News Blue Mountain Eagle Wednesday, September 30, 2015 A5 C OPS & C OURTS Circuit Court CANYON CITY – The Grant County Circuit Court re- ported the following fi nes and judgments: • Eldrid Jonathan Hamrick, 28, pleaded guilty to driving un- der the infl uence of intoxicants. He was sentenced to bench probation for 18 months and 80 hours community service, and fi ned $1,175. His driver’s license was suspended for one year. The court dismissed one count of vi- olating the basic speed rule. • Buford W. Breland, 56, pleaded guilty and was sen- tenced on several counts. On each of two counts of delivery of methamphetamine to a minor, he was sentenced to 36 months supervised probation, 80 hours community service and jail for 90 days. He was fi ned $2,700. On one count of manufacture of meth, supervised probation for 36 months, 80 hours community service and jail for 90 days. The sentence is consecutive. On two counts of delivery of meth, 72 months supervised probation, 60 hours community service and jail for 90 days. On each of three counts of possession of meth, he was sentenced to supervised pro- bation for 36 months. His driv- IDAHO er’s license was suspended for six months. The court dismissed one count of unlawful delivery of marijuana to a minor, four for unlawful delivery of meth to a minor, three for unlawful man- ufacture of meth and 15 for un- lawful delivery of meth. Crimi- nal forfeiture, the amount $2,734 is forfeited from Breland. • The court allows a DUII di- version for Michael Ira Walker, John Day, for a diversion fee of $490. Dispatch John Day dispatch worked 119 calls during the week of Sept. 21-27. Along with the vari- ous traffi c warnings, trespassing, injured animals, noise com- plaints and juvenile complaints, these calls included: • John Day Police: Sept. 21: Report of theft from a rental in Prairie City; theft of bailing wire at Huffman’s Mar- ket. Sept. 26: Arrested a John Day man and a woman for domestic assault. Sept. 22: Cited a John Day man for menacing. Sept. 26: Hit-and-run report- ed at the fairgrounds pavilion; arrested a John Day woman for DUII-alcohol. Sept. 27: Arrested a Prairie City man for DUII. • Grant County Sheriff: Sept. 21: Hit-and-run report- ed in Monument. • John Day ambulance: Sept. 21: Dispatched for an elderly woman. Sept. 26: Paged for a 25-year- old man with cardiac problems. Sept. 27: 56-year-old woman with severe pain. • Bureau of Land Manage- ment: Sept. 26: Cited a Newberg man for vehicle in enclosed area. Justice Court CANYON CITY – The Grant County Justice Court re- ported the following fi nes and judgments: • Operate/park a motor ve- hicle in violation of restrictions: Robert Sutton Woods, 46, Mo- lalla, fi ned $385. • Driving while revoked: Whitney Jo Pattee, 26, Prairie City, fi ned $435. • Driving uninsured: Whitney Jo Pattee, 26, Prairie City, fi ned $260; Rodney Cole Wilson, 20, John Day, fi ned $260; Travis A. Palmer, 25, Mt. Vernon, fi ned $260. • No burning permit: David L. Torres, 37, Prairie City, fi ned $110. • Failure to immediately validate big game tag: Weston L. Wettstein, 54, Ontario, fi ned $110. • Failure to properly use safe- ty belt: Joseph Walter Twitchell, 80, Mountain Home, Idaho, fi ned $95. • Violation of the basic rule: Jamie Lee Steinhardt, 23, Mon- te Sereno, Calif., 70/55 zone, fi ned $160; Darren J. Kling, 46, Culver, 76/55 zone, fi ned $260; Morgan Alyssa Phipps, 24, Prineville, 79/55 zone, fi ned $220. • No brake lights on trailer: Leslie Lee Zaitz, 60, John Day, fi ned $160. • Use of cellphone while driving: Bobbee Lynne Huec- kman, 27, Canyon City, fi ned $135. • Driving while suspend- ed-violation: Travis A. Palmer, 25, Mt. Vernon, fi ned $435; Whitney Jo Pattee, 26, Prairie City, fi ned $435. • Whitney Jo Pattee, Prairie City, was convicted of failure to appear for a violation proceed- ing. She was sentenced to 24 months probation and 30 days in jail, to be suspended upon suc- cessful completion of probation. • Minor in possession-al- cohol/violation: Jordden Bree Cameron, Mt. Vernon, fi ned $260, driver’s license suspend- ed for one year; Kelsi Demaris, Prineville, fi ned $260, driver’s license suspended for one year; Mitchell Allen Moulton, John Day, fi ned $260, driver’s license suspended for one year; Aaron Klefman, John