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East Oregonian
OBITUARY
Donald Lee Bennett
May 8, 1933 — Nov. 16, 2021
Echo
Donald Lee Bennett, of located just south of Herm-
Echo, passed away on Nov. iston on Buttercreek, where
16, 2021, at the age of 88. it thrived for over 40 years.
Don had been involved
Don was born on May 8,
1933, to J.W. and
in several cattle
Marie Bennett
organizations
and lived the
throughout his
life, including the
earliest years of
Shorthorn, Here-
his life on the
ford and Black
fam ily cat tle
and wheat ranch
Angus Associa-
tions. Don had a
near Winona,
Washington. He
passion for farm-
had many fond
ing the land and
looked forward to
me mor ie s of
growing up with
each new season
Bennett
his three broth-
of crops and
ers in the Palouse
har vests. Don
wheat country.
was honored in
Don’s parents
2007 by Oregon
relocated their
State Universi-
ty’s College of
fa m ily fa r m-
ing business to Oakville, Agricultural Sciences for
Washington, when he was his lifetime achievement in
a sophomore in high school. Oregon agriculture.
He participated on several
Don is survived by his
sports teams and graduated wife, Phyllis, of 65 years;
in 1951.
twin brother, Doug of Echo;
Don served in the U.S. sons, Darryl of Hermiston
Army from 1954 to 1956 as and Dwayne of Kennewick;
a unit clerk in Korea. After four grandchildren, several
his honorable discharge, great-grandchildren, nieces
Don returned to the family and nephews.
farm. In September 1956,
Don was preceded in
Don married Phyllis Neace death by two older broth-
and together they raised two ers, Bill and Jack.
sons, Darryl and Dwayne.
A private family grave-
Don spent five years side service was held at
living in Wallowa, Oregon, the Hermiston Cemetery,
operating a commercial Hermiston, Oregon.
In lieu of flowers, contri-
ranch until 1976 when he
relocated his family to butions in Don’s memory
Hermiston, where he would may be made to the Amer-
live and work the remainder ican Cancer Society or a
of his life. Don and his twin charity of your choice.
brother, Doug, went into
Please share memories
business together, found- of Don with his family at
ing the Oregon Hereford www.burnsmortuaryherm-
Ranch, a purebred Here- iston.com. Burns Mortuary
ford cattle and farming of Hermiston, Oregon, is in
operation. The ranch was care of arrangements.
COURTS
Sentences
The following criminal sentences have been imposed
in Umatilla County Circuit Court:
Sandra Jane Ribera, 36, of Pendleton, was convicted of
a 2021 charge of driving under the influence of intoxicants;
sentenced to one year suspension of driving license, two
years probation, two days in county jail and $1,500 in fees.
Kevin Ricardo Melendez, 27, of Hermiston, pleaded
guilty to 2021 charges of second-degree robbery, unlaw-
ful use of a weapon, second-degree abuse of corpse in the,
conspiracy and menacing; sentenced to four years in the
Oregon Department of Corrections and four years proba-
tion.
There were no criminal sentences during the last week
in Morrow County Circuit Court.
Lawsuits
The following lawsuits have been filed in Umatilla
County Circuit Court (interest, court costs and fees
not listed):
Lydia Grace Wheeler vs. Premier Motors and Danny
Freeman, all of Milton-Freewater, seeks $3,599.03.
The following lawsuits have been filed in Morrow
County Circuit Court (interest, court costs and fees not
listed):
John Patterson, Karen Patterson vs Jewell Manufactur-
ing, Inc., Jurajaka, an Oregon Partnership, James L. Kirk-
patrick, Katherine M. Kirkpatrick, for easements.
Marriages
Marriage licenses have been registered in Umatilla
County for:
James Robert Reser, 33, and Meagan Rianda Davison,
28, both of Umatilla.
Peter Jonathon Bradley Cogswell, 25, and Jennifer
Parthenia Lewis, 18, both of Athena.
Dawn R. Tickal, 57, and Michael David Thunberg, 61,
both of Hermiston.
Robert Shawn Mahon, 42, and Catherine Melissa
Devoe, 42, both of Pendleton.
Rain Jozef Wheeler, 24, and Damariz Santiago Garcia,
27, both of Milton-Freewater.
