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Page 2A NORTHWEST East Oregonian Tuesday, June 14, 2016 Harney County braces for recall election after standoff an ad running in the local newspaper this week will list the names of up to 150 supporters. “I think he’s done a really good job for us,” said Jeanette Vinson, a nail technician who supports Grasty. “It’s ridiculous. Why go through all this? Why put the county through this?” Kim Rollins, who initi- ated the recall and gathered enough signatures to get it on the ballot, declined to comment. Grasty said he’ll be relieved when the election is behind him, no matter the outcome. “I’ve always had good solid communication and relationships with folks and it’s very humbling to go to the grocery store, to go to the hardware store and every time someone expresses support,” said Grasty, who’s served in his position since 1999. The occupiers wanted the federal government to relinquish public lands and free the Hammonds. Neither demand was met. Two of 26 defendants indicted on a conspiracy charge after the standoff have accepted plea deals. A September trial has been scheduled for the remaining 24 defendants, including Ammon and Ryan Bundy. By GILLIAN FLACCUS Associated Press Voters in a rural Oregon town are receiving ballots in the mail for a recall elec- tion targeting a judge who opposed the armed takeover of a federal wildlife refuge earlier this year. Harney County Judge Steve Grasty decided to ight the recall even though he is retiring this year. The recall has stirred passions in Burns, which held the national spotlight for weeks during the standoff at Malheur National Wildlife Refuge. Ammon Bundy and others occupied the refuge this winter to protest federal land policy and the imprisonment of Dwight and Steven Hammond, two ranchers sent to prison for starting ires. The 41-day standoff ended Feb. 11 and included the fatal shooting by police of rancher and occupation spokesman Robert “LaVoy” Finicum. The recall election is June 28. Though his title is judge, Grasty’s position is essen- tially chairman of the county commission. He was outspoken in his opposition of the occupation and the ranchers holed up in the refuge. Their supporters AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File In this Jan. 4, 2015, ile photo, Harney County Sheriff David Ward, left, speaks as Judge Steven Grasty listens in Burns. blamed Grasty for not doing more to protect the Hammonds. Some Burns residents are Union Paciic ined $7 million in two years rallying around Grasty as the recall election draws near. About 100 people attended a rally for him last week and PORTLAND (AP) — Union Paciic penalties have surpassed those of every railroad nationwide for the past two years, according to inspection records obtained by an Oregon newspaper after a company train carrying crude oil derailed and caught ire earlier this month. The Federal Railroad Agency ined Union Paciic more than $7 million from 2014 through 2015, The Oregonian reported. An Oregon Department of Transportation inspection found repeated safety violations the day before the company’s train left the track June 3 along the Columbia River. The issues listed by state inspectors appear unrelated to the derailment, which didn’t hurt anyone but led to some evacuations. Some of the oil made it into the river, where it was captured by absorbent booms, oficials said. “There had been a history of violations that we thought were concerning,” Oregon Department of Transportation rail admin- istrator Hal Gard said. Inspectors were repeatedly visiting two yards, he said. “That was intensive and intentional to get attention and make a point that Salem police to stock ceremonial lags unattended deaths. Oficers Chad Galusha and Adam Waite, both veterans, learned about the man’s World War II service during the investiga- tion. Waite went out of his way to ind an American lag to honor the man, according to Galusha, which inspired Galusha to propose keeping lags on hand for such occa- sions. “We got to talking about it, and we thought it would be a great tribute to the veterans and the family and a great honor for the Salem Police SALEM (AP) — Police in Oregon’s capital will keep ceremonially-folded Amer- ican lags on hand to present to families of deceased veterans. Several lags have already been stocked in police leet supervisor vehi- cles, Salem Police Lt. Dave Okada told The Statesman Journal. Oficers came up with the idea after the recent death of a World War II veteran. The man died of natural causes, but Oregon law requires police to respond to Department if we could provide that service to the families,” Galusha said. Okada said supervisor vehicles will be equipped with lags thanks to the “simple, yet honorable, suggestion.” An initial batch of lags was donated by Virgil T. 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Copyright © 2016, EO Media Group REGIONAL CITIES Forecast WEDNESDAY TODAY Some sun with a shower; cooler Mainly cloudy and cool 66° 40° 66° 47° THURSDAY Mostly cloudy FRIDAY A shower around, mainly later An afternoon t-storm in spots PENDLETON TEMPERATURE FORECAST 65° 43° 71° 43° 75° 48° HERMISTON TEMPERATURE FORECAST 70° 41° 72° 49° PENDLETON through 3 p.m. yesterday TEMPERATURE HIGH LOW 73° 77° 98° (1974) 51° 52° 35° (1910) PRECIPITATION 24 hours ending 3 p.m. Month to date Normal month to date Year to date Last year to date Normal year to date 0.00" 0.38" 0.67" 5.97" 4.99" 7.22" HERMISTON through 3 p.m. yesterday TEMPERATURE HIGH Yesterday Normals Records LOW 75° 79° 99° (1933) 58° 53° 41° (1952) PRECIPITATION 24 hours ending 3 p.m. Month to date Normal month to date Year to date Last year to date Normal year to date 76° 46° 80° 51° Seattle 59/48 ALMANAC Yesterday Normals Records 72° 47° 0.00" 0.12" 0.31" 4.35" 3.14" 5.45" SUN AND MOON Sunrise today