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A6 RECORDS/COMMUNITY East Oregonian DEATH NOTICES Fe Forteza Edge-Uland Hermiston Jan. 22, 1939 — Jan. 2, 2021 Fe Forteza Edge-Uland, 81, of Hermiston, died Sat- urday, Jan. 2, 2021, in Kennewick, Washington. She was born Jan. 22, 1939, in Samar, Philippines. A grave- side service following state guidelines will be held Sun- day, Jan. 10, at 1 p.m. at the Hermiston Cemetery. Burns Mortuary of Hermiston is in care of arrangements. Share memories with the family at www.burnsmortuaryherm- iston.com. sent to www.pioneerchapel.com. Sondra Kay Row Irrigon Nov. 1, 1942 — Dec. 31, 2020 Sondra Kay Row, 78, of Irrigon, died Thursday, Dec. 31, 2020, at her home. She was born Nov. 1, 1942, in Pekin, Illinois. No service is planned at this time. Burns Mortu- ary of Hermiston is in care of arrangements. Share mem- ories with the family at www.burnsmortuaryhermiston. com. Michael W. Smith Larry J. Holmes Hermiston Oct. 17, 1951 — Jan. 1, 2021 Larry J. Holmes, 69, of Hermiston, died Friday, Jan. 1, 2021, in Hermiston. He was born Oct. 17, 1951, in Sedro Woolley, Washington. A private family burial will be at the Hermiston Cemetery. Burns Mortuary of Hermiston is in care of arrangements. Share memories with the family at www.burnsmortuaryhermiston.com. Scott Jacobson Pendleton April 18, 1964 — Dec. 30, 2020 Scott Jacobson, 56, of Pendleton, died Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2020, in Pendleton. He was born April 18, 1964, in Kodiak, Alaska. Arrangements are with Pendleton Pio- neer Chapel, Folsom-Bishop. Online condolences may be Milton-Freewater Feb. 1, 1948 — Jan. 4, 2021 Michael W. Smith, 72, of Milton-Freewater, died Mon- day, Jan. 4, 2021, at his home. He was born Feb. 1, 1948. Munselle-Rhodes Funeral Home of Milton-Freewater is in charge of arrangements. Michael Gray ‘Mick’ Tolar Hermiston Sept. 8, 1938 — Jan. 1, 2021 Michael Gray “Mick” Tolar, 82, of Hermiston, died Friday, Jan. 1, 2021, in Kennewick, Washington. He was born Sept. 8, 1938, in Echo. A graveside service following state guidelines will be held Friday, Jan. 8, at 2:30 p.m. at the Echo Cemetery. Burns Mortuary of Hermiston is in care of arrangements. Share memories with the family at www.burnsmortuaryhermiston.com. PUBLIC SAFETY FRIDAY 1:16 a.m. — Police responded to a domestic disturbance at Southwest Houtama Road in Pendleton. 1:54 a.m. — Police responded to the report of shots fired at the intersection of Southeast Division Street and Southeast Idaho Avenue in Irrigon. 7:47 a.m. — A domestic disturbance occurred on Northeast Quaid Street in Heppner. 11:26 a.m. — Police responded to the unauthorized use of a motor vehicle on West Idaho Avenue in Irrigon. 6:06 p.m. — Police responded to a fight between multiple males on Northwest First Street in Boardman. 9:28 p.m. — An Oregon State Police trooper reported a driver was traveling at speeds over 100 miles per hour on Interstate 84. According to OSP logs, law enforcement gave chase to the driver, who entered Hermiston and eventually crashed near North First Place and West Ridgeway Avenue. The driver was taken into custody. 11:09 p.m. — Police responded to a report of an assault on Westgate in Pendleton. SATURDAY 12:33 a.m. — Police responded to a report of a fight on High- way 11 outside Milton-Freewater. 12:42 a.m. — Police responded to a domestic disturbance on Southeast Court Avenue in Pendleton. 1:51 a.m. — Police responded to a report of a burglary on Kik Road outside Hermiston. 2:24 p.m. — Police responded to a reported hit-and-run on North First Street and Elm Avenue in Hermiston. 2:42 p.m. — Police responded to a report of a vehicle theft on Northwest Third Street in Hermiston. 4:29 p.m. — Police responded to a report of an assault on West Seventh Road in Irrigon. 11:22 p.m. — Police responded to a domestic disturbance on Southwest 25th Street in Pendleton. SUNDAY 7:33 a.m. — Police responded to a report of a vehicle theft on Northwest 12th Street in Hermiston. 8:52 a.m. — Police responded to a domestic disturbance on Southwest Goodwin Avenue in Pendleton. 10:56 a.m. — Police responded to a domestic disturbance on Southeast Fifth Street in Pendleton. 4:13 p.m. — Police responded to a report of the theft of a trailer from Lewis and Clark Drive in Boardman. 6:25 p.m. — Police responded to a report of shots fired on East Newport Avenue in Hermiston and issued a warning. 7:53 p.m. — Police responded to a report of child abuse/ neglect on Southwest 10th Street in Hermiston. 