Around the state
Published 12:00 am Saturday, June 27, 2015
Florence drowning — Divers have recovered the body of a 17-year-old Florence boy who drowned at Woahink Lake. KCST radio reports that Jose Dela Mora was swimming with friends late Thursday afternoon to a sand bar in the north end of the lake near Honeyman State Park. When Dela Mora said he was too tired to continue, a friend tried to help but couldn’t prevent him from slipping beneath the water. Rescuers searched the lake late into the night. Divers returned Friday morning and found the body at about 10 a.m.
Lottery chair resigns — The chair of the Oregon Lottery Commission is stepping down after her law firm filed a lawsuit against the lottery. Elisa Dozono’s resignation takes effect next week, and Brown has a month to appoint a replacement. Dozono is a partner in the law firm Miller Nash Graham & Dunn. The firm represents a business owner who is suing the lottery over its attempt to remove video lottery machines from his restaurant on Hayden Island in Portland. Dozono has chaired the lottery commission since 2012. Gov. Kate Brown says she’ll try to appoint Dozono to a different position “so that Oregon may continue to benefit from her talents and dedication.”
Wolf attacks — Two wolf attacks in eastern Oregon have left three sheep, one dog and one calf dead. The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife on Wednesday confirmed the two attacks from last week. They were the first attacks confirmed by the department since September. The first incident occurred June 20 after a Wallowa County livestock owner found a partially consumed calf with bite marks and wolf tracks near the carcass. GPS locations showed a radio-collared wolf to be within 4 miles of the carcass. On June 22, three sheep and one guard dog were found dead in Umatilla County. The department said the bite wounds and location of the attack were similar to other wolf attacks. Since returning to Oregon, wolves have killed 109 domestic animals.