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Henrietta ‘Luella’ Taylor
Charlotte Lea Portouw (Hoeft)
Dec. 21, 1930 — Nov. 27, 2021
Hermiston
Dec. 5, 1957 — Oct. 29, 2021
Formerly Pendleton
Hen r iet t a “Luella” Umatilla, Gilliam, Wheeler
Taylor, 90 of Hermiston, and Morrow counties. As
died Saturday, Nov. 27, this required quite a lot of
2021, at Regency Nursing traveling, her husband was
now her chauf-
Home in Herm-
iston, Oregon.
feur.
When they
A g raveside
both retired,
service will be
they moved to
held at 11 a.m.
Sun Terrace in
on Monday, Dec.
Hermiston in
6, 2021, at the
July 2010. Robert
Mayville Ceme-
tery at Mayville,
passed away
in 2015. Luella
Oregon.
She was born
remained there,
Dec. 21, 1930,
where she kept
Taylor
a t Sp e a r f i s h ,
busy sewing
South Dakota,
aprons for the
the daughter of Edwin and staff, collecting bobble-
Leslie Knust Schmidt. On heads and pandas, work-
Feb. 26, 1949, she married ing puzzles and playing
Robert R. Taylor of Fossil, pinochle.
Oregon, at Goldendale,
She was preceded in
Washington. The couple death by her husband of
had two sons and cared for 66 years, her parents, three
two nephews.
stepsisters, Shirley Eddy,
Luella attended Mult- Arvilla Jones and Glaves
nomah College School of Hite; and her brother,
Nursing and University of Norman Newton of Oregon
Oregon School of Nursing City.
with reentry at Blue Moun-
Survivors include her
tain Community College two sons, Robert R. Taylor
after her boys were grown. Jr. (Darla) of Othello, Wash-
During her nursing career, ington, and William J.
she was employed locally Taylor (Colleen) of Baker
at Good Shepherd Hospital, City, four grandchildren,
Hermiston Good Samari- Traci Davis, Thad Taylor,
tan Nursing Home, Pioneer Heidi Lagao and Casey
Memorial Hospital in Taylor, 11 great-grand-
Heppner, the Condon Nurs- ch i ld r e n a n d t h r e e
ing Home and the medi- great-great-grandchildren
cal clinics in Fossil and and two nephews, Steve
Condon. Early in her nurs- Conley and Larry Conley.
ing career, 1949-1950, she
Any memorials may be
recalled working at the old sent to the Good Shepherd
Morningside Hospital and Medical Scholarship Fund,
Anspaugh Nursing Home in Wounded Warriors, or the
Portland.
charity of your choice.
Following her retire-
Sweeney Mor t uar y
ment from Good Shep- of Condon is in care of
herd, she contracted with arrangements. You may
the Department of Human sign the online condolence
Resources as a private book at www.sweeneymor-
PASSAR screener for tuary.com.
PUBLIC SAFETY
Friday, Nov. 26
12:26 a.m. — A caller asked for law enforcement
contact at Americas Best Value Inn, 200 Front St. N.E.,
Boardman, after four or five men were playing loud music
outside and one was being violent said something in Span-
ish about a gun.
2:17 p.m. — A caller reported an assault that occurred
Nov. 19 at the Heppner Christian Church, 293 N. Gale
St., Heppner.
3:18 p.m. — Stanfield police responded to East Coe
Avenue on a report of an aggressive dog. An officer issued
a citation.
4:07 p.m. — Pendleton police responded to the 500
block of Southeast 10th Street on a report of a burglary.
Police took a report.
4:56 p.m. — The Umatilla County Sheriff’s Office
received a report of a burglary at Ace Mini Storage, 82270
Lind Road, Umatilla.
5:19 p.m. — A caller reported someone threw a rock
through a window at an apartment at Prairie Wood Apart-
ments, 210 Klickitat St., Umatilla.
