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Thursday, January 25, 2018
East Oregonian
PUBLIC SAFETY LOG
OBITUARIES
DEATH NOTICES
TUESDAY
Keith Thomas Harding
Don C. Blankenship
Umtailla
February 28, 1942 - January 21, 2018
Hermiston
Jan. 7, 1937 - Jan. 22, 2018
7:02 a.m. - Racing vehicles and semi-tractors on County
Line Road, Hermiston, prompted a resident there to complain to
law enforcement. She said they were doing this since 4 a.m.
8:46 a.m. - A Umatilla resident on Jackson Street told police
she learned a group of people have been hanging around at
night at the irrigation shed close to her property.
9:08 a.m. - A caller asked for someone to move the dead
cow at East Diagonal Boulevard and Northeast 19th Street,
Hermiston.
9:08 a.m. - The Umatilla County Sheriff’s Office took a
criminal mischief complaint for traffic signs down at Northwest
11th Street and Umatilla River Road, Hermiston.
11:18 a.m. - Pendleton police responded to Pendleton
Riverside Apartments, 1300 N.W. Carden Ave., for two males
fist fighting in the stairwell of Building A. They were gone by the
time officers arrived.
11:29 a.m. - A resident on Columbia Lane, Irrigon, reported
two aggressive pit bull dogs were on the loose and “trying to
attack anyone or anything that walks by.” The caller also said
the owners of the dogs don’t get home until after dark.
12:59 p.m. - Hermiston police responded to the back area of
the parking lot at the Walmart Supercenter, 1350 N. First St., for
a vehicle that hit a person and took off. Witnesses provided a
description of the vehicle and its license plate, and police were
working on a possible suspect.
1:30 p.m. - The Morrow County Sheriff’s Office received a
report of possible sex abuse of a child.
2:31 p.m. - A resident on West Madrona Avenue, Hermiston,
wanted to speak to an officer about his neighbor’s dogs that
come into his yard and try to bite him.
5:26 p.m. - A caller at Columbia Basin Electric Co-Op, 171
W. Linden Way, Heppner, reported a female was “traveling
erratically” in a mobility scooter.
7:15 p.m. - Law enforcement received a report of possible
trespassing at rental property on Northeast Douglas Street,
Pilot Rock. A caller told the Umatilla County dispatch center
someone may have entered a neighbor’s house and left but
now could be in his house. He said he was in his home but has
not checked the bedroom and asked for police.
10:18 p.m. - Staff at the Pendleton Travelodge, 411 S.W.
Dorion Ave., reported a man in a blue jacket and blue jeans
pounded on doors and was yelling, then went across the street
to the bus stop.
ARRESTS, CITATIONS
•The Umatilla County Sheriff’s Office arrested Elva Lue
Sigur, 36, of 910 Cowl St., Milton-Freewater, for first-degree
burglary and theft.
•Boardman police arrested Jack Dale Castator, 33, of 70925
Wilson Road, Boardman, for attempt to flee, driving while
suspended and on a felony warrant.
IN UNIFORM
Private
First
Class assesses a Marine’s func-
Wade Scott Kirkpatrick of tional fitness as it relates to
Hermiston graduated from the demands of fighting and
Marine Recruit Training at winning battles.
the Marine Combat Recruit
PFC Kirkpatrick is the
son of Dave and
Depot in San
Anne Kirkpatrick
Diego, Calif., on
of Hermiston and
Dec. 21, 2017.
PFC Kirkpat-
Annette Greiner
rick successfully
of Milton-Free-
completed
the
water. He will
Physical Fitness
return to San
Test, which is
Diego to complete
a standard test
Marine Combat
used to measure
Training and will
battle-readiness of Kirkpatrick
then be shipped
each Marine with
to Pensacola, Fla.,
a focus on stamina
where he plans
and physical conditioning. to complete his military
He also completed the occupational specialty as an
Combat Fitness Test, which aviation systems technician.
Hermiston man wins
$118,000 playing keno
increasing his already nice
win by $40,000. He also
Ronald Williams won won $25,000 for playing
more than $118,000 after Special Keno.
Williams said originally
buying a keno ticket recently
at the Crossroads Truck Stop he thought he won the
Keno
8-Spot
in Umatilla.
and the rolling
According
jackpot, but didn’t
to the Oregon
know about the
Lottery, Williams
Bulls-Eye win.
matched the eight
“I was at break-
numbers on his
fast with a friend
quick pick ticket to
and the clerk said
win $53,031, but
that
someone
also matched the
was going to get
extra “bulls-eye”
$118,000 because
number to increase
of the win,” he
his winnings by Williams
said. “I tried to
$40,000.
