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Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, May 10, 2017
Prairie City man arrested on meth charges
LETTERS
13 grams as “a large amount for
a person to have.” Pfeifer was
compliant during the arrest.
Pfeifer was charged with deliv-
ery and manufacture based on the
items found in the car and state-
ments he made, Gray said.
Pfeifer is currently serving
three years of probation, stem-
ming from a burglary conviction
in 2015, according to court doc-
uments.
‘God is back’
Police: Pfeifer possessed meth, oxycodone, bags and scale
By Rylan Boggs
Blue Mountain Eagle
Thomas
Pfeifer
A Prairie City man was ar-
rested on multiple drug charges
Thursday.
John Day police officers ar-
rested Thomas Pfeifer, 47, and
charged him with possession of
methamphetamine, delivery of
methamphetamine, manufacture
of methamphetamine and posses-
sion of oxycodone in John Day
Thursday night.
Pfeifer is currently being held
in the Grant County Jail. Bail is
set at $70,000.
Pfeifer was arrested after John
Day Police Chief Richard Gray re-
ceived a call from dispatch about
a suspicious subject passed out in
a tan sedan in Len’s Drug parking
lot at approximately 9:35 p.m.
Gray woke Pfeifer and com-
menced an investigation that led
to Pfeifer handing over roughly
13 grams of meth and oxyco-
done for which he did not have
a prescription, as well as scales
and plastic bags. Gray described
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To the Editor:
God is back. 2 Chronicles
7:14. God bless America and
President Trump.
Richie Colbeth
John Day
Gov. Brown
responsible for
May Day march
mayhem
Heidi Wright named COO of EO Media Group
Blue Mountain Eagle
Heidi Wright has been
named chief operating of-
ficer of EO Media Group,
which owns the Blue Moun-
tain Eagle. Wright succeeds
John S. Perry, who is retiring
after 44 years in the news-
paper industry, including
the last 12 with EO Media
Group.
Wright comes to EO
Media Group from Western
Communications, owner of
the Bend Bulletin and other
newspapers in Oregon and
California. She is Wescom’s
chief financial officer and
human re-
sources di-
rector. She
will
join
EO Media
Group
on
June 1.
Heidi
S t e v e
Wright
F o r r e s t e r,
President and CEO of EO
Media Group, announced
Wright’s hiring: “Our exec-
utive committee – composed
of Kathryn Brown, Susan
Forrester Rana and me – is
pleased to find a successor to
Perry with the leadership ca-
pabilities to help our compa-
ny prosper in the digital age.
Her prior experience with
family-owned companies in
our region is especially rele-
vant.”
Prior to joining Wescom,
Wright was publisher of
the Klamath Falls Herald
and News, owned by Pio-
neer News Group. She also
worked as a publisher in
Montana for Lee Enterpris-
es. She has an undergraduate
degree and an MBA from the
University of Montana.
“Heidi has a lifetime of
experience in the West,”
noted Kathryn Brown. “Her
experience at newspapers
in Butte, Klamath Falls and
Bend make her well-suited
to understand the commu-
nities that EO Media Group
serves in rural Oregon and
Washington – as well as the
extraordinary reach of the
Capital Press, our agricultur-
al weekly.”
As chief operating officer,
Wright will direct the busi-
ness operations of EO Media
Group and supervise publish-
ers and corporate staff. The
company’s headquarters are
in Salem.
“It’s an honor and privi-
lege to be joining EO Media
Group,” said Wright. “While
I will miss my friends and
colleagues at Western Com-
munications, I am excited to
become a part of the EO Me-
dia Group family. My hus-
band, Richard Schuurman,
and I are looking forward to
calling Salem home in the
near future.”
EO Media Group pub-
lications include the Blue
Mountain Eagle of John Day,
Cannon Beach Gazette, Cap-
ital Press, Chinook Observer,
Coast River Business Jour-
nal, Daily Astorian, East Or-
egonian, Hermiston Herald,
Oregon Coast Today, Seaside
Signal and Wallowa County
Chieftain.
mons, 58, Bend, April 6, 59/45
zone, fined $160; Ricky Lee
Bissonnett, 48, Baker City, April
7, 40/25 zone, fined $135.
