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Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, May 24, 2017
Election results: Weigum, Sharp,
Culley elected to parks and rec board
Hitz, Desadier, Haley
Walker elected to
school boards
Blue Mountain Eagle
Members were elected to a variety
of boards in Tuesday’s election.
Four races were contested in Grant
County, three school board positions
and a five-way race for three posi-
tions on the John Day-Canyon City
Parks and Recreation District. A total
of 1,425 ballots were counted, ac-
cording to unofficial election results.
For the parks and rec district, the
winners were Lisa Weigum with 475
votes, Douglas Sharp with 358 and
Christal Culley with 353. Heather
Rookstool received 282 votes, and
Darin Toy received 196.
For Grant School District No. 3’s
Zone 2, Haley Walker was elected
with 414 votes, over Josh Walker
with 318.
Nancy Hitz garnered 114 votes for
Prairie City School District’s Position
2, over Daniel Tremblay with 83.
In the race for at large Position 2
for Monument School District, Brit-
tany Desadier received 71 votes, over
Elizabeth Lovelock with 34 and Ja-
mie Schafer with 32.
Eagle file photo
Grant County Airport Manager
Haley Walker speaks to the Grant
County Court in this file photo.
Walker was elected to the Grant
School District board in Tuesday’s
election.
County Clerk Brenda Percy said
the election had a turnout of 27.64
percent, 1,425 ballots from 5,154
eligible voters. She said two ballots
had not been counted Wednesday
morning, and 10 ballots with signa-
ture discrepancies were challenged.
She said the voters for the challenged
ballots would have 20 days to address
the issue.
Several positions lacked candi-
dates. Write-in votes were filed in the
election, but the outstanding votes
could potentially change the results.
For Mid-county Cemetery Dis-
trict, Dorman Gregory received the
most write-in votes with seven out of
34 total. Pat Still received six of the
nine write-in votes for Fox Cemetery
District. Lori Hire received four of 15
write-in votes for Prairie Rural Fire
District. For Education Service Dis-
trict Zone 5, eight write-in votes were
received, but no candidate received
the three-vote minimum required.
Most of the county races were not
contested.
Katy Nelson, Shilo Fretwell and
Robert Cockrell were elected for the
Education Service District.
Jim Jerome, Bryan Nelson and
Linda Cook were elected for Grant
County Transportation District.
For Dayville School District, Ba-
bette Larson, Casey Fretwell and
Tandi Merkord were elected.
Patti Hudson, Marsiellette Wat-
son, Bubba Wainwright and Mike
Gibson were elected for Long Creek
School District.
In addition to Haley Walker, Kelly
Stokes, Ben Holliday and Chris Cronin
Ferguson
pleads
guilty to
sex crimes
were elected for Grant School District.
Justin Jacobs, Lindsay Rausch and
Mike Wall will serve with Hitz for Prai-
rie City School District.
Along with Desadier, Vonda Stub-
blefield, Jeff Thomas and Maria Thom-
as were elected for Monument School
District.
Pat Holliday, Bill Wilcox and Todd
McKinley were elected for John Day
Rural Fire District.
For Mt. Vernon Rural Fire District,
Dan Komning, Willis Kimball and Ho-
mer Harrison were elected.
Levi Voigt was elected for one of
two Prairie Rural Fire District posi-
tions.
Karla Averett, Ryan Gerry and Lin-
da Ladd were elected for Blue Moun-
tain Hospital District.
For Dayville Cemetery District,
Jody Winkelman and Gibb Gregg were
elected.
Kenneth Brooks was elected to one
of two Fox Cemetery District positions.
Jacqueline Burnette and Valores
Hall were elected for Long Creek Cem-
etery District.
Mike Moore was elected for one of
two Mid-county Cemetery District po-
sitions.
Barb Reilly was elected for Monu-
ment Cemetery District.
Marlene Woodley was elected for
Prairie Cemetery District.
C OPS AND 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 Circuit
Court
Christopher Whitmore was
found guilty of a probation vi-
olation and had his probation
extended 12 months and was
sentenced to 20 hours addi-
tional community service.
