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OPINION
East Oregonian
Friday, January 15, 2016
Founded October 16, 1875
KATHRYN B. BROWN
DANIEL WATTENBURGER
Publisher
Managing Editor
JENNINE PERKINSON
TIM TRAINOR
Advertising Director
Opinion Page Editor
OUR VIEW
Tip of the hat;
kick in the pants
A tip of the hat and word of encouragement to anyone considering
seeking a seat on a city council or other committee this spring.
,t¶s a diI¿FuOt, tiPeintensiYe, SittanFe
Saying MoE, and Ze Fan understand ZKy
residents are retiFent %ut tKis sort oI saFri¿Fe
is neFessary to NeeS tKings running around
Kere
7Kere¶s no sugarFoating tKe MoE ,t taNes
Kard ZorN, and it FoPes ZitK resSonsiEiOity
tKat Fannot Ee taNen OigKtOy 7Kat¶s ZKy
KaYing Fontested eOeFtions are so iPSortant
7Key KeOS Zeed out tKose ZKo adPiraEOy
tKougK ZeariOy steS IorZard ZitKout
intentions oI dediFating tKePseOYes IuOOy to
tKe Sosition
$ terP on Fity FounFiO or a FoPPittee is a Kard Eurden to Eear, Eut a
suFFessIuO FoPPunity reTuires it :e KoSe to see soPe Fandidates aSSOy
EeIore tKe 0arFK deadOine to get on tKe EaOOot
7Ke Fity oI 3endOeton Kas SOenty oI needs 6oPe eFonoPiF OiIe uS at tKe
airSort toSs tKe Oist, IoOOoZed Ey oYerdue road and inIrastruFture reSairs
and Pore PediuPinFoPe Kousing 7Kere¶s aOso a diOaSidated ¿re station
to tKinN aEout, a sKrinNing and aging SoSuOation and soPe Eig KoOes to ¿OO
around toZn ² $OEertson¶s, 3** and tKe oOd 6t $ntKony +osSitaO FoPe
iPPediateOy to Pind
%ut tKe FounFiO is insistent tKat it¶s a
Pessaging SroEOeP uOtiPateOy KoOding
tKe Fity EaFN, and is in IaYor oI adding a
staIIer ZKo doesn¶t direFtOy soOYe any oI tKe
aIorePentioned SroEOePs, Eut instead ¿nds a
Zay to e[SOain tKose SroEOePs to tKe SuEOiF in
a Zay tKat endears $nd a Zay tKat PaNes ta[
and Iee inFreases sound Pore SaOataEOe
Well, a kick in the pants to that.
7Kere is great YaOue in FOear
FoPPuniFation, Eut it sKouOdn¶t Ee suFK a
Ioreign FonFeSt to reTuire a ZKoOe Said Sosition in a Fity oI 3endOeton¶s si]e
:e PaNe our editoriaO sSaFe aYaiOaEOe to any eOeFted or aSSointed
PePEer oI tKe Fity goYernPent, or anyone ZitK soPetKing FoKerent to
say, Ior tKat Patter 6eYeraO, inFOuding &ity 0anager 5oEE &orEett, &ity
&ounFiOor $O 3Oute and EFonoPiF 'eYeOoSPent 'ireFtor 6teYe &KrisPan
KaYe taNen us uS on tKe oIIer and KaYe seen EotK tKe Eene¿t and diI¿FuOty
oI FoPPuniFating ZitK tKe SuEOiF tKrougK our Sages and ZeEsite 7Key¶re
tKe saPe issues Ze IaFe ² soPe SeoSOe Kear you and agree, soPe Kear and
disagree, and soPe don¶t Say attention at aOO
7Kat¶s tKe Fase no Patter ZKat teFKnoOogy you use, and FertainOy tKere are
Zays tKe FounFiO FouOd Eetter inForSorate tKe neZest ones
%ut FKiSSing oII anotKer SieFe oI tKe dZindOing Eudget to Say Ior tKis
Sosition is a Ead PoYe tKat uOtiPateOy detraFts IroP ZKat tKe Fity¶s Pission
sKouOd Ee
A tip of the backwards ballcap to The Kid, soon to Ee tKe neZest
PePEer oI tKe %aseEaOO +aOO oI FaPe
Fans oI EaseEaOO in tKe 3aFi¿F 1ortKZest oZe .en *riIIey Jr a deEt oI
