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DEQ continues
vapor investigation
Agency probes
for extent of
problem
Meeting for bighorn sheep, Rocky Mountain
goat hunters set for July 18 in The Dalles
By Angel Carpenter
Blue Mountain Eagle
SALEM – The 115 hunt-
ers who drew a bighorn sheep
or Rocky Mountain goat tag
are invited to an orientation
on July 18 at 9 a.m. in The
Dalles. The orientation is
required for all 2015 Rocky
Mountain goat hunters; sheep
hunters are strongly encour-
aged to attend.
Other interested hunters
are also welcome to attend.
The Oregon Chapter of
the Foundation for North
American
Wild
Sheep
(FNAWS) offers the orien-
tation in partnership with
ODFW.
Subjects covered include:
maps and areas to find sheep,
hunting ethics, marksman-
ship, survival, hiring an out-
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quirements and other topics.
The event will be held
at the Readiness Center,
Columbia Gorge Commu-
nity College, 400 E Sce-
By Angel Carpenter
Blue Mountain Eagle
JOHN DAY – The De-
partment of Environmental
Quality is continuing their
investigation of the noxious
fumes in southwest John
Day.
New manager Norman
Read takes over as proj-
ect leader, replacing Bryn
Thoms who is out of the
country.
Gasoline vapors have
caused discomfort for res-
idents, mainly in the 400 to
600 South Canyon Boule-
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ed their homes.
On June 11, the Environ-
mental Protection Agency
and DEQ held a public meet-
ing, where they reported
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and groundwater samples
and the information they
gathered led them to believe
Triangle Oil was the “possi-
ble responsible party.”
Read said that informa-
tion hasn’t changed, but they
have yet to determine the ex-
act source.
“We’ve installed, and are
now operating, two soil va-
por extraction systems, one
Wednesday, July 1, 2015
nic Drive. Hunters should
preregister by contacting
FNAWS’ George Houston
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ton@hevanet.com or Don
South, tel. 503-647-5954.
“Bighorn sheep and
Rocky Mountain goat hunts
are rare once-in-a-lifetime
tags, and the orientation
is meant to prepare lucky
hunters for this very special
experience,” says Jeremey
Thompson, ODFW district
wildlife biologist in The
Dalles.
Bighorn sheep died off
in Oregon in the 1940s due
to unregulated hunting and
their susceptibility to do-
mestic livestock diseases.
The first successful bighorn
sheep relocation in Oregon
occurred in 1954, when 20
California bighorns were
relocated from British Co-
lumbia to the Hart Mountain
National Antelope Refuge in
Lake County. Since then, the
population of bighorn sheep
has grown to an estimated
3,500-3,700 as a result of
ODFW’s aggressive resto-
ration efforts.
Rocky Mountain goats
were extirpated from Oregon
prior to or during European
settlement in the late 19th
century. The rarest game
animal hunted in the state
today, only 20 tags were
available for the 2015 sea-
son. Oregon’s current Rocky
Mountain goat population is
the result of reintroduction
efforts that began in 1950
when five goats were trans-
ported from Chopaka Moun-
tain in northern Washington
to the Wallowa Mountains.
Hunters have been instru-
mental in these species’ res-
toration to native habitat in
Oregon. Hunter purchases of
license and tags plus raffles
and auctions of these tags
each year have raised hun-
dreds of thousands of dollars
to fund bighorn sheep and
Rocky Mountain goat rein-
troductions to native habitat
in Oregon.
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Workers take soil and water samples in an area
behind the Grant County Library which will be
tested for the DEQ.
in the south area and one in
the north area,” Read said.
“The hope is that we’ll be
able to reduce the level of
gasoline vapor.”
Read said he is aware of
no new problems.
“We’re going to be doing
a new round of monitoring
well installation starting
Wednesday,” he said, “We
hope to determine the ex-
tent of contamination in the
groundwater.”
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dent they would pinpoint the
source of the problem this
week.
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Bill would allow dispensaries
to sell recreational marijuana
By Hillary Borrud
Capital Bureau
SALEM — All adults in
Oregon could purchase limit-
ed amounts of pot from med-
ical marijuana dispensaries
starting Oct. 1, under a bill on
its way to the state Senate.
The marijuana industry
pushed for lawmakers to al-
low earlier dispensary sales,
since Oregonians age 21 and
older can legally possess rec-
reational marijuana starting
on Wednesday . The state’s
new recreational marijuana
system will not launch until
sometime in 2016, so law-
makers have been searching
for an interim solution to en-
courage people to stop buy-
ing pot on the black market.
But lawmakers on a
House-Senate
committee
said they could not guaran-
tee that the full House and
Senate would pass the bill, if
the start date for the tempo-
rary recreational sales from
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dispensaries was earlier than
Oct. 1. Senate Bill 460, which
passed out of the committee
Thursday, would allow rec-
reational customers to pur-
chase cannabis seeds, plants
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to one-quarter ounce of mari-
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Also on Thursday, the Or-
egon House passed a bill to
replace the harvest tax on pot
in Measure 91 — the initia-
tive voters passed in Novem-
ber to legalize marijuana —
with a 17 percent sales tax
intended to generate roughly
the same amount of revenue.
A state economist said last
week the change could result
in cheaper marijuana, be-
cause the tax would not fac-
tor into markups, and might
ultimately raise more tax rev-
enue than the harvest tax.
The bill dealing with rec-
reational pot sales at dispen-
saries calls for the Oregon
Health Authority to adopt
rules to implement the tem-
porary sales.
Cities and counties could
opt out of the early sales,
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not to ban pot businesses in
the long run.
Sam Chapman, a mari-
juana lobbyist and business
consultant, pleaded with law-
makers on Thursday morning
to allow medical pot dispen-
saries to sell to recreational
customers as soon as a bill
would pass the Legislature.
Between medical marijuana
patients and designated care-
givers, more than 100,000
Oregonians can already pur-
chase products — including
the full array of marijuana
laced sodas, baked goods
and candies — from medi-
cal marijuana dispensaries
and Chapman said they will
face increased pressure from
their friends to illegally
share these products starting
July 1.
“It’s a dangerous situation
for patients,” Chapman said.
Monument School
celebrates 100 years
Blue Mountain Eagle
MONUMENT – A cen-
tennial anniversary celebra-
tion of Monument School,
including reunions of all
classes, is scheduled for this
weekend.
Everyone is welcome to
attend.
Registration will be held
at the school’s main building
4-7 p.m. Friday; visitors are
asked to avoid the gym as the
space will be used for an un-
related event that day.
Registration will continue
on Saturday at 9 a.m.
FAMILY
HEALTH
Tours will be held 10
a.m.-2 p.m Saturday, July 4.
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classmates to join together,
and pictures will be taken.
On Sunday morning, the
American Legion will hold
a pancake breakfast at the
school cafeteria.
Visitors to the reunion are
also encouraged to attend the
Monument Jubilee Fourth of
July events held all day Sat-
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works display.
For more information,
visit the Monument Jubilee
Facebook page.
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