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domestic violence, including
seconddegree NidnaSSing, ¿ve
counts of coercion, nine counts
of fourth-degree assault, stran-
gulation, four counts of menac-
ing and nine counts of reckless-
ly endangering another person.
The alleged abuse of the
victim took place in several lo-
cations within the county. The
*rant &ounty 6heriff¶s 2f¿ce
and John Day Police Depart-
ment investigated the case.
In the original indictment,
Sagaser is alleged to have kid-
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The law also allows counties
to opt back into marijuana sales
at a later date if voters choose to
put the issue on the ballot.
Hearings on the ordinance
will take place during upcoming
county court meetings. The only
¿scal impact of the opt-out is the
county will lose the potential 3
percent sales tax it could have
napped the woman by secretly
con¿ning her in a place where
she was not likely to be found.
He reportedly committed coer-
cion by threatening the woman
to not leave an area, not tell
hospital staff about the nature
of her injuries and not tell a
third-party about the cause of
her injuries.
The woman was injured by
Sagaser allegedly strangling
her, striking her head against
concrete, head-butting, kicking
and elbowing her and shooting
at her with a CO2 “airsoft” gun
from within ¿ve feet, according
to the indictment.
Sagaser was arrested in ear-
ly October.
levied on marijuana sales.
“It looks like our potential
there is going up in smoke,”
Commissioner Boyd Britton
said.
Members of the audience
were plainspoken in their op-
position to growing and selling
marijuana.
“I don’t believe there’s an
upside to having a bunch of
stoned people running around
the county,” said Joe Clarke, a
member of the audience from
Long Creek.
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Wednesday, November 25, 2015
The Eagle/Carl Sampson
Cattle graze west of John Day, taking advantage of the sunshine and green grass recently. Ranchers
have donated cows to 14 Oregon and Idaho school districts, providing fresh locally raised beef
through Ranchers Feeding Kids.
Ranchers help feed area students
By Carl Sampson
Blue Mountain Eagle
What began in Malheur
County as an effort to pro-
vide local schools with fresh,
local beef is ¿lling the plates
of students at Grant Union
Junior-Senior High School
and 13 other school districts
in Oregon and Idaho.
Ranchers Feeding Kids
was initially a joint effort
between the Malheur County
Cattlemen’s Association and
the Oregon State University
Extension Service.
The concept was simple:
Ranchers donate healthy cull
cattle to the school districts,
which either pay for butch-
ering the animals or receive
grants from ranchers or else-
where to pay for it.
At Grant Union Ju-
nior-Senior High School the
donations usually end up in
the form of hamburger, said
Natalie Weaver, the head
cook, who is in charge of
preparing 120 breakfasts and
175 lunches a day.
“The hamburger tends
to be much leaner” than the
ground beef the district usu-
ally buys, she said. “The stu-
dents see a difference.”
Curt Shelley, superinten-
dent of Grant County School
District No. 3, and Shanna
Northway, OSU Extension
agriculture and 4-H faculty,
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coordinate the effort in Grant
County.
The donated beef pro-
vides a cost savings for the
schools and an opportunity
for ranchers to promote their
industry, Shelley said.
Three animals have been
donated to area schools so far
this school year, Northway
said.
All beef must be USDA
inspected.
The program has operated
primarily by word-of-mouth
since it started in 2009,
Northway said.
In its ¿rst four years in
Oregon and Idaho, nearly
30,000 pounds of beef were
donated, and the value of the
cattle donations was near-
ly $42,000, according to an
OSU Extension report.
Some 5,500 students were
fed during that time in Adrian,
Annex, Harper, Jordan Valley,
Nyssa, Ontario and Vale, and
Cascade, Cambridge, McCall,
Midvale and Weiser, Idaho.
Since then other county cattle-
men’s groups have joined in.
“It’s a great thing for us
and the ranchers,” Shelley
said.
Natalie Weaver, head
cook at Grant Union
Junior-Senior High
School, prepares 120
breakfasts and about
175 lunches every day.
She said the free beef
the school receives
through the Ranchers
Feeding Kids effort
helps her save money
in the budget and tends
to be leaner than other
beef.
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