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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 2017
141st Year, No. 233
WINNER OF THE 2017 ONPA GENERAL EXCELLENCE AWARD
PILOT ROCK
One dollar
Oregon
fi ghts to
defend
DACA
Federal lawsuit filed against
Trump administration
By PARIS ACHEN
Capital Bureau
Staff photo by E.J. Harris
Three tom turkeys stand in a yard off Northwest Elder Street on Tuesday in Pilot Rock. A couple dozen of the birds have taken
roost in the area and are causing local citizens some concern.
City passes turkey troubles to ODFW
Wild birds are ruining
landscaping, damaging
lawns and vehicles
By EMILY OLSON
East Oregonian
Thanksgiving may be on the holiday
horizon, but in Pilot Rock an unwelcome
abundance of turkeys is more fowl than
festive.
After residents complained of ruined
gardens and ubiquitous turkey scat — the
birds are accused of covering a pickup
truck with their nightly droppings — the
Pilot Rock City Council has decided to
call in the Oregon Department of Fish
and Wildlife to lay out options for dealing
with wild turkeys.
“I love wildlife, but this is getting to
the point where it’s just ridiculous,” Mary
Ann Low told the council during Tuesday
night’s meeting. Low said she put loads of
work into landscaping her mother’s front
yard, only to see it destroyed by the birds.
“Nothing is left,” she said. “They dust
bathe in the soil. They eat whatever is
there.”
By most estimates, the total fl ock in
Pilot Rock numbers between 50 to 70
turkeys, but the group splinters when they
hit town. Councilor Bob Deno said there
See TURKEYS/10A
Staff photo by E.J. Harris
A fl ock of wild turkeys forage in a fi eld Tuesday
on the west side of Pilot Rock. A couple dozen
of the birds have taken roost in the area and
are causing local citizens some concern.
PENDLETON
Fashion designer draws inspiration from home
Planning special pop-up
boutique for Round-Up
“It’s a chance
for me to create
something special
for my customers,
something that they
will treasure, too.”
By GEORGE PLAVEN
East Oregonian
Every jacket, skirt and
handbag designed by Pendleton
native Sydelle Harrison is infl u-
enced by home.
Though Harrison, 34, is now
studying in Corvallis to earn her
master’s degree in public health
management and policy from
Oregon State University, her
— Sydelle Harrison,
fashion designer
Photo contributed by Sydelle Harrison
Sydelle Harrison, center, poses with her daughters Blake, left,
and Kai, right, while fashioning apparel made by Harrison
through her homemade clothing line, Kanaine.
passion lies in her custom
clothing line, Kanaine, named
for Kanine Ridge where she
grew up on the Umatilla Indian
Reservation.
What started as merely a
hobby has become a growing
business for Harrison, who
reuses Pendleton Woolen Mills
blankets and fabric to create
what she describes as unique and
adventurous styles for women
and children.
Harrison is planning a
special pop-up boutique for
Kanaine at next week’s Pend-
leton Round-Up, though dates
and locations are still to be
determined. In addition, two
Kanaine designs are featured in
the October issue of Cowboys &
Indians Magazine that highlights
fall fashions.
“I am beyond excited and
very grateful for this opportunity
to share my designs on such a
large scale,” Harrison said.
Harrison launched Kanaine
after returning to OSU in 2013,
selling on the website Etsy that
See KANAINE/10A
SALEM — Oregon Attorney General
Ellen Rosenblum and 15 other attorneys
general have fi led a federal lawsuit in
New York challenging Trump’s decision
to rescind a program that allows undoc-
umented adults brought to the United
States as children to legally work and
attend school in this country.
U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions
announced Tuesday, Sept. 5, that the
Trump administration would phase out
Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals
(DACA) in the next six months, to give
Congress time to enact the program
legislatively.
The administration asserts that the
program, created through executive order
by then-President Barack Obama, is
unconstitutional because it circumvents
powers granted to Congress.
The lawsuit, fi led in the U.S. District
Court Eastern District of New York,
asserts that Trump administration has
violated the Equal Protection clause of
the Constitution by discriminating against
so-called “DREAMers” of Mexican
origin, who make up 78 percent of
DACA recipients. The attorneys general
argue Trump’s action also violates due
process rights and harms states’ residents,
institutions and economies.
“The president is playing chicken by
giving Congress six months to either
create a ‘better’ DACA program, or
cancel it,” said Oregon Attorney General
Ellen Rosenblum. “The DACA program
was originally created because of
congressional inaction, and we have little
faith Congress will step up and ‘fi x’ it this
time.”
More than 11,000 DACA recipients
live in Oregon and 800,000 in the entire
country. Many “have lived nearly their
entire lives in our state,” Rosenblum said.
“These outstanding young people
pay taxes, go to our community colleges
and universities, start businesses and
contribute in more ways than we can
count,” she said. “To suggest that these
Oregonians who have grown up here
should be taken from their families and
deported to a foreign country where they
have no family, friends and may not even
speak the language is cruel and indefen-
sible.”
Entering the DACA program requires
passing a background check and other
screening.
DACA recipients work in Oregon,
pay taxes, are eligible for employ-
er-based health insurance and contribute
to economic well-being of the state,
supporters say.
Deporting DACA recipients would
cost Americans an estimated $60 billion
just in federal tax revenue and nearly a
half a trillion dollars in economic growth
in the next 10 years, according to a report
CNN Money.
The complaint fi led Wednesday also
claims that ending DACA would under-
mine Oregon colleges and universities
ability to meet their educational missions
and prepare Oregonians for the work-
force.
Other attorneys general who have
joined the lawsuit are from Connecticut,
Delaware, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, Massa-
chusetts, New Mexico, New York, North
Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island,
Washington, Virginia, Vermont, and the
District of Columbia.