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WDFW: Only open-and-shut wolf attacks confi rmed
things have to come in to
play a little bit, like some
commonsense has to come
into play, and it doesn’t —
at all.”
Wolves scavenge car-
casses so even witnessing
wolves feeding on an animal
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for cash to the highest bidder, on
07/26/2021. The sale will be held
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COPART OF WASHINGTON INC
2885 NATIONAL WAY WOODBURN, OR
2018 KIA SOL UT
VIN = KNDJP3A59J7903574
Amount due on lien $1575.00
Reputed owner(s)
ELIA BACCHIOCCHI & JEREMIAH
LASYONE
ELIA JEAN BACCHIOCCHI
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following vehicle will be sold,
for cash to the highest bidder, on
07/26/2021. The sale will be held
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2885 NATIONAL WAY WOODBURN, OR
2019 NISS ROGUE UT
VIN = 5N1AT2MV6KC806872
Amount due on lien $1575.00
Reputed owner(s)
GLORI DIANE REDFERN
SANTANDER CONSUMER USA
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following vehicle will be sold,
for cash to the highest bidder, on
07/26/2021. The sale will be held
at 10:00am by
COPART OF WASHINGTON INC
2885 NATIONAL WAY WOODBURN, OR
2019 KIA FOR 4DR
VIN = 3KPF24AD4KE097467
Amount due on lien $1575.00
Reputed owner(s)
SARAH J GAINEY & BILLI JO AMOS
OREGON COMMUNITY C.U
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following vehicle will be sold,
for cash to the highest bidder, on
07/26/2021. The sale will be held
at 10:00am by
COPART OF WASHINGTON INC
2885 NATIONAL WAY WOODBURN, OR
2017 TOYT COA 4DR
VIN = 5YFBURHE1HP718935
Amount due on lien $1575.00
Reputed owner(s)
ANA & FERNANDO B DE HARO
PRESTIGE FINANCIAL SERVICES INC
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CHAPTER 87
Notice is hereby given that the
following vehicle will be sold,
for cash to the highest bidder, on
07/26/2021. The sale will be held
at 10:00am by
COPART OF WASHINGTON INC
2885 NATIONAL WAY WOODBURN, OR
2019 NISS ROGUE UT
VIN = KNMAT2MV9KP504442
Amount due on lien $1575.00
Reputed owner(s)
TAYLOR MAE DARE
LEGAL
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ORS CHAPTER 87
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following vehicle will be sold,
for cash to the highest bidder, on
07/26/2021. The sale will be held at
10:00am by
COPART OF WASHINGTON INC
2885 NATIONAL WAY WOODBURN, OR
1999 PROWL RT
VIN = 1EC1W2221X2395330
Amount due on lien $1455.00
Reputed owner(s) LORRAINE GAIL
OSTROM
LEGAL
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ORS CHAPTER 87
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following vehicle will be sold,
for cash to the highest bidder, on
07/26/2021. The sale will be held
at 10:00am by
COPART OF WASHINGTON INC
2885 NATIONAL WAY WOODBURN, OR
2014 TOYOTA VENZA UT
VIN = 4T3ZA3BB2EU084247
Amount due on lien $1535.00
Reputed owner(s)
STEPHEN H & MARY A AUSTIN
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CHAPTER 87
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following vehicle will be sold,
for cash to the highest bidder, on
07/26/2021. The sale will be held
at 10:00am by
COPART OF WASHINGTON INC
2885 NATIONAL WAY WOODBURN, OR
2001 UTIL REEFER TRLR
VIN = 1UYVS25391U278101
Amount due on lien $1575.00
Reputed owner(s)
GOLD TRANS LLC
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following vehicle will be sold,
for cash to the highest bidder, on
07/26/2021. The sale will be held
at 10:00am by
COPART OF WASHINGTON INC
2885 NATIONAL WAY WOODBURN, OR
2017 CHEV MAL 4DR
VIN = 1G1ZE5ST7HF284032
Amount due on lien $1575.00
Reputed owner(s) J CARMEN
GUZMAN-ARROYO
ONPOINT COMMUNITY C.U
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following vehicle will be sold,
for cash to the highest bidder, on
07/26/2021. The sale will be held
at 10:00am by
COPART OF WASHINGTON INC
2885 NATIONAL WAY WOODBURN, OR
2017 CHEV CRUZE 4DR
VIN = 1G1BC5SM8H7213951
Amount due on lien $1575.00
Reputed owner(s)
AUSTIN FRANK GOSSER
RIVERMARK COMMUNITY C.U
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LEGAL
