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Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, May 13, 2015
Trio heading to Girls State
Delegates will sell
poppies May 14-16 in JD
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Three Grant Union Junior-Senior High
School juniors have been selected to attend Girls
State June 12-20 at Willamette University in Sa-
lem.
They are: Avery Lenz, daughter of Ali Lenz
and Brian Hubbard; Samantha Brock, daughter
of Kevin Brock and Ronda Menie; and Railey
Namitz, daughter of Steve and Brenda Namitz.
They will join other Girls State delegates to
gain knowledge of governmental processes and
learn about the privileges, rights and responsibil-
ities of citizenship.
Activities at Girls State include public speak-
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ing and presenting bills for passage in the Oregon
Girls State legislature, serving as lobbyists, par-
ticipating in mock trials and more.
The nationwide program is sponsored by the
American Legion Auxiliary.
This week, the local trio will join Auxiliary
members in the annual Poppy Days sale, which
honors veterans.
Poppies will be for sale from 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
Thursday-Saturday, May 14-16, at Chester’s
Thriftway in John Day.
DALE – An Alabama man
using GPS for directions had
a brush with disaster last
week in the rugged country
east of Dale.
About 7:40 p.m. Thurs-
day, May 7, dispatchers re-
ceived a call about a strand-
ed motorist in the Umatilla
National Forest.
Grant County Sheriff
Glenn Palmer said Charles
Tyler, 21, was on a cross
country trip from Oklahoma
to Fort Lewis, Wash, when
he became stranded.
Deputies found Tyler
shortly after 4:30 a.m. Fri-
day in a remote area of the
Olive Creek drainage, near
Mud Springs.
He had been following
the GPS in his Ford Fiesta
for directions, when the car
became stuck in a spot where
he could not maneuver easi-
ly. As Tyler tried to get the
car out, it slid backwards
more than 300 yards down
the steep mountainside.
Palmer said Tyler was
not injured, but specialized
equipment will be needed to
retrieve the vehicle.
Contributed photo
From left, Tammy Bremner, Girls State chairman, and Grant Union High School juniors, Avery
Lenz, Railey Namitz and Samantha Brock, are ready to sell poppies in the American Legion
Auxiliary’s annual sale. The trio will attend Girls State in June in Salem.
Washington man cracks ribs Monday in ATV mishap
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PRAIRIE CITY – A Wash-
ington man broke multiple
ribs Monday in a four-wheeler
mishap. Grant County Un-
dersheriff Todd McKinley
said Rodney Wagner, 65, of
Royal City was backing the
ATV onto his pickup truck
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onto him.
The accident occurred on
Forest Road 13 up Deardorff
Creek, southeast of Prairie
City and in Baker County.
McKinley said Wagner suf-
fered 32 fractures to his ribs, but
managed to drive to the Prairie
City Ranger District, where the
Partners take tours of Bald Sisters Fire area
ular meeting. Here’s the schedule:
• Wednesday, May 20 – Meet at 7:45
JOHN DAY – The Blue Mountains a.m. at the Malheur National Forest Su-
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Fire area near Sisters this Wednesday for Sisters tour. The group leaves at 8 a.m.
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roadless areas.
• Thursday, May 21 – The full group
The tour is one of two scheduled by meeting is from 4 to 7 p.m. at the Grant
the group this week, in addition to its reg- County Regional Airport.
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• Friday, May 22 – Meet at 7:45 a.m.
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northeast of Prairie City, to discuss past
treatments in old growth. The group will
return at 1 p.m.
The public is welcome to attend. For
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wear weather-appropriate clothing.
C OPS & C OURTS
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.
May 8: Cited a La Pine
man for speeding.
May 9: Cited an Oregon
City man for driving while
suspended-violation; theft
reported at Riverside Mobile
Home Park.
• Grant County Sheriff:
Grant County Sheriff
May 4: Responded to a
CANYON CITY – The reported four-wheeler acci-
Grant County Sheriff’s Of- dent on Highway 26 west of
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for the week of May 1-7:
May 10: Responded to a
• Concealed handgun li- report of a stabbing on South
censes: 5
Fork Road.
• Average inmates: 16
• Long Creek ambu-
• Bookings: 6
lance:
• Releases: 9
May 4: 29-year-old wom-
• Citations: 2
an with an allergic reaction.
• Fingerprints: 4
Justice Court
• Civil papers: 20
CANYON CITY – The
• Warrants processed: 1
Grant County Justice Court
• Asst./welfare check: 2
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• Search and Rescue: 1
• Thomas Routt, 39, of and judgments:
Bend, cited for violation of
• Violation of the basic
the basic rule, 60/45 zone.
rule: Tina L. Mallars Far-
• Paige Johnson, 18, John rester, 38, Pilot Rock, 74/55
Day, cited for no operator’s ]RQH¿QHG
license.
• Failing to properly use
safety belt: Christopher Lee
Dispatch
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119 calls during the week
• No operator’s license:
of May 4-10. Along with Jeramy Frank Gibson, 28,
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trespassing, injured animals,
• Driving uninsured:
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• Kade T. Saul, Prairie
• John Day Police:
City, was convicted on ha-
May 4: Theft reported at rassment. He was sentenced
the west Shell station.
to 12 months probation, 20
May 7: Arrested a John hours community service,
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warrant.
will be reduced to a violation
MEETING NOTICE
UPPER MAINSTEM AND SOUTH
FORK JOHN DAY RIVER
AGRICULTURAL WATER QUALITY
MANAGEMENT AREA PLAN
The Biennial Review of the Upper
Mainstem and South Fork John Day
River Agricultural Water Quality
Management Area Plan will be held
-ONDAY, -AY , 2015 at 4:00pm at
the USDA Conference Room at
721 S. Canyon Blvd., in John Day.
Contact
Jason Kehrberg or Pat Holliday
at 541-575-0135 with any questions.
upon successful completion
of probation.
• William A. Beeman,
Prineville, was convicted of
unlawful entry into a wildlife
staff called for an ambulance.
Wagner was taken to Blue
Mountain Hospital in John Day
and admitted for observation.
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• Tyler C. Beeman,
Prineville, convicted of un-
lawful entry into a wildlife
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Gertrude L. Mc Rae
Scholarship Committee
Grant County Judge Scott W. Myers is seeking
qualified volunteers to serve on the Gertrude L.
Mc Rae Charitable Trust Scholarship Committee.
As a requirement of the Mc Rae Charitable Trust,
the committee is comprised of a professional
man or woman, a business man or woman, and
a public school teacher (all who shall be college
or university graduates), and a pastor or minister
of a church in Grant County. The committee
meets once each year in either July or August to
select college and university students to receive
grants from the Charitable Trust. Grant awards
pay for direct school expenses during the
upcoming academic year. Students related in
any way to the Gertrude L. Mc Rae family, a
Scholarship Committee member, or a Wells
Fargo Bank employee may not apply. Interested
persons who qualify to serve on this committee
are asked to contact the County Court office at
541-575-0059 by 5 pm Monday, June 15, 2015.
01857
Tue-Sat
11am to close
(closed 2-4, T-F & on Sundays)
“Downtown” Seneca
541-542-2819
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