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RECORDS
East Oregonian
Saturday, July 21, 2018
HERMISTON
OBITUARIES
DEATH NOTICES
Councilor Clara
Beas Fitzgerald
to resign Monday
Fredericka Hazel ‘Freddie’
(Mitchell) Meier
Frank ‘Toab’ Ransom Sr.
By JADE MCDOWELL
East Oregonian
The Hermiston City
Council will accept the
resignation of councilor
Clara Beas Fitzgerald, vote
on an updated noise ordi-
nance and discuss staff
recommendations on food
trucks during a busy coun-
cil meeting Monday.
Beas Fitzgerald told
the East Oregonian she is
resigning because her other
duties — which include a
variety of committees, a
seat on the Oregon Com-
mission for Women, a full-
time job and caring for
her ailing mother — had
become overwhelming and
she felt she was not giv-
ing the council position the
time it deserved.
“I want to do something
well and not just here or
there,” she said.
Beas Fitzgerald, who
has been a councilor since
2015, had already cho-
sen not to run for re-elec-
tion and Roy Barron was
elected to fill the seat start-
ing Jan. 1.
Usually the city would
solicit applications to fill
the remainder of Beas Fitz-
gerald’s term, but staff are
recommending that the
council vote to suspend
the council rules in this
case and appoint Barron
without going through the
application process, due to
the shortness of the time
left in the term and the fact
that Barron has already
been elected by the citizens
of Hermiston.
Barron did not imme-
diately return a request for
comment.
On Monday the coun-
cil will discuss the final
results of the mobile food
vending survey sent out
to determine if the council
should change its rules for
mobile vendors, including
a current cap on only three
food truck licenses for the
city.
Staff recommendations
to be discussed Monday
include changing that cap
to six licenses and give the
council the ability to make
a motion to add more,
should they determine
there is a need. Addition-
ally, the city would also
have the ability to issue
90-day licenses to food
trucks and smaller push
carts without it counting
toward the number of long-
term licenses.
During Monday’s meet-
ing the council will also
be asked to consider adop-
tion of a new noise ordi-
nance. According to memo
by city manager Byron
Smith, problems with the
old noise ordinance have
come to light since the
construction of the Eastern
Oregon Trade and Event
Center. The center is inside
city limits but has drawn
complaints from neigh-
bors outside city limits,
causing confusion about
jurisdiction.
The proposed ordinance
clarifies that it includes
noises created within the
city that cause “unreason-
able discomfort to any
individuals within the res-
idential area from which
said noises are heard.” It
also throws out current
language measuring the
nuisance in decibel levels
and instead prohibits noise
that “unreasonably dis-
turbs, injures, or endangers
the comfort, repose, health,
peace, or safety of reason-
able individuals of ordi-
nary sensitivity.”
The city council meets
at 7 p.m. at city hall, 180
N.E. Second St. Other
items on Monday’s agenda
include:
• A public hearing and
council vote on an ordi-
nance regulating acces-
sory dwellings such as
guest houses and apart-
ments over garages or in
basements.
Regulations
include requiring a permit,
off-street parking and a
separate entrance from the
main dwelling.
• Council will consider
authorizing the mayor
and city manager to sign
a financing contract with
the Oregon Infrastructure
Finance Authority for a
$4.5 million loan to con-
struct a water tower and
other water infrastruc-
ture improvements on the
northeast side of town.
The project is expected to
lower the cost of develop-
ing housing in that area and
the loan will be paid back
using Enterprise Zone pay-
ments from Lamb Weston
on its expansion outside of
Hermiston.
• The city’s finance
director will share prelim-
inary results of the city’s
financial
performance
during the 2017-2018 fis-
cal year.
• The council will meet
as the Urban Renewal
Agency to approve facade
grants for 435 W. Herm-
iston Avenue and 201 E.
Main Street.
• The council will meet
in closed-door executive
session to discuss nego-
tiations for real property
transactions.
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Contact Jade McDowell
at jmcdowell@eastorego-
nian.com or 541-564-4536.
Pendleton Coldwell Banker
Whitney and Associates
hires two new brokers
East Oregonian
Coldwell Banker Whit-
ney and Associates has
introduced two
new staff mem-
bers to its team.
Jason Van-
Nice grew up
in Eastern Ore-
gon and has
worked in the
golf industry in
Bend and Palm
Springs, Cal- VanNice
ifornia. Van-
Nice is a golfer
himself
and
also
enjoys
coaching
youth sports
and
camp-
ing with fam-
ily and friends.
He “appreci-
ates the impor- Hummel
tance of rela-
tionships and is committed
to making your home buy-
ing or selling experience
a profitable and seamless
process.”
Jud Hummel is a third
generation East Orego-
nian. He previ-
ously owned his
own business for
10 years, served
three years in the
Army and worked
in the landscaping
industry. Hummel
enjoys golfing and
serves on the Wild-
horse Resort Golf
Course board. He
is also a youth min-
ister at his church.
Hummel said he
“has worked with
people all his life,
enjoys getting to
know people and
finding out how he
can help them.”