Violation of the basic rule:
Michael Gene Jackson, 52, New
Plymouth, Idaho, April 6, 70/55
zone, fined $135; Gerald P. Bai-
ley, 69, Portland, April 18, 80/55
zone, fined $220; Trey Danner
Shores, 18, Prineville, March 17,
79/55 zone, fined $220; Chloe
Jade Casto, 20, Vale, April 23,
74/55 zone, fined $160; Devin
Ali Sezgen, 39, Redwood City,
California, April 6, 75/55 zone,
fined $160.
Violation of the speed limit:
Yaquelin Garcia Delgado, 20,
Gresham, April 6, 47/30 zone,
fined $135; Gordon Bryan Hart-
grove, 60, Evensville, Indiana,
April 6, 43/25 zone, fined $160.
Driving while suspended:
Kevin John Rapp, 31, John Day,
March 24, fined $435; Harry
Samuel Nordstrom, 37, John
Day, March 24, fined $435.
Failure to register vehicle:
Kevin John Rapp, 31, John Day,
March 24, fined $110.
Driving uninsured: Jason
Dole, 35, Canyon City, April 15,
fined $130; Adrian Leah Couey,
32, John Day, April 7, fined
$130; Adrian Leah Couey, 32,
John Day, April 21, fined $260.
No seat belt: Chenise Cheryl
Anne Mutchler, 21, John Day,
April 22, fined $95.
Ray Klein Inc. V. Walt
Sharp. Money judgment award-
ed to Ray Klein Inc. for $296.32.
left in a hot vehicle at Chester’s
Thriftway. Arrested a 50-year-
old John Day resident for proba-
tion violation and misuse of 911
after he called and asked for a
ride from under a bridge.
May 6: Took a report of a
burglary in John Day.
May 7: Warned a person for
stalking.
• Grant County Sheriff’s
Office
May 3: Received a report of
a daughter possibly assaulting
her mother.
May 4: Responded with John
Day Police to a report of shots
fired in the Meadowbrook Apart-
ments; it was just fireworks.
May 5: Responded with John
Day Police to a group of people
fighting. Arrested a 50-year-
old Bend resident for reckless
endangerment after receiving
a report of a reckless driver on
Highway 26. The Grant County
Emergency Manager was no-
tified of high water in Canyon
City.
• John Day ambulance
May 7: Responded with
John Day Police to a lifeline ac-
tivation.
a more welcoming entrance
to the city on Highway 26.
He said this space could also
be used for commercial de-
velopment, such as showcase
greenhouses, a local market, a
restaurant and a microbrewery.
Green said the proper-
ty could be used to house
hydroponic greenhouses to
provide year-round growing
opportunities using reclaimed
water from a proposed waste-
water treatment plant, which
is scheduled for a feasibility
study this summer.
The site could potentially
house an amphitheater, an ag-
ricultural experiment and re-
search station, a visitor center
or a new school.
The land purchase is part of
Green’s growth strategy for the
city. He said with well-placed
investment and development
the city could attract new res-
idents including digital com-
muters, young families and
active retirees.
To facilitate the influx of
new residents he is focusing on
digital marketing and brand-
ing, improving recreational
amenities, improving broad-
band connectivity and devel-
oping new housing options.
C OPS AND C OURTS
Arrests and citations in the
Blue Mountain Eagle are taken
from the logs of law enforce-
ment agencies. Every effort is
made to report the court dispo-
sition of arrest cases.
Grant County Circuit Court
Bryan Paul Martin was
found not guilty of one charge
of harassment and one count
of strangulation by a 12-person
jury May 4.
Oregon State Police
Cited Anthony Westlund,
43, John Day, for violating
Measure 91’s personal allow-
ance of marijuana after inves-
tigating a residence with John
Day Police May 2.
Arrested Dominick Jacobel-
lis, 35, Gladstone, on a Yam-
hill County warrant and issued
him a citation for violation of
the basic rule, 74/55 zone, and
driving while suspended. Jaco-
bellis was housed in the Grant
County Jail.
Grant County Sheriff
The Grant County Sheriff’s
Office reported the follow-
ing for the week of April 27
through May 3:
PROPERTY
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The sites combined create
an 83-acre complex Green has
called the John Day Innovation
Gateway.
