THE SPOKESMAN • TUESDAY, APRIL 5, 2022 P3
Accused eco-saboteur expected to enter
plea in Redmond meatpacking plant fire
MAXINE BERNSTEIN
The Oregonian
Accused eco-saboteur Jo-
seph Dibee is set to change his
plea and accept a negotiated
deal to settle charges in a string
of attacks that destroyed or
damaged environmental tar-
gets across the West two de-
cades ago — including inten-
tionally setting fire to the Cavel
West horse-meat plant in Red-
mond in 1997.
Sentencing terms of the final
deal aren’t public, but Dibee’s
attorney wrote to the court
earlier this month that the set-
tlement may mean no further
time behind bars.
On March 29, defense attor-
ney Matthew Schindler and
prosecutor Quinn Harrington
confirmed to U.S. District
Judge Ann Aiken that Dibee
was ready to accept a plea of-
fer.
Dibee was arrested in 2018
in Havana, Cuba after being
on the run for 12 years.
Federal investigators have
said Dibee was part of “The
Family,’’ describing it as a ter-
rorist cell of about 20 people
who committed crimes in the
name of two groups, the Earth
Liberation Front and Animal
Liberation Front.
Dibee was indicted in Ore-
gon in 2006 on federal charges
of arson, conspiracy to commit
arson and destruction of an
energy facility. He’s accused of
helping destroy the Cavel West
Inc. meatpacking plant in Red-
mond in 1997 and destroying a
Bonneville Power Administra-
tion tower near Bend in 1999.
One of Dibee’s prior lawyers
said Dibee didn’t play a role in
the tower vandalism.
In Washington, Dibee faces
federal charges of conspiracy
to commit arson and posses-
sion of a destructive stemming
from a 1998 fire at a U.S. De-
partment of Agriculture build-
ing in Olympia, Washington.
In California, he faces fed-
eral charges and conspiracy to
commit arson, arson of a gov-
ernment building and posses-
sion of a destructive device, ac-
cused of helping to destroy the
U.S. Bureau of Land Manage-
ment’s wild horse corrals near
Litchfield in 2001.
FLASHBACK
Girl makes call to rescue mom in 1997
The Spokesman
100 YEARS AGO
April 10, 1947 — Root Festi-
val at Warm Springs
Warm Springs Indians will
hold their annual Root Festival
next Sunday, April 13, starting
at 8:30 a.m., it has been an-
nounced. The celebration will
be a two day affair, with a ro-
deo to be held Saturday, April
12.
All residents of Redmond
and Central Oregon are invited
to attend. A new building has
been constructed for the “Long
House,“ it is stated, and elabo-
rate plans are being made.
50 YEARS AGO
April 5, 1972 — Construc-
tion soars
Construction got off to a fly-
ing start during the first quar-
ter of 1972, judging by building
permits issued by the City of
Redmond.
Permits tallied $314,116.70
for the first three months,
nearly half the total figure of
$702,274.61 issued during the
entire year of 1971.
Largest single project was
the 7,500 square foot commer-
cial building, estimated to cost
$75,000, which will become the
home of The Fair Store Shop-
ping Center on Fifth and Cas-
cade Ave. Other commercial
structures are a $33,272 storage
and manufacturing building at
Whittier Moulding; bases for
propane tanks for Pertolane
Willamette Gas Service, cost-
ing $10,000 and being erected
near Scotty’s Feed Store, and
the $16,980 worth of T-hangar
at Roberts Field. Remainder of
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April 6, 1922 — Opens up
new auto repair shop
Angus L. Davies has this
week opened a new automobile
repairing shop in a building
owned by F.G. Atkinson at the
corner of 7th and F streets.
He operated an automobile
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75 YEARS AGO
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Photo from Spokesman archives
Trish Campbell shares a kiss with her daughter, Hannah
the tally was for home building
and remodeling.
25 YEARS AGO
April 9, 1997 — Girl makes
call to rescue mom
Hannah Simpkins remem-
bered being scared, “real, real
scared,“ she says, her dark eyes
growing round and somber.
That’s why, against her mom‘s
orders, she decided to call 911
early one morning last week.
The 7-year old’s disobedience
may have saved her mothers life.
After the fact, mother Trish
Campbell admits, “it’s probably
a good thing she called when she
did.“ Campbell has a history of
severe asthma attacks, and Han-
nah has seen her mom taken
to the hospital in an ambulance
before.
About 2 a.m. Saturday, Camp-
bell began having trouble breath-
ing. By the time Hannah woke at
6 a.m., her mom was unable to
complete a sentence.
But Campbell wanted to “ride
it out“ until clinic offices opened
at 9 a.m. before she sought treat-
ment, she said.
Hannah decided that was too
long to wait.
Once she made the call, Han-
nah wasn’t sure what to tell the
dispatch operator. So she hung
up.
The Redmond fire depart-
ment returned the call. After the
dispatch operator, Mike Cham-
bers, talked to Campbell, an am-
bulance was sent to her home.
But the pint sized heroin
wasn’t done yet.
Barefoot in her pajamas, Han-
nah waited in the yard to direct
the ambulance to her home.
Kathy Smith, lead medic on
the call, said she found Camp-
bell slumped over on the couch,
barely able to speak and gasping
for air.
“She was in a severe asthma
attack,” Smith said.
Despite the seriousness of the
situation, Hannah remained
calm, Smith said.
The girl’s decision to call for
help definitely was justified, para-
medics said.
“Her mom could possibly
have died,” Smith said.
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