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WEDNESDAy, MAy 1, 2019
COURTS
OPINION
Sentences
PENDLETON — The following sentences
have been imposed in Umatilla County
courts:
MISDEMEANOR
•Michael Ray Scott Garcia, 38, Hermiston,
pleaded guilty to Failure to Report as Sex
Offender: sentenced to 180 days jail-sus-
pended, 5 years probation and $2,000
fine-suspended, plus court costs and fees;
pleaded guilty to Theft II: sentenced to 5
days jail, 175 days jail-suspended, 2 years
probation, 80 hours community service
and $2,000 fine-suspended, plus court
costs and fees; Pleaded guilty to Failure to
Appear II: sentenced to 180 days jail-sus-
pended, 2 years probation, 80 hours
community service and $2,000 fine-sus-
pended, plus court costs and fees.
Suits Filed
PENDLETON — The following suits have
been filed in Umatilla County courts (in-
terest, court costs and fees not listed):
•Quick Collect Inc. vs. Brianna K. Abbott of
Hermiston: seeks $628.03.
•Nationwide Recovery Service Inc. vs.
William Lewis Mesteth of Hermiston: seeks
$4,971.17.
•Credits Inc. vs. Maria V. and Jose Andrade
of Hermiston: seeks $2,795.35.
judgment for $2,134.22.
•Credits Inc. vs. Joseph A. and Nicole Tovar
of Hermiston: seeks $778.61.
•Evergreen Financial Services Inc. vs. you-
bany Razon and Dora Molina of Umatilla:
judgment for $526.89.
Professional
assistants deserve
more than a day
•Credits Inc. vs. Maria G. and Francis-
co Arreola of Umatilla: judgment for
$8,058.08.
By TAMMY MALGESINI
COMMUNITY EDITOR
•Credits Inc. vs. Rhonda Cole of Umatilla:
judgment for $1,321.53.
•Credits Inc. vs. Karina and William L. Ve-
noy of Hermiston: seeks $1,484.71.
•Cavalry SPV I LLC vs. Tara Machado of
Hermiston: seeks $4,442.88.
•Capital One Bank vs. Emerald L. Eshleman
of Stanfield: seeks $1,481.16.
•Ray Klein Inc. dba Professional Credit Ser-
vice vs. Heather Lancaster of Hermiston:
seeks $426.41.
•Credits Inc. vs. Dalyla Campos Ramos of
Irrigon: judgment for $1,225.08.
•Citibank N.A. vs. Ronald W. Wart of Herm-
iston: seeks $7,214.55.
•Credits Inc. vs. Lynnea A. Kennedy of
Umatilla: judgment for $983.72.
•Portfolio Recovery Associates LLC vs. Min-
erva Flores of Hermiston: seeks $1,534.55.
•Bonneville Billing & Collections Inc. vs.
Daniel Rhorer of Hermiston: judgment for
$252.62.
•Portfolio Recovery Associates LLC vs.
Bruce Doty of Hermiston: seeks $1,795.73.
•Credits Inc. vs. Ronald E. Deardurff of
Boardman: judgment for $1,152.96.
•Portfolio Recovery Associates LLC vs.
Jasmin Ramirez of Hermiston: seeks
$5,231.69.
•Credits Inc. vs. Maranda Thongdy of Stan-
field: judgment for $1,294.08.
•Portfolio Recovery Associates LLC vs.
Austin J. McCulough of Hermiston: seeks
$1,787.18.
•Credits Inc. vs. Edith Trujillo and Moses
Cardona Loera Jr. of Stanfield: judgment
for $531.65.
•Portfolio Recovery Associates LLC vs.
Michelle Weber of Hermiston: seeks
$4,711.90.
Marriages
Judgments
Daniel Pelayo Gilbon, 27, and Corina
Chavez, 33, both of Boardman.
PENDLETON — Marriage licenses have
been registered in Umatilla County for:
•Credits Inc. vs. Travis A. and Talese Dollar-
hide of Hermiston: seeks $714.74.
PENDLETON — The following judg-
ments have been rendered in Umatilla
County courts (interest, court costs and
fees not listed):
•Credits Inc. vs. Margarita Gutierrez of
Hermiston: seeks $8,425.71.
•Portfolio Recovery Associates LLC vs. Lisa
M. Ruiz: judgment for $1,549.40.
Lloyd Ervin Austin IV, 40, of Umatilla,
and Amy Ruth Greenhalgh, 30, Mermaid
Beach, Queensland, Australia.
