Wednesday, November 2, 2016 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
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Girls soccer names five to all-league Ore. DA says gag-order
violates DA’s free speech
By Rongi Yost
Correspondent
The Lady Outlaws soccer
squad had five players receive
all-league recognition: Nika
Chick, Rylee Weber, Olivia
Hougham, Alexa Stewart and
Charlotte Barton.
Senior Nika Chick was
the lone Outlaw to earn first-
team honors. Chick was a
team captain and played at
the midfield position. Nika
averaged 11 shots on goal
per game and scored the most
goals for the Lady Outlaws
this season. The biggest and
best-remembered will be the
50-yard goal she made from
a free kick.
“Nika is an outstanding
player and will be missed
next year,” said Coach Jenna
Pike. “She led her team on
and off the field. She was
always aggressive on the field
without playing dirty. If other
girls played dirty, she would
out-skill them with her soccer
moves. She’s a very thought-
ful player and always knew
what her next move was on
the field.”
Rylee Weber and Olivia
Hougham earned second-
team honors.
Weber (junior) played at
the midfield position and was
also a team captain. Rylee
averaged six shots per game,
and was one of the Outlaws’
top scorers.
“Rylee has led the team
from the very beginning of
the season,” said Pike. “She
has an attitude that is con-
tagious, and she also has a
hard work-ethic and is a posi-
tive encouragement to her
team. This is Rylee’s second
year playing soccer, and she
is an amazing young lady.
She learns quickly and can
By Andrew Selsky
Associated Press
PHOTO BY JERRY BALDOCK
Nika Chick scores for the Ottlaws.
execute newly learned skills
in a game.”
Olivia Hougham played
defensive midfield and, as a
freshman, was a second-team
pick.
“Olivia is very quick, and
could always stay on her feet,
even against tough oppo-
nents,” said Pike. “As a fresh-
man, I was shocked at what
she could do in a game. She
was able to help the defense
by slowing down the oppo-
nent that had the ball. Her
outstanding moment this sea-
son was when she was being
triple-teamed and she out-
skilled them all.”
Alexa Stewart and
Charlotte Barton were
honorable-mention.
Stewart (sophomore)
was a team captain and
played center defense for the
Outlaws.
“Alexa always had an
encouraging attitude that
pushed her and her team to
do their best,” said Pike. “As
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ers, she played smart and in
control in the back, and did
a great job preventing the
other team from taking shots.
I’m excited to see what she
can do in the next couple of
years.”
Barton (senior) was the
Outlaws’ keeper. Charlotte
had an average of eight saves
per game, and was a leader in
the back.
“Charlotte is aggressive
and always goes for every
ball,” said Pike. “This year
was her first year on var-
sity, and she stepped up very
well and played her best. She
never gave up, and with every
hard hit, she would get back
up and keep on playing. She
will be missed next year.”
SALEM (AP) — A prose-
cutor said a judge’s gag-order
in a murder case infringes on
his ability to consult with the
victim’s family members and
on his rights to communi-
cate with the citizens he was
elected to represent.
Deschutes County District
Attorney John Hummel is
pushing back against Circuit
Court Judge Michael Adler’s
Aug. 18 order barring all par-
ties in the case, including all
lawyers and the DA’s office,
from talking about the trial
outside the courtroom.
The objection, obtained
by The Associated Press via
online court records, was filed
on Monday by the Oregon
Attorney General. It asks for
a hearing on the matter or for
the order to be vacated.
The gag order was issued
in the case against a Redmond
man, Edward Lara, who is
charged with killing 23-year-
old Kaylee Sawyer, of Bend.
Lara was working as a secu-
rity guard at Central Oregon
Community College where
Sawyer disappeared. Her
body was found days later in
a ravine near a rural highway.
Lara is also accused of
shooting and wounding a man
and carjacking a vehicle in
Northern California. He was
arrested by the California
Highway Patrol and brought
back to Bend.
The objection to Adler’s
gag order said it “is over-
broad as it prohibits pro-
tected speech under both
the First Amendment to the
U.S. Constitution as well as
Oregon’s Constitution.”
The Oregon Department
of Justice is represent-
ing Hummel in his request,
Kristina Edmunson, the attor-
ney general’s communica-
tions director, told the AP.
She said it is common for the
justice department to repre-
sent district attorneys.
The motion asserted that
Hummel has a right as an
elected public official to
account for the conduct of his
office, and that if he decides
to ask a jury to impose the
death penalty on Lara if he is
convicted, that “the citizens
deserve more” than being
informed about it after the
trial.
Hummel said in a text mes-
sage to the AP on Tuesday
that he cannot comment fur-
ther on the gag-order because
the order prevents him from
doing so.
In an interview with the
AP on May 31, Hummel
emphasized that he believes
in openness.
“As a prosecutor, my goal
is not just to convict people
who are alleged to have com-
mitted a crime. My job is to
do justice,” he said. “I want
people in this community to
have confidence in their jus-
tice system.”