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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2019
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OBITUARIES
Richard Ernest ‘Rich’ Betz
Hermiston
January 17, 1943 — November 26, 2019
Richard Ernest Betz including Hermiston School
(Rich) was born January 17, Board, Oregon Potato Com-
1943, in Bremerton, Wash- mission and National Potato
ington, to Ernest and Edna Board, where Rich trav-
Betz.
eled extensively
Rich’s young-
and was proud of
est years were
the accomplish-
spent in the lower
ments
towards
Yakima
valley,
opening up for-
eventually ending
eign trade borders
up and graduating
for U.S. potato
from high school
products. In 1985
in Quincy, Wash-
Rich was recog-
ington, in 1961.
nized as Hermis-
Betz
Rich was a mul-
ton’s businessman
tiple sport athlete
of the year. Most
and state cham-
recently Rich was
pion wrestler. Rich
very proud to be
was active in 4-H,
presented the Dia-
FFA and had a
mond
Pioneer
passion for raising
award by Oregon
and showing cattle around State University.
the state. After high school,
Rich ended up stepping
Rich attended Washington away from the business
State University, graduating somewhat in early 2000 to
in 1965 with a B.S. degree in spend more time with The-
agricultural economics.
resa, who had fought several
While in college Rich bouts of cancer, which even-
was enrolled in ROTC, after tually took her life in 2008.
graduating Rich served his Up until his own death, how-
country in the Vietnam War ever, Rich stayed up to date
as second lieutenant in the with all of the dealings of
U.S. Army infantry/air- the packing shed and farm-
borne division. While serv- ing operations being run by
ing, Rich was recognized for his son Troy and his business
his willingness to go “above partner Greg Juul (McDe-
and beyond” the call of duty, vitt’s nephew), and always
receiving two Bronze Stars made himself available for
to commemorate his efforts. his perspective and opin-
In 1969 Rich married ion regarding strategic deci-
Theresa Faulk in Grand- sions and direction of the
view, Washington. Shortly businesses.
after marriage, the cou-
Rich was preceded in
ple followed Rich’s par- death by his parents, wife
ents to Hermiston with the Theresa, and brother John.
idea of trying center pivot Left behind to carry on his
irrigation to produce pota- relentless sense of personal
toes for a fresh pack facility values, integrity and kind-
that Ernest was in the pro- ness to others are his lov-
cess of building known as ing companion and fi ancé
Royal Pak. Rich called upon Patty Matheny; sister Kath-
his college roommate and ryn Niessner; son Troy
long-time friend Walt “Bud” (Lisa) Betz; daughter Tricia
McDevitt to move to Herm- (Todd) Vallie; grandchildren
iston and help get the oper- Taylor Betz, 21, Blake Betz,
ation started. Rich and Walt 17, Tyson Fenley, 18, Ashlee
ended up forming a busi- Fenley, 13, Kristina Cagle,
ness partnership, buying the 27, and Jacob Vallie, 18; and
packing facility from Rich’s several nieces and nephews.
parents (now known as Bud-
In lieu of fl owers, the
Rich Potato), and develop- family would request that
ing an irrigated farm along memorial
contributions
the Columbia River known be sent in Rich’s honor to
as Royale Columbia Farms. Made To Thrive, Mead-
Rich and Walt remained owood Speech Camp, Trin-
loyal business partners and ity Lutheran Church or any
best of friends through the other charity of personal
tumultuous cycles of agri- preference.
culture, well known for their
Visitation will be on
honesty, integrity and chari- Thursday, December 5,
table spirit.
2019, from 1 p.m. until
Rich and Theresa had 6 p.m. at Burns Mortuary
two children, son Troy born chapel, Hermiston, Ore-
in 1970 and daughter Tri- gon. A celebration of life
cia born in 1974. Both chil- service will be held on Fri-
dren graduated from Herm- day, December 6, 2019, at
iston High School as well as 10:30 a.m. at New Hope
Washington State University. Community Church, 1350
Rich and Theresa were very S. Highway 395, Hermis-
devoted parents, seeing to it ton, Oregon. A private fam-
that there was always at least ily burial will be held at the
one of them in the stands for Hermiston Cemetery, Herm-
every game, recital, horse iston, Oregon.
show or any other event that
Please share memories of
Troy and Tricia might be Rich at burnsmortuaryherm-
involved with along the way. iston.com. Arrangements by
Rich served on numer- Burns Mortuary of Hermis-
ous boards and committees ton, Oregon.
