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Friday, April 6, 2018
East Oregonian
PUBLIC SAFETY LOG
OBITUARY
DEATH NOTICES
WEDNESDAY
Betty Ruth Poulson
Dora M. Starr
Pendleton
September 16, 1941 - March 30, 2018
Lexington
Aug. 19, 1941 - April 2, 2018
2:35 a.m. - Hermiston police received a report of gunshots at
Northeast 10th Street and East Theater Lane.
8:18 a.m. - Umatilla County Sheriff’s Office took a report
for illegal dumping at Whiteman and Powerline roads,
Milton-Freewater.
9:16 a.m. - Umatilla police took a report for a burglary on
Bobwhite Avenue.
9:22 a.m. - A Milton-Freewater resident on the 300 block
of Southwest Second Avenue told police someone stole one
of their solar lights Tuesday night and stole the other one last
week.
9:42 a.m. - Umatilla police dealt with graffiti at Walla Walla
Street and Cowlitz Avenue.
11:04 a.m. - A Hermiston woman on the 1100 block of West
Joseph Avenue reported the theft of her passport.
11:27 a.m. - Pendleton police looked into possible drug
activity at the Pendleton Tech And Trade Center, 700 N.W. 15th
Drive, Pendleton.
11:44 a.m. - A caller reported a male and female physically
fighting on Northeast Sixth Street, Hermiston.
6:02 p.m. - Pendleton police received a report of a male
choking a girl at a home on Southeast Byers Avenue.
6:44 p.m. - A woman at Locust Mobile Village, 1501 N.
Elizabeth St., Milton-Freewater, reported the theft of her vehicle.
She said the car didn’t work so she did not know how someone
stole it.
7:47 p.m. - Several people were smoking marijuana in a
shed on Hemlock Court, Umatilla.
8:28 p.m. - More gunshots in Hermiston, this time a caller
said they were on East Browning Avenue.
11:22 p.m. - Pendleton police responded to residents yelling
outside on Northwest Ellis Avenue and warned them to stop.
ARRESTS, CITATIONS
•Hermiston police arrested Maranda Yvette Thongdy, 25, of
Stanfield, for felony fourth-degree assault.
•Milton-Freewater police arrested James Charles Warner,
52, of 513 N.E. Eighth Ave., Milton-Freewater, for eight counts
of identity theft, eight counts of credit card fraud and one count
apiece of first- and second-degree theft. The last charge is a
misdemeanor and the rest are felonies.
•Reports of a man jumping into traffic on Interstate 84 east of
Pendleton ended with the arrest of a Meacham man.
Oregon State Police at 4:47 p.m. responded to the reports
near milepost 234 on the eastbound side of the freeway.
Witnesses told trooper Mitchel Pace they almost hit the man,
and the Oregon Department of Transportation was driving
a truck behind him and directing traffic around him while he
strolled down the middle of the road.
Pace contacted Glen Michael Gorski, 62, and found he
was under the influence of a controlled substance. The trooper
arrested Gorski and booked him into the Umatilla County
Jail, Pendleton, for second-degree disorderly conduct, a
misdemeanor.
•Umatilla police arrested Alvaro Rosas Mendoza, 26, for
felony fourth-degree assault.
•Oregon State Police at 7:35 p.m. stopped a vehicle for
speeding east on Highway 730 near milepost 186. OSP Sgt.
Seth Cooney smelled marijuana in the Chevrolet Blazer, which
led to a search of the car and the discovery of marijuana and
paraphernalia. Cooney cited Christopher Jacob Jones, 19, of
Umatilla, for minor in possession of marijuana.
MEETINGS
FRIDAY, APRIL 6
No meetings scheduled
MONDAY, APRIL 9
IRRIGON FIRE DISTRICT,
7 a.m., Irrigon Fire Department,
705 N.E. Main Ave., Irrigon.
(541-922-3133)
OREGON WHEAT COM-
MISSION, 9 a.m.-2 p.m., Port
of Morrow Riverfront Center, 2
Marine Drive, Boardman. (Diana
Thompson 503-467-2161)
PENDLETON
SCHOOL
DISTRICT, 6 p.m., Pendleton
School District office, 107 N.W.
