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PROSPECTORS CLAIM VICTORY OVER HEPPNER The PAGE A10 Blue Mountain EAGLE Grant County’s newspaper since 1868 W EDNESDAY , S EPTEMBER 13, 2017 • N O . 37 • 18 P AGES • $1.00 www.MyEagleNews.com RIP ROARIN’ RODEO Top NW competitors shine at NPRA Rodeo By Angel Carpenter Blue Mountain Eagle Last weekend’s Northwest Profes- sional Rodeo Association Rodeo at the Grant County Fairgrounds in John Day offered one more opportunity for cow- boys and cowgirls to qualify for the 2017 NPRA Finals Rodeo. Rodeo announcer Lindsey Wyllie said he was impressed with the skill on display Friday and Saturday. “That was one of the best rodeo per- formances that I’ve seen — the action, the cowboys and cowgirls and the NPRA Finals talent we had,” he Sept. 22-23 said. “We had the in Prineville top competitors in the Northwest, including the 2016 Pendleton Roundup All-Around Cowboy, Shane Erickson.” Local sporting events may have put a damper on Friday’s attendance, but Saturday brought out a crowd of 350. Among the competitors was Charlie Barker of Culver who placed second in saddle bronc riding. “Got a nice little horse, an old cam- paigner — one you know you can win on,” he said. “It went good.” See RODEO, Page A10 The Eagle/Angel Carpenter OVER HYDRATED Tucker Wright of Canyon City steer wrestles Saturday for his home crowd at the Sept. 8-9 Northwest Professional Rodeo Association Rodeo in John Day. Eagle photos/Rylan Boggs Standing water on Rich Boren’s property in Dayville on Wednesday, Aug. 2. Some Dayville residents complain of saturated properties “ By Rylan Boggs Blue Mountain Eagle D Tim Briggs measures water over 5 feet deep on his property in Dayville, Wednesday, Aug. 2. Briggs dug this hole to demonstrate how much water runs down into his property. Mother Nature doesn’t flood this property, it’s man.” — Rich Boren AYVILLE — Despite the hot, dry sum- mer, some Dayville residents are experi- encing highly saturated properties. Mildew, mold and fl ooding have damaged Dayville resident Rich Boren’s property, as well as that of his neighbors. Boren said the water stems from two different sources. The fi rst is the fl ood irrigation of property above the South Fork Road, and the second is the Cummings Ditch, which he said is leaking. Boren said a handful of property owners are im- properly irrigating, and thus damaging properties below. He said he has communicated with the land- owners repeatedly, but they refuse to change their watering practices. The problem has been going on for decades and Boren said people are fi nally fed up with it. See WATER, Page A6 Oregon’s non-unanimous jury law under scrutiny Supreme Court may tackle case in Louisiana ‘Nitro Circus’ comes to town TV personalities swing by on America expedition By Angel Carpenter Blue Mountain Eagle By Paris Achen Capital Bureau Oregon’s long time law al- lowing felony convictions by non-unanimous juries could be tested if the U.S. Supreme Court accepts a case challeng- ing a similar law in Louisiana. Only in Oregon and Loui- siana can a defendant be con- victed of a felony with a 10- to-2 jury vote. All other states and the federal government require a unanimous verdict. Lawyers for defendant Rich Boren gestures across his property in Dayville on Wednesday, Aug. 2. Courtesy USDA A case appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court could impact Oregon law allowing 10-2 convictions. Dale Lambert argue that the court should overturn its pre- vious rulings that Louisiana’s and Oregon’s non-unanimous jury laws are constitutional. See LAW, Page A6 Personalities from the television series “Nitro Circus” made a pit stop at John Day Polaris, as they ventured on a coast-to-coast trip across America. Hubert Rowland, in the TV show cast, and his crew pulled up in Polaris RZR side-by-sides to visit with business owner Gregg Haberly. Rowland said they were traveling “the non-mainstream way across America,” driv- ing dirt and gravel roads. He said the purpose of the trip was to show how UTVs can be used for exploration. “Our main path is country roads and back roads,” Rowland said. “We had to get on the highway for roughly three miles to cross the Mississippi River.” The Eagle/Angel Carpenter Hubert Rowland of “Nitro Circus” headed up the coast-to-coast trip called “Hubert’s Big RedNek Adventure with 4x4 Barbie.” “Nitro Circus” partnered with “Warfi ghter Made” for the cross-country trip, which start- ed in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, and end- ed near Florence on the Oregon Coast. See NITRO, Page A6
