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    OFF PAGE ONE
Thursday, August 26, 2021
Deaths:
Continued from Page A1
Hospitals statewide have
been fl ooded with patients
as the delta variant infects
large swaths of unvacci-
nated people, with 1,080
reported Aug. 25.
At least 70 people have
been hospitalized with
COVID-19 in Umatilla
County since August
began, according to hospi-
tal spokespersons. Only
three intensive care unit
beds on Aug. 25, were avail-
able in Region 9, an area
that encompasses Morrow,
Umatilla, Union, Wallowa,
Baker and Malheur coun-
ties.
Here is a breakdown
of the last four Umatilla
County residents who
succumbed to COVID-19:
• The county’s 109th
victim is a 52-year-old
woman who tested positive
July 28 and died Aug. 7 at
CHI St. Anthony Hospital,
Pendleton. The county and
Dairy:
Continued from Page A1
Easterday is the son of Cody East-
erday, who pleaded guilty to felony
wire fraud earlier this year in a “ghost
cattle” scheme where he defrauded
Tyson Foods by selling more than
200,000 animals that did not exist. He
agreed to pay $220 million in restitu-
tion and faces up to 20 years in prison.
His sentencing in federal court is
scheduled in October.
In 2019, the Easterdays acquired
the property from Greg te Velde, the
former owner of Lost Valley Farms.
That dairy closed less than a year after
it opened due to repeated environmen-
tal violations, forcing te Velde into
bankruptcy.
Cody Easterday’s sons now own
the family’s dairy business, Easterday
Dairy LLC. In addition to his legal
troubles, the family’s Easterday Farms
and Easterday Ranches have fi led for
bankruptcy.
“Oregon offi cials have long asserted
that the hundreds of permit violations
at Lost Valley Farms were simply
because Lost Valley’s owner was one
bad actor,” Aime said. “But the East-
erday debacle has shown that that is
blatantly false.”
Cole Easterday declined to
comment for this story.
Environmentalists decry
dairy prospects
The environmental groups claim
the dairy would use up already scarce
groundwater, pose a threat to the
region’s air, water and wildlife and
worsen the eff ects of climate change.
Brian Posewitz, a staff attor-
ney with Water Watch Oregon and
Humane Voters Oregon, said the state
should deny the dairy’s application to
protect the region’s water supply and
animal welfare.
state have yet to determine
if she had underlying health
conditions.
• The county’s 110th
victim is a 69-year-old
woman who tested positive
Aug. 3 and died Aug. 15 at
St. Luke’s Boise Medical
Center. She had unspecifi ed
underlying health condi-
tions.
• The county’s 111th
victim is a 66-year-old man
who tested positive Aug. 2
and died Aug. 22 at Prov-
idence Portland Medical
Center, Portland. He did
He said the proposed dairy would
use millions of gallons of water from
the Columbia River and from ground-
water aquifers, which would threaten
fi sh populations and intensify drought
conditions. He said the dairy’s water
use would potentially exceed that of
the city of Bend.
The large amount of cow manure
generated by the dairy also threatens to
contaminate the water supply in nearby
communities, he and other coalition
members claimed.
The state agriculture department
has issued a water quality advisory
for the property after tests showed soil
nitrate levels could potentially contam-
inate groundwater. Cody Easterday
has agreed to clean up the property
under state supervision.
Lastly, Posewitz said the animals
would be living in crowded, inhumane
conditions.
“The cows get crammed into over-
crowded barns, rarely if ever get to
graze in a pasture, have their calves
taken from them right after birth, and
get sent to slaughter as soon as they
become unproductive for milk,” he said.
The dairy plans to have 28,300
animals total. Environmentalists say
those animals would produce large
amounts of methane, one of the key
components that hastens climate
change.
The Intergovernmental Panel on
Climate Change, a body of scientists
convened by the United Nations, said
in its annual report that methane has
made a huge contribution to global
warming. The short-lived gas, the
study suggests, accounts for approx-
imately 30-50% of the current rise in
temperature.
“Livestock production has become
the leading source of methane gas
in Oregon,” Amy van Saun, a senior
attorney with the Center for Food
Safety, said in the press conference.
This summer’s wildfi res, deadly
heatwaves and drought are examples of
not have underlying health
conditions.
• The county’s 112th
victim is a 63-year-old man
who tested positive Aug. 15
and died Aug. 23 at Good
Shepherd Medical Center,
Hermiston. The county and
state have yet to determine
if he had underlying health
conditions.
More than 11,200 people
have tested positive for
COVID-19 in Umatilla
County since the pandemic
started, according to the
county.
Alan Kenaga/EO Media Group, File
how climate change is already impact-
ing the state, van Saun said. She said
the methane emitted from the dairy’s
cows and manure lagoons would
increase these risks while the dairy’s
technology won’t be able to capture the
emissions.