10th St., Pendleton. (541-276-
6711)
HERMISTON
SCHOOL
DISTRICT, 6:30 p.m., district
office, 502 W. Standard Ave.,
Hermiston. (541-667-6000)
M I LT O N - F R E E WAT E R
SCHOOL DISTRICT, 6:30 p.m.,
Central Middle School, 306 S.W.
Second St., Milton-Freewater.
(541-938-3551)
ADAMS CITY COUNCIL,
7 p.m., Adams City Hall, 190
N. Main St., Adams. (541-566-
9380)
HEPPNER CITY COUNCIL,
7 p.m., Heppner City Hall, 111
N. Main St., Heppner. (541-676-
9618)
M I LT O N - F R E E WAT E R
CITY COUNCIL, 7 p.m., Mil-
ton-Freewater Public Library Al-
bee Room, 8 S.W. Eighth Ave.,
Milton-Freewater.
(541-938-
5531)
PILOT ROCK FIRE DIS-
TRICT, 7 p.m., Pilot Rock Fire
Department, 415 N.E. Elm St.,
Pilot Rock. (541-443-4522)
HERMISTON CITY COUN-
CIL, 7 p.m., Hermiston City Hall
council chambers, 180 N.E.
Second St., Hermiston. (541-
567-5521)
AT H E N A - W E S TO N
SCHOOL DISTRICT, 7 p.m.,
Athena Elementary School li-
brary, 375 S. Fifth St., Athena.
(Kim Thul 541-566-3551)
TUESDAY, APRIL 10
PENDLETON PARKS &
RECREATION COMMISSION,
12 p.m., Pendleton City Hall
community room, 500 S.W.
Dorion Ave., Pendleton. (541-
276-8100)
PORT OF UMATILLA COM-
MISSION, 1 p.m., Port of Uma-
tilla offices, 505 Willamette Ave.,
Umatilla. (541-922-3224)
PENDLETON FARMERS
MARKET BOARD, 5:30 p.m.,
Pendleton Early Learning Cen-
ter, 455 S.W. 13th St., Pendle-
ton. (541-969-9466)
WESTON
CEMETERY
BOARD, 6 p.m., Memorial Hall,
210 E. Main St., Weston. (541-
566-3313)
PENDLETON
LIBRARY
BOARD, 6 p.m., Pendleton Pub-
lic Library meeting room, 502
S.W. Dorion Ave, Pendleton.
(541-966-0380)
LEXINGTON TOWN COUN-
CIL, 7 p.m., Lexington Town
Hall, 425 F St., Lexington. (541-
989-8515)
PENDLETON CITY COUN-
CIL WORKSHOP, 7 p.m., Pend-
leton City Hall, 500 S.W. Dorion
Ave., Pendleton. (Donna Bigger-
staff 541-966-0209)
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She enjoyed painting, knit-
ting, crocheting, gardening,
cooking and mystery novels.
Survivors include her
sister,
Beverly
Kennedy; daugh-
ters Stacy Evans,
Wendy Poulson and
Brenda
Hughes;
sons
Matthew
Poulson and Mark
Poulson;
eight
grandchildren; and
four great-grand-
children.
She
was
preceded in death
by her husband,
Lawrence; parents James and
Nina Bartlett; and brothers
William Bartlett and Charles
Bartlett.
Online condolences may
be shared with the family at
www.pioneerchapel.com
COMING EVENTS
FRIDAY, APRIL 6
FREE FIRST FRIDAY, 10
a.m.-5 p.m., Tamastslikt Cultural
Institute, 47106 Wildhorse Blvd.,
Pendleton. Free admission all day.
(541-966-9748)
“H2O TODAY” EXHIBIT
OPENING, 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Ta-
mastslikt Cultural Institute, 47106
Wildhorse Blvd., Pendleton. Trav-
eling Smithsonian exhibit explores
the beauty and essential nature
of water. Free admission opening
day. (541-429-7700)
TARTAN DAY, 12-4 p.m., Sug-
ar Shack, 353 E. Main St., Athe-
na. Wear your plaid and enjoy a
Scotch egg for lunch, and enjoy
bagpiping and Highland dancing
with Cassandra Humphreys. (Sue
Friese 541-566-3880)
STORY AND CRAFT TIME,
2 p.m., Echo Public Library, 20 S.