Day, fi ned $260, driver’s license suspended for one year; Cejay Villa Partello, John Day, fi ned $260, driver’s license suspended for one year. • Minor in possession-mari- juana/violation: Aaron Klefman, John Day, fi ned $260; Cejay Vil- la Partello, John Day, fi ned $260. New Idaho: Re-drawing the map A La Grande, Ore. farmer is seeking comment on the idea of eastern portions of Washington and Oregon joining Idaho. The new, supersized Idaho would see a 125 percent population increase. Proposed state of Idaho Area in detail Continued from Page A1 Spokane Seattle “The environmental regu- WASHINGTON Olympia lations that come out of Salem Yakima make it almost impossible to do my work,” he said. Dr. Jeffrey Dense, a politi- Pendleton Portland cal science professor at Eastern La Grande Oregon University, called the Salem logistics of trying to create a new, larger Idaho “largely insur- mountable.” Bend Eugene “Given the inability of Puer- Burns Boise to Rico and Washington, D.C., OREGON to effectuate this type of large scale change, disgruntled citi- zens would be better off to get Medford involved with politics instead of complaining about the state of every 10 years based on popu- west side of the state provides affairs,” he said in an email. A state boundary hasn’t been lation counts in the latest cen- a tax base that supports state redrawn in the United States sus. If other states’ populations services. The transportation since West Virginia was carved stayed roughly proportionate to package, for example, that both out of Virginia in 1863. The idea their current levels, Washington sides of the aisle would like to of seceding from one state to the would likely lose two of its 10 see come to fruition would like- other is hardly new, however, seats, adding them to Idaho’s ly result in Eastern Oregon in- and various efforts have land- current two seats, while it would frastructure benefi ting from tax ed on ballots and on the fl oor be a close call on whether Or- money generated by Portland of state legislatures across the egon would hang on to its fi ve residents. country. representatives or lose one to Parsons said he knows that Occasionally, those efforts another state. getting rural Oregon and Wash- have even come close to fru- The number of Electoral ington counties to join Idaho is a ition. In 2002 the U.S. House College votes a state receives long shot. of Representatives voted unani- is equal to the number of U.S. “If it came to fruition it mously to allow state legislators senators and representatives would probably not be in my to adjust the Nevada-Utah state the state has, which would give lifetime,” he said. boundary. The move would Idaho more sway in presidential To start the discussion he have been a minor one, but it elections too. emailed every state legislator in would have allowed the eco- Rep. Greg Smith, R-Hep- all three states, contacted news- nomically struggling city of pner, said during his freshman papers in the area and started a Wendover, Utah, to join the casi- year in the Oregon state legis- forum on Yahoo Groups titled no-rich city of West Wendover, lature in 2001 he tried to intro- “Oregon and Washington Join- Nevada, and get rid of what res- duce the idea of creating a state ing Idaho” to discuss logistics idents called an invisible “Berlin of Eastern Oregon, but couldn’t like what would happen with Wall” in the community creating even get a hearing on it. assets like state prisons and uni- poor infrastructure and schools “I know there’s a real frus- versities in counties that voted to on one side of the state line and tration with the urban-rural di- join Idaho. abundant services on the other. vide,” he said. “I fi gured there are a whole The bill ended up dying in the However, he also said that al- lot of people smarter than me Senate, however, after Nevada though Eastern Oregon provides who could fi gure all that out,” Senator Harry Reid opposed it. the state with food and fi ber, the he said. According to 2014 data from the U.S. Census Bureau, Idaho currently has 1,634,464 residents. That would rise to 3,680,297 people if all 17 Ore- gon counties east of Hood River County and the 20 Washington Hours counties east of King County Mon. 10-2 jumped ship. Tues. 9-5 