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10A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • MONDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2015 Woes:µ,W¶VWRRHDUO\ to say whether there ZLOOEHFKDUJHV¶ Continued from Page 1A JOSHUA BESSEX — The Daily Astorian Charles Hartz of PDX Ice carves an ice sculpture in the courtyard during the Festival of the Dark Arts Saturday. 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Brewers, he said, mostly sent amounts from one-sixth- to RQHKDOIEDUUHO NHJV D EDUUHO equal to 31.5 gallons. All the JOSHUA BESSEX — The Daily Astorian EHHU VWDWLRQV ZHUH VHOIFRQ- J.L. Hryciw and Heather Gillikan perform a tango outside tained, and as the night wore of Fort George Brewery during the Festival of the Dark RQWKHNHJVEOHZDQGWKHVH- Arts Saturday. lection shrank. For those who couldn’t WKUHH IURP +RRG 5LYHU DQG two from Colorado; two from make it to the festival, Fort one each from Baker City, Connecticut, made for two George still has a rotating se- &RUYDOOLV $VKODQG 3DFL¿F JOREHWURWWLQJ 'DQLVK J\S- lection of leftover stouts on City, Eugene and Seaside. V\ EUHZHUV IURP (YLO 7ZLQ tap, as well as other special • Eight came from Cali- %UHZLQJ EDVHG LQ .¡EHQ- releases for the last half of IRUQLD¿YHIURP:DVKLQJWRQ havn, Denmark; and one Stout Month. Birthday: Brown has yet to appoint her replacement Continued from Page 1A “Our task, our challenge is to make sure we keep Oregon the very special place that it is DQG,ORRNIRUZDUGWRZRUNLQJ with you to make sure that happens,” she said Saturday. ³6RKDSS\ELUWKGD\2UHJRQ´ The speakers attending the FHOHEUDWLRQ NHSW WKHLU IRFXV RQWKHELUWKGD\SDUW\DQGQRW the stunning events that un- IROGHG RQ )ULGD\ ¿UVW ZLWK .LW]KDEHU¶V HPRWLRQDO GHFOD- ration that he will step down RQ :HGQHVGD\ IROORZHG E\ QHZV RI D IHGHUDO VXESRHQD served on the state Depart- ment of Administrative Ser- vices. The U.S. Attorney’s Of- ¿FH LQ 3RUWODQG GHPDQGHG D laundry list of records, emails, travel logs and other docu- PHQWV UHODWHG WR .LW]KDEHU DQGKLV¿DQFpH&\OYLD+D\HV ,WVDLGWKHPDWHULDOPXVWEH EURXJKWWRDIHGHUDOJUDQGMXU\ KHDULQJRQ0DUFK Attorney General Ellen 5RVHQEOXP ZKRVH DJHQF\ is investigating the governor alongside federal prosecutors, WROG7KH$VVRFLDWHG3UHVVWKDW she came to Saturday’s event WR KHOS FHOHEUDWH 2UHJRQ¶V ELUWKGD\EXWVDLG³WKLVLVRE- YLRXVO\DELWWHUVZHHWGD\ “The juxtaposition does AP Photo/Don Ryan Oregon Secretary of State Kate Brown signs an “O” for Oregon during a celebration at the Oregon Historical So- ciety to mark the 156th anniversary of Oregon’s admis- sion to the union as the 33rd state in Portland, Saturday. Brown will become Oregon’s governor this week on the heels of the resignation of Oregon Gov. John Kitzhaber. not go unnoticed.” When Kerry Tymchuk, ex- ecutive director of the Oregon Historical Society, introduced Brown, he said: “Kate, our thoughts are with you. Our prayers are with you.” Afterward, he said the state was in the midst of an event it had not seen in its 156-year history. Four governors have UHVLJQHG EHIRUH ² WKUHH WR WDNH RWKHU MREV DQG RQH EH- FDXVHRILOOQHVV²EXWQRJRY- HUQRUKDVHYHUOHIWRI¿FH³XQ- der a cloud or under duress.” Under Oregon’s constitu- tion, Secretary of State Brown ZLOO EH VZRUQ LQ DV JRYHUQRU DIWHU .LW]KDEHU¶V UHVLJQDWLRQ goes into effect. She will ap- SRLQWKHUUHSODFHPHQWEXWKDV not named anyone yet. .LW]KDEHU GLG QRW DWWHQG WKH ELUWKGD\ FHOHEUDWLRQ DQG KDV QRW DSSHDUHG LQ SXEOLF since he faced growing pres- VXUH WR OHDYH RI¿FH )RUPHU *RYV %DUEDUD 5REHUWV DQG Ted Kulongoski attended Sat- urday’s event. Asked if she had anything WR VD\ WR .LW]KDEHU 5REHUWV responded with a sharp: “no.” She said she feared the con- troversy was distracting state government and hurting the RI¿FH RI WKH JRYHUQRU EXW VDLG .LW]KDEHU KDV JLYHQ D great deal to Oregon. “He has a very long histo- U\LQWKHVWDWHDQGDQXPEHURI things that he and the state can EH YHU\ SURXG RI´ VKH VDLG “With a little passage of time all of those good things will EH UHFDOOHG , GRQ¶W KDYH DQ\ TXHVWLRQDERXWWKHUHFRUGWKDW he left for all of his service to Oregon.” 