RECORDS
Tuesday, October 29, 2019
PUBLIC SAFETY
OBITUARY
FRIDAY
Virginia ‘Tobie’ Williams
7:30 a.m. — Lamb Weston staff reported criminal mischief at
the company’s main plant on Westland Road, Hermiston.
7:53 a.m. — A caller reported someone stole items from her
dead father’s yard on Northwest Boardman Avenue, Boardman,
and tried to break into his house. The Morrow County Sheriff ’s
Offi ce trespassed a person from the property.
9:16 a.m. — A caller reported the theft of a red Ford pickup
with a red canopy from a residence on Lewis and Clark Drive,
Boardman.
11:12 a.m. — Someone broke into the Willow Creek Coun-
try Club, Heppner, staff reported, and stole gas and cut the fuel
lines to equipment. The caller also said this could have hap-
pened the other night or a couple of weeks ago.
5:06 p.m. — A three-vehicle crash near Athena sent one pas-
senger to a local hospital.
Oregon State Police reported a minivan traveling north on
Banister Road was unable to stop at the stop sign at the inter-
section of Highway 11. The vehicle entered the highway and
two other passenger vehicles struck it.
An ambulance took a passenger in the fi rst vehicle to Prov-
idence St. Mary Medical Medical Center, Walla Walla, Washing-
ton. Paramedics at the crash scene also checked the other driv-
ers and passengers, and some refused medical treatment.
State police also reported giving a citation to the minivan’s
driver, a 16-year-old boy from Milton-Freewater.
10:18 p.m. — Stanfi eld police responded to a report of gun-
shots at Echo High School, 600 E. Gerone St. The offi cer did not
fi nd anyone shooting.
SATURDAY
3:52 a.m. — A 911 caller reported a vehicle crashed and
rolled at Johns Lane and Campbell Road, Pendleton, but no one
was near the vehicle.
10:24 a.m. — Hermiston police took a report for a burglary
on the 700 block of West Ridgeway Avenue.
2:46 p.m. — The Umatilla County Sheriff ’s Offi ce responded
to a report of a burglary on the 55700 block of Albee Road
south of Pilot Rock.
2:50 p.m. — A caller reported possible animal neglect at
Banks Lane and Baxter Road, Hermiston.
5:34 p.m. — A caller on the 1000 block of South Main Street,
Milton-Freewater, reported the theft of license plates from her
vehicle.
Virginia “Tobie” Wil- few years in her home, she
liams, 81, of Elgin, passed particularly appreciated time
away on Wednesday, Octo- sitting on her patio in her
ber 23, 2019, at Grande Ronde favorite swing.
Hospital. A Celebration of
Tobie is survived by
Life will be held at
her sons, Brent
the Elgin Stampede
(Leone) Williams
Hall on Saturday,
of Elgin, Ore., and
November 2, 2019,
Keith (Stephanie)
at 2 p.m. Casual
Williams of Island
dress is preferred
City, Ore.; daugh-
by the family.
ters Kelly (Glen)
Tobie was born
Griffi th of Ione,
on March 15, 1938,
Ore., and Kanda
in La Grande, Ore-
(Steve) Gresham of
gon, to Emmett and
Elgin, Ore.; brother
Williams
Eva Mae (Rollins)
Larry
(Betty)
Thompson.
She
Thompson
of
lived on Cricket Flat as a child Elgin, Ore.; six grandchil-
and resided in Elgin, Oregon, dren; 12 great-grandchil-
all of her life. She attended dren; and many nieces and
Elgin High School. She mar- nephews.
ried Chuck Williams on July
She was preceded in death
3, 1956.
by her husband, Chuck; her
Tobie’s interests included parents, Emmett and Eva
playing guitar, piano, and Thompson; and her sisters,
organ. She enjoyed hunting Peggy Kennedy, Dixie Stan-
and fi shing. She especially ton, and Bobbie Horn.
enjoyed watching school
In lieu of fl owers, memo-
sporting events and travel- rial contributions can be
ing to grandkids’ and many made to the Elgin Stamped-
school-aged kids’ sporting ers, P.O. Box 397, Elgin, OR
events all around the North- 97827.
west. She loved spending
Online condolences may
time with her grand- and be made to the family at www.
great-grandchildren. The last lovelandfuneralchapel.com.