•Credits Inc. vs. Luis and Sara Ann Hernan-
dez of Hermiston: seeks $2,118.95.
•Credits Inc. vs. Luis R. Gutierrez of Irrigon:
judgment for $1,147.83.
Joshua Allen Hart, 40, of Umatilla, and
Michelle Leigh Smith, 40, of Salem.
•Credits Inc. vs. Joseph Rivera and Karina
Torres of Hermiston: seeks $1,342.69.
•Bonneville Billing & Collections Inc. vs.
Valerie R. Califf of Hermiston: judgment
for $301.73.
Daniel Craig Hlavinka Jr., 31, of Umatilla,
and Stevie Patten, 31, Newcastle-Up-
on-Tyne, United Kingdom.
•Credits Inc. vs. John and Jami C. Niord of
Hermiston: seeks $1,160.99.
Javier Martinez Jr., 26, and Rosalinda Men-
doza Sanchez, 23, both of Boardman.
•Credits Inc. vs. Jamie Bautista of Umatilla:
Plant sales bloom this week
With spring in the air, plants and flowers
are blooming. Several FFA chapters have
announced plant sales:
•Echo FFA Chapter: Wednesday and
Thursday from 1-5 p.m.; Friday and Satur-
day from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., 600 E. Gerone
St., Echo. Bedding flowers and vegetables
start at $1. Hanging baskets also available.
For more information, visit www.facebook.
com/echo.ffa.
•Hermiston FFA: Thursday from
4-7 p.m. and Friday from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.,
HHS greenhouse, 600 S. First St. Students
are selling hanging baskets, flowers (gera-
niums, snapdragons, petunias alyssum
and more) vegetables (peppers, tomatoes,
cucumbers), wooden planter boxes and spe-
cial items made by the HHS metal shop. For
more information, contact Brianna Smith
at brianna.smith@hermistonsd.org or visit
www.facebook.com/HermistonORFFA.
•Irrigon FFA: Thursday from 6-8 p.m.,
Friday from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. and Satur-
day from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., 315 S.E. Wyo-
ming Ave. For more information, call
541-922-5551.
Contributed photo
The Hermiston FFA Chapter offers a variety of flowers and vegetables during
its annual plant sale.
Arts center seeks
exhibit entries
Artists from across north-
east Oregon and southeast
Washington are invited to
submit work for this year’s
Open Regional Exhibit.
The artwork drop-off date
is Saturday, May 4 from noon
to 4 p.m. at Pendleton Cen-
ter for the Arts, 214 N. Main
St. Accepted works include
but are not limited to paint-
ing, printmaking, book arts,
sculpture, mixed media and
fiber arts. Photography is the
only medium not accepted
(the exhibit focuses on pho-
tography every other year).
In its 45th year, the
exhibit showcases begin-
ning, emerging and estab-
lished artists from through-
out the region. Adults and
teen artists may enter up to
two pieces. The entry fee is
$10 per work for adults and
$5 for teens. Artists may des-
ignate their works for sale,
with a 30% commission
retained by the arts center.
Banner Bank of Pend-
leton contributes $1,000 in
cash prizes that are awarded
to artists in both adult and
teen categories.
The exhibit opens Thurs-
day, May 9 with a judge’s
critique at 5 p.m. and recep-
tion from 5:30-7 p.m. in the
East Oregonian Gallery.
Both events are free and
open to the public.
For entry forms or more
information, stop by the arts
center or visit www.pendle-
tonarts.org. For questions,
call 541-278-9201.
Murder defendant has
plea hearing scheduled
murder but not aggravated
murder, first-degree rob-
bery, felon in possession of
a weapon and unlawful use
of a weapon.
Shermantine on April
12 pleaded not guilty to
the charges. But Som-
merville has yet to enter
a plea. He remedies that
with a hearing Wednesday
at 8:15 a.m. at the Staf-
ford Hansell Government
Center, Hermiston. Circuit
Judge Daniel Hill also will
consider a defense motion
to preserve evidence.
Shermantine had a
pre-trial hearing Tuesday
morning. Hill set the next
conference for May 29.
BY HERMISTON HERALD
HERMISTON
—
Aggravated murder defen-
dant David Edgar Som-
merville of Boardman has
a hearing to enter his plea.
