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Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, January 11, 2017
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G RANT C OUNTY C OURT
Court appoints officers, committee volunteers
Commissioner
Hamsher takes
part in first county
court meeting
By Rylan Boggs
Blue Mountain Eagle
The Eagle/Rylan Boggs
New Grant County Commissioner Jim Hamsher participates in his first Grant County Court
meeting Jan. 4 at the Grant County Courthouse in Canyon City.
County Treasurer Julie Ellison
was appointed as budget officer for
the 2017-2018 fiscal year and As-
sessor David Thunell was named
tax collector. The appointments
took place at the Grant County
Court meeting Wednesday, Jan. 4
where new Grant County Commis-
sioner Jim Hamsher took part in his
first meeting.
The court also:
• approved order 2017-01, which
authorized investments on local
and state levels in institutions such
as the John Day branches of U.S.
Bank, Bank of Eastern Oregon and
Umpqua Bank.
• reviewed and signed signature
cards to bank institutions required
by the court for moving large sums
of money.
• accepted the audit for the 4-H
and Extension office.
• approved a business phone for
county Fair Manager Mindy Wine-
gar.
• reviewed and approved Veanne
Weddel to the Volunteer Communi-
ty Advisory Council.
• approved Robert Watt, Robert
Bagett, Ron Lundbom, and Scott
Myers to a one-year term on the
Airport Commission.
• appointed Amy Kreger to a
two-year term on the Budget Com-
mittee.
• discussed the lack of applica-
tions for the three vacancies on the
College Advisory Board.
• appointed Donna Palmer, Lu-
cas Moore and J.C. Oliver to two-
year terms on the Fair Board.
• appointed Mike McManus,
Scott Myers and Katy Cary to the
Mental Health Advisory Board.
• appointed Marge Walton, Hai-
ley Boethin and Dan Driscoll to
three-year terms on the Planning
Commission.
• appointed Nick Green and
Boyd Britton to two-year terms on
the South East Area Commission on
Transportation.
• appointed Andy Day and Mike
Kilpatrick to two-year terms on the
Wildlife Advisory Board.
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.
Grant County Sheriff
CANYON CITY — The
Grant County Sheriff’s Office
reported the following for the
week of Dec. 29 to Jan. 4:
• Concealed handgun li-
censes: 6
• Average inmates: 7
• Bookings: 9
• Releases: 8
• Arrests: 1
• Fingerprints: 4
• Civil papers: 9
Report big
game hunt
results by
Jan. 31
Blue Mountain Eagle
Oregon Department of
Fish and Wildlife officials are
asking hunters to remember
to complete a report for each
2016 deer, elk, bear, cougar
and pronghorn tag purchased.
Even if hunters weren’t
successful, ODFW asks that
reports be made online at
www.reportmyhunt.com or
call 1-866-947-6339. People
who do not report will be
forced to pay a penalty when
purchasing a 2018 license.
• 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 traffic
control device: Alyssa Naomi
Lambeth, 18, Canyon City,
Dec. 18, fined $220.
• Careless driving — ac-
cident: Frank Hart Cordelle,
74, Prairie City, Dec. 16,
fined $370.
• Jordan W. Downing,
19, Canyon City, was found
guilty of minor in possession
of alcohol and minor in pos-
session of marijuana and sen-
tenced to a suspended drivers
license for two years and
fined $520.
• Charles J. Born, Long
Creek, was found guilty of a
wildlife violation and fined
$685.
• Thomas Rick Taylor was
found guilty of keeping a
dog as a public nuisance and
fined $1,000, ordered to have
no contact with the victim
and required to prove that the
dog in question is currrent on
all vaccinations, post signs
warning of a dangerous dog
on his property, ensuring the
dog is leashed and muzzled
when not on the property and
ensuring the dog is leashed
and muzzled when any per-
son under the age of 18 is on
the property.
• Ray Klein Inc. vs. Darla
R. Davis and Corey D. Davis.
Money judgment of $969.37
awarded to Ray Klein Inc.
Dispatch
John Day dispatch worked
131 calls during the week of
Jan. 2-9. Along with the vari-
ous traffic warnings, trespass-
ing, injured animals, noise
complaints and juvenile com-
plaints, these calls included:
• John Day Police
Jan. 5: Responded to a
possible case of child abuse.
Arrested a 39-year-old Mt.
Vernon resident on a Grant
County warrant. Received a
report of possible animal ne-
glect.
• Grant County Sheriff
Jan. 2: Responded with
JDPD to a report of a vehicle
that had hit a deer on High-
way 26.
Jan. 4: A 47-year-old was
arrested in Springfield on a
Grant County Warrant.
Jan. 7: Responded to a
complaint of an aggressive
dog running loose. Was ad-
vised of suspicious circum-
stances at a residence in Mt.
Vernon. Responded to a re-
port of a vehicle blocking
someone from leaving the
Grant Union High School
parking lot.
Jan. 8: Responded to a re-
port of a motorist stranded in
the Middle Fork of the John
Day River.
• John Day ambulance
Jan.
6:
Responded
with the Prairie City am-
bulance to a report of a
57-year-old female with low
temperature.
• Oregon State Police
Jan. 2: Responded to a
vehicle slide off on Highway
26.