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ORS CHAPTER 87
Notice is hereby given that the
following vehicle will be sold,
for cash to the highest bidder, on
07/26/2021. The sale will be held
at 10:00am by
COPART OF WASHINGTON INC
2885 NATIONAL WAY WOODBURN, OR
2020 HYUNDAI KONA LL
VIN = KM8K3CA5XLU412186
Amount due on lien $1415.00
Reputed owner(s)
ANDREA DAWN HUNT
OREGON COMMUNITY CREDIT UNION
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LEGAL
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following vehicle will be sold,
for cash to the highest bidder, on
07/26/2021. The sale will be held
at 10:00am by
COPART OF WASHINGTON INC
2885 NATIONAL WAY WOODBURN, OR
2020 FORD FUS 4D
VIN = 3FA6P0RU5LR172160
Amount due on lien $1575.00
Reputed owner(s)
LARRY WESLEY EATON
FORD MOTOR CREDIT COMPANY
LEGAL
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following vehicle will be sold,
for cash to the highest bidder, on
07/26/2021. The sale will be held
at 10:00am by
COPART OF WASHINGTON INC
2885 NATIONAL WAY WOODBURN, OR
1999 PROWLER 22FT R.T
VIN = 1EC1W2221X2395330
Amount due on lien $1455.00
Reputed owner(s)
LORRAINE GAIL OSTROM
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LEGAL
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ORS CHAPTER 87
Notice is hereby given that the
following vehicle will be sold,
for cash to the highest bidder, on
07/26/2021. The sale will be held
at 10:00am by
COPART OF WASHINGTON INC
2885 NATIONAL WAY WOODBURN, OR
2006 FRHT M2-112 TRK
VIN = 1FUJC5CV66HV90739
Amount due on lien $1415.00
Reputed owner(s)
ADAMS TRANSPORT INC
DCFS USA LLC
SANTANDER CONSUMER USA
LEGAL
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ORS CHAPTER 87
Notice is hereby given that the
following vehicle will be sold,
for cash to the highest bidder, on
07/26/2021. The sale will be held
at 10:00am by
COPART OF WASHINGTON INC
2885 NATIONAL WAY WOODBURN, OR
2011 CHEV SUBURBAN UT
VIN = 1GNSKJE36BR235228
Amount due on lien $1455.00
Reputed owner(s)
PAULA ANN & GARY L BUTTS
PORTLAND — The
former general manager
of a Washington-based
grass seed company will
serve three years in federal
prison, followed by three
years of supervised release
stemming from a multi-mil-
lion-dollar fraud case.
Christopher Claypool, 53,
of Spokane, was sentenced
July 7 in U.S. District Court
in Portland. He pleaded
guilty in March for conspir-
ing to commit wire fraud
and money laundering while
managing Jacklin Seed Co.
in Liberty Lake, Wash.
Under the terms of his
plea agreement, Claypool
has already paid nearly $8.3
million in restitution and
agreed to forfeit $7.8 mil-
lion in criminally derived
proceeds from his schemes.
Jacklin Seed Co. is a
producer and marketer of
Pacifi c Northwest grass
seed and turf grass. The
company was owned by
J.R. Simplot before being
acquired by Barenbrug
USA in 2020.
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As general manager,
PURSUANT TO
Claypool oversaw Jack-
ORS CHAPTER 87
lin’s product sales to Notice is hereby given that the
domestic and foreign dis- following vehicle will be sold,
tributors, contracted with for cash to the highest bidder, on
independent growers in 07/26/2021. The sale will be held
by
Oregon for the produc- at 10:00am
COPART OF WASHINGTON INC
tion of proprietary grass 2885 NATIONAL WAY WOODBURN, OR
seed varieties and ful-
2019 NISSAN SENTRA 4DR
VIN = 3N1AB7AP7KY284046
fi lled orders from a distri-
Amount due on lien $1455.00
bution facility in Albany,
Reputed owner(s)
Ore.
DANIEL HERNANDEZ ZAMORA
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LEGAL
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ORS CHAPTER 87
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following vehicle will be sold,
for cash to the highest bidder, on
07/26/2021. The sale will be held
at 10:00am by
COPART OF WASHINGTON INC
2885 NATIONAL WAY WOODBURN, OR
2014 INFINITI Q50 4D
VIN = JN1BV7AR7EM699601
Amount due on lien $1415.00
Reputed owner(s) CARMAX
records, more than $12 mil-
lion in rebates and com-
missions from Simplot that
were supposedly paid to
foreign sales partners were
actually directed to bank
accounts in Hong Kong that
Claypool controlled.
