News
Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, June 15, 2016
OTEC warns
of phone scam
Road construction
projects planned
Blue Mountain Eagle
Several road projects are
planned in Grant County this
summer.
• U.S. 26 John Day Highway,
pavement chip seal between
OR19 junction and Mt. Vernon,
mile post 124.17-154.03. Work
was scheduled to begin Mon-
day, June 6, at the west end of
the project, heading east toward
Mt. Vernon. The chip seal work
is expected to take about three
weeks, with pavement striping
scheduled after July 4. Some
work near the bridge in Mt. Ver-
non will be delayed until bridge
repairs are completed in August.
Expect lane closures, laggers
and delays up to 20 minutes.
Completion expected in Octo-
ber.
• U.S. 26 John Day Highway,
rumble strips, shoulder widen-
ing from John Day to Austin
Junction, MP 163.52-190.53.
Work is scheduled for June and
July with expected comple-
tion in August. Expect lane and
shoulder closures, laggers and
delays up to 20 minutes.
• U.S. 395 John Day-Burns
Highway, pavement chip seal
13 miles south of John Day be-
tween Starr Ridge and Izee-Pau-
lina Road junction, MP 13.4-
18C. Work is expected to begin
July 28 and take two days. Ex-
pect lane closures, laggers and
delays up to 20 minutes.
• U.S. 395 John Day-Burns
Highway, rumble strips, shoul-
der widening south of Pauli-
na-Izee Road junction and south
of Seneca, MP 17.75-24.83C
and MP 31.46-44.3C. Work is
scheduled for June and July with
expected completion in August.
Expect lane and shoulder clo-
sures, laggers and delays up to
20 minutes.
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Contributed photo
A firefighter uses a drip torch during a burnout
operation on Incident 059 in southern Grant
County. Crews were mopping up on Monday.
Fighting ire with ire
Blue Mountain Eagle
Malheur National Forest
ire oficials used a low-in-
tensity lightning ire to their
advantage.
The ire, Incident 059,
was discovered June 7 about
3 miles southeast of the inter-
section of Forest Roads 15
and 16.
Oficials opted to manage
the ire for multiple objec-
tives — the reduction of haz-
ardous fuels, improvement of
wildlife habitat and restoring
overall forest health in an
area of old growth — using
existing roads as contain-
ment lines for burnout oper-
ations.
As of Monday afternoon,
241 acres had burned with
no further growth expected.
Crews were mopping up and
chipping limbs and debris
along the roads.
Crews will patrol and
monitor the ire for an ad-
ditional seven to 10 days as
mop up continues.
To report a wilire, call the
John Day Interagency Dis-
patch Center, 541-575-1321.
Blue Mountain Eagle
OTEC members are re-
ceiving phone calls from
someone who claims to be a
representative of OTEC and
demands money over the
phone or their electric ser-
vice will be disconnected,
according to a press release
from the electric coopera-
tive.
Such calls are not legit-
imate, and people should
not give any personal or i-
nancial information to any-
one over the phone, OTEC
warns. People should con-
tact local police if they re-
ceive a call.
If you are concerned
about your electric service
and receive a call that service
is going to be disconnected,
make sure it originated from
one of the OTEC ofices.
You can always hang up and
call one of the local ofices
back. Customer service rep-
resentatives will give you all
the information you need to
know about your account as
well as provide you the var-
ious payment options avail-
able to you.
OTEC district ofice
phone numbers: Baker Dis-
trict, 541-523-3616; Burns
District,
541-573-2666;
John Day District, 541-575-
0161; La Grande District,
541-963-3155.
Pro Saw
Shop and
a Whole
Lot More
Arrests and citations in
the Blue Mountain Eagle are
taken from the logs of law en-
forcement agencies. Every ef-
fort is made to report the court
disposition of arrest cases.
