THE BULLETIN • WEDNESDAY, MARCH 3, 2021 A3
TODAY
Today is Wednesday, March 3, the
62nd day of 2021. There are 303
days left in the year.
Today’s Highlight in History:
On March 3, 1931, “The
Star-Spangled Banner” became
the national anthem of the Unit-
ed States as President Herbert
Hoover signed a congressional
resolution.
In 1791, Congress passed a mea-
sure taxing distilled spirits; it was
the first internal revenue act in
U.S. history.
In 1845, Florida became the 27th
state.
In 1863, President Abraham
Lincoln signed a measure cre-
ating the National Academy of
Sciences.
In 1887, Anne Sullivan arrived at
the Tuscumbia, Alabama, home
of Capt. and Mrs. Arthur H. Keller
to become the teacher for their
deaf-blind 6-year-old daughter,
Helen.
In 1943, in London’s East End,
173 people died in a crush of
bodies at the Bethnal Green tube
station, which was being used as
a wartime air raid shelter.
In 1945, the Allies fully secured
the Philippine capital of Manila
from Japanese forces during
World War II.
In 1960, Lucille Ball filed for di-
vorce from her husband, Desi Ar-
naz, a day after they had finished
filming the last episode of “The
Lucille Ball-Desi Arnaz Show.”
In 1974, a Turkish Airlines DC-10
crashed shortly after takeoff from
Orly Airport in Paris, killing all 346
people on board.
In 1991, motorist Rodney King
was severely beaten by Los Ange-
les police officers in a scene cap-
tured on amateur video. Twen-
ty-five people were killed when
a United Airlines Boeing 737-200
crashed while approaching the
Colorado Springs airport.
In 1996, Israel declared “total
war” against the militant group
Hamas after a bus bomb in Jeru-
salem killed 19 people, including
the bomber, the third such sui-
cide attack in eight days.
In 2001, a plane carrying mem-
bers of a National Guard engi-
neering crew crashed in heavy
rain near Macon, Georgia, killing
all 21 people on board.
In 2019, a tornado roared into the
small community of Beauregard,
Alabama, killing 23 people; it was
the nation’s deadliest tornado in
nearly six years.
Ten years ago: Seeking to repair
damaged relations, President
Barack Obama and Mexican
President Felipe Calderon agreed
during a White House meeting
to deepen their cooperation in
combating drug violence and de-
clared a breakthrough in efforts
to end a long-standing dispute
over cross-border trucking.
Soldiers backing Ivory Coast’s
defiant leader, Laurent Gbagbo,
mowed down women protesting
his refusal to leave power in a hail
of gunfire, killing seven.
Five years ago: Marco Rubio
and Ted Cruz leveled withering
criticism at Donald Trump’s “flex-
ible” policy positions and per-
sonal ethics during a Republican
presidential debate in Detroit.
North Korea fired six short-range
projectiles into the sea hours
after the U.N. Security Council
approved the toughest sanctions
on Pyongyang in two decades.
One year ago: In a surprise
move, the Federal Reserve cut its
benchmark interest rate by a half-
point, its largest cut in more than
a decade, to support the econo-
my in the face of the spreading
coronavirus. Stocks rallied briefly
on the news, then went into an-
other steep slide.
Today’s Birthdays: Singer-musi-
cian Mike Pender (The Searchers)
is 80. Movie producer-director
George Miller is 76. Actor Hattie
Winston is 76. Singer Jennifer
Warnes is 74. Actor-director Tim
Kazurinsky is 71. Singer-musician
Robyn Hitchcock is 68. Actor Rob-
ert Gossett is 67. Rock musician
John Lilley is 67. Actor Miranda
Richardson is 63. Rock musician
John Bigham is 62. Radio person-
ality Ira Glass is 62. Actor Mary
Page Keller is 60. Olympic track
and field gold medalist Jackie
Joyner-Kersee is 59. Former NFL
player and College Football Hall of
Famer Herschel Walker is 59. Actor
Laura Harring is 57. Contemporary
Christian musician Duncan Phil-
lips (Newsboys) is 57. Rapper-ac-
tor Tone Loc is 55. Actor Julie
Bowen is 51. Country singer Brett
Warren (The Warren Brothers)
is 50. Actor David Faustino is 47.
Gospel singer Jason Crabb is 44.
Singer Ronan Keating (Boyzone) is
44. Rapper Lil’ Flip is 40. Actor Jes-
sica Biel is 39. Rock musician Blow-
er (AKA Joe Garvey) (Hinder) is 37.
Musician Brett Hite (Frenship) is
35. Pop singer Camila Cabello is
24. Actor Thomas Barbusca (TV:
“The Mick”) is 18. Actor Reylynn
Caster is 18.
— Associated Press
LOCAL, STATE & REGION
WALLOWA COUNTY
Nearly 1,800 acres of the East Moraine, on the
left side of Wallowa Lake, is now public land.
Ellen Morris Bishop/Wallowa County Chieftain file
Survey says ...
