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RECORDS Tuesday, July 18, 2017 East Oregonian PUBLIC SAFETY LOG OBITUARIES DEATH NOTICES FRIDAY Jacqueline (Gibson) Iribarren George A. Czarnik Pilot Rock November 7, 1939 - July 4, 2017 Dallas, Ore. March 17, 1938 - July 14, 2017 8:25 a.m. - A Milton-Freewater resident on the 200 block of Northwest Sixth Avenue lost power to his house after a vehicle struck the line, knocking out the flow of electricity. 9:20 a.m. - A Walla Walla man reported the theft of his father’s vehicle from the 600 block of Lamb Street, Milton-Freewater. 9:49 a.m. - A resident on Yucca Avenue, Hermiston, complained about the neighbor’s sprinklers watering her house. 9:49 a.m. - A caller in the Hermiston area reported receiving harassing and threatening text messages. 10:02 a.m. - A man told Hermiston police he parked his vehicle last weekend in the back lot of Hale’s Restaurant, 174 E. Main St., Hermiston, and now it’s gone. He said he needed to report it as stolen. 10:59 a.m. - A resident on East Gladys Avenue, Hermiston, reported the theft of dogs. 12:05 p.m. - The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 15 Grant St., Umatilla, reported a break-in. 1:24 p.m. - A Umatilla woman told police someone in Georgia opened credit cards in her husband’s name. 2:35 p.m. - Someone in a black SUV with Washington plates stole three bags of crushed cans from Columbia Harvest Foods, 1411 Sixth St., Umatilla. 11:30 p.m. - Hermiston police received a report of possible elder abuse. SATURDAY 9 a.m. - The Umatilla County Sheriff’s Office responded to a report of a possible plane crash in the Columbia River near Hat Rock State Park. Only one caller reported the disappearance of a small yellow aircraft that dropped out of sight over the water, according to a written statement from the sheriff’s office. Police personnel, including the Umatilla County Sheriff’s Marine Patrol, searched the area for several hours, traveling on the river from McNary Dam to the Washington border. Local pilots also flew the river several times. The sheriff’s office reported no one spotted any aircraft debris or sign of wreckage. But if you have information about the incident, please call the sheriff’s office at 541-966-3600. 1:52 p.m. - Hermiston police responded to a residence on West Hermiston Avenue for a female “destroying stuff, screaming and yelling.” SUNDAY 4:28 a.m. - Loud party-goers on Southwest Seventh Place, Hermiston, prompted neighbors to complain to police about the noise. 1:39 p.m. - Someone slashed a vehicle’s tires on the 800 block of North East Elizabeth Street, Milton-Freewater. 6:15 p.m. - A member of the Ukiah Neighborhood Watch on North Mill Street reported the theft of a car. 9:34 p.m. - Hermiston police took a report about a male hitting a female. 10:19 p.m. - Brush caught fire at Southshore Drive and Highway 730, Umatilla. ARRESTS, CITATIONS Friday •Milton-Freewater police arrested Leman Louis Bledsoe, 75, of Milton-Freewater, for second-degree assault, menacing, reckless endangering, harassment and second-degree disorderly conduct. Saturday •Stanfield police arrested Wayd Steven Harley, 18, of Stanfield, for trespassing and first-degree theft. •Umatilla police arrested Marissa Elizabeth Gonzalez, 23, of Hermiston, on two warrants for failure to appear and for possession of methamphetamine. •Hermiston police arrested Jesus Salvador Solorio Vidales, 33, of Hermiston, for possession of methamphetamine, tampering with physical evidence and on a warrant for failure to appear. •Two local Hermiston offenders ended up in jail on charges of felony assault. Hermiston police reported officers responded to the Last Chance Tavern, 240 S.W. 11th St., after witnesses said Mitchell Wayne Thomas, 28, and Devontea Lamont Wright, 22, both of Hermiston, assaulted a 41-year-old transient, kicking and punching the man while he was on the pavement. “The victim suffered loose teeth and several scrapes,” according to the report. Police caught Thomas and Wright and