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A16 News Blue Mountain Eagle Fireighters contain Scott Canyon blaze near Condon ECLIPSE Continued from Page A1 Solar eclipses happen when the moon passes be- tween the Earth and the sun. “Totality” occurs when the moon completely covers the sun, temporarily casting a por- tion of the Earth’s surface in a shadow of daytime darkness. Bremner said most hotels in the county are illed except for those that had planned to start booking a year out. She added the county’s population could double that weekend, which she said is a modest estimate. The chamber is holding monthly meetings about the eclipse. Their last meeting on July 6 drew a crowd of about 75. Scientist Darlene Yan will speak at a town hall hosted by the chamber from 6-8 p.m. Friday, Aug. 5, at the Canyon City Community Hall. A program coordinator for Multiverse at the University of California Berkeley’s Space Sciences Laboratory, Yan will share knowledge about next year’s eclipse. The eclipse will be seen by people across a horizontal swath of land across the U.S.; however, experts say the most valuable viewing spots will be in less populated places with no city lights. Bremner said Newport will be the irst city in the state to experience the eclipse, but she said that area is often foggy in the morning. Portland will not be in the path of totality. “For me, it’s exciting to think that so many people want to travel here to be a part of a once-in-a-lifetime event,” Bremner said. She added Travel Oregon Type 3 team called in from central Oregon By George Plaven EO Media Group Fireighters expected to fully contain the Scott Can- yon Fire in rural Gilliam County by Monday evening, according to a spokeswoman with the Central Oregon Inter- agency Dispatch Center. The blaze, which start- ed Thursday on private land near the John Day River, has burned 33,587 acres between Condon and Arlington. A Type 3 incident management team responded Saturday from the Deschutes and Ochoco national forests, as well as the Bureau of Land Manage- ment’s Prineville District, to assist local ireighters. The ire was hu- man-caused, though inves- tigators are still working to determine exactly how it The Eagle/Angel Carpenter Jenny Shaw, manager of Historic Hotel Prairie, says they became booked up at the hotel in 2014 for a solar eclipse, which will occur in August of next year. estimates 50 percent of those visiting the state for the eclipse will be from out of the country. John Day city oficials are also planning for the inlux of visitors. City manager Nick Green said forms are available for temporary use permits for lodging and concessions at city hall. “If people want to have guests that come and pay rent from out of town, they’ll need a temporary use permit,” he said. Those selling concessions, such as bottled water, ice, sno- cones, etc., are also required to have a temporary use permit. He added the city doesn’t plan to provide concessions. Green said the city intends to host at least 104 RV camp- sites at the city-owned indus- trial park. “We’re going to try to use this as an economic develop- ment opportunity in partner- ship with the chamber and Grant County Economic De- velopment as well as Travel Oregon,” he said. “We’re en- couraging public feedback.” Shaw said one “eclipse chaser” she spoke with has traveled the world, including Greece, to view solar eclipses. The man was too late for a room at Hotel Prairie but was able to secure a nearby cabin rental. Shaw said he told her, “This is ‘the spot’ to see the eclipse.” By Sean Hart Blue Mountain Eagle Grant County Sheriff Glenn Palmer Their attorney, Brad Dan- iels, said he and the defen- dants’ attorney had reached a tentative agreement that would preclude the necessi- ty for the restraining order. On behalf of Palmer, the sheriff’s ofice and records employee Sally DeFord, A MAN WAKES UP in the morning after sleeping on... an advertised bed, in advertised pajamas. Steven Dubois Associated Press PORTLAND — A mili- tary veteran accused of taking leadership roles in two armed standoffs involving federal authorities pleaded guilty last week in Oregon to a conspiracy charge and is expected to do the same involving charges in Ne- vada, prosecutors said. Meanwhile, a federal judge decided to keep brothers Am- mon and Ryan Bundy behind bars as they await their Septem- ber trial in Portland on conspir- acy charges. The brothers have been ac- cused of leading the standoffs at a wildlife refuge in Oregon and their family ranch in Ne- vada. At the federal courthouse in Portland, Ryan Payne of Anaconda, Montana, acknowl- edged that he conspired with others to prevent Interior De- partment employees from do- ing their jobs this winter during the occupation of the Malheur National Wildire Refuge. In a plea deal that included talks with prosecutors in Ne- vada, the U.S. attorney’s ofice in Oregon recommended that Payne’s likely 3½-year prison sentence run at the same time as the punishment he could receive for his role in a 2014 standoff with federal agents at a Nevada ranch owned by Cliven Bundy, Assistant U.S. Attorney Craig Gabriel said. In Nevada, the deal calls for Payne to plead guilty to three charges, with one involving the brandishing of a irearm who was also named as a defendant, attorney Zachary Hostetter said the tentative agreement included the stip- ulation that all emails would be maintained in electronic form from July 25 forward. Hostetter said, even be- fore the agreement, Palmer and the sheriff’s ofice com- plied with email retention rules by retaining printed copies of emails when need- ed. Oregon law says every person has a right to inspect any public record of a public body in the state, except for certain exempt records. It is a Class A misdemeanor for a person, without lawful au- thority, to knowingly destroy any public record. If the parties are unable to reach a inal agreement, a new hearing on the motion for the temporary restraining order was scheduled for 2:45 p.m. Aug. 3. OWYHEE JASON BOURNE PG-13 Blue Mountain Eagle MyEagleNews.com Don’t get left behind, call today! Kim Kell 541-575-0710 Jason Bourne, now remembering who he truly is, tries to uncover hidden truths abou this past. FRI-THURS Continued from Page A1 (12:45) (4:00) 7:00 9:35 STAR TREK BEYOND PG-13 The crew explores the furthest reaches of uncharted space, where they encounter a new enemy. 