NORTHWEST
East Oregonian
Page 2A
Wednesday, March 1, 2017
Ammon Bundy testifies in second standoff trial
In response to questions from
defense attorney Andrew Kohl-
metz, Bundy said that the seeds for
the refuge takeover were planted
in October 2015, when he first
heard about Dwight and Steven
Hammond, two ranchers from
rural Oregon who were about to
report to prison for a five-
year sentence after being
convicted of setting fires
on public rangeland.
He was lying in bed
when he read an article
about their case and
“when I read that article,
it was like I was pushed
out of that bed and I
needed to learn more,”
he said. “I felt driven
and I don’t know how
to quite explain it. ...I felt a drive,
an urge, to find out all I can and to
get myself familiar with what was
going on.”
He spent all night reading about
the case online, wrote a blog post
and wrote a letter that was even-
tually sent to 28,000 people by
e-mail, he testified.
Shackled and wearing a blue
prison outfit, Bundy testified that
he identified with the Oregon
ranchers because he felt his own
family had been targeted in a
similar fashion by federal Bureau
of Land Management agents who
By GILLIAN FLACCUS
Associated Press
PORTLAND — Ammon Bundy,
who was recently acquitted in the
armed occupation of a national
wildlife refuge in Oregon, testified
Tuesday that he felt “driven” to
protest federal control
of Western lands after
learning that two Oregon
ranchers were imprisoned
for setting fires on public
rangeland.
Bundy was brought to
the federal courtroom in
Portland from Las Vegas,
where he is in custody
awaiting trial on charges Bundy
he led armed gunmen
to block a federal cattle
roundup near his father’s Nevada
ranch in 2014.
A defense attorney for Bundy’s
fellow occupier Jason Patrick of
Bonaire, Georgia, walked Bundy
through the series of events that led
him and others to seize the Malheur
National Wildlife Refuge on Jan. 2,
2016. Bundy, his brother Ryan and
five others were acquitted in the
Oregon case last fall.
Duane Ehmer of Irrigon,
Oregon; Darryl Thorn of Marys-
ville, Washington; and Jake Ryan
of Plains, Montana, are also being
retried.
were trying to seize his father’s
cattle in a decades-long dispute
over grazing rules and unpaid fees.
In April 2014, Bundy backers
pointed weapons at BLM agents
and contract cowboys who were
rounding up cattle near the Bundy
ranch outside Bunkerville, Nevada,
according to federal prosecutors.
Bundy, his brother Ryan and his
father, Cliven, are all scheduled
for trial later this year on charges
including conspiracy, firearms
offenses and assault of a federal
officer in the Nevada standoff.
“My conclusion was what
was happening to them was very
similar to what had happened to
my family,” Bundy said of the
Hammonds.
He decided to drive to Burns,
Oregon from his home in Idaho
because he wanted to learn
“why families like ours and the
Hammonds ... are in the situation
we’re in where we’re losing our
heritage,” he said.
Bundy met with the Hammonds
and also with the Harney County
sheriff in the hopes he would “bring
light and stand for the Hammonds”
by pushing back against federal
authorities and convening a coun-
ty-run investigation, he said.
Harney County Sheriff Dave
Ward testified during Bundy’s trial
last year that he met with Bundy
Lawsuit targets former Jackson
County commissioner, pot shop
SALEM (AP) — Federal immi-
gration officers stopped two vans
carrying 19 workers headed to a forest
in Oregon to pick an ornamental shrub
and took 10 of them away, an activist
said Tuesday.
The Immigration and Customs
Enforcement officers made the traffic
stops in Woodburn and on a highway
just outside town early Friday, said
Pedro Sosa of the American Friends
Service Committee, a Quaker group.
He said most of the workers
are Guatemalan and at least one is
Mexican.
Sosa said Tuesday that four or five
of the workers remained in detention
and may be in Tacoma, Washington.
The nine who were not taken away all
had pending immigration court dates,
Sosa said.
