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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 11, 2017
RECORDS
‘Tiny house’ trailer stolen near Hermiston
By JAYATI
RAMAKRISHNAN
DEATH NOTICES
Thomas Hunt
Pendleton
Aug. 20, 1935-Dec. 31, 2016
Staff Writer
Lawrence Thomas is
missing his house.
The 95-square-foot, cus-
tom-made trailer was stolen
after Thomas parked it at a
gas station near Hermiston
while passing through the
area.
Thomas said most of
his possessions were in
the trailer he calls a “tiny
house,” including import-
ant documents like his birth
certificate, and sentimental
items that can’t be replaced.
“I’m trying to get the
word out so that if any-
one sees it, they can report
it and maybe I can get it
back,” he said.
Because of a snowstorm
in the Blue Mountains,
Thomas, who was moving
from Seattle to Las Vegas,
stopped at the One Stop
Mart outside of Hermiston
in late December. He was
driving an SUV and haul-
ing his house, where he’d
been living for the last four
months.
Unable to drive in the
bad weather, he stopped at
the travel center at the West-
land Road exit of Interstate
84. He spent the night there
and realized the next morn-
ing that he couldn’t take
the house with him in the
snow. He said he talked to
the manager at the station,
who said he could leave the
Thomas Hunt, 81, of Pendleton died Saturday,
Dec. 31, 2016, in Pendleton. He was born Aug. 20,
1935, in Burns. A service will be held in the Spring
of 2017 in John Day. Arrangements have been en-
trusted to Gray’s West & Co. Pioneer Chapel. To
light a candle in Tom’s memory, visit www.gray-
swestco.com.
Alice Ann Frerichs
Hermiston
Feb. 27, 1934-Dec. 7, 2016
CONTRIBUTED PHOTO
This tiny house trailer, owned by Lawrence Thomas of Las Vegas, was reported stolen near
Hermiston on Dec. 31 after he left it at a gas station on Interstate 84 due to bad weather.
house there until he came
back to pick it up.
“She was very helpful,
and asked me to pull the
tiny house in front of the
shop so she could see it,”
he said. “And because she
said cameras were facing
it.”
The two exchanged in-
formation, and Thomas
continued on to Las Vegas.
Then, on New Year’s Eve,
he found out the trailer was
gone — and the surveil-
lance cameras he was told
would be on his house were
in fact facing another direc-
tion.
“The manager said
they’re going to try to find
it,” he said. “They found
out the cameras were not
pointing that way. The
house was locked down and
dead-bolted, but someone
used bolt cutters and took
the house.”
Thomas is now living in
Las Vegas with a friend. He
spent about 6 months build-
ing the house.
“I really like the idea
of a tiny house,” he said.
“You save money, and you
don’t have a mortgage. My
idea was to buy a plot of
land and then make the tiny
house as off-grid as possi-
ble. You can enjoy a higher
quality of life without hav-
ing to spend all your money
on rent.”
Thomas estimates the
house’s value at about
$25,000.
“My house was small
— even for a tiny house,”
he said. The 95 square-foot
structure was 17 feet long
by 7.5 feet wide. Thom-
as lived in it with his two
dogs.
He said he just hopes he
can find the house.
Umatilla County Sheriff
Terry Rowan said his office
took a report on the theft
soon after it was reported
on Jan. 1 and is investigat-
ing.
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Contact Jayati Ra-
makrishnan at jramakrish-
nan@hermistonherald.com
or 541-564-4534.
Ten people escaped from house fire uninjured
Hermiston Herald
STAFF PHOTO BY JADE McDOWELL
Ten people escaped from a house fire Tuesday night in Hermiston. There were no
reports of injuries.
Ten people escaped a burning
home in Hermiston Thursday night,
but no one was injured.
Umatilla County Fire District
1 responded with multiple fire en-
gines to reports of a fully-engulfed
house on East Cherry Avenue about
10 p.m. Thursday.
Chief Scott Stanton said to the
district’s “best count” there were
10 people in the home when the fire
started, and district ended up paying
to house seven of them in a hotel for
the night.
The fire is believed have been
caused by an electric heating source.
EOU NAMES FALL DEAN’S LIST
Alice Ann Frerichs, 82, of Hermiston died Wednes-
day, Dec. 7, 2016, at her home. She was born Feb. 27,
1934, in Scottsbluff, Nebraska. A celebration of life
service has been postponed until a later date. Burns
Mortuary of Hermiston is in care of arrangements. Sign
the online condolence book at burnsmortuaryhermis-
ton.com.
Beverly J. Leader
Umatilla
April 2, 1932-Jan. 3, 2017
Beverly J. Leader, 84, of Umatilla died Tuesday, Jan.