3DXO %RYDUQLFN D 3RUW- land lawyer who attended the ELUWKGD\ FHOHEUDWLRQ DJUHHG with that assessment of .LW]KDEHU¶VWLPHLQRI¿FH “Most people think this is a great tragedy,” he said. ³1RERG\ FRXOG TXHVWLRQ KLV GHGLFDWLRQ WR WKH VWDWH , IHHO VLFNDERXWZKDWKDSSHQHGEXW ,IHHOKHGLGWKHULJKWWKLQJLQ resigning.” 5REHUWVVDLGZKLOHWKHVWDWH LVIDFLQJDGLI¿FXOWSHULRGWKH state constitution ensures a seamless process. ³, EHOLHYH LW ZLOO JR smoothly and Oregonians can WDNH D GHHS EUHDWK DQG IHHO JRRG DERXW WKH VWDWH´ VKH said. highest level” and includes the U.S. Department of Jus- WLFH¶V2I¿FHRI3XEOLF,QWHJ- ULW\WKH,QWHUQDO5HYHQXH6HU- YLFHDQGWKH)%, ,WPD\EHWKDWWKHJUDQG jury reviews the material DQG¿QGVQRUHDVRQWREULQJ charges, Levenson said. She noted that the authorities XVHG D VXESRHQD WR FROOHFW records, not a search warrant that would have required a VKRZLQJ RI SUREDEOH FDXVH %XW /HYHQVRQ DGGHG ³,W¶V too early to say whether WKHUH ZLOO EH FKDUJHV EXW none of this is good news for the governor.” Tung Yin, a professor at Lewis and Clark Law School LQ2UHJRQVDLGDVWDWHRI¿- cial, employee or representa- tive is in violation of the fed- HUDOWKHIWRUEULEHU\ODZLIKH RUVKH³HPEH]]OHVVWHDOVRE- WDLQV E\ IUDXG´ JRYHUQPHQW property or corruptly offers anything “with intent to in- ÀXHQFHRUUHZDUG´VRPHRQH LQ FRQQHFWLRQ ZLWK EXVLQHVV or government transactions. Mail or wire fraud would kick in if prosecutors could show the crime was played out through email or the postal service. ³7KHWKHRU\LVWKDWDSXE- OLFRI¿FLDORZHVWKHULJKWVRI KRQHVWVHUYLFHWRWKHSXEOLF´ <LQVDLG7KHRI¿FLDOEUHDFK- es that duty if he or she gets DNLFNEDFNRUDEULEH,IWKH JRYHUQRU ZDV WR EH FRQVLG- ered a conspirator, it would require an agreement to commit fraud, he said. “The essence is, the gov- ernor would have to know what was going on,” Yin said. .LW]KDEHU QHZO\ HOHFWHG to an unprecedented fourth term as Oregon’s governor, announced on Friday that KLVODVWGD\LQRI¿FHZLOOEH Wednesday, at which point Secretary of State Kate Brown will take over and as- sign her replacement. .LW]KDEHU¶V UHVLJQDWLRQ came amid a deepening scan- GDORYHUDOOHJDWLRQVWKDW¿DQ- cée Cylvia Hayes used the SRZHU RI KLV RI¿FH WR ODQG contracts for her green-ener- J\FRQVXOWLQJ¿UP,WVWDUWHG ZLWKDSUREHE\WKH2UHJRQ Government Ethics Com- PLVVLRQIROORZHGE\RQHE\ the state attorney general and peaked with a federal gov- HUQPHQW VXESRHQD VHUYHG WKH VDPH GD\ .LW]KDEHU DQ- nounced he was resigning. The U.S. Congress’ Committee on Oversight and *RYHUQPHQW 5HIRUP MRLQHG in on Friday with a letter to .LW]KDEHU GHPDQGLQJ WKDW he preserve all documents and communications related WRWKHEURNHQ&RYHU2UHJRQ program. .LW]KDEHU DQG +D\HV DV well as their lawyers, have not responded to numer- ous requests for comment. .LW]KDEHU¶V RQO\ UHVSRQVH to the scandal was a lengthy resignation letter in which he emphatically stated that he GLGQRWEUHDNDQ\ODZVRUGR anything “dishonest or dis- KRQRUDEOH´ The federal investiga- WLRQ LV EHLQJ KDQGOHG E\ Oregon Assistant U.S. At- torney Scott E. Bradford, ZKR EHJDQ KLV FDUHHU ZLWK the Justice Department’s tax division where he pros- ecuted tax, white-collar and PRQH\ODXQGHULQJFULPHV,Q recent years, he has secured convictions in cases ranging IURP HPEH]]OHPHQW WR WD[ investment and wire fraud. %RWKKLVRI¿FHDQGWKH)%, declined comment on the investigation, saying it’s im- portant to conduct them “out RIWKHSXEOLFH\HWRHQVXUHD fair process.” 