The BulleTin • Sunday, May 2, 2021 A3
TODAY
LOCAL, STATE & REGION
Small Northeast Oregon town
to vote on marijuana — again
BY JAYSON JACOBY
Baker City Herald
More than four years after
voters in Halfway decided by
a narrow margin that they did
not want a marijuana dispen-
sary in their town in eastern
Baker County, the topic has re-
turned to their ballots.
The 257 registered voters in
Halfway will decide in the May
18 election whether to allow
not only dispensaries but other
marijuana-related businesses,
including growers, producers
and processors.
In November 2016, Halfway
voters, by a margin of about 10
votes, agreed to ban marijuana
dispensaries.
Amy Olley of Halfway is
one of the chief petitioners for
Measure 1-107, along with Di-
anna and Josh Welch.
Olley said she and her hus-
band, Derek, would like to
open a marijuana dispensary
in Halfway, which is about 55
miles east of Baker City.
The couple initially pro-
posed to open a dispensary in
Halfway in 2016, prior to vot-
ers banning such businesses.
Amy Olley, 40, said that af-
ter the 2016 vote, she waited
to pursue the matter until her
three children were school age.
“I’m a mom, and family
came first for me,” Olley said.
Olley, who moved to Half-
way about six years ago, said
she and her husband became
interested in cannabis after her
husband, who played football
at Boise State University from
1998 to 2001, had multiple sur-
geries for injuries he sustained
while playing football.
He had a bad experience
with prescription painkillers
following one surgery, and
Lisa Britton/Baker City Herald
Halfway is in the scenic Pine Valley, with the Wallowa Mountains rising to the north. Halfway voters will de-
cide in May whether to approve the opening of marijuana-related businesses in the town of about 300.
Amy Olley said the couple be-
came convinced of marijuana’s
therapeutic benefits.
She said they moved to Ore-
gon in part because marijuana
is legal for personal use in the
state, while it remains illegal in
Idaho.
“I think it’s a fair option for
people to have,” she said. “It’s
about helping people have a
better quality of life without re-
lying on chemicals. It’s a medi-
cine, not a drug.”
Olley said that in addition to
making marijuana more read-
ily available to local residents
— the nearest dispensaries are
in Huntington and Sumpter;
marijuana businesses are
banned in Baker City — she
wants to create jobs and bene-
fit the local economy as well as
enrich the Halfway city coffers.
Olley pointed out that in
2016, Halfway voters approved
a 3% city tax on marijuana
sales. However, because voters
also decided to ban marijuana
businesses, the tax was a moot
point, and Halfway City Re-
corder/Manager Salli Hysell
said she’s checking with the Or-
egon Secretary of State’s Office
to find out whether, should a
marijuana dispensary open in
the city, the 3% city tax could
be collected, or whether voters
would have to approve a new
version of the tax.
Olley contends that Half-
way is “missing out” on poten-
tial tax revenue by prohibiting
dispensaries. She also believes
that visitors would pay much
of the taxes.
“We are a tourist town,” Olley
said. “These are going to be the
people that support the store.”
That potential for tourists to
congregate in downtown Half-
way is one of the reasons De-
nise Cairns, a former Halfway
City Council member, opposes
Measure 1-107.
Cairns is a director with
the political action committee
Committee Against Measure
1-107 ALL Marijuana Busi-
nesses in Halfway City Limits,
which was formed on April 2,
according to the Oregon Secre-
tary of State’s Elections Division.
Cairns said the medical ben-
efits of marijuana “is not an
issue” in the opposition cam-
paign to Measure 1-107.
Rather, Cairns said she is
concerned about how mari-
juana businesses could affect
Halfway and the Pine Valley.
She pointed out that the
measure would allow not only
dispensaries, but all other types
of marijuana businesses such
as grow operations and proces-
sors, and with no limit on the
number of businesses.
“That is a real major con-
cern to us,” Cairns said. “We’re
going to have traffic. This is a
risk, and we’re not willing to
take that risk as to how it’s go-
ing to change our town.”
It’s Sunday, May 2, the 122nd day
of 2021. There are 243 days left in
the year.
Today’s Highlight in History:
In 1994, Nelson Mandela claimed
victory in the wake of South Af-
rica’s first democratic elections;
President F.W. de Klerk acknowl-
edged defeat.
In 1519, artist Leonardo da Vinci
died at Cloux, France, at 67.
In 1670, the Hudson’s Bay Co.
was chartered by England’s King
Charles II.
In 1863, during the Civil War, Con-
federate Gen. Thomas “Stonewall”
Jackson was accidentally wound-
ed by his own men at Chancel-
lorsville, Virginia; he died eight
days later.
In 1890, the Oklahoma Territory
was organized.
In 1927, the U.S. Supreme Court,
in Buck v. Bell, upheld 8-1 a
Virginia law allowing the forced
sterilization of people to promote
the “health of the patient and the
welfare of society.”
In 1957, Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy,
R-Wis., died at Bethesda Naval
Hospital in Maryland.
In 1972, a fire at the Sunshine
silver mine in Kellogg, Idaho,
claimed the lives of 91 workers
who succumbed to carbon mon-
oxide poisoning. Longtime FBI
Director J. Edgar Hoover died in
Washington at 77.
In 1982, the Weather Channel
made its debut.
