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State lands: Some ambiguity in Elliott proposal Man linked to gun
in Seaside cop’s
killing pleads guilty
By CLAIRE WITHYCOMBE
Capital Bureau
By STEVEN DUBOIS
Associated Press
PORTLAND — A felon whose pistol was
used in the February slaying of a Seaside
police sergeant will spend at least fi ve years in
prison after pleading guilty to federal charges
Wednesday.
Jamie Lee Jones, 46, admitted to U.S.
District Judge Michael Simon that he
possessed about 20 grams of methamphet-
amine with intent to sell
and had a fi rearm while
selling heroin.
Other charges are
being dropped in a plea
agreement,
including
allegations he threatened
witnesses to keep them
from cooperating with
investigators after Sgt.
Jason Goodding was shot Jones
underneath his ballistic
vest while trying to make an arrest in down-
town Seaside.
Goodding’s fellow offi cer returned fi re,
killing Phillip Ferry, a 55-year-old transient
and drug user.
Investigators linked the gun to Jones by
happenstance the morning after the Feb. 5
shooting. Police responded to Jones’ house on
a noise disturbance and noticed a single round
of ammunition on the ground. It was the same
brand used to kill Goodding.
“Eyewitnesses reported that on the night
Sgt. Gooding was killed, Mr. Ferry took one
of two fi rearms from Mr. Jones — who at the
time was passed out — and headed to town,”
Assistant U.S. Attorney Gary Sussman said.
When he awoke, Jones noticed the pistol
was gone along with some meth.
“Mr. Jones became very angry,” Sussman
said. “There was an outburst in which he
punched one of his drug customers in the face
and fi red a second fi rearm in the direction of
several others.”
Jones did not make a statement in court,
other than answering questions from the judge.
Prosecutors and defense attorney Gerald
Needham plan to jointly recommend a
sentence of fi ve years on the gun charge. The
government will recommend an additional
seven years on the drug charge. Needham will
seek a lighter punishment.
Jones was born in Las Vegas and has
an extensive criminal record in Nevada,
including convictions for grand larceny auto,
possession of a stolen vehicle, possession of
a fi rearm by a felon, attempted possession of
stolen property and escape.
Oregon Department of Forestry
Firs in the Elliott State Forest. The Oregon Department of State Lands said in a report
Tuesday that if the sale of the Elliott State Forest is to go through, there are some details
that need to be ironed out about how key conditions of the sale will be enforced.
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This area of the forest is
supposed to provide timber
revenues for K-12 schools
through the Common School
Fund, but from fi scal year 2013
through 2015, the forest lost $4
million, according to DSL.
The department says it needs
to sell the forest because it is in
the best interest of the Common
School Fund.
State Lands offi cials blame
the Common School Fund’s
losses in part on harvesting
limitations, which they say are
the result of lawsuits fi led by
environmental groups.
Those lawsuits objected
to the state’s logging in areas
populated by animals protected
under the Endangered Species
Act.
Environmental groups have
objected to the sale of the
forest, advocating for it to stay
in public hands.
Lower Umpqua and Siuslaw
Indians have expressed interest
in holding another type of
easement called an easement in
gross, according to the depart-
ment’s report.
The department said Lone
Rock’s plan needs “fi rm iden-
tifi cation” of who holds the
conservation easement, and
that among other details, the
state and the prospective buyers
will need to address possible
“obstacles to enforcement”
of the easement due to tribes’
sovereign immunity.
The three members of the
State Land Board are expected
to make a decision about
whether to proceed with the
sale at their meeting Dec. 13.
The state’s plans to sell
this swath of the forest got
underway in late 2015. It’s
already sold other, smaller
areas of the Elliott.
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SALEM — The Oregon
Department of State Lands said
in a report Tuesday that if the
sale of the Elliott State Forest
is to go through, there are some
details that need to be ironed
out about how key conditions
of the sale will be enforced.