Emma Taylor Bennett, 21, and Kyera Lynn Mackey, 22,
both of Hermiston.
MEETINGS
Monday, Dec. 20
Columbia Development Authority, 11 a.m., via Zoom
or teleconference. For login information and agenda, visit
www.umadra.com. May include an executive session to
discuss property negotiations. (541-481-3693)
Weston City Council work session, 3 p.m., Weston
City Hall, 114 E. Main St. (541-566-3313)
Echo School District Board, 6 p.m., staff room, 600
Gerone St. Emergency meeting. (541-376-8436)
Tuesday, Dec. 21
Pendleton Development Commission, 6 p.m., Pend-
leton City Hall, 501 S.W. Emigrant Ave. (Charles Denight
541-966-0233)
Pendleton City Council, 7 p.m., Pendleton City Hall,
501 S.W. Emigrant Ave., Pendleton. (541-966-0201)
East Umatilla County Health District, 7 p.m., district
office, 431 E. Main St., Athena. (541-566-3813)
Pilot Rock City Council, 7 p.m., Pilot Rock City Hall,
143 W. Main St. (541-443-2811)
Umatilla City Council, 7 p.m., Umatilla City Hall, 700
Sixth St. (Nancy Sandoval 541-922-3226 ext. 105)
Thursday, Dec. 23
Salvation Army Advisory Board, noon, Salvation
Army, 150 S.E. Emigrant Ave., Pendleton. (541-276-3369)
RECORDS
Saturday, December 18, 2021
Voices: Public Speaking 101
By CAROLEE KOLVE
Special to the
East Oregonian
In my junior year in high
school, my mother fashioned
herself as my college admis-
sions coach. She decreed that
I needed something besides
grades and SAT scores. I
needed to become a school
leader. “No athletic skill, no
musical talent, only mundane
summer jobs,” she told me,
shaking her head sadly.
“But no track record for
leadership either!” I said.
“Yet,” she replied.
To make it more improba-
ble, I had just switched from
a small girls’ school to a large
public school. Not only did I
know no one, but I regularly
came home from school in
tears because I had eaten
lunch by myself. How was
I to transition from pathetic
loner to school leader?
It was my junior year,
and I took a stab. I ran for
the lowest possible office:
student body secretary. And
lost. My entire campaign
consisted of two posters. If
anyone even saw them, they
were certainly not persuaded
to “Take a chance with
Carolee Nance.” A slogan
that was neither aspirational
nor inspirational, although
it did rhyme. My father later
explained that I had dodged a
poetic bullet. In his day, kids
had chanted, “Nance has ants
in his pants.”
But my senior year, there
was another election. This
time my mother said, “This
is your last hope, so you have
to run for something which
involves giving a speech.”
“Huh? I’ve never given a
speech and I am terrified to
even speak up in class.”
My mother decreed that I
would be a natural. A natu-
ral? She had only ever given
one speech herself, so how
did she know?
She assured me she knew
everything there was to know
about speech-making as she
had just purchased “The Art
of Public Speaking” by Dale
Carnegie. Of course, she
hadn’t read it yet.
But first I had to decide
what to run for. It had to be
either student body presi-
dent or girls’ vice president.
Student body president was
too long a shot, so I chose
girls’ VP. The girls’ veep
also was president of the
Girls’ League, a loose orga-
nization of all the girls in the
school. So far, no one seemed
to know what this body of
females actually did.
I figured out that I needed
some ideas, so I polled the
girls I had gotten to know.
Between us, we deter-
mined that a body of several
hundred young women could
probably do some significant
things, and so far they were
just an idle clump of girls.
I asked everyone, “What
would you enjoy doing?”
I heard ideas about school
dances, good deeds in the
community, ways to raise
money. I thought back to the
girls’ school I had just left —
their traditions and activities.
I tested ideas on other
girls. People nodded and
smiled. My confidence was
nudging up!
And then I learned about
my competition.
I only had one opponent.
She was the most popular
girl in the school. She was in
an elite club of other popular
girls, who were all promot-
ing her campaign. She was
beautiful, slender, with styl-
ish clothes and cascades of
dark wavy hair. The week
after the upcoming elec-
tion was a school dance, and
somehow everyone knew she
would be attending with the
handsome football and base-
ball star who was about to be
elected Student Body Presi-
dent. Clearly, they were the
“star couple.” Two dazzling
winners in a sea of also-rans.