Bonanza, Echo. (541-376-8411)
VFW BINGO, 6 p.m., Herm-
iston VFW, 45 W. Cherry St.,
Hermiston. Doors open at 6 p.m.,
games begin at 7 p.m. Everyone
welcome. (541-567-6219)
GREG WOOLDRIDGE MEET-
AND-GREET, 6 p.m., Maxwell
Event Center, 145 N. First Place,
Hermiston. Meet Capt. Wool-
dridge, a Republican candidate for
governor of Oregon, and have your
questions answered. Free. (Jeff
Lorton 541-429-1933)
SATURDAY, APRIL 7
PANCAKE
BREAKFAST,
7-10 a.m., Stanfield Community
Center, 225 W. Roosevelt, Stan-
field. Costs $5 for full breakfast/$3
for light meal. (541-449-1332)
ADULT OPEN GYM, 7-8 a.m.,
Pendleton Recreation Center, 510
S.W. Dorion Ave., Pendleton. Pick-
up basketball for adults only. Free.
(541-276-8100)
STUFF THE BUS EVENT,
8 a.m.-6 p.m., Walmart, Fiesta
Foods and Safeway, 1350 N. First
St., 1875 N. First St. and 990 S.
Highway 395, Hermiston. Leader-
ship Hermiston Class 21 will collect
donations of household cleaning
products, snacks, canned foods,
cereal, juice boxes, bottled water,
personal hygiene supplies, pa-
per products, plastic utensils and
baby supplies. Checks and cash
donations welcome. All donations
support those in need Hermiston.
(Aimee Cook or Brad Wayland
949-328-0441 or 541-667-6119)
L’IL BUCKS OPEN GYM,
8:30-9:30 a.m., Pendleton Rec-
reation Center, 510 S.W. Dorion
Ave., Pendleton. For students in
first through third grades. (541-
276-8100)
Dora M. Starr, 76, of Lexington died Monday, April 2,
2018, at her home. She was born Aug. 19, 1941, in Pendleton.
A memorial graveside service will be held Saturday, April
7 at 10 a.m. at Sunset Hills Cemetery in Umatilla. Sweeney
Mortuary of Heppner is in care of arrangements.
Robert Jack ‘Bob’ Kasari
Fort Collins, Colo.
Aug. 27, 1922 - April 2, 2018
Former longtime Stanfield resident Robert (Bob) Jack
Kasari, 95, of Fort Collins, Colo., died Monday, April 2, 2018,
in Fort Collins. He was born Aug. 27, 1922, in Reedley, Calif.
A funeral service will be held Saturday, April 14 at 11 a.m.
at Burns Mortuary chapel in Hermiston. Burial will follow
at Pleasant View Cemetery in Stanfield. Burns Mortuary of
Hermiston is in care of arrangements. Sign the online condo-
lence book at burnsmortuaryhermiston.com
UPCOMING SERVICES
FRIDAY, APRIL 6
No services scheduled
SATURDAY, APRIL 7
CARDWELL, AMOS — Graveside service at 11 a.m. at
Prairie City Cemetery, Prairie City, Oregon.
HAM, KELLY — Celebration of life at 3 p.m. at the
Hermiston Christian Center, 1825 W. Highland Ave., Herm-
iston.
HARRIS, SYLVIA — Memorial services at 3 p.m. at
the Kingdom Hall of Jehovah’s Witnesses, 1113 Lamb St.,
Milton-Freewater.
HERRIG, JOSHUA — Celebration of life and potluck at
noon at the Morrow County Fairgrounds, 74473 Highway 74,
Heppner. Bring a dish to share, casual dress requested.
POULSON, BETTY — Memorial service at 10 a.m. at
Pendleton Pioneer Chapel, Folsom-Bishop, 131 S.E. Byers
Ave., Pendleton. Visitation will follow the service.
RIGGEN, DON — Memorial service at 2 p.m. at the Pilot
Rock City Hall council chambers, 144 N. Alder Place.
SMITH, WANDA — Celebration of life from 4-7 p.m. at
The Country Church, 32742 Diagonal Road, Hermiston.
STARR, DORA — Memorial graveside service at 10 a.m.
at Sunset Hills Cemetery, Umatilla.
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.
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 11
UKIAH
SCHOOL
DIS-
TRICT, 8 a.m., Ukiah Commu-
nity School, 201 Hill St., Ukiah.