gratitude Ior reYiYing tKe 6eattOe 0ariners IranFKise on tKe ErinN oI FoOOaSse
into one oI tKe Post e[Fiting IranFKises oI tKe
Oate 10s 6ure, tKe <anNees Zere tKe teaP
tKat ended uS doPinating tKe deFade Iour
rings in ¿Ye years, Eut tKanNs to *riIIey¶s
:eE *eP SroZess in tKe out¿eOd, SiFturesTue
sZing and SerSetuaO sPiOe, tKe 0¶s Iound an
identity tKat NeSt tKe teaP in toZn
7Kere aren¶t Yery Pany SOayers OiNe
*riIIey, and EaseEaOO Zriters NnoZ it ²
oI tKe 0 +aOO oI FaPe Yoters gaYe KiP tKe
nod, tKe Eest SerFentage eYer ,t KeOSs tKat
eYen tKougK Kis Fareer stuttered in its seFond
KaOI due to inMury, Ke Zas neYer iPSOiFated
ZitK steroid or +*+ use, ZKiOe Kis FontePSoraries Zere dragged EeIore tKe
FoPPissioner and &ongress denying EreaNing tKe ruOes oI tKe gaPe, Pany
to Ee Iound guiOty anyZay
%ut Eest oI aOO, *riIIey ZiOO Ee tKe ¿rst to Zear tKe 0ariner Oogo on Kis
+aOO oI FaPe Eust, an iPSortant PiOestone Ior a teaP entering its IourtK
deFade
Unsigned editorials are the opinion of the East Oregonian editorial board of Publisher
Kathryn Brown, Managing Editor Daniel Wattenburger, and Opinion Page Editor Tim Trainor.
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necessarily that of the East Oregonian.
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OTHER VIEWS
$ ZiIe¶s ZrenFKing deFision
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,77:E, 0yanPar ² +oZ PuFK
³7Kere Zas aOPost no Iood or Zater,´
sKouOd you saFri¿Fe to saYe your
sKe rePePEered ² and Fonditions
KusEand¶s OiIe"
Zere KeOOisK in tKe KoOd
$nd KoZ PuFK KardsKiS do you
7Ke sKiS saiOed Ior 50 days, trying
inÀiFt on your son to resFue your
to sneaN Sast tKe 7Kai naYy, Eut ¿naOOy
KusEand"
gaYe uS $raIa and Ker FKiOdren are
7Kose are tKe Tuestions Jano
EaFN in tKe FonFentration FaPS, Eut
%eguP IaFed Jano, 22, and Ker
sKe¶s tKinNing oI trying again
KusEand, 5oEi $OoP, 0, are aPong
$s Ior 5oEi, 2 12 PontKs aIter Ke
Nicholas
tKe Pore tKan 1 PiOOion 0usOiPs
disaSSeared,
Jano reFeiYed a Pessage
Kristof
ZKo EeOong to tKe 5oKingya Pinority
IroP a KuPan traI¿FNer in 7KaiOand
Comment
in 0yanPar, suEMeFted to an etKniF
+e Zas KoOding Ker KusEand, and Ke
FOeansing tKat a <aOe study suggests
dePanded 1,200 Ior Ker KusEand¶s
Pay aPount to genoFide
OiIe
,¶Ye Zritten seYeraO tiPes oYer tKe years
Jano soOd EeOongings, EorroZed IroP
aEout tKe ErutaOi]ation oI tKe 5oKingya, Eut ,
reOatiYes and SaZned Ker Iood ration Fard,
NnoZ tKat Ior soPe readers it seePs oEsFure
Panaging to raise 500 and transIer it to tKe
and rePote :Ky Zorry aEout a distant SeoSOe traI¿FNers¶ EanN aFFount ,n SKone FaOOs,
ZKen tKere are so Pany Frises in our oZn
tKe traI¿FNers Sressed Ior Pore Poney
EaFNyard" %ut Sut yourseOI in Jano¶s situation, 6oPetiPes tKey Sut 5oEi on tKe Oine and Eeat
as sKe sits in a Kut in a FonFentration FaPS
KiP ZitK stiFNs, so tKe IaPiOy FouOd Kear Kis
Kere, and tKinN KoZ Iar
sFreaPs
you ZouOd go to saYe your
%ut Jano toOd tKeP sKe
sSouse
Kad notKing OeIt 6Ke didn¶t
Jano, 5oEi and otKer
Tuite teOO Pe so, Eut sKe