Claypool
used
the
money,
accumulated
between 2010 and 2016,
to purchase four proper-
ties in Hawaii that were
later sold at a net profi t of
$9.5 million, which author-
ities say constituted money
laundering.
The maximum sentence
for the crimes was 70 years
in prison, $15 million in
fi nes and fi ve years pro-
bation, though under the
plea agreement prosecutors
agreed to seek only four
years of imprisonment and
three years of probation.
The case was inves-
tigated by the Internal
Revenue Service-Crimi-
nal Investigation and the
USDA Offi ce of Inspec-
tor General, and was pros-
ecuted by Ryan W. Bounds,
the assistant U.S. attorney
for Oregon.
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LEGAL
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ORS CHAPTER 87
Notice is hereby given that the
following vehicle will be sold,
for cash to the highest bidder, on
07/26/2021. The sale will be held
at 10:00am by
COPART OF WASHINGTON INC
2885 NATIONAL WAY WOODBURN, OR
2019 WWTI TRL
VIN = 59H241T22K1000524
Amount due on lien $1415.00
Reputed owner(s)
ADRIAN & MAURILIO PORTILLO
RIVERMARK COMMUNITY CU
Claypool earned more
than $369,000 in fraud-
ulent commissions from
December 2018 to August
2019.
In a third scheme,
Claypool conspired with
the owner of an indepen-
dent travel agency in Spo-
kane to infl ate the costs of
Claypool’s international
business travel, which was
designed to defraud Jack-
lin’s former owner, J.R.
Simplot.
Rather than using Sim-
plot’s contract travel
agency, Claypool booked
fl ights through the inde-
pendent travel agent. The
agent booked economy
and lower-cost fares for
Claypool’s trips, but cre-
ated fake fi rst-class book-
ings that were billed to
Simplot, costing three to
four times as much as the
actual fl ights.
In total, the agent over-
billed Simplot for more
than $500,000 in inter-
national airfare, most of
which Claypool received in
kickbacks.
According to court
According to court doc-
uments, between 2013 and
2015, Claypool and other
Jacklin employees realized
that growers’ preference
for higher-yield grasses
was creating a “substantial
shortage” of lower-yield
varieties the company had
promised to deliver.
Claypool
directed
employees at the distribu-
tion facility to fulfi ll cus-
tomer orders using other
readily available varieties
that were falsely labeled
— charging buyers $1.1
million for products they
did not receive.
Claypool also directed
an accomplice to create a
limited liability corpora-
tion posing as an indepen-
dent grass seed broker.
By diverting a portion
of Jacklin’s overseas sales
to a competing grass seed
company, ProSeeds Mar-
keting in Jeff erson, Ore.,
that company could then
add its own markup to
the sales and kick back
outsized
commissions
to Claypool through his
accomplice’s LLC.
By GEORGE PLAVEN
Capital Press
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LEGAL
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ORS CHAPTER 87
Notice is hereby given that the
following vehicle will be sold,
for cash to the highest bidder, on
07/26/2021. The sale will be held
at 10:00am by
COPART OF WASHINGTON INC
2885 NATIONAL WAY WOODBURN, OR
2013 TOYOTA RAV 4 UT
VIN = JTMBFREV8DD043693
Amount due on lien $1455.00
Reputed owner(s)
ANGELIQUE J & WILLIAM D HOPSON
CENTRAL WILLAMETTE C.U
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For decades, the U.S. steel
industry has faced job losses,
mill closures and foreign
competition.
But in 2021, the industry
is experiencing a dramatic
comeback with steel prices at
record highs — good for steel
makers, but challenging for
agricultural equipment man-
ufacturers and farmers.
“Steel is higher than ever
price-wise in history,” said
Travis Cox, vice president
of operations for Tarter Farm
and Ranch Equipment, which
produces corral panels, feed-
ers and other equipment.
“Companies like ours all over
the United States are hav-
ing to pay these super high
prices, and there’s no negoti-
ation. It’s a textbook example
of supply and demand.”
Evidence of the steel
boom can be seen in the S&P
500, where Nucor, the coun-
try’s largest steel producer,
has been a top-performing
stock for months.
There are many reasons
for the price increase, accord-
ing to experts.
Trump-era tariff s on for-
eign steel shifted the balance
of power from buyers to sell-
ers. The pandemic, combined
with new steelmaking tech-
niques, led to production dis-
ruptions right when a nation-
wide scramble for building
materials catapulted demand.
Freight and labor expenses
have further contributed to
high prices.
The biggest concern, agri-
cultural manufacturers say, is
that, much like the meatpack-
ing industry, the steel industry
is experiencing major consol-
idation after many long-tim-
ers have gone bankrupt, leav-
ing fewer players with more
power. Goldman Sachs pre-
dicts that by 2023, about 80%
of U.S. steel production will
be under the control of fi ve
companies.