Rose Richeson, an ICE spokes-
woman in Seattle, said in an email
late Monday that she is gathering
information on the matter.
Given freer rein by President
Donald Trump, ICE teams in Oregon
seem to be focusing on Woodburn, a
predominantly Latino town located
MEDFORD (AP) — A lawsuit
contends a former Jackson County
commissioner took cash payments
for marijuana consulting while
in office and bilked investors to
finance a pot shop.
The lawsuit filed Thursday
in Jackson County Circuit Court
contends Doug Breidenthal
committed elder abuse and
breached fiduciary duty, the Mail
Tribune reported in a story on
Sunday.
The lawsuit was filed by Larry
and Mary Nelson of Prescott,
Arizona, and Greg Allen. The
Nelsons say they gave Breiden-
thal $150,000, and are seeking
triple damages of $450,000 under
Oregon’s Elder Abuse Statute.
“We put up the house for it,”
said Larry Nelson, 81. “We’re
sitting in a spot where he thinks
he owns the whole business. We
were supposed to be partners.”
Allen said he gave Breidenthal
$79,000. The total being sought
in the lawsuit is $529,000.
“His hypocrisy knows no
Didn’t receive your paper? Call 1-800-522-0255
before noon Tuesday through Friday
or before 10 a.m. Saturday
for same-day redelivery
— Founded Oct. 16, 1875 —
211 S.E. Byers Ave., Pendleton 541-276-2211
333 E. Main St., Hermiston 541-567-6211
Office hours: Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Closed major holidays
SUBSCRIPTION RATES
Local home delivery Savings off cover price
EZPay
$14.50
41 percent
52 weeks
$173.67
41 percent
26 weeks
$91.86
38 percent
13 weeks
$47.77
36 percent
*EZ Pay = one-year rate with a monthly credit or debit card/check charge
www.eastoregonian.com
To subscribe, call 1-800-522-0255
or go online to www.eastoregonian.com
and click on ‘Subscribe’
East Oregonian (USPS 164-980) is published daily except Sunday, Monday
and Dec. 25, by the EO Media Group, 211 S.E. Byers Ave. Pendleton, OR 97801.
Periodicals postage paid at Pendleton, OR. Postmaster: send address changes to
East Oregonian, 211 S.E. Byers Ave. Pendleton, OR 97801.
Single copy price:
$1 Tuesday through Friday, $1.50 Saturday
Copyright © 2017, EO Media Group
REGIONAL CITIES
Forecast
TODAY
THURSDAY
Breezy with
periods of sun
An afternoon
shower
49° 31°
45° 32°
FRIDAY
SATURDAY
Mostly cloudy with
a little rain
Clouds and sun, a
little rain
SUNDAY
Rather cloudy with
a little snow
PENDLETON TEMPERATURE FORECAST
48° 34°
46° 31°
46° 31°
HERMISTON TEMPERATURE FORECAST
46° 33°
51° 31°
PENDLETON
through 3 p.m. yesterday
TEMPERATURE
HIGH
LOW
44°
51°
74° (1902)
31°
32°
3° (1911)
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
0.13"
2.27"
1.13"
3.92"
2.37"
2.51"
HERMISTON
through 3 p.m. yesterday
TEMPERATURE
HIGH
Yesterday
Normals
Records
LOW
50°
52°
74° (1972)
34°
31°
6° (1960)
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"
1.77"
0.96"
3.46"
1.49"
2.24"
SUN AND MOON
Sunrise today
Sunset tonight
Moonrise today
Moonset today
First
Full
Mar 5
Mar 12
Last
Mar 20
50° 34°
47° 32°
Seattle
49/43
ALMANAC
Yesterday
Normals
Records
46° 33°
6:34 a.m.
5:42 p.m.
8:22 a.m.
9:36 p.m.