Keep the East Moraine — nearly 1,800 acres of land near Wallowa Lake — ‘as it is’
The Observer (La Grande)
E
NTERPRISE — Cooperation from rec-
reationists and local land managers is
helping guide the management of Wal-
lowa County’s recent acquisition of the
Wallowa Lake East Moraine.
More than 450 people responded to an online
survey in the spring that asked about their inter-
ests and concerns for the future management of
the nearly 1,800 acres, now in Wallowa County
ownership. County and Wallowa Land Trust
staff followed up the survey during the summer
with focus groups to gain further information on
the moraine’s many uses, according to a press re-
lease from the trust.
Eric Greenwell, the trust’s conservation di-
rector, said the data is helping the Wallowa
Lake Moraines Partnership, which includes the
county, the trust and Wallowa Resources, de-
velop a multiple-use management plan, particu-
larly as it relates to recreation.
“In developing the management plan the part-
nership is seeking to keep all uses in balance and
keep people safe,” Greenwell said in the press
release. “The survey and focus group questions
were designed to gather input regarding specific
values and uses, which the partnership has al-
ready acquired funding for and committed to
preserving.”
The majority of respondents stated they use
the property near Joseph for recreation, but in-
put came from people who grazed, hunted, gath-
ered roots and harvested timber on the property
in the past. The survey questions were qualitative
and quantitative, according to the press release.
Of the survey respondents, 63% were full-time
residents, 16% part-time residents, and the re-
maining 21% were visitors. Approximately 35
people participated in the seven focus groups —
all but one live in the county full time.
For the focus groups, recreation was broken
down into equestrian, pedestrian and mountain
bike uses.
Katy Nesbitt, Wallowa County natural re-
sources director, said the focus group members
gave insight into not only the popular uses of
OREGON | PUBLIC SAFETY STANDARDS & TRAINING
Retired FBI agent
to lead state police
training agency
crime investigations and as
a program manager for the
Gov. Kate Brown has ap-
FBI’s international law en-
pointed a retired career FBI
forcement training academies
agent to lead the state’s police
in Botswana, Hungary, El Sal-
safety certification and train-
vador and the United Arab
ing agency.
Emirates.
Jerry Granderson, who re-
He also had been an FBI
tired in April after nearly 23
academy instructor focused
years with the FBI, will start
on leadership, ethics and con-
as director of the Oregon De-
temporary policing courses,
partment of Public
according to the
Safety Standards and
governor’s office. He
Training on March 22.
was assigned to the
The appointment
FBI National Secu-
comes at a time when
rity Branch’s Foreign
police training and
Terrorist Tracking
certification is under
Task Force, where he
heightened scrutiny
supervised intelli-
amid a social move-
Granderson
gence analysts in de-
ment to reform law en-
tecting and obstructing
forcement in the wake of
terrorists from entering
the May 25 killing of George
the United States. He also has
Floyd, a Black man who died
provided civil rights and lead-
after a Minneapolis police of-
ership courses to local police
ficer knelt on his neck.
departments that have been
The agency director over-
under federal consent decree
sees an agency budget of
for civil rights violations, ac-
more than $55 million and
cording to his LinkedIn pro-
works with a board to develop file.
training and certification/li-
After retiring, he worked
censing standards for more
as a senior police adviser for
than 41,000 public and pri-
SAIC Corp., a defense, avia-
vate safety professionals. The
tion, information technology
annual salary range for the
and biomedical research com-
director’s job is $146,844 to
pany.
$176,796, the posting for the
“His background in law en-
job said.
forcement and public safety—
The state agency certifies
with a blend of field, train-
and licenses police officers,
ing, program management,
corrections officers, parole
and leadership experience—
and probation officers, liquor
makes him uniquely suited for
control regulatory specialists,
this position,” Brown said in
emergency dispatchers, crim- a statement. “I look forward
inal justice instructors, private to his leadership, especially
security providers, private
as we work collaboratively to
investigators, and polygraph
improve the training and cer-
examiners in the state. It also
tification of Oregon law en-
runs a basic police academy.
forcement officers and as we
Granderson, 57, served as
answer the resounding calls
a FBI field agent in Illinois,
from Oregonians for much-
working on narcotics, domes- needed racial justice and po-
tic terrorism and organized
lice accountability reforms.”
BY MAXINE BERNSTEIN
The Oregonian
the moraine when it was in private ownership as
well as some of the potential conflicts. She said
the feedback also showed little conflict among
users.
While the management plan is in develop-
ment, the partners agree educating the public
will be an ongoing endeavor.
According to the release, not all respondents
were convinced that balancing multiple uses was
achievable.
“Setting clear expectations with the commu-
nity and following through will be critical espe-
cially in the beginning,” Greenwell said. This is
a huge community achievement, but again and
again respondents echoed the sentiment, ‘keep it
as it is,’ or expressed concerns for a future of in-
creased use, use conflicts and overdevelopment.”
The East Moraine Community Forest Survey
results are on the Campaign for the East Mo-
raine website, www.morainecampaign.org. The
link to the survey report and the full raw data are
just beneath the main banner and aerial shot of
Wallowa Lake.