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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.
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FRIDAY
Very warm with
plenty of sun
Partly sunny
90° 57°
89° 62°
SATURDAY
Partly sunny and
pleasant
SUNDAY
Mostly sunny and
nice
MONDAY
Mostly sunny and
beautiful
PENDLETON TEMPERATURE FORECAST
88° 61°
89° 59°
88° 60°
HERMISTON TEMPERATURE FORECAST
94° 58°
93° 64°
PENDLETON
through 3 p.m. yesterday
TEMPERATURE
HIGH
LOW
92°
84°
102° (2008)
60°
55°
37° (1898)
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"
0.93"
1.05"
6.52"
5.00"
7.60"
HERMISTON
through 3 p.m. yesterday
TEMPERATURE
Yesterday
Normals
Records
HIGH
LOW
94°
84°
105° (2008)
68°
56°
44° (1964)
PRECIPITATION
24 hours ending 3 p.m.
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Normal month to date
Year to date
Last year to date
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0.41"
0.58"
4.64"
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5.72"
SUN AND MOON
Sunrise today
Sunset tonight
Moonrise today
Moonset today
New
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July 4
July 11
92° 60°
92° 63°
Seattle
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ALMANAC
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8:48 p.m.
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July 26
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91/62
Tacoma
Moses
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Lake
Pullman
Aberdeen Olympia
Yakima 94/57
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Longview
Kennewick Walla Walla
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91/62 Lewiston
96/60
Astoria
93/60
67/53
Portland
Enterprise
Hermiston
79/56
Pendleton 85/51
The Dalles 94/58
90/57
86/59
La Grande
Salem
86/47
83/53
Albany
Corvallis 83/50
83/51
John Day
89/54
Ontario
Eugene
Bend
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84/48
84/45
Caldwell
Burns
97/63
90/46
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
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WINDS
Medford
90/57
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Klamath Falls
88/50
Boardman
Pendleton
REGIONAL FORECAST
Coastal Oregon: Partly sunny today; how-
ever, more clouds across the north; pleasant
in the south.
Eastern and Central Oregon: Mostly sunny
today; hot. Clear tonight. Partly sunny
tomorrow; hot.
Western Washington: Plenty of sunshine
today; however, mostly cloudy at the coast.
Eastern Washington: Plenty of sun today.
Mainly clear tonight. Partly sunny tomorrow.
Cascades: Warm today with plenty of
sunshine; pleasant across the north. Clear
tonight.
Northern California: Mostly sunny today.
Hot in central parts; pleasant at the coast.
Today
Friday
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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.
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Oficers seize
thousands of pot
plants in Yamhill
County
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He also pleaded guilty to
possessing a irearm in a
federal facility.
Cavalier is the sixth
defendant to plead in the
case. The others got a deal
in which prosecutors agreed
to dismiss the gun charge.
In exchange for
Cavalier’s plea, government
prosecutors will
recommend a sentence well
below the maximum of 11
years in prison.
Cavalier also faces
charges for his involvement
in a 2014 standoff with
federal agents at Cliven
Bundy’s Nevada ranch.
Cavalier’s plea deal is with
Oregon alone, and there are
no promises in the Nevada
case.
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Forecast
TODAY
PORTLAND (AP) — A
bodyguard for Ammon
Bundy has pleaded guilty in
Oregon’s ranching standoff
case.
In federal court in
Portland, Brian Cavalier
admitted Wednesday he
conspired with others to
prevent Interior Department
employees from doing
their jobs at the Malheur
National Wildlife Refuge.
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today. Storms can be severe over the central Plains and gusty in the Upper Midwest. Storms
will dot the interior West in the afternoon.
Yesterday’s National Extremes: (for the 48 contiguous states)
High 111° in Needles, Calif.
Low 34° in Angel Fire, N.M.
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Atlanta
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Baltimore
Billings
Birmingham
Boise
Boston
Charleston, SC
Charleston, WV
Chicago
Cleveland
Dallas
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El Paso
Fairbanks
Fargo
Honolulu
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Indianapolis
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Memphis
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Miami
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Milwaukee
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Minneapolis
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Nashville
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New Orleans
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New York City
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Oklahoma City
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Omaha
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Philadelphia
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Phoenix
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Portland, ME
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Providence
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Raleigh
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Rapid City
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Reno
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Sacramento
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St. Louis
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Salt Lake City
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San Diego
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San Francisco
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Seattle
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Tucson
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