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Friday, October 20, 2017
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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
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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-
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said. “And we have seen
criminals using advanced
technology to escape us.”
Porter, who has been
with the Bend Police
Department for 26 years,
said more and more often
his officers have found
suspects have smartphone
apps that broadcasts the
scanner feeds. He pointed
to a 2015 case where a
suspect was believed to
have broken into 34 cars.
When police located him,
he was driving down the
street looking for cars to
break into while monitoring
the scanner to try and avoid
being caught, Porter said.
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could recall two other times
since the 1980s where a
suspected criminal was
found to be listening to the
police scanner, though he
said it’s impossible to know
how common it is.
Porter said he didn’t
hear objections from any
members of the public after
announcing the change in
July. Deschutes County
Sheriff’s Office Capt. Paul
Garrison said he person-
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emails, and Sheriff Shane
Nelson talked with some
members of the pubic as
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