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RECORDS Tuesday, August 13, 2019 East Oregonian PUBLIC SAFETY FRIDAY 7:18 a.m. — A Heppner resident on Northwest Gale Street reported someone entered his home and stole cat food. He said he may know the suspect. 10:05 a.m. — Umatilla police received a report of vandalism at a house under construction on Roosevelt Avenue. 10:24 a.m. — Pendleton police received reports of graffiti along Southwest Court Avenue. 11:53 a.m. — Employees at Banner Bank, 1220 Southgate, Pendleton, told police a customer called about an hour or two earlier and made threats. 12 p.m. — A caller at the Willow Creek Country Club, 53726 Highway 74, Heppner, reported someone cut the lock on the money drop box and stole at least $60. 2:07 p.m. — A motorcyclist crashed at Laurel and Yates lanes, Boardman. An ambulance transported one victim to Good Shep- herd Medical Center, Hermiston. 2:32 p.m. — Umatilla police dealt with graffiti on Margaret Avenue. 4:41 p.m. — A 911 caller reported a domestic disturbance at a home at Riverview Mobile Estates, 2712 N.E. Riverside Drive, Pendleton. 4:49 p.m. — Pendleton police received a report of possible child abuse. 5:23 p.m. — A caller reported a male at the Dollar Tree in Pendleton tried to start a fight with a female. 5:32 p.m. — Hermiston police responded to McKenzie Park at West Orchard Avenue and South First Street for an older couple beating up on each other. 7:48 p.m. — A caller reported illegal camping near the north end of the Bedford Bridge, Pendleton. 10:13 p.m. — A 911 caller on Washington Street, Umatilla, reported someone tried to enter the residence. SATURDAY 10:22 a.m. — A caller reported a domestic disturbance between a male and female on Baggett Lane, Hermiston. 12:16 p.m. — The Umatilla County Sheriff’s Office received a report of an assault on Lind Road, Umatilla. 5:42 p.m. — A 911 caller reported a physical confrontation DEATH NOTICES between a male and female at AC Mini Storage & RV Park, 2255 S.E. Court Ave., Pendleton. 11:30 p.m. — A resident at B & M Mobile Home Court, 2903 N.E. Riverside Ave., Pendleton, reported someone may have been prowling around outside. SUNDAY 9:03 a.m. — Pendleton police responded to the area of Still- man Park, 413 S.E. Byers Ave., after staff at the nearby Circle K reported a male covered in blood came in and said there was a fight and others were involved. 11:56 a.m. — The Umatilla County Sheriff’s Office took a report for burglary at a site on Northwest Geer Road, Hermiston. 9:42 p.m. — Pendleton police took a report for the theft of a vehicle from apartments on the 900 block of Southeast Sec- ond Street. ARRESTS, CITATIONS Friday •Morrow County Sheriff’s Office arrested Stephen Ronald Bray, 47, of Warrenton, for misdemeanor domestic violence assault and on a probation violation. Saturday •Oregon State Police arrested Jack Charles Oar, 24, of Pend- leton, for driving under the influence of intoxicants. State police reported Oar provided a breath sample that showed his blood alcohol level was 0.17 percent, more than twice the 0.08 percent legal limit. •Oregon State Police arrested Rodney Dean Cearns, 27, of Hermiston, for DUII (alcohol). •Umatilla County Sheriff’s Office arrested Marc Ronald Gushwa, 29, of Pendleton, for menacing and pointing a firearm at another, both misdemeanors. •Umatilla Tribal Police arrested Natasha Ann Watchman, 45, of Pendleton, for assault and domestic abuse. Sunday •Pendleton police arrested Von Chris Campbell, 47, of Stan- field, for second-degree burglary and first-degree theft. •Oregon State Police arrested Kathleen Hasenkrug Forsman, 62, of Vernal, Utah, for DUII (controlled substances). MEETINGS TUESDAY, AUG. 13 PENDLETON PARKS & RECREATION COMMISSION, 12 p.m., Pendleton City Hall community room, 500 S.W. Dorion Ave., Pendleton. (541-276-8100) PORT OF UMATILLA COMMISSION, 1 p.m., Port of Umatilla offices, 505 Willamette Ave., Umatilla. (541-922-3224) PENDLETON FARMERS MARKET BOARD, 5:30 p.m., Pend- leton Early Learning Center, 455 S.W. 13th St., Pendleton. (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 COUNCIL, 6:30 p.m., Lexington Town Hall, 425 F St., Lexington. (541-989-8515) PENDLETON CITY COUNCIL WORKSHOP, 7 p.m., Pendleton City Hall, 