Lone Rock Resources, LLC,
a Roseburg timber company,
in partnership with the Cow
Creek Band of the Umpqua
Tribe of Indians, was the only
entity to submit an acquisition
plan for an 82,500-acre swath
of the forest in southwestern
Oregon.
The price of the forest was
fi xed at $220.8 million in July.
Although the plan is fi nan-
cially viable and included
mechanisms for enforcing the
state’s public benefi t require-
ments of the sale, some issues
require more clarifi cation,
according to the department.
DSL staff said “gaps,
uncertainties and ambiguities”
remain in the proposed buyer’s
plan when it comes to the four
public benefi ts.
Those public benefi t require-
ments are: the buyer of the land
has to allow public access to
half of the land, maintain 25
percent of old forest stands,
preserve riparian areas and for
10 years provide 40 direct or
indirect jobs.
According to an announce-
ment from Lone Rock detailing
the proposal last month,
the Confederated Tribes of
Coos, Lower Umpqua and
Siuslaw Indians would hold a
conservation easement for the
public access, maintenance
of old stands and the riparian
areas requirements, which are
supposed to remain in perpe-
tuity.
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The
department
said
Tuesday that details about those
perpetual public benefi ts, such
as public access rights, need to
be clarifi ed.
For the jobs requirement, the
Confederated Tribes of Coos,
Medford ponders if pot grown in greenhouses is ‘outside’
MEDFORD
(AP)
—
Medford offi cials are consid-
ering whether the city’s ban on
outdoor marijuana cultivation
also applies to greenhouses.
The city council on Thursday
will hold a study session to
discuss what constitutes a legit-
imate structure in the city and
where marijuana can be grown,
The Mail Tribune reported.
“I don’t know what the defi -
nition of a greenhouse would
be,” councilor Tim Jackle said.
“I’d be interested to hear about
it.”
Voters in November ruled
that cannabis should only be
grown indoors in the city, but
a resident contacted councilor
Kevin Stine asking what inside
really means.
“In my mind, it counts as
indoors,” Stine said.
Councilor Michael Zaros-
inski said he hadn’t really
considered the issue, but in
general he would be inclined
to believe a greenhouse is a
legitimate structure if it had a
steel frame and panes of glass.
He said something made of
plastic sheeting doesn’t seem
like a structure.
“There would have to be
some sort of permanency to
the structure that qualifi es it as
indoor,” Zarosinski said.
Deputy city attorney Kevin
McConnel said the ordinance
was not intended to go after
grows in structures or acces-
sory dwellings. He said the
council will likely consider
the questions “what is a green-
house?” and “what makes a
structure?”
Even if marijuana is being
grown indoors or in a green-
house, growers are at risk of
violating the city’s odor ordi-
nance. If a neighbor complains
about the smell and police
determine it is offensive, the
grower would need to address
the issue or risk a fi ne.
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REGIONAL CITIES
Forecast
TODAY
FRIDAY
Cold with snow,
slick roads
Snow and ice,
roads slippery
24° 21°
30° 27°
SATURDAY
SUNDAY
Periods of sun with
snow showers
Morning snow and
ice possible
Cloudy, a bit of
snow; cold
PENDLETON TEMPERATURE FORECAST
35° 28°
37° 26°
31° 21°
HERMISTON TEMPERATURE FORECAST
28° 26°
26° 23°
PENDLETON
through 3 p.m. yesterday
TEMPERATURE
HIGH
LOW
25°
40°
64° (1938)
7°
27°
-7° (1972)
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
Trace
0.21"
0.32"
11.51"
8.99"
11.83"
HERMISTON
through 3 p.m. yesterday
TEMPERATURE
HIGH
Yesterday
Normals
Records
LOW
32°
41°
68° (1938)
15°
28°
-7° (2013)
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
0.01"
0.07"
0.37"
7.97"
6.04"
8.87"
SUN AND MOON
Sunrise today
Sunset tonight
Moonrise today
Moonset today
Full
Last
Dec 13
Dec 20
7:23 a.m.
4:11 p.m.
1:10 p.m.
