
new charges
on a felony parole violation.
Court records show he
has convictions in 2015 in
Umatilla County for witness
tampering and domestic
violence crimes of assault
and strangulation.
Pendleton police reported
they and three other Pend-
leton men — Tyler Dunn, 18,
Timothy McMurphy, 30, and
Daniel Wilson, 33 — were
involved in a scheme to make
fake $100 bills. The Umatilla
County District Attorney’s
Office in April brought
forgery charges against each
of the five.
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