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DEATH NOTICES John Lyle Burcham, of Madras
Deaths of note from around theworld:
Jan. 20, 1932 - Sept. 1, 2014 Arrangements: Bel-Air Colonial Funeral Home, 541-475-2241 Services: Funeral services will be held on Monday, September 8, 2014 at 2:00 PM at Bel-Air Colonial Chapel in Madras.
Edgar Steele, 69: Lawyer who once represented Aryan Nations founder Rich-
tina's much-loved and influential rock star who was the leader of the acclaimed band
was sentenced to 50 years in
and a former chief speechwrit-
cent summer harvest.
prison for plotting to kill his wife. Died in federal prison in
er for Nelson A. Rockefeller. Died Saturday in Albany, New
Pendleton Grain Growers Inc., the longtime local farm-
California.
York.
ers' cooperative with roots
Gustavo Cerati, 55: Argen-
ByElaine Woo
and their goals," author C.
Los Ange(es Times
Courtney Joyner, who inter-
viewed McLaglen for his book V. McLaglen, a prolific veteran "The Westerners," said Thursof westerns, action films and day. "For all its brutalities, the television who directed many dream-promise of the Amerof dassic Hollywood's most ican West was something he enduring stars — including believed in, even when it was John Wayne, Robert Mitchum out of fashion." and William Holden — died He was the son of British Aug. 30 at his home in Friday actor Victor McLaglen, who Harbor, Wash. He was 94. won an Oscar as an Irish rebMcLaglen died in his sleep el in Ford's "The Informer" of natural causes, said his (1935). Born in London on July daughter Mary McLaglen. 28, 1920, Andrew was 5 when Apprenticing under legend- his father moved the family to ary directors John Ford and Hollywood. William Wellman, McLaglen He attended the Cate School was one of the last to special- in Carpinteria and the Uniize in the western. versity of Virginia, dropping H is best-known work i n out after a year to pursue film cludes: "McClintock!" (1963), directing. After working as a "Hellfighters" (1968), "The gofer at Republic Pictures, he Undefeated" (1969), "Chi- became an assistant director sum" (1970) and "Cahill U.S. for Ford on "The Quiet Man," Marshal" (1973), all starring a 1952 romantic comedy starWayne; "Shenandoah" (1965), ring Wayne and Maureen starring James Stewart; and O'Hara. 96 episodes of "Gunsmoke," Through Wayne, McLathe long-running TV western glen directed his first feature, starring James Arness. a noirish crime movie called Although he said he never "Man in the Vault" (1956), intended to concentrate on the which starred William Campwestern, he brought old-fash- bell and Anita Ekberg. It was LOS ANGELES — Andrew
— From wire reports
It was Arness who recom-
mended McLaglento CBS to direct a couple of episodes of "Gunsmoke." Over the next
decade McLaglen was behind more wagon t r ains, c attle drives and shootouts than he
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came largely as a shock in downtown Athena, tucked
"You can imagine, the impact is great. There's no other business that supplies those things. PGG was the main one."
behind miles of fresh-cut wheat fields following the re-
— Margaret Hansell, president of the Athena Chamber of Commerce
they depend on those jobs." dating back to the Great DeFor its part, PGG has statpression, planned to close its ed the co-op understands the retail store on Main Street impact losing these stores where many in the small will have on communities. c ommunity shopped f o r The board of directors intheir home, garden and agri- cludes one member, McKencultural needs. zie Hansell, who lives in AthOfficials with PGG made ena and two others in neighthe announcement Aug. 14 boring Helix, where the store after months of trying to find servedresidents and farmers a buyer for each of six AG in the area. Supply locations. Stores in Spokeswoman M addee Pendleton, Hermiston and M oore said t h e c o -op i s M ilton-Freewater ar e a l s o simply unable to continue slated to close Friday. operating retail and moved Losing retail hurts in ev- forward with clearing inery community, but especial- ventory in Athena. But that ly tiny Athena — population doesn't mean somebody else
not only the 96 episodes of
of "Have Gun — Will Travel," starring Richard Boone as the
must drive 22 miles roundtrip to Milton-Freewater or
said. Gathered
gentlemanly gunslinger Paladin. He also helmed half a dozen episodes of "Rawhide"
36 miles to and from Pendleton to buy things like paint, irrigation or livestock supplies. Or even a hammer.
"Gunsmoke" but 116 episodes
One of the director's last major
dent of the Athena Chamber
will have to start planning
University in La Grande.
nity. The more vibrant Main
movies, including "The Devil's Brigade" (1968), featuring Holden as the head of a com-
projects was the 1982 miniseries "The Blue and the Gray," a Civil War saga with an allstar cast that included Gregory Peck as Abraham Lincoln.
McLaglen, who was married four times, retired in the early 1990s and moved full time to San Juan Island in Washing-
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Bonifer said. Athena native and state S en. Bill H ansell — M a r -
garet's husband and McKenzie's uncle — remembers back when the store was
Rogers 8 Goodman Hardware, an International Harvester dealer.
