10A THE DA ILY ASTOR IAN • THURSDAY , JULY 9 , 2015 T r i a l s : Tw o d i f f e r e n t j u r i e s w o u l d h a v e b e e n n e e d e d Con t inu ed f r om Pag e 1A ob s t a c l e to k e ep ing th e coup l e a s co -d e f end an t s w a s th e f a c t th a t W ing and Rod en h av e d i f f e r en t ch a rg e s . Rod en ’ s cha rge s have the po s s ib i l i ty o f the dea th pena l ty , wh i le W ing ’ s cha rge s do no t . Two d i f fe ren t ju r ie s wou ld have been needed , one fo r the dea th -pena l - ty ca se and one fo r W ing ’ s ca se . “S ince we we re no t ab le to f igu re ou t a way to have two ju r ie s a t the same t ime a t the same cou r t room , we need to re se t one o f the se ca se s ,” Judge B rownh i l l sa id . Roden wa s ind ic ted on 15 coun t s . The cha rge s in - c lude fou r coun t s o f agg ra - va ted mu rde r , two coun t s o f mu rde r by abu se , fe lony mu rde r , f i r s t -deg ree un - law fu l sexua l pene t ra t ion , f i r s t -deg ree sex abu se , th ree coun t s o f f i r s t -deg ree a s - sau l t and th ree coun t s o f c r im ina l m i s t rea tmen t . The sex -abu se cha rge s Da i ly As to r ian F i le De fense a t to rney John Gu tbezah l , le f t , and Do ro thy W ing , r igh t , look on as peop le leave the cou r t room fo l low ing a hea r ing a t the C la tsop Coun ty Cou r thouse in Feb rua ry . re la te to Roden a l leged ly sub jec t ing the g i r l to sexua l con tac t by touch ing . W ing wa s ind ic ted on coun t s o f mu rde r by abu se f rom neg lec t and ma l t rea t - men t , f i r s t -deg ree man - s laugh te r and s ix coun t s o f c r im ina l m i s t rea tmen t . The a l leged c r ime s oc - cu r red Oc t . 31 to Dec . 20 o f la s t yea r . An au top sy found W ing ’ s daugh te r , Evange - l ina W ing , wa s the v ic t im o f hom ic ide and appa ren t ly d ied f rom b lun t fo rce t rau - ma . She wou ld have tu rned 3 on Jan . 22 . In the i r mo t ion s to sev - e r , Roden ’ s de fen se lawye r , Cono r Hu seby , and W ing ’ s de fen se lawye r , John Gu t - bezah l , a rgue the coup le made inc r im ina t ing s ta te - men t s abou t the even t s and bo th imp l ica te the o the r . The coup le to ld inve s - t iga to r s abou t inc iden t s Da i ly As to r ian F i le Randy Roden , r igh t , wa lks ou t fo l low ing a hea r ing in the C la tsop Coun ty C i rcu i t Cou r t Feb . 12 . whe re the 2 -yea r -o ld g i r l fe l l com ing f rom a bu s s top , fe l l o f f o f a to i le t and go t in tu s s le s w i th W ing ’ s two son s , age s 5 and 2 , who we re found in ju red the same day W ing ’ s daugh te r wa s found dead . The boy s we re ho sp i ta l ized and p laced in s ta te p ro tec t ive cu s tody . Acco rd ing to Hu seby ’ s mo t ion , W ing made mu l - t ip le s ta temen t s abou t in - t ju r ie s to he r ch i ld ren tha occu r red wh i le she wa s at wo rk . She made s ta temen t s abou t a b roken a rm her daugh te r su f fe red wh i le in Roden ’ s ca re . Roden i s se rv ing 100 mon th s , o r abou t e ight yea r s , in p r i son fo r a p roba - t ion v io la t ion f rom a p rev i - ou s dome s t ic v io lence con - v ic t ion . He v io la ted the p roba t ion by po s se s s ing ma r i juana , oxycodone and me thadone and fa i l ing to repo r t that he moved in w i th W ing . The d rug s we re d i scove red du r ing a sea rch wa r ran t of Roden and W ing ’ s Sea s ide home Dec . 