Coldwell
Banker Whitney
and Associates is located
37 S.E. Dorion Ave. in
Pendleton.
Milton-Freewater
November 27, 1925 - July 17, 2018
Fredericka Hazel (Mitch-
ell) Meier was born on
Weston Mountain to Edward
and Bella Mitchell on Nov.
27, 1925, the youngest of
four children. The
graveside service
is open to all and
will be held at the
Weston Cemetery
on Tuesday, July
24, 2018, at 10:00
a.m.
Memorial
contributions may
be made to Walla
Walla
Humane
Society or the M-F Meier
First
Christian
Church.
She admired her broth-
ers, Lee and Floyd, and was
especially close to her sister
Wavel and later to Wavel’s
girls, Barbie, Rene and
RoseLee.
After graduating from
Weston High School in
1943, she married Harry
Meier when he came home
from furlough on March 23,
1944. When he went over-
seas, she worked in the war
effort by making cots to be
used by servicemen.
After the war, Freddie
worked as a switch board
operator for Lamb-Weston,
retiring in 1990 as the man-
ager of the Pine Creek Fed-
eral Credit Union. During
those years, Freddie gave
birth to Linda, Joyce and
Tom. Linda died Aug. 22,
1964.
While raising her sur-
viving children, she was
active in her community of
Weston, serving for a time
on the planning commis-
sion and school
board. When Tom
played sports, she
and Harry went to
every game and
loved being Tiger-
Scot fans.
Freddie was a
master seamstress
and sewed for most
of her life, making
costumes, wedding
dresses,
school
clothes and virtually any-
thing that could be sewn.
She loved crafting, includ-
ing crocheting, knitting,
beadwork and was involved
in craft shows until last year.
Family was important to
Freddie; she instituted Sun-
day family dinner and loved
hosting her extended fam-
ily members for Christ-
mas Ladies’ Brunch. These
events will not be the same
without her and her presence
will be missed.
She is survived by daugh-
ter Joyce (Tony) and son Tom
(Heidi), and her three grand-
children Julie DiLorenzo
(Lucius), Rebeckah Turner
(Jeremy) and Erick Turner
(Natalie). She leaves behind
two great-granddaughters,
Rylie and Adele.
Harry passed away July
24, 1984.
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Portland
July 2, 1927 - July 14, 2018
Longtime Pendleton resident Frank “Toab” Ransom Sr.,
91, of Portland died Saturday, July 14, 2018, in Portland. He
was born July 2, 1927, in Isola, Mississippi. Services will be
held on Saturday, July 28, 2018, from noon to 2 p.m. at the
Leaven Community Salt & Light Church, 5431 N.E. 20th,
Portland.
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MEETINGS
MONDAY, JULY 23
PORT OF MORROW COM-
MISSION SPECIAL MEETING,
10 a.m., Port of Morrow, 2 Marine
Drive, Boardman. An executive
session may be called during the
meeting. (Brandy Warburton 541-
561-3440)
U M AT I L L A - M O R R O W
COUNTY HEAD START, 11:30
a.m., Head Start boardroom, 110
N.E. Fourth St., Hermiston. (Moni-
na Ward 541-564-6878)
NIXYAAWII
COMMUNITY
SCHOOL BOARD, 4:30 p.m.,
Nixyaawii Community School,
73300 July Grounds Lane, Mis-
sion. (541-966-2680)
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)
IRRIGON
COMMUNITY
PARKS & RECREATION DIS-
TRICT, 7 p.m., Irrigon Fire Station,
705 N. Main St., Irrigon. (541-922-
3047)
MORROW COUNTY HEALTH
DISTRICT, 7 p.m., Pioneer Memo-
rial Clinic conference room, 130
Thompson St, Heppner. Provider
dinner at 6 p.m. followed by reg-
ular meeting at 7 p.m. (541-676-
9133)
HERMISTON CITY COUN-
CIL, 7 p.m., Hermiston City Hall
council chambers, 180 N.E. Sec-
ond St., Hermiston. (541-567-
5521)
TUESDAY, JULY 24
IONE SCHOOL DISTRICT,
3:30 p.m., Ione Community
School, 445 Spring St., Ione.
Work session at 3:30 p.m., regu-
lar board meeting at 4:30 p.m. An
executive session will be called.
(541-422-7131)
PENDLETON CITY COUN-
CIL, 7 p.m., Pendleton City Hall
council chambers, 501 S.W. Em-
igrant Ave., Pendleton. (541-966-
0201)
WEDNESDAY, JULY 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)
WESTON CITY COUNCIL
SPECIAL MEETING, 6 p.m.,
Memorial Hall, 210 E. Main St.,
Weston.