DEATH NOTICES
Robert W. ‘Bob’ Brinkley
Hermiston
July 19, 1957 — Oct. 23, 2019
Robert W. “Bob” Brinkley Jr., 62, of Hermiston, died
Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2019, near North Powder. He was born
July 19, 1957, in Torrance, California. Services are pending
with Burns Mortuary of Hermiston. Share memories with
the family at www.burnsmortuaryhermiston.com.
Dorothy S. Gehrke
Walla Walla
June 5, 1927 — Oct. 25, 2019
ARRESTS, CITATIONS
Friday
•A Pendleton man landed in the Umatilla County Jail on
charges of domestic violence and assaulting an offi cer.
Oregon State Police troopers and Umatilla County sheriff ’s
deputies responded to a domestic violence call Friday evening
at a home in the 43100 block of Gateway Avenue, Pendleton.
Sheriff ’s spokesperson Lt. Sterrin Holcomb said the occupants
reported Jack L. Davidson Sr., 61, was “out of control” and
assaulted a relative.
Holcomb said police tried to put the cuff s on Davidson, who
“smacked the deputy on the side of the face.”
The slap did not injure the deputy, and offi cers arrested
Davidson and booked him into the jail in Pendleton for
fourth-degree assault, interfering with a peace offi cer, resisting
arrest and assault of a public safety offi cer. The online jail roster
shows his bail at $30,000.
•Hermiston police arrested Carri Ann Olea, 39, of Hermiston,
for felony fl eeing, reckless driving, driving while suspended/
revoked and second-degree theft.
Saturday
•Pilot Rock police arrested Jesus Ramiro Soto, 37, of Pilot
Rock, for second-degree sexual abuse, unlawful possession of
a fi rearm, fi rst-degree unlawful sexual penetration, menacing,
reckless endangering and harassment.
•Pendleton police arrested Shantel Renee Santiago, 40, of
Pendleton, for second-degree burglary and third-degree crim-
inal mischief.
Sunday
•Hermiston police arrested Juan Antonio Tellez, 28, of Board-
man, for domestic violence assault and strangulation, both
felonies.
•Pendleton police arrested Christine Michell Reardon, 70, for
unlawful use of a weapon (shooting in a prohibited area).
•Umatilla County Sheriff ’s Offi ce arrested Robert Shawn
Mahon, 40, of Pendleton, for domestic violence felonies of
strangulation and assault.
Dorothy S. Gehrke, 92, of Walla Walla, Washington,
died Friday, Oct. 25, 2019, in College Place, Washington.
She was born June 5, 1927. Munselle-Rhodes Funeral Home
of Milton-Freewater is in charge of arrangements.
Edward C. Hounshell Jr.
Plymouth, Wash.
June 3, 1940 — Oct. 24, 2019
Edward C. Hounshell Jr., 79, of Plymouth, Washington,
died Thursday, Oct. 24, 2019, in Richland, Washington. He
was born June 3, 1940, in Bandon. At his request, no ser-
vices will be held. Burns Mortuary of Hermiston is in care
of arrangements. Share memories with the family at www.
burnsmortuaryhermiston.com.
Helen A. Miller
Athena
Aug. 29, 1927 — Oct. 25, 2019
Helen A. Miller, 92, of Athena, died Friday, Oct. 25,
2019, in Spokane,
Washington. She was born Aug. 29, 1927. Mun-
selle-Rhodes Funeral Home of Milton-Freewater is in
charge of arrangements.
Inez C. Sencer
Hermiston
Oct. 25, 2019
Inez C. Sencer, 100, died Friday, Oct. 25, 2019, in Hermis-
ton. A graveside service will be held in upstate New York. Visit
www.burnsmortuaryhermiston.com for online obituary and to
leave condolences. Burns Mortuary of Hermiston is in care of
arrangements.
