News
Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, March 16, 2016
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C OPS & C OURTS
Circuit Court
CANYON CITY — The
Grant County Circuit Court re-
ported the following ¿nes and
judgments:
Santina Jean Mathew, 52,
pleaded guilty to driving under
the inÀuence of intoxicants.
She was sentenced to jail for 48
hours, with possible credit for
time served, and ¿ned $585.
Her driver’s license was sus-
pended for one year. She was
found guilty by court verdict of
recklessly endangering another
person. She was sentenced to
jail for two days, with possible
credit for time served, bench
probation for 18 months and 40
hours community service. She
LETTERS
Continued from Page A4
Good values,
ethics lead to
winners
To the Editor:
I have given much thought
to writing this letter, as I am
usually a peaceful, laid-back
person. I don’t like to make
any waves with anyone, but
I have a very special place in
my heart for our young peo-
ple I like to see them treat-
ed fair and given credit and
praise when they have worked
so hard to earn it.
On Feb. 27, I went to a
state playoff game in Dayville
with the Monument/Dayville
Tigers competing against the
Hosanna Christian Lions.
This was a very crucial game,
as it would determine who
would go to state to play in
Baker City.
I watched ¿ve boys play
their hearts out for this game.
I watched the buzzer-beater
shot that was made by Jordan
Bowlus. I watched those same
¿ve boys get their hearts bro-
ken when the referee called
it a “no shot” (a referee on
a power trip). I watched as
those ¿ve boys went down
on their knees with their
heads in their hands. That one
bad call cost the Tiger boys
their game, plus it was very
heart-wrenching to see them
treated this way, plus they
played against a team that
had enough players for three
teams. Coach Schafer said in
our local sports articles it was
was ¿ned $633 and her driver’s
license was suspended for 90
days. The offense date for both
counts was June 22, 2007.
Vincent Rex Tietjen, 51,
pleaded guilty to two counts
of delivery of methamphet-
amine committed on or about
May 9, 2015. For each, he was
sentenced to jail for 364 days,
with possible credit for time
served, post-prison supervision
for two years and ¿ned $200.
The second sentence is to be
concurrent with all previously
imposed ones. The court dis-
missed two counts for unlaw-
ful delivery of meth, two for
unlawful manufacture of meth
and ¿ve for unlawful posses-
sion of meth.
Toby James Yazzie, 22,
pleaded guilty to one count
of fourth-degree assault and
one for strangulation-consti-
tuting domestic violence, both
committed on or about Jan.
30, 2016. For each, he was
sentenced to jail for 10 days,
supervised probation for 24
months and 40 hours commu-
nity service, and ¿ned $200.
The sentences are to be con-
secutive. The court dismissed
three counts for menacing—
constituting domestic violence
and one for attempting to com-
mit coercion.
Ethan Taylor Thomas, 24,
pleaded guilty to one count
of criminal driving while sus-
pended or revoked committed
on or about Oct. 24, 2015. He
was sentenced to bench proba-
tion for 12 months, no driving
without a valid license while
on probation and ¿ned $1,000.
The court dismissed one count
of unlawful possession of
meth.
a game not likely to ever be
forgotten.
Please know, Tiger boys,
that we are all very proud of
you. We know in our hearts
and in our minds who won
that game. You played hard,
and you ¿nished strong. You
are all a great team techni-
cally, you won that game. My
point is: We all want our young
people to grow to be honest, to
be fair, to respect others, to
be kind and humble, and as
adults, we should set an exam-
ple for them. May our young
people stand ¿rm in what they
believe, may they not always
let “one bad call” bring them
to their knees. Keep your good
values and good ethics, and
you will always be winners in
all that you do.
Nancy Morgan
Long Creek
Mountains Forest Partners
running for Public Forest
Commission Alternate No.
2 along with current Pub-
lic Forest Commission No. 5
King Williams, a current Blue
Mountains Forest Partners
member and Larry Blasing,
Public Forest Commission
No. 7, an active member of
the Blue Mountains Forest
Partners, the following ques-
tions: Are you a member of
Blue Mountain Forest Part-
ners? How many years? Do
you receive any money as a
result of being a member to
attend or when you attend?
Mission and purpose of Blue
Mountain Forest Partners?
