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NORTHWEST East Oregonian Page 2A Saturday, May 28, 2016 Woody Guthrie celebrated the Columbia River through song BRIEFLY Bundy hires new lawyer in wildlife refuge case PORTLAND (AP) — The leader of a wildlife refuge occupation in Oregon has retained a new lawyer to defend him against a federal conspiracy charge. The Oregonian reports that Ammon Bundy has hired J. Morgan Philpot, a former Utah state representative who was born in Oregon. The outspoken tactics of Bundy’s previous lawyer, Mike Arnold of Eugene, drew complaints to the Oregon State Bar. Most have been dismissed, but are a few pending questions about his use of social media. The federal case against more than two dozen people stems from the Bundy-led 41-day occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge earlier this year. Bundy has pleaded not guilty to the conspiracy charge, possession of irearms in a federal facility and the use or carrying of a irearm during a violent crime. Inslee proclaims Saturday as Woody Guthrie Day By NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS Associated Press SPOKANE, Wash. — Before Macklemore or Nirvana, this land was Woody Guthrie’s land. It was 75 years ago that the celebrated folk singer traveled across Washington and Oregon, composing 26 songs that extolled the virtues of Grand Coulee Dam and the electricity it produced. It was one of the most productive months of Guthrie’s career, and will be celebrated on Saturday with a gathering at the giant dam on the Columbia River that remains the nation’s greatest producer of hydro- power. The 26 songs composed in the spring of 1941 included favorites like “Roll on Columbia,” “Pastures of Plenty,” and “The Biggest Thing that Man has Ever Done.” Collectively they are known as “The Columbia River Songs.” “He plucked tunes about the people, the mighty Columbia River, the beautiful Northwest landscape and the promise of prosperity from new hydroelectric dams,” said Libby Burke, an archivist for the Bonneville Power Administration, the Portland-based federal agency that hired Guthrie. “We’re excited to celebrate the music of this great American songwriter and his 30-day employment with us back in 1941.” The BPA planned to use the songs in a documentary about Columbia River hydropower, but the project was abandoned when World War II started. The ilm, “The Columbia,” was inally inished in 1949. Man accused of hitting woman with car after parking dispute AP Photo/ File AP Photo/File In this undated photo folk singer Woody Guthrie plays his guitar. This April 14, 1945 ile photo shows the Grand Coulee dam, located about 100 miles north of Spokane, Wash. In honor of the anniversary, Wash- ington Gov. Jay Inslee proclaimed Saturday as Woody Guthrie Day in the state. Events at the mile-wide dam, located 80 miles west of Spokane, run from 1 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the visitor center. There will be panel MEDFORD (AP) — A Medford man has been accused of hitting a woman with his car in a grocery store parking lot after he say she took his parking spot. The Mail Tribune reports that the 61-year-old man is being held at the Jackson County Jail on more than $1 million bail after oficials say he struck a woman with his SUV Wednesday, causing bruises and a torn knee ligament. Oficials say the man clipped the 24-year-old woman in the parking lot of WinCo before leeing the scene and heading to another store. Police say the man told them he was upset that the woman took his parking spot and he was trying to cut her off as she walked to the store. He pleaded not guilty on Thursday to assault and a hit-and-run charge. inluenced generations of musicians. His best known song is “This Land Is Your Land.” Many of his songs were about his experiences during the Great Depression, when he traveled with displaced farmers from Oklahoma to California and learned their traditional folk and blues songs. Guthrie was married three times and had eight children, including folk musician Arlo Guthrie. discussions, readings and ilm screenings. There is no charge. The BPA is a federal power marketer that sells wholesale elec- tricity from 31 federal dams and one nuclear plant to 142 electric utilities. Guthrie died in 1967 at the age of 55. He wrote hundreds of songs and Cloud seeding program continues with collaborative funding BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Idaho water managers say they will step up funding for a cloud seeding program that’s already been credited with increasing the state’s mountain snowpack. The Idaho Power Co. program releases silver iodine into the atmo- sphere, which helps ice form in the clouds and increases precipitation, The Capital Press reported. The cloud seeding began in 2003. Idaho Power estimates that the extra snowpack creates an average of 800,000 acre-feet of water, roughly the volume of the American Falls Reservoir. It gener- ates enough hydro-power to supply 17,000 homes. Irrigation organizations, the Idaho Water Resource Board and Idaho Power will each shoulder about a third of the project’s cost, according to Idaho Power engi- neering leader Jon Bowling. “We wouldn’t want our Didn’t receive your paper? Call 1-800-522-0255 before noon Tuesday through Friday or before 10 a.m. Saturday for same-day redelivery 211 S.E. Byers Ave., Pendleton 541-276-2211 333 E. 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Water- master Lyle Swank says his district’s contribution is 20 percent of its total budget, but members voted for the contribution. “When we can extract a little extra moisture from the atmosphere, that can be really helpful,” Swank said. customers to bear the full cost of a program other stakeholders beneit from,” said Bowling. “I think we’ve had a pretty good reception to the collaborative funding mechanism.” The Water Resource Board contributed $500,000 to help the program add infrastructure two years ago, followed by another $200,000 last year toward an airplane for cloud seeding in the Upper Snake River Basin, said Brian Patton, the Planning Bureau Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2016 -10s -0s showers t-storms 0s 10s rain 20s flurries 30s 40s snow ice 50s 60s cold front 70s 80s 90s 100s warm front stationary front 110s high low National Summary: As a tropical system approaches the Carolina coast today, a mosaic of downpours and locally gusty storms will affect the Central and Northeastern states. A few afternoon storms will dot the Rockies. Yesterday’s National Extremes: (for the 48 contiguous states) High 102° in Zapata, Texas Low 24° in Bellemont, Ariz. NATIONAL CITIES Today Albuquerque Atlanta Atlantic City Baltimore Billings Birmingham Boise Boston Charleston, SC Charleston, WV Chicago Cleveland Dallas Denver Detroit El Paso Fairbanks Fargo Honolulu Houston Indianapolis Jacksonville Kansas City Las Vegas Little Rock Los Angeles Hi 82 85 75 87 67 84 71 84 81 87 81 88 90 68 87 91 68 73 85 87 81 87 78 91 88 73 Lo 54 65 62 64 46 66 47 65 68 66 66 67 72 48 68 61 47 56 71 71 65 65 59 69 68 59 W pc pc pc pc pc pc pc pc r pc pc pc pc pc pc s pc sh sh t pc t c pc c pc Sun. 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