8:40 p.m. — Police responded to a report of a burglary at Umatilla Marina RV Park in Umatilla. ARRESTS, CITATIONS • Hermiston Police Department arrested Estevan Jose Mar- tinez, 28, on five counts, including two felony counts of failing to appear in court, and one misdemeanor count of third-degree theft exceeding $100. • Boardman Police Department arrested Joel Michael Johnson for fourth-degree assault, menacing and strangulation. • Oregon State Police arrested Soule Cohen, 21, of Hermis- ton, on charges of driving under the influence of intoxicants and reckless endangerment. • Oregon State Police arrested Rene Landeros Montes, 31, of Boardman, on charges of attempt to elude, DUII, reckless driving and failure to perform the duties of a driver. • Milton-Freewater Police Department arrested Gabriela Gar- cia, 32, for second-degree disorderly conduct. COMMUNITY BRIEFING Artist applications sought for Fields Artist Fellowship PORTLAND — Oregon Humanities, in partnership with Oregon Community Foundation, is now accept- ing applications for the second round of the Fields Artist Fellowship pro- gram, offering two years of financial support to Oregon-based artists who are in a pivotal moment or inflection point in their careers. Four artists will be awarded two-year fel- lowships to advance their artistic practice while developing creative and meaningful ways to address and respond to the opportunity gap in Oregon. The first Fields Artist Fellowships were awarded in 2019 to Crystal Akins of Lincoln City, Mic Cren- shaw of Portland, Ka’ila Farrell-Smith of Chilo- quin, and Joe Whittle of Enterprise. Applications will be accepted from Jan. 4 to Feb. 15, 2021. More infor- mation on how to apply is available on the Oregon Humanities website (www. oregonhumanities.org). A selection committee will review applications and award the fellowships by July 2021. During their fellowship terms, Fields Artist Fellows will respond to and explore the opportunity gap in their region, participate in cohort gatherings, and doc- ument their experiences and projects. Each fellow will receive $100,000 over the course of the two-year term. In addition, eight finalists will each receive a one-time award of $10,000. The phrase “opportu- Ric Walters/Contributed Photo James D. Kindle in pre-COVID times. Kindle will be hosting a series of round-robin livestream concerts beginning Jan. 10, 2021. nity gap” refers to widen- ing socioeconomic dispar- ities across Oregon largely determined by the cir- cumstances into which a child is born, such as fam- ily circumstances, neigh- borhoods, educational experiences, and race and ethnicity. Artists of all disciplines are encouraged to apply, including writers, filmmak- ers, visual artists, multime- dia artists, culture bearers, and performance artists. Eligibility requirements include the following: ● At least five years of professional practice in an artistic discipline or combi- nation of disciplines; ● At least three years of residence in Oregon (non- continuous) and the intent to reside in Oregon for the majority of the fellowship term (Sept. 1, 2021-Sept. 30, 2023); ● Demonstrable evi- dence of artistic practice that can engage with com- munity groups and orga- nizations and/or address community concerns. Oregon Humanities will administer the program and convene gatherings for the fellows. All fund- ing is provided by the Fred W. Fields Fund of Oregon Community Foundation. Week of concerts to begin Jan. 10 PENDLETON — Pend- leton-based songwriter and performer James Dean Kindle will host a nearly weeklong series of free, livestreamed concerts beginning Sunday, Jan. 10. Entitled the “3x3 Series,” each night Kin- dle and two guest song- writers will take turns via video conference perform- ing three of their original songs in a round robin for- mat. Kindle’s goal with the series is to bring together songwriters he admires from across the globe pre- senting different modes of songwriting in a single setting. All installments will be livestreamed at 6 p.m. from Kindle’s YouTube chan- nel, https://rebrand.ly/3x- 3series, and their respec- tive recordings will also be left up on the channel after- ward for those unable to tune in for the livestream. All performances are free to watch. “At this point in my life I’ve run in quite a num- ber different artistic cir- cles,” said Kindle in a press release, “many of which have no overlap aside from me. It will be a pleasurable experiment acting as a con- necting force between these diverse sets of immensely talented and accomplished people.” The first installment on Jan. 10, will feature Rian Beach of The Dalles and Elizabeth Venable of Portland. Beach is the co-founder of the alterna- tive country music festival Jackalope Jamboree and fronts the Pendleton-based rock band Misty Mouth. Venable is the vocalist/ drummer for the county band Fronjentress and punk duo Sad Horse. The Monday, Jan. 11, concert will feature Thomas Paul of Boise, Idaho, and David Shane Smith of Two Falls, Wisconsin. On