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Saturday, March 11, 2017
Two guilty of conspiracy in Malheur standoff Legislative counsel
says former state rep.
can’t lobby for Brown
By CONRAD WILSON
Oregon Public Broadcasting
A federal jury has convicted occu-
piers Jason Patrick and Darryl Thorn
on felony conspiracy charges for their
roles in last year’s armed takeover of
the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge.
Defendants Duane Ehmer and Jake
Ryan were acquitted of conspiracy, but
convicted on lesser charges.
Patrick, Thorn, Ehmer and Ryan
were considered less prominent players
in last year’s 41-day occupation of the
Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in a
remote part of Eastern Oregon’s high
desert. The armed protest began Jan.
2, 2016, and ended when the final four
occupiers surrendered to the FBI on
Feb. 11 during a dramatic conclusion
that spanned several hours and was
broadcast live on the internet.
The verdict in this second trial
comes after three weeks of testimony
and more than two days of delibera-
tions.
All four were charged with
conspiracy
to
impede
federal
employees through force, threats and
intimidation — the same charge the
occupation’s leaders, brothers Ammon
and Ryan Bundy, were acquitted of
during another federal trial last fall.
Ryan, Thorn and Patrick also were
charged with carrying a firearm in a
federal facility. Ryan and Ehmer were
By PARIS ACHEN
Capital Bureau
Patrick
Thorn
Ehmer
charged with depredation of govern-
ment property.
The jury delivered the following
verdict:
• Jason Patrick guilty of conspiracy;
not guilty of carrying a firearm in a
federal facility
• Darryl Thorn guilty of conspiracy;
guilty of carrying a firearm in a federal
facility
• Jake Ryan not guilty of conspiracy;
not guilty of carrying a firearm in a
federal facility; guilty of depredation of
government property
• Duane Ehmer not guilty of
conspiracy; guilty of depredation of
government property
“We are gratified that justice has
been served and thank the jury for
their service,” Billy J. Williams,
United States Attorney for the District
of Oregon, said in a news release
issued shortly after the verdicts were
announced. “Our communities and
SALEM — Former state
Rep. Peter Buckley will be
barred from lobbying his
former colleagues in the
Legislature in his new role
advising the governor on
state pension and revenue
reform, according to an
opinion by legislative
counsel.
The March 9 opinion,
first reported by The
Register-Guard, states that
a 2007 ethics law prohibits
a
former
legislator
from trying to influence
lawmakers on policy
during the regular legisla-
tive session after his term
ends. The law would apply
to Buckley, a longtime
Ashland
representative
who retired last year, wrote
lead legislative attorney
Dexter Johnson.
Gov. Kate Brown’s
Office said Friday that it
would follow the legisla-
tive attorney’s opinion that
Buckley may not lobby
legislators, The Regis-
ter-Guard reported Friday,
March 10.
Buckley, who helped
write the state’s budget
for several years, accepted
the part-time position as
Brown’s senior adviser on
transformation and budget
stability Tuesday, March
7. The job comes with
an annual salary of about
$65,000.
But Brown’s office
said Thursday that it
was considering having
Buckley lobby lawmakers
on the 2017-19 budget
during his 160-day legisla-
tive session, which began
Feb. 1, The Register-Guard
reported.
That would comport
with general practice in
Ryan
state are stronger because of our joint
effort to bring these individuals to
justice and we as Oregonians can now
begin to move past these unfortunate
events.”
However, the second trial’s verdicts
mark a stark contrast to last year’s trial,
when a different jury acquitted seven
occupiers on all counts.
“My impression is that the jurors
in the first trial believed that the
prosecutors were overreaching, and
that the verdict was in some ways as
much a repudiation of the prosecution
as it was a finding that the defendants
were actually innocent,” said Stephen
Saltzburg, a law professor at George
Washington University. “I think the
general understanding will be that the
less culpable people were convicted
and the leaders weren’t. Some people
will think that’s not justice. But it turns
out to be, in a peculiarly American way
the way we do justice here.”
Stakeholders to meet over Pendleton airport conflict
Crop dusting pilot
recently denied use
merits of agriculture, and
whether safety concerns over
drones are justified.
“This is a farming commu-
nity,”
said
commission
member Gene Harrison. “I
just don’t want to get rid of
agriculture at this airport.”
Airport manager Steve
Chrisman said the risk to
drones, however, is real. With
crop dusters flying and landing
in close proximity to UAS
crews, there is the potential
for throwing rocks that may
damage expensive equipment
or injure personnel.
Hosting the drone range is
a once-in-a-lifetime economic
opportunity, Chrisman said,
and he wants to err on the side
of caution.
“The safety issue is
absolutely real,” he said. “At
least on my watch, we’re not
going to do anything that puts
anyone at risk.”
Darryl Abling, the Pend-
leton UAS Range manager,
said those risks could be
mitigated, and he is open to
meeting with stakeholders to
find a solution. That meeting
By GEORGE PLAVEN
East Oregonian
Farmers
and
drone
operators will come together
Wednesday at the Eastern
Oregon Regional Airport to
hash out perceived safety
concerns between crop
dusters and the nearby
Pendleton Unmanned Aerial
Systems Range.
The issue stems from the
airport’s recent refusal to
lease one of its agricultural
pads to K2 Aerial Application,
owned by local pilot Andrew
Kilgore. The other two pads
are being leased to different
spraying companies.