3, 2017, in Hermiston. She was born April 2, 1932, in
Billings, Mont. A graveside service will be held Sat-
urday, March 4, at 11 a.m. at Sunset Hills Cemetery
in Umatilla. Burns Mortuary of Hermiston is in care
of arrangements. Sign the online condolence book at
burnsmortuaryhermiston.com.
Worship
Community
Our Lady of Angels
Catholic Church
565 W. HERMISTON AVE.
DAILY MASS:
Monday-Friday: English 7:00 am
Thursday: Spanish 6:00 pm
SATURDAY:
English 5:00 pm • Spanish 7:00 pm
SUNDAY:
English 9:00 am • Bilingual 11:00 am • Spanish 1:00 pm
Offi ce: 567-5812
LANDMARK BAPTIST
CHURCH
125 E. Beech Ave. • 567-3232
Pastor David Dever
Sun. Bible Classes...................10:00am
Sun. Worship Service..............11:00am
Sun. Evening Worship..............6:00pm
Wed. Prayer & Bible Study......6:00pm
www.hermistonlmbc.com
Eastern Oregon University named
520 students to the dean’s list for the
2016 fall term. Qualifying students
achieve and maintain a grade point
average of 3.5 or higher on a 4.0 scale
while completing a minimum of 12
hours of graded coursework for the
duration of the term.
The following local students were
named to the list:
Boardman: Alesia Sterner; Echo:
Sean Hoogstraten; Heppner: Patrick
Collins, Makenzie Correa; Herm-
iston: Maria Arenas, Christopher
Atwood, Caitlynn Barton, Saman-
tha Baumgartner, Matthew Booher,
COURTS:
vs. Jonathon K. Patterson: judgment
for $2,181.89 plus interest, costs and
fees.
vs. Liduvina Zamudio Sanchez: judg-
ment for $415.75 plus interest, costs
and fees.
• Collection Bureau of Walla Wal-
la Inc. vs. Michael G. and Cheryl L.
Stumph: judgment for $21,535.90 plus
interest, costs and fees.
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• Credits Inc. vs. Paulo Salcido:
judgment for $453.37 plus interest,
costs and fees.
• Credits Inc. vs. Jill R. Lattimer:
judgment for $770.28 plus interest,
costs and fees.
• Credits Inc. vs. Rosalinda Cantu:
judgment for $5,278.29 plus interest,
costs and fees.
• Cascade Collections Inc. vs.
Benjamin Scott Cook: judgment for
$5,602.71 plus interest, costs and fees.
• Credits Inc. vs. Amelia Walker:
judgment for $6,755.37 plus interest,
costs and fees.
• OneMain Financial Services Inc.
REPORTS:
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complained about a Jeep Cherokee
and a General Motors Hummer
not stopping for the stop sign
at Southeast Bandon Street and
Utah Avenue.
10:42 a.m. - Umatilla police
responded to McNary Heights
Elementary School, 120 Columbia
Blvd., in regards to some stolen
gym equipment.
5:48 p.m. - The Morrow County
• Evergreen Financial Services
Inc. vs. Verna Lee Taylor: judgment
for $5,161.10 plus interest, costs and
fees.
• Evergreen Financial Services Inc.
vs. Roberto Enriquez: judgment for
$1,468.59 plus interest, costs and fees.
• Evergreen Financial Services Inc.
vs. Tia Warren: judgment for $598.93
plus interest, costs and fees.
• Collection Bureau of Walla Walla
Inc. vs. Jack A. and Amanda Murphy:
judgment for $573.43 plus interest,
costs and fees.
er: judgment for $612.61 plus interest,
costs and fees.
• Collection Bureau of Walla Walla
Inc. vs. Jefferson and Sabrina Pishion:
judgment for $1,003.82 plus interest,
costs and fees.
• Collection Bureau of Walla Walla
Inc. vs. Erik M. Wydra: judgment for
$743.45
• Credits Inc. vs. Thomas Chavez:
judgment for $1,527.32 plus interest,
costs and fees.
• Credits Inc. vs. Harold Marvin
Schuening: judgment for $591.78 plus
interest, costs and fees.
• Credits Inc. vs. Auriona Prince:
judgment for $1,569.73 plus interest,
costs and fees.
• Credits Inc. vs. Ryan Bork: judg-
ment for $870.03 plus interest, costs
and fees.
235 SW 3rd
Phone 567-7678
Rev. Ed Baker - Rev. Nina Baker
Sunday:
Sunday School........10:00 am
Worship...................11:00 am
Evening Service........7:00 pm
Wednesday Service..7:00 pm
“Casting all your care upon him;
for he careth for you.”
