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Wednesday, April 18, 2018
BRIEFLY
Oregon cattlemen ask again
to kill Pine Creek wolves
Predators notch third
depredation in April
By GEORGE PLAVEN
EO Media Group
HALFWAY — Northeast
Oregon ranchers are again
seeking to eradicate the entire
Pine Creek wolf pack from
Baker County after the apex
predators attacked livestock
for the third time in just over
a week.
The most recent incident
was confirmed Sunday, April
15 at Pine Creek Ranch in
Halfway, Ore. A 125-pound
calf was found dead with bite
marks on its hind legs and
fresh wolf tracks at the scene.
GPS collar data also shows
OR-50 and OR-57, members
of the Pine Creek pack, were
within a mile of the carcass
earlier that morning.
The pack is now respon-
sible for killing five calves
and wounding four others
at two different ranches
since April 6, prompting the
Oregon Cattlemen’s Associa-
tion to ask the state Depart-
ment of Fish and Wildlife to
kill all Pine Creek wolves to
prevent further losses.
“The wolves are being
seen on the valley floor, and
that’s what’s really discon-
certing folks,” said George
Rollins, a Baker County
rancher and co-chairman of
the OCA wolf committee for
Eastern Oregon. “So many
people have seen them now,
it’s like daily sightings.”
ODFW has already issued
one lethal take permit for up
to two wolves from the Pine
Creek pack. Wildlife officials
shot one yearling female
from the pack on April 10.
The permit expires May 4.
But incremental take
has not proven effective in
changing the pack’s behavior,
Rollins said.
“They just keep coming
back,” he said. “They are
not following the herds of
elk that are on the low hills
area.”
Michelle
Dennehy,
spokeswoman for ODFW,
said the agency has not
decided yet whether to kill
more Pine Creek wolves.
Earlier this year, Univer-
sity of Wisconsin researchers
released a study suggesting
that government killing of
wolves may benefit one
farmer or rancher, but by
fracturing the pack it could
actually increase the risk
of predation at neighboring
farms up to three miles away.
In this case, ODFW
authorized
killing
two
wolves from the Pine Creek
pack after back-to-back
attacks on private land leased
by rancher Chad DelCurto.
Nine days later, the pack
notched its third depredation
at Pine Creek Ranch roughly
five to six miles away.
Environmental groups are
staunchly opposed to killing
any wolves in Oregon,
arguing the population is still
too small and fragile. ODFW
reports there were at least
124 wolves statewide at the
end of 2017, an 11 percent
increase over 2016.
Conservationists
also
point to four cases of wolves
HEPPNER — Sex
crimes defendant Maynor
Alberto Granados of
Irrigon is heading toward a
plea deal.
Last week the Morrow
County Circuit Court,
Heppner, checked on the
status of the case, which
has been making its way
forward since his arrest
last July. Court records
show instead of a three-day
trial, Granados is on the
schedule to change his plea
April 26.
Granados, 38, who
also uses the last name
Gionados, according to
court records, faces three
counts of second-degree
rape and eight more of
first-degree sexual abuse.
The state alleged he
committed the crimes in
2017 against a girl younger
than 14.
Until then, Granados
remains in the Umatilla
County Jail, Pendleton, in
lieu of $400,000 bail.
While Granados could
settle, the sex crime case
of Corey Scott Baker is
tracking to trial.
Baker, 41, of Ione, faces
charges of first-degree
rape and sexual abuse. He
remains out of jail on a
conditional release.
Richard Tovey, Morrow
County deputy district
attorney, in a March 15
court filing asked for a
delay after finding out
forensic interviewer Katie
Greathouse could not make
it to trial May 14-18.
“Ms. Greathouse
interviewed the victim
in this matter and is a
necessary witness for
the state,” Tovey wrote.
“The state cannot proceed
without this witness.“
Circuit Judge
Christopher Brauer,
however, denied the
request, noting the case has
that were illegally killed in
2017. Out of 13 total wolf
deaths throughout the year,
12 were human-caused.
Under Phase III of the
Wolf Conservation and
Management Plan, ODFW
can authorize killing wolves
that make a habit of preying
on livestock in Eastern
Oregon. The species remains
federally protected west of
highways 395, 78 and 95.
Jerome Rosa, executive
director for the OCA, said
incremental take of wolves
will not solve the problems
ranchers face, and actually
leads to packs becoming
more aggressive.
“It’s a no-win situation,”
Rosa said.
