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NORTHWEST East Oregonian Page 2A Thursday, April 14, 2016 Warm Springs’ timber company closes On Tuesday, the tribes announced in a news release that mill operations are shut- ting down because of tough ¿QDQFLDOFRQGLWLRQVWKDWVWHP from a reduced log supply. The 49-year-old sawmill employed more than 80 people. At their meeting last week, Tribal Council members authorized closing the mill in OLJKWRILWV¿QDQFLDOFRQGLWLRQ according to the release. According to Spilyay Tymoo, the tribes’ semi- monthly newspaper, the mill owes money to the tribe — its primary creditor — as well as logging companies and other ³QRQWULEDOHQWLWLHV´ The U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs, which last year had initially resisted approving further tribal timber harvests because of the money prob- lems at the mill, recently issued an order that prohibited KDUYHVWV LQGH¿QLWHO\ $ WKLUG party will take control of the sale of Warm Springs Forest Products Industries’ assets for the purpose of an “orderly ZLQG XS´ RI RSHUDWLRQV WKH release stated. The company’s CEO, John Katchia Jr., and Tribal Council members couldn’t be reached for comment. However, it’s the laid-off employees and their families that are most affected by the mill’s closing. Don Sampson, CEO of Warm Springs Ventures, the By AARON WEST Bend Bulletin BEND — When Holly McKinney, who owns a portable toilet rental company in Bend, saw Warm Springs Forest Products Industries missed its monthly payment last September for toilets rented from her, she didn’t worry much. She said Tuesday she considered Warm Springs Forest Products Industries — the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs’ mill and lumber company — a long- time and reliable customer of Little John’s Portable Toilets DQG ¿JXUHG LW KDG DFFLGHQ- tally forgotten to pay the bill. “We’ve provided toilets for the workers at the mill out WKHUH IRU \HDUV´ VKH VDLG ³, GLGQ¶WWKLQNPXFKRILW´ But when three months of missed payments stacked up to the tune of $4,291 and McKinney’s calls to the mill bounced around and were unreturned, she said she realized something might be wrong in Warm Springs. ³:KHQ , ¿QDOO\ JRW D hold of someone, they said WKH\ ZHUH KDYLQJ FDVK ÀRZ LVVXHV´VDLG0F.LQQH\ZKR sued the mill in small claims court in Jefferson County last month to get her money back. “To me, that means the money’s not there right now, not that the whole business ZDVJRLQJWRFORVH´ business arm of the tribes, said the closing has a big effect on tribal unemployment. “There were 80 jobs or so that were part of the IRUHVW SURGXFWV LQGXVWU\´ KH said, clarifying that he’s not involved with the closing and isn’t familiar with the details. “In terms of revenue, I don’t know what the impact is, but obviously the jobs were LPSRUWDQW´ In 2014 the reservation had an unemployment rate of 18.8 percent, with 325 people unemployed out of a labor force of 1,733, according to the Oregon Employment Department. McKinney, who still hasn’t gotten the money she said she’s owed, said she found out for herself the mill was experiencing something more serious than just cash ÀRZ LVVXHV LQ 0DUFK7KDW¶V when the missed payments and unreturned phone calls led her to send a driver to collect the eight toilets the mill had rented. “I left voicemails on HYHU\YRLFHPDLO,FRXOGJHW´ she said. “You can’t get any UHVSRQVH´ When the Little John’s driver went to the mill to retrieve the toilets, McKinney said, he collected the one by WKHIURQWHQWUDQFH¿UVW “I thought that might get them to pay, if the guard called the mill and said we ZHUH WDNLQJ WKH WRLOHWV´ VKH BRIEFLY Bundy brothers, three others due in Nevada in standoff case said. But instead of paying up, McKinney said, about 20 mill employees ran to use the eight porta-potties “one last WLPH´ “I think it was because they don’t have any other EDWKURRPV RXW WKHUH´ VKH VDLG³3UREDEO\LQWKHRI¿FH but not out where they’re ZRUNLQJ´ Weeks of mill employees calling to spend their own money to rent a Little John’s portable toilet followed, Mc Kinney said. “They must’ve known the mill wasn’t paying, because (employees) were calling us to rent their own toilets. One guy called us twice because he was trying to pair up with a couple of co-workers to rent one. But we knew we didn’t want to be a part of that and JHWVWLIIHGIRUPRUH´ According to court docu- PHQWVWKHWULEHV¿OHGDPRWLRQ to dismiss McKinney’s claim. That motion, which states that since the toilet transaction took place on the reservation, the Jefferson County Circuit Court doesn’t have jurisdic- tion. A hearing is scheduled later this month. The mill’s closing follows a round of layoffs in April 2015 that saw the number of employees — who also took a 10 percent cut in salary — reduced from 104 to 84, Spilyay Tymoo reported at the time. LAS VEGAS (AP) — Attorneys say two sons of Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy and three other men are due to be transferred in custody from Oregon to Nevada to face charges stemming from an armed confrontation with government agents two years ago. Defense lawyers in Oregon lost a bid Tuesday for