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Friday, April 14, 2017
Vocal crowd in Bend gives Walden an earful
and stomping or boos. Walden
was frequently interrupted by
shouting. His town halls earlier
More than 2,000 people turned this week in the Columbia River
out for an energetic, and some- Gorge were similarly crowded.
Walden responded calmly,
times hostile, town hall meeting
asking the audience to
hosted by Congressman
be respectful and let
Greg Walden in Bend
speakers get their ques-
Thursday evening.
tions out.
O r e g o n ’ s
“You’re starting to
only
Republican
sound like Congress”
congressman
fielded
Walden said, repeating a
questions on everything
line he had used earlier
from health care to
in the week during
background
checks
a similarly unruly
for gun buyers, to his
moment.
alignment with Pres-
Health care was a
ident Trump. Walden Walden
prominent major topic
scheduled the meeting
in Bend after getting heat for not for many.
“Why do you want to do away
hosting a town hall in the largest
with the Affordable Care Act?”
city in his district since 2013.
Bend is a blue island of asked one young woman.
Walden was a key author of the
Democratic majority in a sea of
Walden’s mostly red district, and Republican bill written to replace
the largely left-leaning crowd Obamacare. The bill was pulled in
quickly erupted with boos, chants, Congress earlier this year when it
hisses or cheers at Walden’s was obvious Republicans did not
responses to statements from have enough votes for it to pass.
Walden pointed out all of
constituents.
At times, people who stood up the elements of the ACA that
to ask questions barely uttered a he supported retaining, such as
word or two — such as “climate protections for people with preex-
change” or “public lands”— isting conditions and allowing
before being cut off by cheering young people to remain on their
A Wallowa County man
is suspected of poaching
and wasting at least a
dozen elk on his property
— and perhaps 13 more
found dead on adjoining
land.
Larry Harshfield, 69,
was arrested April 8 and
charged with 12 counts of
taking elk out of season
and 12 counts of wasting
elk.
The charges stem from
a Feb. 11 search of the
Harshfield Ranch, located
in the city of Wallowa.
During the search, Oregon
Department of Fish &
Wildlife troopers located
25 dead elk, 12 of which
were located on Harsh-
field’s property and 13
others were nearby.
The elk carcasses
appeared not to have had
any attempt to salvage
meat from them, according
SALEM
—
While
bringing a hay exporter one
step closer to rebuilding his
burned-down barns, Oregon
lawmakers are preparing for
a broader discussion about
wetland regulations.
After fire destroyed his
two barns last year, state
regulators informed hay
exporter Jesse Bounds that
rebuilding the structures
violated Oregon fill-removal
law because his 12-acre prop-
erty near Junction City was a
wetland.
The parcel wasn’t identi-
fied as a wetland on federal,
state or county maps, but the
Department of State Land
nonetheless determined the
project required a wetland
fill-removal permit due to
soil characteristics and other
features.
Under state law, the fact
that Bounds had received
county approval for rebuilding
the barn was irrelevant.
The House Agriculture
Committee has now approved
a bill that would change
Oregon fill-removal law
to rectify the situation for
Bounds and farmers who
find themselves in a similar
dilemma.
On April 13, the committee
unanimously referred House
Bill 2785 for a vote on the
House floor with a “do pass”
recommendation.
Under HB 2785, fill-re-
moval requirements would
not apply when replacing
a dwelling or agricultural
building on farmland, as long
the structure receives county
approval, existed before 2017
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Eastern Washington: Variable clouds today
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and would be located on the
same parcel.
The committee’s chairman,
Brian Clem, D-Salem, said
the bill is “just a tiny starting
place” for dealing with
conflicts that may arise from
Oregon’s wetland rules.
Wetlands are “treasured
in this state” but it’s been too
long since lawmakers looked
at how they’re defined and the
process for resolving fill-re-
moval disputes, Clem said.
“Sorry to spring this on
you, but prepare to deal with
wetlands for another year,”
he said.
For example, lawmakers
should consider the creation
of
authoritative
maps
for identifying wetlands
and whether fill-removal
enforcement should remain
complaint-driven, as it is now,
Clem said.
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A House committee chairman
who’s a leading author of the mired
Republican health care bill says he’s
skeptical about proposals the Trump
administration and conservative
lawmakers have discussed aimed at
breathing life into the legislation.
The White House and leaders of the
conservative House Freedom Caucus
have discussed letting states seek
federal waivers to insurance require-
ments imposed by President Barack
Obama’s health care law. These have
included waiving that statute’s ban
against insurers charging seriously
ill customers higher premiums than
healthy people.
Oregon Republican congressman
Greg Walden says in an interview
with The Associated Press that he’d
have to be convinced the suggested
changes won’t take coverage away
from people.
Conservatives say eliminating
the requirement would help keep
premiums lower.
Walden chairs the House Energy
and Commerce panel.
Jesse Bounds runs a straw-compressing facility in
Junction City that state regulators claim was rebuilt
on a wetland after a fire.
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By MATEUSZ PERKOWSKI
Capital Bureau
to ODFW.
Harshfield was charged
with poaching the 12 elk
on his property and was
lodged at the Wallowa
County Jail. Additional
charges for the 13 dead elk
on the adjoining property
will be referred to the
Wallowa County District
Attorney for consider-
ation.
Mike Hansen, assistant
district wildlife biologist
for ODFW, said that the
department can issue a kill
permit or a hazing permit
for elk that cause consis-
tent damage to a farmer’s
crops. Hansen said Harsh-
field had contacted ODFW
about the permits. The kill
permit requires the farmer
to field dress and skin the
animal and take it to a
meat processing facility.
“He did not want to do
that,” Hansen said. “We
gave him a haze permit.”
A haze permit does not
allow for any killing of elk.
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“Thank You Walden.”
The environment and public
lands also loomed large in the talk.
“Why have you not stood up
to the Trump administration’s
anti-environment actions?” asked
one man.
“E-P-A! E-P-A!” the crowd
began chanting.
One woman asked if the
congressman saw any end to the
partisanship in Washington.
“What you don’t see is how
much we do work together,”
Walden said. “Some things we
disagree on, but there’s a lot that
we work together on in Congress.”
Walden’s responses were
at times technical and specific,
referring to his voting record on
specific legislation.
His staff displayed slides on
a 20-foot screen at the front of
the high school gym with bullet
points about health care, veterans
affairs or other issues as they
came up.
The meeting was slated to
last an hour but it went on for
two. Many in the crowd thanked
Walden for coming to Bend and
responding to such an energetic
crowd.
“Democracy in action,”
Walden said.
parent’s plan until the age of 26.
But Walden said the health care
system under Obama had major
problems.
“I want to fix it, so it will
work,” he said.
One supporter thanked
Walden for his position in support
of immigration reform.
“I believe illegals need to leave
this country,” said a man, who
was in a wheelchair and identified
as a veteran.
The crowd responded with
eruptive applause when Bend
resident Aimee Metcalf asked
Walden to distance himself from
Trump and his policies.
“What is happening with our
president is not normal,” she said,
referring to Trump’s relationship
with Russia. “You know it.”
Walden suggested there are
many places where he disagrees
with the president. When asked
why the congressman does not
press Trump to release his tax
information, he said “Every one
of us has a right to protect our tax
returns.”
“Boo!” the crowd shouted,
with many holding up red signs
that said “DISAGREE.” A
handful of people clapped, and
one supporter held a sign that said
By AMANDA PEACHER
Oregon Public Broadcasting
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Yesterday’s National Extremes: (for the 48 contiguous states)
High 93° in Gila Bend, Ariz.
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