20 , the day the todd le r wa s found dead . Roden d id no t wan t to be t ran spo r ted f rom p r i son to cou r t W edne sday , acco rd ing to h i s lawye r . W ing , who appea red W edne sday , rema in s in cu s - tody w i thou t the po s s ib i l i ty o f ba i l . P ow e r : S p e c i a l a n d l o c a l c r ew s i n v o l v e d i n t r a n s f o rm e r i n s t a l l a t i o n th e r e in th e w rong spo t , i t ju s t b a s i c a l ly sho r t c i r cu i t s h e s a id , bu t th ey w e r e to ld i t “Ba l loon s may seem l ike th e t r an sm i t t ing o f th e e l e c - sma l l th ing s ,” Pac i f ic Powe r Th e s e cond t r an s fo rm - Sa fe ty M an ag e r G en e Mo r r i s spok e sm an T om G aun t t . e r a t th e sub s t a t ion th a t c an s a id . “Bu t wh en e s c ap ed b a l - A s soon a s th e pow e r w en t p rov id e b a ckup w a s go ing loon s tou ch pow e r l in e s o r ou t , th e S e a s id e F i r e D ep a r t - th rough r egu l a r m a in t en an c e sub s t a t ion s , ev en th e sm a l l e s t m en t c a l l ed th e sub s t a t ion to and w a s no t u s ab l e a t th e t im e , amoun t o f m e t a l con t en t m a - r e spond to th e in c id en t . Th e G aun t t s a id . t e r i a l c an condu c t e l e c t r i c i ty . f a i l ed t r an s fo rm e r h ad smok e - Th i s c an in t e r f e r e w i th l in e s , - w e r e no t d e t e c t ed , S e a s id e spond wh en th e ou t ag e o c - and ou t ag e s . ” D iv i s ion Ch i e f Ch r i s Dug an cu r r ed . Th ey “w en t to wo rk Wh en a b a l loon “g e t s in s a id . Th e r e w a s no t mu ch Con t inu ed f r om Pag e 1A on th e s e cond t r an s fo rm e r so th a t i t wou ld b e r e ady to u s e wh en th e Po r t l and c r ew a r - r iv ed , ” G aun t t s a id . Th e c r ew f rom Po r t l and sp e c i a l i z e s in in s t a l l ing t r an s - fo rm e r s and o th e r equ ipm en t in sub s t a t ion s . “Bo th sp e c i a l and lo c a l c r ew s w e r e invo lv ed in th e d e l i c a t e sw i t ch ing wo rk en - t a i l ed w i th b r ing ing th e n ew ly in s t a l l ed t r an s fo rm e r b a ck on l in e , ” G aun t t s a id . BALLOON 4 1 1 • Keep ba l loons indoo r s whe re the y can ’ t r ise in to o ve rhead powe r l ines o r d r i f t in to con tac t w i th t rans fo rme r s o r subs ta t ions . • Make su re each ba l loon ’ s s t r ing is secu re l y a t tached and sho r t enough to con t ro l i ts d i rec t ion . • A t tach a we igh t to the ba l loon ’ s s t r ing so i t canno t f loa t awa y ; and ne ve r in ten t iona l l y re lease me ta l l ic ba l loons . • De f la te ba l loons a f te r the ho l ida y to keep as a memen to o r d ispose o f p rope r l y . B i rds and squ i r re ls ha ve been known to ca r ry ba l loon remnan ts on to l ines . • Ne ve r chase a loose ba l loon ac ross s t ree ts o r a t temp t to re t r ie ve a ba l loon f rom a powe r l ine o r subs ta t ion . • I f you no t ice a ba l loon nea r a powe r l ine , do no t t ry to re t r ie ve i t . Repo r t i t to Pac i f ic Powe r b y ca l l ing 888 -222 -7070 . F i sh : ‘ I t ’ s j u s t a p e r f e c t s t o rm o f b a d w e a t h e r c o n d i t i o n s f o r s a lm o n ’ Con t inu ed f r om Pag e 1A u ta r ie s f low ing in to the low - e r Umpqua R ive r , bu t he d id do no t an t ic ipa te any mo re c lo su re s un le s s th ing s ge t wo r se . “Ce r ta in ly we ’ve had s ign i f ican t d rough t s in the pa s t , such a s the la te ’70 s ,” he sa id . “Bu t the cha l lenge th i s yea r ha s been no t on ly a re the re d rough t cond i t ion s , we ’ re hav ing Augu s t tem - pe ra tu re s in June . Tha t com - b ina t ion we rea l ly have no t seen be fo re .” L iz Ham i l ton o f the No r thwe s t Spo