Saturday, January 9, 2021
Umatilla County Sheriff’s Office
WARRANTS
Saturday, January 9, 2021
Kevin Michael Aldrich
Age: 62 Sex: M
Charge: Probation Violation (PV):
Driving while suspended/revoked
No bail
Last known location: Walla Walla,
WA
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Rebecca Lea Beem
Age: 42 Sex: F
Charge: Failure to Appear (FTA):
Conspiracty to commit Class A
misdemeanor
Bail: $40,000
Last known location: Hermiston, OR
Wendie Myree Cadek
Age: 49 Sex: F
Charge: FTA: Criminal trespass, theft
Bail: $10,000
Last known location: Irrigon, OR
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Shane Patrick Clauson
Age: 51 Sex: M
Charge: FTA: Criminal trespass
Bail: $2,500
Last known location: Portland, OR
Amelia Velasco Cortez
Age: 33 Sex: F
Charge: FTA: Harassment
Bail: $10,000
Last known location: Hermiston, OR
Michelle Rene Daniels
Age: 54 Sex: F
Charge: PV: Theft
No bail
Last known location: La Grande, OR
Joseph Alexander Heard
Age: 39 Sex: M
Charge: PV: Fleeing/attempt to elude
police, criminal trespass
No bail
Last known location: Hermiston, OR
Trysta Annmarie Haskett
Age: 19 Sex: F
Charge: FTA: Burglary, criminal
mischief, criminal trespass
Bail: $200,000
Last known location: Pendleton, OR
Danny Ray Nelson
Age: 51 Sex: M
Charge: FTA: Possession of metham-
phetamine
Bail: $20,000
Last known location: Milton-Freewa-
ter, OR
Lance Scott Roark
Age: 28 Sex: M
Charge: FTA: DUII, reckless driving
Bail: $10,000
Last known location: Pendleton, OR
Warrants on the above persons were active at the time
the list was created, however wanted status is subject to
change at anytime.
If whereabouts are known, please report immediately to
law enforcement by calling our 24 hours dispatch center at
541-966-3651 or by calling 911 if an emergency.
PUBLIC SAFETY
WEDNESDAY
9:52 a.m. — Police responded to the unauthorized use of a
motor vehicle at Assembly of God Church on Northeast Beech
Street in Pilot Rock.
12:20 p.m. — A domestic disturbance occurred at Stanfield
RV Park on South Main Street in Stanfield.
12:28 p.m. — Police conducted a search and rescue at Pen-
land Lake Campground at the intersection of Penland Lane and
Lake Drive in Heppner.
4:20 p.m. — Police responded to a reported burglary on High-
way 74 in Ione.
THURSDAY
12:36 p.m. — Police responded to a reported assault on Hunt
Court in Athena.
12:37 p.m. — A domestic disturbance occurred at the inter-
section of North Main Street and Northwest Fifth Avenue in
Milton-Freewater.
2:52 p.m. — Police responded to a report of child abuse/
neglect at the Third Street/Interstate 84 interchange in Pendleton.
6:50 p.m. — A domestic disturbance occurred on Southwest
44th Street in Pendleton.
9:44 p.m. — A domestic disturbance occurred on West Nelson
Lane in Hermiston.
ARRESTS, CITATIONS
•The Morrow County Sheriff’s Office arrested Leobardo Jac-
quez III, 45, on nine counts, including four felony counts of ille-
gally transferring a firearm at a gun show and four counts of
being a felon in possession of a weapon.
•The Pendleton Police Department arrested Michael Von Ver-
trees, 43, on two counts, including one felony count of the unlaw-
ful possession of methamphetamine and one misdemeanor
count of second-degree criminal trespassing.
•The Oregon State Police arrested David Lee Bowles, 43, on
two counts, including one felony count of first-degree man-
slaughter and one misdemeanor count of the unlawful posses-
sion of a firearm.
