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Blue Mountain Eagle
Grant County Sheriff’s
Offi ce deputies arrested two
people after responding to
reports of child abuse in Mt.
Vernon.
Dillon Myers, 20, Mt.
Vernon, is charged with one
count of third-degree assault
after he allegedly attacked a
1-month-old child on June 2,
according to court documents.
The child appears to be
Myers’ son, Grant County
District Attorney Jim Car-
penter said. Myers’ release
is still being negotiated. If
family in the area are willing
to take him in, he will be re-
leased. If not, his bail will be
set at $30,000.
He was ordered to have
no contact with the child or
child’s mother. His plea trial
is set for June 30.
The child’s mother, Aly-
son Nichole Taylor, 19, Mt.
Vernon, was charged with
second-degree child neglect
after leaving the child with
Myers, according to court
documents. Taylor was re-
leased and ordered to have
no contact with Myers or the
child. Her plea trial is sched-
uled for July 13.
Plans for creating and fund-
ing a wide variety of city of
John Day improvement proj-
ects are progressing.
The John Day City Coun-
cil reviewed
the purchase
agreement for
the Oregon
Pine property
during a May
23 city coun-
cil meeting
and gave city Nick Green
manager Nick
Green permission to close the
$519,000 deal. The acquisition
of the 53-acre property for the
John Day Innovation Gateway
was met with overwhelming
support when unveiled to the
public during a May 9 city
council meeting.
The city is receiving a loan
for the full price of the proper-
ty through Business Oregon’s
Infrastructure Finance Author-
ity. The $519,000 loan has an
annual interest of 3.78 percent,
which equates to the city pay-
ing approximately $2,350 a
month. This money will come
from the city’s sewer fund, as
the city intends to build a new
wastewater treatment facility
on the property.
The city also announced the
hire of Aaron Lieuallen as the
senior project manager for the
Innovation Gateway. Lieuallen
is from central Oregon and has
a construction management
Existing city property
N.E. Seventh St.
John Da y River
New trail
J O H N D AY
W. Main Street
Third Ave.
N.W.
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New property
500 feet
John Day
Innovation Gateway
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The city of John Day is purchasing 50 acres of
property to open a trail along the river and to
integrate community, technology, education
and commerce in a single complex.
Source: City of John Day
N.W. Bridge Street
By Rylan Boggs
Blue Mountain Eagle
Valley View Drive
N.W. Seventh
Street extension
S. Canyon Blvd.
Blue Mountain Eagle
City hires project
manager
Road
Child under
1-month-old
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Innovation Gateway project moves forward
Patterson Bridge
Two arrested
on assault,
child
negligence
charges
Wednesday, June 7, 2017
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degree from Oregon State
University. He is starting July
1 and is excited to be rejoin-
ing the workforce after several
years as a stay-at-home dad.
He will be working part time,
surveying underground utili-
ties, and will increase in hours
as funding becomes available.
After closing the deal with
DR Johnson Lumber Compa-
ny on May 24, the company
will have 90 days to remove
equipment, such as a convey-
or belt, debarker and saw, and
fi nish site cleanup and remedi-
ation.
As part of its due diligence
process, the city contracted
with Mark Yinger and Asso-
ciates to provide an environ-
mental assessment. The $2,300
assessment identifi ed six po-
tential problems that were
“localized and limited areas of
contamination that do not pres-
ent an unacceptable risk to hu-
man health, safety, welfare and
the environment.”
The lumber company re-
mediated several of the fi nd-
ings, but three more will need
further assessment and reme-
diation.
The issues include deter-
mining where the fl oor of the
mechanic’s pit drains and if it
is affecting ground water qual-
ity, a reddish-orange stain on a
concrete pad thought to be ink
used to stamp lumber products;
and a 15 square foot oil-stained
area thought to be oil from
electrical transformers.
The city plans to pay for
cleanup of the site using a
$60,000 Department of Envi-
ronmental Quality grant with a
10 percent match requirement.
The city is working to annex
the property into the city lim-
its. It is currently in the urban
growth boundary. As a condi-
tion of the sale, six acres on the
The Eagle/Rylan Boggs
The Bob Miles Trail near the John Day River.
northern end of the property
will be sold to Iron Triangle
for the same price per acre the
city paid. The west tax lots will
need to be widened through a
land exchange with Clark’s
Disposal to accommodate the
Seventh Street extension and
Clark’s vehicles. Additional-
ly, local businesses like Mill’s
Building Supply are asking for
lot line adjustments to allow
them to retain the use of prop-
erty they are encroaching on.
No decision was made, but city
council members were open to
working with landowners on a
case-by-case basis. Most busi-
ness owners were looking to
buy roughly half acre parcels
of land already being used by
the business.
To facilitate projects like
connecting Seventh Street to
Patterson Bridge Street, the
city is applying for a transpor-
tation and growth management
grant through the Oregon De-
partment of Land Conservation
and Development. If received,
the grant would be awarded in
August for between $75,000
and $200,000. The money
would be spent to provide
planning assistance for proj-
ects such as a trail system on
the north side of the property,
bridge maintenance, improved
parking and a street extension
connecting Valley View Drive
to the property.