r t f i sh ing A s soc ia t ion , sa id c lo su re s a re no t needed , becau se when tempe ra tu re s ge t too wa rm , f i sh go o f f the b i te , and ang le r s qu i t f i sh ing anyway . “ I t wa s 2001 o r 2002 and the Co lumb ia go t re - a l ly ho t in the fa l l ,” she re - ca l led . “The re we re f i sh ev - e rywhe re . Y ou had a be t te r chance o f one jump ing in the boa t than o f b i t ing . I t ’ s one o f tho se th ing s abou t f i sh ing . I f peop le a re no t ca tch ing , they a re no t sp read ing the wo rd to go , and le s s and le s s A juven i le sp r ing ch inook goes in to a ho ld ing pond in Sandy in 201 1 . peop le go .” wa rme r and d r ie r - than -no r - ma l wea the r made wo r se by the ocean -wa rm ing cond i - t ion known a s E l N iño , she add ed . “Th i s i s the wo r s t ca se scena r io p lay ing ou t r igh t now , a wa rm w in te r and then a wa rm and d ry summe r ,” she sa id . The W i l lame t te R ive r saw sco re s o f dead sa lmon in June . Th i s week , s ta te b io l - og i s t s exam ined abou t 50 dead sockeye sa lmon in the mou th o f the De schu te s R iv - e r . S ta te f i she r ie s b io log i s t Rod F rench sa id they ap - pea red to have been in fec ted w i th a g i l l ro t d i sea se a s so - c ia ted w i th wa rm wa te r , and had p robab ly le f t the wa rm wa te r s o f the Co lumb ia R iv - e r in sea rch o f coo le r wa te r . In Ca l i fo rn ia , in land f i sh - e r ie s manage r Roge r B loom say s they a re con s ide r ing eme rgency f i sh ing c lo su re s on seve ra l r ive r s so tha t f i sh weakened by the wa rm wa te r Ben jam in B r ink /The O regon ian v ia AP , F i le do no t d ie f rom be ing p layed by an ang le r , even i f they a re re lea sed . They inc lude the lowe r Me rced , the Ame r ican and the K lama th . In W a sh ing ton , two fed - e ra l f i sh ha tche r ie s in the Co lumb ia Go rge re lea sed 6 m i l l ion juven i le sa lmon two week s ea r ly in the Co - lumb ia R ive r , in hope s they wou ld have a be t te r chance o f reach ing the ocean be - fo re tempe ra tu re s go t even wa rme r , sa id John son . “ I t ’ s ju s t a pe r fec t s to rm o f bad wea the r cond i t ion s fo r sa lmon ,” he sa id . “P ray fo r ra in and snow .” R ive r f low s a re so low , the W a sh ing ton Depa r tmen t o f F i sh and W i ld l i fe i s send - ing ou t c rew s to c lea r ou t imp romp tu dam s peop le bu i ld w i th rock s to c rea te a poo l to coo l o f f in , so the sa lmon can sw im up s t ream to spawn , sa id depa r tmen t d rough t coo rd ina to r T e re sa Sco t t . R ive r s a re a t leve l s no rma l ly no t expec ted un - t i l Sep tembe r , and no one know s i f they w i l l d rop even fu r the r . “Th i s i s such a huge mag - n i tude compa red to p rev iou s d rough t s ,” she sa id . “Re - co rd s ava i lab le f rom be fo re don ’ t come c lo se to p repa r - ing u s fo r wha t we a re en - coun te r ing th i s yea r .” In O regon , depu ty f i sh - e r ie s ch ie f B ruce Mc In to sh say s they have impo sed B r ian Dav ies /The Reg is te r Gua rd v ia AP , F i le c lo su re s a round coo l wa te r ishe rman wa tch as the O regon Depa r tmen t o f F ish and W i ld l i fe re lease a po r t ion o f 1 ,550 t rou t in to the A l ton Bake r Canoe Cana l in Eugene in 2012 . a rea s whe re sa lmon seek F tche r ies a re re leas ing f ish as much as a mon th ea r l ie r fo r the i r t r ip to the ocean to t ry to p ro tec t them f rom d iseases tha t can occu r in wa rm wa te r . re fuge a t the mou th s o f t r ib - Ha