WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2016
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Students learn energy efficiency lessons
By JADE McDOWELL
Staff Writer
Students in the Colum-
bia Basin Student Home-
builders Program got a
lesson Wednesday in the
importance of energy effi-
ciency.
The program, which is
in its third year, produc-
es a high-end house each
year built by high school
students from Hermiston,
Stanfield and Umatilla un-
der the mentorship of var-
ious local contractors and
experts. One of those part-
nerships is with the Energy
Trust of Oregon, a nonprof-
it dedicated to helping util-
ity customers save money
through energy efficiency.
The houses the students
build have a much better en-
ergy efficiency rating than
the average Oregon home
of the same size, something
teacher Curt Berger said
was important to the Herm-
iston School District.
“We’re trying to give the
students the best experi-
ence we can,” he said. “The
higher quality the home
they’re building, the more
they learn, and these are re-
ally nice homes.”
He said he wanted to
give students, who may
not have grown up in such
a high-end home them-
selves, a “vision of what’s
out there” and teach them
ways to make their own fu-
ture homes more energy-ef-
ficient. The high energy
performance score is also a
draw for homebuyers who
DEATH NOTICES
will save significant money
on their utility bills.
“There’s no reason not
to build energy-efficient
homes,” Berger said. “... I
just think it’s the right thing
to do.”
On Wednesday, Energy
Trust of Oregon employees
visiting the class encour-
aged students to visualize
creating a six-sided “ther-
mal boundary” that keeps
air from moving in and
out of a house. If heated
or cooled air is escaping
through the attic, ducts in
the floor or nail holes in
the wall, then the home’s
HVAC system is working
harder than it needs to, rais-
ing the homeowner’s ener-
gy bill and adding wear and
tear to the system.
Students learned:
Heat rises, which means
the insulation with the high-
est “R value,” or resistance
to heat, should be used in
the attic area.
Amenities like showers
and fireplaces often block
future access to the walls
behind them, so it’s espe-
cially important to get the
insulation there right the
first time, before installa-
tion.
Different parts of the
house call for different
types of insulation, caulk
or other strategies, which
students will start using as
they move from putting up
studs to putting up walls
and ceilings.
It is important to make
sure insulation around elec-
PUBLIC SAFETY LOG
Arlene M. Poe Jimenez
Hermiston
July 12, 1943-Nov. 16, 2016
Arlene M. Poe Jimenez, 73, of Hermiston died Wednes-
day, Nov. 16, 2016, at her home. She was born July 12,
1943, in Salem. Recitation of the rosary will be held Tues-
day, Nov. 22 at 10 a.m. at Our Lady of Angels Catholic
Church in Hermiston, followed by Mass of Christian buri-
al at 10:30 a.m. Burial will follow at Riverview Cemetery
in Boardman. Burns Mortuary of Hermiston is in care of
arrangements. Sign the online condolence book at burns-
mortuaryhermiston.com.
Wesley James ‘Bud’ Englert
Hermiston
March 26, 1932-Nov. 16, 2016
Bud Englert, 84, of Hermiston died Wednesday, Nov.
16, 2016, at his home. He was born March 26, 1932, in
Newberg, Ore. Arrangements are pending.
Nell E. Bishop
Kennewick, Wash.
Aug. 28, 1947-Nov. 15, 2016
Former Hermiston resident Nell E. Bishop, 69, of Ken-
newick, Wash., died Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2016, at her home.
She was born Aug. 28, 1947, in Fredericksburg, Texas. A
funeral service will be held Monday, Nov. 21 at 11 a.m. at
the Burns Mortuary chapel in Hermiston. A private burial
will be at Wallula Cemetery. Burns Mortuary of Hermis-
ton is in care of arrangements. Sign the online condolence
book at burnsmortuaryhermiston.com.
James A. Watt
Hermiston
Jan. 9, 1925-Nov. 14, 2016
James A. Watt, 91, of Hermiston died Monday, Nov.
14, 2016, in Richland, Wash. He was born Jan. 9, 1925,
in Clarkston, Wash. A graveside service with military hon-
ors was held Saturday, Nov. 19 at 1 p.m. at the Hermis-
ton Cemetery. Burns Mortuary of Hermiston is in care of
arrangements. Sign the online condolence book at burns-
mortuaryhermiston.com.
