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RECORDS Tuesday, November 6, 2018 PUBLIC SAFETY LOG FRIDAY 12:05 a.m. - A 911 caller reported an overturned car at Barnhart and Rieth roads near Pendleton, but no one was with the vehicle. Oregon State Police responded at about 1:10 a.m. and found the driver, a 22-year-old man, got a ride to the hospital, but he left before staff could do any tests. Police identified the driver but could not find him. 1:47 a.m. - A resident on Southeast Kristen Drive, Irrigon, reported she has a restraining order against her husband, and her back porch motion sensor lights have been turning on and the neighbor’s dogs have been barking at night. Morrow County sheriff’s deputies responded but did not find anyone. 6:17 a.m. - A 911 caller reported a dead deer in the middle of Southgate between Rooster’s County Kitchen and St. Anthony Hospital. 9:54 a.m. - Pilot Rock police removed a dead animal from Highway 395 and Northeast Fourth Street. 10:38 a.m. - A woman told Umatilla police one of her exes threatened her. 11:30 a.m. - A hunter from Dayton got off with a warning for shooting the wrong kind of deer. The 46-year-old man told Oregon State Police he had a tag for an anterless deer but he accidentally shot and killed a buck. The hunter met with a trooper at the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife office in Pendleton and showed the deer, which had spikes a mere 2 inches tall, making them difficult to detect at the distance the hunter claimed he shot the animal. The trooper warned him and let him keep the deer and validate his tag. 11:41 a.m. - A caller reported a Rottweiler has been chasing sheep in Irrigon at Gravel Pit Lane and West Eighth Road. 11:46 a.m. - A Milton-Freewater man reported someone entered his van in front of his house on the 700 block of South Mill Street and took some change and a door handle. 1:49 p.m. - A logging truck rolled at Willow Creek and Blake Ranch roads about 15 miles southeast of Heppner. 4:43 p.m. - A woman in Irrigon reported someone took her husband’s car. The Morrow County Sheriff’s Office impounded the vehicle. SATURDAY 11:17 a.m. - Hermiston police took a report for criminal mischief on East Sandstone Avenue. 8:07 p.m. - A woman told Milton-Freewater police someone broke the window of her pickup while she was at the Community Center, 109 N.E. Fifth Ave. 10:54 p.m. - The Umatilla County Sheriff’s Office responded to Locust Mobile Village, 1501 N. Elizabeth St., Milton- Freewater, for a fight. Law enforcement arrived but did not find the fight. SUNDAY 10:34 a.m. - Stanfield police received information about possible drug activity. 12:18 a.m. - Hermiston emergency services received a report of lines down on East Main Street. 2:27 p.m. - Juveniles at the Safeway in Milton-Freewater pulled goods from shelves and threw eggs in the aisles. ARRESTS, CITATIONS Friday •Umatilla County Sheriff’s Office arrested Roman James Barth, 30, of Hermiston, for coercion, menacing, harassment and interfering with making a report. •Umatilla police arrested Rojerro Arturo Espino, 30, for menacing, first-degree trespass, unlawful possession of a firearm and altering the identification number on a firearm. •Oregon State Police arrested Vasily Bill Ivanov, 49, of Canby, for driving under the influence of intoxicants (alcohol). State police stopped Ivanov at 10:58 p.m. for speeding (66 mph in a 55 mph zone) on Highway 395 near milepost 10. He had numerous containers of alcohol in his Dodge pickup, state police reported, and he failed a sobriety test. In addition to DUII, state police arrested Ivanov for reckless endangering because he had two adult passengers. He also received citations for having an open container of alcohol and refusing to take a breath test. A tow company took the pickup, and police gave the passengers a ride to a hotel in Pendleton. Saturday •Oregon State Police cited Kenneth Charles Seeger, 32, of Tillamook, for unlawful purchase of a firearm after he tried to buy a gun in Hermiston. •Hermiston police arrested Jack Steven Gutierrez, 22, of Hermiston, for second-degree theft and identity theft. •Morrow County Sheriff’s Office arrested Hector David Reyes Martinez, 31, for first-degree burglary, failure to pay fines and on felony warrants for failure to appear. DEATH NOTICES Michael James Wilson Hermiston July 4, 1956 - Nov. 1, 2018 Michael James Wilson, 62, of Hermiston, died Thursday, Nov. 1, 2018, outside Echo as a result of a motorcycle acci- dent. He was born July 4, 1956, in