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RECORDS Friday, November 8, 2019 East Oregonian PUBLIC SAFETY WEDNESDAY 7:29 a.m. — Milton-Freewater police received a report of graf- fiti on the backside of a building on the 900 block of South Main Street. 8:09 a.m. — A 911 caller on Northwest Sixth Street, Pendleton, reported her son and husband were fighting. 9:42 a.m. — Residents on Tyler Road, Boardman, reported a pheasant hunter was shooting on their private property. The Mor- row County Sheriff’s Office contacted the hunter and warned him not to hunt on private property. 9:47 a.m. — Umatilla police received a complaint about a pit bull dog on the loose at McNary Heights Elementary School, 120 Columbia Ave. 12:29 p.m. — A caller told Hermiston police she had informa- tion about a caregiver who was abusive to a client. 1:28 p.m. — Pendleton police issued a citation for drug activity OBITUARY at Sunridge Middle School, 700 S.W. Runnion Ave. 3:57 p.m. — The Morrow County Sheriff’s Office received a request to help a 79-year-old man stuck several miles down on the U.S. Forest Service Road 2104 off Road 21. A large rock was in the road, and a tow company headed out to help. 8:04 p.m. — A Hermiston 911 caller on North First Street reported she saw a male steal her vehicle. 10:57 p.m. — Hermiston police responded to a residence on West Highland Avenue on a report of a couple in a physical fight. ARRESTS, CITATIONS •Umatilla Tribal Police arrested Thomas Soaring Eagle, 37, of Pendleton, for dangerous drugs and criminal activity in drugs. •Pendleton police arrested Nina Nicole Madrigal, 24, of Pend- leton, for second-degree forgery, identity theft and contempt of court. MEETINGS FRIDAY, NOV. 8 No meetings scheduled MONDAY, NOV. 11 PENDLETON SCHOOL DISTRICT, 6 p.m., Pendleton School Dis- trict office, 107 N.W. 10th St., Pendleton. (541-276-6711) MILTON-FREEWATER SCHOOL DISTRICT, 6:30 p.m., Cen- tral Middle School, 306 S.W. Second St., Milton-Freewater. (541-938-3551) ADAMS CITY COUNCIL, 6:30 p.m., Adams City Hall, 190 N. Main St., Adams. (541-566-9380) HERMISTON SCHOOL DISTRICT, 6:30 p.m., district office, 305 S.W. 11th St., Hermiston. (Briana Cortaberria 541-667-6000) ATHENA-WESTON SCHOOL DISTRICT, 6:30 p.m., Weston Mid- dle School library, 205 E. Wallace St., Weston. (Paula Warner 541-566-3551) HEPPNER CITY COUNCIL, 7 p.m., Heppner City Hall, 111 N. Main St., Heppner. (541-676-9618) MILTON-FREEWATER CITY COUNCIL, 7 p.m., Milton-Freewater Public Library Albee Room, 8 S.W. Eighth Ave., Milton-Freewater. (541-938-5531) PILOT ROCK FIRE DISTRICT, 7 p.m., Pilot Rock Fire Department, 415 N.E. Elm St., Pilot Rock. (541-443-4522) HERMISTON CITY COUNCIL, 7 p.m., Hermiston City Hall council chambers, 180 N.E. Second St., Hermiston. (541-567-5521) IRRIGON FIRE DISTRICT, 7 p.m., Irrigon Fire Department, 705 N.E. Main Ave., Irrigon. (541-922-3133) TUESDAY, NOV. 12 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 Public 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, NOV. 13 UKIAH SCHOOL DISTRICT, 8 a.m., Ukiah Community School, 201 Hill St., Ukiah. (541-427-3731) MORROW COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS, 9 a.m., Irri- gon Public Library, 200 N.E. Main Ave., Irrigon. (541-676-9061) 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) WESTON CITY COUNCIL, 6 p.m., Memorial Hall, 210 E. Main St., Weston. (541-566-3313) BLUE MOUNTAIN BOARD OF EDUCATION, 6 p.m., Blue Moun- tain Community College Workforce Training Center, 251 N. Olson, Boardman. 5 p.m. executive session, 6 p.m. regular board meet- ing. (Shannon Franklin 541-278-5951) 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 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. An executive session may be called during the business meeting. (Reta Larson 541-567-8822) HELIX SCHOOL DISTRICT, 7:30 p.m., Helix School library, 120 Main St., Helix. (541-457-2175) THURSDAY, NOV. 14 UMATILLA-MORROW COUNTY FARM BUREAU, 12 p.m., TBA, Pendleton. (Julie Spratling 541-457-8045) HERMISTON PARKS & RECREATION COMMISSION, 5:30 p.m., Hermiston City Hall, 180 N.E. Second St., Hermiston. (541-567-5521) ATHENA CITY COUNCIL, 6:30 p.m., Athena City Hall, 215 S. Third St., Athena. (541-566-3862) UMATILLA SCHOOL DISTRICT, 7 p.m., Umatilla School District office, 1001 Sixth St., Umatilla. (541-922-6500) BOARDMAN RURAL FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT, 7 p.m., Boardman Fire Department Station 1, 300 S. Wilson Lane, Board- man. (Suzanne Gray 541-481-3473) Acclaimed novelist Ernest Gaines dies at 86 NEW ROADS, La. (AP) — Novelist Ernest J. Gaines, whose poor childhood on