“I bought the ticket, got figure out how it was that
home, took a nap and then much, and she told me about
checked the numbers with the Bulls-Eye. I had no clue
my computer,” Williams I had won that extra money.”
He said he was going
told the Oregon lottery. “I
am no computer wizard, but to improve some property
I was able to figure it out and he wants to sell with the
checked it about eight times. winnings.
In Umatilla County,
I wanted to make sure I saw
during the 2015-17 bien-
it right.”
Turns out, he not only nium more than $16 million
matched the eight numbers in Oregon Lottery proceeds
on his quick pick ticket to were directed to economic
parks,
win a $53,031.80 rolling development,
bonus, but also matched education and watershed
the Bulls-Eye number enhancement.
East Oregonian
Keith Thomas Harding
was born February 28, 1942,
in Los Angeles, Calif., the
son of Glen and Bernice
(Lueders) Harding. He
passed away in Kennewick
on Sunday, January 21,
2018, at the age of 75.
Keith grew up and
attended school in
Rosemead, Calif.,
graduating
from
Rosemead
High
School in the class
of 1959. Keith
moved to Oregon
in 1960, residing on
the Oregon Coast,
where he met and
married his first
wife Jean Kessell
Harding. Together Harding
they had daughter
Kathy and three
sons, Patrick, Keith and
Kenneth. They lived in
Salem and Central Oregon.
Later, he met and married
his current wife of 43 years,
Christine Bowen Harding,
while in Central Oregon,
where they lived until
moving to South Dakota
in 1986. They returned to
Oregon and their current
home in Umatilla in 2008.
Keith’s
employment
history varied from music
instructor, millwright and
law enforcement, and his
compassion for people led
him to work in health care
until his retirement.
Keith enjoyed outdoor
UPCOMING SERVICES
THURSDAY, JAN. 25
BLEDSOE, JIM — Viewing from 1-5 p.m. and from 7-9
p.m. at Munselle-Rhodes Funeral Home, 902 S. Main St.,
Milton-Freewater.
FRIDAY, JAN. 26
BLEDSOE, JIM — Memorial service at 2 p.m. at the
First Baptist Church, 102 S. Main St., Milton-Freewater.
HANDEL, LAWRENCE — Celebration gathering from
3-5 p.m. at New Hope Community Church fellowship hall,
1350 S. Highway 395, Hermiston.
NEUMANN, CHUCK — Celebration of life service at 5
p.m. at the A.C. Houghton Elementary School gymnasium,
1105 N. Main Ave., Irrigon.
MILTON-FREEWATER
LI-
BRARY BOARD, 4 p.m., Mil-
ton-Freewater Public Library, 8
S.W. Eighth Ave., Milton-Freewa-
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UMATILLA COUNTY PLAN-
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Umatilla County Justice Center,
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FRIDAY, JAN. 26
EASTERN OREGON TRADE
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NEW YORK (AP) — For
the first time, researchers
have used the cloning tech-
nique that produced Dolly
the sheep to create healthy
monkeys, bringing science
an important step closer to
being able to do the same
with humans.
Since Dolly’s birth in
1996, scientists have cloned
nearly two dozen kinds of
mammals, including dogs,
cats, pigs, cows and polo
ponies, and have also created
human embryos with this
method. But until now, they
have been unable to make
babies this way in primates,
the category that includes
monkeys, apes and people.
“The barrier of cloning
primate species is now over-
come,” declared Muming
Poo of the Chinese Academy
of Sciences in Shanghai.
In a paper released
Wednesday by the journal
Cell, he and his colleagues
announced that they success-
fully created two macaques.
The female baby monkeys,
about 7 and 8 weeks old, are
named Zhong Zhong and
Hua Hua.
“It’s been a long road,”
said one scientist who tried
and failed to make monkeys
and was not involved in the
new research, Shoukhrat
Mitalipov of Oregon Health
&
Science
University.
Antoinette ‘Toine’ Bruse
Milton-Freewater
May 5, 1989 - Jan. 21, 2018
Antoinette “Toine” Michelle Bruse, 28, of Milton-Freewater
died Sunday, Jan. 21, 2018. She was born May 5, 1989. A
memorial service will be held Saturday, Jan. 27 at 4 p.m. at the
First Christian Church in Milton-Freewater. Munselle-Rhodes
Funeral Home in Milton-Freewater is in charge of arrangements.
Mildred Burden
Pendleton
Nov. 14, 1925 - Jan. 23, 2018
Mildred Burden, 92, of Pendleton died Tuesday, Jan. 23,
2018, in Pendleton. She was born Nov. 14, 1925. Arrangements
are with Pendleton Pioneer Chapel, Folsom-Bishop.
