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NORTHWEST East Oregonian Page 2A Friday, July 6, 2018 Hayes bankruptcy filing doesn’t reveal much BRIEFLY Despite threatening to file for bankruptcy for nearly a month, former first lady Cyl- via Hayes’s court documents for Chapter 13 bankruptcy, submitted Tuesday, were largely incomplete. She has about two weeks to provide basic details such as her monthly income, an accounting of her assets and a list of creditors, according to a routine notice from the U.S. Bankruptcy Court Dis- trict of Oregon Thursday. Hayes announced in a Facebook post June 8 that she planned to file for bank- ruptcy to protect her home from The Oregonian. A Marion County Cir- cuit Court judge ruled in June 2016 that Hayes owed The Oregonian $125,000 to cover attorney fees the news organization incurred from challenging a lawsuit Hayes filed seeking to keep her emails from when she was first lady secret. The Orego- nian recorded a lien on her house in Bend earlier this year to recover the money. Hayes recently decided to drop her appeal of the award. In a Facebook post July 4, Hayes wrote that she described the developments as “having my own personal Independence Day.” “With the court decision to agree to my request to LA GRANDE (AP) — An Oregon man con- victed of sexually abus- ing a girl has been sen- tenced to almost 19 years in prison. The Observer news- paper reports Michael Altherr-Miller of La Grande was found guilty by a jury last month. Prosecutors said the victim was 11 years old at the start of the abuse and it lasted until she was 15. The victim said in court Tuesday that Altherr-Miller made “suffering a lifestyle” and his actions have changed her forever. The defense submit- ted 20 letters in sup- port of Altherr-Miller by family and friends who spoke to his character. Union County District Attorney Kelsie McDan- iel said none of the let- ters acknowledged that Altherr-Miller was con- victed of sexually abus- ing a child on multiple occasions. Judge Thomas Pow- ers rejected the defense’s bid for a six-year sentence. Associated Press file photo Former Oregon first lady Cylvia Hayes filed for bankruptcy Tuesday, but her filing doesn’t reveal much about her financial situation. drop the appeal, I was, for the first time in nearly four years, free from legal battles with dishonest newspapers,” she wrote. Making a barebones fil- ing and augmenting it later is common in bankruptcy court, said Michael R. Fuller, one of Hayes’s two attorneys in the case. “It is the typical form used in every case where the doc- uments filed are staggered out over time,” Fuller said. She has 14 days to file the missing documents — including an initial Chapter 13 repayment plan, unless the judge in her case grants an extension. “When you’re going through a reorganization, you want time to negotiate with your creditors before proposing and filing initial plan,” Fuller said. The plan can last for three to five years during which time the debtor is expected to make their best effort to repay their debts. At the end of that period, the bank- ruptcy judge can choose to discharge remaining debts. Court documents indicate 29 entities will receive notice of Hayes’s bankruptcy, but those recipients aren’t all creditors, Fuller said. Her main two creditors in the bankruptcy are the Ore- gonian Publishing Company and the Oregon Government Ethics Commission, he said. She faces up to $110,000 in fines for 22 counts of violating state ethics laws, largely by using her public position as first lady to win a paid fellowship and sev- eral contracts for her envi- ronmental consulting firm between 2011 and 2013. By filing for bankruptcy, Hayes “is looking for a fresh start,” Fuller said. “That does involve keeping her property and making her best efforts to pay her debts. I look forward to working with her creditors to put together a fair deal and get her a fresh start.” require any financial contribu- tion from employers, but they must sign up their workers for OregonSaves if they don’t offer a 401(k) or other retire- ment plan. Employees can opt out. “OregonSaves is off to a successful start,” state Trea- surer Tobias Read said in a statement. “By helping more people save for their retirement, OregonSaves is addressing the retirement savings crisis head-on, and making businesses more competitive.” The retirement plan began on a limited, voluntary basis last summer. Oregon then required big businesses to join at the start of 2018. The real growth happened in May, when employers with between 50 and 100 workers were brought in. Smaller busi- nesses are much less likely than big companies to offer retirement savings plans. The May expansion tri- pled the number of people in the program, while another 14,000 workers are still in the process of being enrolled. About 30 percent of employ- ees have decided to opt out. The next expansion is for Oregon employers with between 20 and 49 workers, who will have to enroll their — Founded Oct. 16, 1875 — 211 S.E. Byers Ave., Pendleton 541-276-2211 333 E. Main St., Hermiston 541-567-6211 Office hours: Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Closed major holidays Local home delivery Savings off cover price EZPay $14.50 41 percent 52 weeks $173.67 41 percent 26 weeks $91.86 38 percent 13 weeks $47.77 36 percent *EZ Pay = one-year rate with a monthly credit or debit card/check charge To subscribe, call 1-800-522-0255 or go online to www.eastoregonian.com and click on ‘Subscribe’ Single copy price: $1 Tuesday through Friday, $1.50 Saturday East Oregonian (USPS 164-980) is published daily except Sunday, Monday and postal holidays, by the EO Media Group, 211 S.E. 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The population of the city of Spokane is estimated at more than 220,000 people. The Spokesman-Re- view reports that more jobs and affordable housing costs are the likely drivers of popula- tion growth. Patrick Jones, execu- tive director of Eastern Washington University’s Institute for Public Pol- icy and Economic Anal- ysis, notes that 3,500 new jobs were created in Spokane County last year. Experts say the national economic recovery also is help- ing attract new residents to the Spokane area, including retirees. BEND (AP) — Bend police arrested two men accused of setting off an illegal firework that ignited a Fourth of July wildfire. 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Indi- vidual workers’ money isn’t invested until their retirement accounts reach a balance of $1,000, however, and most OregonSaves members hav- en’t reached that threshold. Workers can track their accounts on a state-run online portal and keep their account when they switch jobs. Subscriber services: For mail delivery, online access, vacation stops or delivery concerns call 1-800-522-0255 ext. 1 Spokane County population tops 500,000 2 accused of starting Pilot Butte fire with illegal firework Oregon retirement plan turns 1; program growing fast EUGENE (AP) — An Ore- gon program designed to help workers whose employers don’t offer retirement plans has seen rapid growth in the months leading up to this week’s first anniversary. OregonSaves has enrolled more than 32,000 private-sec- tor employees who previ- ously didn’t have access to a retirement savings option at work, The Register-Guard reported. They’ve so far set aside a combined $4.6 million of their own money through automatic payroll deductions, with an average withholding of 5.1 percent of salary. The state-run plan doesn’t of some apartments. The fire damaged the east and south lower slopes of the nearly 500- foot lava dome and also ignited spot fires across Highway 20 that crews quickly extinguished. Bend police Lt. Clint Burleigh says wit- nesses provided excel- lent descriptions of the people and vehicles that were in the area just before the fire started. Investigators arrested 38-year-old Brandon Hastings and 29-year- old Alan Stout, both of Bend, on charges of reckless burning. La Grande man sentenced to more than 18 years in sex abuse case By PARIS ACHEN Capital Bureau 2 8 a.m. 10 a.m. Noon 2 p.m. 4 p.m. 6 p.m. 0-2, Low 3-5, Moderate 6-7, High; 8-10, Very High; 11+, Extreme The higher the AccuWeather.com UV Index™ num- ber, the greater the need for eye and skin protection. 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