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Friday, October 14, 2016 • Volume 3, Issue 42
Ferrioli blasts local
nonpartisan movement
• OREGON’S
SENATE MINORITY
LEADER ALSO
SPEAKS OUT
AGAINST M97
BY BAKER COUNTY
PRESS STAFF
News@TheBakerCountyPress.com
State Senator Ted Fer-
rioli met with the Baker
County Republican Party
at their general meeting
last week.
Senator Ferrioli asked to
address the committee as
he was out of town during
the public Open House two
weeks ago and could not
make it to Baker City.
That Open House intro-
duced several Republican
candidates and outlined
the local party’s opposition
to 1-74, an effort to make
Baker County’s Commis-
sioner seats nonpartisan.
A nearly identical ballot
initiative was defeated last
year.
Ferrioli said, “I am
sure sorry this is back up
for vote again for Baker
County. It’s a Trojan horse.
Here is the case—if you
can’t make it quack and
you can’t make it walk,
how do you know it’s a
duck? If you are running
for offi ce, you can still
run as a Non-affi liated or
Independent for a partisan
offi ce. In your local com-
munity, you have had real
good luck with your two-
party system. I am not
ashamed of being Republi-
can. Are they ashamed of
their party? If you are here
in eastern Oregon, you
want to keep your partisan
offi ces. Too bad you have
to do it again, but it will
make you stronger.”
Ferrioli talked about his
work with the Republican
Legislative Campaign
Committee; they have been
meeting the last eight or
nine years.
SEE FERRIOLI PAGE 5
Submitted Photo.
Sen. Ted Ferrioli is Oregon’s Senate Minority
Leader.
Suspect
flees on
foot
Anti-patriot meeting
results in police call
Submitted Photo.
Joseph Dial.
• TWO OFFICERS ALMOST STRUCK BY CAR
BY KERRY McQUISTEN
with Press Release text
News@TheBakerCountyPress.com
Todd Arriola/ The Baker County Press
A group of between 30 and 40 attended a meeting at the library to hear about the ROP’s view on how the
patriot movement proves threatening to eastern Oregon communities.
• ANTI-PATRIOT MOVEMENT HOLDS
MEETING, SECURITY IN BLACK PANTHER
T-SHIRTS CAUSES ALARM,
LOCAL DEMOCRATS CLAIM NICHOLS,
ASH AS THEIR CANDIDATES
BY TODD ARRIOLA
Todd@TheBakerCountyPress.com
On Saturday, October 8, at the Baker County Library,
members of the Rural Organizing Project (ROP)—hosted
and sponsored by two local left-leaning groups, Baker
County People For Human Dignity (BCPFHD) and the
Pandhandle Community Alliance (PCA)—presented
controversial claims about perceived threats to rural
Oregon and its citizens, as claimed in the ROP/Political
Research Associates (PRA) co-published, 100-plus page
anti-patriot-movement book, titled “Up In Arms: A Guide
to Oregon’s Patriot Movement.”
The ROP and PRA are based in western Oregon and in
Massachusetts respectively.
SEE MEETING PAGE 10
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
Mostly cloudy with showers. Chance of pre-
cipitation is 70%. Highs near 60. Friday Night:
Mostly cloudy with a stray chance of showers.
Todd Arriola/ The Baker County Press
Security all wearing New Black Panther T-shirts,
created concern, resulting in a call to police.
Your weekend weather forecast for Baker County.
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Mostly cloudy with showers likely, breezy condi-
tions will be present. Chance of precipitation
is 50%. Highs in the mid 50s. Saturday Night:
Cloudy and rainy with lows in the lower 40s.
Partly sunny with a chance for rain showers.
Highs in the upper 50s. Chance of precipitation
is 40%. Night: Mostly cloudy with showers likely.
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The Baker County Press.
On Tuesday, October 11, at 2:55 p.m., offi cers from the
Baker City Police Department (BCPD) were attempting
to serve an arrest warrant on Joseph William Dial, age 25
of Lakeview, at 211 Bridge Street in Baker City.
Offi cers arrived at the location and discovered Dial was
a passenger in a vehicle driven by Chanae Hartmann, age
24 of La Pine, preparing to leave the mentioned location.
Offi cers attempted to stop the vehicle, but Hartmann
failed to obey their commands.
As Hartmann left the parking lot, she almost struck two
BCPD Offi cers as she sped from the location.
At 3:07 p.m. Hartmann was located on 5th Street near
Myrtle Street and taken into custody without further in-
cident. Offi cers learned at that time Dial had fl ed on foot
from the vehicle before it was located.
Hartmann was arrested and transported to the Baker
County Jail where she was lodged on two counts of At-
tempted Assault I and Attempting to Elude Police.
Baker City Police Chief Wyn Lohner said Wednesday
morning that the search is still on for Joseph Dial.
A search warrant, based on an alert from drug dog
Capa, was served on the vehicle that nearly struck the two
offi cers, and items used to distribute meth were found, as
well as drug paraphernalia and cash.
A subsequent warrant was served Wednesday morn-
ing at the location where the pair had been staying.
Said Lohner, “We now have reason to believe that
Dial is armed with a handgun, so once again we caution
citizens to not attempt to apprehend Dial, but call 911 if
he is spotted. We would also like to remind citizens who
may be sympathetic to Dial—that they can be charged
with Hindering Prosecution (Felony) if they harbor him in
their residence or attempt to help him escape.”
Police have searched extensively for Dial but as of the
time this article went to print, the fugitive had not been
located.
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