RECORDS/COMMUNITY
Saturday, May 1, 2021
COMMUNITY BRIEFING
Fort Walla Walla
resumes programs
WA L L A WA L L A ,
Wash. — Fort Walla Walla
Museum has announced
several upcoming events,
including hands-on demon-
strations, an author talk and
Living History program.
Gary Lentz will teach
visitors three methods of
primitive fire starting Satur-
day, May 8, at 2 p.m. Guests
will be invited to create a fire
using primitive tools.
On Saturday, May 15, a
free after-hours program
at 5 p.m. in the museum’s
Grand Hall features author
Roger Taylor. He will discuss
his book, “The Building
Legacy of Alexander Taylor
In the Pacific Northwest:
1899-1944.”
Alexander Taylor was
a masonry contractor in
Washington, Oregon, and
Idaho. During his career, he
constructed more than 200
buildings. Many are still in
use today and 18 are on the
National Register of Historic
Places.
The museum will resume
its weekly Living History
program Sunday, May 16,
at 2 p.m. with Susan Matley
portraying pioneer Matilda
Sager Delaney. Born in 1839,
Matilda was a survivor of
the killings at the Waiilatpu
Mission. She and her six
siblings were taken in by
Marcus and Narcissa Whit-
man, as their parents died on
the Oregon Trail.
Fort Walla Walla Museum
is located at 755 Myra Road,
Walla Walla. Currently, it’s
open Friday through Sunday
from noon to 5 p.m. Regular
admission is $9 for adults,
$8 seniors and students,
and $4 for ages 6-12. For
more information, contact
509-525-7703, info@fwwm.
org or visit www.fwwm.org.
Umatilla offers
adult Paint & Sip
activity
UMATILLA — A Paint
& Sip event for adults is
being presented by the
Umatilla Public Library
and Umatilla Parks & Rec
program.
The event is Friday,
May 7, from 6-8 p.m. in the
Umatilla City Council cham-
bers, 700 Sixth St. While
there is no fee, advance
registration is required due to
limited spaces. Participants
must be 21 or older. A driv-
er’s license or identification
is required for entry. There
is a two-drink limit. Also,
nonalcoholic beverages and
snacks will be provided. In
addition, COVID-19 mask
and social distancing proto-
cols will be observed.
No experience is neces-
sary as participants will
follow step-by-step guid-
ance from the instructor.
For more information or to
register, call 541-922-3226 or
visit https://secure.rec1.com/
OR/umatilla-or and choose
“Adult activities.”
The Pheasant
takes aim with
dart league
HERMISTON — The
Pheasant Blue Collar Bar &
Grill is gearing up to resume
its dart league.
Those interested in
taking aim and joining the
fun are encouraged to stop
by for more information.
The Pheasant is located at
149 E. Main St., Hermiston.
For questions, call 541-567-
3022 or visit www.thepheas-
antbarandgrill.com.
Library offers
wookie-ful fun
on May 4
PENDLETON — The
Pendleton Public Library
invites kids ages 8-12 to
create their own “Star Wars”
themed bookmark cover,
strike a pose in the photo
booth and participate in the
blaster obstacle course for a
chance to win a wookie-ful
prize.
The May the Fourth Be
With You event is Tues-
day, May 4, with sessions
at 4:30 p.m. or 6 p.m. at the
library, 502 S.W. Dorion
Ave. Advance registration
is required. For more infor-
mation, visit www.pendle-
ton.or.us/library. To register,
call 541-966-0380 or stop by
the library.
OSEA Chapter
10 awards
scholarships
HERMISTON — Chap-
ter 10 of the Oregon School
Employees Association
(OSEA) recently selected
a high school graduate and
a member of the chapter to
be awarded college scholar-
ships worth $500 each.
Isabelle Rivera, a grad-
uating senior at Hermiston
High School, was chosen to
receive OSEA Chapter 10’s
High School Senior Schol-
arship. Her union member
sponsor was Holly Rivera,
a Title I assistant at Sunset
Elementary School. Isabelle
Rivera plans to earn degrees
in psychology and education
as she pursues a career in
education.
Jessica Brown, an educa-
tional assistant at Highland
Hills Elementary School,
was chosen to receive the
annual scholarship set aside
for members of OSEA Chap-
ter 10. Brown is currently
enrolled at Grand Canyon
University and is working
toward a bachelor of science
degree in elementary educa-
tion. She plans to become a
teacher in the Hermiston
School District.
