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FFA releases UAV rules
Pendleton City Council approves ‘air park’ at Grecian Heights
By ANTONIO SIERRA
East Oregonian
What was once the exclusive
privilege of the United States military
is now legally obtainable for .
As the Federal Aviation Adminis-
tration slowly opens unmanned aerial
vehicle operations to civilians, it has
given hobbyists leeway to À y UA9s
— provided they follow a set of rules.
Anyone age 13 or older that pays
the to register their UA9 can À y a
small drone ( pounds or less) up to
4,000 feet in the air.
But there are also limitations to
what a hobbyist can do. In addition to
the weight and height requirements,
the FAA forbids À ying over groups of
people, near airports or stadiums and
out of the pilot’s line of sight.
Now a group of UA9 and remote
control enthusiasts want to leverage
Pendleton’s interest in the drone
industry into better public awareness
for UA9 safety.
In addition to lobbying for a
designated area to À y remote control
planes, helicopters and quadcopters,
Pendleton Props RC Club plans to
team up with Pendleton Parks and
Recreation to offer a UA9 safety
class.
Pendleton Props safety of¿ cer
Kirk Jenson said teaching the public
about the do’s and don’ts of piloting a
UA9 is preferable to an outright ban.
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Staff photo by E.J. Harris
Kirk Jenson, safety offi cer for the Pendleton Props RC Club, fl ies
an RC helicopter Tuesday at Grecian Heights Park in Pendleton.
“It’s easy to be strong for yourself, but it’s hard to be strong when it’s your child.”
— Tyna Baker, mother battling leukemia alongside her 3-year-old daughter
Bottle deposit
to double in
April 2017
State redemption rate under
70 percent last two years
By TALIA RICHMAN
The Oregonian/OregonLIve
Staff photo by E.J. Harris
Tyna Baker shows her PICC line which doctors use to inject cancer-fi ghting drugs into her system as her daughter,
Emma, 3, who also has cancer, looks on at their home in Athena.
Fighting leukemia together
Pendleton mother and daughter receive
treatments at different Portland hospitals
By KATHY ANEY
East Oregonian
Bruce Winkler knows the de¿ -
nition of hell — watching the two
people he loves most ¿ ght for their
lives.
For the past three months, the
Pendleton man has divided his time
between his ¿ ancp, Tyna Baker, and
their daughter, Emma, as they battle
leukemia.
The family stays at the Ronald
McDonald House in Portland while
Baker and three-year-old Emma
get treatments at separate hospitals.
Baker heads to the Oregon Health &
Science University Hospital while
Emma receives care at Randall
Children’s Hospital. Winkler goes
back and forth, but spends the bulk
of his time with his little girl.
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Staff photo by E.J. Harris
PORTLAND — Oregon’s bottle deposit will
soon go from a nickel to a dime, an effort to raise
redemption rates that have sagged in recent years.
In 11, Oregon passed a ¿ rst-of-its-kind
“bottle bill,” which added cents to the price of
canned and bottled beer and soft drinks. To get the
money back, a person had to return the bottle or
can instead of throwing it away.
A nickel carried real spending power back
then. For the ¿ rst 1 years, return rates exceeded
90 percent, while the amount of litter along
Oregon’s roads and in its land¿ lls declined. But
by 2009, only about three-quarters of bottles were
redeemed, according to the Oregon Department of
Environmental Quality.
To combat that problem, the 2011 Legislature
decreed that if the redemption rate were to fall
below 80 percent for two consecutive years, the
cent bottle deposit would be doubled.
In July, the Oregon Liquor Control Commission
announced the latest numbers: about 68 percent for
2014 and 64 percent in 201. The provision will
kick in April 1, 2017.
The eight-month lag is important, said Christie
Scott, the liquor commission’s spokeswoman. The
state plans to use the time to work with manu-
facturers, beverage distributors and consumers to
prepare for the change.
Cans and bottle labeling must be updated to
reÀ ect the 10 cent deposit. Redemption centers
need to reprogram their machines. And the state
has to educate customers.
“We want to make sure people know this is
coming and aren’t surprised on April 1 when
they take their six-pack up to the counter and it’s
a 60-cent deposit, not a 30-cent one,” Scott said.
“That’s why it’s not just snap your ¿ ngers and
automatically it’s 10 cents.”
There’s also the issue of ridding shelves of
bottles labeled with the cent deposit mark before
the change kicks in. Even if someone pays the
lower rate, they’ll still receive 10 cents back come
April 1.
Emma Baker, 3, shows the spot where doctors
installed a chest port to help treat her leukemia.
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Judge declares mistrial after microphone mishap
Rape case delayed again,
trial moved to September
By PHIL WRIGHT
East Oregonian
The court was not even through
jury selection Monday in Pendleton
for Shaun Allen Dick’s rape case
when defense attorney Robert Klahn
forced a mistrial.
This is the second time this
summer the trial was on the verge of
launching only to ¿ ]]le out instead.
Klahn said the mistrial was his fault.
Speaking Tuesday, Klahn said he
and the state almost ¿ nished selecting
a jury when he asked “if there was
any juror who knew if there was any
reason whatsoever they should not sit
on this case.”
Two people raised their hands,
he said, one juror gave a reason, and
Circuit Judge Christopher
Brauer excused the person.
The second person, though,
did not want to voice her
reason in public.
Klahn said he, the pros-
ecutor and the juror went
with Brauer to his cham-
bers so she could speak in
private. But it turned out not Dick
to be private.
“I had left my micro-
phone on and defeated the purpose
of the people in the courtroom not
hearing (the discussion),” he said.
“There was something said in that
meeting that the jury had no business
hearing.”
The mics, pinned to lapels, pick
up voices for the court’s recording
system. But they also broadcast
what the wearers say through large
speakers in the courtroom, even when
the recording system is off.
Klahn
said
when
everyone reali]ed what
happened, an irked Brauer
declared a mistrial.
Brauer was not available
Tuesday, but last week he
delayed another trial so
the Dick case could move
forward. Brauer at that
hearing Friday also told
attorneys if his courtroom
had to “go dark” due to
some delay on their part, he would
not be pleased.
The case was to go to trial on June
20, but Klahn on that date asked for a
continuance. He said the communica-
tion company Sprint had not provided
cellphone records he sought, and
without that evidence he could not
proceed.
The Umatilla County District
Attorney’s Of¿ ce in March 201
charged Dick, 38, of Pendleton, with
¿ rst-degree sodomy, two-counts of
¿ rst-degree unlawful sexual penetra-
tion, two counts of ¿ rst-degree sexual
abuse, and one count each of coercion
and menacing. The state on Monday
lowered a ¿ rst-degree rape charge to
attempted rape.
Court records show the state during
the trial planned to use two “pre-text
calls” as evidence. Those are attempts
to solicit information or incriminating
statements from a suspect or person
of interest. Police had the rape victim
talk to Dick at least once, according
to a motion from chief deputy prose-
cutor Jacklyn Jenkins.
And while Dick did not admit to
assaulting the woman, Jenkins noted
“the defendant never denied the
non-consensual sexual acts.”
Klahn said he is ready to ¿ ght it
out in court, but the extra 40 days
allows some re¿ ning.
“So we’ll try it again,” he said.