New
Mar 27
Today
Spokane
Wenatchee
40/30
43/31
Tacoma
Moses
49/40
Lake
Pullman
Aberdeen Olympia
Yakima 47/32
40/33
49/43
49/40
53/30
Longview
Kennewick Walla Walla
49/41
50/36 Lewiston
53/34
Astoria
50/35
50/40
Portland
Enterprise
Hermiston
50/39
Pendleton 36/21
The Dalles 51/31
49/31
52/34
La Grande
Salem
42/29
51/38
Albany
Corvallis 52/36
53/37
John Day
40/21
Ontario
Eugene
Bend
44/23
52/36
45/22
Caldwell
Burns
45/26
38/9
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
50
41
45
51
38
36
52
43
51
40
41
42
39
52
49
52
44
54
49
50
49
51
40
40
50
50
53
Lo
40
22
22
36
9
21
36
26
31
21
18
29
26
28
41
39
23
35
31
39
23
38
30
25
37
36
30
W
r
pc
pc
pc
pc
c
pc
pc
pc
pc
pc
c
c
pc
sh
pc
pc
pc
pc
sh
pc
sh
c
pc
sh
c
pc
Hi
50
42
46
49
40
38
51
42
46
38
45
42
41
55
49
52
45
49
45
48
49
50
39
40
50
45
50
Today
Beijing
Hong Kong
Jerusalem
London
Mexico City
Moscow
Paris
Rome
Seoul
Sydney
Tokyo
Lo
24
59
49
40
49
34
41
42
29
69
45
W
pc
pc
sh
r
s
c
r
pc
r
t
pc
(in mph)
Klamath Falls
41/18
Boardman
Pendleton
Lo
42
23
26
39
13
27
40
29
33
27
21
31
29
33
44
44
24
35
32
41
27
43
32
29
43
37
31
W
r
c
c
c
c
c
sh
c
c
c
pc
c
c
c
sh
r
pc
c
c
sh
c
sh
c
c
sh
c
c
Thu.
Hi
59
71
58
51
75
39
53
60
44
78
52
Lo
30
60
47
42
49
31
41
46
25
70
43
W
s
s
sh
c
pc
sh
pc
pc
pc
t
r
REGIONAL FORECAST
Coastal Oregon: Occasional rain and drizzle
across the north today; clouds and sun
elsewhere.
Eastern and Central Oregon: Times of
clouds and sun today; cold. Mostly cloudy
tonight.
Western Washington: Occasional rain and
drizzle today, except a brief shower or two
across the south.
Eastern Washington: Mostly cloudy today
and tonight.
Cascades: Mostly cloudy today; a bit of
snow.
Northern California: Mostly sunny today.
Mainly clear and cold tonight. Partly sunny
tomorrow.
Today
Thursday
WSW 12-25
SW 10-20
SW 6-12
SW 3-6
UV INDEX TODAY
Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows.
0
2
2
2
0
EUGENE (AP) — A
proposed downtown dog ban
in Eugene is being criticized as
discriminatory against homeless
people and impossible to
enforce.
The Register-Guard reports
about two dozen people spoke
against the idea at a city council
meeting Monday evening.
The proposed ordinance
would ban owners from bringing
their dogs to the downtown
core, with the exception of dog
owners who live and work in
the area, K-9 police dogs and
service dogs.
Some critics said the focus
of the city councilors should
be on real solutions to improve
downtown safety.
Less than a dozen people
voiced support for the proposed
ban, saying it has been effective
near the University of Oregon
campus and other cities and is
one small step on the long road
to improve downtown safety
that will require many short- and
long-term solutions.
Corrections
The East Oregonian works
hard to be accurate and sin-
cerely regrets any errors. If you
notice a mistake in the paper,
please call 541-966-0818.
Classified & Legal Advertising
1-800-962-2819 or 541-278-2678
classifieds@eastoregonian.com or legals@eastoregonian.com
NEWS
• To submit news tips and press releases: • call 541-966-0818 •
fax 541-276-8314 • email news@eastoregonian.com
• To submit community events, calendar items and Your EO News:
email community@eastoregonian.com or call Tammy Malgesini at
541-564-4539 or Renee Struthers in at 541-966-0818.