OBITUARY POLICY
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DEATH NOTICES
Amy L. Harrington
Milton-Freewater
June 10, 1960 — Jan. 6, 2021
Jan. 7, 2021, in Walla Walla, Washington. He was born March
13, 1970, in Maricopa, Arizona. Arrangements are with Pend-
leton Pioneer Chapel, Folsom-Bishop.
Amy L. Harrington, 60, of Milton-Freewater, died
Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021, in Walla Walla, Washington. She
was born June 10, 1960. Munselle-Rhodes Funeral Home of
Milton-Freewater is in charge of arrangements.
Gaylord ‘Gay’ Salter
Tommy J. Hill
Gaylord “Gay” Salter, 90, of Athena, died Thursday, Jan. 7,
2021. He was born April 9, 1930. Arrangements are pending
with Munselle-Rhodes Funeral Home in Milton-Freewater.
Pilot Rock
Dec. 25, 1929 — Jan. 6, 2021
Tommy J. Hill, 91, of Pilot Rock, died Wednesday, Jan. 6,
2021, at his home. He was born Dec. 25, 1929, in Galveston,
Texas. Burns Mortuary of Pendleton is in charge of arrange-
ments. Sign the online guestbook at www.burnsmortuary.
com.
Athena
April 9, 1930 — Jan. 7, 2021
Kathy Saxey
Walla Walla, Washington
April 4, 1942 — Jan. 5, 2021
Valerie L. (Runion) Hurford
Kathy Saxey, 78, of Walla Walla, Washington, died Tues-
day, Jan. 5, 2021, at her home. She was born April 4, 1942.
Munselle-Rhodes Funeral Home of Milton-Freewater is in
charge of arrangements.
Umatilla
June 2, 1962 — Jan. 3, 2021
Ethel ‘Christina’ Skultety
Valerie L. (Runion) Hurford, 58, of Umatilla, died Sunday,
Jan. 3, 2021, at her home. She was born June 2, 1962, in
Tumwater, Washington, A graveside service following state
guidelines will be held Saturday, Jan. 16 at 1 p.m. at the Herm-
iston Cemetery. Burns Mortuary of Hermiston is in care of
arrangements. Share memories with the family at www.burns-
mortuaryhermiston.com.
Marjorie L. LaRue
Stanfield
Oct. 29, 1919 — Jan. 6, 2021
Ethel “Christina” Skultety, 101, of Stanfield, died Wednes-
day, Jan. 6, 2021, at her home. She was born Oct. 29, 1919,
in Nebraska. A private burial will be held at the Hermiston
Cemetery. Burns Mortuary of Hermiston is in care of arrange-
ments. Share memories with the family at www.burnsmortu-
aryhermiston.com.
Benjamin L. Wetherell
Condon
July 6, 1927 — Jan. 4, 2021
Marjorie L. LaRue, 93, of Condon, died Monday, Jan. 4,
2021, in Condon. She was born July 6, 1927, in Prescot, Idaho.
Sweeney Mortuary of Condon is in care of arrangements.
Cora Etta Peterson
Milton-Freewater
July 4, 1938 — Jan. 6, 2021
Cora Etta Peterson, 82, of Milton-Freewater, died Wednes-
day, Jan. 6, 2021, in Walla Walla, Washington. She was born
July 4, 1938. Munselle-Rhodes Funeral Home of Milton-Free-
water is in charge of arrangements.
Donald J. Richardson
Pendleton
March 13, 1970 — Jan. 7, 2021
Donald J. Richardson, 50, of Pendleton, died Thursday,
Arlington
Sept. 16, 1933 — Jan. 6, 2021
Benjamin L. Wetherell, 87, of Arlington, died Wednes-
day, Jan. 6, 2021, at his home. He was born Sept. 16, 1933,
in Arlington. A graveside service at the Arlington Cemetery
will be held later in the year when the weather improves.
Burns Mortuary of Hermiston is in care of arrangements.