• John Day Public Works
Jan. 6: Responded to a re-
port of frozen water mains.
Two die in fatal crash following reported kidnapping in Ontario
Reported victim from Weiser, unrelated driver from Vale dead after collision
Blue Mountain Eagle
Two people died after a
crash following a reported
kidnapping in Ontario Mon-
day, Jan. 9.
With officers in pur-
suit, an alleged kidnapper
crashed into another vehicle,
killing the reported victim
and the driver of the oth-
er vehicle, according to an
Oregon State Police press
release.
The woman who was re-
portedly kidnapped, Anita S.
Harmon, 40, of Weiser, Ida-
ho, was found dead inside
the vehicle, though the cause
of her death remains under
investigation.
The man who reportedly
kidnapped Harmon, Antho-
ny Wayne Montwheeler, 49,
of Nampa, Idaho, received
serious injuries and was also
transported to an area hospi-
tal.
David Joseph Bates, 38,
of Vale was pronounced
deceased after the colli-
sion. Bates’ passenger,
Jessica Sara Bates, 35, of
Vale was transported to an
area hospital with serious
injuries and was in stable
condition Tuesday after-
noon.
Ontario Police Depart-
ment responded to a report
of a kidnapping in progress
at about 6:45 a.m. at a con-
venience store in Ontario,
and as they arrived on scene,
Montwheeler fled in a black
2014 Dodge pickup, accord-
ing to the release.
Officers received infor-
mation Harmon was be-
ing held against her will
in the pickup and pursued
the Dodge in the city and
then south on Highway
201.
Traveling
southbound,
Montwheeler crossed the
center line and collided with
a northbound 2001 Ford
Excursion, driven by David
Bates.
Highway 201 near mile-
post 29 was closed for more
than six hours Monday while
investigators processed the
scene.
The Oregon State Police,
Malheur County Sheriff’s
Office and Ontario Police
Department are continuing
the investigation with assis-
tance from the Idaho State
Police, Washington County
Sheriff’s Office and Weiser
Police Department, as need-
ed.
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School official says no to fundraiser during Finicum event
PATRIOT’S DAY R
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Davis’s actions in the events leading up to the
2013 Boston Marathon bombing and the
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$9 Adult, $7 Senior (60+), Youth
icum refused to stop, stating he
was going to meet Grant County
Sheriff Glenn Palmer, and fled
with officers in pursuit when he
encountered a roadblock.
Finicum exited the vehicle
and was fatally shot by Oregon
State Police officers who told in-
vestigators Finicum was reach-
ing for a concealed pistol in his
coat, according to former Mal-
heur County District Attorney
Dan Norris who investigated
the police shooting. Norris said
the Oregon State Police officers
who shot Finicum did not vio-
late protocol, but shots fired by
an FBI Hostage Rescue Team
that did not strike Finicum were
under further investigation.
You have seen or heard of Mel
Gibson’s acclaimed film, Hacksaw
Ridge. Now you can experience
“THE REST OF THE STORY”
with a FREE 101 minute
documentary featuring interviews
with Desmond Doss, the hero of
the film, and those who served with
him. Doss was
the first non-
combatant to be
awarded the
Congressional
Medal of Honor.
The
documentary will
be shown at:
Grantville Theater,
Canyon City Community Hall
7:00 p.m.
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A Grant Union Junior-Senior
High School fundraising group
will not accept proceeds from a
spaghetti dinner set to take place
during a meeting in John Day
hosted by the family of LaVoy
Finicum, the refuge occupier
killed by police en route to John
Day Jan. 26, 2016.
The group of students and
parents have been raising mon-
ey for a spring 2017 trip to Phil-
adelphia, New York and Wash-
ington, D.C., since the summer
of 2015, but Grant School Dis-
trict No. 3 Superintendent Curt
Shelley said the spaghetti fund-
raiser had not been approved as
required.
“This was not approved for-
mally through the administration
and will not be supported by our
district,” he said. “The proceeds
will not go to the school district
as this was not approved, nor do
we want to get involved in this
political arena. We would like
to stay neutral on these kinds of
issues.”
According to an Eventbrite
listing, the itinerary for “Fin-
icum Family Presents: The
meeting with LaVoy Finicum
that never happened in Oregon,”
planned from 4:30-10:30 p.m.
Jan 28 at the Grant County Fair-
grounds in John Day, includes
topics such as “The importance
of Constitutional Sheriffs,”
“Property Rights,” and “How
‘The media was established to
be the watch dog for the people
but has become the lap dog for
the federal government.’”
“As many of you know, La-
Voy was on his way to a meet-
ing the day he was shot and
killed,” an event description on
Eventbrite states. “We are hon-
oring his memory by holding the
meeting that never happened that
day.”
Planned speakers include
Bill Norton, Krisanne Hall, Gar-
rett Smith, Kate Dalley, Trent
Loos and Morgan Philpot, ac-
cording to the Eventbrite listing.
Finicum, a spokesman for
the occupation the Malheur Na-
tional Wildlife Refuge in early
2016, was en route to a meeting
in John Day with several others
when Oregon State Police and
FBI agents attempted to stop
the vehicle he was driving. Fin-
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