10 — THE BAKER COUNTY PRESS
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2017
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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
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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.
She claimed Judge Gloria
Navarro was “nasty, like
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Shawna Cox speaks locally
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Wicked
Ways
a vulture” and allowed
activities in the court-
room such as whispering
and eating from anyone,
except those in support of
the occupiers, and would
often make snide remarks,
at one time storming out of
the courtroom to chambers.
Cox said she felt after
prying she would be re-
leased, and indeed was af-
ter the refuge was cleared
of the fi nal four occupiers
in February 2016—in
someone else’s clothing
and with a $50 gift card.
Cox and the other oc-
cupiers were eventually
acquitted of all charges;
however, Cliven, Ryan and
Ammon Bundy remain
held without bail awaiting
trial this year.
This will be the third
time the two brothers have
been tried.
Cox believes the wealth
in the earth in grazing
areas is the government’s
focus for control, and
believes they will take that
land at any cost.
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