“Oregon deserves real, transfor-
mative climate solutions that bene-
fi t the communities that are hardest
hit by the climate crisis,” van Saun
said. “If we want to lead in climate
crisis mitigation, we need to reduce
this unnecessary source of methane
fi rst. Mega-dairies have no place in a
clean Oregon and so we must say no to
any further sources of water, air and
climate pollution, like the Easterday
mega-dairy.”
EASTERN OREGON
East Oregonian
Masks:
Continued from Page A1
While a location hasn’t
been determined, Fiumara
said the county will hold
some sort of vaccination
clinic during the Round-Up
week. The department off ered
vaccinations at the Umatilla
County Fair, a modest success
that led to 37 vaccinations at
the fair itself and another 34
at the parade.
The Round-Up is less
than three weeks away, but
Umatilla County will undergo
its fi rst test with the mandate
when the Greater Hermiston
CityFest descends on Butte
Park on Aug. 28, the day after
the new rules go into eff ect.
Organized by the Port-
land-based Luis Palau Asso-
ciation in conjunction with
more than 60 churches in
Umatilla and Morrow coun-
ties, CityFest is a faith-based
event offering Christian
music, extreme sports demon-
strations and other family
activities. Levi Park, the
director of festivals for the
association, said his organi-
zation was prepared for an
expanded mask mandate as a
possibility.
All attendees will be
provided with a mask at
the entrance if they don’t
bring their own, and the
event emcee will remind the
crowd to wear it through-
out the event. CityFest also
will place social distanc-
ing markers throughout the
park in addition to sanitation
stations. CityFest organizers
are invested in keeping their
audience members healthy,
Park said, because the event
is supposed to represent hope,
especially in the face of the
pandemic.
Eastern Oregon not
spared from delta
variant
Brown has reintroduced
and expanded the mask
mandate as Oregon’s hospital
system strains under dramatic
increase in COVID -19
patients in need of ICU care.
Although Eastern Oregon
is faring better than other
regions of the state in terms
of available hospital beds,
Pendleton’s CHI St. Anthony
marketplace
101 Legal Notices
101 Legal Notices
101 Legal Notices
EO-11542
TS No. CDS20-10469 TRUSTEE’S NOTICE OF SALE
Reference is made to that certain Trust Deed made by, 111 Properties LLC an Oregon Limited
Liability Company as Grantor to Anchor Nationwide Loans, LLC, a California Limited Liability
Company as Trustee, in favor of Anchor Nationwide Loans, LLC, a California Limited liability
Company, as to an undivided 100.000% interest, as Beneficiary of the security instrument, its
successors and assigns, dated as of 12/4/2019 and recorded on 12/10/2019 as Instrument No.
2019-6940432, and the beneficial interest was assigned to Anchor Loans, L.P. and recorded
11/9/2020 as Instrument Number 2020-7100557 of official records in the Office of the Recorder
of Umatilla County, Oregon to-wit: Property ID No.: 2N3201DC3100 THE LAND REFERRED
TO HEREIN BELOW IS SITUATED IN THE COUNTY OF UMATILLA, STATE OF OR, AND IS
DESCRIBED AS FOLLOWS: The North 36 feet of Lot 18 and the South 8 feet of Lot 19, PIERCE
HOME TRACTS, located in the Southwest Quarter of the Southeast Quarter of Section 1, Town-
ship 2 North, Range 32, East of the Willamette Meridian, Umatilla County, Oregon. Commonly
known as: 320 Northeast Anvidon Street, Pendleton, OR 97801 As of the date of this notice the
trustee has been provided proof the above described property is vacant. Both the Beneficiary,
Anchor Loans, L.P., and the Trustee, Synova M.L. Edwards, Esq, have elected to sell the said
real property to satisfy the obligations secured by said Trust Deed and notice has been recorded
pursuant to Section 86.752(3) of Oregon Revised Statutes. The default for which the foreclo-
sure is made is the Grantor’s failure to pay: The unpaid principal balance of $72,515.00 which
became all due and payable pursuant to the terms of the Note on 9/1/2020 plus interest from
8/1/2020 together with late charges, attorney fees, recoverable advances plus foreclosure fees
and costs. By this reason of said default the Beneficiary has declared all obligations secured by
said Trust Deed immediately due and payable, said sums being the following, to-wit: The sum
of $72,515.00 and accruing interest to 5/30/2021 totaling $10,272.81 until paid; plus all accrued
late charges, escrow balance, unpaid fees, and all Trustee’s fees, foreclosure costs and any
sums advanced by the Beneficiary pursuant to the terms of said Trust Deed for a total sum due
of $92,082.96 as of 5/30/2021. Wherefore, notice is hereby given that, the undersigned Trustee
will on 10/7/2021 at the hour of 1:00 P.M., Standard of Time, as established by Section 187.110,
Oregon Revised Statues, Inside the lobby at the main entrance to the Umatilla County Court-
house, 216 SE 4th St., Pendleton, OR 97801, County of Umatilla, sell at public auction to the