OSEA represents over
22,000 public and private
e d u c a t io n e m ploye e s
throughout Oregon. Chapter
10 represents K-12 classified
employees in the Hermis-
ton School District, which
includes office staff, custo-
dians and educational assis-
tants, just to name a few. For
more information about the
union, visit www.osea.org.
District hires two
new elementary
principals
PENDLETON — With
the hiring of two new prin-
cipals at Washington and
McKay Creek elementary
schools, the administra-
tive shuffle at the Pendleton
School District is complete.
At a Monday, April 26,
Pendleton School Board
meeting, the board approved
the hirings of J.P. Richards
and Sherri Kilgore to fill
the district’s two principal
vacancies.
Richards will take over
at Washington, where Prin-
cipal Aimee VanNice is
resigning to become the
human resources director at
the InterMountain Educa-
tion Service District.
According to a district
press release, Richards has
spent the past two years
as the principal of Bear
Creek Elementary School
in Bend, a dual immersion
school with more than 600
students. A former Spanish
and English teacher, Rich-
ards has 12 years of building
principal experience at both
the elementary and middle
school levels.
“M r. R icha rd s ha s
successfully turned around
two low-performing schools
in two different districts,”
Pendleton Superintendent
Chris Fritsch said in a state-
ment. “He comes to Pend-
leton with a reputation as
a collaborative leader who
excels in team building and
a focus on raising achieve-
ment for all students.”
Kilgore also brings
many years of administra-
tive experience to McKay
Creek while also offering
some familiarity.
She has spent 17 years
as the K-12 principal of
Joseph Charter School in
Wallowa County, but previ-
ously worked as a teacher at
Pendleton High School and
Sunridge Middle School.
“Mrs. Kilgore comes to
us a proven building admin-
istrator,” Fritsch said. “Her
collaborative leadership
and ‘students first’ attitude
will be a good fit at McKay
Creek.”
Kilgore will replace
Principal Lorena Woods,
who accepted a job as a high
school success coach and
multiple subjects teacher
with the Stanfield School
District.
Both Kilgore and Rich-
ards will begin work-
ing their new positions on
July 1.
Ribbons available
to honor law
enforcement
HER MISTON
—
Ribbons and magnets people
can display on their vehi-
cles to show support for law
enforcement are available
locally for National Law
Enforcement Appreciation
Week.
The week runs from May
9-15 for 2021.
Terry Cummings, lead
chaplain for the Hermiston
Police Department, said this
is the first year the magnet
version will be available. He
said in 2019, local businesses
and churches handed out a
total of 3,700 ribbons.
Free ribbons and magnets
are available for pickup at
the police station, Hermis-
ton City Hall, several area
churches, Ace Hardware,
Alive and Well, Banner
Bank, Bi-Mart, Hermiston
Drug, Les Schwab Tire and
Papa Murphy’s Pizza.
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Pendleton Foundation
Trust awards funds
East Oregonian
PENDLETON — The
board of directors of the
Pendleton Foundation Trust
announced allocations
totaling $73,712.25 to nine
community organizations
and seven memorial trust
funds.
The seven-member board
recently met to consider
applications at its annual
meeting, reported chairman
David Blanc. The Pendle-
ton Foundation Trust uses
the earnings from money
donated to the trust by indi-
viduals, organizations and
estates for its semi-annual
grant allocations. Recipients
of current grants include:
•Tough Enough to
Wear Pink – Pendleton
Round-Up Association,
$4,750 to purchase two tents,
vertical flags and banner
stands for use at Pendleton
Round-Up and other func-
tions.
•SMART Reading,
$798 to purchase paperback
books for children enrolled in
the Start Making A Reader
Today program at Pendleton
Early Learning Center.
•Oregon Trail Manor,
Inc., $5,000 to purchase and
install four walk-in showers
for residents at Oregon Trail
Manor in Pendleton.
•Arts Council of Pendle-
ton, $7,800 to replace the exit
landing from the lower multi-
purpose room and walkway
from the lower level to the
street level in front of the
building.
•Domestic Violence
Services, $2,266 to replace
the furnace at the Pendleton
center.
•Pend leton Publ ic
Library, $4,397.09 to replace
the upholstered furniture
with easy-to-clean furnish-
ings and add chairs to the
computer lab.
•Blue Mountain
Communit y Col lege,
$10,000 toward the purchase
of a new scoreboard system
for the McCrae Activity
Center Gym for athletics and
other events.
