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Proposed bill would allow military surplus Humvees for street use
SALEM — Discharged from
their military days hauling troops
and gear as long as 30 years ago,
monster-sized military surplus
Humvees may soon be cruising the
Oregon streets and highways along-
side eco-conscious Prius drivers
and outdoorsy Subaru commuters.
A proposal that’s been advancing
at the state Capitol could make
Oregon one of the few states to allow
these two-ton, 7-foot-wide diesel
gas-guzzlers — not to be confused
with their flashier Hummer, H1 and
H2 commercial cousins — on the
roadways for civilian use. These
rigs would be hard-pressed to pass
emissions in places like California
and they also don’t meet federal
safety standards, although updates
for proper seatbelts, turn signals and
other tweaks could make them street
legal in Oklahoma, for instance.
Spared from the scrapyard as
newer models were brought on,
surplus Humvees made by AM
General became available for
purchase from the U.S. military by
civilians in late 2014. Nearly 8,000
Humvees have been sold to-date,
but often without standard features
such as horns, airbag’s or even
doors and windows while burning
diesel as fast as 4 mpg, these big
rigs usually don’t pass muster with
state DMVs, including in Oregon.
The Oregon proposal, however,
— Hank Porter, Humvee owner
and mayor or Stayton
AP Photo/Kristena Hansen
OREGON CITY (AP) — A
young woman who fired a gun
during an argument with her
boyfriend — inadvertently killing
her elderly neighbor — has been
sentenced to six years and three
months in prison.
Noelle St. John told investigators
she grabbed her boyfriend’s .380
caliber handgun at a suburban
Portland apartment last June. She
pointed it at her head, then opened
the front door and fired a round.
The bullet traveled across a
parking lot, went through a front
window and hit 80-year-old Donna
McQueen in the chest.
Clackamas County deputies
responded to the apartment complex
after the shot was fired, but did not
find a victim. McQueen’s daughter
discovered the body the next day.
The Oregonian/OregonLive
reports the 22-year-old St. John
pleaded guilty last week to second-
would register these older Humvees
under the same special designation
used for antiques, collector’s cars
and street rods.
A one-time $81 fee would
permanently register these massive
vehicles for the streets — but
only for limited purposes, such as
group rides with car clubs, shows
and exhibitions and, luckily for
75-year-old Hank Porter, parades.
“All I want to do is haul around
old veterans in parades on the
Fourth of July” said Porter, mayor
of Stayton, Ore., a small town just
12 miles east of the state capitol in
Salem. “I don’t need to run all over
the country in the thing.”
Porter, a retired school teacher,
asked his former student Fred
Girod, who is now a Republican
state senator, for help after hitting
degree manslaughter.
McQueen’s family agreed with
the plea deal and St. John expressed
remorse at sentencing.
Spann’s older sister, Neenah
West, said the family doubts that the
young men were playing Russian
roulette but also said the suspect
would not intentionally hurt her
brother.
A memorial service is set for
1 p.m. Saturday at Highline High
School.
BRIEFLY
Teen dies in accidental
shooting, friend booked
SEATTLE (AP) — A
17-year-old boy has been booked
into King County youth detention
for manslaughter after police say he
killed a close friend in an accidental
shooting south of Seattle.
Donovan Spann was killed when
a gun discharged Friday evening at
a home in the White Center area.
Highline High School principal
Vicki Fisher told the Seattle Times
that 18-year-old Spann was on track
to graduate in June from New Starts
alternative high school.
According to the King County
Sheriff’s office, the suspect invited
Spann over to a home and the two
were reportedly playing Russian
roulette when the suspect fired and
hit Spann in the stomach. Medics
were unable to revive him.
VANCOUVER, Wash. (AP)
— Authorities say a 4-year-old
southwest Washington boy died
after undergoing a dental procedure.
Paramedics were called to
the dental office Friday and the
boy was pronounced dead at a
hospital that afternoon. The Clark
County Medical Examiner’s Office
identified the boy as Mykel Peterson
of Vancouver and said the cause of
death is under investigation.
The boy’s mother told
KATU-TV that she brought her
son in for a routine visit and the
dentist suggested repairing previous
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brief shower or two tonight; however, dry
in the south.
Eastern and Central Oregon: A couple of
showers today, except dry in the south.
Eastern Washington: Cloudy today with
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SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — A
former assistant principal of Coulee
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sentenced to seven years in prison
for receiving child pornography.
Nathan Piturachsatit was
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with a 14-year-old girl in Wisconsin
via Instagram. The investigation
found that he had been sending her
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over a year starting in November
2015.
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THURSDAY
snags at the DMV in trying to
register his 1986 Humvee — one of
three he and his family purchased
last year, mostly for off-roading
and, of course, parades.
Civilians like Porter buy these
military behemoths for usually
$10,000 or less through a third-
party auction site called GovPlanet,
a subsidiary of IronPlanet, which
sends three-quarters of the proceeds
back to the military. Buyers
sign hold-harmless agreements
acknowledging the Humvees are
“not roadworthy” and then receive
a federal proof-of-ownership
certificate with an “off-road only”
stamp that they can take to their
local DMV.
“The (Department of Defense)
has determined that this is a
prudent measure when vehicles
do not meet the (federal vehicle
safety standards) in order to alert
state licensing authorities of the
nature of the vehicle,” Susan
Lowe, a spokeswoman for the U.S.
Hank Porter, 75, Mayor of Stayton, stands with his 1990 military
surplus Humvee outside his residence March 2. Oregon could
be the first state to allow street-use of retired military Humvees
should state lawmakers approve a bill that was proposed at the
request of Porter, who wants to tow war veterans through parades
in Stayton during Fourth of July celebrations.
Woman who inadvertently
shot neighbor gets
6 years in prison
TODAY
Defense Logistics Agency, told the
Associated Press through an email.
“The ultimate decision on whether
a state will license these vehicles
for on-road use is a decision within
discretion of state licensing author-
ities.”
That’s where civilian Humvee
owners like Porter run into issues,
which vary greatly by state.
“As a practical matter (the
federal documents) tend to negate
any argument that the vehicle is,
in fact, built for on-road use, or
that the purchaser believed he/she
would be able to get it registered at
DMV and drive it on public roads,”
said Amy Joyce, legislative liaison
for the Oregon Department of
Transportation.
The proposal faced no oppo-
sition during its first hearing last
week, although the Oregon DOT
stayed neutral.
Without registration records,
Joyce says it’s unclear how many
Oregonians would be impacted —
only 11 Humvees currently have
Oregon titles, which are optional
— but more could be arriving as
GovPlanet auctions continue for up
to four years.
Still, Porter is hopeful that
decision-makers won’t be deterred
either way.
“My motives are pretty clear
and straight-up. I just want to drive
the thing in parades,” Porter said.
“I don’t know how more pure a
motive you can get.”
“My motives are pretty
clear and straight-up.
I just want to drive the
thing in parades. I don’t
know how more pure a
motive you can get.”
By KRISTENA HANSEN
Associated Press
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Yesterday’s National Extremes: (for the 48 contiguous states)
High 98° in Thermal, Calif.
Low -11° in St. James, Minn.
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