(541-427-3731)
MORROW
COUNTY
BOARD OF COMMISSION-
ERS, 9 a.m., Irrigon Public Li-
brary, 200 N.E. Main Ave., Irri-
gon. (541-676-9061)
M I LT O N - F R E E WAT E R
CEMETERY MAINTENANCE
DISTRICT NO. 3, 12 p.m., Mil-
ton-Freewater Golf Course
restaurant, 301 Catherine St.,
Milton-Freewater.
(541-938-
5531)
STANFIELD IRRIGATION
DISTRICT, 12 p.m., district of-
fice, 100 W. Coe Ave., Stanfield.
(Tiffany Harrell 541-449-3272)
PORT OF MORROW COM-
MISSION, 1:30 p.m., Port of
Morrow, 2 Marine Drive, Board-
man. (Dori Drago 541-481-7678)
PENDLETON
FAÇADE
COMMITTEE, 3:30 p.m., Pend-
leton City Hall community devel-
opment conference room, 500
S.W. Dorion Ave., Pendleton.
(Julie Chase 541-966-0204)
RIVERSIDE SITE COUN-
CIL, 5:30 p.m., Riverside High
School library, 210 N.E. Board-
man Ave., Boardman. (541-676-
9128)
WESTON CITY COUNCIL, 6
p.m., Memorial Hall, 210 E. Main
St., Weston. (541-566-3313)
ATHENA PLANNING COM-
MISSION, 6:30 p.m., Athena
City Hall, 215 S. Third St., Athe-
na. (541-566-3862)
CONDON
PLANNING
COMMISSION, 7 p.m., Condon
City Hall, 128 S. Main St., Con-
don. (541-384-2711)
CONDON SCHOOL DIS-
TRICT, 7 p.m., Condon Grade
School, 220 S. East St., Condon.
(541-384-2441)
HERMISTON PLANNING
COMMISSION, 7 p.m., Hermis-
ton City Hall, 180 N.E. Second
St., Hermiston. (541-567-5521)
STANFIELD SCHOOL DIS-
TRICT, 7 p.m., Stanfield School
District office, 1120 N. Main St.,
Stanfield. (541-449-3305)
UMATILLA COUNTY FIRE
DISTRICT NO. 1, 7 p.m., Fire
Station 21, 320 S. First St.,
Hermiston. The business meet-
ing will include an executive
session to discuss personnel
matters. (Reta Larson 541-567-
8822)
HELIX SCHOOL DISTRICT,
7:30 p.m., Helix School library,
120 Main St., Helix. (541-457-
2175)
THURSDAY, APRIL 12
U M AT I L L A - M O R R O W
COUNTY FARM BUREAU, 12
p.m., TBA, Pendleton. (Julie
Spratling 541-457-8045)
BOARDMAN RURAL FIRE
PROTECTION DISTRICT, 1
p.m., Boardman Fire Depart-
ment, 300 S. Wilson Lane,
Boardman. (541-481-3473)
LOTTERY
Wednesday, April 4,
2018
Betty Ruth Poulson passed
away at St. Anthony Hospital
March 30, 2018, at the age
of 76. A memorial service
will be at 10 a.m. on
Saturday, April 7,
2018, at Pendleton
Pioneer
Chapel,
Folsom-Bishop
with visitation after
the service.
She was born in
Fraser, Colorado,
on September 16,
1941, to James
and Nina (Lovan)
Bartlett. She moved Poulson
to Elgin, Oregon, in
1946. In 1957, she met and
married Lawrence Poulson.
Betty worked at Eastern
Oregon Training Center from
the 1970s to the late 1980s.
She enjoyed working with
people with special needs.
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For defenders and judges,
comfort dogs do opposite
By DAVE COLLINS
Associated Press
HARTFORD, Conn. —
As dogs and other animals
are increasingly used in
courts to comfort and calm
prosecution witnesses, a few
voices are calling for keeping
the practice on a short leash,
saying they could bias juries.
The use of dogs in courts
has spread quickly across
the U.S. with a growing
number of laws and rulings
in its favor — and, outside
the legal world, a signifi-
cant increase in the use of
emotional support animals
by the public.