5:28 p.m. — A driver on Highway 74 in Ione at Baker
Lane hit a cow. Local firefighters and medics responded.
The Morrow County Sheriff’s Office took a report.
5:47 p.m. — A Morrow County sheriff’s deputy on
Highway 74, Lexington, was on the way to a vehicle acci-
dent and hit a deer.
9:27 p.m. — A 911 caller reported at fight at Pik A Pop,
1010 Sixth St., Umatilla.
10:14 p.m. — A caller reported two males were fight-
ing at the Knights Inn/Village Restaurant, 100 First St.
N.W., Boardman, and requested medics for a head injury.
Saturday, Nov. 27
7:24 a.m. — An Irrigon resident at Green Acres RV
Park, 80542 Paterson Ferry Road, Irrigon, reported the
theft of a Toyota four-wheel drive. The sheriff’s office later
found the vehicle and took a report.
Sunday, Nov. 28
8:03 a.m. — A resident on Northwest Washington
Avenue, Irrigon, reported someone shattered the window
of his home. A Morrow County sheriff’s deputy took a
report.
10:02 a.m. — An Irrigon resident on Kangaroo Court
reported a neighbor’s dog came onto his yard and attacked
his dog. A Morrow County sheriff’s deputy responded and
issued a citation.
10:18 p.m. — Pendleton police received a report of a
burglary on the 600 block of Southwest First Street.
Arrests, citations
Nov. 26
Pendleton police arrested Charles Scott Ronald
G. Chapel, 28, for second-degree disorderly conduct,
third-degree escape, resisting arrest, harassment and fail-
ing to appear.
Nov. 27
Oregon State Police cited Matthew Mason Lundberg
for felony DUII and reckless driving after responded to a
two-vehicle crash on the Highway 730 overpass in Board-
man.
Nov. 28
Oregon State Police arrested Richard Sherwood, 65,
for driving under the influence on intoxicants (alcohol)
and reckless driving.
Nov. 29
The Morrow County Sheriff’s Office arrested Nicholas
Roberto Romero, 23, for DUII (alcohol), reckless driving
and failing to carry or present a license.
The Union County Sheriff’s Office arrested Erick
Lopez Gomez, 29, for vehicle theft.
Charlotte Lea Portouw brated the birth of son,
(Hoef t) passed away Jeffrey in 1984, followed
at home Oct. 29, 2021, by daughter, Laura in 1986.
surrounded by four gener- They returned to Sierra
Vista and Fort
ations of her
Huachuca after
family after a
her husband’s
brief battle with
retirement from
cancer. She was
a c t i v e d u t y.
63 years old. She
especially drew
Because of the ties
strength from
they developed in
her lovely grand-
the Military Intel-
daughter, Olivia
ligence Corps and
Portouw.
local community
She
is
throughout their
survived by her
Army service,
Portouw
husband, Larry,
they built a house
and settled in
of Whetstone,
Arizona; children, Jeffrey Whetstone, Arizona.
(wife Yeenkie), of Scotts-
Charlotte’s smile and
dale, Arizona, and Laura warm demeanor filled
(husband Kyle), of Mari- every room with sunshine
etta, Georgia; mother, Kit and joy. People she met
Hoeft, of Quiburi Mission were instantly friends
at Benson, Arizona; a and she always rose to
sister, Debra Nordheim, the occasion to help when
Waitsburg, Washington; called upon or when she
and brothers, Mike Hoeft, observed a need. Char-
Pendleton, Oregon, and lotte was a giver who was
Aaron Hoeft, Walla Walla, always looking for oppor-
Washington; and grand- tunities to make the lives of
daughter Olivia (Olive), of others more comfortable,
Scottsdale, Arizona. She even at her own expense.
was preceded in death by She is a recipient of the
her father, Charles Hoeft.