500 S.W. Dorion Ave., Pendleton. (Donna Biggerstaff 541-966-0209) WEDNESDAY, AUG. 14 UKIAH SCHOOL DISTRICT, 8 a.m., Ukiah Community School, 201 Hill St., Ukiah. (541-427-3731) MORROW COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS, 9 a.m., Bar- tholomew Government Building upper conference room, 110 N. Court St., Heppner. (Roberta Lutcher 541-676-9061) INTERMOUNTAIN EDUCATION SERVICE DISTRICT, 10:45 a.m., InterMountain ESD office, 2001 N.W. Nye Ave., Pendleton. (Marla Royal 888-437-6892) MILTON-FREEWATER CEMETERY MAINTENANCE DISTRICT NO. 3, 12 p.m., Milton-Freewater Golf Course restaurant, 301 Catherine St., Milton-Freewater. (541-938-5531) STANFIELD IRRIGATION DISTRICT, 12 p.m., district office, 100 W. Coe Ave., Stanfield. (Tiffany Harrell 541-449-3272) PORT OF MORROW COMMISSION, 1:30 p.m., Port of Morrow, 2 Marine Drive, Boardman. (Dori Drago 541-481-7678) PENDLETON FAÇADE COMMITTEE, 3:30 p.m., Pendleton City Hall community development conference room, 500 S.W. Dorion Ave., Pendleton. (Julie Chase 541-966-0204) RIVERSIDE SITE COUNCIL, 5:30 p.m., Riverside High School library, 210 N.E. Boardman Ave., Boardman. (541-676-9128) A5 WESTON CITY COUNCIL, 6 p.m., Memorial Hall, 210 E. Main St., Weston. (541-566-3313) ATHENA PLANNING COMMISSION, 6:30 p.m., Athena City Hall, 215 S. Third St., Athena. (541-566-3862) CONDON PLANNING COMMISSION, 7 p.m., Condon City Hall, 128 S. Main St., Condon. (541-384-2711) CONDON SCHOOL DISTRICT, 7 p.m., Condon Grade School, 220 S. East St., Condon. (541-384-2441) HERMISTON PLANNING COMMISSION, 7 p.m., Hermiston City Hall, 180 N.E. Second St., Hermiston. (541-567-5521) STANFIELD SCHOOL DISTRICT, 7 p.m., Stanfield School Dis- trict 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. (Reta Larson 541-567-8822) HELIX SCHOOL DISTRICT, 7:30 p.m., Helix School library, 120 Main St., Helix. (541-457-2175) THURSDAY, AUG. 15 HERMISTON IRRIGATION DISTRICT, 4 p.m., Hermiston Irriga- tion District office conference room, 366 E. Hurlburt Ave., Herm- iston. (541-567-3024) ECHO CITY COUNCIL, 4 p.m., Old VFW Hall, 210 W. Bridge St., Echo. (541-376-8411) UMATILLA COUNTY SPECIAL LIBRARY DISTRICT, 5:15 p.m., Pendleton Center for the Arts boardroom, 214 N. Main St., Pend- leton. (Erin McCusker 541-276-6449) FRIDAY, AUG. 16 No meetings scheduled MONDAY, AUG. 19 NIXYAAWII COMMUNITY SCHOOL BOARD, 4:30 p.m., Nixy- aawii Community School, 73300 July Grounds Lane, Mission. (541-966-2680) ECHO SCHOOL DISTRICT, 6 p.m., Echo Community School, 600 Gerone St., Echo. (541-376-8436) HELIX CITY COUNCIL, 7 p.m., Helix City Hall, 119 Columbia St., Helix. (541-457-2521) PENDLETON YOUTH COMMISSION, 7 p.m., Intermountain ESD office, 2001 S.W. Nye Ave., Pendleton. (541-276-6711) Elzie ‘George’ Burns Pendleton Dec. 17, 1937 — Aug. 9, 2019 Elzie “George” Burns, 81, of Pendleton, died Friday, Aug. 9, 2019, at his home. He was born Dec. 17, 1937, in Corn- ing, Arkansas. Burns Mortuary of Pendleton is in charge of arrangements. Anna Marie Estle Hermiston Jan. 26, 1946 — Aug. 10, 2019 Anna Marie Estle, 73, of Hermiston, died Saturday, Aug. 10, 2019, in Athena. She was born Jan. 26, 1946, in Tor- rington, Wyoming. At her request, no service will be held. Burns Mortuary of Hermiston is in care of arrangements. Share memories with ther family at www.burnsmortuary- hermiston.com. Hermalyn J. ‘Lynn’ DeSouza White Hermiston Jan. 8, 1942 — Aug. 11, 2019 Hermalyn J. “Lynn” DeSouza White, 77, of Hermiston, died Sunday, Aug. 11, 2019, at her home. She was born Jan. 8, 1942, in Prairie City. A private family burial will be held at Skyview Memorial Park, Pendleton. Burns Mortuary of Hermiston is in care of arrangements. Share memories with the family at www.burnsmortuaryhermiston.com. Martin Roy ‘Marty’ Wood Pendleton June 4, 1933 — Aug. 10, 2019 Martin Roy “Marty” Wood, 86, of Pendleton, died Sat- urday, Aug. 10, 2019, at St. Anthony Hospital. He was born June 4, 1933, in Carstairs, Alberta, Canada. Online condo- lences may be sent to www.pioneerchapel.com. UPCOMING SERVICE TUESDAY, AUG. 13 No services scheduled WEDNESDAY, AUG. 14 RASMUSSEN, BEVERLY — Visitation from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Pendleton Pioneer Chapel, Folsom-Bishop, 131 S.E. Byers Ave., Pendleton. BRIEFLY Hermiston