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Page 8A NORTHWEST East Oregonian Saturday, October 1, 2016 Wildfi res down in Oregon in 2016 Recreational pot shops set to open SALEM (AP) — Oregon enjoyed one of the least damaging forest fi re seasons of the past decade, despite dry and warm conditions. The Statesman Journal reports wild- fi res torched 186,317 acres in Oregon this year, the lowest total Acres burned since 2010 and well below the 2016: 186,317 10-year average, 2015: 685,809 a c c o r d i n g 2014: 984,629 to data from 2013: 350,786 the National 2012: 1,256,049 285,712 Interagency Fire 2011: 2010: 93,731 Center. 2009: 100,668 “We’ve seen 2008: 136,572 signifi cantly less 2007: 648,046 fi re activity than 2006: 545,870 last year,” said 2005: 155,331 Jessica Gardetto, 2004: 30,018 spokeswoman 2003: 160,191 for the inter- 2002: 1,010,952 agency fi re center. Forest fi res are down nationwide as well, with 4.9 million acres burned, compared to last year’s record-setting 10 million acres blackened. People caused 910 fi res and burned 126,409 acres this season, down from 1,397 fi res and 139,483 acres burned in 2015. There is still the chance of fi res popping up during October. However, no large wildfi res are active in Oregon and most fi re restrictions have been lifted Police: Man blasted hateful message to disrupt rally SPRINGFIELD (AP) — An Oregon man faces a charge of disorderly conduct after police say he installed a large speaker on his rooftop and played a “pro-hatred” message on loop as a group rallied against hate crime at a nearby park. Springfi eld police say the amplifi ed message could be heard from blocks away Thursday, and it attracted about 30 people upset by the volume, including the man’s neighbors. The suspect, Jimmy Marr, has attracted attention for years as a white supremacist and Holocaust denier. In 2009, the state recalled his personalized license plate after protesters at a neo-Nazi rally in southern Oregon complained about its inciweb.nwcg.gov via AP/fi le In this Aug. 24 fi le photo, a plane drops fi re retardant near the northwest side of Owyhee Canyon south of Vale. after cool and wet conditions on the state’s west side. Offi cials said a major reason for the overall improvement was the lack of dry lightning strikes this summer, offi cials said. “The number of days where we had thunderstorms or dry lightning events was low compared to a normal year,” said Matthew Cullen, meteorologist for the National Weather Service in Portland. “In a typical year, we have a lot more outbreaks.” Conditions also improved this summer, compared to 2015 and 2014. Snowpack this winter was far better than in 2015 and ‘14. However, a hot and dry spring — along with the Willa- mette Valley’s fi fth-warmest summer in recorded history — kept the state abnormally dry or in drought, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor. “Even if the snowpack was just decent, it at least delayed fi re season more than during the past few years, especially in the higher mountains,” Gardetto said. BRIEFLY anti-Semitic message. He more recently drew attention by repainting the tailgate on his truck from “Jew Lies Matter” to “Trump: Do the White Thing.” Police say Marr told offi cers Thursday he was trying to get his message out. Standoff judge wants more proof Cox had gun PORTLAND (AP) — The lone woman on trial in Oregon’s refuge-standoff case could have a weapons charge dismissed unless more evidence emerges. The Oregonian/ OregonLive reports U.S. District Judge Anna Brown gave prosecutors until 5 p.m. Monday to provide more evidence to support the charge of fi rearm possession in a federal facility against SALEM (AP) — Starting Saturday, Orego- nians can buy marijuana for recreational use at shops intended for that purpose. The Oregon Liquor Control Commission announced on Friday it has approved licenses for 26 retailers around the state, meeting a key deadline almost two years after voters passed a ballot measure legalizing pot. “It’s a pretty exciting day for the OLCC,” Steven Marks, the executive director of the commission charged with regulating recreational marijuana, said in a conference call with journalists. He said 12 retailers can start operating as soon as Saturday. October had been set as the month in which retail store licensing would start under an OLCC timeline. Medical marijuana stores have been permitted to sell recreational marijuana since last October. Such dispen- saries won’t be allowed to sell to recreational users after Dec. 31. The approved retail shops are located in the Portland area, and in southern, central and western Oregon. The commission has also licensed dozens of recreational producers. Ten testing laboratories have also been licensed, Marks said. Recently, the head of the agency that accredits labs that tests pot for pesticides, potency and other elements complained that the agency was over- burdened and at the point of collapse. Marks said those issues seem to have been resolved and that the Oregon Environmental Laboratory Accreditation Program, known as ORELAP, made a “heroic effort” in dealing with lab accreditation appli- cations. Marijuana sold legally in Oregon had been tested before, but now the labs must be accredited, and the packaging labeled with the lab results. One-year anniversary of UCC shooting Associated Press defendant Shawna Cox of Kanab, Utah. She’s one of seven defendants on trial in the 41-day occupation of the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge. All are charged with conspiring to impede federal employees from carrying out their work at the refuge. Five of them, including Cox, face the gun charge. Assistant U.S. Attorney Ethan Knight told the judge after the jury left Thursday he regards Cox as someone who aided and abetted the possession of fi rearms. The judge said the government must point to specifi c proof. The trial that began Sept. 13 continues Monday. Your Hearing Keeps Getting Younger... ROSEBURG — To mark the one-year anniversary of one of the deadliest shootings in Oregon, a moment of silence fell Friday over the campus of a community college near Roseburg where the shooting occurred. Saturday marks one year after Chris Harper Mercer killed nine people and injured nine others at Umpqua Community College before dying in a shootout with police Oct. 1, The Register-Guard reported. To mark the somber occasion the campus held a moment of silence on campus at 10:38 a.m. Friday, the same time of the shooting but one day early. “We’re really doing a fairly low-key, solemn” remembrance, said college spokes- woman Anne-Marie Levis said. “Campus is still open, it’s still a day of classes, so we’ll be solemn and remember but not have a big thing that day.” Other memorials were planned in the area for Friday. Sen. Ron Wyden announced on the Senate fl oor Wednesday that he and fellow Democrat and Oregon Sen. Jeff Merkley would be in Roseburg for the anniversary. “This anniversary is going to be a painful reminder of an extraordinarily diffi cult day,” Wyden said. “We’re so proud of that community we call it ‘UCC Strong,’ and yet, we want to remember those individuals whose lives were ripped away that day and all in the community who’ve been suffering.” On the UCC campus, the school is working to move forward. 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