Grant County Sheriff
CANYON CITY — The
Grant County Sheriff’s Ofice
reported the following for the
week of June 3-9:
• Concealed handgun li-
censes: 3
• Average inmates: 13
• Bookings: 11
• Releases: 9
• Arrests: 1
• Citations: 3
• Fingerprints: 3
• Civil papers: 11
• Warrants processed: 6
• Robert Bryant, 40, Prairie
City, driving uninsured and
driving while suspended.
• Dixie Blundell, 43, Gran-
geville, Idaho, driving unin-
sured and failure to register
vehicle.
• Harvey Askew, 57, Prai-
rie City, driving while sus-
pended, failure to install an
ignition interlock device and
operating without proper
lighting.
Justice Court
CANYON CITY — The
Grant County Justice Court
reported the following ines
and judgments:
• Violation of the basic
rule: Marvin Saul Perez, 33,
Newport, 72/55 zone, May
27, ined $160; Samantha J.
Poirier, 29, Clarkston, Wash.,
78/55 zone, May 13, ined
$260; Henry Joseph Hog-
strom, 82, Eugene, 73/55
zone, May 31, ined $160;
John Anthony Martin, 26,
Hillsboro, 75/55 zone, May
27, ined $160; Juan Carlos
Martinez, 56, Tacoma, Wash.,
May 13, 70/55 zone, ined
$160.
• Driving uninsured: Mar-
vin Saul Perez, 33, Newport,
May 27, ined $260; Mysti
Dawn Towers, 31, Tenmile,
April 3, ined $260.
• Expired vehicle license:
Mysti Dawn Towers, 31, Ten-
mile, April 3, ined $110.
• Dog as a nuisance: Dan-
ielle Lee Webster, 33, Prai-
rie City, two counts on May
14, ined $260 for each with
6-month diversion to be dis-
missed if there are no further
citations for dog as a public
nuisance, $393.41 restitution
to one of the victims.
• Exceeding the speed lim-
it: Waiming Mak, 62, Van-
couver, Wash., 77/65 zone,
May 17, ined $220; Glenn
Wilbur Hescock, 81, Baker
City, 46/30 zone, May 28,
ined $160; Shawna Marie
Jakomeit, 41, Nampa, Idaho,
75/65 zone, May 18, ined
$160.
• No resident angling li-
cense: Soozee Spokely, 57,
Fossil, May 10, ined $75.
Dispatch
John Day dispatch worked
168 calls during the week
of June 6-12. Along with
the various trafic warnings,
trespassing, injured animals,
noise complaints and juvenile
complaints, these calls includ-
ed:
• John Day Police:
June 6: Hit-and-run report-
ed at the Prairie City Ceme-
tery.
June 7: Theft reported in
the Southwest First Avenue
area; hit-and-run reported at
Blue Mountain Hospital.
June 8: Report of a prowl-
er at Riverside Mobile Home
Park.
June 9: Theft reported at
a John Day business; harass-
ment reported at Bare Bones
in John Day.
June 10: Report of a shop-
lifter at Len’s Drug in John
Day.
• Grant County Sheriff:
June 6: Theft reported in
Seneca.
• John Day ambulance:
June 6: Responded to a
woman possibly suffering
from heat stroke.
June 7: Responded for a
61-year-old woman.
THANK Y U
John Day Firefighters would like to thank the following:
Doug’s Motor Vehicle Repair
True Value
Land Title Co.
A Bit of Europe
H&R Block
Bank of Eastern Oregon
Terri Whitter
Oregon Telephone Corp.
Mobile Glass of Oregon Inc.
Boyd Britton Welding
Mosier’s Home Furnishings
John Day Auto Parts NAPA
Old West Federal Credit Union
Oregon Trail Electric Co-Op
Malheur Lumber
John Day River Veterinary Center
Blue Mountain Hospital
Anonymous Donor
...and all the fantastic community members for their
contributions and continued support.
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C OPS & C OURTS
June 8: Responded to an ac-
cident on Middle Fork Road;
responded for a 62-year-old
man with a diabetic problem.
