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Page 2A NATION East Oregonian Tuesday, May 19, 2015 Wyoming governor pushes coal ports CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Faced with sliding domestic demand for coal, the governor of Wyoming has kept pressing for access to deep-water ports in the Northwest that would allow exports to Asian markets. Wyoming Gov. Matt Mead met Monday with Washington Gov. Jay Inslee in Olympia and plans to meet Tuesday with Oregon Gov. Kate Brown. “I wanted to get out here and talk to these two governors,” Mead said in a telephone interview with The Associated Press. “If there are practical issues as well that we could help work through — every- WKLQJ IURP WUDLQ WUDI¿F WR train congestion, to issues of coal dust — we want to do our part in any way we can to help address the issues of concern to these two states,” Mead said. The stakes are high for Wyoming — the nation’s leading coal-producing state ²WR¿QGQHZPDUNHWV7KH state Infrastructure Authority released a study in March that predicts stricter federal regulations could force a decline of up to 45 percent in Powder River Basin coal production by 2030. The Wyoming Legislature this year authorized issuing up to $1 billion in state bonds LI QHFHVVDU\ WR ¿QDQFH FRDO port construction. Wyoming has run into stiff opposition from envi- URQPHQWDOLVWV DQG VWDWH RI¿- cials in the Northwest so far in its efforts to secure access to deep-water ports. Many in the Northwest don’t welcome the process RI KHDY\ WUDLQ WUDI¿F WKDW would be necessary to move millions of tons of coal through their states. They also don’t like the thought of enabling foreign nations to burn more coal even as the United States clamps down RQHPLVVLRQVIURPFRDO¿UHG plants at home. Mead said he and Inslee have different points of view on climate change. While many scientists have concluded that burning coal and other fossil fuels contrib- utes to global warming, Mead has said he’s skeptical that human activities are to blame. Mead in 2013 asked the White House to disregard Waco shootout puts spotlight on biker culture By ALLEN G. BREED AP National Writer Former undercover agent Jay Dobyns says people can be forgiven for thinking Sunday’s biker bloodbath in Waco, Texas, was a throwback to a bad 1970s movie. The shootout — which killed nine people and wounded 18 — seemed aberrant because the public image of many motorcycle gangs has been burnished in recent years thanks to the many largely benign bike enthusiasts who’ve co-opted some of the same clothing and style. “I think, as a society, and to a large extent even in law enforcement, we fall into the sense that these guys are these big, rough-looking teddy bears that do blood drives and toy runs and are harmless,” VD\V 'RE\QV ZKR LQ¿OWUDWHG the notorious Hells Angels Motorcycle Club for the federal Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms. “These are people that have used the motorcycle FXOWXUHDVFDPRXÀDJH´ The more sinister side of Rod Aydelotte/Waco Tribune-Herald via AP Bikers congregate against a wall while authorities inves- tigate a Twin Peaks restaurant Sunday in Waco, Texas. biker culture was thrust into the spotlight after Sunday’s shooting in the parking lot of a restaurant where members of several rival gangs were having a meeting. By Monday, author- ities had charged about 170 gang members with engaging in organized crime. Motorcycle culture’s image problem goes back at least to 1947, when a race in Hollister, California, descended into two days of bloody riots. The Amer- ican Motorcycle Association, the race’s sponsor, responded to the coverage by declaring that 99 percent of participants were law-abiding. To this day, gangs like the Outlaws refer to themselves as “1 percenters,” says Terry Katz, former commander of the Maryland State Police’s orga- BRIEFLY Brown names former Salem- Keizer leader school chief nized crime section. Trouble is, it’s sometimes hard to tell the dark side of motorcycle groups from the light. Good and bad alike call their organizations “clubs.” Both use the term “colors” for the emblems on the backs of their jackets and vests. Don Chambers, founder of the Bandidos gang, modeled his club’s emblem — a sombre- ro-wearing Mexican caricature carrying a sword and pistol — after the corn chip company’s Frito Bandito mascot, says Katz, who went undercover in the 1970s as an associate to two clubs, the Pagans and the Phantoms. Other clubs that want to operate on their turf are required to wear a patch called a “support cookie,” so named because it’s the size and shape of a cookie. “You have a major gang. Then you have like a puppet club or you can call it a farm team that is part of their organization. But they’re not a member of the big dogs,” says Katz, vice presi- dent of the International Outlaw Motorcycle Gang Investigators Association. SALEM (AP) — Gov. Kate Brown has appointed Salam Noor to replace Rob Saxton as deputy superintendent of public instruction. Noor spent six years as assistant superintendent DQGFKLHIDFDGHPLFRI¿FHULQWKH6DOHP.HL]HU School District before taking a job last fall with the Higher Education Coordination Commission. Brown says Noor delivered results while at Salem-Keizer and other stops in his career. He’ll be asked to improve one of the nation’s lowest graduation rates. 1RRUVWDUWV-XO\LIFRQ¿UPHGE\WKH2UHJRQ6HQDWH The 2011 Legislature changed the head of public schools from an elected position to an appointed position. 6D[WRQZDVWKH¿UVWSHUVRQDSSRLQWHGWRWKHMRE Last month, he announced his retirement from the Oregon Department of Education and said he would lead the Northwest Regional Education Service District. Man wanted son to move out, said gun ‘went off’ and killed him POST, Ore. (AP) — A 72-year-old man charged with killing his son told investigators the gun “went off” after his son hit him in the face with an open backhand. William Brown Sr. was arrested on a murder charge last week at his home in Post, southeast of Prineville. Crook County Deputy Dave Tugman wrote in court documents released Monday that 51-year-old William Brown Jr. was dead when deputies arrived. According to Tugman, the elder Brown said he was trying to get his son to move back to Minnesota and pulled the gun to threaten him. The father said the son’s backhand caused his head to hit a GRRUMDPEDQGWKHJXQ¿UHG A medical examiner said Brown died from a gunshot that entered near the left armpit and exited near the right armpit. Pot panel approves new restrictions for medical marijuana SALEM (AP) — An Oregon Senate special committee unanimously passed legislation on Monday imposing a variety of new restrictions on medical marijuana, a week after a joint committee overseeing the state’s marijuana rules stalled on a similar measure. The Senate Special Committee on Implementing Measure 91 passed a proposal tightening regulations on the medical marijuana industry, such as limiting the number of plants growers can have, building an inventory tracking system for growers, processors and dispensaries, inspection requirements and an Oregon residency requirement. Lawmakers say the lengthy set of new restrictions is necessary so the recreational program can pass muster with federal authorities. The move comes a week after an Oregon House-Senate committee in charge of imple- menting the state’s new mari- juana rules reached an impasse on a bill aimed at stemming the ÀRZRISRWWRWKHEODFNPDUNHW Committee members agreed on most issues except for one: the question of whether local governments could ban medical marijuana dispensaries or other pot facil- ities within their jurisdictions. 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