MEETINGS
Bethel L. Warner
TUESDAY, OCT. 29
Walla Walla
Oct. 26, 2019
MORROW COUNTY PLANNING COMMISSION, 7 p.m., Port of
Morrow Riverfront Center, 2 Marine Drive, Boardman. (Stepha-
nie Loving 541-922-4624)
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 30
MORROW COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS, 9 a.m.,
Bartholomew Government Building upper conference room,
110 N. Court St., Heppner. (Roberta Lutcher 541-676-5613)
Former Pendleton resident Bethel L. Warner, 98, died
Saturday, Oct. 26, 2019, in Walla Walla, Washington. She
was born in Bell County, Texas. A graveside service will be
held Friday, Nov. 1 at 2 p.m. at Olney Cemetery. Burns Mor-
tuary of Pendleton is in charge of arrangements. Sign the
online guestbook at www.burnsmortuary.com.
THURSDAY, OCT. 31 — FRIDAY, NOV. 1
UPCOMING SERVICES
No meetings scheduled
TUESDAY, OCT. 29
MONDAY, NOV. 4
STOKES LANDING SENIOR CENTER BOARD, 6 p.m., Stokes
Landing Senior Center, 150 Columbia Lane, Irrigon. (Karen
541-922-3137)
HEPPNER PLANNING COMMISSION, 7 p.m., Heppner City
Hall, 111 N. Main St., Heppner. (541-676-9618)
MILTON-FREEWATER PLANNING COMMISSION, 7 p.m., Mil-
ton-Freewater Public Library Albee Room, 8 S.W. Eighth Ave.,
Milton-Freewater. 6:30 p.m. study session, 7 p.m. regular meet-
ing. (Lisa Wasson 541-938-8235)
A5
Elgin
March 15, 1938 — October 23, 2019
SUNDAY
12:27 p.m. — A Pilot Rock resident on Southwest Birch
Street reported a male behind the house was “messing with” a
recreational vehicle.
12:35 p.m. — The Umatilla County Sheriff ’s Offi ce took a
complaint for animal abuse at Green Acres Mobile Park, 53752
Appleton Road, Milton-Freewater.
6:58 p.m. — A caller on Highway 74 near Ione reported he
crashed his 2006 Chevrolet Equinox into a cow.
10:45 p.m. — A Milton-Freewater resident on the 500 block
of North Main Street reported someone slashed his vehicle’s
tires.
East Oregonian
MARTINDALE, KATHLEEN — Celebration of life
service at 11 a.m. at Westside Church of Christ, 2185 W.
Orchard Ave., Hermiston.
WEDNESDAY, OCT. 30
AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File
In this April 11, 2016, fi le photo, Congressman John Conyers
is seen during a ceremony for former U.S. Sen. Carl Levin, in
Detroit. Detroit police say the former congressman died at
his home on Sunday.
John Conyers dies at 90
DETROIT (AP) — For-
mer U.S. Rep. John Conyers,
one of the longest-serving
members of Congress whose
resolutely liberal stance on
civil rights made him a polit-
ical institution in Washing-
ton and back home in Detroit
despite several scandals, has
died. He was 90.
Conyers, among the
high-profi le
politicians
topped by sex harassment
allegations in 2017, died at his
home on Sunday, said Detroit
police spokesman Cpl. Dan
Donakowski. The death
“looks like natural causes,”
Donakowski added.
Known as the dean of the
Congressional Black Cau-
cus, which he helped found,
Conyers became one of only
six black House members
when he was won his fi rst
election by just 108 votes
in 1964. The race was the
beginning of more than 50
years of election dominance:
Conyers regularly won elec-
tions with more than 80% of
the vote, even after his wife
went to prison for taking a
bribe.