Mission and purpose of Public
Forest Commission? Would
you agree that the Blue Moun-
tains Forest Partners and the
Public Forest Commission are
“polar opposites”? What are
your intentions, and why are
you wanting to be a member
of both? Is it your goal to be
voted in and, if successful,
work to disband the Public
Forest Commission or inÀu-
ence the county’s decisions
in support of Blue Mountains
Forest Partners? Do you have
outside-of-Grant County in-
terests supporting your cam-
paign?
Frances Preston
Prairie City
Voters, be aware
To the Editor:
What is going on? Sud-
denly, we have ¿ve members
of the Blue Mountains Forest
Partners running for positions
on the Public Forest Commis-
sion.
Is this an attempt to take
over the Public Forest Com-
mission? I feel like we need
to be asking Mark Webb, ex-
ecutive director of the Blue
Mountains Forest Partners, a
paid position running for Pub-
lic Forest Commission No. 3
Dave Hannibal, a non-paid
member of Blue Mountains
Forest Partners running for
Public Forest Commission
Alternate No. 1 Russ Young,
a non-paid member of Blue
Oregon State Police
March 4: At about 3 p.m.,
on Highway 26 at the west end
Felons can vote
in Oregon
To the Editor:
I have been approached by
some folks from around the
community wondering if they
can vote since they have been
of John Day, arrested Diana
Sandersfeld, 37, of Dayville, for
DUII—controlled substances.
She was taken to Grant County
Jail.
March 6: At 12:46 p.m.,
received a report of telephonic
harassment in John Day.
March 6: At 1:48 p.m., re-
ceived a report of an intoxicated
person trespassing on a neigh-
bor’s property in Prairie City.
Justice Court
CANYON CITY — The
Grant County Justice Court re-
ported the following ¿nes and
judgments:
Violation of the speed lim-
it: Matthew Tom Swafford, 31,
La Grande, 83/55 zone, Feb. 9,
¿ned $220.
Violation of the basic
rule: Sterling Sage Gilbert-
son, 30, Prineville, 73/55
zone, Feb. 14, ¿ned $135
Blake Riley Tirico, 21, Sene-
convicted for felonies in the
past.
Oregon does not disenfran-
chise individuals convicted
for felony crimes.
If you are a convicted fel-
on, you can vote.
All people should exercise
their lawful right to vote. De-
mocracy requires participa-
tion.
Register and vote!
Rob Raschio
John Day
County court
should reconsider
¿re investigation
To the Editor:
Ken Moore’s letter in last
week’s Blue Mountain Eagle
was spot-on. He neglected
only to mention the loss of
long-time residents who were
either burned out or who are
unable to live in the burn any
longer. It is our hope that the
Grant County Court will re-
consider its citizens’ demand
for, and the need for, an in-
vestigation into the Canyon
Creek Complex, if only to
assuage the trauma of this
¿re. Fire victims are not the
only victims to consider all
of Grant County is victimized
by forest and ¿re mismanage-
ment.
We are also outraged at the
sheriff-bashing going on. The
¿re and the occupation are
tearing Grant County apart,
and this only makes it worse.
Glenn Palmer has been and
still is a rock for us and for all
of Grant County. We support
him whole-heartedly.
Watershed Council receives weed award
Blue Mountain Eagle
Dispatch
John Day dispatch worked
94 calls during the week of
March 7-13. Along with the
various traf¿c warnings, tres-
passing, injured animals, noise
complaints and juvenile com-
plaints, these calls included:
John Day Police:
March 9: Cited Duane Stokes
of Mt. Vernon for speeding.
March 10: Arrested a Prairie
City man for assault, strangula-
tion and menacing.
March 11: Theft reported at
a Canyon City apartment ar-
rested a John Day woman on a
felony.
Grant County Sheriff:
March 7: Burglary reported
in Granite.
March 9: Advised of a lost
hunter in the East Fork Beech
Creek area.
Finally, we commend the
road department and Doug
Ferguson and his team for
their excellent efforts to min-
imize damage in the event of
the predicted Àooding.