There are now more than
155 “courthouse facility
dogs” working in 35 states,
compared with 41 dogs in
19 states five years ago,
according to the Courthouse
Dogs Foundation in Bellevue,
Washington. And that’s not
counting an untold number
of “emotional support dogs”
that have been allowed case
by case in many states. Many
witnesses have been child
sexual assault victims.
There has been a divide
among judges, however,
with some not allowing
dogs because of potential
bias against defendants. And
many defense lawyers don’t
like the practice.
Having dogs and other
emotional support animals
in the witness box can
illegitimately boost witness
credibility and prejudice
juries against defendants,
Denver defense lawyer
Christopher Decker argues.
He has unsuccessfully fought
the use of dogs in criminal
trials several times.
“I think it distracts the
jurors from what their job
is, which is to determine
the truthfulness of the testi-
mony,” Decker said. “It tends
to imply or infer that there has
been some victimization. It
tends to engender sympathy.
It’s highly prejudicial.”
Facility dogs are trained
to provide companionship
without disruption in court-
houses, prosecutors’ offices
Courtesy of Ivy Jacobsen via AP
This 2016 photo provided by Ivy Jacobsen, shows Jacob-
sen of Lake Stevens, Wash., with a facility or comfort dog.
and other legal settings. They
work at courthouses all day,
then go home with their
handlers. Emotional support
and “therapy” dogs are pets
that can be registered with
organizations and may or
may not have been specially
trained.
Proponents say dogs
help reduce the anxiety of
traumatized victims, espe-
cially children, so they can
overcome the stress of telling
their stories in a deposition
room or courtroom.
“We need to address how
traumatizing it is for children
to go through this process,”
said Ellen O’Neill-Stephens,
a former prosecutor who
founded the Courthouse
Dogs Foundation. “The
whole point for me is I want
to make it easier for people
to engage in this process
without suffering additional
emotional trauma.”
At least eight states have
laws allowing the use of dogs
to comfort children and other
vulnerable witnesses. Similar
proposed laws are pending
in at least another four
states, while court rulings in
a handful of states have set
precedents allowing the use
of emotional support dogs.
Ivy Jacobsen, of Lake
Stevens, Washington, said
three facility dogs helped
her get through the three
trials it took before her father
was convicted of sexually
assaulting her when she was
a teenager. After two hung
juries, he was convicted at
the third trial and sentenced
to 16 years in prison in 2013.
The judge in Jacobsen’s
case did not allow a dog
to accompany her on the
witness stand during the trials
because of objections by the
defense. The animals helped
her outside the courtroom,
she said, during private ques-
tioning by defense lawyers,
counseling sessions and in
courtroom hallways after
proceedings.
“It made it easier to talk
knowing he was there,” said
Jacobsen, now 23 and a police
officer, referring to one of the
dogs that helped her during a
tense deposition. “I felt like
he was in a way whispering
toward me that everything
was going to be OK. I was
16 or 17 at this time having
to talk about very explicit,
very uncomfortable things
that I was not willing to say
out loud.”
It’s not clear how, or
whether, the dogs are
affecting juries and verdicts
because of a lack of research.
Studies by researchers at
Wofford College in South
Carolina involving mock
jurors reviewing real cases
have shown dogs have no
effect on verdicts or witness
credibility. The findings
surprised the researchers, and
they’re trying to determine
why there is no effect.
“We consistently find that
the presence of a dog makes
no difference,” said Wofford
psychology professor Dawn
McQuiston, a lead researcher.
“It seems absolutely intuitive
that it will elicit sympathy,
that it will make the victim
seem more like a victim, that
it will make you feel sorry for
them. We certainly expected
these dogs would have an
impact, so we were surprised
when they didn’t.”
Dogs also are being used
to comfort trial witnesses
in other parts of the world
including South America,
Europe and Australia. One
jurisdiction in Australia
recently rejected emotional
support dogs in courts, The
Canberra Times reported .
Advocates say defense
concerns can be resolved by
placing dogs so they cannot
be seen by juries and having
judges tell jurors the dog is
there but not to make any
conclusions about it. Defense
lawyers, however, say it’s not
that easy.
“The fact that a child needs
a therapy dog is already a
signal to the jury that there’s
something they need therapy
for,” said Connecticut public
defender George Flores. “A
child is sympathetic already.
Give a child a dog and they’re
much more sympathetic.”
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