That voter loyalty helped
Conyers freely speak his
mind. He took at both Repub-
licans and fellow Republi-
cans: he said then-President
George W. Bush “has been an
absolute disaster for the Afri-
can-American community”
in 2004, and in 1979 called
then-President Jimmy Car-
ter “a hopeless, demented,
honest, well-intentioned nerd
who will never get past his
fi rst administration.”
Throughout his career,
Conyers used his infl uence
to push civil rights. After a
15-year fi ght, he won pas-
sage of legislation declaring
the Rev. Martin Luther King
Jr.’s birthday a national holi-
day, fi rst celebrated in 1986.
He regularly introduced a bill
starting in 1989 to study the
harm caused by slavery and
the possibility of reparations
for slaves’ descendants. That
bill never got past a House
subcommittee.
His district offi ce in
Detroit employed civil rights
legend Rosa Parks from 1965
until her retirement in 1988.
In 2005, Conyers was among
11 people inducted to the
International Civil Rights
Walk of Fame.
But after a nearly 53-year
career, he became the fi rst
Capitol Hill politician to
lose his job in the torrent of
sexual misconduct allega-
tions sweeping through the
nation’s workplaces. A for-
mer staffer alleged she was
fi red because she rejected
his sexual advances, and
others said they’d witnessed
Conyers
inappropriately
touching female staffers or
requesting sexual favors.
He denied the allegations
but eventually stepped down,
citing health reasons.
“My legacy can’t be com-
promised or diminished in
any way by what we’re going
through now,” Conyers told
a Detroit radio station from
a hospital where he’d been
taken after complaining of
lightheadedness in Decem-
ber 2017. “This, too, shall
pass. My legacy will con-
tinue through my children.”
Conyers was born and
grew up in Detroit, where
his father, John Conyers Sr.,
was a union organizer in
the automotive industry and
an international represen-
tative with the United Auto
Workers union. He insisted
that his son, a jazz afi cio-
nado from an early age, not
become a musician.
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2019 PM Dinner | Live Entertainment | Auction
Fundraiser at the Pendleton Oregon Salvation Army
150 SE Emigrant Ave, Pendleton, OR 9780 1
Help the Salvation Army meet the needs of Umatilla County.
This past year your local Salvation Army served 15,000 hot meals to those in need,
in additions to youth programs, sending kids to camps, family assistance etc.
Help us continue to “Do The Most Good” in Umatilla County.
For more information contact:
Major’s DeWayne & Toni Halstead
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541-276-3369
PETERSON, JEANNINE — Memorial service for
family and friends at 1 p.m. at Pendleton Pioneer Chapel,
Folsom-Bishop, 131 S.E. Byers Ave., Pendleton.
LOTTERY
Friday, Oct. 25, 2019
Megamillions
16-24-25-52-60
Megaball: 6
Megaplier: 3
Estimated jackpot: $93
million
Lucky Lines
04-06-10-15-17-21-27-32
Estimated jackpot: $29,000
Pick 4
1 p.m.: 4-4-6-4
4 p.m.: 1-3-9-4
7 p.m.: 6-8-2-7
10 p.m.: 1-1-8-3
Saturday, Oct. 26, 2019
Powerball
03-20-48-54-59
Powerball: 4
Power Play: 4
Estimated jackpot: $130
million
Megabucks
14-20-25-30-32-48
Estimated jackpot: $5 million
Lucky Lines
01-05-09-16-17-22-25-29
Estimated jackpot: $30,000
Pick 4
1 p.m.: 3-9-7-9
4 p.m.: 5-3-5-8
7 p.m.: 6-1-5-9
10 p.m.: 2-0-4-5
Win for Life
27-28-55-76
Sunday, Oct. 27, 2019
Lucky Lines
03-08-09-14-18-23-27-32
Estimated jackpot: $31,000
Pick 4
1 p.m.: 9-8-2-0
4 p.m.: 7-8-7-9
7 p.m.: 7-0-4-6
10 p.m.: 4-5-5-0
Monday, Oct. 28, 2019
Pick 4
1 p.m.: 5-3-2-3
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