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East Oregonian
Tuesday, March 1, 2016
WOLF: Three wolves poached during 2015
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rancher and wolf committee
chairman for the Oregon Cattle-
men’s Association, said although
the numEer of con¿rmed attacNs
on liYestocN has gone down, those
numbers do not account for the rise
of missing animals — especially on
forest allotments. Local ranchers
have repeatedly said they need the
ability to Nill problem wolves to
sustain their operations.
³, thinN this is the time we need
to taNe a very serious looN at limiting
wolves in certain areas,” Nash said.
O'): recogni]es 12 wolf pacNs
and four additional pairs spread out
across nine counties in Oregon,
including a recently discovered
pacN near +eppner. The Oregon
Department of Agriculture paid
out $174,428 in grants to pay for
non-lethal deterrents and compen-
sate ranchers for livestocN losses.
Morgan said the vast majority
of wolves still live in northeast
Oregon, but predicted more will
branch out into unused territory to
the south and southwest.
³, thinN the population increase
is leveling out or will level out to
some degree in northeast Oregon,”
Morgan said.
Arran 5obertson, spoNesman
for the conservation group Oregon
Wild, said they are pleased to
see wolf management practices
allow for the species to recover in
Oregon, while reducing the number
of livestocN conÀicts. +owever, he
said they were unsettled by another
aspect of the 2015 report, showing
three wolves had been poached
during the year.
Previously, only one case of
poaching had been reported out
of Grant County. Another pair
LEAP: Government places birthday
on March 1 during non-leap years
of wolves, the Sled Springs pair,
were found dead under mysterious
circumstances in August.
Those cases have been handed
over to Oregon State Police,
Robertson said, but he wondered
why the reports weren’t made
public earlier.
“It is disconcerting,” Robertson
said.
Oregon Wild is one of the groups
that has called for a judicial review
of ODFW’s decision to delist
wolves. +ouse %ill 4040, worNed
up by state Rep. Greg %arreto,
R-Cove, and Sen. %ill +ansell,
R-Athena, would ratify the delisting
at the legislature. That bill passed
the +ouse on Feb. 12, but remains
tied up in the Senate.
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Contact George Plaven at
gplaven@eastoregonian.com
or
541-966-0825.
Continued from 1A
Wildhorse Resort & Casino on
Monday, meaning Trenton’s
birthday party with his family will
have to wait until Tuesday — the
¿rst day of March.
Cody Cimmiyotti, a bartender
and a 24-year-old leapling, treats
the date of birthday celebrations
even more liberally.
Growing up, Cimmiyotti said
non-leap year birthday parties
tended to fall on whatever
weeNend was closest to his hypo-
thetical birthday.
Although his legal birthday is
Feb. 29, 1992, Cimmiyotti said the
government places his birthday on
March 1 during non-leap years.
Cimmiyotti said leap years
have their perNs. This year, he was
able to get a free drinN at StarbucNs
and celebrate his birthday with his
family on its actual day.
While Cimmiyotti marNed his
birthday with a family dinner,
Trenton Ellis has a slightly more
elaborate request.
Trenton’s
grandmother,
Raylene, used to teach cooNing
classes at Pendleton +igh School,
which left her with the caNe pans
and Nnow-how to maNe custom-
ized caNes for all her grandchil-
dren.
Trenton’s request? A police car
Transformers caNe.
“+e’s the M9P of Team Ellis
this month,” Raylene said.
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Contact Antonio Sierra at
asierra@eastoregonian.com or
541-966-0836.
SCHOOL:
Smith also
a ¿nalist for
Walla Walla
superintendent
Continued from 1A
Mooney earned her
bachelor’s degree at North-
western College in Orange
City, Iowa and a master’s
degree in educational leader-
ship from Washington State
8niversity. She’s worNing
toward a doctorate in
educational leadership from
Northcentral
University,
an online college based in
Arizona.
Smith is in contention for
two high-pro¿le education
jobs in the region, having
been named a ¿nalist for the
Walla Walla Public Schools
superintendent position.
Following a meeting with
the public and an interview
with the board in Pendleton
on Tuesday, Smith will travel
to Walla Walla Wednesday
and go through the same
process.
Smith was hired as the
assistant superintendent for
support services in 2007,
but tooN on e[panded
responsibility as the interim
superintendent from 2011-
2012 while Superintendent
Fred Maiocco was deployed
to Kuwait as a colonel in the
U.S. Army Reserves.
Upon Maiocco’s return,
Smith was named deputy
superintendent.
Smith was also Morrow
County School District
assistant
superintendent
2005-2007,
a
Morrow
County principal 2002-2005
and a science teacher for the
Long CreeN School District,
north of John Day. Smith
has a bachelor’s degree and
a master’s degree in teaching
from Willamette University.
+e’s currently worNing
on a doctoral degree from
Concordia University, which
he e[pects to complete in
2017.
Although he hasn’t made
a career in Umatilla County
liNe the other two candi-
dates, Kovach also brings
an e[tensive resume to the
table.
Kovach was promoted
from associate principal to
principal in 2012 and served
the dual role of elementary
school principal and director
of migrant education for the
Ontario School District from
2003-2009.
%efore landing in Ontario,
Kovach was the assistant
principal at Nyssa Middle
School 2001-2003, Nyssa
School District director of
student services 1998-2001,
+arney County School
District special education
coordinator 1995-1997 and
Crane School District special
education coordinator 1993-
1997.
The school board is
currently vetting all the
candidates through bacN-
ground and reference checNs
and e[pects to maNe an
announcement on the ne[t
step in the process soon.
The new superintendent,
who will replace outgoing
Superintendent Jon Peterson,
will start July 1 and will earn
between $127,500-$140,000
per year.
The school board is
slightly ahead of schedule
in the selection process, but
has previously committed
to announcing Peterson’s
successor by April 5.
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Contact Antonio Sierra at
asierra@eastoregonian.com
or 541-966-0836.
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