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Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, January 17, 2018
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Walden confident in
6-year CHIP funding
By Sean Hart
Blue Mountain Eagle
U.S. Rep. Greg Walden
said he believes Congress will
soon pass a six-year funding
extension for the Children’s
Health Insurance Program.
The Oregon Republican
told reporters on a confer-
ence call Jan. 12 the health
care program for children and
pregnant women could be
funded for six years after the
Congressional Budget Office
revised its financial impact
estimates to reflect the repeal
of the individual health insur-
ance mandate in the recent tax
legislation.
“We can now fully fund
the Children’s
Health Insur-
ance Program
for six years
without find-
ing pay-fors,”
he said.
Rep. Greg
The House
Walden
passed similar
legislation in
November, but Walden said
the Senate had been unable to
garner bipartisan support to
pass it. Walden said, with the
new CBO score, he believes
a reworked version will pass
the Senate.
He said he anticipated the
House to take up the matter
this week and the funding
would be immediate, once
passed. Without the bill, he
said he believed short-term
extensions would continue to
be passed.
Oregon was expected to
run out of federal funding for
the program in December, but
Gov. Kate Brown directed
the Oregon Health Authority
to extend coverage through
April using state funds. State-
wide, 120,000 children and
1,700 pregnant women rely
on the program.
“We all know the impor-
tance of prenatal health care
and everything that goes with
child birth and young chil-
dren,” Walden said. “As a
parent, knowing your child is
covered is essential.”
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
Britt M. Wilcox, 23, John
Day, was convicted on Jan. 10
of violating probation by con-
tacting the victim in his case,
not making payments on his
$671 fine, not undergoing a
substance abuse assessment
and not completing 40 hours
of community service. He
was convicted of third-degree
criminal mischief on June 22
and was convicted of violating
probation on Sept. 11. His sen-
tence was continued under the
same conditions, including 18
months probation.
Grant County
Sheriff
The Grant County Sheriff’s
Office reported the following
for the week of Jan. 11: con-
cealed handgun licenses, 3;
average inmates, 13; bookings,
10; releases, 8; arrests, 2; cita-
tions, 1; fingerprints, 3; civil
papers, 10; warrants processed,
0; asst./welfare check, 2; search
and rescue, 0.
Jan. 8: Justin Shaw, 24, Ea-
gle Point, was cited for improp-
er display of validation sticker
and refusal to provide a breath
sample.
Oregon State
Police
Jan. 7: Mitchel D. Long, 47,
John Day, was arrested follow-
ing a traffic stop on Highway
26 near Pine Creek Road and
charged with misdemeanor
possession of methamphet-
amine.
Jan. 10: Report of a nonin-
jury crash at Highway 26 and
Apple Road in John Day.
Jan. 10: Responded to an
accident on Highway 26 West
in John Day involving a pickup
truck that entered the highway
and was struck by a commercial
truck. Mary Elliot, 53, John Day,
was cited for failing to yield.
Jan. 12: Fnu Hamed, 25,
Redmond, was arrested on
Highway 26 east of Dayville
and charged with driving with a
suspended driver’s license.
Dispatch
John Day dispatch worked
123 calls during the week of Jan
8-14. Along with the various
traffic warnings, trespassing, in-
jured animals, noise complaints
and juvenile complaints, these
calls included:
• John Day Police Depart-
ment
Jan. 8: Advised of suspicious
circumstances on West Main
Street in John Day.
Jan. 9: Responded to a civil
problem on West Main Street in
John Day.
Jan. 9: Unable to locate a per-
son who was reportedly banging
on the door of the Grant County
Health Department in John Day.
Jan. 9: Responded with
sheriff’s office to the Canyon
Heights subdivision above Can-
yon City for a report of a miss-
ing child. The callers found the
child.
Jan. 10: Ethelene Yazzie, 49,
Canyon City, was cited on South
Canyon Boulevard for using a
cellphone while driving.
Jan. 11: Jonathan Coley, 24,
Mt. Vernon, was cited for crimi-
nal mischief at the Grant County
Fairgrounds in John Day.
Jan. 12: Dispatched to the
Riverside Mobile Home Park
in John Day for a juvenile prob-
lem.
