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Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, March 2, 2016
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Deadline to ile for Grant
County positions is March 8
Several Grant County po-
sitions are open for elections
this year.
Positions up for election
include assessor, county com-
missioner No. 2, sheriff, sur-
veyor, treasurer and Public
Forest Commission Nos. 1,
3, 5, 7 and alternates Nos. 1
and 2.
Tonya Cates has iled for
assessor. Chris Labhart and
Jim Hamsher have iled for
county commissioner No. 2.
Dave Traylor has iled Pub-
lic Forest Commission No.
1. Larry Blasing has iled for
Public Forest Commission
No. 7. Glenn Palmer and Todd
McKinley have iled for sher-
iff. Mike Springer has iled
for surveyor. Tandi Merkord,
Doug Carpenter, Mary Weav-
er and Julie Ellison have iled
for treasurer.
No one has iled for the
other positions.
Precinct committee person
positions are also open in ive
different precincts. For both
Republicans and Democrats,
six male and six female po-
sitions are open in Precinct
3, which covers the John Day
Valley, including the John
Day, Canyon City, Mt. Vernon
and Seneca area.
For both Republicans and
Democrats, one male and
one female position is open
in each of the following pre-
cincts: 4, Union, including the
Prairie City, Bates, Austin and
Granite areas; 8, North Fork,
including the Monument and
Kimberly area; 16, South
Fork, including the Dayville
area; and 17, Long Creek Val-
ley, including the Long Creek
and Fox area.
No one has iled for any of
the precinct committee person
positions.
The deadline to ile is
March 8.
Effective March 1, speed limits increased on some roadways in Central and
Eastern Oregon.
Regional speed limits increase
Blue Mountain Eagle
Council says complaints against
sheriff not solicited by city
By Sean Hart
Blue Mountain Eagle
The John Day City Council
has issued a statement clarify-
ing that complaints iled against
Sheriff Glenn Palmer by the
city’s police chief and dispatch
manager were not iled at the
direction of city leaders.
Before the council approved
it at the regular meeting Tues-
day, Mayor Ron Lundbom read
the statement, which says the
council is aware of the com-
plaints but did not solicit them.
“To be clear, neither the
council nor city manager di-
rected or tasked the subject
employees to ile the DPSST
complaints,” he said. “Notwith-
standing that the complaints
may have been iled on the city
letterhead, the employees iled
the complaints as individuals,
citizens, and not in their oficial
employee capacity.”
Lundbom said the city has
no further comment about the
complaints or the employees
who iled them.
Chief Richard Gray and Dis-
patch Manager Valerie Luttrell
were among at least eight who
iled formal complaints against
Sheriff Glenn Palmer regarding
the Malheur refuge occupation
with the state Department of
Public Safety Standards and
Training, which licenses Ore-
gon police oficers. The depart-
ment sent the complaints to the
Oregon Department of Justice
recommending an investigation.
Palmer said in an email Feb.
19 he is being represented by an
attorney, but he declined to dis-
cuss the complaints.
Circuit Court
CANYON CITY — The Grant
County Circuit Court reported the
following ines and judgments:
• Mathew Walker, 32, pleaded
guilty to second-degree disorderly
conduct. He was sentenced to jail
for ive days, bench probation for
12 months and 25 hours of com-
munity service, and ined $450.
• Glen Daniel Starbuck plead-
ed guilty to driving under the
inluence of intoxicants. He was
sentenced to jail for 48 hours and
bench probation for 18 months,
and ined $2,000. His driver’s li-
cense was suspended for one year.
Oregon State Police
• Jan. 27: At about 5 p.m., re-
sponded to a reported single vehi-
cle rollover crash on Highway 26
at Blue Mountain Summit. The
driver, Lori J. Mallonee-Taylor,
43, of Burns, was cited for driving
while suspended, driving unin-
sured and failure to maintain lane.
• Jan. 28: Cited Tel Reece
Abbe, 23, of Riley, for failure to
maintain lane, following a crash
involving his northbound vehicle
and a southbound log truck. There
were no injuries.
• Feb. 2: At about 4:21 p.m.,
on Highway 26 near Pine Creek
Road, cited Tracy Allen Reed, 52,
of Bend, for driving while sus-
pended or revoked-misdemeanor.
• Feb. 20: Cited Amy McCool,
43, Santa Cruz, Calif., for no
non-resident hunting license.
• Feb. 20: At 10:48 a.m., arrest-
ed Sarah L. Ake, 27 for DUII.
• Feb. 21: Cited Ernest Zuniga,
Mt. Vernon, for driving while sus-
pended or revoked-misdemeanor.
• Feb. 24: At about 4:30 a.m.,
responded to a single vehicle crash
on Highway 26 between Dog
Creek and Pine Creek roads.
• Feb. 24: At about 10:30 a.m.,
responded to a report that a man
was stabbing a dog near the Grant
County Fairgrounds, at Northeast
3rd and Northeast Elm streets in
John Day. Police arrested Jason D.
Ersland, 42, of Sequim, Wash., for
irst-degree animal abuse.
• Feb. 26: cited Evan Hodge,
38, of Mt. Vernon, to appear in
Baker County Circuit Court for
violating conditions of his DUII
diversion.
• Warrants processed: 3
• Asst./welfare check: 5
• Search and Rescue: 1
Justice Court
CANYON CITY — The Grant
County Justice Court reported the
following ines and judgments:
• Careless driving-accident:
Brett Olson, 43, Mt. Vernon, Nov.
30, ined $330; Andrew Ryan Co-
penhaver, 18, John Day, Jan. 31,
ined $370.