Undaunted, my mother
began my speech coaching,
paraphrasing loosely from
Dale Carnegie, or at least
from the table of contents.
There were some rules,
but mostly it seemed to be
common sense: 1. Know your
audience; 2. Engage them;
and 3. Give them a reason to
vote for you.
I had some good ideas and
wrote my speech with actual
confidence. I practiced. I
PUBLIC SAFETY
Wednesday, Dec. 15
ANYONE CAN
WRITE
Nearly 40 years in
the business have
taught me that read-
ers are bombarded
and overwhelmed with
facts. What we long for,
though, is meaning and
a connection at a deeper
and more universal
level.
And that’s why the
East Oregonian will
be running, from time
to time, stories from
students who are in my
writing class, which I’ve
been teaching for the
past 10 years in Portland.
I take great satisfac-
tion in helping so-called
nonwriters find and
write stories from their
lives and experiences.
They walk into my room
believing they don’t
have what it takes to be
a writer. I remind them if
they follow their hearts,
they will discover they
are storytellers.
As we all are at our
core.
Some of these stories
have nothing to do with
Pendleton or Umatilla
County. They do,
however, have every-
thing to do with life.
If you are interested in
contacting me to tell me
your story, I’d like to hear
from you.
{p style=”text-align:
right;”}Tom Hallman Jr.,
tbhbook@aol.com
Tom Hallman Jr. is a
Pulitzer Prize-winning
feature writer for The
Oregonian newspaper.
He’s also a writing coach
and has an affinity for
Umatilla County.
smiled. I made eye contact
with my imaginary audi-
ence. My dog, Heidi, listened
attentively. Perhaps she only
feigned interest? My cat hid
under the couch.
On the big day, I put on my
best pleated skirt and white
sweater. I attempted to deal
with my wild hair, kinked
up from ill-considered pin
curls. Oh well. I grabbed my
speech and my attention-get-
ting prop, and off I went.
As we arrived, the candi-
dates gathered on stage. I
looked around, and my jaw
dropped.
My opponent was dressed
in the most dazzling outfit I
had ever seen. A tight sweater
and skirt made entirely of
pink angora. As she walked
the little tufts of fluff floated
and waved all around her. She
looked like some sort of pink
fuzz goddess.
The assembly began, and
she was asked to go first. She
stepped to the podium, and
she said: “The purpose of
these speeches is for you to
hear us speak and see what
we look like. So first ... I’ll
show you what I look like.”
With that, she left the
podium, went to center stage,
held her arms out like a balle-
rina, and did a slow rotation.
As she moved, her angora
fluffs swayed in the spotlight.
She was impossibly graceful,
gorgeous, and the boys went
crazy. They stomped and
cheered, creating additional
breezes for her waving fuzz.
Finally, she returned to
the podium and read the
speech that no one would ever
remember.
My turn. I pulled out my
“attention getter,” a bunch of
bananas, and said, “The Girls
League is not just a bunch of
girls clumped together like
these bananas!” I smiled,
and I felt a connection like
I had never felt before. All
my jitters disappeared, and I
never had to look at my notes.
I shared ideas with them, and
I knew they were listening.
Everyone was smiling, and
I was on top of the world. I
was also pretty sure of the
outcome.
My opponent was
gorgeous, and the boys loved
her. But she had overlooked
the first rule of public speak-
ing. The audience rules.
Because, of course, for
Girls’ League president?
Only the girls voted.
7:10 a.m. — Pendle-
ton police and emergency
services responded to South-
east Court Place and 10th
Street for a vehicle crash.
Police issued a citation.
10:12 a.m. — Roundup
City Plumbing, 818 Airport
Road, Pendleton, reported
the theft of a vehicle. Police
responded and took a report.
12:12 p.m. — A caller
reported a disturbance at the
Comfort Inn & Suites, 77514
Highway 207, Hermiston.
1:11 p.m. — Pendle-
ton police responded to the
Pendleton Animal Welfare
Shelter, 517 S.E. Third St.,
on a report of an attempted
burglary.
1:14 p.m. — Miltion-
Freewater police received
a report of a break-in and
theft of money and items at
Drip N Dry Laundry, 103 S.
Main St.