Oregon, meanwhile, would go from 3,970,239 residents Wed. 10-2 to 3,471,709 and Washington Other times available by would drop from 7,061,530 res- appointment only idents to 5,514,227. How that would affect each state’s representation in Wash- 150 Dayton, John Day ington, D.C., would depend on how other states’ populations Call or text Cindy Legg for more details changed at the same time. The 435 seats in the House of Representatives are apportioned 02606 - Heart of GC - Page 1 - Composite Cindy’s Grooming 541.620.0187 02606 Help us kick off Domestic Violence Awareness Month Saturday, October 3 Registration 8am - Start time 10am Grant County Airport Industrial Park, John Day Admission: $20.00/person, $40.00/family For more information call 541-575-4355 or email heartgc@ortelco.net Heart of Grant County Second Annual “Color Me Free” Fun Run Contributed photo The hay truck crash and fire Friday, Sept. 25, happened along County Road 63 on the Izee- Paulina Highway near Snow Shoe Summit. The loaded semi truck and series of trailers with hay crashed into a pine tree. One found dead in hay truck fi re Blue Mountain Eagle SENECA – The lone oc- cupant of a hay truck was found dead after ranchers and emergency offi cials responded to the scene of a crash and fi re Sept. 25 along County Road 63 on the Izee-Paulina Highway, approximately milepost 15 near Snow Shoe Summit. The driver of the semitruck, Donald Leon Bidwell, 59, of Terrebone was pronounced dead at the scene. The vehicle was a cab over semitruck and series of trailers pulling a load of al- falfa hay from the Vale area and was headed to the Spen- cer Ranch near Izee. The investigation shows the loaded semi crested Snow Shoe Summit west bound and drifted to the right shoulder of the road. Evidence at the scene showed a lack of braking or turning to avoid the crash. The vehicle crashed into a large pine tree and a sub- sequent fi re consumed the majority of the semitruck and hay. A contingency of Bear Valley ranchers made an initial attack on the fi re and kept it at less than one acre. The Sheriff’s Offi ce was assisted by the Oregon State Police, U.S. Forest Service, Oregon Department of For- estry, Dr. Hall, Grant Coun- ty Road Department, John Day Fire Department and the Blue Mountain Hospital Ambulance from John Day and Seneca, as well as nu- merous area ranchers and passers-by who kept the fi re from spreading. 02131 - JD Rents - Page 1 - Composite Oregonian research Pro Saw Shop and a Whole Lot More Jade McDowell and Alan Kenaga/ EO Media Group 02131 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. IDAHO Idaho Falls Twin Falls Pocatello Parsons realizes that gov- ernment offi cials in Boise may not want to take on more rural counties, even if they also got population centers like Spo- kane, the Tri-Cities and Bend. The U.S. Congress would have to approve. Still, he said if Eastern Or- egon did secede to Idaho, local residents wouldn’t have to wor- ry so much about Portland res- idents pushing laws like a $15 an hour minimum wage on rural areas. “If they want to buy a $20 Big Mac that’s fi ne with me,” he said. To access the Yahoo Group online visit groups.yahoo.com/ neo/groups/WashingtonandOre- gonjoiningIdaho. ——— Contact Jade McDowell at jmcdowell@eastoregonian.com or 541-564-4536. WANTED Information leading to conviction of trespassers and/or poachers on Silvies Valley Ranch $2,500 00 REWARD Approximately the first of September, a nice mule deer buck was killed and left to rot on our ranch. Last year, four poachers were caught and prosecuted, and four other dead elk were found rotting. Please help us catch trespassers and poachers who have no respect for private property rights and who give all hunters a bad name. If you legally wound an ani- mal that comes onto any of our property, please come to ranch headquar- ters at Bridge Creek and we will help you find and clean it at no charge. Otherwise, do not go onto our property unless accompanied by a Silvies Valley Ranch associate. We will press charges, sue for damages, and are actively patrolling our property with ATVs, by horseback, and videocams. CALL Silvies, Oregon Sheriff Glenn Palmer 541-575-1131 Sheriff Dave Ward 541-573-6156 Colby Marshall 541-573-5150 x110 www.silviesvalleyranch.com 1-800-SILVIES