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Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, April 22, 2015
Burning and learning
Firefighters train
in scheduled
fire attack in JD
By Angel Carpenter
Blue Mountain Eagle
JOHN DAY – A total of
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departments participated in
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A few spectators gath-
ered at a distance to watch
the action at the Forest Ser-
vice Compound, off Ford
Road near Blue Mountain
Hospital.
The building for the
training was provided by
the Forest Service after sale
attempts fell through.
In the early part of the
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1964 ranch-style house. The
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perience in controlling the
blaze.
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ers took part in the training,
and John Day Fire Chief
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attack.”
Among those training
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Smith and his assistant
chief Ron Gabbard; Canyon
City Fire Chief Matt Turner
and assistant chief Charlie
Caughlin; and Mt. Vernon
Fire Chief Bill Cearns and
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ley, who is also the Grant
County undersheriff.
Smith said some simi-
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scheduled.
Arrangements are still
being made, but he said
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burn to learn this Satur-
day using a couple of va-
cant homes near the John
Day City Park on Canton
Street.
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time to be
a mayor
Blue Mountain Eagle
The Eagle/Angel Carpenter
Volunteer firefighters from three area departments gathered for live fire training
on Saturday in John Day. The building used for the “Burn to Learn” was
provided by the Forest Service, a decommissioned house at the Forest Service
Compound off Ford Road near Blue Mountain Hospital.
JOHN DAY – GREAT
Corp. is hosting a “meet and
greet” to honor the mayors
of Grant County’s nine cit-
ies.
The event will be at 5
p.m. this Thursday, April
23, at the Grant County Re-
gional Airport.
There will be light re-
freshments.
The roster of invited offi-
cials includes Mayors Steve
Fisher, Canyon City; Rob-
ert Waltenburg, Dayville;
Sandy Smith, Granite; Ron
Lundbom, John Day; Don
Porter, Long Creek; Jamie
Schafer, Monument; Andy
Anderson, Mt. Vernon; Jim
Hamsher, Prairie City; and
Andrea Combs, Seneca.
GREAT, which stands
for Grant Resource En-
hancement Action Team,
promotes economic devel-
opment.
C OPS & C OURTS
• Warrants processed: 2
• Asst./welfare check: 3
• Search and rescue oper-
ations: 1
• Charlie Houlet, 46, Can-
yon City, cited for menacing
and harassment.
April 13: Report of a rock
thrown at a pickup on Marys-
ville Road.
April 15: Harassment re-
ported in Seneca; arrested a
Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, man on
a Grant County warrant.
April 17: Arrested a Salem
Circuit Court
Dispatch
man for driving under the in-
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John Day dispatch worked ÀXHQFHRILQWR[LFDQWVDUUHVW
Grant County Circuit Court 103 calls during the week ed a La Grande man for DUII.
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• John Day ambulance:
and judgments:
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April 19: Responded for a
• Tylor John Gifford, 20, trespassing, injured animals, 54-year-old woman.
pleaded guilty to strangula- noise complaints and juvenile
• Dispatch:
tion-constituting
domestic complaints, these calls includ-
April 18: Cougar sighting
violence. He was sentenced ed:
reported in Mt. Vernon.
to jail for 10 days, supervised
• John Day Police:
• Mt. Vernon Fire De-
probation for 24 months and
April 13: Hit-and-run re- partment:
40 hours community service. ported at the Outpost Restau-
April 14: Report of a fence
He was ordered to have no rant.
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contact with the victim, and
April 17: Theft reported at
Justice Court
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CANYON CITY – The
to fourth-degree assault-con- Prairie City man for driving
stituting domestic violence, without headlights, without Grant County Justice Court
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and judgments:
30 days, supervised probation ed license.
• Violation of the basic
for 36 months and 80 hours
• Grant County Sheriff:
community service, ordered
to have no contact with the
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sentence is to be consecutive
to the previous one. The court
dismissed one count for men-
Grant County Education Service District
acing.
Eastern Oregon University
Grant County Sheriff
Blue Mountain Community College and
CANYON CITY – The
Grant-Harney
Court Appointed Special Advocates
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invite
you to come and see
reported the following for the
our new building!
week of April 10-16:
• Concealed handgun li-
censes: 17
Monday, April 27 from 3-5:30
• Average inmates: 17
• Bookings: 5
• Releases: 7
835 S. Canyon Blvd.
• Citations: 1
• Fingerprints: 9
John Day, OR 97845
• Civil papers: 15
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rule: Viktor Buhovetkas, 31,
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Arrests and citations in
the Blue Mountain Eagle are
taken from the logs of law
enforcement agencies. Every
effort is made to report the
court disposition of arrest
cases.
control device: Hayden John
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• Possession of less than
an ounce of marijuana: Tyler
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• Ralph Berton White,
Canyon City, cited for no
written record of transfer. He
was sentenced to 12 months
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His antler buy/seller license
was suspended for three
years, and he was ordered not
to buy or sell antlers while
antler buyer/seller license is
suspended.