Share memories with the family at www.burnsmortuary-
hermiston.com.
William E. Williams
Helix
Oct. 2, 1932 — Jan. 5, 2021
William E. Williams, 88, of Helix, died Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021,
in The Dalles. He was born Oct. 2, 1932, in Fort Scott, Kansas.
Burns Mortuary of Pendleton is in charge of the arrangements.
Sign the online guestbook at www.burnsmortuary.com.
COMMUNITY BRIEFING
Oregon FFA receives
endowment funding
CORVALLIS — The Oregon FFA
Foundation received its largest single gift
with a donation of $500,000 from North-
west Farm Credit Services to establish
an “Oregon FFA Today and Tomorrow”
endowment.
Foundation President Kirk Maag,
in a press release, said, “We are deeply
humbled and grateful to Northwest
Farm Credit Services and the leader-
ship of Brent Fetsch and his team for
their continuing and generous invest-
ment in the lives of FFA members. This
ground-breaking seed gift gives us the
foundation to establish an endowment
fund that will provide support for the
Oregon FFA Association in perpetuity.
This will ensure that Oregon FFA can
continue to make a positive difference in
the lives of students by developing their
potential for premier leadership, personal
growth and career success through agri-
cultural education.”
Brent Fetsch, Oregon president of
Northwest Farm Credit Services, stated,
“As part of Northwest Farm Credit’s
stewardship commitment to improve
the lives of our customers, communities,
and industries we serve, we are investing
funds in education and research across
the Northwest.” Fetsch, a former Oregon
State FFA officer and current secretary
of the Oregon FFA Foundation Board of
Directors, said, “Students who partici-
pate in FFA are more likely to graduate
from high school and 93% continue their
education beyond high school.”
Oregon FFA Foundation is a nonprofit
501© 3 organization. The mission of the
Foundation is to coordinate sustainable,
long-term funding for agriculture educa-
tion and Oregon FFA.
Annual charity drive
supports local food banks,
nonprofits
JOSEPH — In an effort to promote
philanthropy in local charities, Commu-
nity Bank conducts the annual Charity
Drive. Proceeds from the drive are used
in that same community during the holi-
day season.
Funds collected are matched dollar
for dollar up to a maximum of $1,000
per branch. Last year, over $23,000 was
dispersed to 10 charities in the region.
This year we exceeded $28,000, with
$24,000 going to food bank nonprofits.
Food Bank charities that benefited this
year were: Enterprise/Joseph Commu-
nity Connection Food Bank, $10,730;
Elgin Food Bank, $3,680; Wallowa Food
Bank, $2,425; Baker City food banks (St.
Francis de Dales and Church of the Naza-
rene Compassion center) each received
$2,000; Community Connection Food
Bank in La Grande, $1,754; and in Pend-
leton, Altrusa’s Feed the Child Program
received $1,529.
In addition, other types of charities
were supported in areas where there is
already a significant fundraiser for the
food banks. In Hermiston, Made to
Thrive, which helps children, received
a donation of $2,582 with collections
and the match. The city of Milton-Free-
water received $969 for the power and
light assistance program. The city then
matched that amount as well to assist
local residents with their bills. In Walla
Walla, Washington, Children’s Home
Society, Parents as Teachers program
received $524.
Since the Community Bank Charity
Drive began in 2010, the total amount
given to area charities now exceeds
$245,000.
“This campaign helps demonstrate
the charitable nature of the folks in our
communities. Those who volunteer,
and who step up to give are making an
impact during a truly challenging time,”
said Tom Moran, Community Bank pres-
ident, in a press release.
Columbia College names
fall dean’s list
COLUMBIA, Mo. — Columbia
College, of Missouri, recently announced
its dean’s list for the fall semester 2020.
To be named to the dean’s list, a student
must have completed 12 semester hours
in a 16-week period and achieved a mini-
mum GPA of 3.5 on a 4.0-point scale.