U.S. Army Commander’s
Charlotte was born the Award for Civilian Service
second of four children to and Military Intelligence
Charles and Kit Hoeft on Corps Golden Rose. Her
Dec. 5, 1957, in Pendle- ability to put people at
ton, Oregon. She gradu- ease in any situation was
ated from Pendleton High cherished as was her abil-
School and then attended ity to doggedly pursue
Oregon State University in and correct bureaucratic
Corvallis, Oregon, graduat- wrongs, especially when
ing in 1980 with a Bachelor they impacted soldiers’
of Science in geology. She families.
was active in Kappa Delta
Charlotte will be interred
both while at Oregon State at the Fort Huachuca Ceme-
and after graduation.
tery Dec. 10, 2021. The
Charlotte and Larry met family asks that in lieu of
at Oregon State and married flowers, donations be made
in 1980 in a ceremony in to Hummingbird Stitchers
Pendleton, Oregon. They Quilt Guild, P.O. Box 1326,
embarked on a 26-year Sierra Vista, AZ 85636 or
adventure with the United at www.hummingbird-
States Army living in quiltguild.com/index.html,
many locations around the or to The Good Samaritan
United States and in Europe Quiburi Mission, 850 S.
to include Fort Huachuca. State Highway 80, Benson,
Charlotte and Larry cele- AZ 85602.
Tuesday, November 30, 2021
Two M-F business
organizations
announce merger
By ANTONIO SIERRA
East Oregonian
M I LTON-FR EEWA-
TER — Citing declin-
ing resources and
volunteer participation, the
Milton-Freewater Cham-
ber of Commerce and the
Milton-Freewater Down-
town Alliance announced
they were merging opera-
tions.
“The now ‘Milton-Free-
water Chamber and Down-
town Alliance’ (MFCDA)
envisions a future where
every vacant store front has
a viable business, where
the streets are inviting,
where empty and deterio-
rating lots are transformed
into parklets and gathering
spaces, and where regional
partnerships are formed to
advance all of the individ-
ual community interests,” a
Wednesday, Nov. 24, press
release stated.
The merger has been in
the works for some time.
Both organizations formed
a joint committee to explore
the concept in 2020, which
led to a joint agreement in
January. But despite the
signed document, down-
town alliance President
Mark Driver said both
groups remained in a hold-
ing pattern until the boards
made a renewed effort to put
their plan into motion.
One of the first tasks of
the merged organization
is to find a full-time direc-
tor and part-time adminis-
trative assistant to oversee
joint operations. Driver said
the chamber and downtown
alliance anticipate sharing
office space on Jan. 1, 2022,
and hiring staff by June.
For taxing purposes, the
chamber and downtown
alliance will remain sepa-
rate organizations. Driver
said the set-up will allow the
alliance to retain its status as
a 501©3 nonprofit, a desig-
nation that gives the group
access to grants and funding
that the chamber, a 501©6,
can’t.
“It’s kind of the best of
both worlds,” he said.
The Milton-Freewater
Chamber and Downtown
Alliance follows in the
footsteps of the Pendleton
Chamber of Commerce and
the Pendleton Downtown
Association, which began
consolidating operations in
2018. Both organizations
remain separate entities, and
the Pendleton Downtown
Association retained its
board and executive direc-
tor, but it now shares office
space at the chamber and its
director reports directly to
the chamber CEO.
Back in Milton-Freewa-
ter, the new joint organiza-
tion has plenty on its agenda.
Among its goals is the
launch of Freewater Square,
a project to convert an old
parking lot on North Main
Street into an event and busi-
ness incubator space. Other
goals include a new market-
ing campaign and filling
committees for business
recruitment and support.
For more information,
email mfda.director@gmail.
com. Donation information
can be found by searching
for the Milton-Freewater
Downtown Alliance at the
Walla Walla Valley Guide
website.
LOCAL BRIEF
Good Shepherd receives accreditation
HERMISTON — Good Shepherd Health Care System
in a recent press release announced Good Shepherd Sleep
Solutions in Hermiston recently received program accred-
itation from the American Academy of Sleep Medicine.
