The BulleTin • Wednesday, March 24, 2021 A3
TODAY
LOCAL, STATE & REGION
Asian American community leaders
urge people to ‘learn our names’
Authorities have identified
those who died in the attacks
as Soon Chung Park, 74; Hyun
Jung Grant, 51; Suncha Kim, 69;
Yong Ae Yue, 63; Delaina Ash-
ley Yaun, 33; Xiaojie Tan, 49;
Daoyou Feng, 44; and Paul An-
dre Michels, 54.
Many of these names are Chi-
nese and Korean, and the Asian
American Journalists Associa-
tion has released a pronuncia-
tion guide for people to say their
names in a respectful manner.
The names of the victims were
not read aloud at the event out
of respect for a few of the fam-
ilies’ wishes, according to Kim,
who has been in contact with
the Korean families. Although
the names have already been re-
leased to the media, Kim said
several of the families are still
grieving and making funeral ar-
rangements.
Hate crimes targeting Asian
people in major U.S. cities rose
by nearly 150% in 2020, even
though hate crimes overall de-
creased by 7%, according to a
BY JAIMIE DING
The Oregonian
Gina Kim-Folston shed her
Korean name, Heejung, after she
came to the United States at age
5 in the 1980s.
“This small act chips at my
identity,” she said.
On Tuesday, Kim-Folston and
other Asian American commu-
nity leaders and activists called
for the country to “learn our
names” in the aftermath of three
Atlanta-area shootings last week
that killed eight people, six of
whom were Asian women.
“A small act is to learn our
names,” said Kim-Folston, a
board member of the Korean
American Coalition Oregon
chapter. “Don’t dehumanize us.”
Local leaders from the Na-
tional Organization for Women,
Chinese American Citizens Al-
liance, Philippine American
Chamber of Commerce, and Pa-
cific Islander and Asian Family
Center as well as Beaverton City
Councilor Nadia Hasan spoke at
the gathering at southeast Port-
Jaimie Ding/The Oregonian
Coi Vu, director of the Pacific Is-
lander and Asian Family Center in
Portland, speaks at a gathering with
community leaders Tuesday at Port-
land’s Revolution Hall.
land’s Revolution Hall.
Attendees carried signs that
read “#LearnOurNames” to em-
phasize that “part of who we are is
our names,” said Jenny Kim from
the Korean American Coalition,
and that it wasn’t just “faceless
Asian women” who were killed.
study by the Center for the Study
of Hate and Extremism at Cali-
fornia State University, San Ber-
nardino.
Stop AAPI Hate, an organi-
zation that tracks and reports
bias crimes against Asian Amer-
icans and Pacific Islanders, tal-
lied nearly 3,800 incidents from
March 19, 2020, to the end of last
month nationwide.
Bias crimes against Asian
American women comprised
68% of the reports. Thirty-five
percent of them happened in
businesses.
The report noted 40 racist in-
cidents in Oregon.
The speakers urged unity
and allyship between the Asian
American Pacific Islander com-
munity as well as the Black, In-
digenous and other communities
of color in Portland.
This Friday, the National
Council of Asian Pacific Amer-
icans is organizing a virtual Na-
tional Day of Action and Healing
to bring awareness to anti-Asian
racism.
Officials investigate ‘mystery’ of 5 dead wolves
BY GEORGE PLAVEN
Capital Press
An investigation is con-
tinuing into the deaths of five
wolves discovered early last
month in Northeast Oregon.
On Feb. 9, the Oregon De-
partment of Fish and Wildlife
reported a GPS collar on a wolf
emitted a “mortality signal” in
the Mount Harris area near La
Grande. Officers with the Ore-
gon State Police Fish and Wild-
life Division found five wolves
dead.
The carcasses were taken to
a U.S. Fish and Wildlife Ser-
vice forensic lab to determine a
cause of death. Results have yet
to be released.
OSP Capt. Tim Fox said he
could not immediately provide
additional details about the
dead wolves, such as their size,
sex and pack. Roblyn Brown,
wolf program coordinator for
ODFW, also declined to com-
ment, citing the pending inves-
tigation.
Oregon has a minimum wolf
population of 158, as of the
most recent ODFW survey in
2019, though the actual num-
ber is likely higher. Most packs
are concentrated in the state’s
northeast corner, including
Union County where the five
dead wolves were found.
Kathleen Gobush, North-
west program director for
the conservation group De-
fenders of Wildlife, said the
deaths were suspicious, though
without knowing the cause of
death, they cannot say whether
poaching may have been to
blame.
“It highlights the pressing
need for a thorough investiga-
tion, for sure,” Gobush said.
Gobush, who is in Seattle,
said she has never heard of
so many wolves found dead
at once in either Oregon or
Washington.
“We’re all waiting to hear
what the cause of death is,” she
said. “A lot of this is a mys-
tery.”
Rodger Huffman, a rancher
in Union and wolf commit-
tee co-chairman for the Ore-
gon Cattlemen’s Association,
said the relationship between
wolves and local producers
remains contentious, due in
part to what he describes as
“shoddy” management of the
species.
Oregon’s Wolf Management
and Conservation Plan allows
for ranchers and wildlife offi-
cials to legally kill wolves that
prey on livestock if they reach a
certain number of “confirmed”
depredations within a certain
time period, and nonlethal de-
terrents have failed.
