WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21, 2018
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Donald L. Ledbetter
Plymouth, Wash.
April 28, 1942 - March 12, 2018
Donald L. Ledbetter
Don enjoyed hunting,
was born April 28, 1942, in fishing, gardening, tinkering
Archey, Arkansas, the son with cars, construction proj-
ects and was an avid
of Emmitt and Cleo
sports enthusiast. He
(Hooper) Ledbetter.
was a lifelong mem-
He died on March 12,
ber of the Elks Lodge
2018, at his home in
in Jerome, Idaho, and
Plymouth, Wash., at
a life member of the
the age of 75.
At the age of six,
NRA. He loved his
Don moved with his
grandkids
dearly,
family to Kimberly, Ledbetter
was known by them
Idaho, where he
as “Papa Don” and
attended
school
enjoyed going to all
and
graduated
their sports events
from high school
and birthdays.
in 1960. After high
Don
married
school, he served
Sandra Rupert in
in the Idaho National Guard
Jerome, Idaho, on
from 1960 through 1964.
September 1, 1962.
Don owned a small truck-
He is survived by his
ing business and worked in wife of 55 years, Sandra;
construction before begin- sons Danny (Ellen) Ledbet-
ning his career in the potato ter of Indiana and Mike (Sta-
business. His first job was cey) Ledbetter of Hermis-
with J.R. Simplot in Burley, ton; daughter Wendy (Gene)
Idaho. He then moved to Garrett of Plymouth, Wash-
Prince Edward Island, Can- ington; five sisters, Rose,
ada, in 1976 and worked in Ruth, Sadie, Iris and Mary;
the potato industry in Can- 11 grandchildren, and eight
ada for eight years. He great-grandchildren.
moved back to the U.S. in
A memorial service will
the mid-1980s and worked be held at 3 p.m. on Sat-
for Lamb Weston in the urday, March 17, 2018, at
Boardman and Hermiston Burns Mortuary chapel,
areas. He retired from Lamb Hermiston, Oregon.
Please sign the online
Weston in 2005. He resided
in Plymouth, Wash., for the condolence book at burns-
mortuaryhermiston.com.
past 10 years.
Carol Krause
Stanfield
December 28, 1928 - March 19, 2018
Carol Krause was born
December 28, 1928, in Con-
cord, California, the daugh-
ter of Joseph and Ada Mabel
(Nitcher) Corliss. She died
on Monday, March
19, 2018, at her home
in Stanfield at the age
of 89.
Carol moved to
Oregon with her fam-
ily, who settled into
the Westland area
near Hermiston. She Krause
attended Hermiston
schools and graduated from
Hermiston High School in
the class of 1946. After high
school, she attended nursing
school at St. Anthony’s Hos-
pital in Pendleton.
Carol married Karl David
Krause in Ontario, Oregon,
on February 12, 1949. The
couple made their home
in Stanfield where she has
resided since. In addition
to her work as a home-
maker, Carol also helped
keep books for her husband
Karl’s automotive business,
City Motor Services.
Carol was a member of
the Stanfield Garden Club
and a longtime active mem-
ber of Crossroads Commu-
nity Church in Stanfield. She
also enjoyed growing flow-
ers, especially her roses.
She was preceded in
death by her husband Karl
in 2004, and her son
Donald in 2010.
She is survived
by a brother, Glen
Corliss; grandsons
Jeremy and Jason
Krause; nieces Car-
olyn Stiefel, Jackie
Lucas and Marilyn
Shilhanek; nephew
Joseph (Kelly Hale) Corliss;
and many extended family
members.
A memorial service will
be at 1 p.m. Saturday, March
24, 2018, at Crossroads
Community Church. A pri-
vate family interment was in
Hermiston Cemetery.
Family suggest memo-
rial donations to Crossroads
Community Church, 350
N. Sherman St., Stanfield,
OR 97875 or to Vange John
Memorial Hospice, 645 W.
Orchard Ave. #300, Hermis-
ton, OR 97838.
To leave an online con-
dolence for the family go to
www.burnsmortuaryhermis-
ton.com.