Patricia F. ‘Pat’ Brown
Hermiston
August 16, 1942 — November 27, 2019
Patricia F. “Pat” Brown
One of the ways that
of Hermiston, Oregon, was she expressed her love was
born on August 16, 1942, in through cooking, and if you
Ava, Missouri, to parents were fortunate enough to be
George and Rachel
in her family or
Privett Rowe. She
circle of friends
died on November
you were always
27, 2019, in Herm-
well fed.
iston, Oregon, at
She is sur-
the age of 77 years.
vived by her hus-
Pat was raised
band of 52 years,
and
attended
Norm
Brown,
school in Ord-
Hermiston, Ore.;
Brown
nance before grad-
sons
Roger
uating from Herm-
Brown and wife
iston High School in the Tina, Jeremiah Brown, and
class of 1960. She was Joshua Brown and wife
united in marriage to Nor- Heather, and daughters
man “Norm” Brown on Dawna Martin and husband
January 24, 1967, in Lewis- Todd, and Robin Surber and
ton, Idaho. They made their husband Dug, all of Herm-
home in Hermiston.
iston, Ore.; sister Vickie
While for the majority Clark, La Grande, Ore.; nine
of her life she was a stay at grandchildren; and numer-
home mom, raising their fi ve ous nieces and nephews.
children, she also served in
Pat was preceded in death
the cafeteria for the Hermis- by her parents.
ton School District.
A private burial will be
She enjoyed reading, at the Hermiston Cemetery,
cooking, baking, singing, Hermiston, Oregon.
puzzles and sewing.
Please share memories of
Pat’s joy was her family Pat with her family at burns-
and she loved spending time mortuaryhermiston.com.
with her children, grand-
Arrangements by Burns
children, and other family Mortuary of Hermiston,
Oregon.
members.
Tuesday, Nov. 26
4:25 p.m.— Someone called
the Hermiston Police Depart-
ment to report that three
small children were sitting
alone inside a parked vehicle
on North First Street.
5:03 p.m.— Hermiston police
were unable to locate a
reportedly intoxicated driver
on East Newport Avenue.
5:21 p.m.— A fi ght was
reported on West Ridgeway
Avenue.
5:35 p.m.—On North First
Street, a domestic distur-
bance was reported.
Wednesday, Nov. 27
12:36 p.m.— An assault was
reported on West Madrona
Avenue.
1:09 p.m.— An assault was
reported on Southeast Sec-
ond Street.
2:00 p.m.— Some people
were reportedly peeking
into a man’s windows on
West Orchard Avenue.
8:54 p.m.— A domestic
disturbance was reported on
West Ridgeway Avenue.
9:22 p.m.— Police again
responded to West Ridge-
BIRTHS
way Avenue for a domestic
disturbance.
Thursday, Nov. 28
2:40 a.m.— On East Beebe
Avenue, a domestic distur-
bance was reported.
9:18 p.m.— A man on East
Gladys Avenue was throw-
ing things out of his car at
another car.
Saturday, Nov. 30
9:44 a.m.— A burglary was
reported on Northeast North
Street.
3:03 p.m.— A fi ght was
reported on West Highland
Avenue.
Sunday, Dec. 1
11:44 a.m.— A fi ght was re-
ported on North First Street.
1:53 p.m.— A domestic
disturbance was reported on
Southeast Sixth Street.
Monday, Dec. 2
1:11 p.m. — A woman
asked to speak to a police
offi cer about someone who
has been trespassing on
her property on East Pine
Avenue.
6:11 p.m. — Child abuse/
neglect was reported on East
Beebe Avenue.
COURTS
Sentences
PENDLETON — The
following sentences have
been imposed in Umatilla
County courts:
FELONY
•Kimberlie Denise Tickerhoff ,
47, Hermiston, pleaded
guilty to Possession of Meth-
amphetamine: sentenced
to 18 months probation, 90
sanction units and 30 maxi-
mum jail units.
•Justin Curtis Knapp, 24,
Hermiston, pleaded guilty to
Possession of Stolen Vehicle:
sentenced to 18 months
Oregon Dept. of Corrections
(DOC), 1 year post-prison
supervision and $200 fi ne.