Hermiston. A private fam- ily gathering will be held. Burns Mortuary of Hermiston is in care of arrangements. Sign the online condolence book at burnsmortuaryhermiston.com Rev. Kenneth Crysler Pendleton June 9, 1939 - Nov. 3, 2018 The Rev. Kenneth Crysler, 79, of Pendleton, died Satur- day, Nov. 3, 2018 at his home. He was born June 9, 1939. Arrangements are being handled by Pendleton Pioneer Chapel, Folsom-Bishop. Online condolences may be sent to www.pioneerchapel.com. Gary Neil Schurgin Pendleton April 4, 1965 - Nov. 4, 2018 Gary Neil Schurgin, 53, of Pendleton, died Sunday, Nov. 4, 2018, at EOCI. He was born April 4, 1965. Arrangements are pending with Pendleton Pioneer Chapel, Folsom-Bishop. Thomas E. ‘Beenie’ Beenblossom Hermiston March 3, 1946 - Nov. 2, 2018 Thomas E. “Beenie” Beenblossom, 72, of Hermiston, died Friday, Nov. 2, 2018, at his home. He was born March 3, 1946, in Cozad, Nebraska. A celebration of life service will be held Friday, Nov. 9 at 3 p.m. at Burns Mortuary chapel in Hermiston. Burns Mortuary of Hermiston is in care of arrangements. Sign the online condolence book at burns- mortuaryhermiston.com MEETINGS TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 6 UMATILLA MORROW RA- DIO & DATA DISTRICT, 1:30 p.m., Boardman City Hall, 200 City Center Circle, Boardman. (Shawn Halsey 541-966-3774) PENDLETON SCHOOL DIS- TRICT WORK SESSION, 3 p.m., Pendleton School District office, 107 N.W. 10th St., Pendleton. (541-276-6711) WESTON LIBRARY BOARD, 5:30 p.m., Weston Public Library, 108 E. Main St., Weston. (541-566- 2378) IRRIGON PLANNING COM- MISSION, 6 p.m., Irrigon City Hall, 500 N.E. Main St., Irrigon. (541- 922-3047) STANFIELD CITY COUNCIL, 7 p.m., Stanfield City Hall council chambers, 160 S. Main St., Stan- field. (541-449-3831) PILOT ROCK CITY COUNCIL, 7 p.m., Pilot Rock City Hall council chambers, 143 W. Main St., Pilot Rock. (541-443-2811) UMATILLA CITY COUNCIL, 7 p.m., Umatilla City Hall council chambers, 700 Sixth St., Umatilla. (Nanci 541-922-3226 ext. 105) PENDLETON CITY COUNCIL, 7 p.m., Pendleton City Hall council chambers, 501 S.W. Emigrant Ave., Pendleton. (541-966-0201) BOARDMAN CITY COUN- CIL, 7 p.m., Boardman City Hall, 200 City Center Circle, Boardman. (Jackie McCauley 541-481-9252) East Oregonian Page 5A OBITUARIES Larry Eugene Ross Elizabeth Lee (Betty) Klepper Hermiston October 5, 1941 - November 3, 2018 Pendleton March 8, 1936 - October 26, 2018 Larry Eugene Ross, age 77, of Hermiston, Ore- gon, passed away on Sat- urday, November 3, 2018, surrounded by his loving family and friends at Kadlec Regional Medi- cal Center. He was born on October 5, 1941, in Inde- pendence, Kansas, to Fred and Ruth Ross. He graduated from Albuquer- que High School in 1959. Imme- diately following high school gradu- ation he joined the Ross Navy. He served 21 years and retired in 1980 as a senior chief. In 1961, while on shore leave in Reno, he met Jan Herrick. They were mar- ried on December 29, 1962. While in the Navy they lived in many different locations. After Larry retired from the Navy they made their home in Hermiston, Oregon, and have lived there for 38 years. Larry loved the Lord, his family, and friends deeply. He loved sharing a cup of coffee and stories with his buddies a couple times a week. He was involved in many organizations over the years and was a scout- master for 25 years. He was awarded the Silver Beaver Award by the Boy Scouts of America Council to honor the impact he made in the lives of the scouts. His scouts are grown men now and they hold a very special place in his heart. He is survived by his wife Jan of 56 years and their chil- dren Tonya Bonin and husband Ed (Post Falls, Idaho), Richard Ross and wife Laurie (Hermiston, Oe.), Linda Andrea- son and husband Matt (Hermiston, Ore.); six grand- children, Michael Moore, Josh Ross, Greg Moore, Tyler Andreason, Ryan Ross and Kylee Andreason; his brother Louie Ross (Elma, Wash.) and sister Ada Mikeska (Rosen- berg, Texas); and several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his mother Ruth and father Fred. There will be a Cele- bration of Larry’s Life on Saturday November 10 at 1:00 p.m. at the Hermis- ton Church of the Naza- rene, 1520 W. Orchard Ave., Hermiston, Ore., with burial with military honors follow- ing at the Hermiston Ceme- tery, Hermiston, Oregon. In lieu of flowers, please make contributions in Lar- ry’s memory to Victory Bap- tist Church, 193 E. Main St., Hermiston, OR 97838. Please sign the online condolence book at burns- mortuaryhermiston.com