5LFN 'URR\DQ D IRUPHU assistant U.S. attorney who VSHFLDOL]HG LQ ZKLWHFROODU crime and now is a crimi- nal defense lawyer, said the WKUHHSDJHVXESRHQDUHYHDOV the focus of the investiga- tion. “They’re looking into whether she used her rela- tionship to cause him to take DFWLRQVWKDWZRXOGEHQH¿WKHU private consulting clients,” 'URR\DQVDLG7KHVXESRHQD demands records relating to FRQWUDFWVSURSRVHGDQGELGV awarded to Hayes and her company, 3E Strategies, as well as records related to a list of 15 projects, initiatives and action plans that focus on climate and clean energy. ,W GHPDQGV WUDYHO UHFRUGV documents showing Hayes’ use of state credit cards and the tax returns for Hayes and her company. 7KHVXESRHQDDOVRZDQWV visitor logs to the governor’s RI¿FHDQG0DKRQLD+DOOWKH governor’s mansion in Sa- lem. +D\HV¶ ELRJUDSKLFDO LQ- formation for the National Governors Association de- VFULEHV KHU DV ³D SROLF\ DG- YLVHUWR*RY-RKQ.LW]KDEHU on the issues of clean ener- gy and economic develop- ment.” “The state has a lot of green-energy initiatives, and VKH¶V LQ D SRVLWLRQ WR LQÀX- ence how the government views them — and that could EHQH¿W WKH SULYDWH FOLHQWV who are paying her,” Drooy- an said. The question is, Leven- son said, “did he use his in- ÀXHQFHWRKHOSJHWKHUWKHVH GHDOV" 7KH\¶UH LQH[WULFDEO\ OLQNHG7KDW¶VZKDWWKHVXE- poena suggests.” ,W¶V SRVVLEOH WKDW .LW]KDEHU¶VGHIHQVHFRXOGEH he didn’t have any personal involvement in Hayes’ deal- ings, Levenson said. ,QDQ\HYHQWLWZLOOOLNHO\ EHPRQWKVEHIRUHLWLVNQRZQ ZKHWKHU.DW]KDEHURU+D\HV will face charges. Drooyan said the case reminds him of the scandal surrounding former Virgin- LD *RY %RE 0F'RQQHOO and his wife, Maureen. He was convicted last year on SXEOLFFRUUXSWLRQFRXQWV that involved exchanging access to the power of his RI¿FHIRUWHQVRIWKRXVDQGV of dollars in loans and gifts. He was sentenced in Janu- ary to two years in prison. Maureen McDonnell was convicted on nine counts DQGLVVFKHGXOHGWREHVHQ- WHQFHG)HE Rund:µ,GH¿QLWHO\ZDQW to always keep dancing’ Continued from Page 1A Oregon’s College of Edu- FDWLRQ EXW DOUHDG\ WKLQNLQJ DERXW OLIH DIWHU FROOHJH DQG D dance team. ³,WKLQNLWZRXOGEHIXQWR WU\RXWIRUWKH%OD]HUV´5XQG said, admittedly somewhat XQGHFLGHG DERXW ZKHUH OLIH PLJKW WDNH KHU ³, GH¿QLWHO\ want to always keep dancing, ZKHWKHUWDNLQJFODVVHVEHLQJ a coach.” +HU FRXVLQ VWDUWHG D ORE- E\LQJ ¿UP IRU &$6$ &RXUW Appointed Special Advocates) LQ &DOLIRUQLD 5XQG VDLG DQG wants her on his team too. ³6KH¶OO EH PDUYHORXV LQ whatever she does,” said 5XQG¶V IRUPHU WHDFKHU 0DG- dox Dance Studio owner -HDQQH0DGGR[3HWHUVRQ 5XQGLVE\QRPHDQVDORQH as a successful dancer from the North Coast. The Little Ballet Theater and other dance studios, companies and teams have sent students off to dance teams at Oregon, Oregon State University, Stanford Univer- sity and other college squads. 2WKHUVKDYHMRLQHGWKH%OD]HUV Dancers; gone to professional theater and dance companies in New York City, St. Louis, 6HDWWOHDQGRWKHUFLWLHV3HWHU- son said; and others are open- ing their own schools. ³,W¶V DQ LQGLYLGXDO WKLQJ that they want to pursue,” said 3HWHUVRQ ZKR KDV FODVVHV DW her studio for returning alum- QL³$ORWRIWKHPDUHTXDOL¿HG EXWLW¶VQRWZKDWWKH\FKRRVHWR do.” — Edward Stratton