Present plans
The purchase would allow
for the construction of a new
wastewater treatment plant to
be built outside the floodplain
and allow uninterrupted opera-
tion of the current plant during
construction.
Once the new plant is com-
pleted, the current plant could
be cleared, allowing access to
30 acres of riverfront proper-
ty. Green said this land could
then be used for a variety of
purposes. The current plant’s
permit to operate, issued by the
Oregon Department of Envi-
ronmental Quality, expired in
2007 and will not be reissued
• Concealed handgun licens-
es: 11
• Average inmates: 13
• Bookings: 4
• Releases: 4
• Arrests:1
• Fingerprints: 5
• Civil papers: 10
• Warrants processed: 4
• Asst./welfare check: 1
Justice Court
The Grant County Justice
Court reported the following
fines and judgments:
Failure to notify department
of name or address change: Dar-
rell Wilfred McKrola, 40, Mt.
Vernon, March 3, fined $110.
No resident angling license:
Joshua C. Stiffler, 31, Weston,
April 2, fined $95.
Hunting on another’s culti-
vated or enclosed land: Jason M.
Weller, Vernonia, fined $435;
Craig T. Weller, Vernonia, fined
$435; Byron James Weller, Ver-
nonia, fined $435.
Exceeding the speed limit:
Haley Lynn Walker, 38, Canyon
City, May 1, 73/65 zone, fined
$135; Adrian Leah Couey, 32,
John Day, April 21, 80/65 zone,
fined $220; Steve Dwaine Sim-
due to the plant’s age and prox-
imity to the river.
To improve connectivity in
the city, Green also wants to
extend Seventh Street through
the new lot to Patterson Bridge
Road and to create over a mile
of trail along the north side of
the John Day River to restore
public access.
The property also includes
an industrial scale shop, which
could be used by the city’s
public works department to
store its equipment indoors.
This would allow the city to
redevelop the parcel of land
adjacent to the Seventh Street
Complex park, where the de-
partment is currently housed.
Future possibilities
Green has high aspirations
for the property.
He wants to beautify it by
adding a welcome sign and bo-
tanical gardens at the western
end of the property to create
Dispatch
John Day dispatch worked
148 calls during the week of
May 1-7. Along with the various
traffic warnings, trespassing, in-
jured animals, noise complaints
and juvenile complaints, these
calls included:
• John Day Police Depart-
ment
May 1: Took a report of a
house being egged in Prairie
City.
May 2: Cited a 33-year-old
John Day resident for posses-
sion of marijuana. Received a
report of someone driving away
from the Sinclair station without
paying for fuel.
May 3: Responded to a re-
port of the back window broken
out of a vehicle.
May 5: Responded to a dog
egon Solutions to survey resi-
dents preferences for a project.
Green’s priority is the new
wastewater treatment plant.
Establishing priorities
To best determine what de-
velopment projects will bene-
fit residents, the city, county,
hospital and school district
are working with Oregon
Solutions, a group that crowd
sources solutions to local prob-
lems. On May 11, representa-
tives from the groups will have
their first meeting to discuss
priorities and goals. Results of
the community survey will be
made public July 17.
Over the next three months,
the groups will work with Or-
A5
To the Editor:
After seeing what hap-
pened in Portland with the
May Day march, I believe the
responsibility lies 100 percent
with Gov. Brown. She has de-
clared our state a “sanctuary
state.” This gives every anar-
chist a license to destroy, pil-
lage and burn the private and
public property of our state.
When the governor tells peo-
ple that they do not need to
obey the laws of our country,
then you see the results of that
action. It was on full display
May 1.
I believe that any public of-
ficial that declares their com-
munity a “sanctuary” commu-
nity is not really working for
the safety of that community.
Portland was definitely not
safe. I am appalled that our
politicians are lumping immi-
grants and illegal immigrants
in the same category. I believe
the people of Oregon are for
immigration, but they are not
for illegal immigration. When
the politicians say you can ig-
nore the law when it comes to
illegal immigration, then the
anarchists believe they have a
license to do just what we saw
on May 1.
I believe that any public
official that declares their
community a “sanctuary”
community, and that goes
all the way to the governor,
should resign, be recalled or
voted out of office now.
Nicky A. Sprauve
Canyon City
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