Jan. 12: Responded for a
report of a suspicious vehicle
at Southwest Sixth Avenue and
South Canyon Boulevard in
John Day. Charles C. Paulson,
40, John Day, was cited for ille-
gal stopping and standing on the
roadway.
Jan. 12: Warned a person on
West Main Street in John Day
suspected of harassment over
the telephone.
Jan. 12: Christopher Olsen,
30, Walla Walla, Washington,
was cited on Highway 26 near
Dog Creek Road for driving
with expired plates and no in-
surance.
Jan. 13: Aaron Roseberry,
31, Canyon City, was cited on
Main Street in John Day for
driving with a suspended driv-
er’s license.
Jan. 13: Responded to a
senior home in John Day for a
theft report. Darlene Morrison,
39, John Day, was issued a cita-
tion to appear.
Jan. 13: Dispatched with
sheriff’s office for a report of
shots fired on Northwest Sev-
enth Avenue in John Day but
unable to locate the source.
Jan. 13: Shauna Koopman,
36, Yakima, Washington, was
cited on Highway 26 West in
John Day for speeding 50 mph
in a 25 zone.
Jan. 14: Responded with
Oregon State Police for a ve-
hicle that slid off Highway 26
West in John Day.
Jan. 14: Cited a minor in
possession of alcohol on Bridge
Street in John Day.
• Grant County Sheriff’s
Office
Jan. 9: Report of a violation
of release agreement on West
Franklin Avenue in Dayville.
Jan. 9: Assisted a motorist
who ran out of fuel at Highway
26 and Moon Creek Road.
Jan. 10: Received a fraud
report from Mt. Vernon.
Jan. 13: Responded to Main
Street in Monument for an as-
sault report that turned out to be
a verbal altercation.
Jan. 13: Dispatched to
Marysville Road in Canyon
City for a report of a suspicious
vehicle.
Jan. 14: Report of a suspi-
cious person at a rural property
on Highway 26 west of John
Day.
Jan. 14: Responded to Dixie
Creek Road in Prairie City for a
noninjury crash.
• John Day ambulance
Jan. 9: Responded for a
woman at a senior home in
John Day.
Jan. 9: Dispatched to North
Johnson Avenue in Prairie City
for a 58-year-old woman com-
plaining of back and leg pain.
Jan. 10: Responded with
Long Creek fire and ambulance
and AirLink helicopter to Ritter
Road in Long Creek for a man
with a broken bone.
Jan. 10: Dispatched to West
Main Street in John Day for a
woman who had fallen.
Jan. 11: Responded to South-
west Violet Street in Mt. Vernon
for a 69-year-old woman.
Jan. 12: Dispatched to West
Main Street in John Day for an
elderly woman.
Jan. 12: Responded to Grant
Union Junior-Senior High
School for an injured basketball
player.
Jan. 13: Dispatched to Ingle
Street in Mt. Vernon for a wom-
an.
Jan. 13: Responded to West
Main Street in John Day for a
woman with chest pain and nau-
sea.
Jan. 14: Dispatched with
John Day police and Prairie City
ambulance to Overholt Avenue
in Prairie City for a 14-year-old
boy.
• John Day Fire Depart-
ment
Jan. 12: Report of a fire or
electrical problem on Marys-
ville Road in Canyon City.
• Oregon Department of
Transportation
Jan. 9: Report of a rock
slide on Highway 395 near
Magone Lake Road.
Jan. 14: Advised of a traf-
fic light outage on Main Street
in John Day.
JUNIPER ARTS COUNCIL/GRANT COUNTY
CULTURAL COALITION IS SEEKING
GRANT PROPOSALS FOR OREGON
CULTURAL TRUST GRANT AWARDS
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PASSENGER CHAIN
RETURN PROGRAM
If you don’t use your passenger
car chains, return them for a
full refund after the last legal
date for studded tires. (Does
not apply to the Quick Trak
traction device.)
The coalition has $7,000 from the Oregon
Cultural Trust to distribute in Grant County to
organizations for projects relating to culture.
Projects may be related to the visual or
performing arts, heritage, and/or humanities.
Applications are available from Karin Barntish,
131 W. Main Street, John Day or call Kris Beal at
541-932-4892 for more information or an
application.
Grant applications will be accepted until
February 2, 2018 at 5:00 pm.
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