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A16 News Blue Mountain Eagle REPORT Continued from Page A1 pistol was found on Fini- cum. The report states it was originally sold to Jus- tin Aaron Plimley in Ari- zona, who sold it to Dustin Riddle in December 2013. In 2014, Riddle then sold the pistol to Thomas Kinne, who told a depu- ty he purchased the gun as a gift for Finicum, his step-father, according to the report. The documents also in- clude Finicum’s autopsy report, which indicates he died from gunshot wounds of the back, abdomen and chest. The manner of death was listed as a homi- cide on Jan. 28. The Central Oregon Major Incident Team led an investigation into Fini- cum’s death. Harney County District Attorney Tim Colahan also requested that Mal- heur County District At- torney Dan Norris review the investigation, which determined the six shots fired by two OSP officers, including the three shots that killed Finicum, were justified. The documents indicate a third OSP officer had also made the decision to shoot Finicum, but by the time he disengaged his gun’s safety, Finicum had already been shot by the other officers. Two additional shots reportedly fired by an FBI Hostage Rescue Team, which did not hit Finicum, are under further investi- gation. Authorities said at a March 8 press confer- ence FBI agents did not initially disclose firing the shots. The documents also re- veal that OSP and FBI of- ficials initially considered a site in Grant County for the law enforcement ac- tion Jan. 26. One of the officers involved said the site was changed because it was believed Grant County Sheriff Glenn Palmer and others in the county were supportive of the occupiers’ ideology. Palmer met with three of the occupiers — in- cluding Jon Ritzheimer and Ryan Payne who have since been indicted for fel- onies related to the occu- pation — Jan. 12 in John Day with a group of coun- ty residents. Palmer said he was un- aware the occupiers would be at the meeting at a local restaurant, but he followed them and others to another site to continue the meet- ing after lunch. The Department of Public Safety Standards and Training forwarded complaints about Palm- er’s conduct to the Oregon Department of Justice for further investigation, but the DOJ has not indicated whether it will pursue an investigation. Bundy released a re- corded statement from jail defending Palmer, stating he was the only sheriff he knew in Oregon who did not get “caught up in the political deception that the people of Burns were in danger.” Bundy said Palm- er went to the source and discovered the occupiers “stood for the Constitu- tion.” “I encourage all peo- ple who love to be free to stand with Sheriff Palmer and help defend the peo- ple’s power as a repub- lic,” Bundy said in the recording. “Let us pray to God that we the people are waking from our com- placency before it is too late.” Brown names Saiki DHS director director Erinn Kelley-Siel, knew for more than a year about alleged child neglect and ¿QDQFLDOSUREOHPVDWWKH3RUWODQGIRVWHUFDUH SALEM — Gov. Kate Brown appoint- agency Give Us This Day, yet did nothing. ed longtime civil servant Clyde Saiki as di- Kelley-Siel had resigned in July. rector of the troubled Oregon Department Additional emails released by the state of Human Services on Tuesday. ODWHUVKRZHGWRS'+6RI¿FLDOVNQHZDVIDU Saiki has served as the agency’s interim back as 2009 that Give Us This Day was director since early November, when Brown operating without a state license and was demoted acting DHS director Jerry Way- staffed entirely by people with criminal re- brant. Brown made the change after Wil- cords, the EO Media Group/Pamplin Me- ODPHWWH:HHN UHSRUWHG WKDW WRS RI¿FLDOV DW dia Group Capital Bureau reported. Give the agency, including Waybrant and former Us This Day closed in September under By Hillary Borrud Capital Bureau Preventive, Restorative & Endodontics New Patients Welcome! 