DEATHS
Evan E. Davis
Nyssa
April 2, 1951 - March 14, 2018
Former Hermiston resident Evan E. Davis, 66, of Nyssa
died Wednesday, March 14, 2018. He was born April 2,
1951, in The Dalles. A celebration of life will be held
Wednesday, March 28 at 1 p.m. (Mountain time) at the Sev-
enth-day Adventist Church in Parma, Idaho. Lunch will fol-
low the service.
Dale T. Ingle
Hermiston
Sept. 28, 1926 - March 14, 2018
Dale T. Ingle, 91, of Hermiston died Wednesday, March
14, 2018, in Hermiston. He was born Sept. 28, 1926, in Mt.
Vernon, Ore. Burns Mortuary of Pendleton is in charge of
arrangements. Sign the online condolence book at www.
burnsmortuary.com.
Julia K. Ramirez
Irrigon
Dec. 30, 1950 - March 15, 2018
Julia K. Ramirez, 67, of Irrigon died Thursday, March 15,
2018, in Kennewick, Wash. She was born Dec. 30, 1950, in
Bend. A private family gathering will be held. Burns Mortu-
ary of Hermiston is in care of arrangements. Sign the online
condolence book at burnsmortuaryhermiston.com.
Melvin R. “Mel” Tompkins
Hermiston
April 8, 1940 - March 12, 2018
Melvin R. “Mel” Tompkins, 77, died Monday, March 12,
2018, at his home in Hermiston. He was born April 8, 1940,
in Deary, Idaho. Services are pending. Arrangements are
with Burns Mortuary of Hermiston. Sign the online condo-
lence book at www.burnsmortuaryhermiston.com.
TUESDAY, MARCH 13
12:59 a.m. — On North First
Street, Hermiston, a woman called
911 and hung up. Upon calling
back, she said she was an officer’s
daughter and was highly drunk.
11:54 a.m. — At West Fulton
Avenue, Hermiston, a caller said he
thinks his roommate stole two TVs
last Friday.
1:09 p.m. — A woman reported
at the Hermiston Police Depart-
ment that she was worried about
her ex-boyfriend stalking her.
6:45 p.m. — On Northeast 10th
Street, a 13 year-old boy was bitten
in the face by a Husky that lives in
the park.
WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14
6:14 p.m. — At Northeast Sixth
Street and East Ridgeway Avenue,
a dog chased and bit a man on his
legs near Eastside Market. He said
the dog was large and light brown,
possibly a boxer.
8:44 p.m. — A caller on South-
west Desert Oak Drive reported a
runaway.
11:07 p.m. — Someone
reported thirdhand to the Herm-
iston Police Department that a
woman was being hit by her hus-
band on West Hermiston Avenue.
The caller said they didn’t know if
there were weapons present.
THURSDAY, MARCH 15
4:22 p.m. — On West Brock
Avenue, Hermiston, two people in
a silver Ford Escape were check-
ing mailboxes. One was a white
female with blond hair.
6:52 p.m. — A blue Ford Tau-
rus was following a male in Victory
Square Park, on Southwest 10th
Street in Hermiston.
7:50 p.m. — A male was
reported driving a silver four-door
Pontiac while intoxicated, at North
First Street, Hermiston.
FRIDAY, MARCH 16
12:30 a.m. — A runaway was
reported at Southwest Desert Oak
Drive, Hermiston.
4:53 p.m. — An armed subject
was reported at Northwest 13th
Street and West Madrona Avenue,
Hermiston.
5:12 p.m. — An assault was
reported at West Highland Ave-
nue, Hermiston.
9:28 p.m. — A suicidal subject
was reported at West Joseph Ave-
nue, Hermiston.
11:10 p.m. — A suicidal sub-
ject was reported at East Francolin
Avenue, Hermiston.
SATURDAY, MARCH 17
11:44 a.m. — A person on North
First Street, Hermiston, was issued
a warning for a vicious dog.
SUNDAY, MARCH 18
2:56 p.m. — A man said his
wife, who is suicidal, left South
Edwards Road and East Highland
Extension driving erratically. He
said she was driving a white Toy-
ota Camry.
3:12 p.m. — A runaway was
reported at Northeast 10th Street,
Hermiston.
4:19 p.m. — A suicidal subject
was reported at Southeast Banker
Drive, Hermiston.
10:32 p.m. — A suicidal subject
was reported at Northeast Aspen
Drive, Hermiston.