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Contributed photo/Central Oregon Interagency Dispatch Center The Scott Canyon Fire has burned 33,587 acres in rural Gilliam County between Condon and Arlington. started. High winds fanned the lames up and down several canyons in the area, making for tricky ireight- ing conditions. Crews on the ground were supported by six single-engine air tankers and three helicopters, which dumped water and retardant around the ire perimeter over the weekend. The ire did destroy one old homestead, which was un- occupied. No other structures were damaged. Lisa Clark, ire information oficer with the Central Oregon Inter- agency Dispatch Center, com- mended the initial response for keeping local farms and ranches safe. Another ire in central Oregon also erupted Sun- day about 13 miles east of Warm Springs. That blaze is now roughly 4,800 acres, but wasn’t immediately threaten- ing homes. Key Oregon refuge occupier pleads guilty; Bundys stay in jail Palmer tentatively agrees not to delete emails The Grant County Sher- iff’s Ofice and Oregonian Publishing Co. reached a tentative agreement before a hearing on a motion for a temporary restraining order Tuesday, July 26. Oregonian Publishing Co. and reporter Les Zaitz iled the motion in Grant County Circuit Court July 22 seeking to prevent the destruction of emails from Grant County Sheriff Glenn Palmer’s account. They iled a complaint in May asking the court to force the sher- iff’s ofice to release certain records. Wednesday, July 27, 2016 concern about foreign mining interest, tapping the minerals, we have a mineral withdraw- al.” Instead of creating a na- tional monument through a presidential proclamation, he said his bill would have to be approved by Congress, though it would not prevent that carries a mandatory minimum sentence of seven years, Gabriel said. Nevada prosecutors Ryan plan to rec- Payne ommend 12 years in prison, and Payne’s defense will push for less, Gabriel said. Payne, 32, told U.S. District Court Judge Anna J. Brown in Portland that his irst adult de- cision was joining the military, where he took an oath to up- hold the Constitution. Payne said he came to Or- egon last year to do that by defending two ranchers he believes were wrongly impris- oned for setting ires. He and others, including Ammon and Ryan Bundy, oc- cupied the refuge from Jan. 2 until their arrests nearly a month later. A few holdouts continued the armed protest un- til Feb. 11. “In pursuing that effort, I have come to understand that folks who work for the govern- ment perceived my actions as intimidating and threatening,” Payne said in court. Payne was arrested during a trafic stop while traveling with Arizona rancher Robert “LaVoy” Finicum and others to a community meeting off the refuge. Payne complied with ofi- cers and left the vehicle. Fini- cum and the others drove away, and Finicum was fatally shot by authorities at a roadblock. Gabriel said Payne, the eighth man to plead guilty in the Oregon case, took a leadership role in the occupation, coordi- nating armed guards and pro- viding tactical training. He is scheduled to be sen- tenced Nov. 18 but that date could get pushed back based on developments in Nevada, where authorities say Payne recruit- ed gunmen and led an armed assault on federal oficers who attempted to round-up the Bun- dys’ cattle near Bunkerville. Ammon and Ryan Bundy are also charged in that case, and would have likely been sent to a Nevada jail if U.S. District Court Judge Robert Jones had not decided Tuesday to keep them in custody at a downtown Portland jail. Jones previously granted pretrial release to many of the men and women indicted on conspiracy charges in the case. But in a written opinion, Jones said the Bundys are not good candidates for release because the confrontations show they believe they are justiied in re- fusing federal orders and might not appear for trial Sept. 7. “More dangerously, they may attempt to recruit anoth- er standoff or occupation,” he wrote. The judge also cited what jailhouse deputies described as an effort by Ryan Bundy to escape. A search of his cell on April 8 yielded a rope made with multiple sheets tied togeth- er, authorities said. “I reject his excuse that he was practicing braiding,” Jones wrote. the president from proclaim- ing a monument. The bill would prevent any new mining activities in the 2,065,000-acre withdraw- al area it would cover. The bill also contains provisions creating grant programs for water improvements, infra- structure and ireighting, an Agriculture Center of Excel- lence in Malheur County and a study for rural air services at the airport in Ontario. Responding to other ques- tions at the town hall: • Wyden said he supports “common sense steps” to re- duce gun violence that do not violate the Second Amend- ment. He said terrorists and people with domestic vi- olence convictions should be prevented from owning guns but that the government should be liable for penalties if it prevents someone from purchasing a gun who should not have been. He also said limits on research into gun violence should be lifted. • He said a conference committee between the House and Senate would be meeting in September to work on legislation that could end “ire borrowing,” where agencies are forced to use funds intended for ire prevention to cover the cost of ighting ires. • Wyden said infrastructure would be his irst priority in January, and he hopes to ind funding through tax reform. • He said he would not sup- port term limits for Congress. • He said he believed phar- macists should play a larger role in rural health care. • When asked if he sup- ports Democratic presiden- tial nominee Hillary Clinton, Wyden said he does not make endorsements at town halls. F AIR U PDATE The Fair Guide has the incorrect divisions listed in the Fair Premiums. The correct divisions are listed below. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused. DIVISIONS ARE THE SAME IN ALL DEPARTMENTS UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED. 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