booked them into the Umatilla County Jail, Pendleton, for third-degree assault, a class C felony in Oregon, and for second-degree disorderly conduct. Police also arrested Wright on a probation violation warrant. Thomas has multiple convictions. His most recent in Umatilla County Circuit Court was in August 2016 when he pleaded guilty to felon in possession of a firearm. Wright in 2011 took a deal in a sex crimes case and pleaded guilty to a pair of class C felonies and received a three-year prison sentence, minus the time he served in jail. •Morrow County Sheriff’s Office arrested Hiram Parker Paul Vickery, 55, no address provided, on domestic violence charges of strangulation and two counts of fourth-degree assault •Oregon State Police cited Chandra Green, 21, of Pendleton, for offensive littering for throwing a lit cigarette butt out of a vehicle window. Sunday •Oregon State Police arrested Rashelle Marie Zacarias, 23, of Burns, for driving under the influence of intoxicants. •Hermiston police arrested Juan Lucas Garcia Perez, 22, no address provided, for reckless driving, attempt to elude and DUII. •Citizens helped Hermiston police catch a man who tried to flee. Hermiston police saw Mayro Mike Guzman, 26, of Hermiston, driving in the area of Southwest Seventh Street and West Pine Avenue, and when an officer tried to make a stop near Southwest Ninth Street and West Orchard Avenue, the driver took off. Guzman made it about six blocks before abandoning his vehicle and fleeing on foot, according to the report. Citizens in the area helped police find Guzman in the bathrooms at Victory Square Park, where officers arrested him without further problems. Police booked Guzman into the Umatilla County Jail, Pendleton, on several warrants, driving while suspended, reckless driving and misdemeanor and felony eluding. MEETINGS TUESDAY, JULY 18 WEDNESDAY, JULY 19 ATHENA CEMETERY DIS- TRICT, 5:30 p.m., Athena City Hall, 215 S. Third St., Athena. (541-566-3862) IRRIGON CITY COUNCIL, 6 p.m., Irrigon City Hall, 500 N.E. Main Ave., Irrigon. (541-922- 3047) PENDLETON DEVELOP- MENT COMMISSION, 6 p.m., Pendleton City Hall, 501 S.W. Emigrant Ave., Pendleton. (541- 276-1811) MORROW COUNTY FAIR, 6 p.m., Morrow County Fair- grounds office, 74473 Highway 74, Heppner. (Ann Jones 541- 676-9474) UMATILLA COUNTY SOIL & WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT, 6 p.m., USDA Ser- vice Center conference room, 1 S.W. Nye Ave., Pendleton. (Kyle Waggoner 541-278-8049 ext. 138) PILOT ROCK CITY COUN- CIL, 7 p.m., Pilot Rock City Hall council chambers, 143 W. Main St., Pilot Rock. (541-443-2811) STANFIELD CITY COUN- CIL, 7 p.m., Stanfield City Hall council chambers, 160 S. Main St., Stanfield. (541-449-3831) PENDLETON CITY COUN- CIL, 7 p.m., Pendleton City Hall council chambers, 501 S.W. Emigrant Ave., Pendleton. (541- 966-0201) STANFIELD CITY COUN- CIL, 7 p.m., Stanfield City Hall council chambers, 160 S. Main St., Stanfield. (541-449-3831) EAST UMATILLA COUNTY HEALTH DISTRICT, 7 p.m., dis- trict office, 431 E. Main St., Athe- na. (541-566-3813) OREGON TRAIL LIBRARY DISTRICT, 7 p.m., Oregon Trail Library District office, 200 S. Main St., Boardman. (541-481-3365) PILOT ROCK CITY COUN- CIL, 7 p.m., Pilot Rock City Hall council chambers, 143 W. Main St., Pilot Rock. (541-443-2811) MORROW COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSION- ERS, 9 a.m., SAGE Center, 101 Olson Road, Boardman. (541- 676-9061) UMATILLA COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSION- ERS, 9 a.m., Umatilla County Courthouse room 130, 216 S.E. Fourth St., Pendleton. (Doug Ol- sen 541-278-6208) INTERMOUNTAIN EDUCA- TION SERVICE DISTRICT, 5 p.m., IMESD office, 2001 S.W. Nye Ave., Pendleton. Budget Committee meeting at 6:30 p.m. will be followed by the regular meeting at 8 p.m. (888-437- 6892) EASTERN OREGON RE- GIONAL AIRPORT COMMIS- SION, 6 p.m., terminal/adminis- tration office, 2016 Airport Road, Pendleton. (Erica Stewart 541- 276-7754) BOARDMAN PLANNING COMMISSION, 7 p.m., Board- man