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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
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Carter took soil samples
from three different sites. At
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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.
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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-
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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
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“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?”
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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.
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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.
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person wants to volunteer for,
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ready had background checks
and would be ready to partic-
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a settlement agreement with the Oregon
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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.
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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.
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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.
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