The Pine Creek pack
includes
seven
known
wolves — after one was shot
earlier this month — occu-
pying territory mostly south
of the Imnaha River and
east of Halfway to the Idaho
state line. In 2017, the pack
produced at least five pups
that survived to the end of
the year.
IRS glitch gives Oregon tax filers an extra day to file
department’s tax season work.
Those services submit both
federal and state tax returns
to the IRS, which in turn
sends states their file submis-
sions, according to Derrick
Gasperini, a spokesman for
the state revenue department.
While the system was
down on Tuesday, April 17,
the revenue department was
encouraging taxpayers using
TurboTax or H&R Block to
file their tax returns anyway
because the tax preparation
companies held the informa-
tion until the IRS could accept
them.
It also shouldn’t affect
when you get your refund.
“Since this was resolved in a
day, it should not impact the
schedule for taxpayers to get
their refunds,” Gasperini said
in an email to the EO/Pamplin
By CLAIRE WITHYCOMBE
Capital Bureau
SALEM — You can
submit your 2017 state and
federal taxes without being
penalized until midnight
Wednesday, April 18.
Tax day 2018 dawned
with a technical glitch at the
Internal Revenue Service,
and ended with the federal
government pushing Tues-
day’s filing deadline back by
24 hours. The state has also
pushed back its filing deadline
by 24 hours.
Oregon’s Department of
Revenue says the problem,
which prevented the IRS from
accepting electronic returns
from popular tax preparation
services TurboTax and H&R
Block, shouldn’t translate
into significant delays for the
Capital Bureau.
You can check the status
of your refund at http://www.
oregon.gov/DOR, by clicking
the “Where’s My Refund?”
button.
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FRIDAY
THURSDAY
A passing shower
this afternoon
Decreasing clouds
58° 39°
62° 39°
Increasing
cloudiness
SATURDAY
Clouds giving way
to some sun
66° 46°
60° 36°
Mainly cloudy
58° 37°
HERMISTON TEMPERATURE FORECAST
68° 41°
PENDLETON
through 3 p.m. yesterday
TEMPERATURE
HIGH
LOW
55°
62°
90° (1897)
41°
39°
23° (2013)
PRECIPITATION
24 hours ending 3 p.m.
Month to date
Normal month to date
Year to date
Last year to date
Normal year to date
0.09"
1.37"
0.69"
5.08"
7.00"
4.65"
HERMISTON
through 3 p.m. yesterday
TEMPERATURE
HIGH
Yesterday
Normals
Records
LOW
59°
65°
87° (1936)
44°
40°
20° (2013)
PRECIPITATION
24 hours ending 3 p.m.
Month to date
Normal month to date
Year to date
Last year to date
Normal year to date
0.00"
1.55"
0.44"
3.93"
5.42"
3.55"
SUN AND MOON
Sunrise today
Sunset tonight
Moonrise today
Moonset today
First
Full
Apr 22
Apr 29
6:04 a.m.
7:45 p.m.
8:05 a.m.
11:02 p.m.
Last
New
May 7
64° 37°
64° 37°
Seattle
58/41
ALMANAC
Yesterday
Normals
Records
71° 50°
May 15
Today
SUNDAY
PENDLETON TEMPERATURE FORECAST
63° 40°
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REGIONAL CITIES
Forecast
Spokane
Wenatchee
53/37
55/39
Tacoma
Moses
58/36
Lake
Pullman
Aberdeen Olympia
Yakima 59/39
55/36
59/38
58/37
59/39
Longview
Kennewick Walla Walla
60/37
60/41 Lewiston
63/40
Astoria
59/42
58/40
Portland
Enterprise
Hermiston
60/43
Pendleton 51/34
The Dalles 63/40
58/39
60/42
La Grande
Salem
55/37
60/39
Albany
Corvallis 59/37
59/38
John Day
53/38
Ontario
Eugene
Bend
63/43
58/37
47/34
Caldwell
Burns
62/42
51/30
Astoria
Baker City
Bend
Brookings
Burns
Enterprise
Eugene
Heppner
Hermiston
John Day
Klamath Falls
La Grande
Meacham
Medford
Newport
North Bend
Ontario
Pasco
Pendleton
Portland
Redmond
Salem
Spokane
Ukiah
Vancouver
Walla Walla
Yakima
Hi
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NATIONAL WEATHER TODAY
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WORLD CITIES
Today
Beijing
Hong Kong
Jerusalem
London
Mexico City
Moscow
Paris
Rome
Seoul
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Tokyo
Hi
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WINDS
Medford
58/38
Klamath Falls
46/26
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Today
Thursday
Boardman
Pendleton
NNE 4-8
NE 6-12
NW 4-8
NW 6-12
UV INDEX TODAY
Shown is today’s weather. Temperatures are today’s highs and tonight’s lows.