Burns Mortuary of Herm- iston, Oregon, is in care of arrangements. Joyce Marie Tompkins Wallowa February 18, 1953 -October 25, 2018 Joyce Marie Tompkins and friends very much and was born February 18, 1953, was conscientious about in Albany, Ore., to Charles keeping in touch with those and Ilene Tompkins. Joyce far away. Her sweet, thought- passed away at Wallowa ful spirit and generosity will be remembered by Memorial Hospi- tal on October 25, many. Joyce had 2018. a good sense of Joyce lived in humor and loved to the Albany/Leb- laugh. anon area before Joyce is survived moving to Fort by her mother, Ilene Rock at the age of Tompkins of Herm- iston, Ore.; siblings seven. She attended David Tompkins of Fort Rock Ele- mentary and Pais- Yakima, ley High School. Wash., Charles Tompkins In 1971, she grad- Neal Tompkins uated from high of Everett, Wash., school as the Jr./Sr. prom Judy Tompkins of Hermis- queen and class valedicto- ton, Ore., and Cheryl Faulk rian. Joyce went on to study of La Grande, Ore. She is nursing at Eastern Oregon also survived by numer- ous nieces, nephews, great- State College and OIT. Joyce helped with farm nieces and -nephews, and harvest and did office and various other relatives. She CNA work during her sum- was preceded in death by her mers of college. She became father, Charles Tompkins, in disabled in her early 20s. 2000 and her sister-in-law, She lived several places, Patricia Tompkins, in 2002. with her last residences A Celebration of Life being Pendleton, La Grande will be held on Novem- ber 10, 2018, at 3:00 p.m. and Wallowa. Joyce had many inter- at Hermiston Church of the ests and enjoyed listening to Nazarene, 1520 W. Orchard music and singing, cooking, Avenue, Hermiston, Ore. A knitting, crocheting, embroi- reception will follow. dery, coloring, and flowers. Online condolences can Her faith in God was import- be made to Bollman Funeral ant to her. Home at bollmanfh@fron- Joyce loved her family tier.com. LOTTERY Friday, Nov. 2, 2018 Megamillions 03-23-28-46-62 Megaball: 16 Megaplier: 2 Estimated jackpot: $52 million Lucky Lines 04-07-11-16-FREE-19-23- 26-30 Estimated jackpot: $27,000 Pick 4 1 p.m.: 6-9-2-5 4 p.m.: 4-8-5-4 7 p.m.: 6-5-9-4 10 p.m.: 2-7-7-2 Saturday, Nov. 3, 2018 Powerball 15-21-24-32-65 Powerball: 11 Power Play: 3 Estimated jackpot: $53 million Megabucks 03-13-16-37-40-48 Estimated jackpot: $2 million Lucky Lines 02-05-11-16-FREE-17-23- 26-32 Estimated jackpot: $28,000 Pick 4 1 p.m.: 2-2-4-1 4 p.m.: 1-7-3-5 7 p.m.: 8-4-7-7 10 p.m.: 5-5-5-5 Win for Life 32-36-62-74 Elizabeth Lee (Betty) Klepper, 82, a retired sci- entist at the USDA Colum- bia Plateau Conservation Research Center in Pend- leton, died at her home on October 26, 2018. Betty was born March 8, 1936, in Memphis, Ten- nessee, to George Madden and Mar- garet Lee Klep- per. She attended school in Tennes- see and gradu- Klepper ated as Founder’s Medalist from Vanderbilt University in 1958. After two years on a British Gov- ernment Marshall Scholar- ship at Exeter University in Devonshire, England, she taught high school math and science for a year at the Hutchinson School in Memphis, Tennessee. She then returned to gradu- ate school at Duke Univer- sity to obtain her M.A. and Ph.D. in botany. Dr. Klepper held a post-doctoral position at the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization in Griffith, New South Wales, Austra- lia, at the Division of Irri- gation Research from 1966 to 1968. When she returned to the USA, she taught and did research on plant root systems at Auburn Univer- sity in Alabama. Her team’s work on growth and water uptake of crop roots gained international recognition and started her life-long interest in how root systems grow and take materials from the soil. In 1972, she moved to Richland, Wash- ington, to study the move- ment of minerals, espe- cially radioactive ones, into and through plant tissues at the Battelle Northwest Laboratories. In 1976, Betty took a position as a supervisory plant physiologist at the USDA Columbia Plateau Conservation Research Center at Pendleton to study effects of tillage, planting machinery design, and crop residue management on cereal seedling vigor and crop water use. Working with colleagues in Pend- leton and with many other scientists nationally and internationally, she helped develop new ways of eval- uating plant development and stress and led a proj- ect that defined the patterns of shoot and root system development in wheat. She coauthored over 200 scien- tific