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News Blue Mountain Eagle Wednesday, October 5, 2016 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. Oregon State Police • Sept. 26: OSP received a report of a headless antelope carcass on private land. An ODFW trooper from John Day responded and found the remains had been scat- tered by bear activity. The property would not have had any hunters on it during an- telope season. The investiga- tion is open. • Sept. 30: Arrested 26-year-old Adam Garrett Jennings on a Grant County arrest warrant for failure to appear. He was transport- ed to and lodged in Grant County Jail. Grant County Sheriff CANYON CITY — The Grant County Sheriff’s Of- fice reported the following for the week of: Sept. 29. • Concealed handgun licenses: 5 • Average inmates: 15 • Bookings: 11 • Releases: 9 • Fingerprints: 7 • Civil papers: 19 • Warrants processed: 4 • Asst./welfare check: 3 Justice Court CANYON CITY — The Grant County Justice Court reported the following fines and judgments: • Sarah Lynn Ake admit- ted to violating probation on Sept. 28. Her probation was extended to Sept. 28, 2017 and required to perform 20 additional hours of commu- nity service with 10 hours being suspended if 20 hours are completed and submitted to the court by Jan. 7 and fined $205 with $100 sus- pended if all monthly pay- ments have been made on time. • Failure to obey traf- fic control device: Nichole Rule, 50, Mt. Vernon, Sept. 15, fined $220. • No seat belt: Brandon Cross, 26, Prineville, Sept. 25, fined $95. • Exceeding speed lim- it: Joshua Lee Gertsen, 35, Ridgefield, Wash., 79/65 zone, Sept 21, fined $220. • Violation of the basic rule: Calvin T. Piquet, 72, Winnemucca Nev., 77/55 zone, Sept. 13, fined $260. • Violation of the speed limit: Candace Nichole Bo- ban, 28, Bend, Sept. 18, 47/25 zone, fined $260. Dispatch John Day dispatch worked 200 calls during the week of Sept. 26 - Oct. 2. Along with the various traffic warnings, trespassing, injured animals, noise complaints and juve- nile complaints, these calls included: • John Day Police: Sept. • 26: A woman called dis- patch because she had lost her prescription glasses. • Sept. 27: Dispatch re- ceived a report of baby goats in the highway near Holliday State Park. • Sept. 28: Cited a 19-year-old Seneca resident for possession of marijuana, two juveniles for possession of marijuana and a juvenile for possession of tobacco. • Sept. 29: Cited a 40-year-old John Day woman for failing to stop for a school bus. Arrested a 21-year-old on a Grant County warrant. • Oct. 2 JDPD and OSP responded to multiple re- ports of shots being fired just before midnight in Prai- rie City. A 32-year-old Prai- rie City woman was cited for disorderly conduct. • Grant County Sheriff: • Sept. 30: Dispatch was notified of a possible phone scam. Arrested a 26-year- old John Day resident on a warrant for failure to appear. • Oct 1: Received a call of a subject from Canyon City transporting a female to Blue Mountain Hospital for a dog bite. • Oct. 2: Arrested a 25-year-old man for tele- phonic harassment. • John Day Ambulance: Sept. 27: Performed a Life- flight transport. LETTERS Sheriff has ‘created a variety of messes’ of messes for Grant County, and divided the community. He has tarnished the rep- utation of Grant County. Lucky for us, we have a well-qualiied candidate who understands the job and the county and its values, and is ready to be the sheriff we deserve and need. I’m enthu- siastically voting for Todd McKinley. Jim Kelly Kimberly Then we have those who seem to think this is just an easy place to dump their household garbage. Any- thing goes, from spoiled food, dirty diapers, empty food cans, and yes, even TV sets. It shows me just how cheap and insensitive peo- ple can be. Who do you think has to pay to haul this garbage off? The par- ents do, because they are about their kids! Please, from now on, show a little pride in yourself and for a change help some kids who are working hard to achieve their goal. It could possibly make a better per- son of yourself. Instead of thinking how smart and cheap you are and bragging how you pulled a fast one, does the word loser come to mind? It should! Jan Lowry Mt. Vernon An open letter to the ‘Losers’ To the Editor: This is an open letter to those who think they are be- ing smart, funny and cheap. What I’m talking about are the can trailers for the stu- dents who are working hard to earn funds for their edu- cational trip to Philadelphia and Washington, D.C. Thanks to the caring and generosity of the many people and parents who are behind the kids 100 percent they are surely and slow- ly making their trip money. Baker City 2830 10th St. • 541-524-0122 Blue Mountain Hospital Continued from Page A1 THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN PG-13 Seven gun men in the old west gradually come together to help a poor village against savage thieves. FRI & SAT (12:45) (3:45) 6:45 9:30 SUNDAY (12:45) (3:45) 6:45 9:35 MON-THURS (12:45) (4:10) 6:45 9:35 MISS PEREGRINE’S HOME FOR PECULIAR CHILDREN PG-13 T FEST ES V Oct. 15 I 8AM - 1PM Jacob discovers clues to a mystery that spans different worlds and times and finds a magical place known as Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children. FRI & SAT (12:45) (4:00) 7:00 9:40 SUNDAY (12:45) (4:00) 7:00 9:35 MON-THURS (12:45) (4:10) 7:00 9:35 L VA To the Editor: The trial of USA v. Ammon Bundy et. al. is progressing much faster than Judge Anna Brown irst estimated. The prosecution has in- ished making their case, and the defendants are now testi- fying to make their case. Jeff Banta, one of the last four de- fendants to leave the refuge, testiied last Thursday. His de- scription of the last night and morning at the refuge was riv- eting, even with the constant