the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals to block the move. Lawyers for Ammon Bundy said they’ve been told arraignments will be Friday in U.S. District Court in Nevada. Ammon Bundy, Ryan Bundy, Brian Cavalier, Blaine Cooper and Ryan Payne have been in federal custody in Portland, where they’re accused of leading an occupation of a U.S. wildlife refuge this year. In Nevada, they’re facing conspiracy, obstruction, weapon and assault charges for a standoff with federal agents rounding up cattle near Bunkerville. Travel Oregon is advertising in The Onion. Seriously. PORTLAND, (AP) — Travel Oregon’s latest advertising campaign is in The Onion, but you should take it seriously. The Oregonian reports that the commission’s communications director Linea Gagliano says the voice of Oregonians -- which she describes as “nonchalant, fun and FRQ¿GHQWEXWQRWRYHUO\FRQ¿GHQW´²¿WVULJKWLQZLWK The Onion, a satirical news website. She says the idea came from advertising agency Wieden+Kennedy. The commission launched the $75,000 campaign in March. It includes the usual elements like banner ads and social media promotion, but Travel Oregon is also paying for The Onion staffers to write satirical articles about tourism in the state. 7KH¿UVWDUWLFOH³7LSV)RU6HWWLQJ8S$&DPSVLWH´ appeared March 21. It offers helpful advice, such as making sure nearby bears sign a non-aggression pact. 6HQ-HII0HUNOH\¿UVWVLWWLQJVHQDWRU to endorse Bernie Sanders While Hillary Clinton has captured the endorsements of most Senate Democrats, Bernie Sanders claimed SURJUHVVLQQDEELQJKLV¿UVWHQGRUVHPHQWIURPD6HQDWH colleague on Wednesday, Oregon’s Jeff Merkley. In an op-ed piece in The New York Times, Merkley cited Sanders’ positions on the dangers of global warming, and the “threats to our economy from high-risk strategies DWRXUELJJHVWEDQNV´+HVDLG6DQGHUVKDVIRXJKWKDUGIRU military veterans, and he conceded he has an uphill battle ahead to win the Democratic nomination. Sanders and Clinton staged dueling New York City rallies on Wednesday ahead of the state’s pivotal presidential primary, with the Vermont senator drawing thousands of supporters in a show of force for his self- proclaimed political revolution. Sanders’ campaign said his rally in Manhattan’s Washington Square Park brought out 27,000 people, one of the largest gatherings in support of the 74-year-old democratic socialist who has galvanized Democrats and independents alike with his calls for reforms to corporate America and remedies for income inequality. Idaho possible site for nuclear waste storage BOISE (AP) — The U.S. Department of Energy lists the Idaho National Labo- ratory as a possible site for storing about 1,300 dump truck loads of low level radio- active waste. The federal agency’s preferred alternative DFFRUGLQJ WR D ¿QDO HQYL- ronmental impact statement made available in March is the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant geologic repository near Carlsbad, New Mexico. The INL is listed as a possibility in three other alternatives that also include the Hanford nuclear reserva- tion in Washington state, the Nevada National Security Site and the Savannah River Site in South Carolina. Possible methods of disposal at the 890-square- mile federal site in eastern Idaho include an intermedi- ate-depth borehole disposal facility, a near-surface trench, or in a vault, the document says. “If the INL Site is selected, WKH ¿QDO ORFDWLRQ IRU D ORZ level radioactive waste) land disposal facility will be based RQIXUWKHUDQDO\VLV´WKHGRFX- ment states. $ ¿QDO GHFLVLRQ PXVW involve Congress. The time- line on that isn’t clear. The document said the report to Congress must include all the alternatives under consider- ation. 7KH '2( VDLG WKH ¿QDO environmental impact statement for disposal of the waste is not a decision. “The Department will in the future issue a Record of Decision, ZKLFK ZLOO EH WKH GHFLVLRQ´ the statement said. The agency in the docu- ment said the waste needs to be stored due to heightened concerns in the wake of the attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, because terrorists could get possession of the radioactive waste that includes sealed sources “and use them for PDOHYROHQWSXUSRVHV´ The Idaho lab is consid- ered the nation’s primary lab for nuclear research, but it also stores some nuclear waste. Former Idaho Govs. Cecil Andrus, a Democrat, and Phil Batt, a Republican, attained in 1995 an agreement with federal authorities limiting nuclear waste shipments. The Department of Energy in its statement to the AP said the low level radioactive waste “is not related to the 1995 DJUHHPHQW´ Andrus disagreed, saying such waste was a violation. ³7KH ¿UVW WKLQJ '2( should do is comply with the ‘95 agreement in which they are in violation of and clean up the waste that’s DOUHDG\ WKHUH´ $QGUXV VDLG Wednesday. “Don’t talk about EULQJLQJPRUHJDUEDJHLQ´ The Idaho attorney JHQHUDO¶V RI¿FH VDLG LW ZDV reviewing the document and declined to comment. Didn’t receive your paper?&DOO EHIRUHQRRQ7XHVGD\WKURXJK)ULGD\ RUEHIRUHDP6DWXUGD\ for same-day redelivery 211 S.E. Byers Ave., Pendleton 541-276-2211 333 E. 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