Velma B. Felt
Heppner
July 3, 1924 - Jan. 23, 2018
Velma B. Felt, 93, of Heppner died Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2018,
in Heppner. She was born on July 3, 1924, in Dillard, Ore. A
memorial service is being planned for a later date. Sweeney
Mortuary of Heppner is in care of arrangements.
Liam Flanagan
Pilot Rock
July 6, 2009 - Jan. 21, 2018
Liam Flanagan, 8, of Pilot Rock died Sunday, Jan. 21, 2018,
in Portland. He was born July 6, 2009. Arrangements are with
Pendleton Pioneer Chapel, Folsom-Bishop.
Marjo Speakman
Milton-Freewater
March 27, 1939 - Jan. 22, 2018
Marjo Speakman, 78, of Milton-Freewater died Monday,
Jan. 22, 2018, at her home. She was born March 27, 1939, in
Red Owl, S.D. A celebration of life and potluck will be held
Saturday, Jan. 27 from 3-6 p.m. at the Walla Walla VFW.
Munselle-Rhodes Funeral Home in Milton-Freewater is in
charge of arrangements.
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Sun Qiang and Poo Muming/Chinese Academy of Sciences via AP
In this undated photo provided by the Chinese
Academy of Sciences, cloned monkeys Zhong Zhong
and Hua Hua sit together with a fabric toy.
“Finally, they did it.”
Poo said the feat shows
that the cloning of humans is
theoretically possible. But he
said his team has no intention
of doing that. Mainstream
scientists generally oppose
making human babies by
cloning, and Poo said society
would ban it for ethical
reasons.
Instead, he said, the goal
is to create lots of genetically
identical monkeys for use in
medical research, where they
would be particularly valu-
able because they are more
like humans than other lab
animals such as mice or rats.
The process is still very
inefficient — it took 127 eggs
to get the two babies — and
so far it has succeeded only
by starting with a monkey
fetus. The scientists failed to
produce healthy babies from
an adult monkey, though
they are still trying and are
awaiting the outcome of
some pregnancies. Dolly
caused a sensation because
she was the first mammal
cloned from an adult.
The procedure was tech-
nically challenging. Essen-
tially, the Chinese scientists
removed the DNA-containing
nucleus from monkey eggs
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Don C. Blankenship, 81, of Hermiston died Monday, Jan. 22,
2018, at his home. He was born Jan. 7, 1937, in Great Falls,
Montana. At his request, there will be no formal service. Burns
Mortuary of Hermiston is in care of arrangements. Sign the
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Scientists successfully clone monkeys for first time
MEETINGS
THURSDAY, JAN. 25
activities such as camping,
fishing and hunting. He
loved music and was very
gifted. He played in several
bands and had the ability
to play any instrument he
picked up. He served in lead-
ership positions in several of
the communities he resided
in. Family was very
important to him
and he cherished
every
moment
spent with them.
He was preceded
in death by his
parents, and a son,
Stacy.
He is survived
by his wife of 43
years,
Christine
Harding; daughters
Ronda
(Mark)
Talso,
Kathy
(Devon) Andrews
and
Robyn (Roderick) Klucas;
sons Joe Kalani, Travis
(Arnell) Eynon, Patrick
(Julie)
Harding,
Keith
Thomas (Brenda) Harding
Jr. and Ken (Yana) Harding;
brother Kevin (Carolyn)
Harding; 30 grandchildren
and 15 great-grandchildren.
A memorial service will
be held at 2 p.m. Sunday,
January 28, 2018, at the
Hermiston First United
Methodist Church, 191 E.
Gladys Ave., Hermiston.
The family suggest
memorial contributions be
made to the Hermiston First
United Methodist Church.
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and replaced it with DNA
from the monkey fetus. These
reconstituted eggs grew and
divided, finally becoming an
early embryo, which was then
placed into female monkeys
to grow to birth.
The scientists implanted
79 embryos to produce
the two babies. Still, the
approach succeeded where
others had failed. Poo said
that was because of improve-
ments in lab techniques and
because researchers added
two substances that helped
reprogram the DNA from
the fetus. That let the DNA
abandon its job in the fetus,
which involves things like
helping to make collagen,
and take on the new task of
creating an entire monkey.
The Chinese researchers
said cloning of fetal cells
could be combined with gene
editing techniques to produce
large numbers of monkeys
with certain genetic defects
that cause disease in people.
The animals could then be
used to study such diseases
and test treatments. The
researchers said their initial
targets will be Alzheimer’s
and Parkinson’s.
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