The city is conducting a
local income survey through
Portland State University to
determine if John Day is el-
igible for federal community
development block grants.
Green is confi dent the city
will qualify and could ap-
ply for up to $1.5 million in
funds. These funds could be
used to create the new waste-
water treatment facility or
any number of proposed proj-
ects including commercial
scale greenhouses, an aca-
demic campus and botanical
garden.
• Grant County Sheriff’s
Offi ce
May 31: Responded to a
report of suspicious circum-
stances.
June 1: Arrested a 69-year-
old John Day resident on a
warrant.
June 2: Took a report of
child abuse and arrested a
20-year-old Mt. Vernon res-
ident and an 19-year-old Mt.
Vernon resident for assault.
Responded to a report of an
assault on Main Street.
June 4: Responded with
John Day police to a domestic
dispute in the John Day Trailer
Park.
• John Day ambulance
June 1: Received a call of
a possibly septic 61-year-old
female.
June 4: Responded to a
man who had dropped a saw
on his foot.
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.
Oregon State Police
Arrested Kris Rae Klem-
metson, 64, Hanson, Idaho,
for driving under the infl uence
of a controlled substance and
failure to drive within lane af-
ter receiving a report claiming
he was impaired and observing
signs of driving under the in-
fl uence.
Cited Samuel Colton
Loshbaugh Gilbert, 19, Pend-
leton, for minor in possession
of alcohol after stopping him
for driving with passengers
improperly restrained. Losh-
baugh Gilbert admitted to
drinking a beer before driving
but passed fi eld sobriety tests.
Grant County Sheriff
The Grant County Sheriff’s
Offi ce reported the following
for the week of May 26-June
1:
• Concealed handgun li-
censes: 3
• Average inmates: 15
• Bookings: 15
• Releases: 14
• Arrests:1
• Citations: 1
• Fingerprints: 3
• Civil papers: 11
• Warrants processed: 3
• Asst./welfare check: 2
Cited Ethelene Yazzie, 49,
of Canyon City for dog as a
nuisance.
Justice Court
The Grant County Justice
Court reported the following
fi nes and judgments:
Exceeding the speed lim-
it: Darcy Diane Gabriel, 56,
Stanfi eld, 79/65 zone, May 14,
fi ned $220; Charles Oscar Pol-
lock, 58, Culver, 75/65 zone,
May 29, fi ned $135; Linda
Palmer Patterson, 79, Sisters,
78/65 zone, May 26, fi ned
$260; Colleen Ann Taylor, 64,
Baker City, 61/35 zone, May
22, fi ned $220.
Violation of the basic rule:
Rodney L. Robertson, 59, La
Grande, 74/55 zone, May 21,
fi ned $160.
Driving while suspended:
Jonathan Dean Moffatt, 37,
South Beach, May 1, fi ned
$435; Jonathan Dean Moffatt,
37, South Beach, May 6, fi ned
$435.
Driving uninsured: Jona-
than Dean Moffatt, 37, South
Beach, May 1, fi ned $260; Da-
kota Stout, 20, John Day, April
14, fi ned $130.
No operator’s license: Da-
kota Stout, 20, John Day, April
14, fi ned $130.
Failure to report an acci-
dent: Jonathan Dean Moffatt,
37, South Beach, May 1, fi ned
$435.
Illegal stopping standing or
parking: Gurpreet Singh, 24,
Fresno, California, Feb. 27,
fi ned $110.
No resident’s angling li-
cense: Donald Ray Frey, 52,
Milton-Freewater, April 2,
fi ned $95.
Leo B. Buzzard pleaded
guilty to second-degree crim-
inal mischief and was sen-
tenced to 96 hours in jail, 18
months probation and fi ned
$950.
Raymond E. Hall v. Mike
Stovall Concrete Construction
Inc. Money judgment ward-
ed to Raymond E. Hall for
$1,051.
Dispatch
John Day dispatch worked
102 calls during the week of
May 31 to June 4. Along with
the various traffi c warnings,
trespassing, injured animals,
noise complaints and juvenile
complaints, these calls includ-
ed:
• John Day Police Depart-
ment
May 31: A caller reported
they are receiving fraudulent
checks.
June 2: Advised of a
non-injury hit and run accident
near the Prairie City Post Of-
I want to thank Len’s Drug for buying
the Prairie City Drugstore out, and for
starting the hardware store. I want to
thank you for closing it down and
making it a hardship on us older folks
in Prairie City.
Paid for by Kenneth Kennedy
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fi ce. Advised to be on the look-
out for suspicious subjects in a
white Chevrolet.
June 3: Responded with
Grant County Sheriff’s Offi ce
deputies to a report of an un-
wanted subject at a residence
on Canyon Boulevard. Sub-
ject was warned for trespass-
ing.
June 4: Cited a 41-year-old
John Day woman for pointing
a fi rearm at another person.