a small Louisiana plantation town germinated the stories of black struggles that grew into universal stories of grace and beauty, has died. He was 86. Louisiana Gov. John Bel Edwards’ office on Tuesday released word of his death. Edwards said in a state- ment that Gaines “used his immense vision and liter- ary talents to tell the stories of African Americans in the South. We are all blessed that Ernest left words and stories that will continue to inspire many generations to come. “A Lesson Before Dying,” published in 1993, was an acclaimed classic. Gaines was that year awarded a “genius grant” by the MacAr- thur Foundation, receiving $335,000 to spend over the next five years. Both “The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman” (1971) and “A Gathering of Old Men” (1984) became honored television movies. The author of eight books, Gaines was born on a plan- tation in Pointe Coupee Par- ish and his first writing expe- rience was writing letters for illiterate workers who asked him to embellish their news to far-off relatives. Bayonne, the setting for Gaines’ fiction, was actually New Roads, Louisiana, which Gaines left for California when he was 15. Although books were denied him throughout his childhood because of Louisi- ana’s strict segregation, which extended even to libraries, he found the life surrounding him rich enough to recollect in story after story through exact and vivid detail. In “A Lesson Before Dying,” for example, the cen- tral figure is the teacher at the plantation school outside town. Through the teacher, whose profession Gaines ele- vates to a calling, the nov- elist explores the consistent themes of his work: sacrifice and duty, the obligation to oth- A5 Carmen Jane Christensen Pendleton February 13, 1939 — October 28, 2019 Carmen Christensen, ing cards and games with 80, of Pendleton, passed the grandkids. She was an away October 28, 2019, avid baseball fan and lover from advanced pulmonary of piano recitals and art hypertension. Memorial shows for the grandchil- services will be held at dren. She and Ben were some of the found- Pendleton Pio- ing volunteer neer Chapel, staff for Mario’s Folsom-Bishop, Basque BBQ and on Sunday, she cherished November 10, her time with 2019, at 1 p.m. her “Old Broads with Pastor Birthday Club” Chris Clem- ons of Pendle- friends. She was ton Nazarene a devoted wife officiating. and mother and a Christensen truly loyal friend. Carmen was Carmen is pre- born in Rock Springs, Wyoming, to ceded in death by her par- Merna and James Smith ents, James and Merna on February 13, 1939, and Smith, and her husband, moved to Tacoma, Wash- Ben Christensen. ington, where she grew Carmen is survived by up and graduated from her brother Brian Smith Stadium High School. and his wife Carol of She married Jerry Camp- Cameron Park, Calif.; bell in December 1960 daughters Nicole Camp- and moved to Pendleton bell of Portland, Ore., and Michelle Leonard shortly thereafter. She spent her early and husband Kirk of La career working as an insur- Grande, Ore.; grandchil- ance adjuster and went dren JayCe Leonard and on to become an insur- Audrey Peters; and neph- ance agent for Wheatland ews Trevor and Ryan Insurance in Pendleton, Smith of Santa Rosa and from where she retired. Cameron Park, Calif., In May 1972 she mar- respectively. ried Ben Christensen and In lieu of flowers, they spent 31 happily mar- memorials may be made ried years together before to the Pulmonary Hyper- Ben’s death in 2003. tension Association, 801 Carmen loved to read Roeder Road, Ste. 1000, and cook, and most of Silver Spring, MD 20910 all spend time with her or at https://phassociation. family. She couldn’t get org/donate/. Share online condo- enough time at the beach eating fresh Dungeness lences with the family at crab and oysters, or play- www.pioneerchapel.com. DEATH NOTICES Betty Brutscher Pendleton Nov. 11, 1924 — Nov. 6, 2019 Betty Brutscher, 94, of Pendleton, died Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2019, at her home. She was born Nov. 11, 1924, in Pendleton. Arrangements are with Pendleton Pioneer Chapel, Folsom-Bishop. Vivian E. Kalal Hermiston June 27, 1927 — Nov. 6, 2019 Vivian E. Kalal, 92, of Hermiston, died Wednes- day, Nov. 6, 2019, in Hermiston. She was born June 27, 1927, in American Falls, Idaho. Arrangements are pending. Burns Mortuary of Hermiston is in care of arrangements. Delbert Jasper Sams Milton-Freewater Feb. 14, 1929 — Nov. 6, 2019 Delbert Jasper Sams, 90, of Milton-Freewater, died Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2019, at his home. He was born Feb. 14, 1929. Munselle-Rhodes