Tuesday, Jan. 12, Lincoln Barr of Lexing- ton, South Carolina, and Charles Wood III of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reserva- tion will perform. The Wednesday, Jan. 13, concert will feature Paul Collins of Queens, New York, and Dusty San- tamaria of New Orleans, Louisiana. Nick Jaina of Oakland, California, and Nadja Car- olina of Berlin, Germany, will be featured on Thurs- day, Jan. 14. The final installment on Friday, Jan. 15 will feature Greg Rawlins of La Grande and Dustin Hamman of Sil- ver City, New Mexico. — EO Media Group Tuesday, January 5, 2021 CTUIR educator reaches GED students with custom curriculum East Oregonian LA GRANDE — Jack Weatherford’s “Indian Giv- ers” is not usually required reading for high school stu- dents, but when Eastern Oregon University gradu- ate Althea Huesties-Wolf rewrote the GED program for the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Res- ervation, she made it part of the curriculum. The book consists of essays that cross genres and combine indigenous stories with economic analysis and the history of colonialism in the Americas. She ini- tially planned to cover the book in a term, but adjusted the pace to suit her students — prior curriculum lacked this flexibility. The result was custom-fitted lesson plans for people seeking col- lege-ready skills in science, math and language arts. On average, the stu- dents she taught dropped out of school in ninth or tenth grade, and many face difficulties outside of the classroom. “Because of what stu- dents come to the classroom with, you have to be sensi- tive to the story you don’t know,” Huesties-Wolf said. “You get these kids and they feel things from home and bring it to school with them.” In fall 2019, the GED pro- gram had its own classroom for the first time, allowing Huesties-Wolf’s to showcase her background in writing — she has a master’s degree in nonfiction from EOU. She expanded the program’s impact and developed an assessment process to deter- mine which students were ready to schedule a GED test right away. Huesties-Wolf and her family are members of the Hawtmi clan, a more iso- lated group that made their homes in the southern area of the Umatilla reservation, where she is a tribal mem- ber. Her mother still lives in that remote area, and her great-grandfather estab- lished a drum group with the same name that her son is now learn- ing from. S h e remem- bers gath- ering and Huesties-Wolf preser ving traditional foods, sewing clothes and pulling rye with her mother, back when jobs were scarce on the reserva- tion. Since graduating from EOU, she’s held a variety of roles within the CTUIR and its partner organizations. She is now the Hanford pol- icy analyst for the Depart- ment of Natural Resources First Food Policy Program that she said connects her to those childhood memories. The range of read- ing material in the GED classroom now reflects the many-faceted lives of Huesties-Wolf and her stu- dents. Their bookshelf includes a wide array of multicultural essays, poems and stories at all reading levels. “I tried to incorporate multi-genre because when you’re Native American you have to be multi-genre,” she said. “I can’t just be home on a day off when I know there’s roots in the field, medicine to gather, or berries to pick. Some of the best observa- tions of the resources are when gatherers, hunters and fisherman talk about their annual outings. I consider it Cultural STEAM (Science Technology Engineering Art Math).” As her students worked through “Under the Haw- thorn Tree,” “The Rab- bit-Proof Fence” and “Lions of Little Rock,” Huesties- Wolf was on a learning curve of her own. “I learned to slow down and read one essay, or a por- tion of it in class and the other part they read at home. We would spend a week on one essay to ensure we all understood it,” she said. “My hope is that all of my students go off and change the world for the better.” UPCOMING SERVICE TUESDAY, JAN. 5 NYCZ, ROBERT — Funeral mass at 1 a.m. at Our Lady of Angels Catholic Church, 565 W. Hermiston Ave., Herm- iston. Burial with military honors will follow at the Herm- iston Cemetery. WEDNESDAY-THURSDAY, JAN. 6-7 No services scheduled OBITUARY POLICY The East Oregonian publishes paid obituaries. The obituary can include small photos and, for veterans, a flag symbol at no charge.Obituaries may be edited for spelling, proper punctuation and style. Expanded death notices will be published at no charge. These include information about services. Obituaries and notices can be submitted online at EastOregonian. com/obituaryform, by email to obits@eastoregonian.com, by fax to 541-276-8314, placed via the funeral home or in person at the East Oregonian office. 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