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has traditionally hosted the
irst gubernatorial debate of
the general election season.
The debate turned into a
one-person forum for Pierce,
after Gov. Kate Brown
declined to join in the event.
Pierce, a Salem oncolo-
gist, has contributed $1.365
million to his own campaign.
He has raised about $700,000
in contributions from others
and spent about $1.6 million.
Pierce poured most of his
money into a successful bid
to gain name recognition
and defeat his better-known
opponent, Allen Alley,
during the primary election
in May.
Pierce is relying on large
donors to orchestrate his
general election campaign,
said Stacey Kafka, commu-
nications director of Pierce’s
campaign.
“Kate Brown will have
union backing; that’s for
sure, and she’ll have certainly
large donors, and I need to be
able to do that,” Pierce said.
“That is part of being a viable
candidate.
Pierce made a speech
and ielded questions from
a panel of journalists during
Friday’s event. A podium
next to him symbolically
stood empty, where Brown
had been invited to appear
and debate her opponent.
Brown is seeking election
to her top state post after
inheriting the job when Gov.
John Kitzhaber resigned
amid an inluence-peddling
scandal.
In a June 9 email, Brown’s
campaign declined to partic-
ipate in the debate, making
her the irst incumbent in
30 years to skip the event,
according to the ONPA.
Brown’s campaign gave
the reason that the governor
was “focused on her oficial
duties” and would hold off on
any debates until September.
Brown originally was
scheduled to attend the
Oregon Mayors Association
conference in Lincoln City
Friday but had to cancel after
she found out two weeks ago
that her mother in Minnesota
was scheduled to have breast
cancer surgery earlier this
week, said Kristen Grainger,
Brown’s communications
director.
Pierce has blasted Brown
for sidestepping the ONPA
debate, but on Tuesday, he
tweeted to Brown: “I’m
hoping for a good outcome
for your mom. Our thoughts
and prayers are with you and
your family.”
GRANTS PASS (AP)
— A plane missing since
the Fourth of July has been
found off the Oregon Coast,
and one body has been
recovered.
The Cessna 172 with
three people aboard went
down shortly after takeoff
from Brookings. John
Belnap, a 46-year-old
nurse anesthetist from
Grants Pass, piloted the
plane and the passengers
were his 17-year-old son
Max Belnap and his son’s
17-year-old friend, Ryan
Merker. The teens attended
Grants Pass High School
and competed in track and
ield.
More searching was to
be done Friday.
Josephine
County
Sheriff Dave Daniel said
the name of the recovered
person will be released
after it has been positively
identiied by a medical
examiner.
He tells the Daily
Courier the plane found
Thursday was upside down
Coast Guard seizes 3.3 tons of cocaine
EO Media Group
While on patrol in the
eastern Paciic Ocean, the
U.S. Coast Guard cutter Alert
intercepted more than 3 tons
of narcotics, according to the
agency. The cutter returned to
homeport in Astoria Sunday.
During a 53-day patrol,
the Alert caught four
“go-fast” boats carrying 3.3
tons of cocaine, valued at
$100 million, and detained 11
suspected smugglers. Results
of that magnitude have not
been recorded since 2009,
according to the agency.
“I couldn’t be more proud
of the crew’s accomplish-
ments and the profession-
alism during the best patrol
of my career,” Cmdr. Patrick
Culver of the Alert said in
a release. “They earned a
well-deserved respite from
the rigors of sea. Reuniting
with their loved ones at
homecoming makes the
mission truly worthwhile.”
The Alert also rescued
Medicaid considers offering
contraceptives after delivery
Photo courtesy of U.S. Coast Guard
The U.S. Coast Guard cutter Alert seized 3.3 tons of cocaine during a 53-day drug
patrol spanning 12,500 miles in the eastern Paciic Ocean.
four crew members from
the ishing vessel Alexa,
which was found sinking in
a rain squall at night. The
rescued crew were medically
examined and eventually
transferred to a Costa Rican
Coast Guard vessel.
