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BEAVERTON (AP) — An enraged man shot and
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domestic disturbance call at a trailer park Wednesday
morning, authorities said. The shooter was later found
dead.
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taken to an undisclosed hospital. He was in serious
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Beaverton Police Department spokesman.
Rowe said police responded to Hidden Village Mobile
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trailer was volatile, throwing items out of his windows
and at police.
“At times, he actually removed bricks from inside
the residence and threw them out of the closed windows
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59-year-old Michael Westrich, was found dead on the
front porch.
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take his dog for a walk.
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I grabbed my dog and I hit the ground,” Cauble said. He
estimated hearing at least two dozen shots.
The identity of the person who called police to the
trailer has not been released. Rowe said Westrich lived
alone.
Rowe said the Washington County Major Crime Team
is handling the investigation.
Burke has been with Beaverton police for 20 years.
By MARK BAKER
The Register-Guard
SUTHERLIN — Harry Pinsent is not
blowing smoke when he says he’s a big
supporter of Oregon’s nearly week-old
law legalizing the recreational use of
marijuana.
“I wanted to make a statement,
basically,” says Pinsent, sitting in his
Magic Mushroom/Oregon Gifts shop
that sits just on the east side of Interstate
5. “It’s been illegal now for (years). It’s
a plant. It should be legal. So, I did it as
a protest.”
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during the past six months was build
what is perhaps the world’s largest
doobie (that’s a marijuana cigarette, for
those still not up on their weed lingo) so
he could put it on top of his shop for I-5
travelers to see.
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made out of foam, chicken wire and
cardboard. But the point of this joint is
getting across, even if not every one in
this Douglas County town is exactly
buzzing with delight over Pinsent’s
display.
“I do not feel like that is a good
representation of Sutherlin as a city or
a community,” says Tami Trowbridge,
president of the Sutherlin Area Chamber
of Commerce. “And I’m not so sure I’m
pleased that he has such great freeway
access.”
A pot smoker for 50 years, and a
grower who has a medical marijuana
card (for aches and pains, he says),
Pinsent realizes that in a conservative
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long joint might not be a hit with
everyone.
Especially when it’s blowing smoke,
funneled through a smoke machine
inside the shop, next to a giant U.S.
Julia Reihs/The Register-Guard via AP
In honor of the legalization of marijuana in Oregon, Harry Pinsent,
owner of the Magic Mushrooms gift shop in Sutherlin, crafted a 27-foot
faux marijuana joint, which he placed on top of his shop for travelers on
Interstate 5 to see.
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America’s veterans.
The shop Pinsent runs with his wife,
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room-related gift items, including the
distinctive mushroom lamps he has sold
for years, made of manzanita wood for
the bases and coral for the shades, for as
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And there are two giant mushrooms,
also made of foam, chicken wire, etc., on
top of the store. There’s also the Flint-
stones-like mushroom mobile, made
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out front.
In addition to the mushroom lamps,
the shop also sells the usual gift shop
trinkets, posters, T-shirts and “Oregon”
coffee cups, as well as a few glass bongs
and pipes.
Pinsent christened his big joint last
week with friends who helped build it in
his home studio. They also tossed, from
the store roof, free joints and baggies
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eagerly in the parking lot below.
“Beautiful,” Pinsent says of the event.
“Lovely. There were lots of people here.
Everyone was smiling and cheering,
especially when the joints were being
tossed off the roof.”
Pinsent says he got the idea for
creating his supersized joint last year
while smoking pot with friends.
“And I took a hit on a joint, pulled
it back like this,” he says, mimicking
holding a marijuana cigarette with thumb
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it, “and I said, ‘This would look fabulous
if it were a thousand times bigger.’?”
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SALEM (AP) — Several male youths who locked
themselves inside a unit at MacLaren Youth Correctional
Facility had to be hospitalized after police used tear gas
to get them out.
The Statesman Journal reports that a group of minors
and an 18-year-old barricaded themselves in a room at
the Woodburn facility Monday.
Oregon State Police, SWAT members, along with
Woodburn and Hubbard police departments, responded
to negotiate with the group.
A police spokesman says the group had gotten into an
area where prescription drugs were housed.
Police dispersed tear gas after hours of failed
negotiations.
One minor was taken to a Portland hospital for a drug
overdose. Five others were taken to Salem Hospital
where they were treated and released. The adult is now
facing charges in Marion County jail.
State reaches tentative deal with state workers union
Department of Corrections.
Key
provisions,
as
announced by the union
Wednesday:
• Cost-of-living adjust-
ments totaling 5 percent over
the contract; 2.25 percent on
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again on Dec. 1, 2016.
• Health insurance plans
with options of a 95-5 percent
cost split for employees who
choose the more expensive of
the two plans, or 99-1 percent
for those choosing the plan
of less cost. Employees once
had fully paid state insurance,
but cost-sharing has been
instituted.
By PETER WONG
Capital Bureau
SALEM — The state has
reached a tentative two-year
agreement with the American
Federation of State, County
and Municipal Employees,
the union that represents the
second-largest group of state
workers.
The
agreement
was
reached late Tuesday after a
14-hour bargaining session.
It is likely to set the pattern
for other labor settlements,
although this one applies
only to 3,000 AFSCME-rep-
resented workers outside the
• The day after Thanks-
giving is now a paid holiday
for
AFSCME-represented
state employees.
“This agreement makes
particular
advancements
on health care issues and
equitable wage increases,”
said Ken Allen, the union’s
executive director and chief
negotiator. “We will whole-
heartedly recommend passage
to our membership.”
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will start in about two weeks.
Negotiations
are
continuing with the 3,000
AFSCME-represented
employees in the Department
of Corrections, and with
other unions, including Local
503 of Service Employees
International Union, which
represents
more
than
16,000 state workers. SEIU
also represents workers at
Oregon’s public universities.
The two-year budget sets
aside $120 million for pay and
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are negotiated between the
Department of Administrative
Services and the unions.
Lawmakers release the money
through the Emergency
Board, which meets between
sessions, but have no other
role in the process.
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106° (1968)
61°
57°
41° (1911)
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July 23
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Salem
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Corrections
The July 8 article “EOTEC gets extra funding” mischar-
acterized a planned Blue Mountain Community College
Early Learning Center. The center will serve as a hands-on
learning lab for students in the school’s early childhood
education program.
Justin Rohde was not with his family Saturday at the
Camas Creek site where strangers saved his daughter’s life
as reported in a story in Wednesday’s East Oregonian.
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National Summary: A swath of drenching showers and locally gusty storms will stretch
from the mid-Atlantic to the Ohio Valley and southern Plains today. Both drenching and
mainly dry storms will dot the West.
Yesterday’s National Extremes: (for the 48 contiguous states)
High 108° in Phoenix, Ariz.
Low 35° in Utica, Mont.
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