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RECORDS Friday, October 20, 2017 East Oregonian Page 5A PUBLIC SAFETY LOG DEATH NOTICES UPCOMING SERVICES TUESDAY Garold Bedard FRIDAY, OCT. 20 BEDARD, GAROLD — Graveside service at 10 a.m. at St. Andrews Cemetery, Mission. A potluck will follow the service at 11:30 a.m. at the Longhouse Annex, Mission. KELLY, IRENE — Memorial services at 2 p.m. at Munselle-Rhodes Funeral Home, 902 S. Main St., Milton-Freewater. MCELROY, GINGER — Celebration of life service at 2 p.m. at the Stanfield Moose Lodge, 615 W. Coe Ave. SPOMER, JANET — Celebration of life memorial service at 2 p.m. at Trinity Lutheran Church, 485 W. Locust Ave., Hermiston. TURNER, NANCY — Burial at 11 a.m. at Olney Ceme- tery, Pendleton. SATURDAY, OCT. 21 ARROYO, SUSANA — Visitation from 2-6 p.m. at Burns Mortuary, 336 S.W. Dorion Ave., Pendleton. CARNES, STEPHEN — Graveside service with military honors at 2 p.m. at the Pilot Rock Cemetery. A gathering will follow at Archie’s Restaurant, 194 Main St., Pilot Rock. FULBRIGHT, JEFF — Graveside memorial service at 11 a.m. at Skyview Memorial Park, 70116 S. Highway 395, Pendleton. A reception gathering will follow at the Pendleton Eagles Lodge, 428 S. Main St. KIMBALL, EVERETT — Graveside service at 11 a.m. at the Hazelton Cemetery, Hazelton, Idaho. MINTER, RAYMOND — Memorial service with mili- tary honors at 2 p.m. at Bethlehem Lutheran Church, 515 S.W. Seventh St., Hermiston. PALMER, MARION — Funeral service at 11 a.m. at Ione Community Church, 470 E. Main St., with concluding service and burial to follow at High View Cemetery, Ione. VAN DEN DRIESSCHE, IRENE — Funeral service at 11 a.m. in the chapel at Burns Mortuary, 685 W. Hermiston Ave., Hermiston. A luncheon will follow at Our Lady of Angels Catholic Church, 565 W. Hermiston Ave., Hermiston, and burial at 3 p.m. in the Echo Cemetery. 10:51 a.m. - An Irrigon man on Southeast 13th Street reported the theft of his chain saw and leaf blower. He said he may have forgotten to lock the doors into his shop or another outbuilding, but the locks were not broken. 11:32 a.m. - A caller said she was in the road at Bunker Hill Lane and Highway 74, Heppner, when the pickup in front of her stopped and then backed into her. She said she would have to replace her bumper. 11:47 a.m. - A Morrow County sheriff’s deputy assisted a citizen on Northwest Water Street, Heppner, after a tree branch he was cutting off hit him in the head. He was OK, though. 11:58 a.m. - A Hermiston woman called police and said her husband threatened to file a missing persons report on her because she was leaving him. 11:59 a.m. - Pendleton police and emergency services responded to Southwest Emigrant Avenue and Third Street for a report of a vehicle that struck a mailman. 12:28 p.m. - The Umatilla County Sheriff’s Office received a request to take a bulldog from a home on Locust Road, Milton-Freewater, because the owner is in a treatment center, so no one is home to take care of the dog. 4:23 p.m. - A man called 911 and reported he was in a crash at Bensel Road and North Highway 395, Hermiston, but the other driver took off. He also said he was not injured and nothing was blocking traffic, though there was crash debris on the road. 4:42 p.m. - Another 911 caller reported a vehicle drove into a field off Grant and Lefore roads, Milton-Freewater. 4:42 p.m. - And to make it a trifecta, two vehicles crashed at Southgate Place and Southwest 37th St., Pendleton, and blocked northbound traffic on Southgate Place. 4:56 p.m. - A woman told Hermiston police she left her car unlocked on West Sunland Avenue, and someone entered it and stole clothes, a pair of shoes, and a box containing old cell phones, tablets and pay stubs, plus $2. She added this may have happened Monday night. 6:37 p.m. - Pendleton police took a report of an assault of a girl at Pendleton High School. ARRESTS, CITATIONS •Umatilla County Sheriff’s Office arrested Cassie Marie Bogan, 28, no address available, for unauthorized use of vehicle, criminal conspiracy, unauthorized entry into a motor vehicle and second-degree trespass. •Umatilla tribal police arrested Cindy Lee Fisher, 29, of Stanfield, for possession of methamphetamine, second-degree theft and on two warrants. •Hermiston police arrested Kristopher Michael Smith, 38, of Hermiston, for second-degree assault and on warrants for probation violations and contempt of court. The Umatilla County District Attorney’s Office on Thursday arraigned Smith on the preliminary charge of domestic violence fourth-degree assault. •Pendleton police at about 8:45 p.m. responded to a report of suspicious activity on the 600 block of Southeast Third Street and arrested Christian Wayne Scott, 23, and Tommy James Devine, 31, no addresses available, for unauthorized use of a vehicle. Pendleton Oct. 20, 1954 - Oct. 18, 2017 Garold Bedard, 62, of Pendleton died Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2017. He was born Oct. 20, 1954, in Pullman, Wash. A graveside service will be held Friday, Oct. 20 at 10 a.m. at St. Andrews Cemetery. A potluck will follow the service