LETTERS
Continued from Page A4
Share the road
To the Editor:
Spring is here Summer is
not far Eehind This means more
EiNers, runners and ZalNers
from here and from far and Zide
enMoying our Fommunities and
the roads in EetZeen These are
people Zho love the EiNer-run-
ner-ZalNer-friendly atmosphere
Ze offer here
Unfortunately there are those
in this Founty Zho do not liNe
to share our roads Zith EiNes or
runners or ZalNers, or even Must
Fertain individuals These peo-
ple e[press their disliNe Ey us-
ing their vehiFle, Zhether a Far
or truFN or truFN Zith trailer, to
physiFally threaten these people
Zho, Ey Oregon laZ, have the
same rights to use the roadZays
as vehiFles do
These vehiFle threats to EiN-
ers, ZalNers and runners Farry
legal FonseTuenFes as Zell as
moral and ethiFal impliFations
These vehiFle threats impaFt the
reputation that Grant County has
for ZelFoming these aFtivities
and these individuals
Endangering the lives of oth-
ers is not O. Over the years I
personally have Eeen threat-
ened Ey teenagers trying to play
FhiFNen and drivers of piFNups,
some Zith stoFN trailer attaFhed,
attempting to FroZd me off the
road
This is not Fool for Grant
County This is not Fool for the
lives of the people Zho live
here This is not Fool for the
people Zho looN forZard, year
after year, to Foming here to en-
Moy our friendly and ZelFoming
Fommunities
I looN forZard to a year in
ZhiFh no individual e[perienF-
es threats to their safety on our
roadZays 3lease Moin me in aF-
Fomplishing this goal
Eva Harris
Canyon City
Prescription
epidemic
To the Editor:
Why are people so good
at pointing out proElems in
soFiety and yet so Ead Zhen it
Fomes to applying solutions"
For instanFe, our Fountry is
e[perienFing an epidemiF in
the aEuse of presFription pain-
Nillers The US Fonsumes 0
perFent of painNillers sold in the
Zorld 3oZerful presFription
drugs liNe O[yFontin are fueling
a maMor heroin epidemiF Yet
doFtors Fontinue to presFriEe
these poZerful presFription
opiates, apparently not taNing
into Fonsideration the highly
addiFtive nature of these drugs
Opiates made in the laE are si[
times more addiFtive than the
natural opium they Zere made
to Fopy A reFent study shoZed
0 perFent of patients presFriEed
opiate pain Nillers for more than
0 days in a roZ had addiFtion
proElems three years after Eeing
presFriEed the drug That statis-
tiF alone should open the eyes
of Eoth doFtors and patients to
the dangers of over-presFriEing
opiates
These drugs have to many
side effeFts to list The faFt is
over 16,000 people a year are
dying from overdoses of pre-
sFription pain pills 'eath Fan
oFFur from the reFommended
dose of these mediFations So,
Zhy Zon’t doFtors start Zith
something that many doFtors
have Falled the least to[iF drug
in the pharmaFopia, plaFing it
EeloZ aspirin" This drug has
never in its 10,000 year history
had a death reForded from over-
dose This drug is presFriEed for
everything from FhroniF pain,
sei]ures, insomnia, FirFulation,
arthritis, appetite disorders,
FanFer and so on The drug I’m
talNing aEout is mariMuana
I Fhallenge any doFtor to
shoZ me a laE-Freated drug that
treats suFh a variety of Fondi-
tions and has no danger of death
from overdose I strongly urge
anyone Zho’s Furrently taNing
any over-the-Founter or pre-
sFription pills to asN their doFtor
if marijuana is an alternative
to their Furrent treatment, and
if they say no, then demand an
e[planation in detail Zhy mar-
ijuana is not a safer alternative
'on’t aFFept the e[Fuse that
marijuana has no mediFinal
Eene¿ts .eep in mind, there are
other doFtors all over Oregon
Zith an open mind Zilling to
try marijuana as an option The
FhoiFe is noZ yours
Eva Kidd
John Day
Mediocre
reporting
To the Editor:
5edundanFy in reporting
results in medioFraFy I reFall
the tale of the Eoy repeatedly
Frying ³Zolf´ to garner the pre-
sFriEed reaFtion and the toZn
folNs stopped Eelieving him I
vieZ this as a prime e[ample
of the Fontinual and tiresome
attaFN on one duly eleFted laZ
enforFement of¿Fial
The Zolf in the tale aFtu-
ally did appear, Eut in the Fase
of mimiFry and maliFious re-
porting Ey loFal media, the Zolf
may have just limped off and
died of starvation 5easonaEly
intelligent people Zill read the
same rhetoriF for just so long
and then Zill no longer pay at-
tention 3eople Zho folloZ the
maliFious intent of this reporting
also get painted Zith the same
Erush and appear FloZn-liNe,
jumping up and doZn Zith their
³not my sheriff´ signs Better
yet are the signs that tout fol-
loZing the laZs Zhen they have
no idea Zhat the laZs really are
This is an overZhelming indiFa-
tion of ignoranFe /et us Flari-
fy the de¿nition of ignoranFe,