City Hall, 200 City Center Circle, Boardman. (541-481- 9252) PILOT ROCK SCHOOL DISTRICT, 7 p.m., Pilot Rock High School library, 101 N.E. Cherry St., Pilot Rock. (541- 443-8291) Jacqueline (Gibson) Irib- arren, a long-time resident of Pilot Rock, Oregon, and the Columbia Basin, passed away Tuesday, the 4th of July, surrounded by her family. Born in 1939 in Pend- leton, Oregon, Jackie was the oldest of five children and graduated from Pilot Rock High School in 1958. Jackie received her business degree in Portland, Oregon, and returned to Pilot Rock to work for the local lumber mill as a secretary until she married Iribarren Pascual Iribarren in 1962. She raised four children in the Mesa, Washington, area and helped to run a farming and ranching enterprise across the Columbia Basin for 20 years before returning to the Pilot Rock area. Jackie was an avid horse enthusiast and rider, spending much of her youth breaking horses, competing, riding in the Pendleton Round-Up and showing horses at livestock events. Jackie loved animals, raising them all of her life, and in her later years she bred and raised several unique horse and other livestock breeds on her farm near Pilot Rock. She is survived by her Former Milton-Freewater resident George A. Czarnik, 79, of Dallas, Ore., died Friday, July 14, 2017, in Albany. He was born March 17, 1938. Munselle-Rhodes Funeral Home in Milton-Freewater is in charge of arrangements. four children, Martina, Miguel, Patrick and Steven; her former husband, Pascual Iribarren; siblings Janet McKague, Joyce Gibson, Thomas Gibson and Buster Gibson; 11 nieces and nephews; and seven grand- children, who all love her dearly. Memorial gifts may be made to the CURE PSP foundation, the leading source of information on prime of life neurodegenerative diseases, including PSP, CBD, MSA, ALS, CTE and FTD: www.psp. org A service will be held Saturday, July 22 at 2 p.m. at the Pendleton Pioneer Chapel, 131 S.E. Byers Avenue, to remember Jackie and celebrate her life. Burial will follow at the old Pilot Rock Cemetery on East Birch Creek Road, with an informal gathering afterward at the Pilot Rock Community Center. Jackie was a strong, giving, loving and wonderful mother, grand- mother, wife, sister and aunt and will be forever missed by her family and friends, but never forgotten. Online condolences may be shared with the family at www.pioneerchapel.com Gordon Lee Dakin SeaTac, Wash. Dec. 2, 1950 - July 15, 2017 Former Milton-Freewater resident Gordon Lee Dakin, 66, of SeaTac, Wash., died Saturday, July 15, 2017, in Seattle. He was born Dec. 2, 1950. Munselle-Rhodes Funeral Home in Milton-Freewater is in charge of arrangements. Vaughn Ray Howland Pendleton Jan. 20, 1956 - July 13, 2017 Vaughn Ray Howland, 61, of Pendleton died Thursday, July 13, 2017, in Spokane, Wash. He was born Jan. 20, 1956, in Pendleton. A celebration of life will be held Saturday, July 29 at 1 p.m. at Bethel Assembly of God Church in Pendleton. Burns Mortuary of Pendleton is in care of arrangements. Joye Donovan Nelson Richland, Wash. Jan. 2, 1935 - June 29, 2017 Former Walla Walla resident Joye Donovan Nelson, 82, died Thursday, June 29, 2017, in Richland, Wash. He was born Jan. 2, 1935. A memorial service will be held Friday, July 21 at 3 p.m. at the Munselle-Rhodes Funeral Home in Milton-Free- water. A private family burial is planned. Munselle-Rhodes Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Florencio Perez-Saldana Milton-Freewater Oct. 3, 1941 - July 16, 2017 Florencio Perez-Saldana, 75, of Milton-Freewater died Sunday, July 16, 2017, at his home. He was born Oct. 3, 1941. Munselle-Rhodes Funeral Home in Milton-Freewater is in charge of arrangements. Alvin L. ‘Al’ Sather Hermiston June 19, 1935 - July 15, 2017 Alvin L. “Al” Sather, 82, of Hermiston died Saturday, July 15, 2017, in Pasco, Wash. He was born June 19, 1935, in Malta, Mont. A graveside service with military honors will be held Friday, July 21 at 4 p.m. at the Hermiston Cemetery. Burns Mortuary of Hermiston