•City of Pendleton,
Parks Department, $25,000
to purchase new fencing and
shade systems for the new Til
Taylor Park play complex.
•City of Pendleton Arts
Commission, $12,000
to purchase and install a
commissioned sculpture
called “Beacon of the Senti-
nels” for installation in the
new Military Tribute Plaza.
The trust board also made
the following allocations of
earned income from special
memorial trust funds, which
totals $1,701.16:
•Kilkenny Fund at Blue
Mountain Community
College library, $272.53.
•Parks and Playgrounds
Fund, $786.28; and Roy
Raley Memorial Fund,
$35.89, both of the city of
Pendleton.
•Donert Memorial Fund,
$114.32; Jack Mulligan
Memorial Fund, $223.19;
Woodmen of the World
Fund, $46.95; and ANA
Memorial Fund, $222, all at
the Pendleton Public Library.
An additional $35,200
will be given in scholarship
awards:
• Ole Groupe FFA
Memorial Scholarship
Fund for Pendleton High
School FFA Chapter, for an
FFA student to attend the
FFA National Convention,
$1,500.
•The Alan Wyland
Memorial Scholarship
Fund provides a scholarship
to benefit a PHS student, with
a preference for the study of
music, which is also a memo-
rial fund of the Pendleton
Foundation Trust, $1,000.
•Jiggs and Maxine Fisk
scholarship award, $5,000.
•Pendleton Foundation
Trust, two awards of $2,500
each.
•University of Oregon
Alumni Association, Let’er
Duck Scholarship, $1,000.
•David Jon Lindberg
Memorial Scholarship,
$2,500.
•Lee and Luella Dudek
Memorial Scholarship, two
$3,000 awards through EOU
Foundation.
•Lee and Luella Dudek
Memorial Scholarship,
two $3,000 and three $2,400
awards, selected through
BMCC Foundation.
Gifts to the Pendleton
Foundation Trust are tax-ex-
empt and may be mailed to
the Pendleton Foundation
Trust, P.O. Box 218, Pendle-
ton, OR 97801.
Board members include
Pat Terjeson, Kevin Hale,
Jerrod Spriet, Lonnie Read,
Marie Hall and Donna
Biggerstaff. For more infor-
mation, contact secretary
Jerri Bealer at 541-276-3331.
COURTS
SENTENCES
PENDLETON — The fol-
lowing sentences have been
imposed in Umatilla County
courts:
FELONY
•Erik Jovanni Farfan, 32,
Umatilla (TRCI), pleaded guilty
to Assault III: sentenced to 25
months Oregon Dept. of Cor-
rections (DOC), 2 years post-
prison supervision and $200
fine.
•Brandie Bertell Wood-
ward, 45, Long Creek, pleaded
guilty to Delivery of Metham-
phetamine: sentenced to 36
months Oregon DOC, 3 years
post-prison supervision and
$500 fine; pleaded guilty to
Failure to Appear I: sentence to
discharge.
•Nicholas Gerardo Guerra,
30, Hermiston, pleaded guilty
to Manufacture/Delivery of
Controlled Substance Within
1,000 Feet of a School: sen-
tenced to 3 years probation,
$200 fine and $1,800 fine-sus-
pended; pleaded guilty to Man-
ufacture/Delivery of Controlled
Substance-Schedule II: sen-
tenced to $200 fine.
•Baustun Alan Burgin, 21,
Umatilla, pleaded guilty to
Fraudulent Use of Credit Card:
sentenced to 2 years proba-
tion, 90 sanction units, 30 max-
imum jail units, 80 hours com-
munity service, $200 fine,
$3,300 fine-suspedneded and
$3,049.67 restitution; pleaded
guilty to Identity Theft: sen-
tence to discharge; pleaded
guilty to three counts of Fraud-
ulent Use of Credit Card (mis-
demeanors): sentenced to 180
days jail-suspended, 2 years
probation and restitution to
be determined (two counts
discharged); pleaded guilty to
Theft II (misdemeanor): sen-
tence to discharge.
•Dylan Lance Cantrell, 19,
Pendleton, pleaded guilty to
two counts of Unauthorized
Use of Vehicle: sentenced to 3
years probation, 180 sanction
units, 90 maximum jail units
and $250 fine, plus restitution
to be determined, for each
count; pleaded guilty to Crim-
inal Mischief II (misdemeanor):
sentence to discharge.
