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March 18, 2015
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check before transferring a gun
to another person, such checks
are not required.
SALEM — Supporters of
“That loophole does allow
expanded gun sale background people to buy guns, no questions
checks are renewing their push asked, without a background
for legislation in the Oregon check,” said Mark Prentice,
capitol this week.
press secretary for Americans
The Oregon Alliance for for Responsible Solutions.
Gun Safety and the national
Nine other states and the
group Americans for Respon- District of Columbia already
sible Solutions, founded by require people to pass back-
former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle ground checks before purchas-
Giffords and her husband Mark ing guns online or directly from
Kelly, are bringing medical pro- another person, although two
fessionals to the capitol Tues- of the states — Maryland and
day to lobby for background Pennsylvania — only extend-
checks before Internet and other ed that requirement to handgun
person-to-person gun sales.
sales.
Oregonians already must
Sen. Floyd Prozanski,
pass background checks in or- D-Eugene, is drafting legisla-
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censed dealers and gun shows. the end of this month to expand
It is illegal for people in the the requirement for background
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convicted felons, or were civ- son-to-person sales.
illy committed to a psychiatric
After the November elec-
treatment facility or prohibited tion, Democrats in the Legisla-
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due to mental illness.
background checks was bet-
Although private individuals ter in 2015 than it had been in
can request a state background years because of their expanded
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majorities in both chambers and
voters’ approval of a similar ex-
pansion in Washington. Demo-
crats attempted unsuccessfully
to pass a handful of gun-related
bills in 2013, after shootings in
December of 2012 at Clacka-
mas Town Center and Sandy
Hook Elementary School in
Newtown, Conn. In 2014, they
tried again to pass a bill to ex-
pand background checks to in-
clude private gun transfers but
the bill ran into opposition from
Sen. Betsy Johnson, D-Scap-
poose and Senate Republicans
and ultimately died in commit-
tee.
At this point in the session,
lawmakers have fewer options
to introduce new legislation but
Sen. Ginny Burdick, D-Port-
land, said the proposal to ex-
pand background checks will
be introduced as a priority bill.
“I’m optimistic about its
chances,” Burdick said. Law-
makers do face some deadlines,
including that they must post
notice of a work session on a
bill by April 10.
Prozanski said he is draft-
ing legislation based on the
2014 bill to expand background
checks, with some amendments
to provide even broader exemp-
tions when guns are transferred
among family members. He
said background checks are ef-
fective at keeping guns out of
the hands of people who should
not have them, but state law
currently contains a major loop-
hole.
“So in the parking lot of a
gun show, on the Internet, in
your backyard, everywhere,
those (sales), are currently not
required to have a background
check,” Prozanski said.
Prozanski is a former deputy
district attorney who also expe-
rienced the impact of gun vio-
lence in the early 1970s, when
his older sister was murdered by
her boyfriend. The family lived
in Texas, and Prozanski was in
high school at the time. His sis-
ter was trying to leave her boy-
friend, who was a drug dealer.
“The guy that killed her had
a gun, of course, and he was a
felon,” Prozanski said.
Prozanski said he is a gun
owner, but considers back-
ground checks for all non-fam-
ily transfers to be “a reasonable
step.”
In addition to the back-
ground check expansion,
Prozanski’s bill will likely have
two other components. One
would broaden the existing
provision on mental illness, to
begin requiring judges to decide
whether people mandated to re-
ceive outpatient mental health
treatment should be allowed to
keep their weapons.
“What we’re going to do is
just have the court make a de-
termination when someone is
ordered into outpatient treat-
ment for mental health, whether
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arms during their mental health
crisis,” Prozanski said.
The bill would also codify
former Gov. John Kitzhaber’s
policy that required the Oregon
State Police to notify local law
enforcement when someone
who cannot legally purchase a
gun, such as a felon, attempts
to do so. Kitzhaber adopted
the policy after Senate Repub-
lican Leader Sen. Ted Ferrio-
li, R-John Day, sent a letter to
the governor pointing out OSP
has authority to follow up on
failed background checks. A
spokeswoman for Senate Re-
publicans said they would wait
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information on the planned leg-
islation is available.
It’s unclear whether gun
control supporters have enough
support to push through other
priorities this session, such as
yet-to-be-introduced legislation
that would make it a crime for
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location where a child can ac-
cess it.
Jake Weigler, a spokesman
for the Oregon Alliance for Gun
Safety, said 27 other states and
the District of Columbia have
laws under which “basically
you are criminally negligent
if you leave your weapon un-
locked and your child gets ac-
cess to it.”
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collaboration between EO
Media Group and Pamplin
Media Group
Dog bite; assault; DUII accident; out of control juvenile
Dispatch Log
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5:52 a.m. Cell 911 for Enter-
prise ambulance.
9:37 a.m. Dog bite com-
plaint in rural Joseph.
9:49 a.m. St. Bernard found
in rural Enterprise. Reunited
with owner.
1:58 p.m. Follow-up inves-
tigation.
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seph.
3:48 p.m. Dog as a public
nuisance complaint in Joseph.