objections of the prosecution, many of which were sustained by the judge. Judge Anna Brown has in- sisted that testimony involv- ing the conduct of the FBI, the Hammonds’ court case, property rights, the U.S Con- stitution, title of the refuge and adverse possession not be brought into the present case. With those restrictions, it has been very dificult for the defense to make their case. It also is making it hard for the judge to make it seem that she is allowing “the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth.” Ammon Bundy is scheduled for as early as Monday, Oct. 3, with many of the other defen- dants to follow within a week or two. Judge Anna Brown is sug- gesting that the trial will proba- bly be inished and the jury will be ready to go into their deliber- ations by Oct. 12. The Bundy supporters meet daily in Chapman Park, starting at about 7:30 a.m., just across the street from the Hatield Fed- eral District Court in downtown Portland. Some prefer to hold signs in support of the defendants on the street, but many of the support- ers are now watching the trial in the observation room on the 13th loor of the courthouse. The lunch hour inds many of the supporters and defen- dants across the street in Chap- man Park for their lunch break. Terry Noonkester Myrtle Creek Daniel Kehr, Peterson’s neighbor; and Troy Cox, whose family owns property near Peterson’s. The charges stem from Peterson’s acquisition of resources — money and equipment — for ire pro- tection in Monument and his subsequent refusal to turn over the resources to the Monument Rural Fire Dis- trict, which was formed by voters in November of 2012. Wendel said in his clos- ing argument at the trial the irst-degree theft charge was for submitting a fraudulent invoices in excess of $1,000 with a grant application to the Oregon Department of Forestry on or about Feb. 15, 2013. Wendel said Pe- terson used white out to submit the same invoice on different grant applications in 2011 and 2012. The irst-degree aggravat- ed theft and possession of a stolen vehicle charges were for withholding ire vehicles and equipment in excess of $10,000 from the Monument Rural Fire District on or about Feb. 21, 2013. After an investigation by the Oregon State Police and the Oregon Department of Justice began in May 2013, police served a search warrant in October 2013 at property in the Monument area and seized ire vehicles and evidence for the case. The indictment count for possession of a sto- len vehicle lists “a 1970 Ford, a 1974 Freightliner, a 1983 Ford L9M, a 1993 Ford F350, a second 1993 Ford F350, a 1965 Western States, a 1966 Ford 900, a 1974 Western States, a 1986 Ford Econoline, and a 1988 International.” For about a decade, Pe- terson was a vocal advo- cate for establishing a rural ire protection district in the Monument area. He was chief of Monument’s city department at one time and also acted as chief of the ru- ral district that was yet to be formalized. After the rural district was formed by voters in November 2012, the newly installed board and Peterson differed on its management and operation. Noting chal- lenges with meeting pro- cedures, operations, equip- ment and leadership, all of the board members resigned in December 2012. The board was re-estab- lished in January 2013 when the Grant County Court ap- pointed new members. The new chief of the district asked Peterson to return the equipment to the district, but he did not. PETERSON MASTERMINDS PG-13 Comedy. Night guard armored car company organizes a bank heist. C elebrate the fall with our annual Harvest Festival, a fun filled end to our Farmers Market season. There will be fruits, vegetables and pumpkins galore. Baked goods, confections, honey, treats and more. Sewn goods, jewelry, wooden items, etc. There will be games and crafts for the kids. Great music. Our main attraction, the cider press, will be working hard all morning. Just bring your apples. For more information Call Dale Rininger @ 831-596-0656 or visit us on Facebook @JohnDayFarmersMarket FRI & SAT (12:45) (4:10) 7:10 9:45 SUNDAY (12:45) (4:10) 7:10 9:35 MON-THURS (12:45) (4:10) 7:10 9:35 $9 Adult, $7 Senior (60+), Youth Every other Monday at 170 Ford Rd. • 541-575-1311 04630 The Malheur refuge protest trial To the Editor: I just read that Sher- iff Palmer pled the Fifth Amendment 51 times in his recent court deposition. Fifty-one times our sher- iff apparently thought that answering the question be- ing asked under oath might lead to him being charged or possibly convicted of a crime. It’s his constitutional right to not answer those questions, of course. But this is not some shady crim- inal trying to hide the truth — this is our Grant County sheriff! Most of us voters in Grant County have voted one or more times in the past for Sheriff Palmer. But Sheriff Palmer has clearly changed. He now seems to care a lot more about pushing his political views than he does about the duties of being a good sheriff who serves all of us equally and fairly. And meanwhile he has suc- cessfully created a variety HA R Continued from Page A4 Eagle file photo Canyon City Courthouse. The doctor sp eaks Spanish - El doctor habla Espanol ˜ YOU CAN STOP THE CYCLE 04628 O CTOBER 2016 Domestic Violence Awareness & Prevention Are you or someone you know the victim of physical or emotional abuse? Do you find yourself being abusive toward your partner? GET HELP TODAY AND C OMMIT TO B ETTER A L IFE FOR Y OURSELF AND Y OUR C HILDREN . N ATIONAL D OMESTIC V IOLENCE H OTLINE H EART OF G RANT C OUNTY : 541-620-1342 G RANT C OUNTY V ICTIM A SSISTANCE P ROGRAM : 541-575-4026 C ALL NOW OR CONTACT YOUR LOCAL DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CENTER FOR THE HELP YOU NEED TO MAKE A CHANGE . 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