RECORDS
Tuesday, March 20, 2018
PUBLIC SAFETY LOG
FRIDAY
9:45 a.m. - Morrow County sheriff’s deputies were on the
lookout for a juvenile smoking cigarettes at North Main and West
Willow streets, Heppner, and planned to give the minor a citation
if he returned.
10:19 a.m. - A semi-trailer broke down and blocked Interstate
82 at the entrance to the bridge to Washington state.
10:41 a.m. - A Umatilla resident asked to speak to police
about the neighbor’s suspicious behavior.
12:28 p.m. - A semi hauling scrap lumber hit a fire hydrant at
North Main and West Willow streets, Heppner.
12:33 p.m. - Hermiston police responded to a report of a
14-year-old pushing around his parents.
4:02 p.m. - Harassment at a Hermiston school prompted a
report to an officer.
4:53 p.m. - A 911 caller reported a person armed with a gun
was at Northwest 13th Street and West Madrona Avenue.
5:45 p.m. - Staff at the Umatilla Port Of Entry, Umatilla,
asked police to respond for an uncooperative driver at the weigh
scales.
SATURDAY
1:32 p.m. - A Heppner resident asked to speak to law
enforcement about her mother being a scam victim.
4:55 p.m. - A goat refused to leave a backyard on Water
Street, Heppner, and chased children. A Morrow County sheriff’s
deputy spoke with the goat’s owner, who said he would take
care of the problem.
9:03 p.m. - Residents on North Main Street, Pilot Rock,
reported a prowler, but police did not find a suspect.
11:42 p.m. - Pendleton neighbors yelled and screamed on
Southwest 28th Street, but a caller did not know if it became
physical.
SUNDAY
1:21 a.m. - Pendleton police received a 911 report of a fight
at Crabby’s Underground Saloon & Dance Hall, 220 S.W. First
St., Pendleton.
11:36 a.m. - Pendleton police responded to an assault at
Homestead Youth & Family Services, 816 S.E. 15th St.
11:50 a.m. - The Umatilla County Sheriff’s Office took a
report of a burglary on Canal Road, Hermiston.
3:53 p.m. - A 911 caller at Bi-Mart, 901 S.W. Emigrant Ave.,
Pendleton, reported a male tried to lure her children into his car.
7:25 p.m. - Pendleton police responded to Southwest 13th
Street and Isaac Avenue for possible drug activity, but no one
was there by the time officers arrived.
11:12 p.m. - A caller reported a burglary in progress on North
Fourth Street, Athena, but the Umatilla County Sheriff’s Office
did not find the prowler.
ARRESTS, CITATIONS
Friday
•William Joshua Young, 42, of Hermiston, is in jail after two
men told police he held a knife to one of their throats.
Friday at 4:43 p.m. the men, ages 26 and 27, told police
they were together on the Oxbow Trail near Harrison Park near
the intersection of Southwest 13th Street and West Madrona
Avenue, according to the written statement from Hermiston
police Lt. Randy Studebaker. The pair encountered Young, who
was sitting along the trail with his dog and consuming alcohol.
The men believed he was visibly intoxicated, Studebaker
reported. As they passed by, Young struck up a conversation
with them, then began “making statements the men believed
sounded irrational and paranoid.”
Young then pulled a folding knife and repeatedly held it to the
throat of one of the men, according to their reports, while saying
he intended to kill somebody. Studebaker stated the victim
pushed the knife away from his throat and received a minor cut
to one finger that did not require medical attention.
A jogger in the area distracted Young, according to
Studebaker, and the men made their getaway and called police.
Officers responded but did not find Young.
By coincidence, a woman approached the two men, said
she was looking for her husband and described Young. That led
police to find Young at his home and arrest him for menacing
and on unrelated warrant from Jackson County. Police booked
him into the Umatilla County Jail, Pendleton.
Saturday
•Hermiston police arrested Hugo Sanchez Ochoa, 28, no
address provided, for possession of meth and on a warrant for
failure to appear.
•The Umatilla County Sheriff’s Office arrested Jordyn Nichole
Smith, 22, of Hermiston, for fourth-degree assault and third-de-
gree vandalism.
•Milton-Freewater police arrested Daniel Lee Strain, 30,
of Weston, for possession of meth, violating parole and on a
warrant for failure to appear.
Sunday
•Cops mean it when they say, “Don’t lie to me.”
Oregon State Police trooper Ryan Sharp at about 4:25 p.m.
stopped a blue Honda Civic for a traffic violation on the east-
bound side of Interstate 84 near milepost 206, a few miles west
of Pendleton. The driver claimed he did not have identification
with him and the car was his brother’s, according to state police.