The Alert’s drug patrols
off of the West Coast of
Central and South America
were part of Operation
Martillo, an international
operation sharing informa-
BEND (AP) — Oficials
with Oregon’s Medicaid
program are considering
a policy that would reim-
burse providers for placing
contraceptives immediately
after women give birth or
have abortions.
The Oregon Health Plan
already covers intrauterine
devices, contraceptives that
providers place into the
uterus, and contraceptive
implants, but most providers
don’t place the devices until
visits weeks or months after
deliveries, leaving a chance
that women could become
pregnant before that time,
The Bulletin reported.
“It is hard to imagine
why this would not be
enacted,” certiied nurse
midwife Olivia Kroen-
ing-Roche wrote in an
email to Oregon Medical
oficials supporting the
proposal.
The Centers for Medi-
care and Medicaid Services
sent out a notice to states in
April urging them to cover
IUDs and implants imme-
diately following births. Dr.
Catherine Livingston, asso-
ciate medical director of
Oregon’s Health Evidence
Review Commission, said
the policy was already
under consideration when
the notice came out.
Oficials have received
dozens of emails of support
for the proposed change,
which the Health Evidence
Review Commission could
approve as early as October.
Dr. Rita Sharshiner, an
obstetrician with Oregon
Health
and
Science
University, wrote that she
works with underserved
populations and sees the
effects of short interval
tion and bringing together
air, land, and maritime assets
from the U.S. Department
of Defense, the Department
of Homeland Security and
partner nations to counter
illicit traficking.
Merkley applauds Kaine VP pick ahead of DNC
PORTLAND (AP) — As
Oregon’s Democratic and
Republican delegations were
crisscrossing the country to
and from their parties’ national
conventions Friday, Virginia
Sen. Tim Kaine was named
as Hillary Clinton’s vice pres-
idential-running mate.
It’s unclear whether the
selection of Kaine will appeal
to progressives from places
like Oregon, which is expected
to favor Bernie Sanders on the
Democratic convention loor
in Philadelphia next week
after the Vermont senator
defeated Clinton in Oregon’s
May 17 primary.
Oregon Sen. Jeff Merkley
— who supports Clinton
but is the only member the
U.S. Senate to endorse their
colleague Sanders — told The
Associated Press that Kaine is
an “excellent choice” but party
progressives have concerns
about some of his leanings,
namely his recent vote in favor
of fast-tracking the Trans-Pa-
safely handle.
Voters turned down a
plan to build a larger jail in
November 2015.
PORTLAND (AP) —
Last year was the deadliest
in decades for Oregon
motorcyclists and the death
toll for 2016 is matching that
pace.
The Oregonian/Oregon-
Live reports 31 motorcyclists
died on Oregon roads
through July 7, putting the
state on pace to match the 60
deaths from last year.
Older riders comprise
a growing share of motor-
cyclists in fatal crashes. In
2004, 18 percent of riders
killed were 55 or older, but
that increased to 39 percent
in 2014.
A spokesman a motor-
cycle training program based
at Oregon State University
says that’s partly a demo-
graphic shift. Patrick Hahn
says fewer young people are
riding and baby boomers
aren’t giving it up.
Crews rescue
logger who fell 500
feet down ravine
BELLINGHAM, Wash.
(AP) — Overcrowding at the
Whatcom County Jail could
keep some offenders out of
custody and on the streets as
they await court proceedings.
The Bellingham Herald
reports that Whatcom County
Sheriff Bill Elfo notiied
Bellingham that once the
downtown jail population
nears a 212-inmate cap,
city oficers will not be able
to book people on certain
charges. If the cap is reached
only people accused of
felony charges could be
booked.
The downtown jail has
283 beds but Elfo set a cap
at 212 because he says that’s
the number his staff can
supporters into their folds.
Merkley says Sanders’
vision is being “woven”
into Clinton’s platform, so
progressives will eventually
come around.