BIRTHS
Good Shepherd Medical Center, Hermiston
NOV. 8, 2016
MEDELEZ — Lilia Medelez and Lee Medelez of
Hermiston: a boy, Alexander Medelez.
OBITUARY POLICY
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placed via the funeral home or in person at the Hermiston
Herald or East Oregonian offices.
THURSDAY, NOV. 17
4:50 a.m. - An Irrigon resident
on Southeast California Avenue
reported someone broke into her
garage, car and pickup.
8:32 a.m. - Goats, chickens and
other animals at large at the corner
of Depot Lane and Eighth Street, Ir-
rigon, prompted a complaint to the
Morrow County Sheriff’s Office. The
caller said the animals were “out all
the time all over the road.”
12:18 p.m. - Umatilla County
Sheriff’s Office received a request
to send deputies to a home on Joy
Lane, Hermiston, for a man causing
a disturbance. The caller added
deputies were at the same house
last week to deal with the same
man.
3:47 p.m. - Burglars stole two
TVs, gaming systems and more
from an unlocked home on North
Ott Road, Hermiston, while the
resident was out of town.
6:19 p.m. - A Stanfield woman
on Stage Gulch Road reported
someone with a flashlight was
prowling around her home, and she
thought it was the same person
who tried to get into her vehicle.
6:59 p.m. - A caller on East
Theater Lane, Hermiston, reported
dogs were attacking the neighbors’
dogs in their own yard, and the
neighbors were not home.
8:26 p.m. - Morrow County
Sheriff’s Office received a report of
dog neglect on Southeast Kristen
Drive, Irrigon.
WEDNESDAY, NOV. 16
8:47 a.m. - Someone stole a
$1,000 fifth-wheel hitch from Victo-
ry Lighthouse Church, 1940 N.E. 10th
St., Hermiston.
8:51 p.m. - A caller reported four
to five males were fighting near a
small red pickup with white tailgate
in the parking lot of Hermiston
Plaza at East Highland Avenue and
Highway 395, Hermiston.
TUESDAY, NOV. 15
5:48 a.m. - Morrow County sher-
iff’s deputy responded to a report
of possible domestic violence on
Northwest Union Avenue, Heppner,
and determined there was no
crime.
8:14 a.m. - A male reported his
boss sexually harassed him at the
construction site at the tree farm
near Boardman.
9:42 a.m. - Irrigon residents
began reporting vehicle break-ins.
The Morrow County Sheriff’s Office
took reports until a little after 1
p.m. about the rash of crimes that
occurred on South First and South-
west Second streets and Northwest
Oregon Avenue.
10:05 a.m. - The Umatilla
County Sheriff’s Office received a
second-hand report that a black
Isuzu Trooper left property on
Northwest 11th Street, Hermiston,
trical outlets, light switches
and other breaks in the dry-
wall is trimmed as precisely
as possible around the hole
so that air does not escape
around the edges.
If the floor is not prop-
erly insulated cold air will
rise from the crawl space
into the home, possibly car-
rying mold and other con-
taminates with it.
Ducts need to be sealed
at every joint and other
penetration area so that the
air the furnace worked to
heat is not escaping before
ever reaching the people in-
side the home.
In the spring, Energy
Trust of Oregon will be
back to give the complet-
ed home an energy perfor-
mance score that potential
buyers can use to compare
with other homes and see
what type of savings they
might see on a lower energy
bill. The process includes a
blower door test in which
a fan machine is temporar-
ily installed into an exteri-
or door frame and used to
pull air out of the house.
Sensors then measure how
much air comes back into
the house through various
unsealed points.
Corey Mason, a Hermis-
ton student, said he learned
a lot about how hot air and
cold air move around a
house, and the importance
of sealing up every possible
route for air to escape.
“I didn’t realize even
a little nail hole can make
such a difference,” he said.
OBITUARIES
from a possible burglary. The caller,
though, did not know which way
the SUV went, its license plate, or
a description of possible suspects,
but she said she would call her
husband who saw the vehicle and
get that information.