To receive and maintain accreditation for a five-year
period, a sleep center must meet or exceed all standards for
professional health care as designated by the AASM. These
standards address core areas such as personnel, facility and
equipment, policies and procedures and patient care. Addi-
tionally, the sleep center’s goals must be clearly stated and
include plans for positively affecting the quality of medical
care in the communities it serves.
The American Academy of Sleep Medicine accredited
a sleep disorders center for the first time in 1977. Today
there are more than 2,600 AASM-accredited sleep centers
across the country.
Dr. Jakdej Nikomborirak directs Good Shepherd Sleep
Solutions, 610 N.W. 11th St., Suite E-19, Hermiston. For
more information visit www.gshealth.org/sleep-medicine.
— EO Media Group
MEETINGS
Tuesday, Nov. 30
Oregon Wheat Commission, 2-4 p.m.; held in conjunc-
tion with the Tri-State Convention via Zoom at www.zoom.
us/join or call 253-215-8782; Meeting ID: 837-3323-6057;
Passcode: 169620. (Tana Simpson, 503-467-2161, tsimp-
son@oregonwheat.org)
Wednesday, Dec. 1
Blue Mountain Board of Education, 4:30 p.m. work
session; 6 p.m. regular meeting, BMCC, 2411 N.W. Carden
Ave., Pendleton, or via Zoom/call-in. Login and agenda
available via www.bluecc.edu. Public comment accepted
by Nov. 30, 5 p.m. to sfranklin@bluecc.edu. (Shannon
Franklin 541-278-5951)
Umatilla Rural Fire Protection District, 7 p.m.,
Umatilla Fire Department, 305 Willamette Ave., Umatilla.
(541-922-2770)
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Linda Cromer/Contributed Photo
Watercolor still-life paintings by Linda Cromer are on dis-
play through Dec. 31, 2021, in the Lorenzen Gallery at Pend-
leton Center for the Arts.
Lorenzen Gallery exhibit
features watercolor artist
Work on display
through Dec. 31
East Oregonian
PENDLETON — Linda
Cromer started painting at
her mother’s knee, sitting
on the floor dabbing at old
canvas boards with her old
worn brushes. While her
materials have improved
greatly, one thing hasn’t;
she finds painting to be great
fun.
An exhibit of her water-
color still-life paintings is
on display in the Lorenzen
Gallery at Pendleton Center
for the Arts, 214 N. Main St.
Admission is free.
Cromer grew up in
the Midwest dreaming
of becoming an ar tist
and living in Greenwich
Village. After graduat-
ing from Carnegie Insti-
tute of Technology (now
Carnegie Mellon Univer-
sity), Linda moved west to
Arizona, traveling through
Mexico and Central Amer-
ica. She returned to New
York and eventually to
Greenwich Village fulfill-
ing the childhood dream.
She painted still life and
f loral watercolors there
until her recent move to
the Pacific Northwest to
be near family. Cromer’s
brother, Br uce Barnes,
made special arrangements
for the work to be available
in Pendleton.
Cromer exhibits her work
at traditional venues across
the country and interna-
tionally and has also partic-
ipated in a large number of
outdoor fairs and festivals
in and around New York.
Working on very thick and
sturdy 100% cotton paper
in large format, her pieces
combine the organic forms
of cut flowers with the flow-
ing lines of rich textiles.
“Watercolor has virtues;
the clarity of color being
primary one, and to my
mind, that is the whole point
of painting,” Cromer said.
“It’s all about color and the
pleasure of the act of paint-
ing.”
Cromer’s work will be on
view through Dec. 31. The
arts center is open Tuesday
through Friday, 10 a.m. to
4 p.m. and Saturdays from
noon to 4 p.m. For more
information, call 541-278-
9201 or visit www.pendlet-
onarts.org.
——
Contact communit y
writer Tammy Malgesini at
tmalgesini@eastoregonian.
com or 541-564-4532.