Sharp warned the driver about lying to him, and the driver
stuck to his story. Sharp accessed driver’s license photos for the
man and his brother and “was able to clearly determine he was
lying about who he said he was,” according to state police.
The trooper confronted Cruz Castellanos, 22, of Hermiston,
about the lying, and he finally said he was the owner of the car
but lied because his license was suspended. Sharp arrested
Castellanos for driving while suspended and giving false
information to police, a misdemeanor.
Healthcare scholarships offered
HERMISTON — The Hermiston Education
Foundation and Family Health Associates are teaming up
to offer several scholarships to Hermiston High School
seniors. Important factors in the evaluation of applicants
include academic scholarship, community service,
leadership, financial need and a commitment to wellness.
The available scholarships include $1,000 for a student
who has participated in an intern service at Family Health
Associates, $500 for students planning to pursue a career
in the healthcare field and $1,000 to a student who has
demonstrated a commitment to wellness during their high
school career.
Applications are available at the HHS counseling
office. They must be submitted by Friday, March 30.
Interviews will be scheduled to assist with the selection
process.
For more information, call Faith Johnson of Family
Health Associates at 541-667-6199 or write HEF, P.O.
Box 1096, Hermiston, OR 97838.
LOTTERY
Friday, March 16
Megamillions
01-13-26-33-52
Megaball: 11
Megaplier: 3
Estimated jackpot: $345
million
Lucky Lines
03-08-09-16-FREE-20-21-
25-30
Estimated jackpot:
$25,000
Pick 4
1 p.m.: 8-2-3-8
4 p.m.: 8-6-2-2
7 p.m.: 8-0-1-3
10 p.m.: 8-9-3-8
Saturday, March 17
Powerball
22-57-59-60-66
Powerball: 7
Power Play: 2
Estimated jackpot: $455
million
Megabucks
10-18-24-28-29-40
Estimated jackpot: $1.4
million
Lucky Lines
04-06-09-15-FREE-19-24-
27-31
Estimated jackpot:
$26,000
Pick 4
1 p.m.: 8-2-5-7
4 p.m.: 4-3-0-7
7 p.m.: 1-0-5-9
10 p.m.: 7-3-9-6
Win for Life
17-29-45-70
Sunday, March 18,
2018
Lucky Lines
02-08-10-13-FREE-17-24-
28-30
Estimated jackpot: $27,000
Pick 4
1 p.m.: 7-3-6-7
4 p.m.: 6-7-9-3
7 p.m.: 7-1-1-5
10 p.m.: 9-2-7-9
Monday, March 19
Pick 4
1 p.m.: 4-0-5-8
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OBITUARIES
M. Freeman Brown
William (Bill) Norton Jr.
Omaha, Nebraska
September 4, 1924 - March 14, 2018
Helix
October 31, 1943 - March 10, 2018
M. Freeman Brown
passed away on March 14,
2018, in Omaha, Nebraska,
at the age of 93.
He was born on September
4, 1924, in Dickson,
Tennessee, to Carl
and Essie Brown.
He was the sixth
of nine children.
He joined the U.S.
Navy in December
1942, at the age of
18. In 1943 while
stationed at 29
Palms Naval Base,
he met and fell in
love with Pauline
Caldwell. Freeman
and Pauline were
married on July 29,
1944 in Modesto,
California.
In Brown
1946 they moved
to
Ainsworth,
Nebraska, where their first
child was born. They raised
their family in Omaha,
Nebraska, and lived in Pend-
leton, Oregon, from 1976-
2009, and then returned to
Omaha. They were married
almost 67 years and were
blessed with 11 children and
close to 200 grandchildren
and great-grandchildren.
Most
important
in
Freeman’s life was his rela-
tionship with God. He loved
studying and reading the
Bible. He spent many years
as an elder in the Church of
Christ, and was happy when
he was helping others. He
worked very hard to provide
for his family.
Freeman is survived by
his children Carlton and wife
Wende of Bee Cave, Texas,
Paul and wife Lois of Omaha,
Karleen Price and husband
Lloyd of Broken Bow, Okla.,
Diana Dulaney and
husband David of
Omaha, Russell of
Omaha, Raylene
Ellis and husband
Terry of Pendleton,
Susan Brown and
husband
Danny
Cawthon
of
Omaha, Dale and
wife Kimberly of
Claremore, Okla.,
Karen Brown Smith
and husband K.C.
