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One killed, 2injured in Saturday car crash UNION COUNTY
By Dick Mason
said OSP Sgt. Kyle Hove. The accident occurred when the driver of the eastbound pickup, Brandon Carew Halleck, 27, of La Grande, crashed into a ditch. Hove said that Halleck was driving in a reckless manner. Halleck was arrested by the OSP on charges of first-degree manslaughter, first-degree assault, driving under the influence of intoxicants-felony, reckless driving and three counts of recklessly endangering. He was
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One man died and two children were seriously injured late Saturdayafternoon in a onevehicle cash about eight miles northeast of La Grande. Jacob Ryan Yeates, 23, of La Grande, died instantly at the scene, according to the Oregon State Police. Yeates was one of three people riding unrestrained in the flatbed of a Black Nissan pickup. The other two were
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both children who live in Union County, Mickhail Defrates and Vannessa Halleck. Defrates, 6, was flown by air ambulance to a hospital in Spokane, Washington. Halleck, whose exact age is unavailable but is believed to be 3 or4 according to the OSP, was taken by groundambulance to Grande Ronde Hospital. "Itwas avery tragicevent,"
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lodged in the Union County Jail. Halleck had one passenger in the front seat with him — a 15-year-old child, Kayla Halleck, who was not injured. The girl was in a child restraint seat, according to Hove. The vehicle Halleck was driving was towed from the scene. The accident occurred on Monroe Lane, a gravel road, about half a mile east of Hunter Road. Weather conditions were SeeCrash / Page 5A
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SALEM — With Oregon Democrats moving forward on a bill to require background checks for private gun sales, the potential political backlash is becoming apparent. Gun rights advocates last week filed petitions to recall three Democratic lawmakers who sponsored the legislation, and they say more could follow. It's not yet clear whether deep-pocketedgun interests such as the National Rifle Association will get involved and raisea seriousthreat to the targeted lawmakers. The state Senate voted last week to require background checks on any person-to-person gun sale not involving relatives. The recallmove puts pressure on Democrats as the billaw aits a hearing in the House, which could come as soon as SeeRecall / Page 5A
Oregon ski resorts are taking two routes to avoid being sued by skiers who are injured or killed on ski hills after a recent court ruling exposed two holes in the industry's ability to stave off lawsuits. Page 8A
Conditions set in animal neglect case • Court says Painter and Denton must comply with vet recommendations By Cherise Kaechele By Cherise Kaechele The Observer
More than 40 beavers were spotted along Catherine Creek outside of Union over the weekend. A riverengineering classof 46 students from Oregon State University traveled to Union for the opportunity to put what they've learned in the classroom intopractice. Desiree Tullos, OSU professor ofbiological and ecological engi-
neering, brought her class to Hall Ranch, which is owned by OSU and located southeast of Union, and presented them the problem needing to be solved. Along Medical Springs Highway, Catherine Creek has diverted itself and is now eroding the highway, said student Elsie Weisshaar. The students'job is to figure out what can be done to save the roadway without hindering the wildlife and the creek. "The class takes a lot of the
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principles the students have learnedin otherclassesand implements the design aspect," Tullos said."It poses the question, 'How do you design in real world problems?"' The students took all of Saturday to collect the data. They were split into several groups to compile photo records, GPS, surveys and more. The students will travel back to Oregon State and create a SeeTraining / Page 5A
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Ava Denton and Ross Painter, the two Baker County residents charged with more than 40 felony counts of animal neglect, will have to comply with a veterinarian's recommendations once a month, the court ruled during a release condition hearing Friday. Denton and Painter, owners of R & A Paradise Ranch on Collins Lane in Baker County, face first- and second-degree animal neglect charges in connection with a seizure of more than 70 animals on their property in Summerville, where they sometimes take their SeeNeglect / Page 5A
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