student awarded OSHA scholarship SALEM — Eight Oregon high school graduates, includ- ing Salma Anguiano of Hermiston, are recipients of the 2019 Workers’ Memorial Scholarship awards, the Oregon Occupational Safety and Health Division (Oregon OSHA) announced. The awards program helps finance higher edu- cation for family members of Oregon workers who have been fatally injured or permanently disabled on the job. Each of the recipients has different educational pursuits, career aspirations, and plans to contribute to something larger than themselves. All of them have experienced the personal and financial hardships that result when a parent is lost to a workplace death or permanently disabled while on the job. The Workers’ Memorial Scholarship is open to any high school graduate, graduating high school senior, GED recip- ient, or current college undergraduate or graduate student who is a dependent or spouse of an Oregon worker who has been fatally injured or permanently disabled while on the job. Learn more about the program at http://osha.oregon.gov/ workers/Pages/workers-memorial-scholarship.aspx. Federal New York lockup draws new scrutiny in Epstein death By LARRY NEUMEISTER, JIM MUSTIAN AND MICHAEL R. SISAK Associated Press NEW YORK — The apparent suicide of Jef- frey Epstein has brought new scrutiny to a fed- eral jail in New York that, despite chronic understaff- ing, houses some of the high- est-security inmates in the country. Epstein’s death is also the latest black eye for the U.S. Bureau of Prisons, the jail’s parent agency that already was under fire for the Octo- ber death of Boston gangster James “Whitey” Bulger, who was fatally beaten at a fed- eral prison in West Virginia shortly after his arrival. Taken together, the deaths underscore “serious issues surrounding a lack of lead- ership” within the BOP, said Cameron Lindsay, a former warden who ran three federal lock- ups, includ- ing the Met- ropolitan Detention Epstein Center in Brooklyn. A defense attorney for Epstein, Marc Fernich, also faulted jail officials, say- ing they “recklessly put Mr. Epstein in harm’s way” and failed to protect him. The Bureau of Prisons did not respond to repeated requests for details about Epstein’s death. But Attor- ney General William Barr demanded answers, saying he was appalled by the appar- ent suicide and announcing a pair of federal inquiries by the FBI and the Justice Department’s inspector general. Epstein, 66, had pleaded not guilty to federal sex trafficking and conspiracy charges. His lawyers main- tained the charges against him violated a non-prose- cution agreement he signed over a decade ago. Epstein’s death brings fresh attention to the staffing at Manhattan’s Metropolitan Correctional Center, where shortages worsened by a par- tial government shutdown prompted inmates to stage a hunger strike in January after they were denied family and lawyer visits. Eight months later, the lockup remains so short- staffed that the BOP is offer- ing correctional officers a $10,000 bonus to trans- fer there from other fed- eral lockups. That’s on top of a so-called “recruitment incentive” that amounts to 10% of new guards’ first-year salaries. 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She noted the limita- tions jailers face when some- one decides to take his or her own life. “If someone really wants to commit suicide,” Linaweaver said, “they’re going to do it.” For more than a decade, the union that represents federal correctional officers has been warning of what it describes as “unsound” and “dangerous” staffing levels at prisons around the country. In general population units, there’s often just one officer to deal with more than 125 inmates. Eric Williams, a correc- tional officer at a federal pen- itentiary in Canaan, Penn- sylvania, was working alone on a bi-level unit in Febru- ary 2013 when inmate Jes- sie Con-ui hurled him down a concrete staircase and stabbed him repeatedly with a makeshift blade, killing him. The attack came so sud- denly and with such force, Williams never had a chance to call for help. No one at the prison thought to look for Williams until an officer noticed he had not returned at the end of his shift. 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