Sunset tonight Moonrise today Moonset today Full Last New 5:05 a.m. 8:46 p.m. 3:14 p.m. 2:09 a.m. First June 20 June 27 July 4 July 11 Today SATURDAY Spokane Wenatchee 60/41 64/44 Tacoma Moses 59/43 Lake Pullman Aberdeen Olympia Yakima 67/41 60/38 57/45 60/41 67/38 Longview Kennewick Walla Walla 59/45 66/46 Lewiston 70/44 Astoria 66/46 60/46 Portland Enterprise Hermiston 61/50 Pendleton 55/37 The Dalles 70/41 66/40 67/44 La Grande Salem 59/35 62/45 Albany Corvallis 61/44 64/43 John Day 60/38 Ontario Eugene Bend 72/49 63/41 55/30 Caldwell Burns 69/47 61/35 Astoria Baker City Bend Brookings Burns Enterprise Eugene Heppner Hermiston John Day Klamath Falls La Grande Meacham Medford Newport North Bend Ontario Pasco Pendleton Portland Redmond Salem Spokane Ukiah Vancouver Walla Walla Yakima Hi 60 59 55 58 61 55 63 62 70 60 59 59 57 66 57 60 72 71 66 61 59 62 60 55 60 66 67 Lo 46 35 30 45 35 37 41 38 41 38 37 35 34 45 45 46 49 43 40 50 32 45 41 34 47 46 38 W t pc pc pc pc pc sh pc pc pc pc pc pc pc sh sh pc pc pc t pc t pc pc t pc pc Hi 62 57 57 58 54 53 66 63 72 57 55 59 56 68 58 62 68 72 66 66 61 65 64 56 64 68 70 Today Beijing Hong Kong Jerusalem London Mexico City Moscow Paris Rome Seoul Sydney Tokyo Lo 62 82 74 54 57 51 54 63 69 52 68 W sh t s t t c t pc pc s pc Lo 47 36 36 46 33 40 45 42 49 42 33 41 40 46 46 47 47 46 47 51 37 48 45 39 47 47 44 W c sh c c sh sh c c c sh sh sh sh c c c sh c c c c c c sh c c c Wed. Hi 89 90 92 65 72 73 64 78 78 68 75 Lo 65 82 62 52 54 64 53 66 66 51 69 W pc t s t t pc t s t s c WINDS Medford 66/45 (in mph) Klamath Falls 59/37 Boardman Pendleton REGIONAL FORECAST Coastal Oregon: Mostly cloudy today with a shower and thunderstorm around. Eastern and Central Oregon: Cooler today with times of clouds and sun, a passing shower. Western Washington: Variable clouds today with a shower and thunderstorm around. Eastern Washington: Clouds and sun today with a shower in places. Partly cloudy tonight. Cascades: Today: showers around; snow level as low as 4,500 feet. Spotty showers tonight. Northern California: Partly sunny and cooler today. Partly cloudy tonight. Today Wednesday WSW 10-20 WSW 8-16 SW 4-8 WNW 4-8 UV INDEX TODAY Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows. 1 4 6 7 5 COMMERCIAL PRINTING Production Manager: Mike Jensen 541-215-0824 • mjensen@eastoregonian.com NATIONAL WEATHER TODAY Wed. 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Commissioners asked the county oficial who oversaw the 2013 effort to gather more information and present it at a future meeting. Classiied & Legal Advertising 1-800-962-2819 or 541-278-2678 classiieds@eastoregonian.com or legals@eastoregonian.com ADVERTISING Advertising Director: Jennine Perkinson 541-278-2683 • jperkinson@eastoregonian.com SUBSCRIPTION RATES Local home delivery Savings off cover price EZPay $14.50 41 percent 52 weeks $173.67 41 percent 26 weeks $91.86 38 percent 13 weeks $47.77 36 percent *EZ Pay = one-year rate with a monthly credit or debit card/check charge www.eastoregonian.com BAKER CITY (AP) — Baker County is considering proposals from companies interested in mining for gold in dredge tailings on county-owned land. The Baker City Herald reports that several mining companies have previously contacted the county about the 1,900 acres of tailings east of Sumpter. Their interest was spurred by record-high gold prices in 2011. Gold prices have dropped since then, and The East Oregonian works hard to be accurate and sincerely regrets any errors. If you notice a mistake in the paper, please call 541-966-0818. 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 — Founded Oct. 16, 1875 — Baker Co. considers allowing mining of dredge tailings Several members of the Salem Police Department who also served in the mili- tary held a folding ceremony for each lag. Oficers have already bestowed the program’s irst lag upon a veteran. Donated lags will also be used to honor fallen police oficers and ireighters. Subscriber services: For home delivery, vacation stops or delivery concerns: 1-800-522-0255 something’s going on here and the program needs to be tightened up,” Gard said. Conductors left trains in Portland yards without setting brakes on multiple occasions, which an expert said could cause runaway trains. “If we’re on an incline, which most track has, it can be imperceptible that you have movement,” retired state rail safety inspector Michael Eyer said. “They can start rolling. It’s very serious. You just can’t do that.” Inspectors also found four instances since September when switches were left unlocked and made it possible for anyone to pull a lever and reroute a train. “Someone could throw a switch and derail the whole train. That is a very serious issue,” Eyer said. “A train coming along would ind itself at 40 mph suddenly running out of track or running into a parked train.” A Union Paciic spokesman said the railroad stands by its safety record. “Our safety record is very good,” spokesman Justin Jacobs said. “We take that obligation very seriously, and we commit that to our customers and the communities in which we serve.” 2 8 a.m. 10 a.m. Noon 2 p.m. 4 p.m. 6 p.m. 0-2, Low 3-5, Moderate 6-7, High; 8-10, Very High; 11+, Extreme The higher the AccuWeather.com UV Index™ num- ber, the greater the need for eye and skin protection. Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2016 Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day. -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: Showers and thunderstorms will extend from the Southeast states to the northern Plains today. Storms can be severe over the central Plains. Showers will cool northern New England and the Northwest. Yesterday’s National Extremes: (for the 48 contiguous states) High 105° in Wink, Texas Low 26° in Bridgeport, Calif. 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