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Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, December 14, 2016
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G RANT C OUNTY C OURT
Attorney upset client housed out of county
By Rylan Boggs
Blue Mountain Eagle
Attorney Robert Raschio ex-
pressed dismay to the Grant Coun-
ty Court Dec. 7 that a client suf-
fering mental health problems had
been housed in Umatilla County
instead of at the Juniper Ridge
facility.
The amount of travel required to
visit his client cut into his consulta-
tion time, he said, adding in cases
like this it is not possible to commu-
nicate over the phone. Grant County
resident Katy Nelson said the Juniper
Ridge facility had been advertised as
a facility that would help county res-
idents locally to keep them close to
home.
Grant County Judge Scott Myers
said the Juniper Ridge facility was
not obligated to keep a bed open for
Grant County residents.
Raschio also said he believed
Grant County was moving toward
a drug and alcohol crisis, and he be-
lieved more funds should be dedicat-
ed to helping county residents live
clean and sober.
At the meeting, the Grant County
Court approved:
• Grant County Roadmaster Alan
Hickerson’s request to buy two time-
clocks for the department. Hickerson
said accurately keeping track of his
employees’ hours was “critical this
time of year.”
• a resolution to perform a bud-
geted transfer of $5,000 from the
general fund to bookmobile, in
case the need arose to replace the
bookmobile, and moved $36,139
from the general fund to emer-
gency management for employee
Ted Williams and $62,000 from
the general fund to support senior
programs.
• a resolution to perform a bud-
geted transfer of $431,105 from
Secure Rural Schools to the School
Forest Fund for allocation to differ-
ent school districts and $500,533
from the Road Department to city
streets and bridges for discretionary
use.
C OPS & C OURTS
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.
Circuit Court
CANYON CITY — The
Grant County Circuit Court
reported the following fines
and judgments:
• Susan Carter, 69, was
convicted of unlawful use of
a weapon and sentenced to 30
days in jail, fined $100 and
required to pay $4,334.76 in
restitution to the Oregon De-
partment of Forestry.
Grant County Sheriff
CANYON CITY — The
Grant County Sheriff’s Office
reported the following for the
week of Dec. 1-7:
• Concealed handgun li-
censes: 5
• Average inmates: 13
• Bookings: 12
• Releases: 19
• Arrests: 1
• Citations: 1
• Fingerprints: 6
• Civil papers: 13
• Warrants processed: 3
• Asst./welfare check: 2
Justice Court
CANYON CITY — The
Grant County Justice Court
reported the following fines
and judgments:
• Failure to obey traf-
fic control device: Tanya A.
Hunt, 47, Pendleton, Oct. 23,
fined $220.
• Violation of the speed
limit: Jonathon Jeffery Rose,
30, Canyon City, 51/25 zone,
Nov. 16, fined $220.
• Violation of the basic
rule: Martin R. Hedberg, 60,
Boise, 75/55 zone, Nov. 11,
fined $160.
• Exceeding the speed
limit: Wyatt Jeffery Jones,
22, Corvallis, 72/65 zone,
Nov. 4, fined $160; Christo-
pher Crutchfield, 19, Pleas-
ant Grove, Utah, 80/65 zone,
Nov. 23, fined $220.
• Semi-trailer exceeding
53 feet: Travis H. Klingen-
fuss, 33, Stonyford, Califor-
nia, Nov. 3, fined $95.
• Driving while suspend-
ed: Camden J. Rhinehart, 19,
John Day, Nov. 6, fined $370;
Megan Helene Long, 23, John
Day, Oct. 9, fined $435.
• Driving uninsured: Me-
gan Helene Long, 23, John
Day, Oct. 9, fined $260; Lo-
gan James Cates, 23, Mt. Ver-
non, Oct. 29, fined $260.
• Dog as a public nuisance:
Jessica Marie Lancaster, 37,
Prairie City, Nov. 10, required
to pay $180 in restitution to
victim and fined $260 with a
of shots fired on West Main
Street.
Dec. 10: Arrested a
32-year-old John Day man on
a parole violation.
Dec. 11: Performed a
traffic stop and arrested a
69-year-old California resi-
dent and a 41-year-old Cali-
fornia resident for possession
of methamphetamine.
• Grant County Sheriff
Dec. 6: Advised of an as-
sault in Dayville.
Dec. 8: Provided search
and rescue mutual aid to an
outside agency. Received a
report of a hit and run at the
courthouse.
Dec. 9: Responded to a re-
port of a domestic assault with
John Day Police Department.
Dec. 10: Responded with
JDPD and Oregon State Po-
lice to an accident on High-
way 26 where the driver had
gone missing.
• John Day Ambulance
Dec 6: Responded for an
infant who was not breathing.
Dec. 10: Responded for a
female in extreme pain.
• Dispatch
Dec. 9: Took a report of
a German shepherd loose in
John Day.
