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WEDNESDAY, MAY 15, 2019
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Republicans suggest
voting strategy for
upcoming elections
To the editor:
We recommend voting for everyone
on your ballot that has fi led for the
position they wish to hold. Following
is our recommendation where there
are two or more candidates for the
same position.
For positions where no candidate has
fi led and you wish to fi ll the posi-
tion, we recommend contacting your
friends and neighbors who live in
your area and have them write your
name in. You just might win that
position!
•Athena-Weston School District,
29RJ, Director, Zone 4: Jennifer Mc-
Clure-Spurgeon
•Echo School District 5R, Director,
Position 2: Emily Spike
•Stanfi eld School District, 61R, Di-
rector, Position 2: Cecili Longhorn
•Umatilla School District, 6R, Direc-
tor, Position 3: Jennifer Armstrong
•Umatilla County Fire District #1,
Director, Position 3: Spike Piersol
•Umatilla Fire District 7-405, Direc-
tor, Position 2: Fred L. Sheely
Suni Danforth, chair
Umatilla County Republican Party
Milton-Freewater
COURTS
Suits Filed
PENDLETON — The following suits have been
fi led in Umatilla County courts (interest,
court costs and fees not listed):
•Portfolio Recovery Associates LLC vs. Jake
Haynie: seeks $3,673.17.
•Bank of America N.A. vs. Shelby Kay Harns of
Hermiston: seeks $3,393.96.
•Jeremy Scherrer of Boardman vs. Edgardo Agu-
iar Sanchez of Hermiston: seeks $3,199.50.
Contributed photo by Sheri Harper
Dozens of volunteers got together in Stanfi eld on April 27 for an “I Love My City”
event. Residents picked up litter, cleaned windows, weeded and performed other
beautifi cation projects around the community. Pictured are two of the volunteers
searching for garbage along a canal.
•Capital One Bank vs. Teresa Drury of Stanfi eld:
seeks $2,477.91.
•Capital One Bank vs. Gordon Zulauf of Hermis-
ton: seeks $1,815.33.
•Quick Collect Inc. vs. Timothy and Mary Eliza-
beth (Beth) Collett of Umatilla: seeks $834.07.
•Jeff erson Capital Systems LLC vs. Sean L. Aiken:
seeks $1,510.88.
Ballot returns at less than
9 percent in Umatilla County
BY HERMISTON HERALD
Ballots for the May 21
election are dribbling into
Umatilla County.
County elections man-
ager Kim Lindell said her
offi ce has received 3,678
ballots out of 43,874 for a
return rate less than 8.4%.
“It’s going really slow,”
she said.
Just six seats out of
122 seats on ballots in the
county for next week’s
election feature a compe-
tition between two candi-
dates. Most of those are
school boards.
Echo School Board
member Connie Caplinger
faces a challenge from
Emily Spike.
Umatilla School Board
member Toby Crans-
ton drew an opposing bid
from Jennifer Armstrong,
the co-owner of Encore
Wellness 4 Life, a Uma-
tilla medical clinic. Cecili
Longhorn, Stanfi eld Pub-
lic Library director, is run-
ning for an open Stan-
fi eld School Board seat
against Jim Griffi n. And
Athena-Weston
School
Board incumbent Jenni-
fer
McClure-Spurgeon
faces Shannon Hoehna.
McClure-Spurgeon is the
mayor of Weston, and
Hoehna is the owner and
food safety consultant for
SH Consulting, Weston.
Fire district boards
round out the contested
races.
Kelly Payan is run-
ning against incumbent
Fred Sheely for a seat on
the Umatilla Rural Fire
Protection District Board
of Directors, and incum-
bent Spike Piersol has a
challenge from Sebastian
Sanchez for the Umatilla
County Fire District Board
of Directors.
Morrow County has
a better turnout. County
clerk Bobbi Childers said
her offi ce sent 6,325 bal-
lots and as of Monday
accepted 1,154, about
18.3% return.
“We do have a tax mea-
sure and have a contested
race for Port of Morrow
for port commissioner,”
she said.
Morrow County voters
will decide on renewing
the 39-cent levy to fund
the hospital in Heppner,
three clinics across the
county and county-wide
ambulance services. Mor-
row County residents John
Murray and Debbie Radie
are contending for Position
5 on the Port of Morrow
Board of Commissioners.
Write-in votes could
decide most of the races,
which primarily consists
of school boards and small
taxing districts. If no one
fi les for a seat, county elec-
tions offi cials look to the
write-ins to determine the
winner, then contact win-
ners to fi nd out whether
the person accepts the
position.
If the winner declines,
the board, council or com-
mission in charge of the
seat makes an appointment.
Ballots are due to
county elections offi ces or
drop boxes by 8 p.m the
night of the election.
•Portfolio Recovery Associates LLC vs. Raul Ibar-
ra Perez: seeks $1,962.84.
•Lakeview Loan Servicing LLC vs. Olga G. Izqui-
erdo of Hermiston and all others claiming right,
title, lien or interest: seeks $192,087.11.
•LVNV Funding LLC vs. Tim McCarty: seeks
$1,742.65.
•Crown Asset Management LLC vs. Daniel G.
Weitzel of Hermiston: seeks $2,425.02.
•Eastern Oregon Trade & Event Center vs. Phil-
adelphia Indemnity Insurance Company and
Randy Hull: seeks $28,480.
•TD Bank USA vs. Velana O. Trejo (Velana
McMinn, Velana Schuler) of Hermiston: seeks
$1,272.44.
•Credits Inc. vs. Sandra Garcia Garduno and Felix
Rios of Umatilla: seeks $9,276.48.
•Credits Inc. vs. Ramon B. Leon of Hermiston:
seeks $1,291.86.
Judgments
PENDLETON — The following judgments
have been rendered in Umatilla County
courts (interest, court costs and fees not
listed):
•Capital One Bank vs. Derek L. Portillo of Hermis-
ton: judgment for $4,350.63.
•Discover Bank vs. Lamont Prophet of Hermis-
ton: judgment for $4,907.86.
•Ray Klein Inc. vs. Rena L. Blouin: judgment for
$3,533.36.
•United Finance Co. vs. Kaari Larson and Lacy
Brooks of Hermiston: judgment for $4,047.25.
•Ray Klein Inc. vs. Ellyn P. Clausen of Hermiston:
judgment for $339.98.
•Credits Inc. vs. Ana Arechiga of Boardman:
judgment for $479.65.
Marriages
PENDLETON — Marriage licenses have been
registered in Umatilla County for:
Shawn Alan Hensley, 30, and Michelle Lane
Adams, 40, both of Hermiston.
Daniel F.L. Robinson, 22, and Asia Reann Gould,
21, both of Irrigon.
Jose M. Rangel, 49, and Benezoete Gomes, 41,
both of Hermiston.
Brandon Nicholas Wood, 24, and Andrea Aman-
da Martinez, 23, both of Hermiston.
Gerardo Guzman-Ceniceros, 40, and Alejandra
B. Aviles Gonzalez, 27, both of Hermiston.
Eric Lee Taft, 35, and Hailey Nicole Barnett, 26,
both of Hermiston.
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BY HERMISTON HERALD
A Umatilla couple died
inside their burning home
Sunday evening in what
appeared to be an acciden-
tal fi re.
Roger Frances, 67, and
Ruth Frances, 68, were
found deceased inside the
home they owned at 125
John Day St. The fi re is
still under investigation,
but a news release from the
Umatilla Police Department
stated it “is believed that
this is no more than a tragic
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building was minimal but it
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public works superinten-
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2013.
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