publications and was research and location leader for the center from 1984 to her retirement in 1996. Betty chaired the National Research Per- sonnel Evaluation Com- mittee for the Agricultural Research Service from 1991 to 1995 and served on the board of directors of the Agronomic Science Foun- dation from 1992 to 2000 and again from 2010 to 2013. She was at the lead- ing edge of women moving into agricultural research in the later half of the 20th century and achieved sev- eral breakthroughs. She was the first woman in the United States to edit a major agricultural jour- nal (Crop Science), to be elected a Fellow of the Soil Science Society of America (1985), and to serve as pres- ident of the Crop Science Society of America (1997). She established the Betty Klepper Endowed Lecture- ship with the Crop Science Society of America. The society recog- nized her impact with its Presiden- tial Award in 2003 and the Monsanto Distin- guished Career Award in 2004. Betty was awarded the Diamond Pioneer Award by Oregon State University in 2010 for her contributions to Oregon agriculture. After retirement, Betty became active in the Pend- leton community. She served on the board and numerous committees of the Arts Council of Pendle- ton, as a coordinator for the AAUW Mother-Daughter Choices program for sixth- grade girls, on the Umatilla Basin Watershed Coun- cil and Umatilla County Groundwater Taskforce, on the coordinating commit- tee for Salmon Walk, and on the scholarship commit- tee and board of the Pend- leton Rotary Club. She is best known for initiating the Stewards of the Uma- tilla River Environment (S.U.R.E.), which worked to clean up the riverside in town and to educate local people about the plants, animals, rocks and history of the Umatilla River. Her contributions were recog- nized by Pendleton’s First Citizen Award in 2004 and the White Rose Award in Portland in 2005. She enjoyed traveling, especially on African safa- ris, and was proud to say that she had seen all 58 of the national parks in the USA. She also undertook to visit all 13 of the pres- idential libraries in the U.S.A. Lifelong hobbies were picking mushrooms and huckleberries, learn- ing about birds, and playing mahjong. She used to say that she liked people just fine, but she loved cats. Her parents and her brother, George M. Klep- per Jr. of Memphis, Tennes- see, predeceased her. She leaves two nieces, Karen Erb and Meg Coughman of Memphis, and two neph- ews, Kipper Klepper of Memphis and Jim Klep- per of Baltimore. She will be missed by her long-time friend, Fern Oliver, and Fern’s daughters Jody and Joan. A memorial service will be held at 10:00 a.m. on Fri- day, November 9, 2018, at the Vert Auditorium at 480 S.W. Dorion Ave., Pendle- ton, OR 97801. Memorial contributions may be made to the Pendle- ton Center for the Arts, 214 N. Main St., or through the funeral home, Pendleton Pioneer Chapel, 131 S.E. Byers Ave., Pendleton. Online condolences may be sent to www.pioneer- chapel.com. Are You a Survivor of Lung Lung Prostate Lung or Prostate Prostate Cancer? Sunday, Nov. 4, 2018 Lucky Lines 04-05-10-16-FREE-19-23- 28-29 Estimated jackpot: $29,000 Pick 4 1 p.m.: 7-9-6-5 4 p.m.: 4-3-2-4 7 p.m.: 5-1-8-2 10 p.m.: 2-0-0-3 Monday, Nov. 5, 2018 Pick 4 1 p.m.: 5-4-9-0 WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 7 OBITUARY POLICY MORROW COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS, 9 a.m., Bartholomew Government Build- ing upper conference room, 110 N. Court St., Heppner. (Roberta Lutcher 541-676-5613) The East Oregonian publishes paid obituaries. The obituary can in- clude small photos and, for veterans, a flag symbol at no charge. Expanded death notices will be published at no charge. These in- clude information about services. For more information, call 541-966- 0818 or 1-800-522-0255, ext. 221. Lung Prostate You are invited to take part in an interview (in person or by phone) . We want to learn about your views & experiences. • What you share with us will be kept confidential • You will receive $25 in cash or a gift card Participants must: • Have been diagnosed on January 1, 2015 or more recently • Live in a rural county in Oregon To learn more, please contact Kathy Blaustein at 541-737-4705 or kathy.blaustein@oregonstate.edu This study, titled “Experiences of Breast, Prostate, and Lung Cancer Survivors in Rural Oregon,” is led by Dr. Sheryl Thorburn from the College of Public Health and Human Sciences at Oregon State University and is funded by the National Cancer Institute.