•Matthew Alvin Dale John-
son, 29, Hermiston, pleaded
guilty to Strangulation:
sentenced to 3 years proba-
tion, 180 sanction units, 90
maximum jail units, 40 hours
community service, $500
fi ne and $1,000 fi ne-sus-
pended.
•John Dario Godinez, 61,
Hermiston, pleaded guilty to
Driving While Suspended/
Revoked: sentenced to 3
years probation, 180 sanc-
tion units, 90 maximum jail
units, $2,000 fi ne and $3,000
fi ne-suspended; pleaded
guilty to Criminal Mischief II:
sentenced to $100 fi ne and
$654.20 restitution.
MISDEMEANOR
•Gulmaro Coria Hernandez,
35, Umatilla, pleaded guilty
to DUII: sentenced to 30 days
jail, 150 days jail-suspended,
2 years probation, 80 hours
community service, $900
fi ne, $1,600 fi ne-suspended
and 1 year driver’s license
suspension, plus court costs
and fees.
Suits Filed
PENDLETON — The follow-
ing suits have been fi led
in Umatilla County courts
(interest, court costs and
fees not listed):
•Cavalry SPV I LLC vs. Carol
Jones: seeks $13,717.17.
•Cavalry SPV I LLC vs. Jeff rey
McLaren: seeks $6,288.70.
•Bank of America N.A. vs. Eliz-
abeth Mari Low of Hermis-
ton: seeks $9,603.06.
•Cavalry SPV I LLC vs. Marla
Cabral: seeks $1,160.20.
•Discover Bank vs. Clyde A.
Perkins of Hermiston: seeks
$10,201.24.
•Barclays Bank Delaware vs.
Juan M. Ruiz of Hermiston:
seeks $3,157.24.
•U.S. Bank N.A. vs. the
unknown heirs and de-
visees of Leo L. Haskett;
unknown heirs and devisees
of Lawanda Haskett; the
unknown heirs and devisees
of Leo Haskett Jr.; Donna
Haskett; David Haskett; Cyrus
Haskett; Trevia Groesbeck;
the unknown heirs of Parley
Haskett; Twyla Haskett; the
unknown heirs and devisees
of Darlene M. Twidwell; State
of Oregon, and occupants
of the premises: seeks
$15,262.31.
•Midland Funding LLC vs.
Carol Jones of Umatilla:
seeks $14,296.72.
•Joanna C. Hayden vs. Brooke
C. Richardson: seeks $49,500.
•The Bluff s Owners Associa-
tion Inc. vs. Katherine Allyn
Pifer: seeks $1,483.63.
•Absolute Resolutions Invest-
ments LLC s. Chris Wallace of
Hermiston: seeks $5,340.15.
•Midland Funding Inc. vs.
Benjamin Taylor: seeks
$821.79.
•Credits Inc. vs. Tyler D.
Minton of Hermiston: seeks
$2,005.45.
•Credits Inc. vs. Roger D.
Pullen of Umatilla: seeks
$1,379.97.
•Credits Inc. vs. Maria
Lezama of Boardman: seeks
$3,490.52.
•Credits Inc. vs. Lukas J.
Hamner of Irrigon: seeks
$2,627.39.
•Credits Inc. vs. Veronica
Gonzalez of Stanfi eld: seeks
$1,219.12.
•Credits Inc. vs. Ebelin Orozco
Banuelos of Hermiston: seeks
$2,686.99.
•Merchants Acceptance
Corp. vs. Jeff ery and Cas-
sandra Evens of Hermiston:
seeks $2,862.85.
•Ray Klein Inc. dba Profes-
sional Credit Service vs.
Stevan Desjadon of Umatilla:
seeks $467.14.
•Jeff rey and Jennifer Lowry
of Hermiston vs. Joe Griffi n
dba Griffi n Motorsports of
Hermiston: seeks $9,682.
Judgments
PENDLETON — The follow-
ing judgments have been
rendered in Umatilla Coun-
ty courts (interest, court
costs and fees not listed):
•Ray Klein Inc. vs. Gwyneth
Franklin of Hermiston: judg-
ment for $948.89.
•Credits Inc. vs. Carmen
L. and Exodus M. Ramos
of Echo: judgment for
$1,162.61.