Among those named to the dean’s
list was Ellic Oberg of Pendleton, who
attended online.
Founded in 1851 in Columbia,
Missouri, Columbia College has been
helping students advance their lives
through higher education for nearly 170
years. As a private, nonprofit institu-
tion, the college takes pride in its small
classes, experienced faculty and quality
educational programs. With more than
30 locations across the country, students
may enroll in day, evening or online
classes. The college is accredited by the
Higher Learning Commission. Columbia
College educates thousands of students
each year and has more than 94,000
alumni worldwide. For more informa-
tion, visit ccis.edu.
Wildlife stamp art
contests open
SALEM — Artists in Oregon and
throughout the world are invited to
compete in one or all three of Oregon
Department of Fish and Wildlife’s 2022
stamp art competitions. The winning
artist in each contest receives a $2,000
award and winning artwork is used to
produce collector stamps and other
promotional items, with sale proceeds
benefitting Oregon’s fish, wildlife and
their habitats.
Stamp art contests have individual
contest rules and entry forms, which can
be found on the ODFW website, https://
www.dfw.state.or.us/stamp_contest/
index.asp.
Habitat Conservation Stamp: Art
entries must feature an eligible species
from the Oregon Conservation Strategy
in its natural habitat. Species include
birds, mammals, reptiles, amphibians,
fish, invertebrates, plants and algae. A
list of eligible species can be found on
the entry form.
Waterfowl Stamp Contest: Art
entries must feature the Northern Shov-
eler in its natural habitat setting.
Upland Game Bird Stamp Contest:
All entries must feature the Chukar
partridge in its natural habitat setting.
Entries will be accepted between
Aug. 27 and Sept. 24, 2021, by 5 p.m.,
at ODFW headquarters, 4034 Fairview
Industrial Drive SE, Salem, OR 97302.
Artwork can be mailed or hand delivered.
Packaging tips can be found on the final
page of the contest rules. All ages and
skill levels are welcome to participate.
A panel will judge artwork based on
artistic composition, anatomical accu-
racy of the species and general appeal.
All artwork submitted will be showcased
at a free art show open to the public.
Collector’s stamps, art prints and other
promotional materials are produced from
first-place artwork, and are available for
sale on the ODFW website. Proceeds
from product sales are used for wildlife
habitat improvement, research projects
and conservation efforts.
Interested artists are encouraged to
visit ODFW’s stamp art competition
webpage for more information on the
contests and to view entries from previ-
ous years.
High desert subject of
annual writing contest
BEND — The High Desert Museum
is now accepting submissions for the
2021 Waterston Desert Writing Prize.
The prize honors literary nonfiction that
illustrates artistic excellence, sensitiv-
ity to place, and desert literacy with the
desert as both subject and setting. Emerg-
ing, mid-career and established nonfic-
tion writers are invited to apply.
Inspired by author and poet Ellen
Waterston’s love of the High Desert, a
region that has been her muse for more
than 30 years, the prize launched in 2014
and annually recognizes the vital role
deserts play worldwide in the ecosystem
and human narrative. The prize is named
in honor of actor Sam Waterston, who
provided the seed money for the endow-
ment that helps fund the award.
“Every year we have the honor of
experiencing new perspectives on desert
landscapes,” said Ellen Waterston in a
press release. “Writers participate from
all over the country and our vision of
what a desert is continues to grow.”
The mission of the High Desert Muse-
um’s Waterston Desert Writing Prize is
to strengthen and support the literary arts
and humanities in the High Desert region
through recognition of literary excellence
in nonfiction writing about desert land-
scapes, community interaction with the
winning authors of the prize, and presen-
tations and programs that take place in
association with the prize.
The prize will recognize one writer
with a $2,500 cash award and a reading
and reception at the High Desert Museum
in Bend.
For more information, or to submit
an entry, visit highdesertmuseum.org/
waterston-prize. Submissions will be
accepted through May 1, 2021.
— EO Media Group