11:17 a.m. - An employee of
Hermiston’s water department
warned a driver he would be cited
and his vehicle towed if he again
blocked a fire hydrant at Southwest
14th Street and West Highland
Avenue.
3:20 p.m. - A caller driving
toward Umatilla on Old River Road
reported he saw a male hiding in
bushes under the Interstate 82
overpass and a woman about a mile
behind walking that direction.
5:30 p.m. - Boardman ambu-
lance took a woman possibly suf-
fering lead poisoning to Good Shep-
herd Medical Center, Hermiston.
MONDAY, NOV. 14
9:38 a.m. - Oregon State Police
responded to dispatch an ill spike
bull elk near Battle Mountain on
Cunningham Sheep Co. property.
Game troopers transported the
carcass to the Oregon Department
of Fish and Wildlife in Pendleton,
for a necropsy.
4:23 p.m. - People who were in
a purple Dodge pickup and a white
Toyota pickup could be in some
trouble for illegal dumping at the
Stanfield city compost site. They
tried to hide garbage sacks under
brush and grass clippings, and the
attempts are on video.
ARRESTS, CITATIONS
THURSDAY
•Oregon State Police in
Hermiston arrested a 27-year-old
Hermiston man for driving with-
out a license and took him to the
Umatilla County Jail, Pendleton.
While en route to the jail, the
man suffered what appeared
to be a series of seizures. An
ambulance took the man to St.
Anthony Hospital, Pendleton,
where police opted to cite and
release him.
WEDNESDAY
•Hermiston police arrested
Anna Louise Richards, 31, of
Hermiston, for domestic violence
fourth-degree assault and harass-
ment.
TUESDAY
•Morrow County Sheriff’s Office
arrested Nicolas Garza, 18, of 308
S.W. Kinkade Road, Boardman,
for second-degree trespass and
unauthorized use of vehicle.
MONDAY
•Hermiston police arrested Zane
Quinton McDonald, 20, no address
provided, for unlawful possession
of marijuana and using an invalid
license.
Toshihiko Murata
Pendleton
February 26, 1963-October 12, 2016
On December 4, 2016,
friends and family of Toshi-
hiko Murata will celebrate his
life with a memorial service
at 2:30 p.m. at the Pendleton
Center for the Arts,
214 N. Main Street,
Pendleton, Oregon.
Toshihiko Murata
was born February
26, 1963, in Kobe,
Japan, and was raised
in Otsu-shi, Shiga,
Japan. He first came Murata
to the United States
in 1981 to participate in the
World Peace March, where
he met his future wife, Mary
Jane Bagwell. He returned to
Oregon in 1984 to pursue his
education, earning a Bachelor
of Science degree (1988) at
Pacific University in Forest
Grove and his doctorate in
sociology (2001) at the Uni-
versity of Oregon in Eugene.
Toshihiko worked for Blue
Mountain Community Col-
lege (BMCC) as the associate
vice president of institutional
effectiveness, beginning in
October of 2015. He was a
research analyst and the adult
basic education accountabili-
ty coordinator for the Oregon
Department of Community
Colleges and Workforce De-
velopment for more than nine
years before accepting the
AVP position at BMCC and
moving to Pendleton. Prior to
working for the state, Toshihi-
ko was a partner at Northwest
Survey and Data Services, a
survey research firm in Eu-
gene. He also worked with
Oregon Survey Research
Laboratory at the University
of Oregon.
After 20 years together,
Toshihiko and Mary Jane
married on November 24th,
2000. They have been best
friends and inseparable com-
panions for more than 35
years. Toshihiko and Mary
Jane began their relationship
on the World Peace March,
walking from Venice Beach,
California, to New York City
in 1981-82. The trek lasted
eight and a half months. In
1983, Toshihiko published a
book documenting his jour-
ney: “I Walked 7000 kilo-
meters Across America ... A
March for Peace Across the
Continent.”
