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Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, June 21, 2017
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FOR SALE
A piece of Bates history at Prairie City School
Bids start at
$950 for Bates
Building
By Angel Carpenter
Blue Mountain Eagle
A piece of history is up for
bid at Prairie City School —
all 7,620 square feet of it.
The single-story building
on school property once served
students in grades 1-8 in the
former logging town of Bates.
Known as the Bates Building,
the structure was moved to the
Prairie City School as an add-
on to the existing school in
1977.
The building has served
its purpose with classrooms,
an elementary library and
music room and was later
Eagle file photo
The unused Bates School building, located at Prairie City School, is up for bid.
used for storage. With the
decline in student enroll-
ment and the decline of the
building itself, school offi-
cials decided to sell it.
There were no buyers when
it went up for bid locally last
year, so Superintendent Julie
Gurczynski has re-listed it for
sale both inside and outside of
Grant County. The minimum
bid is $950, and full removal of
the building and foundation is
required.
“We don’t need the build-
ing anymore, and we just don’t
want to support taking care of
it anymore,” Gurczynski said,
adding it had deferred mainte-
nance issues, including a leaky
roof.
The structure is also known
to have, or probably has, lead-
based paint and asbestos.
Last year, former Bates res-
ident Frances Preston of Prai-
rie City attempted to save the
building by gathering signa-
tures to voice opposition to the
sale. However, the school dis-
trict maintained its stance, ar-
guing the care of the building
was more than it could handle.
Two initial ideas for the
extra space that would be cre-
ated by the building removal
C OPS AND C OURTS
Grant County Circuit
Court
Heather Marie Brown
pleaded guilty to one count
of first-degree failure to ap-
pear and one count of flee-
ing or attempting to elude
a police officer and was
sentenced to 86 days in jail.
One count of unauthorized
use of a motor vehicle and
one count of possession of
methamphetamine were dis-
missed.
Christopher Boyer plead-
ed guilty to one count of ha-
rassment and was issued a
10-day jail sentence.
Grant County Sheriff
The Grant County Sher-
iff’s Office reported the fol-
lowing for the week of June
8-14:
• Concealed handgun li-
censes: 7
• Average inmates: 18
• Bookings: 10
• Releases: 11
• Arrests: 3
• Citations: 1
• Fingerprints: 2
• Civil papers: 21
• Warrants processed: 3
Justice Court
The Grant County Justice
Court reported the following
fines and judgments:
Violation of the basic
rule: David Richard Wer-
necke, 64, Freelan, Mich-
igan, 75/55 zone, May 28,
fined $160; Eric Lindsay
Jessup, 51, Pullman, Wash-
ington, 73/55 zone, May 27,
fined $160; Shane Royce
Lazinka, 25, Heppner, 72/55
zone, May 26, fined $160.
Jesse David Willyard, 55,
Pleasant Hill, 84/65 zone,
fined $260.
Driving Uninsured: Steve
Dewey Coleman, 33, Mt.
Vernon, June 6, fined $130;
Christopher M. Schoenbe-
in, 38, Canyon City, April
26, fined $260; Dillon Glen
Winters, 19, John Day, May
9, fined $260.
Driving while suspended:
Christopher M. Schoenbe-
in, 38, Canyon City, April
26, fined $435; Dillon Glen
Winters, 19, John Day, May
9, fined $435.
Stanley Dehiya was found
guilty of failure to perform
the duties of a driver and
fined $260, ordered to pay
$647.20 in restitution. The
fine will be waived if Dehi-
ya does not have any traffic
citations involving animals
before Dec. 7, 2017.
Ethelene Yazzie was con-
victed of keeping a dog as
a public nuisance and fined
$200.
Dispatch
John
Day
dispatch
worked 197 calls during the
week of June 12-18. Along
with the various traffic warn-
ings, trespassing, injured an-
imals, noise complaints and
juvenile complaints, these
calls included:
• John Day Police De-
partment
June 13: Advised of a
suspicious subject driving
around downtown John Day.
June 14: Advised of an
aggressive driver follow-
ing a subject through the
downtown area. Cleared a
number of people out of the
John Day City Park after re-
ceiving a call from someone
thinking they were camp-
ing there. Dispatched to a
business where a group of
subjects kept leaving and
returning despite being un-
welcome. Received a report
of menacing in the Dayville
area. Received a report of
suspicious subject loitering
behind a John Day business.
June 15: Dispatched to
Prairie City after receiv-
ing a call about a “hot rod”
driving fast on residential
streets.
June 16: Arrested a
50-year-old John Day resi-
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dent for a probation viola-
tion after receiving a report
of an unwanted subject. Ar-
rested a 30-year-old Dayton,
Ohio, resident at Chester’s
for theft. Arrested a 34-year-
old John Day resident for
disorderly conduct follow-
ing a driving complaint.
