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Tuesday, June 27, 2017
Pet therapy event at Oregon Capitol
highlights stress of policymaking
Paris Achen/Capital Bureau
Cris Cloyd, chief of staff for Rep. Jeff Reardon, D-Port-
land, snuggles “Sully,” an eight-week-old kitten up
for adoption at the Oregon Humane Society, during
a “Snuggle Express” at the Oregon Capitol in Salem
Monday. The event was meant to reduce stress in the
waning days of the legislative session.
tension mounting in the
waning two weeks of this
year’s legislative session.
Lawmakers are squab-
bling over new taxes and the
components of a transporta-
tion package, and emotions
can rise and sink with the fate
of each bill in front of them.
“One of the things I
noticed is when we have
school children (in the House
chamber), the dynamic
changes,” Bynum said.
She mentioned her obser-
vation to Mandi McGowan,
administrative assistant in
the Chief Clerk’s Office, and
suggested bringing babies
into the Capitol to calm
Alaska Air offers
charter flight
for solar eclipse
viewing
Bynum said she knew
people at the Capitol needed
stress relief, but she was
surprised there was “a lineup
like a rock concert” for the
event.
The Oregon Humane
Society provided the event
for free at the Capitol. The
program costs businesses a
$1,000 donation fee during
the Christmas season, but
off-season the organization
will provide the service
without the fee in certain
cases, sad David Lytle, a
spokesman for the humane
society. Participants were
asked to give a donation
to help homeless animals
during Monday’s event. A
final tally of how much was
raised for the organization
was unavailable Monday
afternoon, Lytle said.
Many animals find their
new homes during the
Snuggle Express, he said.
The humane society main-
tains a web site with photos
of all of the pets available for
adoption.
Buzz about the event
spread to the Senate wing of
the Capitol, where at least
one senator and his staff
member expressed jealousy
that the Senate wasn’t
invited, Bynum said.
“It’s all in good fun,”
Bynum said. “We have some
big decisions to make before
the end of the session.”
By PARIS ACHEN
Capital Bureau
SALEM — Cris Cloyd,
chief of staff for Rep. Jeff
Reardon of Portland, said she
came to the Capitol for work
Monday morning feeling
tired and stressed.
Holding a kitten melted
the tension away for a few
minutes, Cloyd said.
“It has a calming effect,”
another staffer chimed in.
State lawmakers and their
staffers lined up in the House
of Representatives office
suite to participate in the
“Snuggle Express” Monday
at the Capitol.
The Oregon Humane
Society brought in puppies
and kittens for legislators
and staff members to snuggle
during the lunch hour.
“This is just so exciting,”
said Naomi Zhao, an intern in
Rep. Ann Lininger’s office,
as she waited in a line that
wrapped around a wall into a
hallway, to hold a puppy.
When volunteers with the
humane society arrived with
the animals in pet carriers,
people in line gasped with
delight.
“This is my favorite event
of the entire session,” another
staff member gushed.
Rep. Janelle Bynum, a
freshman lawmaker from
Clackamas, organized the
event after she noticed
BRIEFLY
legislators.
McGowan told Bynum
that the Oregon Humane
Society sometimes brings
cats and dogs into work-
places during the stressful
Christmas season and pitched
the idea of doing the same at
the statehouse.
“Who
doesn’t
love
puppies
and
kittens?”
McGowan said. “A lot of
people get cocktails after
work to relieve stress.”
Holding a puppy or
kitten can provide the same
soothing effect, she said.
“And hopefully, the
animals
find
homes.
Everyone benefits,” she said.
PORTLAND (AP)
— Alaska Airlines said
Monday it will charter
a flight over the Pacific
Ocean this Aug. 21 so
select passengers can view
the astronomical event
from the sky.
The flight will take off
at 7:30 a.m. Pacific from
Portland, Oregon and is by
invitation-only for about
50 astronomers and serious
eclipse chasers. The airline
is also holding an online
contest starting July 21 for
the general public with a
prize of two seats on the
flight.
The total solar eclipse
is the first coast-to-coast
total solar eclipse to hit the
continental U.S. in 99 years.
A total eclipse occurs
when the moon passes
between the sun and the
Earth, blocking the sun’s
light.
The path of totality -- the
area of complete darkness
where the moon’s shadow
completely obscures the
sun -- begins in the U.S.
on the Oregon coast before
traveling east across the U.S.
The idea behind the flight
began last year, when a
group of avid eclipse chasers
booked tickets on an Anchor-
age-to-Honolulu flight
during an eclipse that could
be seen over the Pacific
Ocean. They successfully
lobbied Alaska Airlines to
adjust the flight path so they
could see the event from the
air, said Halley Knigge, an
airline spokeswoman.