MONDAY, MARCH 19
11:24 a.m. — A caller said hs
wife’s bow was stolen out of the
back of her pickup truck last night,
on West Orchard Avenue. He said it
is worth about $1,000.
2:03 p.m. — A caller on East
Gladys Avenue said someone
broke into her car and stole her
purse.
3:43 p.m. — A caller reported
that someone at Mid-Colum-
bia Bus Company on East Airport
Road is writing checks to them-
selves from an account that MidCo
employees have for $2,500.
4:20 p.m. — A caller said his
daughter was threatened by two
boys from her class while walk-
ing home today, on East Ridgeway
Avenue.
BIRTHS
Good Shepherd Medical Center, Hermiston
MARCH 7, 2018
WILSON — Danyell D. Sowell and Tucker Wilson
of Hermiston: a girl, Alayah Russalee Dove Wilson.
MARCH 8, 2018
MCCULLOUGH — Ashton N. Marshall and Aus-
tin J. McCullough of Umatilla: a girl, Kyree Nicole
McCullough.
MARCH 11, 2018
SALAS — Carol Corona and David Carrillo Salas
of Hermsiton: a girl, Adeline Salas.
Man arrested allegedly holding
a knife to stranger’s throat
pulled out a folding knife
and held it to the throat of
A man was arrested in one of the men while saying
Hermiston for menacing he intended to kill someone.
“As the victim male
after allegedly putting a
pushed the knife
knife to the throat of
away from his own
another man.
throat, he received
William Joshua
a very minor cut to
Young, 42 was
one of his fingers
lodged in the Uma-
that did not require
tilla County Jail after
medical attention.
an incident Friday.
The men were even-
According
to
tually able to get
information released Young
away from Young
on the Hermiston
Police Department’s Face- when he was distracted by
book page, at about 4:40 a jogger in the area,” Lt.
p.m. on Friday two men, Randy Studebaker wrote.
Officers responded and
ages 26 and 27, reported that
they had been together on were not able to locate
the Oxbow Trail when they Young, but later took him
came across Young sitting into custody at his residence
along the trail with his dog for menacing and an unre-
consuming alcohol. Neither lated warrant for his arrest
of them reported knowing out of Jackson County.
Police said it appeared to
him previously.
They claimed that Young be an isolated incident, and
had made statements that that more charges were pos-
sounded irrational and par- sible as the investigation
anoid and that he allegedly continued.
HERMISTON HERALD
Woman faces charges 15 counts
of theft from former employer
or more, and one count of
second-degree theft for steal-
A big theft hit another ing at least $100. The indict-
ment alleges Heyne commit-
small local business.
Allison Jade Heyne of ted the thefts from June 2016
through May 2017.
Hermiston pleaded
Heyne pleaded
not guilty in early
not guilty to all
March to accu-
sations she stole
counts at her arraign-
ment March 5,
more than $32,000
according to court
from her employer,
records.
Eclipse Heating and
Zeller said the
Cooling.
business discovered
Ty
Zeller,
the crimes last June,
co-owner of the Heyne
right as they were
Hermiston business,
said Heyne worked in the hustling to keep up with ris-
front office and the theft total ing temperatures. Making
is probably closer to $38,000 a go as a small business is
— and the damages could tough enough, he said, and
this situation “kind of took
increase.
“We don’t want this to the wind out of our sails.”
Heyne signed an agree-
happen to someone else,” he
ment to follow certain
said.
Umatilla County Circuit restrictions to avoid jail,
Court records show a grand including not having contact
jury on Jan. 30 indicted with Eclipse Heating and
Heyne, 31, AKA Allison Cooling. The court found she
Heller, on two counts of was not eligible for a public
first-degree aggravated theft defender. The next hearing
for stealing $10,000 or more in the case is the afternoon of
on two occasions, 12 counts March 26 in the Hermiston
of first-degree theft for sep- courtroom of Circuit Court
arate acts of stealing $1,000 Judge Dan Hill.
HERMISTON HERALD
COURT
SENTENCES
PENDLETON — The following sen-
tences have been imposed in Umatilla
County courts:
FELONY
•Hector Elias Guerra, 35, Hermis-
ton, pleaded guilty to Possession of
Methamphetamine: sentenced to 2
years probation, 120 sanction units, 60
maximum jail units, 80 hours commu-
nity service, $200 fine and 6 months
driver’s license suspension; pleaded
guilty to Interfering With Peace/
Parole/Probation Officer: sentenced
to 120 days jail; pleaded guilty to two
counts of Failure to Appear I: sen-
tenced to 2 years probation, 120 sanc-
tion units, 60 maximum jail units and
80 hours community service for each
count, and $200 fine.