Toshihiko had a number of
talents and was accomplished
in many different ar-
eas and hobbies. He
enjoyed running, read-
ing, and writing poet-
ry. He was a talented
artist, creating pieces
in watercolor, pencil
and ink, woodwork-
ing, metal arts and
jewelry and clay. He
studied horticulture and took
great pleasure in caring for his
orchids and African violets,
as well as the green onions
he grew for his morning soba.
Toshihiko was an avid cyclist
and enjoyed building bicycles
for specific purposes. He was
also a member and officer in
Toastmasters while living in
Salem.
His friends commented
that Toshihiko was a brilliant
thinker. BMCC President
Cam Preus, who had known
and worked with Toshihiko
for a number of years, offered
this special observation: “He
was a person who kept his
own counsel,” she said. “He
was quiet. He spoke when he
had something to offer.”
Toshihiko is survived by
his wife, Mary Jane Bagwell;
his mother, Atsuko Matsuka-
wa Murata; his sister, Hiroko
Hiroi, brother-in-law Takaaki
Hiroi and neices Misako Hiroi
and Ayako Hiroi; and sister-in-
law Alice Gachupin, nephew
Courtland Gachupin and niece
Apple Freeman of Portland.
He is also survived by an un-
cle, Noburo Murata, and aunts
Kyoko Kanzaki, Noriko Mu-
rata and Yoshiko Yamamoto.
He is preceded in death by
his father, Ryuichi Murata,
and by his paternal and ma-
ternal grandparents.
In lieu of flowers, the fam-
ily wishes that donations be
made in Toshihiko’s name
to the BMCC Foundation to
support student scholarships.
Please contact Margaret Gi-
anotti at 541-278-5775.
Online condolences may
be shared with the family at
www.pioneerchapel.com.
$5,233.32 plus interest, costs and
fees.
COURT REPORT
Sentences
The following sentences have
been imposed in Umatilla County
courts:
MISDEMEANOR
•Rosalba Lemus Carrillo, 28,
Boardman, pleaded guilty to Forgery
II: sentenced to 180 days jail-suspend-
ed, 2 years probation, 60 hours com-
munity service, $100 fine and $1,650
fine-suspended, plus court costs and
fees.
•Jamie D. Fetters, 36, Hermiston,
pleaded guilty to Theft II: sentenced
to $100 fine plus court costs and fees.
•Woodie Lemuel Camp, 65, Board-
man, pleaded guilty to DUII: sentenced
to 60 days jail, 120 days jail-suspend-
ed, 30 months probation, 160 hours
community service, $2,065 fine, $1,690
fine-suspended and 1 year driver’s li-
cense suspension, plus court costs and
fees.
•Hector Jacobo Holguin, 27,
Hermiston, pleaded guilty to DUII:
sentenced to 30 days jail, 150 days
jail-suspended, 2 years probation,
80 hours community service, $2,255
fine, $2,000 fine-suspended and 1
year driver’s license suspension, plus
court costs and fees; pleaded guilty
to Reckless Driving: sentenced to $100
fine and 90 days driver’s license sus-
pension.
•Robert Jay Fetter, 45, Hermiston,
pleaded no contest to Resisting Arrest:
sentenced to $500 fine.
Divorces
Divorce decrees were signed in
Umatilla County Courts for:
Sabrina Lynn Zacharias and Joshua
Lee Zacharias; Jackie Gooden McCoy
and Domenique McCoy; Carla J. Hickey
and Kevin D. Maurer.
Marriages
Marriage licenses have been reg-
istered in Umatilla County for:
Aden Kae Blake, 27, and Raeanne
Danielle Steiner, 30, both of Hermiston.
Robert Kent Jensen, 54, and
Kandie Lynn Jacobs, 51, both of Stan-
field.
•Dana Hartman vs. Fred Hodgen:
seeks $2,000 plus interest, costs and
fees.
sworth and Ernest Hollingsworth:
judgment for $1,765 plus interest,
costs and fees.
•Credits Inc. vs. Raudel C. Ro-
driguez: judgment for $590.51 plus
interest, costs and fees.
•Wells Fargo Bank N.A. vs. Karin T.
Gilliland: seeks $10,653.15 plus interest,
costs and fees.
•Charlie A. Roe vs. Cecilio Chavira
Lopez (Cecilio Gutierrez) and Sandra
Gutierrez: judgment for $7,373.50
plus interest, costs and fees.