highest bidder for cash the interest in the said described real property which the Grantor had or
had power to convey at the time of the execution by him of the said Trust Deed, together with any
interest which the Grantor or his successors in interest acquired after the execution of said Trust
Deed, to satisfy the foregoing obligations thereby secured and the costs and expenses of sale,
including a reasonable charge by the Trustee. Notice is further given that any person named in
Section 86.778 of Oregon Revised Statutes has the right to have the foreclosure proceeding
dismissed and the Trust Deed reinstated by payment to the Beneficiary of the entire amount then
due (other than such portion of said principal as would not then be due had no default occurred),
together with the costs, Trustee’s or attorney’s fees and curing any other default complained of in
the Notice of Default by tendering the performance required under the obligation or Trust Deed,
at any time prior to five days before the date last set for sale. Without limiting the Trustee’s dis-
claimer of representations or warranties, Oregon law requires the Trustee to state in this notice
that some residential property sold at a Trustee’s sale may have been used in manufacturing
methamphetamines, the chemical components of which are known to be toxic. Prospective
purchasers of residential property should be aware of this potential danger before deciding to
place a bid for this property at the Trustee’s sale. In construing this notice, the masculine gender
includes the feminine and the neuter, the singular includes plural, the word “Grantor” includes
any successor in interest to the Grantor as well as any other persons owing an obligation, the
performance of which is secured by said Trust Deed, the words “Trustee” and “Beneficiary”
includes their respective successors in interest, if any. Dated: May 24, 2021 By: Synova M.L
Edwards, Esq, Successor Trustee Synova Edwards, Esq OSB 192044 Wright Finlay & Zak, LLP
4665 MacArthur Blvd, Suite 200 Newport Beach, CA 92660 949-477-5050 THIS COMMUNI-
CATION IS FROM A DEBT COLLECTOR AND IS AN ATTEMPT TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY
INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. To the extent your original
obligation was discharged or is subject to an automatic stay of bankruptcy under Title 11 of the
United States Code, this notice is for compliance and/or informational purposes only and does
not constitute an attempt to collect a debt or to impose personal liability for such obligation. How-
ever, a secured party retains rights under its security instrument, including the right to foreclose
its lien. STATE OF WASHINGTON COUNTY OF KING This record was acknowledged before
me on 05/24/2021, by SYNOVA M.L EDWARDS, ESQ as Trustee under the Deed of Trust de-
scribed herein. FRANCIS MARTTILA Signature Notary Public – State of Washington FRANCIS
MARTTILA STATE OF WASHINGTON COMMISSION EXPIRES 12-02-24 NOTARY PUBLIC
20121378 NPP0374193 To: EAST OREGONIAN
08/12/2021, 08/19/2021, 08/26/2021, 09/02/2021
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Hospital still is advising
community members to mask
up and get vaccinated.
“For your health and that
of your family and friends, St.
Anthony encourages every-
one to abide by the Gover-
nor’s mask requirements,” St.
Anthony CEO Harry Geller
said in a statement. “However,
the best way we have to fend
off the Delta variant and the
next one likely to come after
that is the vaccine. We urge
everyone to get vaccinated
now.”
The new mask require-
ment also comes as the state
announced new vaccine
mandates for health care
workers and teachers on Aug.
19.
The move already is draw-
ing opposition from unvacci-
nated health care workers who
don’t want the jab, despite
the vast number of experts
saying the vaccines are safe
and eff ective against all forms
of COVID-19 and are the
country’s best bet for ending
the pandemic. The Food and
Drug Administration on Aug.
23 granted full approval to the
Pfi zer vaccine.
The requirement has
prompted local health care
workers to organize an
anti-vaccine rally at Roy Raley
Park in Pendleton the evening
of Aug. 26. On Facebook,
rally organizers call the latest
vaccine mandates “tyranni-
cal.” So far, more than 260
people have responded to the
event via Facebook.
Only 55% of all licensed
health care workers in
Umatilla County are vacci-
nated against COVID-19,
compared to the 70% state-
wide average, according to
the Oregon Health Authority.
The county’s total ranks ninth
from last in Oregon.
More than 70 people
have been hospitalized with
COVID-19 in Umatilla
County since the beginning
of the month as the delta vari-
ant ravages Oregon and hospi-
tals statewide are fl ooded with
patients.
And with 14 deaths
reported since the begin-
ning of the month, and four
reported Aug. 25 alone, the
county is quickly approach-
ing its all-time record for
reported COVID-19 deaths
in a single month.
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