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NORTHWEST East Oregonian Page 2A Thursday, January 5, 2017 Police ID officers involved in fatal Bend shooting More crab boats drop anchors amid West Coast price dispute BEND (AP) — Oregon State Police officials have identified the Bend officers involved in a fatal shooting during a traffic stop. Officers Scott Schaier and Marc Tisher pulled over Michael Jacques for driving erratically on Dec. 23, OSP said, and one or both officers deployed a Taser and Schaier fired his gun. Police are not releasing details on how many shots were fired, how many hit the 31-year-old Jacques, what Jacques did to escalate the situation or what the officers did to try to de-escalate it, reported The Bend Bulletin. Bend Police Chief Jim Porter declined to comment on the specifics of the case but said the investigation hasn’t turned up anything worrisome so far. He said both officers have a good history with the department. “I’m not worried about the facts of the case,” Porter said. “I have no concerns about the facts of the case.” The officers weren’t formally interviewed with investigators until six days after the shooting. Department policy provides officers By PHUONG LE Associated Press SEATTLE — Dungeness crab could be harder to come by if hundreds of fishing boats remain tied up at docks from California to Washington state by a dispute between crabbers and seafood processors over the price of the sought-after crustaceans. Crab fleets that have been fishing in parts of Oregon and near San Francisco are now anchored, and other vessels in Washington state and Northern California have opted not to go out as their season gears up, said John Corbin, a commercial crab fisherman in Warrenton, Oregon, and chairman of the Oregon Dungeness Crab Commission. “We have about 1,200 boats that are tied up and are willing to stay tied up until processors bring the price back to $3 (a pound)” from the latest offer of $2.75, Corbin said Tuesday. At Fisherman’s Wharf in San Francisco, crab pots remained stacked up along the docks during what typically would be a busy season. From Half Moon Bay, Cali- fornia, to Westport, Washington, crabbers said they would stay put. Larry Andre, a commercial crab fisherman in Half Moon Bay who had been fishing since November, said he supports the strike. “We’re tying up because they’ve asked us — other ports — to support them,” Andre said. It doesn’t sound like much, but a quarter drop in price is a lot when thousands of pounds of crab is involved, he said, adding that the situation is a lot harder on those who have not yet started crabbing. The commercial Dungeness AP Photo/Eric Risberg Crab pots sit on a processing pier and the back of a boat at Fish- erman’s Wharf Tuesday in San Francisco. Dungeness crab could be harder to come by if fishers from Canada to Northern Califor- nia continue their strike over the purchase price. crab season along the West Coast opened in waves this year, and crabbers had been getting $3 a pound, Corbin and other fishermen said. In some parts of Washington, Oregon and California, crabbing was delayed as state officials tested for domoic acid to ensure crabs were safe to eat. Just before Christmas, Pacific Choice Seafood in Eureka, Cali- fornia, dropped the price to $2.75 a pound to local fishermen, said Ken Bates, vice president of the Humboldt Fishermen’s Marketing Association. Dungeness prices could go lower in following seasons if that lower price holds, he worried. “When Pacific Group decided in Humboldt County to reduce the price, they figured that this place would fold,” Bates said. “It didn’t. Fisherman didn’t go fishing for that price.” Dan Occhipinti, general counsel for Oregon-based Pacific Seafood, which owns Pacific Choice, said in an emailed statement Wednesday buyers and sellers each have to decide what they think the market will support. “It can be challenging to find the right balance, but we’re confi- dent that at the end of the day, consumers will get wholesome, sustainably harvested Dungeness crab at a price they can afford,” he wrote. Strikes have happened before as Dungeness crab fishermen and seafood processers haggle over the opening price of the sweet crustacean. It remains unclear what impact it will have on supply. Tribal fleets in Washington state continue to crab, and crabbing is happening in Puget Sound as well. So there is some crab on the market. Early 2017 snowstorm pounds southern, central Oregon MEDFORD (AP) — A major winter storm slammed Medford with its snowiest day in nearly a century. More than 8 inches fell at the local airport from midnight Monday to midnight Tuesday, according to the National Weather Service. The only day with more snow was Dec. 11, 1919, when 11 inches fell. The Mail Tribune reports up to 3 additional inches could fall Wednesday morning in Medford, Ashland and Grants Pass, and up to 18 more inches could fall higher up along the Siskiyou Pass and around Crater Lake. Rogue Valley residents should see some clearing by afternoon as the system moves east. Interstate 5 remained closed Wednesday morning near the California