• To submit engagements, weddings and anniversaries:
email rstruthers@eastoregonian.com or visit www.eastoregonian.
com/community/announcements
• To submit a Letter to the Editor: mail to Managing Editor Daniel
Wattenburger, 211 S.E. Byers Ave. Pendleton, OR 97801 or email
editor@eastoregonian.com.
• To submit sports or outdoors information or tips:
541-966-0838 • sports@eastoregonian.com
COMMERCIAL PRINTING
Production Manager: Mike Jensen
541-215-0824 • mjensen@eastoregonian.com
Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day.
WINDS
Medford
52/28
Opposition to
proposed downtown
dog ban in Eugene
NATIONAL WEATHER TODAY
Thu.
WORLD CITIES
Hi
47
72
61
46
82
39
52
60
48
77
50
SALEM (AP) — The Salem
City Council has unanimously
approved a resolution declaring
Oregon’s capital an “inclusive
city.”
Under the resolution
approved Monday night Salem
would not allow city resources
to be used to enforce federal
immigration law.
The resolution brought forth
by Councilor Tom Andersen
resembled the idea of sanctuary
cities, which have come into the
spotlight following the election
of President Donald Trump, who
has said he might target federal
aid to cities that help shield
people in the country illegally.
The Statesman reports the
move by Salem was largely
symbolic, as Oregon law right
now prohibits state resources
being used to enforce federal
immigration law.
bounds,” said Allen, 53. “This
guy’s a shape-shifter. He’s self-
serving, and he talks a good
game.”
The lawsuit also seeks to
freeze American Cannabis Co.’s
assets.
Breidenthal, who lost his bid
for re-election in the primary last
year, didn’t respond to the news-
paper’s repeated contact attempts
by phone and email.
American Cannabis Co.
was scheduled to open earlier
this month, but the Nelsons and
Allen confronted Breidenthal.
They said Breidenthal locked
them out after a meeting with an
attorney to resolve problems they
found when examining business
documents.
Allen said the problems
included Breidenthal being the
only person listed with two busi-
nesses associated with American
Cannabis Co., and that Breiden-
thal’s name is the only one on an
Oregon Liquor Control license
for the pot shop.
Advertising Director: Marissa Williams
541-278-2669 • addirector@eastoregonian.com
Advertising Services: Laura Jensen
541-966-0806 • ljensen@eastoregonian.com
Multimedia Consultants:
• Terri Briggs
541-278-2678 • tbriggs@eastoregonian.com
• Danni Halladay
541-278-2683 • dhalladay@eastoregonian.com
• Jeanne Jewett
541-564-4531 • jjewett@eastoregonian.com
• Chris McClellan
541-966-0827 • cmcclellan@eastoregonian.com
• Stephanie Newsom
541-278-2687 • snewsom@eastoregonian.com
• Dayle Stinson
541-278-2670 • dstinson@eastoregonian.com
• Audra Workman
541-564-4538 • aworkman@eastoregonian.com
Subscriber services:
For home delivery, vacation stops or delivery concerns: 1-800-522-0255
Salem City Council
approves ‘inclusive
city’ resolution
four times but ultimately disagreed
that it was his role to intervene on
behalf of the Hammonds. He felt
Bundy was making ultimatums
and warned him that the commu-
nity wouldn’t tolerate the kind of
actions Bundy’s family had taken
at the Nevada ranch, he has said.
The Bundys were arrested in a
Jan. 26 traffic stop away from the
refuge that ended with police fatally
shooting Robert “LaVoy” Finicum,
an occupation spokesman. Most
occupiers left the refuge after Fini-
cum’s death, but a few holdouts
remained until Feb. 11, 2016.
The acquittal of the Bundy
brothers and the five others in what
had seemed to be an open-and-
shut case was a stunning blow for
federal prosecutors last October.
Like the defendants in the first
trial, the primary charge facing
the men is conspiracy to impede
Interior Department employees
from doing their jobs at the refuge
through the use of force, threats or
intimidation.