ZhiFh is not NnoZing a suEjeFt,
and stupidity, ZhiFh is NnoZing
a suEjeFt Eut Fontinuing doZn
the road to idioFy anyZay Be-
lieving that the supremaFy of
thousands of FonÀiFting federal
laZs ZhiFh Fontinually Fhange
or just pop up at the Zhim of
some hired agenFy overpoZer
the Fonstitutional rights of the
people Eorderlines ignoranFe
stupidity
If they Zant to Ee ruled Ey
thousands of FonÀiFting and
suppressing laZs, then just stand
there and let the feds taNe over
their lives, herding them liNe
sheep into the paths set forth Ey
some Washington-Eased poli-
tiFians 5eading or listening to
the government-led neZs media
Zill lead you to Eelieve that the
president NnoZs Eetter than you
on hoZ to raise your sheep +e
Zill let his ten thousands of im-
migrants shoZ you Zhat sheep
are really for Try reading our
history aEout proud heritage and
³Ze the people´ The govern-
ment Zas to Ee led Ey the peo-
ple, not the reverse
Judy Kerr
Canyon City
First Amendment
provides rights
for all
To the Editor:
MuFh has Eeen made of
Sheriff Glenn 3almer’s Flaim
to Ee a Fhampion of the United
States Constitution A reFent let-
ter to the editor Fomplained that
the dispatFh supervisor ³spoNe
to the media´ Zhile in uni-
form The very same media on
the very same day intervieZed
Glenn 3almer Zho spoNe free-
ly Zith them Zhile on duty, so
Zhat is the proElem"
The Eigger issue here is
our Fonstitutional right to free
speeFh as guaranteed under the
First Amendment -ust EeFause
a person is a Fommissioner or
an undersheriff or anyone else
in puEliF serviFe, that does not
negate their inherent right as
United States Fiti]ens to speaN
freely and e[press their opin-
ions +oZ often have you seen
a respeFted senator or state rep-
resentative puEliFly partiFipate
in a peaFeful protest, Zithout
EreaNing the laZ or destroy-
ing puEliF or private property"
They are not violating your
Fivil rights They are e[erFising
their First Amendment rights as
provided under the US Consti-
tution
Turn EaFN the FloFN to
2011 and reFall the suspen-
sion of then Undersheriff Todd
MF.inley Ey Sheriff 3almer
for disagreeing Zith him Fon-
Ferning 3almer’s refusal to
ZorN Zith the USFS It seems
freedom of speeFh only applies
to those people Zho agree Zith
3almer, and if you ZorN for him
Eetter ZatFh your mouth or
your pen On the other hand,
it’s perfeFtly ¿ne for our sheriff
to Zrite a letter to the viFe pres-
ident of the Fountry regarding
his intention to disregard any
federal laZ ZhiFh he thinNs
might infringe on our right to
Neep and Eear arms I respeFt
his right to do so, even though
I disagree Zith his approaFh
+oZever, he 3almer doesn’t
give the same respeFt or rights
to those Zho disagree Zith him
It is too Ead the ³Ultimate Au-
thority´ in Grant County Fan’t
afford everyone eTual Eilling
under Zhat he Flaims to Ee a
staunFh supporter of, the Unit-
ed States Constitution
Dan E. Maynard Jr.
John Day
Wednesday, April 6, 2016
Many people truly Eelieve our
government is ³paternalistiF,´
that the federal government
really does oZn the land and
the people are ³tenants,´ at
the merFy and Zhim of fed-
eral EureauFraFies That they
Eelieve this is sad, Eut Zhat
is even more sad is they liNe
it that Zay In her letter, Ms
Steele reÀeFted ³What is it
going to taNe to Ering all these
people together"´ Using terms
suFh as ³self-deFlared µpatri-
ot,’´ armed ³miltiamen,´ de-
rogatory personal attaFNs on
Sheriff Palmer, these are only
inÀammatory and serve to
alienate people Some Zould
laEel me a radiFal, armed, an-
ti-government militia person
I feel I’m in pretty darn good
Fompany, Ms Steele ³ I am
Fommitted against everything
ZhiFh, in my judgment, may
ZeaNen, endanger, or destroy
the Constitution and es-
peFially against all e[tension
of e[eFutive poZer and I am
Fommitted against any at-
tempt to rule the free people
of this Fountry Ey the poZer
and the patronage of the gov-
ernment itself´ — 'aniel
WeEster, 1
Patti Yellow Hand Bull
Monument
Search and rescue
volunteers do not
need deputized
To the Editor:
Partial Tuote from Sheriff
Palmer regarding his most
reFent deputi]ation ³I depu-
ti]ed him for SAIF and WorN-
er’s Comp purposes´
After maNing inTuiries to
verify that statement, I thinN it
is important to note that vol-
unteers are already Fovered if
they are ZorNing on the Foun-
ty’s Eehalf The ansZer I Zas
given Zas that Grant County
SearFh and 5esFue volunteers
do not need to Ee deputi]ed to
have SAIF ZorNers’ Fomp
Foverage
I also thinN it’s important
to NnoZ that in FheFNing Zith
Malheur, BaNer, +arney and
CrooN Founties, their searFh
and resFue people are not dep-
uti]ed
Judy Schuette
John Day
A5
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.