But Huffman said it is frus-
tratingly difficult to “confirm”
a wolf depredation, unless it is
found and reported immedi-
ately, leaving ranchers in a dif-
ficult predicament.
“The wolf population is not
a celebrated thing in cattle
country,” he said. “It’s frustra-
tion, there’s no doubt about it.”
Oregon wolf continues California trek
FRESNO, Calif. — A gray wolf born in Oregon has been tracked farther south
in California than any previous wolf equipped with a GPS collar, the California De-
partment of Fish and Wildlife said.
The most recent collar reading showed the wolf dubbed OR-93 was in agricul-
tural areas in central Fresno County, the department said in a statement Monday.
The young male wolf dispersed from Oregon’s White River pack southeast of
Mount Hood and was fitted with the tracking collar in June 2020.
California authorities reported he was in Modoc County in February and in the past
few weeks has moved through Tuolumne, Mariposa, Merced and Madera counties.
— The Associated Press
— The Associated Press
Wolf poaching is not un-
heard of in Eastern Oregon.
Two incidents were reported
last year in neighboring Baker
County — one in late Septem-
ber, a breeding male from the
Cornucopia Pack, and another
in late October, a sub-adult
female from the Pine Creek
Pack.
Gobush said apex predators
like wolves play an import-
ant role in the ecosystem, and
should be protected.
Defenders of Wildlife also
supports a bill in the Legis-
lature that would help crack
down on poachers, Gobush
said. Senate Bill 841 would ap-
propriate $1.6 million from the
state general fund to support
the Department of Justice’s En-
vironmental Crimes and Cul-
tural Resources Enforcement
Unit.
The bill, sponsored by Dem-
ocratic Sens. James Manning
Jr., Chris Gorsek and Deb Pat-
terson, is scheduled for a pub-
lic hearing on April 5.
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Today is Wednesday, March 24, the 83rd day of 2021. There are
282 days left in the year.
Today’s Highlight in History:
In 1976, the president of Argentina, Isabel Peron, was deposed
by her country’s military.
In 1765, Britain enacted the Quartering Act, requiring Ameri-
can colonists to provide temporary housing to British soldiers.
In 1882, German scientist Robert Koch announced in Berlin
that he had discovered the bacillus responsible for tuberculosis.
In 1958, Elvis Presley was inducted into the U.S. Army at the
draft board in Memphis, Tennessee.
In 1989, the supertanker Exxon Valdez ran aground on a reef in
Alaska’s Prince William Sound and began leaking an estimated
11 million gallons of crude oil.
In 1995, after 20 years, British soldiers stopped routine patrols
in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
In 1999, NATO launched airstrikes against Yugoslavia, marking
the first time in its 50-year existence that it had ever attacked a
sovereign country.
In 2002, at the 74th Academy Awards, Halle Berry became the
first Black performer to win a Best Actress Oscar for her work in
“Monster’s Ball,” while Denzel Washington became the second
Black actor to win in the best actor category for “Training Day.”
In 2010, keeping a promise he’d made to anti-abortion Dem-
ocratic lawmakers to assure passage of his historic health care
legislation, President Barack Obama signed an executive order
against using federal funds to pay for elective abortions cov-
ered by private insurance.
In 2015, Germanwings Flight 9525, an Airbus A320, crashed
into the French Alps, killing all 150 people on board; investiga-
tors said the jetliner was deliberately downed by the 27-year-
old co-pilot, Andreas Lubitz.
In 2019, Attorney General William Barr reported that special
counsel Robert Mueller did not find evidence that President
Donald Trump’s campaign “conspired or coordinated” with
Russia to influence the 2016 presidential election, but reached
no conclusion on whether Trump obstructed justice. Dem-
ocrats pointed out that Mueller had found evidence for and
against obstruction, and they demanded to see his full report.
Ten years ago: A private funeral was held at Forest Lawn Cem-
etery for Elizabeth Taylor (the service began 15 minutes behind
schedule in accordance with the actor’s wish to be late for her
own funeral).
Five years ago: A U.N. war crimes court convicted former Bos-
nian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic of genocide and nine other
charges for orchestrating a campaign of terror that left 100,000
people dead during the 1992-95 war in Bosnia.
One year ago: The International Olympic Committee
announced that the Summer Olympics in Tokyo would be
postponed until 2021. President Donald Trump said he hoped
the United States would be reopened by Easter, even as some
public health officials called for tougher, not looser, restrictions.
Today’s Birthdays: Fashion and costume designer Bob Mack-
ie is 82. Former Washington Gov. Christine Gregoire is 74. Singer
Nick Lowe is 72. Fashion designer Tommy Hilfiger is 70. Come-
dian Louie Anderson is 68. Actor Donna Pescow is 67. Former
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is 65. TV personality Star Jones is
59. Actor Peter Jacobson is 56. Actor Lauren Bowles is 51. Actor
Megyn Price is 50. Actor Jim Parsons is 48. Christian rock musi-
cian Chad Butler (Switchfoot) is 47. Actor Alyson Hannigan is 47.
Former NFL quarterback Peyton Manning is 45. Actor Amanda
Brugel (TV: “The Handmaid’s Tale”) is 44. Actor Olivia Burnette
is 44. Actor Jessica Chastain is 44. Actor Amir Arison is 43. Danc-
er Val Chmerkovskiy is 35. Actor Keisha Castle-Hughes is 31.
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