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Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, November 23, 2016
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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
• Arrested Travis James
Freniere for a probation vi-
olation after responding to a
one-vehicle, non-injury crash
near milepost 9 on Highway
395. Freniere was driving
with a suspended license, ar-
rested and placed in the Grant
County Jail.
Grant County Sheriff
CANYON CITY — The
Grant County Sheriff’s Office
reported the following for the
week of Nov. 10-16:
• Concealed handgun li-
censes: 4
• Average inmates: 12
• Bookings: 6
• Releases: 8
• Fingerprints: 6
• Civil papers: 5
• Warrants processed: 1
• Asst./welfare check: 2
Justice Court
CANYON CITY — The
Grant County Justice Court
reported the following fines
and judgments:
• Violation of the basic
rule: Roger D. Brown, 58,
San Diego, California, 75/55
zone, Nov. 4, fined $160;
Quinton Brock Nyman, 21,
Crane, 80/55 zone, Oct. 6,
fined $260; Richard Norman
Boren, 60, Dayville, 75/55
zone, Nov. 12, fined $135;
Clayton Dwight Osborne, 34,
Hermiston, 75/55 zone, Oct.
24, fined $160; Kristie Lee-
anna Brand, 33, Baker City,
73/55 zone, Oct. 24, fined
$135; Travis Benjamin Farr,
24, Mt. Vernon, 68/ 55 zone,
Sept, 29, fined $160; Edward
Owen Griffin, 87, Canyon
City, 52/35 zone, Sept. 11,
fined $160; Stacey Lee Bork,
27, Baker City, 75/ 55 zone,
Oct. 31, fined $135.
• Exceeding the speed
limit: Bryce Scott Delay, 25,
Nampa, Idaho, 73/55 zone,
Oct. 28, fined $135; Adrienne
J. Patterson, 34, Hereford,
48/30 zone, Oct. 28, fined
$135; Strawdog, 82, Burns,
43/30 zone, Oct. 21, fined
$160.
• Driving Uninsured: Son-
ny Aaron Dryden, 38, Mt.
Vernon, 68/55 zone, Nov.
1, fined $260; Sonny Aaron
Dryden, 38, Mt. Vernon, Oct.
24, fined $260; Travis Ben-
jamin Farr, 24, Mt. Vernon,
Sept, 29. Fined $200.
• Failure to register ve-
hicle: Sonny Aaron Dryden,
38, Mt. Vernon, Nov. 1, fined
$110; Sonny Aaron Dryden,
38, Mt. Vernon, Oct. 24, fined
$110.
• Second-degree disorderly
conduct: Stevie Porter, Prairie
City, fined $435.
• Second-degree crimi-
nal trespass: Colby Monroe
Farrell, John Day, sentenced
to 12 months probation, no
contact with victim or entry in
victim’s residence and fined
$600.
Dispatch
John Day dispatch worked
123 calls during the week
of Nov. 14-20. Along with
the various traffic warnings,
trespassing, injured animals,
noise complaints and juvenile
complaints, these calls includ-
ed:
• John Day Police
Nov. 14: Advised of a
missing person that may be in
the area.
Nov. 16: Arrested a
30-year-old John Day resident
for
fourth-degree-assault,
strangulation and violation of
conditional release after re-
sponding to a caller wanting
assistance removing a male
from her residence.
Nov. 18: Received report
of a dog killing chickens.
Arrested a 20-year-old South
Carolina resident on a Grant
County warrant. Took a re-
port of an assault. Performed
a traffic stop and cited a
34-year-old Burns resident
for driving while suspended
and driving uninsured and
arrested a 32-year-old Burns
resident for probation viola-
tion. Received a report of two
subjects trespassing.
Nov. 20: Arrested a
39-year-old John Day resi-
dent for felon in possession
of a weapon. Responded to a
report of a break-in.
• Grant County Sheriff
Nov. 19: Responded to a
report of a break-in.
• John Day ambulance
Nov. 15: Responded to
an 80-year-old woman with
weakness and slurred speech.
Contributed photo
Variable speed signs on Interstate 84 between Baker City and Ladd Canyon
now show speed limits enforceable by police.
I-84 variable speed signs fully active
Blue Mountain Eagle
Digital speed limit signs
mounted over a 30-mile
stretch of Interstate 84 be-
tween Baker City and La
Grande have replaced the
standard speed signs in that
area.
The new signs will use
traffic, road, weather and vis-
ibility sensors to lower the
legal speed limit when ice,
snow, fog or a wreck ahead
requires everyone to slow
down, according to an Oregon
Department of Transportation
press release.
Along with identifying
the current legal speed limit,
the digital displays can also
show the reason for a reduced
speed, such “ice” or “low vis-
ibility.”
The new variable speed
limit signs were installed this
summer and have displayed
the current freeway speed
limits for about two months.
The signs are now connect-
ed to road sensor and fully
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By Rylan Boggs
Blue Mountain Eagle
Canyon City and John
Day have finally reached a
wastewater agreement.
Canyon City agreed to
pay John Day $5,528 to bring
them current on their pay-
ments and pledged to pay
$5,090 per month, for a total
of $61,080 per year, during
the Nov. 15 Canyon City City
Council meeting.
The agreement also in-
cluded a yearly 4- to 5-per-
cent increase for the next five
years, which will result in
Canyon City residents’ sew-
er bills increasing by about
$2 annually, according to
John Day City Manager Nick
Green.
Canyon City Mayor Steve
Fischer said the agreement
was mutually beneficial be-
fore the council voted unan-
imously to approve the agree-
ment.
The issue arose after fruit-
less negotiations between the
two cities in February. Can-
yon City had been paying less
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Canyon City Mayor Steve Fischer during a
Canyon City Council meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 18.
than John Day had budgeted
to receive since July.
John Day City Manager
Nick Green attended an Oct.
18 Canyon City City Council
meeting to convey underpay-
ing for wastewater treatment
was unacceptable. Canyon
City Mayor Steve Fischer
explained the Canyon City
Council felt they were being
handed a bill without a clear
understanding of what they
paying for.
During the Nov. 15 meet-
ing the council also accept-
ed the town’s audit by Oster
Professional Group and ap-
proved a Christmas bonus for
the volunteer fire department,
and Mayor Steve Fischer said
he was willing to participate
in a Firewise council brought
forth by Sally Bartlett.
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reach wastewater agreement
functional. Drivers are re-
minded to watch for and obey
these new digital speed signs,
which will show the cur-
rent legal speed limit for the
area.
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