5oKingya KaYe Eeen
Kinted tKat SerKaSs sKe
Fon¿ned sinFe 2012 to
FouOd KaYe raised a OittOe Eit
FonFentration FaPSs or
Pore Eut Ieared tKat tKeir
isoOated YiOOages, striSSed
5yearoOd son, 0uKaPPad
oI Fiti]ensKiS and denied
² aOready Kungry ² ZouOd
eduFation, MoEs and adeTuate
starYe , got tKe sense
Iood and KeaOtK Fare 7Ke
tKat sKe aOso tKougKt tKe
Fonditions are FaOFuOated to
traI¿FNers ZouOd FaSituOate
induFe desSair 6ure enougK,
and eYentuaOOy reOease 5oEi
5oEi SroSosed to Kis IaPiOy tKat Ke Moin tKe
,I tKat¶s ZKat sKe tKougKt, sKe
ZaYe oI 5oKingya Eoat SeoSOe Àeeing to
PisFaOFuOated 6Ke reFeiYed a ¿naO FaOO IroP
0aOaysia
tKe traI¿FNers 5oEi Kad died in tKe MungOe
³, ZouOdn¶t Oet KiP go,´ Jano reFaOOed ³:e
³, didn¶t raise tKe Poney, so tKey NiOOed
Zere arguing +e said, µEYen iI , die in tKe
KiP,´ Jano toOd Pe $Iter a Oong, aFKing
oFean, it¶s Eetter tKan Eeing Kere¶´
Sause, sKe added ³, EOaPe PyseOI , didn¶t
7Ken one eYening in OFtoEer 201 5oEi
saYe Py KusEand´
disaSSeared $ Iriend Sassed a Pessage to
,t¶s not FOear ZKat KaSSened 0ayEe tKe
Jano +e Kad KoSSed on a KuPan traI¿FNer¶s
traI¿FNers Eeat 5oEi to deatK or NiOOed KiP to
Eoat +e Kadn¶t dared to say goodEye Ior Iear
seOO Kis Nidneys 3erKaSs Ke died oI PaOaria
tKat Jano ZouOd stoS KiP
Or SerKaSs tKey soOd KiP to a 7Kai ¿sKing
Jano Zas Zounded and angry, Eut sKe aOso
Eoat on ZKiFK Ke is ensOaYed
understood ³+ere Ze OiYe in soPetKing OiNe
Jano Kasn¶t toOd 0uKaPPad tKat Kis IatKer
a Srison,´ sKe said ³1o MoEs 1o notKing 6o
Pay Ee dead 7Ke Eoy is Oosing ZeigKt, IroP
tKat¶s ZKy Ke OeIt´
eitKer Zorry or PaOnutrition 7Ke IaPiOy
7Ke 5oKingya IeeO aEandoned 7Ke 81
oZes 200 to get EaFN its ration Fard, so Iood
systeP, ZitK tKe e[FeStion oI tKe OI¿Fe oI tKe is sFarFer tKan eYer Jano ZasKes FOotKes
+igK &oPPissioner Ior +uPan 5igKts, Kas
Ior neigKEors, earning 20 Fents a day to eNe
doZnSOayed tKe SroEOeP :estern ePEassies
out an e[istenFe $ KuPan rigKts grouS
and goYernPents KaYe Eeen too FoPSOaFent
FaOOed FortiIy 5igKts is trying to KeOS Ker
$nd $ung 6an 6uu .yi, tKe 1oEeO 3eaFe
0uOtiSOy Jano¶s tragedy Ey a PiOOion and you
3ri]e Zinner ZKose Sarty Must Zon eOeFtions in get tKe taSestry oI tKe 5oKingya suIIering
0yanPar, Kas Eeen siOent
today 7Ke Korror arises not Must IroP tKe
,n tKe saPe FaPS ZKere , sSoNe to Jano ,
saYagery oI KuPan traI¿FNers Eut aOso IroP
aOso Pet $raIa %eguP, a 2yearoOd ZidoZ
a goYernPent¶s systePatiF eIIort to destroy
ZKo arranged ZitK KuPan traI¿FNers Oast year a SartiFuOar etKniF grouS, one Pet Ey gOoEaO
to traYeO ZitK Ker ¿Ye FKiOdren on a diIIerent
indiIIerenFe
sKiS to 0aOaysia $raIa NneZ tKat sKe Zas at
*enoFide" , don¶t NnoZ $ stain on our
risN oI Eeing soOd to a ErotKeO, aOong ZitK Ker
FoOOeFtiYe KuPanity" $EsoOuteOy
daugKters %ut, not NnoZing KoZ Ker FKiOdren
Ŷ
FouOd surYiYe iI sKe stayed in 0yanPar, sKe
Nicholas Kristof grew up on a sheep and
Eoarded a KuPan traI¿FNer¶s sKiS in JuOy
cherry farm in Yamhill, Oregon.
How much
hardship do you
inlict on your
son to rescue
your husband?
