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Teen sent to Oregon Youth
Authority after arson trial
A teenager charged with using
Molotov cocktails to set fire to the
car of a school administrator who
disciplined him for smoking mari
juana will serve up to eight years in
a youth prison.
A judge on Monday ordered
Bruno Gartner Jr., 17, into the cus
tody of MacLaren Youth Correction
al Facility in Woodburn. He could
be there until he is 25.
Gartner was also ordered to pay
$8,700 in restitution to retired Sheldon
High School Assistant principal John
Lindsley, who awoke May 1 to find his
vehicle burning in his driveway.
The fire burned within 5 feet of
the home where Lindsley and his
wife, Cathy, were sleeping.
Gartner’s family and defense at
torney Dan Koenig had tried to
paint 17-year-old Joseph Robert
Gentile, who was ordered last
month into a residential reform pro
gram for up to a year, as the orches
trator of the plot and Gartner as his
unknowing accomplice.
But in handing down his decision,
Lane County Juvenile Court Judge
Kip Leonard cited past police reports,
including one about an incident in
which Gartner tried to assault a Val
ley River Center security guard who
stopped him for shoplifting.
When it was his turn to speak,
Gartner apologized to Lindsley, who
had described the fear he felt for his
own safety and that of his family.
“I’d like to apologize to Mr. Lind
sley for what 1 did — it’s sincere,”
he said. “I’m going to pay you back.
I don’t know how easy it will be to
get a job with arson one on my
record, but 1 will pay you back.”
Woman convicted on
drunk-driving charges
CORVALLIS — The woman ac
cused of seriously injuring an Ore
gon State gymnast in a drunken
driving accident has pleaded guilty
to several charges stemming from
the incident.
Myrna Taylor, 46, pleaded guilty
Thursday in Benton County Circuit
Court to driving under the influence of
an intoxicant, assault, reckless endan
gering and failure to appear in court.
Taylor fled while on pretrial re
lease and was arrested in June in
Georgiana, Ala., after failing to ap
pear in Benton County court on
March 22.
Sho-was extradited to Oregon in
mid-August and has since been held
in the Benton County jail. Her sen
tencing is scheduled for Oct. 27.
Taylor was the driver of a minivan
that struck Meghan Jones, 22, of
Medford, and two other Oregon State
students on Sept. 20 of last year.
Jones was critically injured, suffer
ing head trauma and a pelvic fracture
in the accident. She underwent two
brain surgeries before undergoing
surgery to repair her pelvis.
At the time of the accident,
Taylor's blood-alcohol level was
0.19, more than twice the legal limit
to drive in Oregon.
Parties watch ballot
sorting carefully
PORTLAND — Observers from
both major political parties are
crowding into county election head
quarters across the state to keep a
close eye on ballot collecting and
counting, watching for any evi
dence that could be used to chal
lenge the results.
Their presence can be traced di
rectly to the disputed 2000 presiden
tial election. After vote counting in
Florida was challenged, the U.S.
Supreme Court ruled George W.
Bush had won the state, giving him
the presidency.
Democrats have charged that Re
publicans are out to suppress
turnout in the state, pointing to a
nine-page GOP instruction manual
that calls on volunteers to show up
at ballot drop-off sites at 7:45 p.m.
on election night, 15 minutes before
the voting deadline, armed with
video cameras and cell phones.
That could cause voter intimida
tion, Adam Green, spokesman for
the state Democratic Party, told The
Oregonian.
Yudhoyono set to take
power in Indonesia
JAKARTA, Indonesia — Security
forces around Indonesia’s parliament
building were on high alert Wednes
day for the inauguration of President
elect Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono.
Police have warned that Islamic
militants blamed for the 2002 Bali
bombings and last month’s suicide
attack on the Australian Embassy
might launch an attack to coincide
with Yudhoyono’s swearing in as In
donesia’s sixth president.
The prime ministers of Australia,
Malaysia, East Timor and Singapore
were scheduled to attend the ceremo
ny in a regional show of support for
the 55-year-old retired general.
Yudhoyono begins his five-year
term amid high expectations he can
fix the many problems that saddle
the world’s most populous Muslim
nation, among them rising Islamic
militancy, massive poverty and wide
spread corruption.
But Yudhoyono will face prob
lems pushing through reforms
against deeply entrenched vested
interests in the business, govern
ment and legal elite. Moreover, his
tiny Democratic Party only holds 10
percent of the seats in parliament,
and his opponents could easily
block new legislation.
Voters impressed with Yudhoy
ono’s honesty and grasp of the issues
handed him an easy win over outgo
ing President Megawati Sukarnopu
tri, the daughter of Indonesia’s
founding father Sukarno, in last
month’s elections. Megawati was
seen as a lackluster and aloof leader.
The polls were the first in which
Indonesians voted for their leader di
rectly, and were seen as a milestone
in its transition to democracy after
the downfall of longtime dictator
Suharto in 1998.
— The Associated Press
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