12:35 a.m.
New
First
Dec 28
36° 23°
32° 22°
Seattle
37/32
ALMANAC
Yesterday
Normals
Records
36° 20°
Jan 5
Today
MONDAY
Spokane
Wenatchee
22/16
24/18
Tacoma
Moses
38/30
Lake
Pullman
Aberdeen Olympia
Yakima 25/20
24/20
35/32
36/31
27/20
Longview
Kennewick Walla Walla
35/33
28/21 Lewiston
27/21
Astoria
28/22
41/39
Portland
Enterprise
Hermiston
35/32
Pendleton 25/22
The Dalles 26/23
24/21
29/21
La Grande
Salem
27/24
38/37
Albany
Corvallis 40/38
41/41
John Day
30/28
Ontario
Eugene
Bend
28/23
45/41
32/28
Caldwell
Burns
29/26
24/20
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
Spokane
Ukiah
Vancouver
Walla Walla
Yakima
Hi
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23
32
54
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25
45
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26
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40
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43
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Today
Beijing
Hong Kong
Jerusalem
London
Mexico City
Moscow
Paris
Rome
Seoul
Sydney
Tokyo
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WINDS
Medford
49/44
(in mph)
Klamath Falls
40/35
Boardman
Pendleton
REGIONAL FORECAST
Coastal Oregon: Breezy today and tonight
with occasional rain. Periods of rain
tomorrow.
Eastern and Central Oregon: Snow at times
today, turning to rain across the south, roads
will be slick in many areas.
Western Washington: Cloudy today with
snow spreading from south to north this
afternoon and evening.
Eastern Washington: Mostly cloudy and
cold today, snow will start across the south
this afternoon.
Cascades: Snow today, heavy at times,
across the north. Rain and snow south with
snow levels rising to 6,500 feet.
Northern California: Rain at times today;
snow above 6,500 feet in the mountains.
Rain and rising snow levels tonight.
Today
Friday
NNE 7-14
NNE 6-12
NE 4-8
SSW 6-12
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41
75
55
57
65
29
51
59
38
77
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Fri.
WORLD CITIES
Hi
48
74
58
58
75
27
50
58
46
86
57
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8-10, Very High;
11+, Extreme
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National Summary: Lake-effect snow will ramp up over the Midwest and Northeast today.
Rain will fall on parts of the Deep South and coastal mid-Atlantic. A major storm with rain,
ice and snow is in store for the Northwest.
Yesterday’s National Extremes: (for the 48 contiguous states)
High 86° in Opa Locka, Fla.
Low -31° in West Yellowstone, Mont.
NATIONAL CITIES
Today
Albuquerque
Atlanta
Atlantic City
Baltimore
Billings
Birmingham
Boise
Boston
Charleston, SC
Charleston, WV
Chicago
Cleveland
Dallas
Denver
Detroit
El Paso
Fairbanks
Fargo
Honolulu
Houston
Indianapolis
Jacksonville
Kansas City
Las Vegas
Little Rock
Los Angeles
Hi
41
48
50
48
7
48
29
44
65
38
25
30
42
21
32
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15
78
50
28
67
26
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Lo
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30
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31
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-11
4
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51
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Louisville
Memphis
Miami
Milwaukee
Minneapolis
Nashville
New Orleans
New York City
Oklahoma City
Omaha
Philadelphia
Phoenix
Portland, ME
Providence
Raleigh
Rapid City
Reno
Sacramento
St. Louis
Salt Lake City
San Diego
San Francisco
Seattle
Tucson
Washington, DC
Wichita
Hi
37
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28
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54
45
37
20
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69
41
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54
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54
55
31
36
66
61
37
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50
32
Lo
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67
20
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7
30
48
27
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40
51
17
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54
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Fri.
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34
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72
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40
40
23
42
70
35
40
46
12
57
60
31
46
67
61
43
71
43
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Lo
20
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35
28
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15
28
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Weather (W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain,
sf-snow flurries, sn-snow, i-ice.
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