Corey R. Kingsmith, 29,
pleaded guilty to one count of
driving under the influence of
intoxicants on or about March
16 and had his license sus-
pended one year, was issued
18 months of probation, 80
hours of community service
and fined $1,355.
Grant County Sheriff
The Grant County Sher-
iff’s Office reported the fol-
lowing for the week of May
11-17:
• Concealed handgun li-
censes: 13
• Average inmates: 13
• Bookings: 7
• Releases: 11
• Arrests:1
• Citations: 2
• Fingerprints: 6
• Civil papers: 13
• Warrants processed: 1
• Asst./welfare check: 2
Arrested Ryan Cook, Mon-
ument, and a minor from Day-
ville for possession of mari-
juana on May 11.
Justice Court
The Grant County Justice
Court reported the following
fines and judgments:
Violation of the basic rule:
Rachel Anne Kleinschmit,
30, Salem, 76/55 zone, May
13, fined $260; Justin D. Mc-
Claughry, 24, Nampa, Idaho,
78/55 zone, April 22, fined
$260; Andrew James Dodson,
53, Meridian, Idaho, 75/55
zone, May 7, fined $160.
Exceeding the speed limit:
Christine Brinkman Burkey,
52, Eugene, 63/50 zone, May
12, fined $160; Louis George
Long, 63, Dayville, 39/25
zone, Feb. 22, fined $135;
Mallory Rose Thomas, 27,
John Day, 80/65 zone, April
22, fined $260.
Driving uninsured: Mi-
chael J. Brennan, 22, Mitch-
ell, April 21, fined $130; Zach
Holmes, 29, Prairie City, May
5, fined $260; Zach Holmes,
29, Prairie City, May 16, fined
$260.
Driving while suspend-
ed: Zach Holmes, 29, Prairie
City, May 5, fined $435; Zach
Holmes, 29, Prairie City, May
16, fined $435.
Failure to obey traffic con-
trol device: Brandon M. Lam-
beth, 24, John Day, April 21,
fined $220.
Hannah R. Pereira was
found guilty of minor in pos-
session of alcohol and sen-
tenced to one year suspend-
ed driver’s license, and fined
$435.
Caleb J. Vielma plead-
ed guilty to one charge of
third-degree theft and was
sentenced to 20 days in jail.
Joshua David Winegar was
found guilty of a wildlife vi-
olation and had his hunting
privileges suspended for three
years and was fined $1937.50.
Dereke James Clark was
convicted of second-degree
disorderly conduct and fined
$435.
Dispatch
John Day dispatch worked
160 calls during the week of
May 15-21. Along with the
various traffic warnings, tres-
passing, injured animals, noise
complaints and juvenile com-
plaints, these calls included:
• John Day Police
Department
May 15: Responded to a
report of a dispute on First
Street. Took a report of tele-
phonic harassment in John
Day.
May 16: Cited a 32-year-
old Prairie City resident for
maintaining a dog as a nui-
sance. Received a report of
a vehicle bringing a 2-year-
old with a snake bite to Blue
Mountain Hospital.
May 18: Arrested a
38-year-old John Day resident
for initiating a false report
and misuse of 911. Arrested a
19-year-old John Day resident
on a Grant County warrant.
May 19: Assisted a man
who was unable to move be-
A former Grant Coun-
ty resident will spend al-
most a year in jail after
pleading guilty to sex
crimes Thursday.
In Grant County Cir-
cuit Court, Chancee
Mitchell Ferguson, 28,
pleaded guilty to one fel-
ony charge, attempting to
commit the class B felo-
ny of first-degree sexual
abuse, and two misde-
meanors charges of sex-
ual misconduct, accord-
ing to court documents.
Eight other charges were
dismissed.
Judge William D.
Cramer Jr. sentenced
Ferguson to 364 days in
jail and five years of su-
pervised probation. Fer-
guson was ordered to pay
$400 in fines, to com-
plete a sexual offend-
er treatment program
and to register as a sex
offender.
The incidents oc-
curred between 2004
and 2011 with a single
victim, who was younger
than 12 in 2004, accord-
ing to the indictment.
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