•Juan Ernesto Brambila, 30,
Pendleton, pleaded guilty to
Manufacture/Delivery of Con-
trolled Substance-Schedule II:
sentenced to 3 years probation,
180 sanction units, 90 maxi-
mum jail units, 80 hours com-
munity service and $500 fine;
pleaded guilty to DUII (misde-
meanor): sentenced to 1 year
probation and enrollment in
Diversion Program, plus court
costs and fees; pleaded guilty
to two counts of Endangering
the Welfare of a Child and Reck-
lessly Endangering Another
Person (misdemeanors): sen-
tences to discharge.
•Samantha Daun Irwin, 26,
Hermiston, pleaded guilty to
Possession of Methamphet-
amine: sentenced to 18 months
probation, 90 sanction units, 30
maximum jail units, 80 hours
community service, $100 fine
and $900 fine-suspended, plus
court costs and fees.
•Steven Lyle Ressler, 47,
Pendleton, pleaded guilty to
Theft I: sentenced to 13 months
Oregon DOC and 1 year post-
prison supervision.
•Madison Dawn Rasmus-
sen, 35, Pendleton, pleaded
guilty to Possession of Meth-
amphetamine: sentenced to 2
years probation, 120 sanction
units, 60 maximum jail units, 80
hours community service, $200
fine and $800 fine-suspended;
pleaded guilty to Criminal Tres-
pass II (misdemeanor): sen-
tence to discharge.
MISDEMEANOR
•Carolyn Marie Hall, 59, Pilot
Rock, pleaded guilty to Interfer-
ing With Peace/Parole/Proba-
tion Officer: sentenced to 180
days jail-suspended, 2 years
probation, 20 hours commu-
nity service, $100 fine and $900
fine-suspended, plus court
costs and fees.
•Trenten Paul Hutchins, 47,
Ukiah, pleaded guilty to DUII:
sentenced to 1 year proba-
tion and enrollment in Diver-
sion Program, plus court costs
and fees; pleaded guilty to Pos-
session of Methamphetamine:
sentenced to 180 days jail-sus-
pended, 18 months probation
and $100 fine.
•Rafael Ortiz, 36, Hermis-
ton, pleaded guilty to Assault
IV: sentenced to 60 days jail,
120 days jail-suspended, 90
sanction units, 30 maximum
jail units, 2 years probation,
80 hours community service,
$200 fine and $800 fine-sus-
pended, plus restitution to be
determined.
•Anthony Hayes Hunting-
ton, 26, Adams, pleaded guilty
to Violation of Wildlife Law with
Culpable Mental State: sen-
tenced to 180 days jail-sus-
pended, 2 years probation, 60
hours community service, $100
fine, $900 fine-suspended,
$600 compensatory fine and 3
years hunting license suspen-
sion, plus court costs and fees.
•Wendie Myree Cadek, 50,
Irrigon, pleaded guilty to Crimi-
nal Trespass I: sentenced to 180
days jail-suspended, 2 years
probation, 20 hours commu-
nity service, $100 fine and $900
fine-suspended, plus court
costs and fees.
•Ricardo Lucas Cazaros, 47,
Orland, Calif., pleaded guilty to
Possession of Controlled Sub-
stance II: sentenced to $100
fine (discharged).
SUITS FILED
PENDLETON — The fol-
lowing suits have been filed
in Umatilla County courts
(interest, court costs and fees
not listed):
•Bank of America N.A. vs.
Russel G. Weber of Hermiston:
seeks $5,009.91.
•Bank of America N.A. vs.
William E. Rinker of Pendleton:
seeks $5,831.06.
•OneMain Financial Group
LLC vs. Rick Angel M. Black of
Hermiston: seeks $1,664.28.
•Credits Inc. vs. Todd M. and
Barbara Abercrombie of Irrigon:
seeks $1,310.47.
•Credits Inc. vs. Dale W. and
Virginia Ball of Hermiston: seeks
$2,912.87.
•Credits Inc. vs. Imelda and
Julio C. Cardenas of Umatilla:
seeks $781.52.
•Credits Inc. vs. John R. Cob-
ble of Kennewick, Wash.: seeks
$9,709.83.
•Credits Inc. vs. Isabel Cruz
of Umatilla: seeks $1,403.18.
•Credits Inc. vs. Norma and
Guadalupe Curiel of Hermiston:
seeks $692.16.
