News
Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, February 10, 2016
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C OPS & C OURTS
Circuit Court
CANYON CITY — The
Grant County Circuit Court
reported the following ¿nes
and judgments:
Kathy Lee Meyer, 44,
pleaded guilty to two counts
of delivery of methamphet-
amine. For each, she was
sentenced to jail for 30 days,
supervised probation for 72
months and 40 hours com-
munity service, and ¿ned
$400. She pleaded guilty to
possession of meth and was
sentenced to supervised pro-
bation for 18 months and 10
hours community service.
The court dismissed one
count of unlawful delivery of
meth within 1,000 feet of a
school, two counts for unlaw-
ful manufacture of meth and
three for unlawful possession
of meth.
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A prospective initiative petition seeks to overturn
Grant County’s commercial marijuana ban. If the
petitioner collects 196 signatures from active,
registered county voters by Feb. 17, county voters
will see the initiative on the May ballot.
Initiative petition seeks to
overturn county pot ban
Grant County voters may
ultimately decide whether pot
businesses should be allowed.
David Kilpatrick, Canyon
City, ¿led a prospective initia-
tive petition that, if approved
by a majority of voters on the
May ballot, would overturn
the county ban and allow the
production, cultivation, pro-
cessing, wholesaling, retail-
ing and testing of marijuana
as permitted by the state in
areas outside of city limits
within the county.
Grant County Clerk Bren-
da Percy determined the pro-
spective initiative complied
LETTERS
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Governor, sheriff
violated oath
To the Editor:
Gov. Brown is guilty as an
accessory to murder along
with the sheriff of Harney
County.
Rancher LaVoy Fini-
cum was ambushed and
murdered by Gov. Brown’s
executive order to end the
standoff at the Malheur Na-
tional Wildlife Refuge. Gov.
Brown and the sheriff both
took an oath to the consti-
tution to protect and defend
it; this includes everyone’s
civil rights.
They have violated their
oath. Rancher LaVoy Fini-
cum was executed with his
hands in the air: “Hands up,
don’t shoot.” Mr. Finicum
had no weapons on him, and
they shot him nine times in-
cluding in the face.
Gov. Brown and the
sheriff should resign their
posts and await prosecu-
tion. Ammon Bundy, the
leader of the group, had
stated many times they
were there to work on a
peaceful solution to the
government’s overreach to
consume and control public
lands.
David Strutz
Grants Pass
with the requirements set
forth in the Oregon Constitu-
tion to concern only one sub-
ject and to contain the full text
of the proposed law.
Percy said, for the initia-
tive to be placed on the May
ballot, the petitioner must col-
lect signatures from 196 ac-
tive, registered county voters
— 6 percent of the number
who voted in the last gover-
nor’s race — by Feb. 17. If
the deadline is not met, she
said, the petitioner has up to
two years to collect the re-
quired number of signatures
at least 90 days prior to the
May or November ballot on
which it would appear.
Grant County Sheriff
CANYON CITY — The
Grant County Sheriff’s Of¿ce
reported the following for the
week of Jan. 29-Feb. 4 (and
Jan. 22-28):
Concealed handgun li-
censes: 17 (9)
Average inmates: 14 (11)
Bookings: 9 (9)
Releases: 11 (6)
Arrests: 2 (3)
Citations: 1 (2)
Fingerprints: 12 (4)
Civil papers: 15 (10)
Warrants processed: 5 (5)
Asst./welfare check: 3 (3)
Joseph Hayzlett, 40, John
pened). He left and came
home to get his vehicle and
then picked up the district
attorney and drove to Sene-
ca. He never knew about the
ambush, or had anything to
do with it.
In Seneca (over 25 miles
away from the incident), he
pulled up to the road block
by the state police. While he
was talking to them, a car
pulled up and a trooper said
they have a rifle. So Glenn
pulled out his shotgun for
protection for himself and
the D.A. It turned out to
be a reporter, who took his
picture while he was putting
away his gun. Thus starting
a new rumor.
He refuses to talk to the
media because they never
get the information right.
I don’t usually speak out,
but I am tired of all the lies
and misquotes of the media.
Glenn believes in the people
of Grant County and stands
up for them.
This is our home, and
we care about what happens
here.
RoseAnn Palmer
John Day
Thank a patriot
for freedom
Justice Court
CANYON CITY — The
Grant County Justice Court
reported the following ¿nes
and judgments:
No operator’s license:
John R. Dunn, 34, John Day,
¿ned $260; Valerie Nicole
Hendrix, 39, Seneca, ¿ned
$260.
Driving uninsured: John
R. Dunn, 34, John Day, ¿ned
$260; Heather Ann Reilly, 27,
John Day, ¿ned $260; Valerie
Nicole Hendrix, 39, Seneca,
¿ned $260.
Driving while suspend-
ed-violation: Joseph Scott
Hayzlett, 40, John Day, ¿ned
$435; Heather Ann Reilly, 27,
John Day, $435.
Violation of the basic
rule: Eric Lane Bernard, 49,
Prairie City, 73/55 zone, ¿ned
$135; Roselin Salazar Johns,
44, Prairie City, 78/55 zone,
¿ned $220; Meril Lee Hil-
burn, 49, Prairie City, 75/55
zone, ¿ned $135.
Exceeding maximum
weight limit: Daniel C.
Komning, 61, Mt. Vernon,
¿ned $100.
Failure to obey a traf¿c
control device: Carl Rexford
Reed, 92, Canyon City, ¿ned
$220.