YOUR VIEWS
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earn money for Oregon
, KaYen¶t read tKe SaSers and Pay not
KaYe a good understanding oI tKis suEMeFt, so
SOease IorgiYe Pe iI , PaNe any outOandisK
SreSosterous SroSosaOs or Pisguided
assuPStions to tKe IoOOoZing , Zas driYing Ey
tKe 8PatiOOa $rPy 'eSot 0onday Porning
and Kad a tKougKt tKat PuOtiSOied into seYeraO
tKougKts on Py triS to tKe 7ri&ities tKis day
, KaYe a SOan
:Kat iI 7Ke &onstitutionaO 3atriots
oI %undy , don¶t NnoZ ZKat tKey FaOO
tKePseOYes, sorry iI , oIIend Zere granted
saIe Sassage to tKe 8PatiOOa $rPy 'eSot and
giYen tKis goYernPent aOEatross to oFFuSy"
7Kere are aEout 1,100 SOaFes to KoOe uS, iI
,¶P not PistaNen, and naPe one Serson ZKo
FouOd KonestOy say tKat it ZouOdn¶t Ee Iun to
straS an $5 oYer one¶s sKouOder and ride a
IourZKeeOer oYer tKose igOoos
7Ken, Ze¶re going to EuiOd a ZaOO, SeoSOe,
and tKey¶re going to Say Ior it :e are aOso
going to Ering &oOuPEia 5iYer Zater uS Ior
irrigation and gra]e as Pany FoZs as tKese
FoZEoys Zant to range 7Key are going to Say
Ior tKis too
+ere¶s KoZ $t Oeast Iour Pore Satriots oI
tKe Fonstitution grouSs ZiOO Ee inYited to Moin
tKe %undy Eoys and IeOOoZ oFFuSiers 7Kree
Kundred and si[tydegree ZeE FaPs are going
to Ee strategiFaOOy SOaFed on Pany, Pany
igOoos ,n aEout tKree ZeeNs tKere is going to
Ee a IaOOout aPong tKese Satriot grouSs 7Kis
is siPSOe as Must add Zater, IoONs, trust Pe 7Ke
good SeoSOe oI Oregon are tKen going to seOO
adYertising on a PePEersKiSonOy ZeEsite Ior
SeoSOe aFross tKe gOoEe to FatFK uS on ZKat¶s
KaSSening out on tKe ³5ange´
7Kis is going to Freate MoEs, IeOOoZ
Oregonians :KiOe tKe ZaOO is going uS tKere
ZiOO Ee Ka]ard Say and iI tKis doesn¶t Freate
OiYing Zage MoEs, Py Iriends, ,¶OO eat Py Kat
,¶P not resSonsiEOe and disFOaiP any
resSonsiEiOity iI tKis idea is Farried IorZard
Ey anyone at any tiPe 3Oease do Fonsider Pe
Ior soPe oI tKe royaOties IroP tKe ZeEsite,
tKougK
Denny Henshaw
Pendleton
Federal law is clear and
Bundys are on wrong side of it
,n regards to tKe %undys, tKe OaZ is FOear
FederaO Oands EeOong to aOO oI us
, don¶t oZn Oand 7Kere is suFK a tKing as
Oand ZeaOtK 7Kese OandriFK SeoSOe Zant to
steaO IroP Pe 7Ke onOy Oand , KaYe a FOaiP
oYer is Oand tKat EeOongs to aOO oI us
7Kese outoIstate tKugs YioOated Oand tKat
EeOongs to aOO $PeriFans :Ken tKe IederaO
goYernPent Panages Oand, tKat Peans it
EeOongs to tKe SeoSOe 7Kese arPed tKugs
deFided to inYade IederaO Oands 7Key¶Ye
YandaOi]ed IenFe Oine 7Key¶Ye intiPidated
IederaO ePSOoyees
7Kis no Oonger Kas anytKing to do ZitK tKe
+aPPonds ,t¶s Oong Sast tKat 1oZ tKere is a
gang oI tKugs terrori]ing us Oregonians 7Key
need to Ee arrested and IaFe MaiO tiPe Ior ZKat
tKey¶Ye done
,I tKey are unaEOe to do tKat, tKen it¶s FOear
7Key Must Zant to steaO SuEOiF Oands IroP tKe
rest oI us
,I tKey Zeren¶t ZKite, Ze¶d KaYe NiOOed
tKeP Ey noZ :e sKouOd not Oet tKeP OeaYe
Oregon ZitKout IaFing a triaO Ior tKe FriPes
tKey¶Ye FoPPitted on our soiO
Josh Pearce
Pendleton