•Credits Inc. vs. Travis Dieter
of Boardman: seeks $1,522.39.
•Credits Inc. vs. Maylin E.
Fuentes of Boardman: seeks
$7,573.18.
•Credits Inc. vs. Carol L. Geer
of Hermiston: seeks $3,445.71.
•Credits Inc. vs. Dylan J.
Heath of Hermiston: seeks
$1,389.
•Credits Inc. vs. Scott and
Darlene McCalister of Athena:
seeks $4,605.70.
•Credits Inc. vs. Olegario Gar-
cia Navarrete and Maria Lopez
of Hermiston: seeks $1,553.99.
•Credits Inc. vs. Ana Rivas of
Hermiston: seeks $3,517.42.
•Credits Inc. vs. Kelsie A.
Stewart of Umatilla: seeks
$612.08.
•Credits Inc. vs. Clemintina
and Gilberto Villegas of Hermis-
ton: seeks $1,420.93.
•Credits Inc. vs. Aaron R.
Zwald of Hermiston: seeks
$1,157.80.
•Credits Inc. vs. Jose
Armando Madrigal and Alma
Madrigal of Umatilla: seeks
$1,111.86.
•Velocity Investments LLC
vs. Amanda Hull of Pilot Rock:
seeks $3,284.39.
•Second Round Sub LLC vs.
Brandon Thomasy of Hermis-
ton: seeks $1,453.43.
•Michael Wister of Pend-
leton vs. Mountain West Bark
Products Inc. of Rexburg, Idaho:
seeks $630,000.
•Capital One Bank vs. Dan-
ielle E. Bush of Pendleton: seeks
$1,783.08.
•Capital One Bank vs. Tish
M. Roark of Pendleton: seeks
$1,853.35.
•Capital One Bank vs. Aaron
Abel of Hermiston: seeks
$6,794.81.
•Capital One Bank vs. Inez
Tenorio of Hermiston: seeks
$4,186.98.
•CSO Financial Inc. vs. James
Michael Thompson of Pendle-
ton: seeks $1,632.85.
•John L. Roberts of Uma-
tilla (TRCI) vs. M. Maynschein of
Umatilla (TRCI): seeks $684.
JUDGMENTS
PENDLETON — The fol-
lowing judgments have been
rendered in Umatilla County
courts (interest, court costs
and fees not listed):
•Citibank N.A. vs. Erika L.
Friend: judgment for $6,777.43.
•Second Round Sub LLC vs.
Dusty J. Cooper of Hermiston:
judgment for $846.43.
•LVNV Funding LLC vs.
Michael Young of Pendleton:
judgment for $1,267.97.
•United Finance Co. vs.
Derek Baker of Hermiston:
judgment for $3,649.29.
•United Finance Co. vs. Juan
Leon Garcia of Boardman: judg-
ment for $6,359.83.
•CSO Financial Inc. vs. Rob-
ert Leo Morris III of Pendleton:
judgment for $1,170.13.
•Professional Service Bureau
vs. Delwyn Donald Prince of
Milton-Freewater: judgment for
$2,508.22.
•Credits Inc. vs. Micah and
Elizabeth Gaskin of Hermiston:
judgment for $5,043.11.
•Credits Inc. vs. Quirino J.
Torres of Hermiston: judgment
for $3,184.84.
•Credits inc. vs. Jerry A.
Leicht of Hermiston: judgment
for $1,104.52.
•Capital One Bank vs. Fidel
Torres of Umatilla: judgment
for $4,828.51.
•Credits Inc. vs. Jason D.
Sparks of Hermiston: judgment
for $3,912.23.
DIVORCES
PENDLETON — Divorce
decrees were signed in Uma-
tilla County Courts for:
Laura A. Cardenas and
Gonzalo Coria of Hermiston;
John Lancaster of Pendleton
and Melinda Lancaster of The
Dalles.
MARRIAGES
PENDLETON — Marriage
licenses have been registered
in Umatilla County for:
William J. Jackson, 51, and
Stephanie Jo Burkenbine, 32,
both of Hermiston.
Shannon Gayle Harrell, 46,
of Milton-Freewater, and James
Kempton Denoyer, 48, of Walla
Walla, Wash.
Justin Allen Sauer, 37, and
Dolores Danielle Prigan, 33,
both of Sprague, Wash.
Malyssa Shannon Nellis,
19, of Pasco, Wash., and Mateo
Tomas Camacho, 20, of Rich-
land, Wash.