• Driving while suspended-vi-
olation: Brett Olson, 43, Mt. Ver-
non, Nov. 30, ined $330.
• No operator’s license: An-
drew Ryan Copenhaver, 18, John
Day, Jan. 31, ined $220.
• Violation of the basic rule:
Ryan Scott Thompson, 36, Gresh-
am, 72/55 zone, Dec. 25, ined
$135.
• Exceeding speed limit: Kev-
in David Dunham, 51, Hermiston,
81/55 zone, Feb. 12, ined $160.
• Henry Eugene Goslin, Prairie
City, was convicted of second-de-
gree criminal trespass. He was
sentenced to 12 months probation
and 20 hours community service.
He was ined $300 and ordered to
have no contact with or entry onto
Ochoco Lumber property.
• Eric Daniel Towers, John
Day, was convicted of harassment.
He was sentenced to jail for ive
days, 12 months probation and 40
hours community service. He was
ined $525 and ordered to have no
contact with the victim. The ive
days of jail time will be suspended
upon successful completion of the
plea agreement terms — payment
of all ines, fees and costs by April
18, and 40 hours community ser-
vice by May 18.
• Joshua A. Moulton, Mt. Ver-
non, was convicted of second-de-
gree disorderly conduct. He was
sentenced to jail for ive days, 12
months probation and 25 hours
community service. He was ined
$275 and ordered to not enter into
the Dirty Shame except in the nor-
mal course of employment. Jail
time will be suspended upon suc-
cessful completion of community
service hours by May 18 and if all
ines, fees and costs are paid by
April 18.
• Grant County Sher-
iff:
Feb. 24: Theft reported in Mt.
Vernon; Search and Rescue called
out for three people in the Top
Road area near Monument.
Feb. 25: Responded to a call at
Strawberry Village Apartments in
Prairie City.
Feb. 26: Report of a hit-and-
run at Dayton and Main streets in
John Day.
Feb. 28: Report of shots ired
on South Adams Road in Canyon
City.
• John Day ambulance:
Feb. 22: Responded for an
82-year-old woman having a hard
time breathing.
Feb. 24: Paged for a man with
dificulty breathing.
Feb. 25: Responded for an
86-year-old man with joint pain.
Feb. 27: Responded for a
61-year-old man; responded for a
man injured in a machine accident.
Feb. 28: Responded for a
92-year-old woman unable to walk.
Petitioners
gathered
enough signatures to put the
question of whether to allow
marijuana businesses before
voters on the May ballot.
Chief petitioner David
Kilpatrick, Canyon City,
gathered 198 signatures
by the deadline, two more
than required, according to
County Clerk Brenda Percy.
If approved by a majority
of voters on the May ballot,
the initiative would overturn
the county ban and allow the
production, cultivation, pro-
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Dispatch
John Day dispatch worked 105
calls during the week of Feb. 22-
28. Along with the various trafic
warnings, trespassing, injured
animals, noise complaints and ju-
venile complaints, these calls in-
cluded:
• John Day Police:
Grant County Sheriff
CANYON CITY — The Grant
County Sheriff’s Ofice reported
the following for the week of Feb.
19-25:
• Concealed handgun licenses:
11
• Average inmates: 11
• Bookings: 6
• Releases: 9
• Arrests: 2
• Fingerprints: 8
• Civil papers: 23
Feb. 22: Arrested a John Day
man for disorderly conduct and
assault.
Feb. 23: Harassment reported
at Prairie City School; responded
to a report of a ight at the Elkhorn
Store in Canyon City.
Feb. 27: Responded for a
65-year-old man having a hard
time getting oxygen.
Feb. 28: Hit-and-run report-
ed at Chester’s Thriftway in John
Day.
cessing, wholesaling, retailing
and testing of marijuana as
permitted by the state in areas
outside of city limits within the
county.
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• Prairie City ambu-
lance:
Feb. 22: Responded for a
78-year-old woman.
Feb. 23: Responded for an
83-year-old woman.
• Seneca ambulance:
Feb. 25: Responded for an
88-year-old woman with a possi-
ble stroke.
highways 20, 26, 97, 197 and
395, and Oregon state routes
31, 78 and 205. For other state
and U.S. routes, the speed limit
will continue to be 55 mph for
all vehicles, unless posted oth-
erwise.
The new speed limits will
more closely match those of
neighboring states.
For more information, in-
cluding a map showing the
speciic highway segments
that will see the changes-
visit www.tinyurl.com/OR-
speed2016 .
County voters to decide whether
to allow marijuana businesses
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Arrests and citations in the
Blue Mountain Eagle are taken
from the logs of law enforce-
ment agencies. Every effort is
made to report the court dispo-
sition of arrest cases.
SALEM — Motorists trav-
eling on some state highways
in central and Eastern Oregon
will see increased speeds effec-
tive March 1.
Oregon House Bill 3402,
enacted by the 2015 legislation,
raises the speed limit on Inter-
state 84 and some other routes
east of the Cascades.
Legal speeds on I-84 be-
tween the Idaho border and
The Dalles will increase to 70
mph for passenger vehicles
and 65 mph for commercial
trucks. These same speed lim-
its will apply for U.S. 95 that
runs through southeast Oregon
between the Nevada and Idaho
borders.
The section of I-84 west of
The Dalles will remain at the
current speed limit of 65 mph
for passenger vehicles and 55
mph for commercial trucks.
Speed limits will increase to
65 mph for passenger vehicles
and 60 mph for trucks on sec-
tions of eight other roadways.
These include portions of U.S.
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