•Credits Inc. vs. Anna Carl: judg-
ment for $1,984.01 plus interest, costs
and fees.
•Wilmer W. Spurlock vs. Dave W.
and Teresa K. Gunn: seeks $142,774.20
plus interest, costs and fees.
•Matt Reniff vs. Tracy Strouse:
seeks $4,750 plus interest, costs and
fees.
•Credits Inc. vs. Lacy A. Erickson:
seeks $4,473.06 plus interest, costs
and fees.
•Credits Inc. vs. Allison Lee Kenne-
dy: seeks $437.78 plus interest, costs
and fees.
•Cascade Collections Inc. vs. Ben-
jamin Scott Cook: seeks $5,602.71 plus
interest, costs and fees.
Judgments
Moises Ramon Lopez, 24, and Amy
Edith Juarez, 22, both of Hermiston.
Joel Lozano Molina, 57, and Laura
Mendoza Garcilazo, 53, both of Uma-
tilla.
The following judgments have
been rendered in Umatilla County
courts:
Franco Junior Sanchez, 22, and
Mariela Garcia Martinez, 22, both of
Hermiston.
•Portfolio Recovery Associates
LLC vs. Faith Quinlin: judgment for
$1,174.50 plus interest, costs and fees.
Suits Filed
•Credits Inc. vs. Johnnie L. Evans:
judgment for $3,727.54 plus interest,
costs and fees.
The following suits have been
filed in Umatilla County courts:
•Credits Inc. vs. Kaelynn Holling-
•Credits Inc. vs. Brian G. and
Christi Gettman: judgment for
$1,016.58 plus interest, costs and fees.
•Credits Inc. vs. Andrea Madrid
Lezama: judgment for $658.83 plus
interest, costs and fees.
•Credits Inc. vs. Jose Pacheco and
Maria Madrigal: judgment for $933.01
plus interest, costs and fees.
•Credits Inc. vs. Douglas and
Dalonda Rebman: judgment for
$688.80 plus interest, costs and fees.
•Credits Inc. vs. Phelicia Lepez:
judgment for $1,849.26 plus interest,
costs and fees.
•Credits Inc. vs. Marisa Garcia:
judgment for $5,856.68 plus interest,
costs and fees.
•Credits Inc. vs. Katherine Barth-
el: judgment for $570.92 plus inter-
est, costs and fees.
•Credits Inc. vs. Jaynee Villanue-
va: judgment for $4,272.11 plus inter-
est, costs and fees.
•Credits Inc. vs. Jesus Munoz Jr.
and Cheyenne Munoz: judgment for
$1,911.76 plus interest, costs and fees.
•Credits Inc. vs. Jacqualine M.
Lieja and Gilbert Leija Sr.: judgment
for $9,903.15 plus interest, costs and
fees.
•Credits Inc. vs. Timothy Renegar:
judgment for $8,487.90 plus interest,
costs and fees.
•Credits Inc. vs. Tanalee James:
judgment for $3,842.42 plus interest,
costs and fees.
•Credits Inc. vs. Pablo G. Hernan-
dez Garcia: judgment for $2,244.56
plus interest, costs and fees.
•Credits Inc. vs. Vania B. Flores:
judgment for $10,000 plus interest,
costs and fees.
•Bonneville Billing & Collec-
tions vs. Alexis I. Gomez: judgment
for $495.31 plus interest, costs and
fees.
•Credits Inc. vs. Brian H. Moore:
judgment for $1,843.02 plus interest,
costs and fees.
•Credits Inc. vs. Bruce M. Pike:
judgment for $3,341.07 plus interest,
costs and fees.
•CSO Financial Inc. vs. Anthony B.
Baumbach and Samantha J. Baum-
bach (Samantha J. Scheeler): judg-
ment for $1,132.73 plus interest, costs
and fees.
•Credits Inc. vs. Mariah Kelly Nor-
ris: judgment for $8,171.76 plus inter-
est, costs and fees.
•Credits Inc. vs. Cody Rolan and
Alyssa Rolan (Garber): judgment for
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