REGIONAL FORECAST
Coastal Oregon: Clouds limiting sunshine
today; a passing shower in the south.
Eastern and Central Oregon: Mostly cloudy
today; a passing shower, but dry in the
south and upper Treasure Valley.
Western Washington: Mostly cloudy today.
Partly cloudy tonight.
Eastern Washington: Mostly cloudy today.
Cascades: Showers of rain and snow this
morning, then a shower or two in central
parts; a rain or snow shower across the
north. A shower in the south.
Northern California: A passing shower
today, except a snow shower in the interior
mountains.
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1
2
UMATILLA — The
paving project along
Highway 730 is gearing
up again next week
between Old River Road
in Umatilla and Willamette
Street at McNary.
The Oregon Department
of Transportation
announced its contractor,
Roy Houck Construction,
Salem, begins paving
operations Monday. The
work will take place
between 6 p.m. and 7 a.m.
and result in the temporary
closures of the Interstate 82
exit 1 interchange ramps.
The project involves
closing two interchange
ramps at a time with
warning signs advising
travelers to use alternate
routes. The ramps will
only be shut down at night,
according to ODOT, which
expects the project to
finish by Friday, April 27.
Travelers also can expect
flaggers, reduced speeds,
lane closures, rough
surfaces and delays of up
to 20 minutes.
The state road agency
advised drivers to plan
for extra time if traveling
through the area and
remember traffic fines
are double the amount in
highway work zones.
“All work on this
paving project is scheduled
to be completed by the end
of May,” according to the
transportation department.
After the work is
complete near I-81 exit
1, nighttime paving
activities on Highway
730 will continue east
toward McNary. During
resurfacing work at the
Highway 395 intersection,
travelers should expect
extra congestions and
delays.
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TODAY
Kautter said in a statement.
“The IRS appreciates every-
one’s patience during this
period. The extra time will
help taxpayers affected by this
situation.”
The agency said Tuesday
that the cause was likely a
hardware issue.
On Tuesday morning,
Oregon’s senior U.S. senator,
Democrat Ron Wyden, criti-
cized what he says is a lack of
funding from Congress for the
nation’s tax collecting agency.
“While we don’t yet know
what has caused this systems
failure, the lack of Republican
funding for the IRS to serve
taxpayers will only compound
the issue,” Wyden said in a
statement. “Americans should
not be punished for being
unable to file their tax returns
or pay their tax bills today.”
Appreciating
everyone’s patience
Nationwide, about 5
million people were expected
to file their taxes on Tuesday.
On Tax Day last year — April
18, 2017 — the state received
about 68,000 2016 tax returns;
the day before the due date,
about 54,000.
Acting IRS Commissioner
David J. Kautter apologized
on behalf of the agency late
Tuesday. “This is the busiest
tax day of the year, and
the IRS apologizes for the
inconvenience this system
issue caused for taxpayers,”
had multiple continuances
since entering the court
system in March 2017.
Granados heads
to plea change in
sex crimes case,
Baker to trial
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0-2, Low
3-5, Moderate 6-7, High;
8-10, Very High;
11+, Extreme
The higher the AccuWeather.com UV Index™ num-
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Forecasts and graphics provided by
AccuWeather, Inc. ©2018
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National Summary: Rain and snow showers will linger in northern New England as a batch
of steady rain and snow works eastward across the Midwest today. Rain and mountain
snow showers will linger in the coastal Northwest.
Yesterday’s National Extremes: (for the 48 contiguous states)
High 101° in Vernon, Texas
Low 2° in Tuolumne Meadows, Calif.
NATIONAL CITIES
Today
Albuquerque
Atlanta
Atlantic City
Baltimore
Billings
Birmingham
Boise
Boston
Charleston, SC
Charleston, WV
Chicago
Cleveland
Dallas
Denver
Detroit
El Paso
Fairbanks
Fargo
Honolulu
Houston
Indianapolis
Jacksonville
Kansas City
Las Vegas
Little Rock
Los Angeles
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