Sommerville, 19, along
with Vincent Wesley David
Shermantine, 29, of Herm-
iston, are on the hook for
the 2018 shooting death of
Eric Navarrete of Hermis-
ton. Sommerville faces the
aggravated murder charge,
the only crime that carries
the threat of the death pen-
alty in Oregon, as well as
murder, first-degree rob-
bery and unlawful use of a
weapon. Shermantine faces
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Echo Kiwanis
award scholarships
The Echo Kiwanis
Club recently announced
it awarded $1,000 schol-
arships to three Echo High
School seniors, Annal-
ese Barnes, Lexie Cox and
Bobbie Sharp.
At the time of her appli-
cation, Barnes was finish-
ing up work on a certified
nursing assistant (CNA)
license and plans to con-
tinue her studies in nursing
at East Texas Baptist Uni-
versity. As a student leader,
athlete and member of the
Honor Society, Barnes also
is committed to commu-
nity service.
Cox also is interested in
pursuing a career in nurs-
ing and plans to attend
Wenatchee Valley College.
A four-year varsity athlete,
she also has distinguished
herself as a leader. While
serving as a teacher’s aide,
Cox has demonstrated a
professional attitude and is
dedicated to success.
Sharp plans to pursue
further studies in agricul-
ture communication at the
University of Idaho. In
addition to being a reli-
able teacher’s assistant in
Echo’s agriculture depart-
ment and serving on the
2018 Umatilla County Fair
court, Sharp has held sev-
eral leadership positions in
school and the community.
The Echo Kiwanis has
been awarding scholarship
grant awards to graduating
seniors to encourage their
success since 2011. The
program is made finan-
cially possible through
Kiwanis fundraisers and
the generous contributions
of local individuals and
businesses who enthusi-
astically support the suc-
cess of future community
leaders.
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Imagine The Difference You Can Make
ven though Admin-
istrative Profes-
sionals Day has
passed, it’s important to
remember how vital these
men and women are in the
workplace.
Years ago, my pops
expressed simple words
of wisdom: “The secre-
tary and janitor are your
friends.” After I started
working, I really began to
understand what he meant
by that.
I recently had the
opportunity to speak at
the Boardman Chamber
of Commerce luncheon,
which also served to
acknowledge the impor-
tance of administrative
assistants. The chamber’s
notice about the meet-
ing referred to them as
employees “that keep our
workplaces going like
a well-oiled machine.”
While my presentation
was light-hearted and fun
(at least for me), I cer-
tainly have appreciated
co-workers who have
worked in this capacity —
whether their official job
title is receptionist, sec-
retary, clerical support,
office manager or admin-
istrative assistant.
During my presenta-
tion, which was a bit of a
stand-up routine, I joked
about how professional
assistants have a particular
skill set, including that as
a sort of air traffic control-
ler through their ability to
screen phone calls. Every
boss or co-worker truly
appreciates this — espe-
cially when someone calls
five minutes before lunch
or quitting time.
Another skill that
seems to be universal with
administrative assistants
is the “phone voice.” Tiah
Estrabrook, who I pre-
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drug program had this one
down to a fine art.
She could be rattling
on (more like barking out
commands) about what I
needed to do to finish up
a client file and suddenly
the phone would ring.
Tiah would stop mid-sen-
tence, pick up the phone
and very pleasantly say,
“Good morning, Umatilla
County Mental Health.
This is Tiah, how can I
help you?”
Equally impressive is
the ability for professional
assistants to decipher even
the worst of handwrit-
ing. I know because I’ve
worked with several peo-
ple over the years that
have truly amazed me.
Kathy Brittain, who
worked the graveyard
shift at Betah Enterprises,
didn’t have the luxury of
knocking on my door to
double-check what I had
written. Yet, she always
seemed to be able to fig-
ure it out what my chicken
scratch said. And, Tiah
always reminds me of the
time I went to her with my
notes and asked her what I
had written.
Between now and next
April’s Administrative
Professionals Day, I urge
you to regularly express
appreciation to those who
help make your job easier.
And, it would be great if
Tiah or Kathy could stop
by the newsroom in the
next couple of weeks and
help me decipher some of
my reporter notebooks.
———
Tammy Malgesini is
the community editor.
Her column, Inside my
Shoes, includes general
musings about life. Con-
tact her at tmalgesini@
eastoregonian.com or
541-564-4539.
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