Hansell's g r a n dfather, M.W. Hansell, used to own the hardware store before it was sold to PGG sometime
in the 1950s. The store has always been a cornerstone of the community, Bill Hansell said.
of easy to take for granted," Wedn e sday he said. "You find out how
mando unit charged with capturing a Nazi stronghold.
starring the then-little-known Clint Eastwood. He directed several w ar
more business for everybody. "It's just nice to have our streets full and thriving,"
"PGG has been a very into the storefront, she said. "That option has been on valuable place. It's always That means residents the table since May," Moore been there, and it's been sort
morning at the Sugar Shack Espresso Bar not far from PGG, friends Cahill, Ellamae Kennedy, Carol Judkins The result h i t s r e sidents and Karen Montee said they at the gas pump and takes hear rumors about what will further income out of the come of the building, but so community. far no action. "You can imagine, the imThey agreed the store pact is great," said Margaret filled a serious need in the Hansell, who serves as presi- community. Without it, they
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A THENA —
1,200 — where many items carried at PGG are not available anywhere else in town.
ever dreamed of, directing
ton, where he satisfied some of his creative yearnings by and a certain tough-guy hu- would earn critical praise as directing a variety of local mor to the genre well past its a writer and director of west- theater productions, including heyday. erns. Wayne guaranteed the comedies by Neil Simon. "As westerns, through di- financing. Besides his daughter Mary, rectors like Anthony Mann, McLaglen directed his first he is survived by daughter Sergio Leone and Sam Peck- western with his next f i lm, Sharon Lannan, son Josh Mcinpah, became more harsh, "Gun the Man Down" (1956), Laglen, stepdaughter Laura McLaglen retained an opti- which starred Arness and An- Geniuch, 10 grandchildren mism about his characters, gie Dickinson. and two great-grandchildren.
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bankrupted the white supremacist group and later
ard Butler in a l awsuit that
McLaglen,who directedthe likes of JohnWayneand Clint Eastwood
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Soda Stereo. Died Thursday in Buenos Aires, four years after lapsing into a coma. Joseph E. Persico, 84: Biographer and popular historian
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ioned star power, solid craft
Farm store'sdosing isa harshblow to a tinytown
much you'll miss it when it's gone." At the same time, Hansell
said he realizes the co-op felt, businesswise, this was the best decision. Travis Glover, who works maintenance for the Athena Weston School District,
said he would visit the PGG store at least once per week
for parts and tools. Some of shopping trips to stores Ath- the smaller items will still be other business that supplies ena just doesn't have. available at the local NAPA "We'll just miss PGG, be- Auto Parts store, he said, but those things. PGG was the main one." cause it was so handy for all he figures he'll travel out of The store also employed those little things," said Ken- town for other supplies. "It was nice to have the three local full-time work- nedy, who first came to Athers, as well as seasonal help. ena in 1950. "It was a shock, convenience of it, plus it gave Janet Cahill, a retired school after all these years." us some jobs," Glover said. teacher, said her grandson Vicki Bonifer, part-owner "As far as just having an allused to work i n t h e store of the Sugar Shack, said the around store like PGG was, while visiting over the sum- closing is a blow to the rest it might take some travel to mer from Eastern Oregon of the local business commu- Milton-Freewater to pick up of Commerce. "There's no
"I'm disappointed for the employment of the people
Athena can attract, she said.
there," Cahill said. "Because
And more visitors means
Street is, the more visitors
some stuff."
"Unless you know someone who delivers," he added with a laugh.
WEST NEWS
Convicted killer extradited to California to face additional murdercharges By Veronica Rocha
tral Valley, however, worked
Los Angeles Times
with the U.S. Marshal's Service to bring Martinez, 52, to California on Wednesday
A man who allegedly told authorities he had been a hit man for a Mexican drug cartel has been extradited to California to face multiple counts of murder for a string of killings that plagued the Central Valley for three decades, officials said Friday.
to face charges for shooting, sometimes stabbing, nine men to death, according to the Tulare County Sheriff's
Department. The California k illings
nine other states. In C a lifornia, M a r tinez
is charged with nine felony counts of murder and a count
of attempted murder — all which were allegedly done for financial gain. One of the nine men was 29-year-old Domingo Perez, who had been reported miss-
ing by his family in 1995 and was later found dead with multiple gunshot wounds gro," or the black hand, had bara counties, ending in 2011 in an orange grove north of been housed at an Alabama where it started. Richgrove in Tulare County. prison, where he was servAuthorities say Martinez, a Santiago Perez, 56, of Prxbed enforcerforan ley was at home with his ing a50-year sentence forthe self-descri March 2013 shooting death of unnamed Mexican drug car- four children when he shot began in the 1980s in Tulare
WEST NEWS
Jose Manuel M a r t inez, County, then moved through n icknamed "El M an o N e - parts of Kern and Santa Bar-
Inaction onCalifornia's Salton Seacould cause 'catastrophicchange,' report says
Jose Ruiz. Authorities from the Cen-
tel, is also a person of interest
to death in his bed on Feb. 14,
for homicides in Florida and
2000.