Grant County Sheriff
CANYON CITY — The
Grant County Sheriff’s Of-
¿Fe reported the folloZing
for the ZeeN of MarFh 2-1
ConFealed handgun li-
Fenses 11
AYerage inPates
BooNings
5eleases 10
Arrests 1
Citations 1
)ingerprints 10
CiYil papers 20
Warrants proFessed 2
AsstZelfare FheFN
Cited 5ussell Moore Sr
2, Mt 9ernon, on MarFh
2, for driYing Zhile sus-
pended-violation,
driving
under the inÀuenFe of into[-
iFants and Ereath test refusal
Justice Court
CANYON CITY — The
Grant County -ustiFe Court
reported the folloZing ¿nes
and MudgPents
E[Feeding speed liPit
Bhanu 3raNash, 0, .irN-
land, Wash, ]one, )eE
, ¿ned 160
'riving uninsured
Brad /ee +artZiFN, , -ohn
'ay, three tiPes on Nov 2,
)eE 2 and MarFh 2, ¿ned
260 for eaFh -eanne Ma-
rie Moles, 0, -ohn 'ay,
tZo tiPes on MarFh and
MarFh 2, ¿ned 220 for
eaFh -oseph SFott +ay]lett,
0, -ohn 'ay, -an 2, ¿ned
260
Illegal display of plates
Brad /ee +artZiFN, , -ohn
'ay, )eE , ¿ned 260
Illegal parNing Brad
/ee +artZiFN, , -ohn 'ay,
tZo tiPes on )eE , ¿ned
110 for eaFh offense
'riving Zhile sus-
pended-violation Brad /ee
+artZiFN, , -ohn 'ay,
tZo tiPes on )eE 2 and
MarFh 2, ¿ned for
eaFh -eanne Marie Moles,
0, -ohn 'ay, tZo tiPes on
MarFh and MarFh 2, ¿ned
0 for eaFh -oseph SFott
+ay]lett, 0, -ohn 'ay, -an
2, ¿ned
• Failure to install an ig-
nition interloFN deviFe Brad
/ee +artZiFN, , -ohn 'ay,
tZo tiPes on FeE 2 and
MarFh 2, ¿ned for eaFh
Dispatch
-ohn
'ay
dispatFh
ZorNed 166 Falls during the
ZeeN of MarFh 2-April
Along Zith the various traf-
¿F Zarnings, trespassing,
inMured aniPals, noise FoP-
plaints and Muvenile FoP-
plaints, these Falls inFluded
• John Day Police
MarFh 1 5esponded to a
reported theft on North Can-
yon Boulevard arrested a
man from Boring for failure
to register as a se[ offender
April 1 Burglary reported
at 5iverside MoEile +ome
3arN
April Cited a man from
Ontario, Canada, for speed-
ing
• Grant County Sheriff
MarFh 1 5eport of shots
¿red in Mt 9ernon
• John Day ambulance
MarFh 2 5esponded for
a 61-year-old Zoman
April 1 'ispatFhed for a
man Zho fainted
April 2 5esponded for
a -year-old Zoman Zith
numEness and shortness of
Ereath
• Long Creek ambu-
lance
MarFh 0 5esponded for
a 2-year-old man
April 2 5esponded to a
rollover aFFident
• Prairie City ambu-
lance
April 2 'ispatFhed for
a man Zith a diaEetiF issue
dispatFhed for a Zoman Zith
dif¿Fulty Ereathing
Pro Saw
Shop and
a Whole
Lot More
County
commissioner did
not serve citizens’
best interests
To the Editor:
In regard to the letter from
.ay Steele in the MarFh 0
Eagle that Chris /aEhart Zas
³protesting for all of us,´ Zell
he Fertainly Zasn’t protesting
for me And he isn’t an ³eleFt-
ed leader´ Chris /aEhart Zas
eleFted to ³serve´ the Fiti]ens
of Grant County in their Eest
interests +e has Fertainly
failed to do that And so has
the rest of the County Court
As to the rest of Ms Steele’s
letter, let me point out the
oEvious ³Constitutional pa-
triot´ and ³anti-government´
are a FontradiFtion in terms
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