5:49 p.m. Rural Wallowa
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8:29 p.m. 911 call for ambu-
lance in Wallowa.
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Cell 911 public assist for
stuck vehicle.
FOR THE RECORD
11:38 a.m. 911 for ambu-
lance in Joseph.
2:38 p.m. Darrel Wayne
May, 46, Lostine, cited and re-
leased on assault-4 charge stem-
ming from 3/8/15 incident.
6:20 p.m. Life Line request-
ing ambulance in Wallowa.
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8:32 a.m. Dog at large in ru-
ral Joseph.
10:26 a.m. Ambulance call
for rural Joseph.
1:15 p.m. Controlled burn in
Wallowa.
1:50 p.m. 911 requesting
ambulance in rural Joseph.
2:09 p.m. 911 reporting an
assault in Enterprise.
3:03 p.m. Report of solicit-
ing in Enterprise.
4:46 p.m. Barking dog com-
plaint in Enterprise.
5:48 p.m. Safe Guard securi-
ty reporting a burglary alarm at
Enterprise business.
6:05 p.m. Loose calf in rural
Enterprise.
7:56 p.m. After receiving
911 call reporting motor ve-
hicle hitting bicyclist, police
arrested Charles Dennis Ander-
son, 70, Enterprise. Charged
with DUII and careless driving
contributing to an accident.
10:26 p.m. Welfare check in
Enterprise.
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8:59 a.m. Public assist.
10:17 a.m. Civil dispute in
Enterprise.
10:50 a.m. Agency assist.
3:55 p.m. Agency assistance
in Enterprise.
4:30 p.m. Request for wel-
fare check in Enterprise.
5:35 p.m. Barking dog com-
plaint in Enterprise.
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ral Joseph.
9:59 p.m. Joseph 911 for En-
terprise ambulance at Wallowa
Lake.
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9:03 a.m. 911 for ambulance
in rural Enterprise.
2:15 p.m. 911 reporting
smoke on Alder Slope.
4:18 p.m. Report of con-
trolled burn in rural Enterprise.
8:04 p.m. Lost black and
white German Wirehaired
Pointer in Joseph.
10:12 p.m. Non-emergency
911 from Joseph.
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Mr. Sykes and I have never
met or talked nor has he even
been to my place and seen how
I handle, treat and care for my
animals or know the costs and
budgets of my business so why
does he need and desire to tell
me how to think and feel and
how I should do my job?
If he truly appreciated and
admired the Canadian gray
wolf why is he helping to set
the wolf up for failure in a
settled 2015 landscape while
envisioning the landscape and
timber wolf of the 1915 era?
I believe his closing with
the public land grazing issue
shows the true agenda and it
has nothing to do with the wolf
other than using it as a pawn
to try and destroy and ruin the
economics and lives of those of
us that make up the livestock
industry.
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Can you please answer me
this? What sort of person would
rather see a whimsical cay-
enne-red fox shot dead and hang-
ing from a barbed-wire fence than
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buttercups?
The fox den on the Ant Flat
Road is a source of delight — and
a photographic destination — for
many who walk/bike by it on a
regular basis.
I felt sick and sad at yester-
day’s sighting — a fairly common
human reaction to wanton killing.
And while I don’t condone the
quaint local custom of sport-shoot-
ing such “varmints” as badgers
and coyotes, I can understand a
rancher’s rationale for wanting to
do so.
But a fox? I’ll wager the ma-
jority of humans have never even
seen one in the wild. It’s akin to de-
claring open season on unicorns.
The only reason I can fathom
for someone to so cavalierly snuff
out such a blithe spirit is because
he’s jealous of its freedom.
C.M. Sterbentz
Enterprise
0DUFK
3:01 a.m. 911 report of do-
mestic in rural Enterprise.
11:51 a.m. Complaint of dog
as public nuisance in Enterprise.
2:57 p.m. Complaint of out
of control juvenile in Enterprise.
6:19 p.m. Information call in
Enterprise.
9:05 p.m. Theft complain in
Joseph.
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3:53 911 report of rural Wal-
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9:12 a.m. Public assist in En-
terprise.
10:21 a.m. Report of Joseph
burglary.
11:57 a.m. Information, Joseph.
6:52 p.m. 911 non-emergen-
cy call from Lostine.
11:01 p.m. Enterprise public
assist.
Circuit Court
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Enterprise, pleaded guilty to
one count of wildlife violation.
Sentenced to three years loss of
hunting license, letter of apology,
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Corey Nathaniel Holt, 26, En-
terprise, pleaded guilty to deliv-
ery of marijuana. Sentenced to 24
months supervised probation, 15
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Jefferey Harrison Hull, 30, El-
gin, pleaded guilty to 1st degree
forgery, sentenced to 24 months
supervised probation, 10 days
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tity theft. Sentenced to 24 months
supervised probation, 10 days
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fees, restitution on both charges.
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FRIENDS OF ENTERPRISE CEMETERY FUND
The sole purpose of the
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grassroots movement is to assist in restoration of the
Enterprise Cemetery. Many have expressed a desire to
participate in this cause, so an account has been
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