Improper display of
stickers: Leroy Paul Titus, 37,
Prairie City, ¿ned $95.
John Kevin Ray, Prairie
City, was convicted of ha-
rassment. He was sentenced
these past weeks in our own
media.
For all who have exer-
cised their right to free ex-
pression of thought, opinion
or belief, I say:
Thank a patriot! If we
must, we will pay the ulti-
mate price to protect your
right to do so.
And you don’t have to
agree with that!
Patti Yellow Hand Bull
Monument
to 12 months probation, ¿ve
days in jail, and 30 hours
community service, and was
¿ned $350.
Samantha Marae Boy-
er was charged with con-
tempt of court and ordered to
serve 30 days in the custody
of the Grant County Sher-
iff. She was ordered to serve
12 months bench proba-
tion and pay $100 probation
fee.
Dispatch
John
Day
dispatch
worked 273 calls during the
two-week period of Jan. 25-
Feb. 7. Along with the var-
ious traffic warnings, tres-
passing, injured animals,
noise complaints and juve-
nile complaints, these calls
included:
John Day Police:
Jan. 25: Took a call on
a reported theft in the 300
block of Northwest Bridge
Street.
Jan. 26: Cited a Prairie
City woman on a warrant.
Jan. 28: Reported hit-and-
run at Blue Mountain Hospi-
tal.
Jan. 30: Arrested a John
Day man for fourth-degree
domestic assault, strangula-
tion and menacing.
Feb. 2: Arrested a man in
Prairie City on a Grant Coun-
ty warrant; arrested a man in
Prairie City for probation vi-
olation.
Feb. 4: Cited a John Day
man for illegal parking, stop-
ping, standing and illegal dis-
play of license plate; a caller
reported hearing a cougar in
the Johnson Avenue area in
Prairie City.
Feb. 7: Report of some-
one stealing ¿rewood in the
400 block of Southwest Brent
Drive.
Grant County Sheriff:
Jan. 25: Reported as-
sault at the Grant County
Jail.
Jan. 27: Theft reported on
Harper Creek Road.
Feb. 2: Arrested a Prairie
City man for probation viola-
tion.
Feb. 7: Report of illegal
¿reworks in the Carpenter
Pond Road area.
John Day ambulance:
Jan. 25: Responded for a
98-year-old man.
Jan. 28: Responded to
a 55-year-old woman with
chest pain; 81-year-old wom-
an who fell.
Feb. 1: Responded to a
66-year-old man with a possi-
ble stroke.
Feb. 2: Dispatched for a
man having a seizure; dis-
patched for a woman with
chills and a cough.
Feb. 3: Responded for an
85-year-old man.
Feb. 4: Responded for a
98-year-old man.
Feb. 5: Dispatched for a
woman with dif¿culty breath-
ing; responded for a woman
who was dizzy.
Feb. 7: Responded for a
91-year-old man.
Mt. Vernon Fire De-
partment:
Jan. 25: Responded to a
Àue ¿re.
The second installment of the
2015-2016 property tax is due
Tuesday, February 16, 2016 by 5 p.m.
The courthouse will be closed Monday, February
15th, in observance of President’s Day. Payments
may be made at the tax collector’s office at the
Grant County Courthouse in Canyon City, or the
payment may be mailed and POSTMARKED no
later than February 16, 2016. Please remember that
delinquent taxes accrue interest
at the rate of 16% per year.
If you have any questions,
please call the Tax Office at
541-575-0107 or
541-575-0189.
PO Box 185
Canyon City, OR 97820
To the Editor:
Between
the
years
1765-1783, I am certain
the British news purveyors
portrayed those “up-start,
self-proclaimed
Ameri-
cans” as “armed militants,
terrorists and thugs” with
at least as much gleeful
outrage as we have seen
Pro Saw
Shop and
a Whole
Lot More
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Blue Mountain Eagle
Day, was cited for driving
while
suspended-violation
and driving uninsured on Jan.
1, 2016.
Megan Long, 22, John
Day, was cited for failure to
carry proof of insurance on
Jan. 25, 2016
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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.
DEADPOOL R
A man is subjected to an experiment that
leaves him with accelerated healing powers,
adopting the alter ego Deadpool.
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To the Editor:
As the wife of (Sher-
iff) Glenn Palmer, I feel
compelled to set the record
straight regarding allega-
tions involving meetings
and a community event that
Sheriff Palmer was asked to
attend.
When he was invited to
a lunch meeting, he did not
know who was going to be
in attendance.
When he was asked to go
to Burns, to help mediate
the meetings, he told them
no, not without the consent
of their sheriff.
He never met with Am-
mon Bundy as quoted in
the Oregonian, or LaVoy
Finicum. He didn’t set up
the community event at the
Senior Center.
He wasn’t going to ad-
dress the group except for
a few minutes to clear up
these allegations, when he
heard about the shooting
(over two hours after it hap-
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Sheriff’s wife
speaks out for
her husband
Comedy. Friends learn how to be single in a
world filled with ever-evolving definitions
of love.
Fundraiser for
Jake Wilson
Jake Wilson, grandson of Dave &
Shirley Furgerson has been diagnosed
with “Retinitis Pigmentosa” and
needs help covering travel expenses
to Portland so that he can have
surgery to slow it down. If you would
like to contribute, you can either
donate at Old West Federal Credit
Union to Dave & Shirley’s account in
the “Jake Wilson” fund, or you can
contact Shirley at 541-575-0439.
Thank you and God bless.
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