“The dramatic changes in
the platform and in the style
of Hillary’s presentation
that she’s putting forward
are much stronger, bolder
strategies to take on the big
issues that were at the heart
of the Sanders campaign,”
Merkley said.
BRIEFLY
Oregon motorcycle
fatalities on pace
with deadly 2015
Whatcom jail
crowding keeps
some suspects out
of custody
ciic Partnership trade deal.
“Tim Kaine is enormously
capable ... very powerful
intellect and very easy to
work with,” said Merkley.
“But there are issues that we
would love to have him be in
a different place on.”
Sanders began bowing out
of the race weeks ago and has
since been helping rally more
forces against GOP nominee
Donald
Trump.
Both
parties are now wrestling to
bring Sanders’ progressive
NEWPORT (AP) —
Authorities say they success-
fully rescued an injured
logger who reportedly fell
500 feet down a ravine about
15 miles east of Newport.
The U.S. Coast Guard
said in a news release one
of their helicopter crews
was called to assist in the
rescue near Chitwood
Friday morning. They were
able to hoist the logger out
and transport the person to
waiting emergency personnel
in Corvallis.
Oficials say the logger
had broken ribs and a
collapsed lung.
Members of the Lincoln
County rope rescue say
transporting the logger out on
foot would have taken hours
as opposed to the helicopter.
Oklahoma boy, 13,
drowns off
Oregon Coast
PORTLAND (AP) —
Authorities say a 13-year-old
Oklahoma boy drowned off
the coast of Seaside, Oregon,
on the ocean loor, partly
covered in sand. The plane
was separated from its
engine and three seats were
in the area.
The body was found
under a wing, and divers
could not see all the way
into the fuselage, he said.
The crash scene is about
four miles northwest of
Brookings, not far from
Rainbow Rock.
Boats from Curry, Jose-
phine, Douglas and Wasco
counties were in the water
along with a boat equipped
with a sonar device that
spotted an area of interest,
with oil and gas in the
area, about 100 feet from a
previous area of interest.
Daniel said a barge
would be needed to salvage
the wreck, which has now
been marked by a buoy.
“It’s bittersweet,” Daniel
said. “A lot of people put
in a lot of time and effort.
The whole purpose of this
operation is closure, and
that comes from recovering
all three.”
during a family reunion.
Seaside spokesman Jon
Rahl says lifeguards noticed
Conner Moore of Tulsa and
his 14-year-old cousin Carter
Moore of Kingston, Okla-
homa, struggling in the chilly
ocean Thursday afternoon.
Rescuers quickly pulled
Carter Moore from the water,
but it took longer to reach
his cousin. The U.S. Coast
Guard spotted him by air
and a Coast Guard swimmer
teamed with lifeguards to
bring him to shore.
Rahl says Conner Moore
died at Providence Seaside
Hospital. His cousin was
lown to a Portland hospital
from which he was released
late Friday morning.
pregnancies that can result
when women do not have
access to contraceptives.
“Unintended pregnan-
cies can occur as early as
3 to 4 weeks postpartum,
long before most women
present for their postpartum
clinic visit,” she wrote.
She wrote that back-
to-back pregnancies are
associated with a higher
risk of preterm birth and
other complications.
The commission is still
working on the proposal,
but some providers are
stressing the need for it to
include women who rely
on Citizen Alien Waived
Emergent Medical, a
program that provides
health care for low-income,
undocumented individuals
in emergency situations,
including pregnancy.
“Many of the CAWEM
patients that I serve are
recent immigrants who
are leeing violence and
seeking a better life for their
families,” Holly Pranaat,
a certiied nurse midwife
with Providence Columbia
Women’s Clinic, wrote in
an email to the commission.
“Family planning is a vital
aspect of this as women
strive to provide for their
children and work out of
poverty.”
Oregon would not be the
irst state to cover contra-
ceptives post-delivery. In
2012, South Carolina’s
Medicaid program adopted
a policy to cover IUDs
and implants immediately
following delivery. Now
19 state Medicaid programs
have adopted policies that
reimburse for IUDs and
implants immediately post-
partum.
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