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BUCKS RUN FULL SPEED INTO SEMIS BAZAAR SEASON IS HERE SPORTS/1B CARAVAN ARRIVES AT U.S. BORDER NATION/7A COMMUNITY/6A THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2018 143rd Year, No. 22 One dollar WINNER OF THE 2018 ONPA GENERAL EXCELLENCE AWARD Remnants of standoff remain Ammon Bundy says he never meant to create a movement By NICOLE BLANCHARD Idaho Statesman EMMETT, Idaho — The first sign that you’ve arrived at the Bundy fam- ily’s Emmett home is a poster board affixed to the fence in front of a small apple orchard. Scrawled in Sharpie is the phrase, “Sunlight is the best disinfectant.” It’s a motto of sorts. Ammon Bundy calls him- self a “sunlight kind of guy.” Before his family’s infamous standoffs near Bunkerville, Nevada, and Burns, Oregon, he was living in the dark, he told the Idaho Statesman. Now he’s got a new view on life that he’s eager to share, he said, and some Idahoans are eager to listen. It’s been nearly three years since Bundy, 43, led a group of protest- ers to occupy the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge — first in protest of the government’s treatment of a fellow ranching family, then in protest of federal land ownership. It’s been 11 months since his charges for his family’s 2014 confronta- tion with federal agents on their Nevada ranch over cattle grazing ended in a mistrial. The judge ruled prosecutors committed “gross misconduct” when they withheld evidence from the defense. Bundy said his priority now is spending time with his wife and six children. But remnants of the stand- offs still bubble up each day. “I’ll always get some- one that calls me,” Bundy said at his home in mid-October, after catch- ing up with a friend call- ing from federal prison. “Life has never, ever been the same — in a good and a hard way. I think it’ll take Staff photo by E.J. Harris Gideon Smith, 12, left, Payton Hoffert, 11, and Jayden Hoffert, 11, all of Pendleton, look at a Pendleton Lions Club Peace Poster Contest entry by Naomi Watrud on Tuesday in Pendleton. A peace of art Middle school contest shows ‘Kindness Matters’ By ANTONIO SIERRA East Oregonian very parent loves their kids’ art, as evidenced by the standing room only crowd at the Pend- leton School District administrative offices on Tuesday evening. The crowd of Sunridge Middle School students and their parents had assembled in a conference room to get the results of the 2018-19 Pendleton Lions Club Peace Poster Contest. District Superintendent Chris Fritsch thanked all the kids who par- ticipated, adding that some might use the contest to springboard themselves to something further. “For many, we’re happy this is the beginning of doing more in art and making it more than just a hobby,” he said. Out of the contest’s 183 entries, seventh-grader Viviana Martinez’s poster emerged as the winner of this year’s theme: “Kindness Matters.” Her poster depicts a woman wear- ing a red dress and matching blind- fold as she cradles the globe. Both items of clothing have a print featur- ing flags from dozens of countries. After receiving her $300 check and posing for a number of photos with her winning entry, Viviana, 12, agreed to an interview about her victory. E Staff photo by E.J. Harris First place winner Viviana Marti- nez holds her entry in the Pendle- ton Lions Club Peace Poster Con- test at a ceremony on Tuesday at the Pendleton School District ad- ministrative offices. She was shy about discussing her inspiration and humble about what she thought her prospects were head- ing into the award announcement. “I thought I’d at least get last place,” she said. Her family was more open about Viviana’s talent and achievements. Viviana’s mother, Gloria Corona, said her daughter always had a knack for art, drawing accurate recreations of “The Powerpuff Girls” characters on sticky notes when she was only 3 or 4. “It’s definitely not me,” Corona said about where her daughter got her talent. “I can’t even draw stick figures.” As Viviana grew older, she showed initiative and asked her mom to buy her art books so she could improve her technique in drawing human figures. Viviana’s older brother, Christian, said her ambition extended to her career, where she hoped to catch on with a top animation studio like Pixar or Disney. While it may take a few years for Viviana to realize her dreams, her art is about to be seen by more sets of eyes. Bill Taylor of the Lions Club said her first place win in Pendleton means her poster will be advanced to the regional competition. If her poster continues to receive winning marks from judging panels, it could advance to the state, national, and eventually a worldwide competition sponsored by Lions Club International. ——— Contact Antonio Sierra at asierra@ eastoregonian.com or 541-966-0836. “I thought I’d at least get last place.” — Viviana Martinez, Pendleton Lions Club Peace Poster Contest first place winner Kelsey Grey/Idaho Statesman via AP In this undated photo, Ammon Bundy receives a call from a former fel- low inmate while pick- ing Gypsy Lust apples in his orchard in Emmett, Idaho. years and years to kind of dissolve.” And in many ways, he doesn’t want it to dissolve. Bundy accepts speaking engagements across the West at conferences and rallies that touch on gun rights, environmentalism and agriculture — some of them controversial. He often tells the stories of the standoffs and the subse- quent trials. And, of course, he advocates the view that has come to be synony- mous with the Bundy fam- ily: that the federal govern- ment has no authority to own or manage land in the states. “I believe that we have to have government,” Bundy said. “I believe that it has to be accountable, and it has to be limited, and it has to be for the pur- pose of protecting the indi- vidual. Otherwise there’s no need for it, and actually becomes more destructive than not having it in the first place.” Bundy espoused some variation of these princi- ples in Bunkerville and Burns. Now he takes the message to Utah, Montana, and Idaho. At an April stop in Modesto, California, Bundy called the state’s well-documented water issues “a lie,” claimed ice from asteroids replenishes the Earth’s water and said environmentalists are out to “entirely destroy the See BUNDY/8A HERMISTON Building official will be able to impose fines Enforcement option much like nuisance ordinance By JADE MCDOWELL East Oregonian The city of Hermis- ton added some teeth to its building code enforcement during a city council meet- ing on Tuesday. The council passed an ordinance allowing its build- ing official to issue civil penalties for violations of the building code. City Manager Byron Smith said the ordinance before the council on Tues- day would institute a system similar to the city’s nuisance code enforcement, including warnings and opportunities to appeal. “We need to have an enforcement mechanism,” he said. Under the ordinance unanimously passed by the council, the building offi- cial will be able to issue stop work orders, revoke permits, order vacation of unsafe premises or issue fines after the official has made “reasonable attempts to secure voluntary correc- tion.” Hermiston’s current building official is Chuck Woolsey. Prohibited acts that could draw a penalty include vio- lating building codes, build- ing without a required per- mit, lying on applications for permits or ignoring a lawful order from the build- ing official. According to the ordi- nance, “Violation of a provi- sion of this chapter shall be subject to an administrative civil penalty not to exceed more than $5,000 for each offense or, in the case of a continuing offense, not more See FINES/8A CHI St. Anthony Hospital Family Clinic is recognized as a Patient -Centered Primary Care Home. 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