Funeral Home of Mil- ton-Freewater is in charge of arrangements. UPCOMING SERVICES FRIDAY, NOV. 8 MITZIMBERG, ALEX — Viewing from 3-5 p.m. at Pendleton Pioneer Chapel, Folsom-Bishop, 131 S.E. Byers Ave., Pendleton. Contributed photo via AP This April 12, 1977, file photo shows author Ernest Gaines who wrote “The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman,” in his San Francisco home. ers, the qualities of loving, the nature of courage. The themes are explored among the tensions of late 1940s and the teacher is the character burdened with the long past and with the expec- tations of a better future. As he struggles to find a way for a convicted young cane- field worker to face the elec- tric chair, he must find how to become both human and heroic at the moment of extinction. Gaines himself found that the use of his storytelling gifts meant more than militant civil rights action. “When Bull Connor would sic the dogs, I thought, ‘Hell, write a better paragraph.’” “In 1968, when I was writing ‘The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman,’ my friends said, ‘Why write about a 110-year-old lady when all of this is going on now?’ And I said, ‘I think she’s going to have something to say about it.’” What Gaines’ charac- ters said about it achieved a power and timelessness that made him a distinctive voice in American literature. Much of the appeal of his books is their seeming simplicity and straightforward storyline. “I can never write big novels,” he always maintained. But the questions he explored were the eternal ones great writers confront: what it means to be human, what a human lives and dies for. Gaines spent the fall teach- ing creative writing at the Uni- versity of Southwestern Loui- siana in Lafayette since 1983. It’s only about an hour’s drive from his childhood home. A large, gentlemanly man with a certain bohemian air — braces and berets were favorite attire — and a stately manner, Gaines was devoted to friends and family. When he married for the first time in 1993 at the age of 60, he cele- brated in Lafayette, New Orle- ans, Miami, and San Fran- cisco, so that the gatherings could include his intimates. He could not write and teach at the same time. He needed five or six hours each day devoted to writing and “I can’t write a couple of days and skip two or three days.” “A Lesson Before Dying” took seven years. “I work five days a week, just like a regular job. I get up in the morning, do a lit- tle exercise, eat a little break- fast. I’m at my desk by nine in the morning, work until three with a little break for lunch,” he said. His literary influences were eclectic. Since he only began reading at 15, he began with a vengeance. “I discovered John Stein- beck ... then Willa Cather ... then the great 19th Century Russian and French writers, writers like DeMaupassant and Flaubert. Then I discov- ered Ivan Turgenyev, the great Russian classicist. He wrote small novels where every- one wrote big novels. I could never write big novels. (Turg- enyev’s) ‘Fathers and Sons’ was one of my favorite books when I was a young man. It was my Bible when I was writing my first novel, ‘Cath- erine Carmier’ (1964),” he said. Other books include “Of Love and Dust” (1967), “Bloodline” (1968), “A Long Day in November” (1971), and “In My Father’s House” (1978). In addition to the MacAr- thur and numerous other awards, Gaines received prestigious grants from the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Rockefeller and Guggenheim Foundations. He held honorary doctorates from five colleges and universities. SATURDAY, NOV. 9 CONNELL, LITA — Memorial service at 2 p.m. in the chapel at Burns Mortuary, 685 W. Hermiston Ave., Hermiston. FURSTENBERG, CODY — Memorial service at 10:30 a.m. at Pendleton First Assembly of God Church, 1911 S.E. Court Ave. A celebration of life will fol- low from noon to 2 p.m. at Hodgen Distributing, 4340 Westgate. MITZIMBERG, ALEX — Viewing from 2-5 p.m. at Pendleton Pioneer Chapel, Folsom-Bishop, 131 S.E. Byers Ave., Pendleton. Also, a celebration of life will be held at 3 p.m. at Pendleton Center for the Arts, 214 N. Main St. ROBERTSON, CHARLES JR. — Celebration of life at 11 a.m. at the First Christian Church, 518 S. Main St., Milton-Freewater. Inurnment will follow at the Milton-Freewater Cemetery. SMITH, LIL — Funeral service at 10 a.m. in the chapel at Burns Mortuary, 685 W. Hermiston Ave., Hermiston. Burial will follow at the Hermiston Cemetery. WEISTER, JOANN — Graveside memorial ser- vice at 11 a.m. at the Vinson Cemetery near Pilot Rock. 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