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NORTHWEST East Oregonian Page 2A Tuesday, May 3, 2016 Citizen-scientists to help swimmers ID bacteria-illed lakes online at www.rogueriverkeeper. org and accessible via a free smart- phone app called “Waterkeeper Swim Guide” so anyone can get up-to-date information on the quality of the water in which they intend to swim or wade. With studies showing that most area streams often exceed water- quality standards for bacteria at different times each summer, swim- mers deserve to know whether their choices for cooling off are safe ones, organizers say. “There’s a lot of agreement among people that water-contact safety is a good thing,” says Frances Oyung, Rogue Riverkeep- er’s volunteer and water-quality monitoring coordinator. “This By MARK FREEMAN Mail Tribune MEDFORD — A small army of citizen-scientists will help Rogue Valley residents learn whether the creek or swimming hole they hit this summer is a good place to cool off or might be a staph infection in the making. The Rogue Riverkeeper orga- nization is amassing a group of volunteers to regularly collect water samples from area creeks, lakes and rivers this spring and summer for tests to determine whether these popular swimming and wading waters have unhealthful levels of bacteria. The information will be posted makes for a real handy tool for people to access this information, and it can become a regular part of their lives.” To make that happen, Rogue Riverkeeper and the state Depart- ment of Environmental Quality will hold a training session for potential volunteers Tuesday at Bear Creek Park in Medford. The volunteers will collect water samples at various locations and take them to collection points. Oyung will process the samples in a mini laboratory at the organization’s Ashland ofice. Some, but not all, of the volun- teers will get tools to also test for water temperature and turbidity, Oyung says. Convicted criminals go free due to crowded Crook County jail BEND (AP) — Dozens of convicted offenders in Crook County have been set free because of a lack of jail space. Crook County’s Public Safety Advisory Committee is recom- mending the county build a new jail as a study found 70 to 90 people convicted of misdemeanors in any given month are either released early or avoid incarceration entirely, The Bulletin reported. The committee, created last year, is a group of 21 county residents, none of whom are public oficials. “Early on, we decided it’d be best if we were a committee of citizens,” committee co-chairman Mike O’Herron said. “That way it’s bottom-up as opposed to top-down. At the same time, we realized we’re not pros — we’re not experienced law enforcement or with working in the courts.” Based on the study, the committee is recommending a new jail with at least 70 beds. Currently, the county jail has 16 beds and rents an additional 25 beds for prisoners in the Jefferson County jail. On average, 103 people per month were sentenced to jail time in Crook County between 2014 and 2015, according to the committee’s report. Crook County Sheriff Joe Gautney said the public safety issue that’s created by convicted offenders going free might encourage voters to support a bond measure in November. Previous efforts to pay for a new facility have been unsuccessful. “We’re in a crisis stage,” Gautney said Friday. “It’s costing us too much money, and we have too many people walking the streets who are waiting to do jail time.” About 440 inmates were released early in 2015 based on a matrix system that helps determine which inmate can be released if needed, according to the committee report. The matrix is a composite score based on the offender’s criminal history and the seriousness of the crime committed. “We had a guy who was arrested for stealing an antique car, and he was convicted and put in jail. We had no space for him — and he got released and then he got arrested again for setting a ire in an alley,” Gautney said. “It’s a revolving door.” Umatilla Co. opens some roads to ATVs Umatilla County is planning a one-year experiment to allow recreational all-terrain vehicles on certain gravel roads. Commissioner Bill Elfering said Jessie Shaw of Milton-Free- water approached him last fall to ask if the county could provide an area for ATV riders to enjoy their vehicles. “We talked about it for a while and then talked with the county sheriff and our legal department and determined it was possible to do that,” Elfering said. “The proposal has gone through a lot of process.” The proposal would allow the vehicles in the north part of the county on certain two-lane gravel county roads east of Highway 11 and north of Wildhorse Road (county roads 685, 675W and 652) and Abel Road (County Road 654). Elfering said that section made sense because the riders wanted to be able to take some county roads into national forest land. The new county law would not To subscribe, call 1-800-522-0255 or go online to www.eastoregonian.com and click on ‘Subscribe’ East Oregonian (USPS 164-980) is published daily except Sunday, Monday and Dec. 25, by the EO Media Group, 211 S.E. 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The county can revoke an ATV permit if an operator violates the new local law or state laws. The board of commissioners also will consider renewing LifeWise Health Plan of Oregon to provide insurance to county employees for 2016-17 and will reclassify certain jobs as part of the public health and human services departments merger to form the new Health and Human Services Department. Classiied & Legal Advertising 1-800-962-2819 or 541-278-2678 classiieds@eastoregonian.com or legals@eastoregonian.com ADVERTISING Advertising Director: Jennine Perkinson 541-278-2683 • jperkinson@eastoregonian.com Didn’t receive your paper? Call 1-800-522-0255 before noon Tuesday through Friday or before 10 a.m. Saturday for same-day redelivery 211 S.E. Byers Ave., Pendleton 541-276-2211 333 E. Main St., Hermiston 541-567-6211 Ofice hours: Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Closed major holidays apply to other public roads within the area. The public can give input on the new local law when the board of commissioners holds the irst reading during a meeting Wednesday at 9 a.m. in room 130 at the county courthouse, 216 S.E. Fourth St., Pendleton. Sheriff Terry Rowan said state law allows for farm use of ATVs, but expanding the use of the vehi- cles means more rules for safety. He said the county would require ATV drivers to be 16 or older, have a valid driver’s license, a valid Oregon ATV permit or other state-issued permit and a Umatilla County ATV permit, as well as an Oregon ATV safety education card. And adults must accompany ATV drivers younger than 18. Riders will have to carry insur- ance, and drivers and passengers must wear helmets. And the ATVs must have rear-view mirrors, lights, a minimum of 150 cc engine capability and meet other requirements for safe operation. The county also would limit the use of ATVs to daylight hours, according to the proposal, from “one-half hour after sunrise to By PHIL WRIGHT East Oregonian Subscriber services: For home delivery, vacation stops or delivery concerns: 1-800-522-0255 — Founded Oct. 16, 1875 — the summer that we’re not meeting water-quality standards.” Sources can vary widely, but irri- gation water lowing over ields with manure piles on them are common sources of bacteria, Meyers says. Other common sources are rain events that lush raccoon excrement out of storm drains, illegal dumping of RV waste, not cleaning up after pets and throwing pet waste in creeks or irrigation canals, he says. Meyers says DEQ adds these volunteer collections into its data- bases and that they are valuable assets. He says it will take a “cultural shift” to reduce bacteria loads in area creeks, but awareness through efforts such as this will help. The tests are planned from June through October at Emigrant, Applegate and Lost Creek lakes, the Rogue River at Gold Hill and Grants Pass, Bear Creek in Ashland, Wagner Creek in Talent, Baby Bear Creek in Medford and the Applegate River at Cantrall- Buckley County Park. Unhealthful levels of bacteria such as E.coli are chronic problems throughout the Rogue River Basin, especially in late summer when low lows offer less dilution, says Bill Meyers, the Rogue Basin coordi- nator for DEQ. “When it’s 100 degrees out there, we should be able to let our kids play in the creeks,” Meyers says. “But it’s very common late in 1 8 a.m. 10 a.m. Noon 2 p.m. 4 p.m. 6 p.m. 0-2, Low 3-5, Moderate 6-7, High; 8-10, Very High; 11+, Extreme The higher the AccuWeather.com UV Index™ num- ber, the greater the need for eye and skin protection. Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2016 Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. 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