In 2005, Pfc. Lynndie England,
the young woman pictured in
some of the most notorious Abu
Ghraib photos, pleaded guilty at
Fort Hood, Texas, to mistreating
prisoners. However, a judge later
threw out the plea agreement;
England was later convicted in
a court-martial and received a
three-year sentence, of which she
served half.
In 2010, record rains and flash
floods in Kentucky, Mississippi and
Tennessee caused more than 30
deaths and submerged the Grand
Ole Opry House stage. Actor Lynn
Redgrave died in Kent, Connecti-
cut, at age 67.
In 2018, two Black men who’d
been arrested for sitting at a
Philadelphia Starbucks without
ordering anything settled with
the company for an undisclosed
sum and an offer of a free college
education; they settled separately
with the city for a symbolic $1
each and a promise to set up a
$200,000 program for young en-
trepreneurs.
In 2019, North Carolina lawyer
Cheslie Kryst won the Miss USA
crown; for the first time, Black
women held the titles of Miss USA,
Miss Teen USA and Miss America.
Ten years ago: Osama bin Lad-
en was killed by elite American
forces at his Pakistan compound,
then quickly buried at sea after a
decade on the run. Conservative
Prime Minister Stephen Harper
won a coveted majority gov-
ernment in Canadian elections
while the opposition Liberals and
Quebec separatists suffered a
shattering defeat.
Five years ago: The first U.S.
cruise ship in nearly 40 years
pulled into Havana Harbor,
restarting commercial travel on
waters that had served as a stage
for a half-century of Cold War
hostility.
One year ago: A New York City
police officer was caught on video
pointing a stun gun at a man and
violently taking him to the ground
over an alleged social distancing
violation. The officer was stripped
of his gun and badge and placed
on desk duty the next day; he and
other officers later faced disci-
plinary charges.
Today’s Birthdays: Singer Engel-
bert Humperdinck is 85. Former
International Olympic Commit-
tee President Jacques Rogge is
79. Actor-activist Bianca Jagger
is 76. Country singer R.C. Bannon
is 76. Actor David Suchet is 75.
Singer-songwriter Larry Gatlin is
73. Rock singer Lou Gramm (For-
eigner) is 71. Actor Christine Ba-
ranski is 69. Fashion designer Do-
natella Versace is 66. Actor Brian
Tochi is 62. Movie director Stephen
Daldry is 61. Commentator Mika
Brzezinski is 54. Indiana Gov. Eric
Holcomb is 53. Rock musician
Todd Sucherman (Styx) is 52. Wres-
tler-turned-actor Dwayne Johnson
(AKA The Rock) is 49. Former soc-
cer player David Beckham is 46.
Rock singer Jeff Gutt (Stone Tem-
ple Pilots) is 45. Actor Jenna Von
Oy is 44. Actor Kumail Nanjiani is
43. Actor Ellie Kemper is 41. Actor
Robert Buckley is 40. Olympic gold
medal figure skater Sarah Hughes
is 36. Actor Thomas McDonell is
35. Actor Kay Panabaker is 31. NBA
All-Star Paul George is 31. Princess
Charlotte of Cambridge is six.
— Associated Press
MAY 18, 2021 SPECIAL ELECTION
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Putting Kids First by Empowering Parents.”
“Poniendo a Los Ninos Primero Para Darle El Poder a Los Padres”
My background: I was born in Mexico and came to the US at age 5.
I became a naturalized US citizen. I am bi-lingual.
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I worked in Silicon Valley in the high-tech industry, including global supply
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My husband of 24 years is a US Marine Corps veteran and businessman. We have
two children who attend Summit HS. We love Bend and the people we have met.
I want to give something back to the community and believe the best way is to get
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No. 6: Keep an open mind, but not so open my brain falls out.
Having read the many statements from my opponent regarding her campaign
for a seat on School Board Zone 1, it appears she is endeavoring to lecture
the community on its failures for being white and shows little concern for
the actual responsibilities of this position. I believe schools are for
educating our children and preparing them for success
in the world by teaching them proper English so they can
communicate well, basic mathematics so they can deal with
work and personal financial issues, and, most of all, the
ability to think so they can form their own opinions based
on what they read and hear. It appears my opponent prefers to
indoctrinate them into her way of thinking so that political correctness supplants
the educational process. My opponent doesn’t focus on kids or students. She
doesn’t mention teaching in any context except for teaching in a racial bias sense.
She is self absorbed and views the board position as a way of providing penance
for her whiteness, her white fragility.
We need school board members that put kids, parent’s opinions and teaching fi rst,
not themselves and not unions.
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Maria Lopez-Dauenhauer
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Bend-LaPine School Board Zone 1
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• Students should be PROUD to be American
• Students should be PROUD of their school
• Students should be PROUD of WHO they are
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My opponent:
• My opponent describes herself as a white savior.
Supports progressives and radical activists.
• Teachers unions over teaching.
• Her involvement with “RV Gate” She sends a letter to
the City of Bend and other local agencies asking to
restrict tourism and a month later she sets up her RV at
Mt. Bachelor as an Airbrib.
• To support her experience claim
From the Bend Bulletin January 31, 2020, my
opponent and her husband are accused of committing
bank, business and mail fraud by my opponent’s
father-in-law
• My opponent says I shouldn’t be running because
“She’s not from here”. I was born in Mexico.
• Her fi nale, she posted pictures of our
house and family on Facebook in a threatening
manner.
I want your support by voting for me for the Bend-LaPine
School Board Zone 1
Me siento agradecida por su apoyo en votar
para mi al Bend-LaPine School Board Zone 1