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NORTHWEST East Oregonian Page 2A Thursday, June 30, 2016 Oficials warn against lying drones near wildires SALEM — As 2016 wildire season begins, state and local oficials cautioned the public against lying personal drones near wildires. In addition to legal consequences, which can carry up to $27,500 in civil penalties, according to the Federal Aviation Administration, lying drones close to active wildires can pose a threat to ire crews. “When we respond to a wildire, we need to be able to count on having clear airspace to operate helicopters and ire retardant aircraft,” said Doug Grafe, Chief of Fire Protection for the Oregon Department of Forestry, in a press release. Several drone lying incidents have forced away aerial ire suppression crews, Rep. John Huffman, R-The Dalles, said in the release. According to the Associated Press, 20 incidents of drones lying too close to ires were recorded in 2015 and nine incidents have been recorded this year. Visit www. knowbeforeyouly.org for additional drone regulation and safety information. Old school education ABOVE: Area middle school students go back in time Tuesday at an old school house at the Heritage Station Museum as volunteer Vickie Foster ields questions. RIGHT: Byron Grant, a student at Hermiston’s Armand Larive Middle School, checks out a vintage curling ma- chine once used in a Pendleton salon. The students were participating in Oregon Gear Up, sponsored by Blue Mountain Community College, a three- day program designed to expose younger students to col- lege life. The students get classroom experience, a campus tour and a tour of local attractions. The program was fund- ed by Blue Mountain Community College and a $25,000 matching grant from Oregon State University Gear Up. Staff photos by Kathy Aney Court ruling on ex-Virginia governor could affect case involving Kitzhaber Kitzhaber took tangible actions to help groups that were paying Hayes in exchange for the business she received. “The court narrowed the concern of what is the potential ask for the basis of the bribery conviction,” said Brendan Fischer, associate counsel with the Washington, D.C.-based government watchdog Campaign Legal Center. “The question was (is) what the governor did enough” to be convicted. McDonnell and his wife were convicted in a corruption trial for receiving gifts, luxury car rides and other favors from a businessman trying to inluence state policy in Virginia to help his business. The EO Media Group reported in January 2015 that Hayes was paid $118,000 for communications work for a group that helped push for renewable policies, including the low-carbon fuel standard in Oregon, a biofuels policy that lawmakers approved in February of that year and Gov. Kate Brown signed into law. By TAYLOR W. ANDERSON The Bulletin SALEM — In the wake of a unanimous decision by the U.S. Supreme Court to vacate a corruption conviction against former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell, legal experts say federal prosecutors in Oregon face a narrowed scope in inluence-peddling cases like the one involving John Kitzhaber. Kitzhaber has been under federal investigation for a scandal involving his iancee, Bend resident Cylvia Hayes, who worked as a paid envi- ronmental consultant while advising the former governor on environmental policy. Legal experts widely interpreted the Supreme Court decision announced Monday to send McDonnell’s conviction to a lower court as creating a tougher path for prosecutors when charging public oficials with corrup- tion. Kitzhaber’s case roughly parallels McDonnell’s, and observers say the ruling requires prosecutors to show The outlet reported it was unclear speciically what Hayes did for the group while she was receiving the money and also gaining an outsize role within Kitzhaber’s administration during his third term. Kitzhaber and Hayes have maintained that they’ve done nothing wrong and have declined to comment on the case since Kitzhaber resigned and the federal investigation started in February 2015. They’ve recently begun emerging back into the public eye after months of silence. Attorneys representing Kitzhaber and Hayes could not be reached for comment. The U.S. Attorney’s Ofice in Oregon declined to comment on the investigation. Democratic leaders called on Kitzhaber to resign in 2015, shortly after he took the ofice for the fourth time, after months of reports that Hayes had beneited from her rela- tionship with the governor. After Kitzhaber was re-elected, Hayes shifted to working for nonproits that were advocating for public policies related to clean energy, while she was advising Kitzhaber on energy policies. Then-U.S. Attorney Amanda Marshall, who has since resigned amid a scandal of her own, issued subpoenas seeking documents related to Kitzhaber and Hayes from state agencies. The investiga- tion is ongoing. In the Supreme Court ruling, Chief Justice John Roberts wrote the court worried that federal prosecu- tors would expand the reach of government if McDonnell’s conviction was upheld. The court determined that while McDonnell sought to help his benefactor by contacting state oficials and holding a meeting at the governor’s mansion, those weren’t prose- cutable acts of corruption. “Setting up a meeting, talking to another oficial, or organizing an event — without more — does not it that deinition of “oficial act,” that could lead to charges according to the law McDonnell was convicted under, Roberts wrote. 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 — 211 S.E. Byers Ave., Pendleton 541-276-2211 333 E. Main St., Hermiston 541-567-6211 Ofice hours: Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Closed major holidays To subscribe, call 1-800-522-0255 or go online to www.eastoregonian.com and click on ‘Subscribe’ East Oregonian (USPS 164-980) is published daily except Sunday, Monday and Dec. 25, by the EO Media Group, 211 S.E. Byers Ave. Pendleton, OR 97801. 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Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows. 2 5 7 7 5 DAYTON (AP) — Yamhill County authorities have busted an illegal marijuana grow operation, seizing more than 6,500 plants on wetlands near the Willamette River. Sheriff’s Sgt. Chris Ray says the plants found during Tuesday’s raid in rural Dayton were part of a Mexican drug traficking operation and have a value of nearly $10 million. Oficers arrested Manuel Madrigal on federal drug traficking charges. Ray says the 42-year-old man with a history of drug arrests was found in an elaborate living area — complete with a kitchen — that was hidden beneath a tarp near the marijuana gardens. ——— Briefs are compiled from staff and wire reports, and press releases. 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