•Florencio Garcia Quezada, 28,
Hermiston, pleaded guilty to Bur-
glary I: sentenced to 60 months Ore-
gon DOC, 3 years post-prison super-
vision and $1,000 fine-suspended,
plus restitution to be determined;
pleaded guilty to Theft II: sentence to
discharge.
•Vincent Wesley David Sherman-
tine, 29, Hermiston, pleaded guilty to
Unlawful Manufacture of Marijuana
Item: sentenced to 2 years probation,
120 sanction units, 60 maximum jail
units, 160 hours community service,
$500 fine, $2,000 fine-suspended and
6 months driver’s license suspension.
•Kevin Edward Verwey, 30, Herm-
iston, pleaded guilty to Assault IV-do-
mestic violence: sentenced to 3 years
probation, 180 sanction units, 90 max-
imum jail units and $200 fine; pleaded
guilty to Unlawfully Purchasing Fire-
arm: sentenced to 3 years probation,
160 hours community service and
$100 fine.
MISDEMEANOR
•Kimberly Mae Langlois, 29, Uma-
tilla, pleaded guilty to DUII: sentenced
to 30 days jail, 150 days jail-sus-
pended, 2 years probation, 80 hours
community service, $1,250 fine, $1,505
fine-suspended and 1 year driver’s
license suspension, plus court costs
and fees.
•Jose Antonio Avila, 59, Hermis-
ton, was convicted of DUII: sentenced
to 30 days jail, 150 days jail-sus-
pended, 3 years probation, $1,755
fine, $1,500 fine-suspended and 1 year
driver’s license suspension, plus court
costs and fees; was convicted of Reck-
less Driving: sentenced to 180 days
jail-suspended, 3 years probation,
$100 fine, $1,900 fine-suspended and
90 days driver’s license suspension.
•Juan Jose Pacheco, 27, Hermiston,
pleaded guilty to DUII: sentenced to 30
days jail, 150 days jail-suspended, 3
years probation, 80 hours community
service, $2,255 fine, $1,000 fine-sus-
pended and 1 year driver’s license sus-
pension, plus court costs and fees;
pleaded guilty to Reckless Driving:
sentenced to 180 days jail-suspended,
3 years probation, $100 fine, $2,900
fine-suspended and 90 days driver’s
license suspension.
SUITS FILED
PENDLETON — The following suits
have been filed in Umatilla County
courts (interest, court costs and fees
not listed):
•Capital One Bank vs. Christine E.
Pease: seeks $1,653.91.
•Capital One Bank vs. Doria K.
Sasser: seeks $4,979.60.
•Midland Funding LLC vs. Lora
Burns: seeks $1,556.78.
•Evergreen Financial Services Inc.
vs. Brandon Castro of Stanfield: seeks
$276.02.
•JH Portfolio Debt Equities LLC vs.
Kenneth Albertson: seeks $3,584.
•Capital One Bank vs. Tara Jonson:
seeks $2,096.88.
•Capital One Bank vs. Ted L. Rufty:
seeks $2,413.81.
•Capital One Bank vs. Cassandra J.
Franklin: seeks $2,124.57.
•Capital One Bank vs. Dean
Graves: seeks $5,092.95.
•Capital One Bank vs. Christopher
Grimaldi: seeks $3,254.58.
•Capital One Bank vs. John F. Vla-
hos Jr.: seeks $4,096.90.
•Capital One Bank vs. Karissa R.
Whitmore: seeks $4,155.63.
•Capital One Bank vs. Doria K.
Sasser: seeks $2,906.02.
•Capital One Bank vs. Tyray Ran-
dle: seeks $2,751.04.
•Capital One Bank vs. Kelly A.
Skramstad: seeks $4,874.99.
•Capital One Bank vs. Jennifer
Allen: seeks $1,506.34.
of Echo: seeks $6,228.61.
•Capital One Bank vs. Bruce G.
Carson Jr.: seeks $2,650.85.