Smith of Pendleton,
Greg and wife
Marilyn of Pend-
leton, and Sterling
and wife Frances
of Pendleton. He is
also survived by many grand-
children and great-grand-
children, two sisters, Beulah
Tyler and Thelma Caldwell,
and several nieces and
nephews.
Freeman was preceded in
death by his wife Pauline, his
parents, great-granddaughter
Katie Bohnenkamp, brothers
Clint, J.D., Roy, Harold and
Glenn, and sister Ona Chan-
dler.
Services will be on
Monday, March 19 at 10:00
a.m. at the Sunny Slope
Church of Christ, 3606 N.
108th St., Omaha, Neb.;
internment at Forest Lawn
Cemetery, 7909 Mormon
Bridge Road in Omaha.
DEATH NOTICES
Gerald L. “Jerry” Colvin
Walla Walla
March 3, 1941 - March 16, 2018
Gerald L. “Jerry” Colvin, 77, of Walla Walla died Friday,
March 16, 2018, in College Place, Wash. He was born March
3, 1941. Munselle-Rhodes Funeral Home in Milton-Freewater
is in charge of arrangements.
Steven C. Grimes
Milton-Freewater
Feb. 16, 1996 - March 10, 2018
Steven C. Grimes, 22, of Milton-Freewater died Saturday,
March 10, 2018, in Walla Walla. Memorial services will be
held Saturday, March 24, at 11 a.m. at the Munselle-Rhodes
Funeral Home in Milton-Freewater. A potluck dinner will
follow at the Oregon National Guard Armory in Milton-Free-
water. Inurnment will be at a later date in Visalia, Calif.
Munselle-Rhodes Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Clara A. Hodgen
Milton-Freewater
June 25, 1923 - March 13, 2018
Clara A. Hodgen, 94, of Milton-Freewater died Tuesday,
March 13, 2018, in Walla Walla. She was born June 25, 1923.
A celebration of life and potluck dinner for Clara and LeRoy
will be held Friday, March 23 at 12:30 p.m. at the Rebekah/
IOOF Lodge in Milton-Freewater. Munselle-Rhodes Funeral
Home in Milton-Freewater is in charge of arrangements.
Julia K. Ramirez
Irrigon
Dec. 30, 1950 - March 15, 2018
Julia K. Ramirez, 67, of Irrigon died Thursday, March 15,
2018, in Kennewick, Wash. She was born Dec. 30, 1950, in
Bend. A private family gathering will be held. Burns Mortuary
of Hermiston is in care of arrangements. Sign the online
condolence book at burnsmortuaryhermiston.com
Edna L. Skold
William (Bill) Norton Jr.
was born in Tacoma, Wash.,
on October 31, 1943, to
William (Harry) and Estelle
Norton. He grew
up with four
siblings, Judy, Bev,
Weldon and Kathy,
in Custer, Wash.,
where they had the
unique experience
of having country
singer
Loretta
Lynn as their
babysitter.
Bill graduated
high
school Norton
from
Mountain
View
Academy
in Mountain View, Calif.
After graduation, he went to
work for Harris Pine Mill in
Watsonville, Calif., where
he met his wife, Darlynne
Riedel. They were married
on January 4, 1964, and
had two children, Tyla and
Andrew.
After moving to Pend-
leton in 1967, Bill continued
to
work
for
Harris Pine Mill
as a planerman
until he started a
wholesale
gem
cutting business in
1982. He operated
the business with
Darlynne until he
lost his battle with
Parkinson’s and
Alzheimer’s
on
March 10, 2018.
Bill is survived
by
his
sister
Judy, brother Weldon, wife
Darlynne, children Tyla and
Andrew,
daughter-in-law
Melissa, and six grandchil-
dren: Drew, Troy,
Quentin, Orrin, Echo and
Natasha.
James Phillip Minthorn
Ip-suh-nee-was-kin
Mission
June 27, 1986 - March 16, 2018
James Phillip Minthorn, with a handshake, and never
31, a lifelong resident of departed without giving
Mission, Ore., passed away multiple hugs.
on Friday, March 16, 2018, at
He is survived by
Providence St. Mary Medical parents Armand Minthorn
Center in Walla Walla, Wash. and Marjorie Williams
Waheneka; sister
James was
Trinette Nowland
born on June 27,
(Jess);
brother
1986, to Armand
Robinson Wilkins;
Minthorn
and
nieces
Cyrene
Marjorie Williams
Red Elk and Latis
Waheneka
in
Nowland; nephews
Pendleton, Oregon.