June 17: Arrested a
38-year-old John Day resi-
dent for violating a release
agreement after respond-
ing to a report of someone
sleeping on a couch next to
a dumpster.
June 18: Responded to an
unattended death on Canyon
Boulevard with the Grant
County Sheriff’s Office. Ad-
vised of illegal camping on
the river trail.
• Grant County Sher-
iff’s Office
June 13: Dispatched to a
report of a man stuck in a
snowbank for two days.
June 14: Advised of a
possible trespasser on West
Bench Road.
June 15: Received a re-
port of subjects angry they
had to pay money to leave
garbage at the transfer sta-
tion. Received a call from a
landowner concerned about
people setting up camp near
their property.
June 16: Responded to
a fight in the Grant County
Jail. Advised of an ongoing
harassment on Rebel Hill.
June 17: Advised of sus-
picious subjects near the
Mt. Vernon Middle School.
Responded with the United
States Forest Service and
Bureau of Land Manage-
ment to a report of someone
planning to confront camp-
ers at the Rainbow Gather-
ing. Responded to a report
of an assault on a juvenile
male.
June 18: Advised of two
dogs that were shot on High-
way 26. Arrested a 24-year-
old Canyon City resident
on a Grant County warrant.
Responded to a report of a
dog attack. Caller report-
ed shooting a skunk on his
property. Responded to a re-
port of illegal camping.
• John Day ambulance
June 13: Dispatched for
a boy who cut his finger on
obsidian in Dayville.
June 17: Responded for a
female patient who had been
vomiting blood.
June 18: Responded with
Seneca Ambulance, Grant
County Sheriff’s Office and
John Day Police Department
to a motor vehicle accident
on Highway 395 South.
• Oregon State Police
June 15: Responded with
John Day Police and the
Grant County Sheriff’s Of-
fice to a report of a dispute
at the hospital.
June 18: Responded to a
collision on Highway 395
North between a car and elk
that killed the elk but did not
damage the vehicle.
• John Day Public
Works
June 13: Dispatched for a
report of a deer that fell in a
reservoir.
• Grant County Road
Department
June 17: Responded to an
abandoned vehicle blocking
a county road near the Izee
Paulina Highway.
Vandals strike
shooting range
Blue Mountain Eagle
An informational sign
at the Bear Creek shooting
range was vandalized last
month.
Members of the Bear
Creek Shooting Range board
are offering a $200 reward
for information, including
the name of the culprit.
Board president Rod
Carpenter said the vandals
scratched vulgar language
into the emergency contact
Firefighters extinguish
house blaze in John Day
Blue Mountain Eagle
Firefighters extinguished a
house fire in John Day Thurs-
day afternoon.
John Day Fire Depart-
ment, John Day Police De-
partment, Oregon State Police
and Grant County Sheriff’s
Office personnel responded to
a report of a house on fire at
907 E. Main St. in John Day
at 12:42 p.m.
Fire Chief Ron Smith said
the fire was extinguished by
about 1:15 p.m. He said he
was unaware what caused the
blaze.
The fire was limited to the
residence’s kitchen, and no
people or animals were in-
jured, according to John Day
Police Chief Richard Gray.
The homeowner reported
the fire, according to dis-
patch.
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Every other Monday in John Day at Blue Mountain Hospital
170 Ford Rd. • 541-575-1311
information sign at the range
sometime before May 20.
The range, which was
built with the help of dona-
tions and volunteer work, is
located between John Day
and Prairie City near Keeney
Fork Road.
The entrance gate is
locked, but accessible to
range members and those
with permission.
Anyone with information
can call Carpenter at 509-
385-9334.
05804
Arrests and citations in
the Blue Mountain Eagle are
taken from the logs of law
enforcement agencies. Every
effort is made to report the
court disposition of arrest
cases.
include adding more parking
space near the new gym or
creating a fenced-in garden,
Gurczynski said. She added,
the removal would also pro-
vide easier access to the boiler
room.
“We hope it goes to a good
home,” she said. “It has a lot
of history attached to it, and
we would hope that it would
remain in the county.”
The Bates Building is lo-
cated at the school, 740 Over-
holt St., and bidders may
contact Gurczynski for more
information at 541-820-3314
or gurczynskij@grantesd.k12.
or.us.
Sealed bids are due by 3
p.m. July 19. For more details
on the bidding process, see the
classifieds section of the Ea-
gle.
528 E Main St. • John Day
541-575-1466
Mon-Fri 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Serving Morrow, Wheeler, Gilliam and Grant Counties