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Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, January 11, 2017
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Snow blankets Canyon City on Jan. 7, the area receiving about 5 inches of snow for the day.
WEATHER
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County Search and Rescue re-
sponded to remove them from
the river, according to a press
release from Grant County
Sheriff Glenn Palmer.
Drossel was issued a cita-
tion for driving uninsured and
has a court date set for early
February.
The Long Creek Fire De-
partment, Long Creek Am-
bulance, Oregon State Police
and Grant County Road De-
partment also helped remove
Drossel from the river.
Grant County Roadmas-
ter Hickerson said they have
closed County Road 20 to
through traffic, but it is still
open to local traffic. Motorists
trying to navigate I-84 clo-
sures would follow their GPS
units to the road and be unable
to navigate it, Hickerson said.
“They go down it and they
are not ready for what they
come across,” he said. “It’s
not plowed 24/7, so there’s
winter conditions that they are
not used to.”
The road department
has been pulling long shifts
throughout the week to try
to keep the roads safe using
snowplows, motor graders
and, soon, a snow-blower to
remove drifts, according to
Hickerson.
If possible, he recommends
avoiding County Roads 15,
18, 19, 62 and the Old Bates
Highway due to drifting snow.
As of Sunday, Oregon
State Police had responded
to more than 750 traffic inci-
dents statewide in 36 hours,
according to a press release.
These included 91 road haz-
ards, 266 disabled vehicles
and 394 reported crashes,
and most were weather re-
lated. None were fatal, but
OSP urges motorists to drive
safely.
OSP recommends trav-
eling only when necessary,
checking the road conditions,
driving according to road con-
ditions, carrying food, water
and blankets in case of having
to stay in your car, avoid us-
ing cellphones or other devic-
es while driving, being rested
before setting out and wearing
a seatbelt.
Contributed photo
Blustery winter weather came through
the area on Saturday. Pictured is
Canyon City Boulevard (facing north),
from Canyon City to John Day near
Grant Union Junior-Senior High School.
The Eagle/Angel Carpenter
A snow-covered wooden footbridge
in Canyon City crosses Canyon
Creek.
A man wakes up in
the morning after
sleeping on an
ADVERTISED BED,
in ADVERTISED
PAJAMAS.
George Drossel,
57, Nampa, Idaho,
rolled his Jeep
Wagoneer off of
County Road 20
into the Middle
Fork of the John
Day River Sunday
morning. The
vehicle came to
rest upright on a
submerged rock.
He will bathe in an ADVERTISED TUB, shave with an ADVERTISED RAZOR,
have a breakfast of ADVERTISED JUICE, cereal and toast, toasted in an
ADVERTISED TOASTER, put on ADVERTISED CLOTHES and glance at his
ADVERTISED WATCH. He’ll ride to work in his ADVERTISED CAR, sit at an
ADVERTISED DESK and write with an ADVERTISED PEN. Yet this person
hesitates to advertise, saying that advertising doesn’t pay. Finally, when his
non-advertised business is going under, HE’LL ADVERTISE IT FOR SALE.
Then it’s too late.
Contributed photo/Grant
County Sheriff’s Office
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to convince a judge or jury.
Of the restitution, $10,000
will go to Woodell and $5,000
to Towers.
Five other counts, includ-
ing felon in possession of a
firearm, were dismissed as
part of the deal. DeRosier had
been convicted of perjury and
ordered not to posses a fire-
arm.
“The case has a number of
difficult circumstances, the
first being that he is in his own
home with two other people,
and the defense has raised a
self-defense issue, which is
plausible based on the facts
that we know,” District Attor-
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criminal history; he has two
DUII cases and a previous
perjury and so that was taken
into consideration. The other
thing is this is an opportunity
for Mr. DeRosier to get his
life back. ... It just seemed
based on all the circumstanc-
es to be the right resolution in
this case.”
DeRosier apologized for
his actions in a statement he
read in court.
“Your honor, I strongly
regret what happened, and
I’m very sorry for the dam-
age that I caused,” DeRosier
said. “I was not making good
choices in my life, and those
choices have cost me a lot. I
am committed to trying to get
my family back and finding
a career. My apologies to the
community and the victims in
this case.”
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