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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