at 11:30 a.m. at the Longhouse Annex. Burns Mortuary of Pendleton is in charge of arrangements. Sign the online book at www. burnsmortuary.com Georgia Rinehart Pendleton Feb. 20, 1924 - Oct. 18, 2017 Georgia Rinehart, 93, of Pendleton died Wednesday, Oct. 18, 2017, in Hermiston. She was born Feb. 20, 1924, in Los Angeles. Arrangements are being handled by Pendleton Pioneer Chapel, Folsom-Bishop. Online condolences may be sent to www.pioneerchapel.com MEETINGS For a complete listing of regional events, visit easternoregonevents.com FRIDAY, OCT. 20 No meetings scheduled MONDAY, OCT. 23 NIXYAAWII COMMUNITY SCHOOL BOARD, 4:30 p.m., Nixyaawii Community School, 73300 July Grounds Lane, Mis- sion. (541-966-2680) UMATILLA BASIN WATER- SHED COUNCIL, 6 p.m., Eastern Oregon Higher Education Center, 975 S.E. Columbia Drive, Herm- iston. (Michael T. Ward 541-276- 2190) HERMISTON CITY COUN- CIL, 7 p.m., Hermiston City Hall council chambers, 180 N.E. Sec- ond St., Hermiston. (541-567- 5521) MILTON-FREEWATER CITY COUNCIL, 7 p.m., Milton-Freewa- ter Public Library Albee Room, 8 S.W. EIghth Ave., Milton-Freewa- ter. (541-938-5531) Bipartisan Senate bill aims to prevent Western wildfires WASHINGTON (AP) — As wildfires rage across California and the West, Democratic and Republican senators have joined forces to help rural communities better prepare for and prevent catastrophic wildfires. A bill introduced Thursday by senators from three Northwestern states would authorize more than $100 million to help at-risk communities prevent wildfires and create a pilot program to cut down trees in the most fire-prone areas. Under a streamlined approval process, forest managers would “thin” pine forests near populated areas and do controlled burns in remote regions. The bill also calls for detailed reviews of any wildfire that burns over 100,000 acres. Sen. Maria Cantwell of Washington state said the bill would “create new tools to reduce fire risk and help better protect our communi- ties,” especially those in the Northwest near fire-prone pine forests. Cantwell, top Democrat on the Energy and Natural Resources Committee, co-sponsored the bill with Democrats Patty Murray of Washington state, Ron Wyden of Oregon and Republicans Jim Risch and Mike Crapo of Idaho. Risch, who also serves on AP Photo/Ben Margot A Pacific Gas & Electric crew work on replacing poles Wednesday in Glen Ellen, Calif. California fire officials have reported significant progress on containing wild- fires that have ravaged parts of Northern California. the natural resources panel, said the nation needs to “actively manage our forests to reduce the fuel available for fires to burn.” The bipartisan bill is a compromise between Republicans eager to make it easier for federal land managers to thin overgrown woodlands and Democrats dubious of allowing timber companies greater access to harvest federally owned forests. The bill comes as lawmakers from both parties push to rework a federal funding formula that makes it hard for officials to budget for extreme wildfire seasons such as the one ravaging the West this year. The formula ties spending to a 10-year average for wildfires even as fires burn longer and hotter each year and forces officials to tap money meant for prevention programs to fight wildfires. Western lawmakers are seeking to ensure that Congress includes a fix to the “fire borrowing” problem in disaster-aid legislation being considered in the wake of Hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria. “Congress must continue to pursue efforts aimed at reducing the risk and severity of wildfires and end the ‘fire borrowing’ that takes funds from other Forest Service maintenance priorities,” Crapo said. BRIEFLY Judge won’t dismiss sanctuary cities case case raises similar issues and has already resulted in a nationwide injunction. SEATTLE (AP) — A federal judge has rejected the Justice Department’s efforts to have a lawsuit filed by Seattle and Portland, Oregon, over sanctuary city policies thrown out. The cities filed the lawsuit over the Trump administration’s threats to cut funding for jurisdictions that don’t play ball on federal immigration enforcement priorities. Those threats have already been blocked by a federal court in California, in a case brought by San Francisco and Santa Clara County. The Justice Department asked U.S. District Judge Richard Jones to throw out the lawsuit by Seattle and Portland, but he refused in a decision Thursday. He called the administration’s threats “unconstitutionally coercive.” Jones asked both sides to address whether he should delay further proceed- ings in the case, given that the California Eugene changes plaza name to Ken Kesey Square EUGENE (AP) — The Eugene City Council has officially changed the name of a downtown plaza to Kesey Square. The Register-Guard reports Wednesday’s vote was 5-1, and the switch to honor the late author Ken Kesey took effect immediately. Kesey’s son Zane said he learned about the council vote when he received a text from his wife while visiting the square. Zane said it’s important for people from all walks of life