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Page 2A NORTHWEST East Oregonian Friday, June 5, 2015 Orchard to pay $2.25M to ICE BRIEFLY Cougar spotted along creek in Grants Pass WALLA WALLA, Wash. (AP) — An Eastern Washington apple company will pay $2.25 million in civil penalties to the federal government for violations of a law requiring it to verify the eligibility of people to work in the United States, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said Thursday. Broetje Orchards LLC of Prescott, Washington, a major apple producer located east of the Tri-Cities, reached the settlement with ICE this week. The penalty amount is an ICE record for Washington state, the agency said. Immigration and Customs Enforcement said it audited the company’s records last summer and found that nearly 950 of its employees over several years were suspected of not being authorized to work in the United States. Under the settlement, Broetje Orchards did not admit to any criminal wrongdoing. But the company did acknowledge that it continued to employ unauthorized workers after being advised they did not have permission to work in the United States. “We are pleased to put this process behind us and to get back to the business of growing fruit,” the company said in a press release. “This case nevertheless highlights what is clearly a dysfunctional and broken immigration system,” the company said, and urged Congress to pass immigra- tion reform. “The agricultural labor VKRUWDJH QHHGV WR EH ¿[HG and now,” the company said. Washington is the nation’s largest apple-growing state, and the industry hires thou- sands of workers each year to harvest and process the fruit. A large number of the workers come from Mexico and are in the U.S. illegally. The settlement called for Broetje to pay a lump sum WR ,&( 2Q SD\LQJ WKH ¿QH Broetje will be fully released from any further civil or criminal liability in this case, ICE said. Joshua Bessex/Daily Astorian via AP Fake orca hits snag also tow a smaller, 7-foot-long orca behind it. Sea lions have become a nuisance to the FLW\ DQG FRPPHUFLDO ¿VKHUPHQ EHFDXVH they damage docks, prevent boaters from using them and eat too many salmon. In recent weeks, the Port of Astoria tried creative ways to keep the animals away, including installing beach balls, FRORUIXOWDSHFKLFNHQZLUHDQGHOHFWUL¿HG mats — but were not successful. The sea lion population has increased dramatically in recent decades. The animals are protected under the Marine Mammal Protection Act, but the law includes provisions allowing for deter- rence of the sea lions to protect private property. 2I¿FLDOVVDLGLW¶VQRWNQRZQLIWKHVHD lions will actually be scared of the phony NLOOHUZKDOH:LOGOLIHRI¿FLDOVD\VHDOLRQV DUHVPDUWDQGPLJKW¿JXUHRXWLW¶VDIDNH cost-saving reductions in 2013, the system was funded at 98 percent, according to &DOODQWKH6DQ)UDQFLVFR¿UPWKDWZRUNV The Oregon Investment Council moved with the Oregon Investment Council. The Wednesday toward shifting a small share court’s decision will reduce that funding of Oregon’s public-pension investments level to around 92 percent, still greater than from higher-yielding private equities into comparable systems in many states. Still, at a joint meeting of the council and public securities. The move is projected to generate up to the PERS board on May 29, members were $3 billion less over 20 years for the Public told that the decision would increase the Employees Retirement Fund, whose earn- liability of the system over 20 years by $5 ings account for 73 cents of every dollar billion. That gap has to be made up through greater investment earnings and higher SDLGRXWLQSHQVLRQEHQH¿WV But by moving into securities, it contributions from the 925 government DOVR ZLOO DOORZ IRU D EHWWHU FDVK ÀRZ IRU employers under PERS, which covers about the system to meet increased payments 95 percent of Oregon’s public workforce. “We got a pretty clear message from the resulting from an April 30 decision of the Oregon Supreme Court. The court ruled PERS Board,” said Katy Durant of Port- that cost-of-living increases for public land, who leads the investment council. 7KH ¿YH PHPEHUV RI WKH FRXQFLO VHW retirees cannot be reduced retroactively on investment policies and the allocation of EHQH¿WVHDUQHGEHIRUH0D\ After the Oregon Legislature made those assets in Oregon’s portfolio. 211 S.E. Byers Ave., Pendleton 541-276-2211 333 E. 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Lookout Mountain District ranger Slater Turner says the company has been authorized to cut 2.9 million board feet of ponderosa pines, Douglas ¿UDQGZKLWH¿U By PETER WONG Capital Bureau — Founded Oct. 16, 1875 — Man arrested with 61 pounds of pot Loggers to begin salvaging trees EXUQHGLQ¿UH State shifts portfolio after PERS decision Subscriber services: For home delivery, vacation stops or delivery concerns: 1-800-522-0255 89° 55° GRANTS PASS (AP) — A young cougar was seen walking through residential areas of Grants Pass. Police told the Grants Pass Daily Courier that they went looking for it Wednesday after a number of sightings were called in near Gilbert &UHHNEXWFRXOGQ¶W¿QGLW Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife district biologist Mark Vargas says cougars prowl inside city limits in Josephine and Jackson counties more than people realize, regularly moving along creeks and wooded areas. He says the department has no plans to try to tranquilize the cougar and relocate it, but if it keeps prowling around town, police may have to shoot it as a threat to public safety. Last year, six cougars were killed in Josephine County, three by hunters, two for damage complaints and one for human safety. A fake life-sized orca sits on the docks of Pier Two in Astoria on Thursday. ASTORIA (AP) — A fake life-sized orca that spouts water and plays record- ings of its real-life counterparts is being deployed to scare off hundreds of sea lions crowding docks off the Oregon coast, but LWUDQLQWRDVQDJLWV¿UVWGD\RQWKHMRE The orca was brought over land from Bellingham, Washington, on Thursday, but as soon as it hit the water at Astoria, LWV HQJLQH ÀRRGHG .*:79 UHSRUWHG 2I¿FLDOVLQ$VWRULDVD\WKH\KDYHIRXQGD replacement motor and the fake orca will make it to the water near the docks within several hours. 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