Dec. 10: Transferred a call
regarding a house fire near
Mitchell to Frontier Dispatch
in Wheeler County.
six-month diversion and dis-
missal if no convictions prior
to May 2.
•Take/possession of a buck
deer: Allen W. Piquet, Herm-
iston, sentenced to 12 months
probation, and issued a sus-
pended sentence of 10 days
in jail, 40 hours community
service, attend a hunter’s edu-
cation class and fined $2,300.
• Cam Credits Inc. vs.
Danielle A. Hall and Edwin
J. Hall. Money judgment of
$496.05 awarded to Cam
Credits Inc.
Dispatch
John Day dispatch worked
137 calls during the week of
Dec. 5 through 11. Along with
the various traffic warnings,
trespassing, injured animals,
noise complaints and juvenile
complaints, these calls includ-
ed:
• John Day Police
A woman reported a par-
ty and wanted to know what
could be done about a diesel
pickup blowing exhaust in her
direction.
Dec 7: Investigated an ac-
cident on Main Street.
Dec. 9: Cited a 30-year-old
John Day man for criminal
trespass.
Dec. 9: Responded to a re-
port of a theft of a companion
animal. Responded to a report
Winter Storm Watch issued for John Day Basin
Blue Mountain Eagle
The John Day Basin may
see up to a foot of snow
Wednesday and Thursday.
The National Weather
Service has issued a Winter
Storm Watch, in effect from
late Tuesday night through
Thursday afternoon, for John
Day, Dayville, Monument,
Mitchell, Spray, Heppner,
Condon, Fossil, Dufur and
Maupin.
The alert says 7 to 12 inch-
es of snow accumulation, as
well as ice accumulation, is
possible, with the snow level
mostly at valley floors. Road-
ways will be snow-covered
Motorist dies in crash
near Ritter Dec. 6
Blue Mountain Eagle
Luis Gerado Sanchez, 63,
of California died in a car
crash near Ritter on Tuesday,
Dec. 6, according to Driskill
Memorial Chapel.
The vehicle, a 2001
Mercedes SUV, was north-
bound on Highway 395B,
when Sanchez lost control
because of slick conditions
near milepost 80 and rolled
into a tree off the shoulder of
the south lane, according to
Oregon State Police Sgt.
Tom Hutchison. Sanchez
was found dead at the
scene.
No services are planned at
this time. Arrangements are
under the care of Driskill Me-
morial Chapel.
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our communities.
• a resolution to transfer $24,500
to train a new appraiser for the As-
sessor’s Office.
• three amendments to an inter-
governmental agreement between
the state and county to receive ad-
ditional finances for gambling pre-
vention, mental health services and
public health services.
• thank you letters to 1188 Brew-
ing Company and Russell’s Custom
Meats for providing products for
the Association of Oregon Counties
conference.
Pot is legal, but driving
intoxicated is not
Extra police patrols for impaired
drivers planned Dec. 16 to Jan. 1
Blue Mountain Eagle
Members of the Gover-
nor’s Advisory Committee
on DUII are reminding mo-
torists this holiday season
about the dangers of driv-
ing under the influence,
which includes alcohol,
marijuana and other im-
pairing drugs.
“Impaired driving is
completely preventable,”
said Chuck Hayes, chair of
the Governor’s Advisory
Committee on DUII. “All
it takes is a little planning.”
Last year over the
Christmas holiday, four
people died in crashes, and
one was alcohol-involved.
Over the past five years
during the official holiday,
14 people died in crashes
and half of those were al-
cohol-involved crashes.
New Year’s is even
more tragic. In five years,
29 people died during the
holiday. Four of those were
alcohol-involved crashes.
In years past, Oregon
and other states were pri-
marily concerned with
drivers under the influence
of alcohol. Now marijuana
has also become a major
concern.
ue off and on through Thurs-
day. Snow may mix with or
change to light rain or light
freezing rain Wednesday
night in the John Day Basin
between Dayville and John
Day.
and slick, and less traveled
side roads could become im-
passable.
Snow is expected to be-
gin Wednesday morning and
increase through the day.
Snow will potentially contin-
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“We know marijuana af-
fects reaction time, short-
term memory, hand-eye co-
ordination, concentration
and perception of time and
distance — all of which are
vital functions for driving
safely,” Hayes said.
He also cautioned peo-
ple that combining alco-
hol with marijuana is even
more dangerous, multiply-
ing the adverse effects on a
person’s ability to operate
a vehicle safely.
Oregon law enforce-
ment agencies will be us-
ing Oregon Department
of Transporation-admin-
istered grants to add ex-
tra patrols throughout the
state looking for drivers
impaired by any substance,
legal or illegal, Dec. 16
through Jan. 1.
Oregon State Police
stayed busy during the
2015 holiday period. Ac-
cording to Drug Recogni-
tion Experts Coordinator
Sgt. Evan Sether, OSP
made 156 DUII arrests.
“We investigated at
least 724 crashes during
that time frame,” Sether
said. “Many of them in-
volved some sort of
impairment.”
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