The carrier is now
reaching out to those same
people for this flight, as
well as other astronomers,
she said.
The trip in the Boeing
Standoff defendant gets home detention
PORTLAND (AP) —
A military veteran who
performed guard duty during
the armed occupation of
a national wildlife refuge
in Oregon was sentenced
Monday to six months of
home detention.
Geoff Stanek, 27, of
Lafayette, Oregon, pleaded
guilty to conspiracy in June
2016, three months before
the high-profile trial in which
occupation leader Ammon
Bundy and six others were
found not guilty. Stanek’s
early acceptance of responsi-
bility was one reason federal
prosecutor Craig Gabriel
recommended a sentence that
did not include prison time.
Stanek was among the
more than two dozen men
and women who answered
Bundy’s January 2016 call to
occupy the Malheur National
Wildlife Refuge in a protest
against federal control of
Western lands and the impris-
onment of two ranchers
convicted of setting fires.
“You’re free to think what
you choose, but your conduct
crossed the line,” U.S.
District Judge Anna Brown
said Monday.
Another occupier, Eric
Lee Flores, was scheduled
to be sentenced Monday,
but got mixed up on the date
and never arrived from his
home in Tulalip, Washington.
Brown said the hearing will
be rescheduled.
Stanek arrived at the
refuge Jan. 7 after learning
about the occupation through
Facebook. He stayed until
Jan. 26, the day Bundy and
other occupation leaders
were arrested in a traffic
stop that included the fatal
shooting by police of protest
spokesman Robert “LaVoy”
Finicum.
Though Gabriel described
Stanek as one of the least
culpable defendants, the
judge noted that he arrived
at the bird sanctuary with
an AR-15, body armor and
medic supplies.
“You were prepared for a
bloodbath,” she said.
Stanek declined to make
a statement when given a
chance.
In response to questions
from the judge, Stanek
vowed to provide for his
young daughter and not
violate any conditions during
a two-year term of probation.
One requirement prohibits
him going on federal land
without permission from his
probation officer.
A total of 14 people
pleaded guilty to occupa-
tion-related charges and
another four were convicted
by a jury. Judge Brown plans
a fall hearing to decide how
to divvy up restitution.
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Longview
Kennewick Walla Walla
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89/56
Astoria
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Portland
Enterprise
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Pendleton 77/42
The Dalles 89/58
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La Grande
Salem
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79/49
John Day
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Eugene
Bend
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80/46
Caldwell
Burns
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83/45
Astoria
Baker City
Bend
Brookings
Burns
Enterprise
Eugene
Heppner
Hermiston
John Day
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La Grande
Meacham
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Newport
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Klamath Falls
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Boardman
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Coastal Oregon: Low clouds today, except
low clouds followed by some sun in the
south.
Eastern and Central Oregon: Mostly sunny
today; cooler across the north and in the
upper Treasure Valley.
Western Washington: Low clouds followed
by some sun today, except low clouds at
the coast.
Eastern Washington: Partly sunny today,
but sunnier toward the Cascades. Clear
tonight.
Cascades: Mostly sunny today. A passing
shower in the south; pleasant in central
parts.
Northern California: Low clouds followed
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BEND (AP) — Two
people died in a five-car
accident on Highway 20
near Black Butte Ranch
in central Oregon over the
weekend.
Oregon State Police said
Monday that the drivers
of two of the cars were
friends and had spent time
together shortly before
Sunday’s accident.
OSP says both men may
have been impaired.
One of them,
28-year-old than Ethan G.
Moreschi of Bend, died at
the scene after crossing the
center line and striking a
car driven by 80-year-old
Katherine L. Sales of
Eugene, who also died.
A motor home behind
Sales swerved to avoid the
crash and hit the car driven
by Moreschi’s friend.
The friend, 28 -year-old
Timothy R. Thompson of
Newberg, was hospitalized
with life-threatening
injuries.
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National Summary: As cool air stays in the East, hot air will linger in the Southwest today.
Showers and storms will dot the Northeast as downpours drench the Gulf Coast. Severe
storms will erupt over much of the Plains.
Yesterday’s National Extremes: (for the 48 contiguous states)
High 116° in Needles, Calif.
Low 32° in West Yellowstone, Mont.
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Chicago
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New Orleans
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New York City
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Oklahoma City
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Omaha
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Philadelphia
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Phoenix
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Portland, ME
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Providence
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Raleigh
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Rapid City
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Reno
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Sacramento
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San Diego
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