EASTERN OREGON RE-
GIONAL AIRPORT COMMIS-
SION SPECIAL MEETING, 6
p.m., airport terminal conference
room, 2016 Airport Road, Pendle-
ton. (Erica Stewart 541-276-7754)
THURSDAY, JULY 26
WEST EXTENSION IRRIGA-
TION DISTRICT, 9 a.m., Irrigon
Fire Department, 705 N.E. Main
St., Irrigon. (Lisa Baum 541-922-
3814)
SALVATION ARMY ADVISO-
RY BOARD, 12 p.m., Salvation
Army, 150 S.E. Emigrant Ave.,
Pendleton. (541-276-3369)
MILTON-FREEWATER
LI-
BRARY BOARD, 4 p.m., Mil-
ton-Freewater Public Library, 8
S.W. Eighth Ave., Milton-Freewa-
ter. (541-938-5531)
UMATILLA COUNTY PLAN-
NING COMMISSION, 6:30 p.m.,
Umatilla County Justice Center,
4700 N.W. Pioneer Place, Pendle-
ton. (541-278-6252)
FRIDAY, JULY 27
EASTERN OREGON TRADE
& EVENT CENTER AUTHORI-
TY, 7 a.m., EOTEC main building,
1705 E. Airport Road, Hermiston.
(541-289-9800)
UPCOMING SERVICES
SATURDAY, JULY 21
BARNETT, MERRITT — Grave-
side services at 10:30 a.m. at the
Weston Cemetery.
BRANSON, JOHN — Celebration
of life gathering at 10 a.m. at Stokes
Landing Senior Center, 150 Columbia
Lane, Irrigon.
CERMAK, JOHN — Services at
3 p.m. at Cedar Hills Baptist Church,
2470 S.W. Roxbury Ave., Portland.
ROGERS, ALAN — Celebration
of life at 2 p.m. at Grace Community
Fellowship, 989 Country Club Road,
Eugene.
ROSE, KYLE — Memorial ser-
vice at 2 p.m. in the chapel at Burns
Mortuary, 685 W. Hermiston Ave.,
Hermiston.
SUNDAY, JULY 22
No services scheduled
MONDAY, JULY 23
No services scheduled
TUESDAY, JULY 24
MEIER, FREDDIE — Grave-
side service at 10 a.m. at the Weston
Cemetery.
O’ROURKE, LARRY — Funeral
mass at 11 a.m. at St. Andrew’s Mission
Catholic Church, 48022 St. Andrews
Road, Mission.
Firefighters battle heat, wind,
blazes in several western states
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP)
— Firefighters battled heat,
wind and, in one case, poten-
tial exposure to asbestos, as
they battled wildfires across
the western United States on
Friday.
A fast-growing wild-
fire in the parched sage
lands of central Washing-
ton state grew to more than
109 square miles on Fri-
day, and closed a portion of
eastbound Interstate 90, the
state’s main east-west high-
way, for half the day.
There were no reports
of injuries or any structures
lost in the sparsely popu-
lated area.
“This is the busiest (wild-
fire) season we’ve ever seen
in Washington,’” state Lands
Commissioner Hilary Franz
tweeted, with more than 400
fires reported this year.
The Federal Emergency
Management Agency autho-
rized the use of federal funds
to help with costs for a wild-
fire burning in Grant County,
Washington.
That separate fire started
Thursday and has burned
some 1.6 square miles of
state and private land, and
was 10 percent contained. At
one time it threatened more
than 1,000 homes and other
infrastructure around the
town of Desert Aire, trigger-
ing the federal aid.
There were six other
large fires burning uncon-
trolled within Washington,
and multiple others across
the border in Oregon.
Authorities in Oregon
said Friday that a 60-year-
Beth Nakamura /The Oregonian via AP
This photo shows an area damaged by the Substation Fire near Moro on Friday.
old homeless man found
dead inside the perimeter
of a wildfire in the south-
west corner of the state had
died in the blaze. Robert Lee
Walker’s body was found
Thursday but his cause of
death had been unclear.
Also in Oregon, crews on
Friday battled a major wild-
fire that had grown to 109
square miles. The Substa-
tion Fire, near The Dalles,
was about 15 percent con-
tained on Friday, fought by
about 300 firefighters. It was
blamed for the death of a
farmer.
In Montana, specially
trained firefighters wore
respirators as they tackled
a blaze near where asbes-
tos-tainted vermiculite was
mined for decades. The for-
est fire was first discovered
Thursday afternoon near
the now-closed W.R. Grace
Mine. It had burned about
50 acres by Friday morning.
Asbestos still lingers in
the trees and soil around the
mine. Breathing the fibers
can lead to mesothelioma or
lung cancer. The Forest Ser-
vice requires firefighters to
use respirators if they are
going to work near the mine
site.
In California, a fire just
west of Yosemite National
Park expanded to nearly
36 square miles on Friday.
More than 2,700 firefighters
aided by a fleet of helicop-
ters were battling the Fer-
guson Fire but only 7 per-
cent of its perimeter was
contained.
Ground crews dealt with
high heat and rugged terrain
with little to no access by
roads, officials said. Thun-
derstorms with gusty winds
were also a concern.
Several areas were under
mandatory
evacuation
orders, but no homes had
been damaged or destroyed.
Yosemite remained open
but one of its scenic routes,
Glacier Point Road, was
closed indefinitely Thurs-
day night to stage firefight-
ers. Glacier Point overlook
offers one of the park’s grand
views, including Yosemite
Valley and such landmarks
as Half Dome and Yosem-
ite Falls.