state line because of dangerous driving conditions in Northern California on the Anderson Grade, which spans Girl, 8, killed when tree crashes into home OTIS (AP) — High winds toppled a towering evergreen tree onto a house near the Oregon coast, killing an 8-year-old girl who was inside, authorities said Wednesday. Zaylee Schlect was taken to a hospital, but she could not be saved. The girl’s father, a volunteer firefighter, was working Tuesday and responded with other crews to the 11:15 p.m. call in the town of Otis that a girl was trapped. About 18 firefighters cut limbs with chain saws and pulled them away to free Zaylee. She had been sleeping in her bedroom that she shares with her younger sister, who was not injured, when the tree smashed into the one-story home. Zaylee’s two younger brothers and her mother were also in the home and were not injured, Capt. Jim Kusz of North Lincoln Fire & Rescue said in a statement. Red Cross volunteers assisted the family with temporary housing. Kusz said he estimated the tree to be around 70 feet high and 42 inches across. He said it was downed by high winds that also brought down power lines and other smaller trees in the area. “We had very high winds here last night, and snow on the coast, which is a very rare event,” Kusz said over the phone. Pam Farrar told KGW-TV said she heard the crash and then people screaming to call 911. She tearfully told the station she feels bad because she told a little girl her sister was going to be OK. The winter storm downed trees throughout the state on Tuesday. Didn’t receive your paper? Call 1-800-522-0255 before noon Tuesday through Friday or before 10 a.m. Saturday for same-day redelivery — Founded Oct. 16, 1875 — 211 S.E. Byers Ave., Pendleton 541-276-2211 333 E. 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Single copy price: $1 Tuesday through Friday, $1.50 Saturday Copyright © 2017, EO Media Group TODAY FRIDAY Sunshine and quite cold Partly sunny and frigid SATURDAY SUNDAY Very cold; a bit of p.m. snow Cold with icy mix PENDLETON TEMPERATURE FORECAST 17° 23° 5° 5° 22° 18° 28° 26° 35° 29° HERMISTON TEMPERATURE FORECAST 17° 21° 8° PENDLETON through 3 p.m. yesterday TEMPERATURE HIGH LOW 16° 40° 69° (2012) 13° 26° -9° (2004) PRECIPITATION 24 hours ending 3 p.m. Month to date Normal month to date Year to date Last year to date Normal year to date Trace 0.11" 0.24" 0.11" 0.01" 0.24" HERMISTON through 3 p.m. yesterday TEMPERATURE HIGH Yesterday Normals Records LOW 23° 40° 64° (1989) 15° 27° -4° (1942) PRECIPITATION 24 hours ending 3 p.m. Month to date Normal month to date Year to date Last year to date Normal year to date 0.00" 0.10" 0.16" 0.10" 0.01" 0.16" SUN AND MOON Sunrise today Sunset tonight Moonrise today Moonset today First Full 19° 17° 26° 24° 7:36 a.m. 4:26 p.m. 11:44 a.m. none Last New Spokane Wenatchee 13/1 14/1 Tacoma Moses 33/18 Lake Pullman Aberdeen Olympia Yakima 15/1 14/6 36/24 34/20 21/-2 Longview Kennewick Walla Walla 32/17 Lewiston 17/8 17/6 Astoria 16/9 39/24 Portland Enterprise Hermiston 33/18 Pendleton 14/-2 The Dalles 17/8 17/5 22/6 La Grande Salem 16/4 33/16 Albany Corvallis 30/14 32/15 John Day 23/5 Ontario Eugene Bend 14/-9 31/13 16/1 Caldwell Burns 16/-10 10/-17 Jan 12 Jan 19 Jan 27 Astoria Baker City Bend Brookings Burns Enterprise Eugene Heppner Hermiston John Day Klamath Falls La Grande Meacham Medford Newport North Bend Ontario Pasco Pendleton Portland Redmond Salem Spokane Ukiah Vancouver Walla Walla Yakima Hi 39 7 16 43 10 14 31 15 17 23 20 16 16 30 37 42 14 21 17 33 18 33 13 16 33 17 21 Lo 24 -10 1 26 -17 -2 13 4 8 5 -7 4 4 13 24 24 -9 5 5 18 -6 16 1 -1 15 8 -2 W pc pc pc s pc pc s pc pc pc s pc pc s s s pc pc pc s pc s pc pc s pc s Hi 43 4 25 44 7 17 35 23 21 26 22 17 17 32 42 45 5 20 23 35 24 34 16 22 34 24 18 Today Beijing Hong Kong Jerusalem London Mexico City Moscow Paris Rome Seoul Sydney Tokyo Lo 22 67 41 29 48 -4 24 26 30 67 35 W c pc pc s pc sn s s pc sh s Lo 28 -11 8 37 -15 5 22 5 8 11 8 9 8 26 30 33 -9 4 5 23 4 22 2 6 23 11 1 W c s s pc s s pc s s s pc s s s c pc s s s pc s pc pc s pc s pc Fri. 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University of Oregon law professor Carrie Leonetti countered that that theory “flies in the face” of nearly all social science research. Leonetti said via email that there are studies that claim the delay enhances accuracy, but questioned their validity. “They are widely criticized as lacking good methodology, because they were conducted by people with ties to law enforcement and lack any meaningful peer review of their findings,” Leonetti wrote. Despite the 48-hour rule, Porter said officers did do an initial inter- view with on-scene investigators to go over the basics of what happened like whether they fired their weapons, how many times they shot and if there was a weapon on scene that needed to be accounted for. 0 8 a.m. 10 a.m. Noon 2 p.m. 4 p.m. 6 p.m. 0-2, Low 3-5, Moderate 6-7, High; 8-10, Very High; 11+, Extreme The higher the AccuWeather.com UV Index™ num- ber, the greater the need for eye and skin protection. 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