Hiyuum Nowland,
His Indian name
McKinley
and
is
Ip-suh-nee-
Tumayis Minthorn;
was-kin, a family
grandniece Kinsley
name passed down
Mae; uncles Craig
from one of the Minthorn
Alexander, Phillip
original signers of
the Nez Perce Treaty of 1863. Cash Cash and Kenton
He attended Pendleton High Minthorn; aunts Elaine Miles
School and later went on to and Shana Alexander; and
become a certified welder. numerous aunts, uncles and
He also was a student in the cousins from the Umatilla,
Upward Bound program at Nez Perce, Yakama, Warm
the University of Idaho for Springs, Ft. Hall and Black-
feet tribes.
two years.
He is preceded in death by
James was an enrolled
member of the Confederated paternal grandparents Loretta
Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Pinkham Alexander and
Reservation. He worked in Phillip Minthorn; maternal
a variety of positions with grandparents James J. and
the CTUIR Dept. of Natural Armenia Miles, and Grant
Resources Walla Walla and Emily Waheneka; and
Basin Project, DNR Range brother Alexius McKinley
Program, public works, day Williams Minthorn.
The dressing was held
laborer, housing department,
and Wildhorse Casino Resort, Monday, March 19, 2018, at
including construction of 1:00 p.m. at Burns Mortuary
the tower hotel expansion of Pendleton. Holy Rosary
project. For the last several was held at 6:00 p.m. that
years he also volunteered his evening with a Washat
time helping set up bleachers service at 7:00 p.m. at
and shades for the annual Agency Longhouse. Final 7
was held Tuesday morning,
Wildhorse powwow.
He loved his homelands, March 20, 2018, at 7:00
loved taking cruises upriver a.m. with burial following at
and to the mountains and Agency Cemetery.
Burns
Mortuary
of
knew every back road. He
loved spending time with Pendleton is in charge of
his friends and family. He arrangements. Sign the
was always kind, had a big online condolence book at
smile and greeted everyone www.burnsmortuary.com
Milton-Freewater
July 21, 1922 – Mar 17, 2018
Edna L. Skold, 95, of Milton-Freewater died Saturday,
March 17, 2018, in College Place, Wash. She was born July
21, 1922, in Erskine, Minn. Viewing will be held Wednesday,
March 21 from 1-5 p.m., and Thursday, March 22 from
1-5 p.m. and from 7-9 p.m., and Friday, March 23 from
9 a.m. to noon at the Munselle-Rhodes Funeral Home in
Milton-Freewater. Burial will be Friday, March 23 at 3 p.m.
at the Milton-Freewater Cemetery. A memorial service will be
held Saturday, March 24 at 3 p.m. at Christ the King Lutheran
Church in Milton-Freewater, followed by a meal at the church.
Munselle-Rhodes Funeral Home in Milton-Freewater is in
charge of arrangements.
Ronald Douglas Williams
Pendleton
Jan. 25, 1948 - March 17, 2018
Former Helix resident Ronald Douglas Williams, 70,
of Pendleton died Saturday, March 17, 2018, in Pendleton.
He was born Jan. 25, 1948, in Enterprise. At his request, no
services will be held.
UPCOMING SERVICES
TUESDAY, MARCH 20
MINTHORN, JAMES — Final Seven Songs at 7 a.m. at
Agency Longhouse, Mission, with burial following at Agency
Cemetery.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21
SKOLD, EDNA — Viewing from 1-5 p.m. at Munselle-
Rhodes Funeral Home, 902 S. Main St., Milton-Freewater.
Anita J. (Hauk) Stephan
Boise, Idaho
August 28, 1956 - October 13, 2017
Anita J. (Hauk) Stephan
of Boise, Idaho, was born on
August 28, 1956, in Walla
Walla, Washington, the
oldest child of Robert and
Alma Hauk. She passed on
Friday, October 13, 2017. A
graveside service will be held
Saturday, March 24, 2018,
at 2 p.m. at the Pilot Rock
(Oregon) Cemetery.
Anita spent her childhood
in Pilot Rock, graduating
from Pilot Rock High
School in 1974. She attended
Eastern Oregon University
in La Grande. She married
Charles W. Stephan and had
one daughter.
She was active in
numerous horse associations.
Anita was preceded in
death by her beloved father,
Robert Hauk. She is survived
by her cherished daughter
and son-in-law, Andrea M.
Stephan Milhaus and Levi
Milhaus, her granddaughters,
her loving mother Alma
J. Hauk Day, and brother
Robert J. Hauk and his
family.
Following the graveside
service, there will be a
celebration of life at the Pilot
Rock Community Center.
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