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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
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LOTTERY
Friday, Jan. 1, 2021
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Estimated jackpot: $401
million
Lucky Lines
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4 p.m.: 8-5-8-9
7 p.m.: 4-0-5-4
10 p.m.: 6-4-6-4
Saturday, Jan. 2, 2021
Powerball
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Powerball: 5
Power Play: 2
Estimated jackpot: $384
million
Megabucks
01-04-07-27-46-47
Estimated jackpot: $6.5
million
Lucky Lines
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Pick 4
1 p.m.: 6-4-6-4
4 p.m.: 3-3-9-1
7 p.m.: 2-2-1-2
10 p.m.: 3-0-5-7
Win for Life
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Sunday, Jan. 3, 2021
Lucky Lines
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Pick 4
1 p.m.: 9-1-4-4
4 p.m.: 8-8-8-8
7 p.m.: 8-0-7-9
10 p.m.: 2-2-3-5
Monday, Jan. 4, 2021
Pick 4
1 p.m.: 8-7-3-4