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10 — THE BAKER COUNTY PRESS FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2017 Local City passes ordinance vacating Allen Street CONTINUED FROM PAGE 8 Council Comments Councilor Andersen spoke about the watershed. He stated that he had spent some time driv- ing around the area some of the roads within the watershed and that for the most part the roads were in horrifi c shape. He felt like an incredible amount of work needed to be done to improve them. He said that if a fi re were break out in the watershed, because of the condition of the roads emergency vehicles would be unable to use those roads to move equipment around to fi ght the fi re. Warner agreed with Andersen but also felt that there was work that could be done in the meantime and come spring to identify and clear out snags and debris from the ground. Andersen agreed and said that he was “optimistic that it can be done. If we have a will and a way. This is kind of my passion.” Andersen and Warner both advised that com- munication with the Forest Service was improving and that working toward cleaning up the watershed was something both sides recognized as important. Councilor Thomas spoke of pool and shuffl eboard leagues starting up soon. Pool was scheduled for Wednesday evenings and shuffl eboard would be Sunday afternoons. He then called atten- tion to the Cast Iron Chef contest being held at the Oregon Trail Interpretive Center on October 7. Thomas stated that six teams had already signed up and that a ranch out of Enterprise had donated some Bison meat. “There is still time to sign up,” he said. With nothing further Mayor Downing then adjourned the meeting. Cox and the others in the vehicle then said while they were being detained, law enforcement opened fi re on the truck, riddling it with bullets. She said she didn’t understand why. Individual citizens unrelated to the incident in Burns told this newspaper, asking that their names be withheld, that they person- ally saw the pickup being removed, and it was indeed covered in bullet holes with windows broken. A photo released by the Oregon Major Crimes Team shows an intact pickup with no such gun- fi re. The offi cial statement from OSP was that they fi red only six shots total. Two more shots were later identifi ed as having com- ing from the FBI, making eight. In June of this year, FBI agent W. Joseph Astarita was indicted on charges that he had lied about fi r- ing his weapon. He was released on bail and awaits trial. The number of shots fi red Lobster! Lobster! And Steak October 13 & 14 Witches Weekend (High Tea and Witching Hour) October 21 & 22 Copperbelt Winemakers Dinner November 4 Reservations please. 541.523.1889 | Open daily 7a-9p on the truck remains a point of debate. State police also released that Finicum’s gun was found in his coat pocket, which confl icts with testi- mony from the occupiers. Cox also recalled asking an agent when she noted the small tracks on their hats, which looked to her like a camera head-mount, why the cameras were missing. She claims he told her it was a fl ashlight miss- ing from his hat. Cox then spoke about her ride to Portland where she was eventually arrested and charged with conspir- acy to impede and injure a federal law enforcement offi cer, carrying a sen- tence of six years with a $250,000 fi ne. She quipped that the fi rst time she ever saw who may have been federal law enforcement was when they were shooting at her, so how could she have impeded them. She recounted the story of when she fi red her court-appointed attorney so that she could repre- sent herself, and spoke to seeing the Bundys in the courtroom for the fi rst time, saying they’d lost a shocking amount of weight. 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