June 9: Responded for a
45-year-old woman with a
broken ankle.
June 10: Responded to
Seneca for an 89-year-old
man with chest pains.
• Prairie City ambulance:
June 10: Responded for
a 90-year-old woman with a
shoulder injury.
• U.S. Forest Service:
June 8: Forest ire reported
on South Fork Road.
June 9: Forest ire reported
in the Galena area.
Small Claims
• Accounts Receivable
Inc. v. Terry Kilby. Money
judgment awarded to Ac-
counts Receivable Inc. for
$5,290.13.
Cowboy Chapel H our
KJDY,
Sunday, 7 a.m.
Every other Monday in John Day at
Blue Mountain Hospital
170 Ford Rd. • 541-575-1311
“Remember the 7th
Commandment”
STOP THE BARKING
Owners love to hear their beloved dogs bark, it’s music to their ears; however,
to the rest of the community suffering through the racket, it’s a headache. But how to
stop it? I have dealt with this doggie dilemma successfully before and I would like to
share how I did it with you if you’re interested.
1. Dog owners, for the most part, are good people and they wouldn’t intentionally
aggravate their neighbors; they just don’t realize they are bothering people so in a very
kind, gentle way, let them know. Knock on their door if you can without the mouthy mutt
stopping long enough to take your arm off, and tell them. Note time, date and response.
If the response is positive, your work there is done and maybe you’ve made a friend, but
you certainly have with other neighbors with the headaches. If you’re told you’re a bad
person and to mind your own business or something to that effect, go to step two.
2. If in John Day, call the police department at 541-575-0030; the dispatchers there are
very friendly and understanding. They will take your report and dispatch an officer to
investigate your complaint; at that point it’s pretty iffy what the responding officer will do,
probably nothing which is understandable; they are very busy people with higher priority
felons on their agenda. All you’re doing here is starting a log so note the time and date of
your call. They record all their calls which are public records so if you can call from your
cell near the out of his mind K-9, the racket will be recorded and can be used as proof of
offense at a later date if need be.
2A . The officer could talk to the offending party and if the response is
positive, your work there is done and maybe you’ve made a friend, but you
certainly have with the other neighbors with the headaches.
2B . If the officer is told he’s a public servant and she pays his salary and to
mind his own business or something to that effect, he can issue her a $500.00
citation I understand; never seen it actually happen but it can and I wish it
would more often.
3 . I recommend calling police dispatch about three times, recording dates and times.
Now it is time to ask your neighbors to call because no government agency will waste the
time of day on a single complainant, in fact even possibly accusing you, the victim, of
being the nuisance. Have each person call three times recording dates and times. If the
howling continues, which at this point in your seeking silence it probably will, it is time to
work through the headache and get serious.
4. Write a very nice letter to the dog owners and tell them your story. Don’t ask your
offended neighbors to write, you could be charged with RICO or FACE or inciting gang
violence, only the authorities know; they can get pretty ingenious sometimes depending
on who the dog owner is.
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5 . Of course, your letter will be discarded and that’s O.K., it was just a formality anyway. I
don’t mean to give legal advice, but what I have done is write another letter to the dog’s
owner and demand that they please put a bark collar or something on their dog(s) to
comply with local noise ordinances by a certain date or you will sue them in Small Claims
Court.
6. If the dogs rave on, get a copy of the police recording, your neighbors for witnesses
and take ‘em to court; I don’t know if you will prevail or not, I’ve never had to take it this
far because most dog owners are nice, reasonable people and they don’t like someone
yelping in their ears either - gives them a headache.
I paid a lot of money for my little piece of Heaven here by the river to retire in and to live
a quiet life and you have too; maybe this is the frontier, but we don’t need dogs to warn
us of savages or bears coming at us any more so I don’t think it’s unreasonable to expect
my neighbors to turn down the volume of their dogs partying incessantly at the tops of
their lungs. Do you? Of course not, so get involved. Right? Thank you.
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