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The INDEPENDENT, April 7, 2011
Red-eared slider
turtles illegal
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egy as species in need of help.
They are both protected by
law; it is illegal to take them
from the wild and to keep them
as pets.
“All in all, turtles do not
make good pets,” said Boat-
ner.” Native turtles are protect-
ed and belong in the wild, and
many nonnative turtles are ille-
gal and have to be kept out of
the wild.”
Ike Says…
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should take appropriate actions to maximize fawn productivity and
survival. In areas where populations are below management ob-
jectives, managers should consider reducing doe harvest to main-
tain productivity levels. Doe harvest should be eliminated in areas
exhibiting high rates of decline to maximize productivity. If preda-
tion is determined to be the primary limiting factor, and reductions
or elimination of doe harvest have limited effects, short-term pred-
ator control may be the only way to restore healthy prey popula-
tions at risk (Ernest et al. 2002).”
My opinion is that Ms. Murphie most likely has discovered the
missing link as to why Blacktailed deer populations in Washington
and Oregon have crashed. Now let’s see what our game man-
agers do with this new information
Izaak Walton League, Nehalem Valley Chapter
meets monthly on the 3rd Thursday at 7:00 p.m.
Call 503-429-7193 for location.
Columbia County Sheriff
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help protect the identity of the
victims.
Deputies and federal agents
have been conducting a 10-
month-long investigation that
began last June, after the Sher-
iff’s Office was alerted to re-
ported sexual misconduct in-
volving the suspect and three
children under the ages of 12.
Interviews with the children
with the help of the Amani Cen-
ter in St. Helens and additional
investigation with the help of
federal authorities led to the
search warrant and arrest. The
investigation remains ongoing
and more charges are expect-
ed.
“This case is the result of
collaboration between our of-
fice and U.S. Immigration and
Customs Enforcement agents,
who assisted with the computer
forensics investigation,” said
Sheriff Jeff Dickerson. “The
length of the investigation is
due to the nature of these kinds
of investigations, particularly
when much of the evidence is
contained in digital computer
files. We took efforts to ensure
that the victims were removed
from the suspect’s home back
in June, and we didn’t begin to
get a fuller picture of the extent
of the abuse until computer
forensic investigation revealed
it.”
The victims are two mem-
bers of the suspect’s extended
family and a neighbor child who
had been playing with the chil-
dren. Much of the evidence
was found stored on a comput-
er voluntarily surrendered by
the suspect to Sheriff’s
deputies in June. A search war-
rant was served on that com-
puter in October, and submitted
to ICE child exploitation spe-
cialists for review. There is
some indication that federal
crimes have also been commit-
ted in this case.
The suspect was lodged in
the Columbia County Jail on 26
counts of Sex Abuse First De-
gree and three counts of Using
a Child in Display of Sexually
Explicit Conduct. Bail has
been set at $1,555,000.
Obituary
JANET IRENE COOK
Janet Irene Cook, 67, Scap-
poose, died March 10, 2011. A
memorial service will be held
Saturday, April 9, at 11:00 a.m. at
St. Aiden’s Episcopal Church,
17405 NE Glisan St., Portland.
Mrs. Cook was born Septem-
ber 28, 1943, in Portland, to
Philip and Audrey (Reid) Pem-
berton. She was raised in Port-
land by her grandparents until
moving with her mother and
adoptive father, Wesley Cousins,
to Eugene when she was seven
years old. In 1955, the family
moved to Lake Oswego, where
she graduated from Lake Os-
wego High School in 1960. She
attended Willamette University
and San Francisco State Col-
lege. Later she earned a Masters
degree in ESL from the Universi-
ty of Hawaii. She was a teacher
for 40 years before retiring in
2006.
She enjoyed the outdoors,
traveling, singing and playing the
piano and the pipe organ.
Survivors include her three
half siblings, Barbara Hilton of
Jefferson, Scott Cousins of
Scappoose, and Elin Hayes of
Vernonia; an aunt; nieces and
nephews.
Remembrances are suggest-
ed to OHSU Vaccine and Gene
Therapy Institute, The Nature
Conservancy or a charity of
choice.
Duyck & VanDeHey Funeral
Home is in charge of arrange-
ments.
Please see page 21