This time, prosecutors hired an
outside consultant to help them
with jury selection and hedged
their bets by adding misdemeanors
such as trespassing to the mix of
charges against the four men. The
misdemeanor charges will be heard
in a non-jury trial after the felony
trial ends.
Activist: Immigration officers
detain 10 workers in Oregon
off Interstate 5 between Portland and
Salem.
Agents followed one van and
pulled it over after the workers stopped
for coffee at a gas station, Sosa said. A
half-hour later, the agents stopped the
other van in Woodburn. Sosa said the
workers had been heading to a forest
to pick salal, used for floral arrange-
ments, and worked for contractors.
On Feb. 9, a Woodburn man, Saul
Loeza, was detained by ICE agents and
sent to the detention center in Tacoma.
His daughter, Michelle Loeza,
told news outlets that her father was
pulled over while driving to work
at a nursery. The agent asked about
the whereabouts of Loeza’s brother,
who had a driving while intoxicated
conviction. Loeza replied that he was
in Mexico, his daughter said.
Richeson said Saul Loeza was
taken into custody after it was deter-
mined he was previously convicted of
driving under the influence of intoxi-
cants and providing false information
to the police. Loeza remains in ICE
detention while his deportation case
undergoes review.
BRIEFLY
0
8 a.m. 10 a.m. Noon 2 p.m. 4 p.m. 6 p.m.
0-2, Low
3-5, Moderate 6-7, High;
8-10, Very High;
11+, Extreme
The higher the AccuWeather.com UV Index™ num-
ber, the greater the need for eye and skin protection.
Forecasts and graphics provided by
AccuWeather, Inc. ©2017
-10s
-0s
showers t-storms
0s
10s
rain
20s
flurries
30s
40s
snow
ice
50s
60s
cold front
70s
80s
90s
100s
warm front stationary front
110s
high
low
National Summary: Severe thunderstorms and drenching rain will affect the eastern part
of the nation today. Snow will fall on parts of the Upper Midwest and northern Rockies with
rain showers along the Washington coast.
Yesterday’s National Extremes: (for the 48 contiguous states)
High 96° in McAllen, Texas
Low -20° in Big Piney, Wyo.
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
51
76
66
76
40
74
46
62
84
72
45
68
67
44
64
64
5
27
78
81
62
88
53
61
66
74
Lo
26
44
51
44
25
41
28
48
62
35
26
30
39
22
27
36
-21
13
66
47
31
62
26
43
35
50
W
s
t
t
t
pc
t
pc
r
pc
t
r
r
s
s
r
s
s
sn
t
c
r
pc
pc
s
t
s
Thur.
Hi
57
60
54
54
40
62
47
49
65
47
38
38
66
50
41
69
-1
20
80
70
41
69
55
67
62
80
Lo
31
39
33
30
30
37
28
28
41
33
21
26
41
26
23
41
-24
8
69
44
27
43
25
45
36
52
W
s
s
pc
pc
pc
s
pc
pc
t
pc
sf
c
s
s
pc
s
pc
pc
pc
s
pc
t
s
s
s
s
Today
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
69
71
84
39
36
72
82
70
61
45
73
68
53
62
83
42
47
61
55
41
72
60
49
70
76
56
Lo
37
40
72
22
21
38
56
48
30
25
48
47
44
48
50
20
22
35
33
25
50
43
43
42
46
26
W
t
t
pc
r
sf
t
c
sh
s
pc
t
s
r
r
pc
pc
s
s
c
pc
s
s
r
s
t
s
Thur.
Hi
53
62
84
34
31
58
65
49
64
45
52
77
46
49
63
40
53
65
56
46
76
61
48
78
55
61
Lo
34
38
68
19
14
34
49
33
35
21
32
54
18
25
35
22
28
38
29
27
49
44
44
50
36
28
Weather (W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain,
sf-snow flurries, sn-snow, i-ice.
W
pc
s
t
sn
c
s
s
pc
s
s
pc
s
pc
pc
s
pc
pc
s
s
pc
s
s
r
s
pc
s