Ag manufacturers and
retailers are already feeling
the impacts.
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beyond a reasonable doubt
— that that cow or sheep
was killed by a wolf,” Rous-
sin said.
Advisory group mem-
ber Dave Duncan, a Kitti-
tas County cattleman, said
ranchers are frustrated.
“The present system defi -
nitely breeds a lot of hate
and contempt and distrust
of the department. Now
whether there could be a
better system or not, I’m not
sure,” Duncan said.
Good science requires
Fish and Wildlife to reserve
judgment unless the evi-
dence is clear, Smith said.
“We fully acknowledge
that wolves have eff ects that
we can’t necessarily docu-
ment well or account for,”
she said.
Former manager of grass seed
company sentenced to federal prison
Cox, of Tarter Farm and
Ranch Equipment, esti-
mates prices have increased
24-32% across his industry
in 2021.
“You can hardly raise
prices fast enough to cover
what’s going on,” he said.
Lead times are also chal-
lenging. Cox said he’s buy-
ing material 8 to 16 weeks in
advance.
What’s surprising, he said,
is farmers are still buying,
which he believes is because
of stimulus checks and other
government payouts.
Tim Robinson, a buyer
for Coastal Farm & Ranch
stores, said Coastal has had to
raise prices on steel products
four times already in 2021:
about a 10% increase each
time.
Robinson has also faced
supply delays. The stores,
he said, are now receiv-
ing some products ordered
last November and Decem-
ber, and he’s about to place
orders for the fi rst quarter of
next year. Forecasting that far
in advance, he said, is “very
challenging.”
Sam Bugarsky, CEO of
Wilco Farm Stores, said his
lead times are double or triple
what they’ve been in the past,
and the high cost of steel has
cut into profi t margins.
The steel shortage has also
challenged Wilco’s own proj-
ects. The company is open-
ing a new store in Yakima,
Wash., this fall, but Bugarsky
said it’s been hard to secure
building materials for the
new facility.
Tractor
manufacturers,
too, are facing production
challenges.
Jennifer
Hartmann,
spokeswoman for John
Deere, declined to comment
this week on steel prices.
Some information, however,
can be gleaned from the com-
pany’s public records. Earlier
this year, John Deere noted in
its annual corporate outlook
that surging steel prices and
elevated freight rates could
cost the company $500 mil-
lion during fi scal year 2021.
By SIERRA DAWN McCLAIN
Capital Press
doesn’t prove they killed it,
Fish and Wildlife biologist
Trent Roussin said.
“If there is no hemorrhag-
ing, it’s essentially impossi-
ble for us to say that wolves
killed that animal, partic-
ularly given that we know
how frequently wolves scav-
enge,” he said.
If Fish and Wildlife tal-
lies three attacks by a pack
in 30 days or four attacks in
10 months, it will consider
shooting a wolf or two to
curb the depredations. The
department usually doesn’t
initiate lethal removal until
there are more than three or
four confi rmed attacks.
Before killing wolves,
the department gives wolf
advocates one day to seek
a restraining order in court.
Fish and Wildlife attor-
neys have had to defend the
decision in courtrooms far
removed from where ranch-
ers are losing animals.
“When we go to con-
fi rmed, we do need to see
that evidence, it needs to be
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Record-high steel prices hurt
ag manufacturers and farmers
WDFW
A Hereford calf in Ferry County, Wash., killed by a wolf.
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Washington Fish and
Wildlife offi cials concede
that they likely undercount
depredations by wolves, but
say the high standard is nec-
essary to maintain scientifi c
integrity and legal certainty.
Even if tracks, scat, radio
collars, signs of a struggle
and chronic attacks point
to wolf packs, department
investigators look for hem-
orrhaging on a dead or an
injured animal before con-
fi rming a depredation.
In some cases, the
cause of injuries is unclear,
wounds have started to heal
or scavengers beat investi-
gators to the carcass.
“There are livestock
killed by wolves that there
is not enough evidence
for the department to con-
fi rm,” statewide wolf coor-
dinator Julia Smith told the
department’s Wolf Advisory
Group on July 7.
“There’s a full acknowl-
edgement that wolves may
kill livestock that the depart-
ment can’t account for,” she
said.
Southeast Washington
rancher Samee Charriere,
a member of the advisory
group, brought up depre-
dation investigations. Con-
fi rmed attacks don’t accu-
rately refl ect cattle losses,
she said.
“The percent loss here
was next to none, and now
that we have wolves, it is
very high,” she said. “Those
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