Robert Reed and Judith
Beaudet Reed
Canyon City
Bullying disrupts
County Court
To the Editor:
I was raised in Prairie City
by a father who was a very
good boxer in his youth. It
didn’t take my brothers and
me long to understand that, to
please our dad, we had to be
tough guys. One of the prob-
lems with this was that our
solution to any disagreement
or verbal spat was to settle it
with our ¿sts. We boys didn’t
see ourselves as bullies, but
as I grew older I became very
aware that handling all prob-
lems by ¿ghting made us
bullies. I came to realize that
there are many types of bul-
lies, and I recently had the ex-
perience of witnessing some
of the worst bullying I have
ever seen.
This past month, I attend-
ed a couple of Wednesday
County Court sessions where
I witnessed a level of verbal
bullying that was inexcusable.
Even though the judge and
county commissioners are
of a different political party
than me, I had to greatly ad-
mire how they were able to
meet this head on and oper-
ate fairly and professionally.
These guys have been coming
under a constant barrage of
Cowboy Chapel H our
KJDY,
Sunday, 7 a.m.
John Day ambulance:
March 7: Responded for an
80-year-old man with dif¿cul-
ty breathing dispatched for a
woman with back pain.
March 8: Responded for a
90-year-old man.
March 9: Responded for
an 80-year-old man pages for
someone with high blood pres-
sure.
March 10: Dispatched for
a woman with chest and back
pain dispatched for a woman
who fell.
March 12: Responded for
an 83-year-old man with chest
pains
Monument ambulance:
March 7: Responded for a
70-year-old man.
Prairie City ambulance:
March 12: Dispatched for a
man who was dizzy.
Long Creek ambulance:
March 12: Paged for a wom-
an who fell.
unreasonable criticism, and I
believe they deserve our grat-
itude rather than our scorn.
At one point in a packed
court room, the verbal attacks
reached a shrill peak with
one bully acting like a cheer-
leader stirring up his team. I
reverted back to my youthful
instincts and wished the judge
would get up and run his head
through the wall. The trouble
with that being that this bully
was one of Sheriff Palmer’s
70 special deputies, so there
was a real danger the judge
would get arrested or shot by
the other 69 deputies in the
room.
Unlike Sheriff Palmer who
has been hiding from public
accountability, Malheur Na-
tional Forest Supervisor Steve
Beverlin was present to re-
spond to every question and
verbal attack. However, not
all those raising issues were
abusive. Mike Moore (and a
few others) addressed prob-
lems and offered solutions.
As we go forward in this
election year, I suggest people
start showing up at County
Court meetings to get a clear-
er picture of the situation.
Terry Steele
Ritter
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Woman discovers the horrifying truth about
the outside world while living in an
underground shelter.
“Truly, this was
the Son of God.”
FRI-WED
THURSDAY
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02131
Pro Saw
Shop and
a Whole
Lot More
Spotted Knapweed
Contributed photos
Whitetop
Musk Thistle and Whitetop
in the Upper South Fork/
Izee area.
The project is expected
to begin in April and run
through 2018.
The SFJDWC will hold
landowner sign-ups from
March 7-21. To sign up,
contact Amy Stiner at 541-
792-0435 or astiner@out-
look.com.
For information about
the OSWB Noxious Weed
Grant Program, contact
Tristen Berg at tberg@oda.
state.or.us.
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CANCER AWARENESS
SALEM — The Ore-
gon State Weed Board has
awarded $31,994 to the
South Fork John Day Wa-
tershed Council for weed
control purposes.
The award, announced
at the board’s Feb. 9-10
meeting in Salem, was one
of 50 grants totaling $1.29
million given to organiza-
tions throughout Oregon to
fund projects that restore,
protect fish and wildlife
habitat, watershed func-
tion, water quality and
overall watershed health
from invasive noxious weed
impacts.
South Fork John Day
Weed Control will focus ef-
forts on Spotted Knapweed,
ca, 78/55 zone, Feb. 26, ¿ned
$220.
03607
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.
March is
COLORECTAL CANCER
Awareness Month
Dr. Keith Thomas, board-certified general surgeon
at Blue Mountain Hospital, is an experienced
provider of screening and diagnostic colonoscopies.
Located in the Blue Mountain Hospital
170 Ford Road, John Day
541-575-1311
Office Hours by Appointment
IF YOU HAVE ONE OF THE FOLLOWING:
• An age of 50 or older
• A family history of colon cancer
• Recent changes in your bowel habits
then talk to your primary care doctor to see if a
colonoscopy referral is right for you.