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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.
Golden Funeral Services.
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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.
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3:14 p.m.
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Pullman
Aberdeen Olympia
Yakima 67/41
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Kennewick Walla Walla
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66/46 Lewiston
70/44
Astoria
66/46
60/46
Portland
Enterprise
Hermiston
61/50
Pendleton 55/37
The Dalles 70/41
66/40
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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
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WINDS
Medford
66/45
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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
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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
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Baker Co. considers allowing
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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.
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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.”
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0-2, Low
3-5, Moderate 6-7, High;
8-10, Very High;
11+, Extreme
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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.
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
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Memphis
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Miami
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Milwaukee
75
Minneapolis
75
Nashville
92
New Orleans
90
New York City
81
Oklahoma City
96
Omaha
88
Philadelphia
82
Phoenix
100
Portland, ME
71
Providence
79
Raleigh
90
Rapid City
79
Reno
75
Sacramento
78
St. Louis
94
Salt Lake City
84
San Diego
69
San Francisco
66
Seattle
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Tucson
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Washington, DC 83
Wichita
97
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