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NORTHWEST East Oregonian Page 2A Saturday, January 23, 2016 Governor outlines Bundy balks at FBI talks without media role for Oregon’s next education chief HARNEY COUNTY STANDOFF: DAY 20 By KEITH RIDLER Associated Press By BETSY HAMMOND The Oregonian BURNS — The leader of an armed group occupying a national wildlife refuge in 2UHJRQ PHW EULHÀ\ ZLWK D federal agent Friday, but left because the agent wouldn’t talk with him in front of the media. The short meeting occurred as the standoff over federal land use policies stretches to the three-week PDUNDQGDV2UHJRQRI¿FLDOV are putting increased pres- sure on federal authorities to take action against Ammon Bundy’s group. Bundy arrived at the airport in Burns late Friday morning, where the FBI has set up a staging area. On Thursday, Bundy went to the airport and spoke to an FBI negotiator over the phone. They agreed to speak again Friday, but Bundy left shortly after he arrived because the FBI agent he spoke with said federal authorities wanted any conversation to be private. Bundy wants face-to-face conversations in front of reporters. “I really don’t think, at this point, even having another phone conversation here without him would EH EHQH¿FLDO´ %XQG\ VDLG before leaving. He also questioned the FBI’s authority. “If you haven’t got sanc- tion from the sheriff, there’s no reason to be talking to \RX´%XQG\VDLG A crowd of reporters AP Photo/Keith Ridler Ammon Bundy, right, shakes hand with a federal agent guarding the gate at the Burns Municipal Airport in Oregon on Friday. watched the brief exchange, while state troopers and armed federal agents looked on. Bundy’s group began occupying the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in eastern Oregon on Jan. 2. The FBI did not immedi- ately comment on Friday’s meeting with Bundy, but said in a statement Thursday their “response has been deliberate and measured as we seek a peaceful resolu- WLRQ´ On Wednesday, Oregon Gov. Kate Brown said she was angry because federal authorities have not taken action against Bundy’s group, which began occupying the refuge Jan 2. The Democratic governor said the occupation has cost Oregon taxpayers nearly half a million dollars. Brown sent a letter Thursday to U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch and FBI Director James Comey, urging them “to end the unlawful occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge as safely and as TXLFNO\DVSRVVLEOH´ In a statement Oregon Sen. Jeff Merkley said it was “long past time for this illegal occupation to end and for the people of Harney County to JHWWKHLUOLYHVEDFN´ The Democrat said he BRIEFLY see if they also may have been exposed. DOE Richland Operations 2I¿FH&KLHIRI6WDII(ULN2OGVVD\V SUHOLPLQDU\UHVXOWVIURPQLQH¿UH department employees have only yielded one positive result. 2I¿FLDOVVD\WKHZRUNHUZLWKD preliminary positive result for internal contamination is not expected to face a VLJQL¿FDQWKHDOWKULVN Hanford employee positive for radioactive contamination RICHLAND, Wash. (AP) — An employee at the Hanford Fire Station has tested positive for a very low level of internal radioactive contamination. The Tri-City Herald reports that 'HSDUWPHQWRI(QHUJ\RI¿FLDOVVD\ the employee was exposed after breathing equipment used at the nuclear reservation’s Plutonium Finishing Plant was sent to the station for storage. More than 100 of the Hanford Fire Department’s 150 workers have UHTXHVWHGWHVWVRIWKHLUERGLO\ÀXLGWR SeaPort postpones air service in Washington PORT ANGELES, Wash. (AP) — A Portland-based airline has postponed planned air service in Washington state. hope authorities could peace- fully resolve the situation and hold Bundy’s group accountable. At community meetings, some local residents have asked Bundy and his group to leave. However Bundy has said he believes his group’s work is appreciated by locals. He said the armed men have EHHQ ³KHOSLQJ UDQFKHUV´ doing maintenance on the refuge because “it’s in a bad VKDSH´ DQG WDNLQJ FDUH RI ¿UH KD]DUGV LQ WKH UHIXJH¶V ¿UHKRXVH Bundy has also asked the FBI to let two ranchers sent to prison for arson go back home. Seaport Airlines, which also services the Eastern Oregon Regional Airport, said Thursday that it didn’t know when it would resume service to Port Angeles, Seattle and Moses Lake. The airline blamed a pilot shortage that began last year and has affected its entire operation. 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Kate Brown wants her new “education innovation RI¿FHU´ WR LQIXVH 2UHJRQ schools with the expertise, support and drive they need to raise the state’s woeful high school graduation rate. That person, who has yet to be hired, will have the backing of the governor and the two key education agencies she oversees, the Oregon Department of Education and the Chief (GXFDWLRQ2I¿FH %XW WKH JUDGXDWLRQ F]DU won’t manage any staffers, won’t have money to hand out and is expected to listen to Oregon school districts and communities, not order them around. The governor’s staff disclosed those details to The Oregonian/Oregon- /LYHRQ7KXUVGD\IXO¿OOLQJ a month-old request for the QHZ RI¿FHU¶V MRE GHVFULS- tion. Brown announced in early December that she planned to add the position to her executive staff. Just 72 percent of students in Oregon’s class of 2014 earned a diploma in four years. That was the fourth-worst rate in the nation and represented no improvement from the previous year. The state is scheduled to announce the new rate, for the class of 2015, on Thursday. Brown has acknowl- edged the state’s goal of getting 100 percent of students to graduate from high school or earn a GED by 2025 is far out of reach with less than 10 years to go. She expects the educa- WLRQLQQRYDWLRQRI¿FHUZLOO help speed improvement toward that goal, set by WKHQ*RY -RKQ .LW]KDEHU and the Legislature in 2011. 0 1 1 %URZQ¶V RI¿FH OLVWHG these main duties for her JUDGXDWLRQF]DU Finding the barriers that keep schools from graduating students — and looking for patterns affecting certain groups of students, including males, rural residents, blacks, Native Americans, Latinos, students with disabilities and students for whom English is a second language. Assemble the best ¿QGLQJV IURP UHVHDUFK experts and groups with a track record of success. Get school districts and communities to see what strategies work and to use them. 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