•Capital One Bank vs. Debi Has-
sler: seeks $1,647.
•Capital One Bank vs. Leslie Little:
seeks $3,799.39.
•Capital One Bank vs. Elizabeth C.
Morris: seeks $1,829.17.
•Capital One Bank vs. Robert
Markwick: seeks $1,577.30.
•Capital One Bank vs. Nicole B.
Fetter: seeks $2,791.33.
•Midland Funding LLC vs. Benja-
min Boyle: seeks $2,078.37.
•Midland Funding LLC vs. Linda
Cameron: seeks $986.53.
•Midland Funding LLC vs. Peggy
Wallingford: seeks $830.44.
•Capital One Bank vs. Ryan Ket-
tler: seeks $5,647.68.
•Capital One Bank vs. Sarah A.
Harmon: seeks $2,724.84.
•Capital One Bank vs. Bonnie M.
Matlack: seeks $2,435.74.
•Midland Funding LLC vs. Auston
Shaffer: seeks $1,239.61.
•Midland Funding LLC vs. Angela
Turner: seeks $824.67.
•Barclays Bank Delaware vs. Aida
A. Guillen of Umatilla: seeks $1,542.69.
•Clifford Leroy Martin vs. Karen
Connell: seeks $845,500.
•Capital One Bank vs. Dean W.
Murphy: seeks $2,424.78 and $5,982.26
in separate suits.
•Capital One Bank vs. Thomas E.
Wells: seeks $3,397.27.
•Capital One Bank vs. Gordon A.
Giger: seeks $14,700.37.
•OneMain Financial Services Inc.
vs. Daryan A. Lewis: seeks $4,250.10.
•Credits Inc. vs. Justin Boyd of
Hermiston: seeks $722.86.
•Credits Inc. vs. Chadd Everett
Mace of Hermiston: seeks $1,939.94.
•Credits Inc. vs. Cristal Jaime (San-
chez) of Hermiston: seeks $3,147.76.
•Credits Inc. vs. Jerad and Kath-
erine R. Uzzell of Hermiston: seeks
$6,253.37.
•Credits Inc. vs. Alyna Micaela
Acevedo of Hermiston: seeks $466.97.
•Credits Inc. vs. John G. and
Karan L. Piening of Hermiston: seeks
$488.94.
•Credits Inc. vs. Teofilo Ruiz Casta-
neda and Celina Gomez Ruiz of Herm-
iston: seeks $894.11.
•Credits Inc. vs. Shannon A. Powell
JUDGMENTS
PENDLETON — The following judg-
ments have been rendered in Umatilla
County courts (interest, court costs
and fees not listed):
•Midland Funding LLC vs. Juan
Santanarivera of Hermiston: judg-
ment for $1,295.54.
•Credits Inc. vs. Scott F. and
Amanda L. Clawson of Hermiston:
judgment for $785.35.
•Credits Inc. vs. Brandon M. Piper
of Hermiston: judgment for $735.52.
•Credits Inc. vs. Bonnie L. and
Frank A. Brandin Jr. of Hermiston:
judgment for $4,412.75.
•Capital One Bank vs. Jennifer
Baldwin of Hermiston: judgment for
$1,606.23.
•Quick Collect Inc. vs. Bonnie
Matlack of Umatilla: judgment for
$1,313.31.
•Credits Inc. vs. Rebekah and
Daron Comstock of Heppner: judg-
ment for $4,782.47.
•Capital One Bank vs. James W.
Leonard of Hermiston: judgment for
$2,020.24.
•Evergreen Financial Services
Inc. vs. Anthony Moore of Hermiston:
judgment for $4,036.98.
•Evergreen Financial Services Inc.
vs. Kimberly Welker of Hermiston:
judgment for $5,080.27.
•Credits Inc. vs. Socorro Politron
and Veronica Moncivais of Umatilla:
judgment for $4,285.53.
•Midland Funding LLC vs. Teonna
Raymond of Hermiston: judgment for
$778.46.
DIVORCES
PENDLETON — Divorce decrees
were signed in Umatilla County Courts
for:
Bradley Ray Lindley and Vanessa
Marie Lindley of Hermiston; Maria
D. Lopez and Placido Lopez-Send-
ejas of Hermiston; Jeremiah Jacob
Brooks and Britney Leann Brooks of
Hermiston.