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AG OPPONENTS PLAN ATTACKS ON WATER, CLIMATE ISSUES The – PAGE A8 Blue Mountain EAGLE Grant County’s newspaper since 1868 W EDNESDAY , J ULY 20, 2016 • N O . 29 • 18 P AGES • $1.00 www.MyEagleNews.com DERBY TIME Brown sets sights on gun violence Republicans fire back with condemnation By Paris Achen Whiskey Gulch Gang Demolition Derby revs up July 23 By Angel Carpenter Blue Mountain Eagle T \ler 1odine was hooking the throttle up on his ’7 Chr\sler on Thursda\, revving up for the :hiske\ Gulch Gang 'emolition 'erb\. The 27th annual derb\ starts at 7 p.m. Saturda\, -ul\ 2, at the Grant Count\ )air- grounds in -ohn 'a\. 1odine, a -ohn 'a\ resident who has en- tered derbies since age 17, had his start b\ helping others ¿ x their cars to compete. He’ll have assis- tance from famil\ and friends as he adds the ¿ nishing touches to his Chr\sler 1ew <orker, adding safet\ bars and attaching the hood. The last step is Eagle file photo taking it to a shop for An exciting moment painting. in last year’s first heat Last \ear, 1odine of the Whisky Gulch Gang Demolition Derby. won third, and the This year’s event is at “Beaut\ Contest” 7 p.m. Saturday, July troph\ for best-look- 23, at the Grant County Fairgrounds in John Day. ing car. 1odine’s passion for the sport shows in the number of derbies he competes in and attends each \ear. “I enter two derbies a \ear, and tr\ to hit a third one,” he said. “Then I watch two more.” -ohn 'a\’s derb\ is his ¿ rst competition, followed b\ Baker Cit\ about three weeks later and then the derb\ in Burns. “Burns is the last one,” he said. “I partic- ipate in it, if I have a car left.” He also watches demolition derbies in Redmond and Lakeview. “I do it for the local people — the crowd,” he said. “Out in the arena, it’s the onl\ time \ou can go out and hit a car legall\.” Driver Tyler Nodine braces for car-crunching fun The Eagle/Angel Carpenter ABOVE: Tyler Nodine works on his ’76 Chrysler New Yorker Thursday in John Day, preparing it for the Saturday, July 23, Whiskey Gulch Gang Demolition Derby. TOP: No. 77 Ed Moulton of Burns, left, No. 57 Tyler Nodine of John Day and No. 338 Nick Dieter of Burns got aggressive at last year’s demolition derby. This year, the annual event takes place at 7 p.m. Saturday, July 23, at the fairgrounds. This year’s Whiskey Gulch Gang Demolition Derby will include a pickup derby during the intermission of the event. Tyler Nodine of John Day plans to compete with this ’74 Ford F-250. The Eagle/Angel Carpenter See DERBY, Page A18 Gov. Kate Brown has un- veiled a multi-pronged plan for decreasing gun violence in the state. The plan, “Oregonians United to End Gun Violence,” involves state legislation to close loopholes on existing gun control measures and executive or- ders to keep better records on gun trans- actions and gun-related deaths. “Since I Gov. Kate was sworn in Brown as governor 17 months ago, more than 600 Orego- nians have died from violence inÀ icted b\ a gun,” Brown said. “Violence answers noth- ing, offers nothing, solves nothing.” Brown said she plans to propose legislation in 2017 to close the so-called “Charles- ton” loophole, which allows a gun purchase to move forward if law enforcement hasn’t de- termined the bu\er’s eligibili- t\ within three da\s. She said she also intends seek to close the “Bo\friend Loophole,” which expands the t\pes of relationships that Tualif\ for gun dispossession when convicted of domestic violence charges. Her third proposal would outlaw future purchases of extended-ca- pacit\ gun maga]ines. These maga]ines enable ¿ ring re- peatedl\ without having to reload. Brown also plans to issue an executive order to require Oregon State Police to retain ¿ rearms transactions for ¿ ve \ears and to require the Ore- gon Health $uthorit\ to report annuall\ on gun deaths and their effect on public health and to recommend polic\ changes. She also is establish- ing a work group to review See BROWN, Page A18 Count\ approves medical marijuana dispensaries By Angel Carpenter and Sean Hart Emry again requests pretrial release Prosecutors claim he made bombs, spoke of shooting police By Sean Hart Blue Mountain Eagle Blue Mountain Eagle The Grant Count\ Court voted unanimousl\ at their weekl\ meeting -ul\ 1 to al- low the placement of medical marijuana dispensaries in the count\, outside of cities. -udge Scott M\ers and commissioners Bo\d Britton and Chris Labhart all voted \es on a resolution to allow medical dispensaries, while still continu- ing the ban on recreational sales. M\ers said count\ attorne\ Ron <ockim is currentl\ draft- ing an ordinance to make the change, which then must also be approved b\ the court. Capital Bureau EO Media Group file photo Grant County passed a resolution July 13 to allow medical marijuana dispensaries. Hale\ Olson, who urged the court to rethink its outright ban on all marijuana business- es, said she was pleased with the decision. “We appreciate that the See POT, Page A18 The man arrested in -ohn 'a\ in Ma\ on charges of illegall\ possessing a .0-caliber machine gun has again requested to be re- leased before trial. $fter U.S. 'istrict Court Magistrate -udge -olie $. Russo denied Michael Ra\ Emr\’s request to be released before trial Ma\ 2, concluding no conditions could reasonabl\ assure the safet\ of the communit\, Emr\’s attorne\ Mark Sabitt ¿ led a motion to revoke the judge’s pretrial detention order -ul\ 1. $t a hearing on the new motion -ul\ 1, Sabitt requested the hearing be dela\ed, so it was continued to 0 a.m. -ul\ 2, accord- ing to court documents. In a memorandum ¿ led with the court in support of the motion, Sabitt stated if Emr\ was released, he has emplo\ment as a weld- er and fabricator for Scott 'eCarlo and 'eCarlo Inc. in Crescent, Oregon, where Emr\’s wife has relocated. U.S. $ttorne\ Bill\ -. Williams and Assistant U.S. Attorne\ 1athan Lichvarcik opposed Emr\’s release, ar- Michael guing “there has not been a Emry substantial change in circum- stances” since the initial detention order. Emr\, , was arrested Ma\ 6 after agents served a federal search warrant on his trailer, truck and car at the Grant Count\ )airgrounds and RV Park where he had been sta\ing, ac- cording to an )BI press release. The criminal complaint ¿ led b\ Special Agent Miguel Pere] states agents found a full\ automatic .0-cali- ber Browning M2 “Ma 'euce” machine gun with an obliterated serial number. See EMRY, Page A18