1 Pet. 5:7
Seventh-day
Adventist Church
Saturdays
Sabbath School........9:30 a.m.
Worship Service......11:00 a.m.
567-8241
855 W. Highland • Hermiston
• Credits Inc. vs. Kristina and David
B. Knudsen: judgment for $808.96 plus
interest, costs and fees.
Grace Baptist Church NEW BEGINNINGS
• Credits Inc. vs. Maria Winebarg-
er: judgment for $869.88 plus interest,
costs and fees.
• Credits Inc. vs. Erika Minton:
judgment for $6,703.25 plus interest,
costs and fees.
Nursery provided for all services
Sunday School - 9:30 AM
Worship - 10:45 AM
6:00 pm
Wed Prayer & Worship - 7:00 PM
“Proclaiming God’s word,
growing in God’s grace”
• Bonneville Billing & Collections
Inc. vs. David Clark and Rikki Hayward:
judgment for $271.20 plus interest,
costs and fees.
Community Church
• Quick Collect Inc. vs. Tia Warren:
judgment for $796.67 plus interest,
costs and fees.
• Credits Inc. vs. Josh and Dean M.
Hill: judgment for $5,946.17 plus inter-
est, costs and fees.
• Collection Bureau of Walla Walla
Inc. vs. Jonathan H. and Carla R. Salt-
• Credits Inc. vs. Vincent Charles
Demos: judgment for $1,724.53 plus
Sheriff’s Office received a call
from a woman concerned about
the welfare of a dog in the area
of the Mountain Glen Apartments
on Northeast Pioneer Drive, Hep-
pner. Four minutes later, a man
living on Highway 207, Heppner,
reported a black dog with snow
and ice matted in its fur and on
its paws was at his home and
needed someone to check on its
health due to the cold.
5:57 p.m. - A Hermiston
resident on North Townsend Road
told law enforcement someone
kicked in the door at the house,
stole their mom’s car and brought
it back. The caller asked to speak
to a Umatilla County sheriff’s
deputy.
10:06 p.m. - A resident on
Columbia Boulevard, Umatilla,
called 9-1-1 to report someone
threw her trash at her front door.
ARRESTS, CITATIONS
SATURDAY
•Hermiston police arrested
Jenson Tyler Richards, 29, of Spokane,
Washington, for fourth-degree as-
sault constituting domestic violence,
violating a restraining order, and on
a warrant.
•Hermiston police arrested
Delbert McCreary Roberts, 52, of
Hermiston, for unauthorized use of
a vehicle, misdemeanor and felony
attempts to flee police, and resisting
arrest.
WEDNESDAY
•Oregon State Police arrested
Michael Patrick Shannon, 47, address
not provided, for driving under the
influence of intoxicants (alcohol) and
on a misdemeanor failure to appear
warrant.
GRANT FUNDING
The Full Gospel
Home Church
interest, costs and fees.
• Credits inc. vs. Rebecca E. Owen:
judgment or $1,378.17 plus interest,
costs and fees.
Requests for grant funding for projects that promote
health and wellness in West Umatilla and Morrow
county communities are still being accepted for
spring funding. Application
forms are available on line
at www.gshealth.org or by
calling 541-667-3405.
Spring grant deadline
is January 31, 2017
Jessica Dixon, Makayla Mangione,
Christian Peterson, Gaige Phillips,
Lily Ringe, Brittany Smith, Emily
Spinden, Truc Truong; Ione: Shan-
non Boor, Jasmine Dixon, Jaqueline
Juarez, Jason Juarez Alvarez; Irri-
gon: Jennifer Matlack; Stanfield:
Eddy Ramos.
555 SW 11th, Hermiston
567-9497
CHRISTIAN FELLOWSHIP
Worship Service 10:30 AM
Sunday School 9:00 AM
Pastor J.C. Barnett
Children’s Church
& Nursery Available
700 West Orchard Avenue
P.O. Box 933
Hermiston, Oregon
541-567-8441
Echo
21 N. Bonanza Street, Echo OR
Phone: (541) 376-8108
Sunday School • 9:30am
Worship • 10:45am
Children’s Church • 11:15am
Potluck & Communion ~
First Sunday of the Month
1255 Hwy. 395 S. • 567-5834
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St. Johns
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First Christian
Church
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On Our Journey
With Jesus.
Worship 10:00 AM
“come as you are”
“Proclaiming the Message of
Hope, Living the Gospel of Love”
Scripture, Tradition and Reason
Family service 9am Sunday
N.E. Gladys Ave & 7th, Hermiston
Fr. Dan Lediard, Priest. PH: 567-6672
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Bible School: 9:15am
Worship Gathering: 10:30am
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