208 NW Canton John Day 541-575-2725 mbddental@live.com michaelbdesjardindmd.com Continued from Page A1 Carter took soil samples from three different sites. At each site, she found different levels of burning intensity to WHVW 6KH WKHQ WHVWHG WKH LQ¿O- tration rate — how quickly water penetrates the soil — the nitrogen and phosphorous content and the microorganism activity. The results showed several trends. “The higher the intensity of WKH ¿UH WKH ORQJHU LW WRRN IRU water to permeate the soil, so that does contribute to a lot of WKHÀRRGLQJ´VKHVDLG Nitrogen and phosphorous levels were also decreased in DUHDV ZLWK KLJK ¿UH LQWHQVLW\ The chemical changes “de- crease health of the soil and the health of the vegetation WKDWFRPHVEDFNDIWHUWKH¿UH´ she said. Carter said one of the ben- H¿WVRI¿UHZDVLQFUHDVHGPL- croorganism activity. 6KHDOVRQRWLFHGVLJQL¿FDQW differences between public lands and private lands while she was collecting the data. She said she found very little high-intensity burns on private land, likely due to different management practices. Senior Dawson Quinton POT meeting, and he was pleased the community was engaged on the issue. He said the council would discuss the is- sue again in April — at a spe- cial or regular meeting — and referring the matter to voters would be on the agenda. “This decision has a wide- FIRE Continued from Page A1 The home, a rental, is owned by Dennis Dice of S ATURDAY , A PRIL 23 B AKER H IGH S CHOOL The Eagle/Sean Hart Maggie Justice, left, explains her science fair project, “What Characteristics Determine the Location of Sage Grouse Leks?” to judge Dr. Anthony Tovar, an associate professor of physics at Eastern Oregon University, March 10 at Grant Union Junior-Senior High School. also earned a gold rating for his experiment, “Does Ultra- violet Radiation Afect the Bio- mass of Green Algae?” He subjected algae to var- ious amounts of ultraviolet lights throughout the day, and the results were very clear. The greater the amount of UV radi- ation, the less the algae grew. Quinton said this is import- ant to note because chemicals in the atmosphere can change the amount of UV radiation WKDW¿OWHUVWKURXJK “We’ve got to be careful because more radiation comes through when we deplete the atmosphere,” he said. “We’ve got to be careful what we put into the atmosphere.” Judge Jennifer Barker said the quality of all the experi- ments this year was high. Dr. Anthony Tovar, an as- sociate professor of physics at Eastern Oregon University, said he has been judging at the science fair since 1999. “There’s a long history here of high-level science projects,” he said. “(Teacher Randy Hennen) does a good job preparing the students.” Sophomore Maggie Jus- tice earned a silver rating with her project, “What Character- istics Determine the Location of Sage Grouse Leks.” Earning a bronze rating were junior Hailey Carter, “GMO: Friend or Foe?” and senior Clayton Vaughan, “Do Environmental Conditions Affect Mold Growth?” spread public impact, and I feel it’s too important to be GHFLGHGE\IRXURU¿YHSHRSOH sitting behind this table,” he said. “This matter needs to be decided by the voting public that it will impact. Measure 91 has provisions in place (to refer the matter to voters), and we are exploring them at this time.” Porter said, because legal marijuana is so new, many questions about regulations and zoning remain unan- swered. He said he hoped more would be known by No- vember. Long Creek resident Brent Near spoke at the meeting and said he also believed voters should decide the is- sue. Near said he did not believe commercial marijua- na operations should be al- lowed, but he would accept whatever resulted from a vote. “At the end of the day, the people will vote and the people will decide,” he said. “I just really want it to be in front of the whole community, because the whole communi- ty has the right. My opinion is there’s no way it’s going to get voted for commercial- ization, but if people vote in commercialization, that’s just the way it is.” Prineville. A woman at the home arose early that morning and noticed a light switch wasn’t working. She then smelled smoke, and the smoke detector went off. Smith said the fire was like- ly burning for hours before- hand. “We were extremely lucky,” he said. “Another three to four minutes, and the attic probably would have lit up.” In the case of fires caused by old electrical wiring, people usually don’t know there is a prob- lem until a fire happens, Smith said, adding a break- er with a history of tripping can be a sign of a problem. “A functioning smoke detector allows people time to get out of the