2:03 p.m. — A person
asked to speak to a Hermis-
ton police officer, claiming
Hermiston police gave the
wrong name in connection
to a case in Yakima.
11:47 p.m. — A 911 caller
on Umatilla River Road,
Hermiston, reported a vehi-
cle rolled. The caller did not
know if anyone was injured.
11:59 p.m. — A caller
reported the theft of a vehi-
cle at Tri-Harbor Landing
Apartments, 210 Klickitat
St., Umatilla.
Thursday, Dec. 16
7:44 a.m. — A Morrow
County sheriff’s deputy
contacted the owner of two
horses because they were
walking in the road on West
Oregon Lane, Irrigon.
11:02 a.m. — Hermis-
ton police responded to the
1600 block of West Sunland
Avenue on a report of an
assault.
11:42 a.m. — A man told
Hermiston police someone
broke into his 2002 Ford
Expedition in an apartment
complex parking lot on
Southwest 13th Place and
stole a welding machine.
12:15 p.m. — A caller at
Port View Apartments, 320
Columbia Ave. N.E., Board-
man, reported a friend was
throwing herself against
things and he was trying to
prevent her from harming
herself. Police and emer-
gency services responded.
3:17 p.m. — A caller at
Southeast Isaac Avenue and
Second Street, Pendleton,
reported detaining a large
black Labrador mix with a
teal colored collar. He said
would wait near his vehicle.
3:35 p.m. — Pendleton
police received a complaint
about fraud on Northeast
Mount Hebron Drive. Police
took a report.
3:53 p.m. — A resident
on Northeast Fourth Street,
Hermiston, reported her
friend’s ex is sitting in a
vehicle outside the apart-
ment.
4:11 p.m. — Pendleton
police responded to May
Park, 180 S.E. Isaac Ave.,
on a report of an assault.
4:55 p.m. — A caller
reported a vehicle theft at
Vista Village Mobile Home
Park, 2801 S.W. Houtama
Road, Pendleton. Police took
a report.
5:27 p.m. — Pendleton
police responded to the 400
block of Southwest Isaac
Avenue on a call about
a burglary. Police took a
report.
8:11 p.m. — A resident
on Southeast Utah Avenue,
Irrigon, reported hearing a
loud boom that rattled the
windows of his home. The
caller said it could have been
a firework or homemade
bomb. The Morrow County
Sheriff’s Office checked the
area but turned up nothing.
9:43 p.m. — Pendleton
police responded to The
Saddle Restaurant And
Lounge, 2220 S.E. Court
Ave., on a report of a fight.
Arrests, citations
Dec. 15
• Umatilla Tribal Police
ar rested Ethan Alan
Pinkham, 37, for posses-
sion of a stolen vehicle and
violating parole.
• Hermiston police
arrested Curtiss Robert
Pullum, 53, for misde-
meanor methamphetamine
possession, felony meth
delivery and violating
parole.
• Umatilla Tribal Police
arrested Irma Taeyana
Bako, 25, for assault and
domestic abuse.
• Hermiston police
arrested Curtiss Robert
Pullum, 53, on a parole
violation, misdemeanor
methamphetamine posses-
sion and felony meth deliv-
ery.
Dec. 16
• Umatilla Tribal Police
arrested James Douglas
Sproed, 51, for driving under
the influence of intoxicants
and attempted assault of a
public safety officer.
• Umatilla Tribal Police
arrested Sydonia David, 21,
for violating a restraining
order, felony assault, domes-
tic abuse and on a warrant.
• Pendleton police
arrested James Lloyd
Waligorski, 30, for vehicle
theft.
BIRTHS
CHI St. Anthony Hospital, Pendleton
Dec. 11, 2021
MONTGOMERY — Ashley Cleland of Pendleton
and Steven Montgomery of Lakeview: a boy, Leif Adrian
Montgomery.
Good Shepherd Medical Center, Hermiston
Dec. 7, 2021
PENA — Brook Pena and Anthony Pena Jr. of Herm-
iston: a girl, Aliyah Pena.
Dec. 12, 2021
RETH — Alexis Rae Reth and Samnang Reth of Herm-
iston: a boy, Dayrany Samnang Reth.
Dec. 14, 2021
BOESCH — Karlee Boesch and Justin Boesch of
Umatilla: a girl, Lily Marie Boesch.
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