The Pendleton Airport
Commission met March 8 to
discuss temporarily closing
the vacant pad for 18 months
while UAS activities are relo-
cated to the north end of the
airfield. The board ultimately
tabled the proposal after a
testy conversation about the
fertilizer to their fields.
“We have collective
evidence that there is a need
for more (crop) services,”
Schultz said. “Really, good
policy could make this whole
issue go away.”
Kent Madison, of Madison
Ranches in Echo, told the
commission he is supportive
of UAS development, but
added that is should not
conflict with aerial spraying
for farms.
“The point is, those things
should be able to cooperate
together,” Madison said. “To
have that ag pad closed right
at the start of the ag season
doesn’t seem like a good
idea.”
Ideas that were raised
included increasing buffers
or building barriers to protect
drone crews and their equip-
ment. Abling said they will
mull those concepts and try to
reach an agreement that will
work for everyone.
“We don’t want to shut
these guys down,” Abling
said. “There are ways to
mitigate any risk.”
will be held at 10 a.m.
Wednesday at the airport.
“If we can drive down the
risk to an acceptable amount,
I think we will come back
with that recommendation,”
Abling said. “We just cannot
stomach any kind of incident.
... You damage a million
dollar part, or $2 million part,
that’s where this all stems
from.”
Kilgore, a Pendleton
native, first expressed interest
in leasing the airport pad
in January. The pad was
formerly used by the U.S.
Forest Service, though the
agency gave up its lease two
years ago and it has been
vacant since.
Kilgore’s
attorney,
Michael Schultz, said they
have proposed at least three
solutions to the city, without
a response. Sixteen farmers
have also signed letters of
support for Kilgore, asking
the airport to make its facili-
ties available.
Meanwhile, Schultz said
the clock is ticking as wheat
farmers are already applying
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TODAY
SUNDAY
MONDAY
Cloudy
Spotty showers
this afternoon
Cloudy
52° 41°
56° 43°
TUESDAY
Cloudy with a
couple of showers
PENDLETON TEMPERATURE FORECAST
57° 46°
59° 49°
62° 38°
HERMISTON TEMPERATURE FORECAST
59° 43°
54° 42°
PENDLETON
through 3 p.m. yesterday
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HIGH
LOW
61°
54°
76° (2015)
46°
34°
16° (1948)
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0.69"
0.37"
4.61"
3.04"
2.88"
HERMISTON
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TEMPERATURE
HIGH
Yesterday
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Records
LOW
64°
56°
73° (2015)
38°
33°
15° (1948)
PRECIPITATION
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0.28"
0.32"
3.74"
2.00"
2.56"
SUN AND MOON
Sunrise today
Sunset tonight
Moonrise today
Moonset today
Full
Last
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Mar 20
New
Mar 27
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Seattle
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Astoria
54/39
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Portland
Enterprise
Hermiston
55/45
Pendleton 52/32
The Dalles 54/42
52/41
55/42
La Grande
Salem
54/36
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Albany
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56/45
John Day
59/38
Ontario
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Bend
56/35
56/44
56/36
Caldwell
Burns
62/37
54/29
Astoria
Baker City
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Brookings
Burns
Enterprise
Eugene
Heppner
Hermiston
John Day
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Coastal Oregon: Cloudy today; periods of
rain, except a shower in spots in the south.
Eastern and Central Oregon: Cloudy today;
a couple of showers across the north and in
the upper Treasure Valley.
Western Washington: Rain today.
Eastern Washington: Mostly cloudy today
with a shower; snow, accumulating 1-3
inches in the mountains.
Cascades: Cloudy today with a bit of rain.
Today
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Northern California: Intervals of clouds
and sunshine today. Partly cloudy tonight.
Mostly sunny tomorrow.
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the governor’s office. All
of the governor’s advisers
register
as
lobbyists
because their duties involve
promoting the governor’s
agenda during the session.
The Governor’s Office
disputed
The
Regis-
ter-Guard’s characteriza-
tion that the governor had
reversed course on whether
Buckley could lobby his
former colleagues.
“The governor has
always envisioned Buckley
would be working with
colleagues within the
executive branch, and that
he would not necessarily
lobby legislators this
session on budget-related
issues, since his work
is focused on long term
solutions,” said Chris Pair,
Brown’s interim communi-
cations director.
However, Pair also
said that Brown’s staff
had studied a past
opinion by the Oregon
Ethics Commission and
concluded that the 2007
law applied only to private
contract lobbying. “We
will be seeking a formal
interpretation from the
Ethics Commission to
clarify this once and for
all, but either way it won’t
affect Mr. Buckley’s work
for us,” Pair said.
An unidentified state
lawmaker requested the
opinion from legislative
counsel.
A copy of Buckley’s
job description and offer
letter requested earlier in
the day by the Pamplin
Media Group/EO Media
Group Capital Bureau was
not immediately available
Friday.
Buckley
did
not
immediately respond to a
request Friday afternoon
for comment.
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National Summary: Snow will fall over the middle Mississippi Valley with snow showers
near the Great Lakes today. Rain will fall on part of the Northwest, the lower Mississippi
Valley and Texas, and South Florida.
Yesterday’s National Extremes: (for the 48 contiguous states)
High 91° in Thermal, Calif.
Low -15° in Flag Island, Minn.
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Baltimore
Billings
Birmingham
Boise
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Charleston, SC
Charleston, WV
Chicago
Cleveland
Dallas
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Fairbanks
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Las Vegas
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Sacramento
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