Divorces
PENDLETON — Divorce
decrees were signed in
Umatilla County Courts for:
Esmeralda Abygail Horn
an Casey Emmett Horn of
Umatilla; Lorena Barraza of
Hermiston and Cesar Barraza
of Lompoc, Calif.; Jamie D.
Murray of Boardman and Jo-
seph D. Murray of Pendleton;
Leonardo Garcilazo Barrera
of Hermiston and Cristina
Garcia Mendoza of Paterson,
Wash.
Good Shepherd Medical Center, Hermiston
NOV. 20, 2019
JIMENEZ HERNANDEZ — Yaneli Hernandez
Neri and Victor H.N. Honesto Jimenez of Hermiston: a
boy, Leonardo Noé Jimenez Hernandez.
DEATH NOTICE
Kathleen Joyce Trott
Umatilla
May 27, 1953 — Nov. 29, 2019
Kathleen Joyce Trott, 66, of Umatilla, died Friday,
Nov. 29, 2019, in Umatilla. She was born May 27,
1953, in Astoria. Services will be announced at a later
time. Arrangements by Burns Mortuary of Hermiston.
Why Oregon’s
Independent Party is
opening its primary
By JAKE THOMAS
OREGON CAPITAL BUREAU
SALEM — As the
number of Oregon voters
unaffi liated with a politi-
cal party rises, so has the
number of voters locked
out of a key part of the
electoral process. Ore-
gon’s third-largest politi-
cal party sees an opportu-
nity in that.
The Independent Party
of Oregon, the state’s larg-
est third party, is open-
ing its primary to the
state’s 948,697 voters not
registered with a party
— a third of the state’s
electorate.
“They’re the larg-
est group of voters and
the most disenfranchised
group of voters and they
deserve to be heard,” said
Sal Peralta, the party’s
secretary.
Under current law, the
two major parties could let
unaffi liated voters partici-
pate in their primary elec-
tions but don’t do so.
The number of voters
who chose not to pick a
party for voting purposes
has grown since Oregon
enacted its Motor Voter
Act in 2016. The law auto-
matically registers eligible
Oregonians to vote when
they renew a driver’s
license or ID card. Vot-
ers are automatically reg-
istered as unaffi liated with
the option to later select
party.
In December 2015,
there were 527,302 unaf-
fi liated voters — about a
quarter of the state’s 2.17
million voters at the time.
Now, there are 2.8 mil-
lion registered voters and
a greater proportion are
unaffi liated.
The Independent Party
lost its major party status
earlier this year when less
than 5% of voters picked
the party. The result was it
no longer was qualifi ed to
conduct primary elections
at public expense.
But Peralta said the
party is comfortable with
its return to a minor party
because it means the party
has free rein in how it con-
ducts its primary.
“We want to use it as an
opportunity to build coali-
tions and promote alterna-
tive voting systems,” he
said. “It’s a great organiz-
ing tool.”
The Democratic and
Republican parties hold
their taxpayer-funded pri-
maries in May. The Inde-
pendent Party, which now
has 124,777 registered
voters, expects to conduct
its primary in March using
the internet to deliver
ballots.
Oregon allows for
“fusion voting” where
candidates can be the
nominee for several par-
ties. One candidate, for
instance, can be the nom-
inee for both the Repub-
lican and Independent
parties. Peralta said his
party’s nomination holds
sway in competitive elec-
tions, and that more than
60 legislators, both Demo-
cratic and Republican, are
backed by the Indepen-
dent Party.
The party intends
to conduct its primary
using alternative voting
designed to factor in the
second and third choices
of voters. The party’s pri-
mary will feature candi-
dates for statewide offi ces
and president and allow
any unaffi liated voter to
participate.
The party will still use
a caucus, restricted to its
voters, to select candidates
for legislative offi ces.
Peralta said that noti-
fying the state’s 948,697
unaffi liated voters will be
a challenge and the party
will use paid social media
to reach them.
The Democrats and
Republicans have both
tried open primaries.
The Republican Party
opened its primary in 2012
for races for secretary of
state, attorney general
and treasurer. Kevin Hoar,
spokesman for the state
Republican Party, said that
there are no plans to open
the party’s primary.
Molly Woon, spokes-
woman for the Demo-
cratic Party of Oregon,
said the party’s central
committee earlier this
month decided not to
open its primary.
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