LOCAL BRIEFING
workers begin dismantling the last concretedam onW hychus Creek. The closure includes all the woods bordered byForest Roads 300,1505and1605, as well as Whychus Creek,according to the Deschutes National Forest. The exact time the closure will be lifted has yet to bebeendetermined. The removal of PineMeadow Ranch damwill help the restoration of13 miles of spawning and rearing habitat for Chinook salmon, steelheadand trout. Pine MeadowRanch has worked with the UppersDeschutes WatershedCouncil, the Deschutes National Forest and the Deschutes RiverConservancy to restore the fishery along the creek.
7 a.m. and 2 p.m. for repairs to a survey monument. Wednesday the intersection of NWMaple Avenue and22nd Street will be completely closed from 9 a.m.to approximately noon. Adetour will begin at NWNickernut for those on 22nd, diverting traffic down NW19th Street. For more information go to http:I/ci.redmond. or.us/government/departments/ public-works/transportation-division/road-work-closures-andlane-restrictions.
By Tony Perry
health, property values, ag-
Los Ange(es Times
ricultural production, recre-
ational assets, as well as the ecology, could cost $29 billion to $70 billion over 30 years, to continue deteriorating will according to the report, which cost even more in unemploy- was financed by the U.S. Bument, property values and reau of Reclamation. "The assumption seems to damage to public health, according to a study released be that delaying action at the Wednesday. Salton Sea will result in busiStraddling Riverside and ness as usual, with no ad¹i Imperial counties, the Salton tional costs," the report warns.
2003 water sale between the Imperial I r r igation D i strict
SAN DIEGO — Saving the
and theSan Diego County Wa-
beleaguered Salton Sea will be expensive, but allowing it
ter Authority has led to a re-
Sea has never attracted the political constituency of other
large bodies of water in California,suchasLakeTahoe,the Sacramento-San JoaquinDel-
ta or San Francisco Bay. Studies have been done and largely ignored, the report by the Pacific Institute, an Oakl and e n v ironmental t h i n k tank, points out.
But the rotten-egg stench inflicted on much of Southern California in 2012 by the sea
is only a sample of what is to come if the report, titled "Hazard's Toll: The Costs of Inaction
at the Salton Sea," is correct. A Salton Sea revitalization
plan endorsed by the California Natural Resources Agency in 2007 is now estimated at $10 billion, with costs adjusted for
2013, the report says. But the damage to public
duction in agricultural runoff needed to replenish the sea. For the first 15 years of the
45-year deal, the irrigation district was required to put water into the Salton Sea to compen-
sate for the loss of runoff. But that clause in the deal expires in 2017, which could lead to the
"This is clearly not the case."
sea rapidly shrinking. Although the sea's woes The water deal included a have long been pointed out, promise from the state to step the Pacific Institute contends up its efforts on the Salton Sea. that it is entering "a period But so far, the state has not fulof very rapid deterioration," filled that promise. with salinity destined to triple. With the 2017 deadline apMore dried seabed will also proaching, the Imperial Irrigabe exposed to the air, leading tion District and the Imperial to 100 tons of dust full of sedi- County Board of Supervisors ment and small-grain particles — two bodies often at political blowing into the air every day. odds — agreed last year on The Salton Sea was formed a plan to raise money for the in 1905 when th e C olora- Salton Sea by encouraging addo River jumped its banks ditional geothermal energy exand flowed north into a dry ploration on the eastern edge lakebed. Shallow, s a lty, of the sea. Money would come tea-colored and covering 350 from energy sales. square miles, the sea has no But the regular legislative source of fresh water, existing session in S acramento this mainly on agricultural run- year ended with no action on off and as a terminus for the a bill that would have required noxious New River as it winds north from Mexicali.
utilities to buy a p ortion of
their energy from geothermal As the report points out, the sources.
Continued from Br
Miller will take over the position held by BarbaraHaslinger, who retired June 30following a judicial career of 23 years in Deschutes County. Miller is a Marine Corpsveteran who received his undergraduate degree from Linfield College and his law degreefrom Willamette University College of Law. He began private practice as a litigator for Schwabe,Williamson 8 Wyatt and transferred to the firm's Bend office in 2006. Miller won the racefor Haslinger's position in the May election and wasappointed by Gov. John Kitzhaber to serve the remainder of Haslinger's term due to her retirement. Under normal circumstances, Miller wouldn't have beensworn in until January.
WhychusCreek dam dismantling to degin A portion of the Deschutes National Forest near Sisters will be closedfrom5p.m.Sundayto Monday evening asconstruction
Corvette clud donates $10,000 to KIDSCenter
The High Desert Corvette Club, along with Chevrolet of Bend, donated $10,000 to the KIDS Center of Bendlast week. The moneywas raised at the club's event, Corvettes on the Street closures for High Desert, which was held this Redmondroadwork July. It was the most the club has Redmond motorists should ever raised for a charity at the be on the lookout for barricades biennial event. and flaggers Tuesdayand In the past, the club has raised Wednesday, asstreet projects in money for the Ronald McDonald select areas will require closures. House Charities and theCrystal Tuesday the intersection at NE Peaks Youth Ranch,among other Negus Wayand Ninth Street will organizations. — Sulletin staff reports be restricted to one lanebetween