to be caretakers of the square so it can be a place where “people can come together safely and enjoy one another.” The square already includes a statue of the “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest” author reading to his grandchildren. It was dedicated in 2003, two years after his death in Eugene. IRRIGON COMMUNITY PARKS & RECREATION DIS- TRICT, 7 p.m., Irrigon Fire Station, 705 N. Main St., Irrigon. (541-922- 3047) TUESDAY, OCT. 24 EAST IMPROVEMENT DIS- TRICT, 9 a.m., IRZ conference room, 500 N. First St., Hermiston. (Mathew Vickery 509-820-3234) IONE SCHOOL DISTRICT, 3:30 p.m., Ione Community School, 445 Spring St., Ione. (541- 422-7131) MORROW COUNTY PLAN- NING COMMISSION, 7 p.m., Port of Morrow Riverfront Center, 2 Ma- rine Drive, Boardman. (Stephanie Loving 541-922-4624) WEDNESDAY, OCT. 25 MORROW COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS, 9 a.m., Bartholomew Government Build- ing upper conference room, 110 N. Court St., Heppner. (Roberta Lutcher 541-676-9061) HERMISTON LIBRARY BOARD, 4 p.m., Hermiston Public Library, 235 E. Gladys Ave., Herm- iston. (541-567-2882) OBITUARY POLICY The East Oregonian publishes paid obituaries. The obituary can in- clude 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 in- clude information about services. Obituaries and notices can be submitted online at www.eastorego- nian.com/obituaryform, by email to obits@eastoregonian.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. Public cut off from Deschutes police scanner By AUBREY WIEBER The Bulletin BEND — On July 27, the steady hum of static and radio scanner chatter filling newsrooms and some Deschutes County homes fell largely silent. Reports from local fire agencies, the Oregon State Police and Oregon Depart- ment of Transportation sounded occasionally, but the conversations from area law enforcement orga- nizations about reported crimes, violent encounters and other police-related emergencies ceased. The silence came after all Deschutes County law enforcement agencies replaced their aging analog radio system with a digital system and then encrypted the conversations that once floated freely through the air. The change blocked personal scanners from hearing the information online, on phone apps or on hand-held or desktop receivers. Those looking to monitor law enforcement agencies in Deschutes County as a hobbyist, government skeptic or a media outlet were out of luck. According to Steve Reinke, director of Deschutes County’s 911 service, which dispatches police, fire and medical emergency services for 15 agencies, no private citizen can listen to the encrypted network, regard- less of equipment. Deschutes County will at some point provide the scanner chatter on a 30-minute delay, which will be available online. The specific web address for the delayed feed has not been created yet. All agencies will have the ability to pause the delayed feeds to withhold sensitive information, but unaltered copies of the scanner traffic will be available through public records requests. The delayed feed is not available yet. Reinke said each agency uses different radios, and his staff is working on getting all of the radios to work together on the network. Once the bugs are worked out, he can focus on the delayed feed, which he says should be up by January. Law enforcement agen- cies say their need for radio scanner secrecy is two-fold: Encrypted channels help them do their jobs to the best of their abilities, and are safer for officers. But the practice also shuts out the public. For decades, the media has demonstrated a clear interest in hearing scanner traffic, as it alerts journal- ists to breaking news in real time. In the past, The Bulletin has used scanners to be able to quickly arrive on scene for a variety of different stories, from the collapse of a snow- laden roof to a murder. Arriving on scene allows reporters to get details and interview witnesses to give “We have seen an increase in individuals monitoring our radio, monitoring our police officers’ movements. And we have seen crimi- nals using advanced technology to escape us.” — Jim Porter, Bend Police Chief readers an independent account of a news event. Some citizens enjoy listening to the feeds, though it appears to be a small section of the community. While each law enforce- ment agency has the ability to decide whether to encrypt, all agency heads decided jointly to go forward with encryption, with two exceptions: Fire agencies have decided against it, and OSP is still weighing its options. Members of the public who want to listen to fire and other agencies that aren’t encrypted can do so on a digital scanner, on a smart- phone through free apps or online on websites such as www.broadcastify.com. Bend Police Chief Jim Porter, who has been a police officer since 1983, said technological advance- ments spurred the decision. “We have seen an increase in individuals monitoring our radio, monitoring our police offi- Destiny Theatres Fri - Wed, Oct. 20 - Oct. 25, 2017 Subject to change. Check times daily. 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