is in care of arrangements. Sign the online condolence book at burnsmortuaryhermiston.com Edward Eugene Fullmer Heppner April 3, 1960 - July 16, 2017 Edward Eugene Fullmer, 57, of Heppner, Oregon, died Sunday, July 16, 2017, at his home. He was born April 3, 1960, at Butte, Montana, to Bill and Joan Osterland Fullmer. He was raised and attended school in Butte where he graduated from high school. On August, 25, 1999, he married Kathy Cuts- forth Fullmer at Heppner. Ed worked for Union Pacific Railroad for 18 years. He was passionate about golf, the Chicago Bears and the St. Louis Cardinals. He also enjoyed bowling, fishing and Montana. 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Kathy of Heppner; his sister Brenda Darlow of Butte; and nieces and nephews Joe and Maggie Armato and Brandi and Brodie Darlow. Preceding him in death were his parents, Joan and Bill. Funeral Mass will be held Thursday, July 20, 2017, at 10 a.m. at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in Heppner. Following the service a luncheon will be held at St. Patrick’s Parish Hall. Memorial contributions may be made to the Willow Creek Country Club, P.O. Box 64, Heppner, OR97836. Sweeney Mortuary of Heppner is in care of arrangements. UPCOMING SERVICES TUESDAY, JULY 18 No services scheduled WEDNESDAY, JULY 19 No services scheduled OBITUARY POLICY The East Oregonian publishes paid obituaries. The obituary can 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 online at www.eastoregonian.com/obituaryform, by email to obits@ea- storegonian.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. George Romero, zombie film pioneer, dies at 77 By JAKE COYLE AP Film Writer with his directorial debut, the 1968 cult classic, “Night of the Living Dead.” The movie NEW YORK — George set the rules imitators lived Romero, whose classic by: Zombies move slowly, “Night of the Living Dead” lust for human flesh and can and other horror films turned only be killed when shot in zombie movies into social the head. If a zombie bites a human, the person commentaries dies and returns as and who saw his a zombie. flesh-devouring Romero’s undead spawn zombies, however, countless imita- were always tors, remakes and more than mere homages, has died. cannibals. They He was 77. were metaphors for Romero died conformity, racism, Sunday following mall culture, a battle with militarism, class lung cancer, said Romero differences and his family in a statement provided by his other social ills. “The zombies, they could manager Chris Roe. Rome- ro’s family said he died be anything,” Romero told while listening to the score The Associated Press in of “The Quiet Man,” one of 2008. “They could be an his favorite films, with his avalanche, they could be a wife, Suzanne Desrocher, hurricane. It’s a disaster out and daughter, Tina Romero, there. The stories are about how people fail to respond by this side. Romero is credited with in the proper way. They reinventing the movie zombie fail to address it. They keep trying to stick where they are, instead of recognizing maybe this is too big for us to try to maintain. That’s the part of it that I’ve always enjoyed.” “Night of the Living Dead,” made for about $100,000, featured flesh- hungry ghouls trying to feast on humans holed up in a Pennsylvania house. In 1999, the Library of Congress inducted the black-and-white masterpiece into the National Registry of Films. Romero’s death was immediately felt across a wide spectrum of horror fans and filmmakers. Stephen King, whose “The Dark Half” was adapted by Romero, called him his favorite collaborator and said, “There will never be another like you.” Guill- ermo del Toro called the loss “enormous.” YOUR WEDDING HEADQUARTERS Cineplex Show Times 7/17 - 7/18 TUXEDO RENTALS • COURSAGES JEWELRY • BOUTENNIERS Put a smile on the heart with the power of flowers. HWY 395, HERMISTON 541-567-4305 Mon-Sat 8am-6pm • Sun 12pm-5am Don’t just live life... Hear Life. FREE Es�matts! 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