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3A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • TUESDAY, JUNE 27, 2017 Rainbow Family members start gathering in Oregon Some ranchers unhappy with hippie campers Far left: Members of the Rainbow Family of Living Light gather under a tarp at their campsite in Mount Tabor, Vt., last summer. Concern is growing in a conservative, remote cor- ner of Oregon as people start arriving in a national forest for this year’s Rain- bow Family of Living Light annual gathering, a count- er-culture get-together ex- pected to draw thousands. By ANDREW SELSKY Associated Press SALEM — Concern is growing in a conservative, remote corner of Oregon as people start arriving in a national forest for a Rainbow Family of Living Light annual gathering, a counter-culture get-together expected to draw thousands. Officials with the Mal- heur National Forest said last week that around 600 Rain- bow Family members are already camped at a gather- ing site near Flagtail Meadow and that between 10,000 and 30,000 are likely arriving by July 4, when the multiday event peaks with a prayer for world peace. People with small children, those with disabilities and senior citizens were among those who wrote to the event’s Facebook page, discussing the site near the town of John Day in Eastern Oregon, acces- sibility and bus routes. ‘People are furious over this. Not because it’s a friggin’ bunch of hippies. It’s the different standards.’ Left: Members of the Rain- bow Family of Living Light gather under a tarp at their campsite in Mount Tabor, Vt., last summer. AP Photos/Wilson Ring Photo: Tom Dellinger June 30 -July 4 Tom McCall Waterfront Park 5 days . 4 stages . 150 acts . 30 years . After parties . Cruises . Fireworks Loren Stout rancher Some commentators expressed concern about keeping the place hygienic. “Bury your s--t, bury your dog’s s--t, bury your baby’s s--t,” one person wrote. Another asked what the “pants policy” is, and got doz- ens of responses, including that they’re optional. The U.S. Forest Service said its resource specialists are making sure that kitchens, peace circles, and latrines are located appropriately. Ahead of last year’s event in Vermont in the Green Mountain National Forest, there was a lot of concern about whether the Rainbows would pick up after them- selves once the gathering was over. They carved campsites out of the wilderness, but once the bulk of the Rainbows left, a number stay behind, in some cases for weeks, to clean up. An Indian tribe, the Burns Paiute, said the Oregon site is within its ancestral territory, and asked for attendees to be respectful. “This land is sacred to us, and we hope they respect it,” Burns Paiute Tribal Chairman Joe DeLaRosa said in a state- ment Thursday. In a welcoming note to attendees, the tribe noted that the armed occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, in the winter of 2016 by those trying to put federal lands into the hands of locals, had occurred on land sacred to the tribe. “We are still recovering from last year’s desecration,” the tribe said. The Forest Service said the group refused to sign a spe- cial use permit, required for groups of more than 75. The group has noted that it claims no leader, and consequently there is no one to sign such permits. The Forest Service said it will require operat- ing conditions that users must abide by. Rancher Loren Stout, who has a federal grazing permit on land adjacent to the event site, was upset, saying the Forest Service would punish ranchers if they ignored per- mit requirements and tapped a spring for drinking water like the Rainbow Family has done. “People are furious over this,” Stout told the Blue Mountain Eagle, a weekly newspaper in John Day. “Not because it’s a friggin’ bunch of hippies. It’s the different standards.” GET YOUR 5-DAY PASS NOW waterfrontbluesfest.com (early-bird pricing starts at just $40) We Thank our Supporting Sponsors: clip or CLICK! Valid 6/27/17 thru 7/4/17 ® 10 OFF $ 50 or more $ * Save on your next grocery purchase of $50 or more* with your Club Card & this Savings Award. *Use this Savings Award on any shopping trip you choose at any Oregon Safeway or Albertsons store and S.W. Washington stores serving Clark, Wahkiakum, Cowlitz, Skamania, Walla Walla and Klickitat counties by 7/4/17. 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