house,” he said. “That’s the biggest fire we’ve had happen in a while, and we hope to keep it that way.” Volunteers with the American Red Cross Di- saster Action Team re- sponded to provide assis- tance to the two adults and one child affected by the fire. SMOKE unteering for the project may contact Paula Long at 541- 620-4751. A criminal back- ground check is required, and will be given for free to those signing up with Red Cross for this project. “If this is the only thing the person wants to volunteer for, WKDW¶V¿QHDQGLIWKH\ZDQWWR do more with the local Red &URVV WKDW¶V ¿QH WRR´ /RQJ said. Current Red Cross volun- WHHUVDQG¿UH¿JKWHUVKDYHDO- ready had background checks and would be ready to partic- ipate. Debbie Ausmus 245 South Canyon Blvd. John Day, OR 97845 OPEN WED. & THUR. 9 am - 5 pm A one-day mini-college for family forestland owners, foresters, farmers, contractors, loggers, arborists, teachers and the general public. 541-575-1113 24 hrs/7 days wk debbie.ausmus@ countryfinancial.com 25 Education Classes, including: • Post-Fire Forest Restoration • Making Money with Juniper • What’s Killing My Trees? • Surviving in the Wild • Applied issues in Honey Bee Health & Biology • Minimizing your Federal Tax Burden • Water, Timber and Easements • Understanding and Protecting Real Property Rights • Chainsaw Operation & Maintenance Plus vendors, exhibits and demonstrations OSU $50 per person, includes snacks & lunch Oregon State Register by April 15 by calling 541-523-6418 UNIVERSITY or online at extension.oregonstate.edu/baker/ Extension Service a settlement agreement with the Oregon Department of Justice. Brown said on Tuesday that Saiki had already made progress since taking the helm at DHS. “Clyde has been instrumental as the in- terim director in increasing accountability at the agency, particularly regarding the safety of young people in foster care, and coordi- nating an independent review of DHS pro- grams to determine improvements needed to ensure youth are served and protected,” Brown said in a press release Tuesday. SCIENCE Continued from Page A1 Michael B. DesJardin Dentistry, PC Wednesday, March 16, 2016 Continued from Page A1 A TTENTION G RANT C OUNTY V ETERANS : Did you know there may be VA benefits available for you as a result of your spouses’ military service? See your Grant County Veteran Services Officer today for more information, located at Grant County Court House. Call 541-575-1631 for an appointment Open: Mon, Wed, & Fri 10am-4pm by appointment. Grant SWCD Weed Control Dept. Working for You in 2016 Thanks to the Grant County Court and Northeast Oregon Forests Resource Advisory Committee, Grant Weed Control is able to offer Noxious Weed Control on Private Grazing Lands, through a Title II funded Grant Project. This program will provide a maximum $5,000 of noxious weed control services to qualifying landowners. To be eligible for participation, the treatment property must not be irrigated and be primarily managed for livestock grazing, minimum of 20 acres in size, located within Grant County, and must contain priority noxious weed species. Applications for this limited weed control assistance opportunity will be ranked and funded according to a priority noxious weed list. Contact the Grant Soil and Water Conservation District office at 541-575-1554 or visit 721 S. Canyon Blvd., John Day, OR 97845 for applications and additional information. TREAT YOUR FEET Local Red Cross volunteer Paula Long said more volun- teers are needed for the proj- ect. “The more volunteers we have, the more smoke detec- tors we’ll be able to install,” she said. Starting next month, vol- unteers, in teams of three, will visit homes of people who’ve made a request for a smoke detector. Those interested in vol- Our Services by a registered nurse include: • Pedi-Spa treatment for your feet • Particular attention to Diabetic Foot • Multifunctional massage chair • Skin Inspection • Callus Removal • Nail Cutting We also check your blood pressure, blood sugar level and oxygen saturation. Call 541- 575-1648 for an appointment $35 00 fee Blue Mountain Hospital FOOT CLINIC The application deadline for this program is April 8, 2016. 03563 www.bluemountainhospital.org Services available at the Home Health Office, 422 W. Main, John Day.
