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News Blue Mountain Eagle Wednesday, April 25, 2018 A5 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 Noah P. Fulfer, 23, Red- mond, pleaded guilty April 12 to driving under the influence of intoxicants on Feb. 16. The court will withhold entry of a judgment of conviction pend- ing completion of a one-year diversion. He was ordered to pay a $490 fee and install an ignition interlock device on any vehicle he drives. One count of careless driving and one count of violating the open container law were dismissed. A felony charge of unautho- rized use of a motor vehicle on Feb. 26 against Tylor J. Gifford, 23, John Day, was dismissed without prejudice March 26, pending further investigation. Gregg E. Devore, 36, Prai- rie City, pleaded guilty April 12 to second-degree failure to appear on Nov. 30. He was sentenced to 15 days in jail and fined $100. In a separate case, charges of menacing, fourth-degree assault and ha- rassment, all misdemeanors, were dismissed April 12 per stipulated plea negotiations in two other cases. Grant County Sheriff The Grant County Sheriff’s Office reported the following for the week of April 19: con- cealed handgun licenses, 11; average inmates, 20; bookings, 4; releases, 8; arrests, 1; cita- tions, 2; fingerprints, 8; civil papers, 15; warrants processed, 4; asst./welfare check, 0; search and rescue, 1. April 13: Joseph Mecham, 27, Prairie City, was cited for accumulation of garbage and vehicles. April 17: Devan Haynes, 25, Pendleton, was cited for operating without required lighting and refusing to test for intoxication. Justice Court The Grant County Justice Court reported the following fines and judgments: • Driving uninsured: Tan- aya S. Robinson, 37, John Day, March 11, fined $265. LETTERS Continued from Page A4 ‘Drain the swamp’ To the Editor: As a former Grant County resident with family still living in the area, I try to stay abreast of happenings that would af- fect my loved ones and their chosen way of life. I was very distressed to see challenges to county ordinances, initiatives, resolutions and everything re- lated to customs and cultures brought before the Grant Coun- ty Court; and those challenges upheld in spite of being created by the people, for the people and seriously lacking transpar- ency. Federal government take- over for access closures, indis- criminate “prescribed” burning in what appears to be a cover up of incomplete project clean up and total destruction of the local economy through a “part- nership” designed to eliminate local loggers and timber work- ers. There are administrative agreements that favor the few • Driving with a suspend- ed license: Alan W. Wolfe, 30, Canyon City, March 4, fined $440; Tanaya S. Robinson, 37, John Day, March 11, fined $440. • Violation of speed limit: Logan Z. Jacobson, 45, Prairie City, April 6, 38/20 zone, fined $165. • Failure to drive with- in lane: William L. Nolt, 64, Mabton, Washington, March 29, fined $225. • Exceeding speed limit: Sarah A. Alvarez, 26, Grants Pass, March 31, 47/30 zone, fined $165; Geoffrey G. Gerdes, 23, Prineville, April 11, 42/25 zone, fined $165; Michael S. Gillen, 35, Spray, March 31, 48/30 zone, fined $165; Katelyn A. Moore, 30, Jordan Valley, March 15, 40/25 zone, fined $165; Eric D. Beh- rendt, 33, Tacoma, Washington, March 14, 84/65 zone, fined $265. • Violation of basic rule: Leah M. Ruconich, 22, Bea- verton, March 30, 76/55 zone, fined $265; Sherry S. Brooke, 51, Bend, March 31, 81/55 zone, fined $265. • Failure to carry valid reg- istration card: Tanaya S. Rob- inson, 37, John Day, March 11, fined $115. • Unlawful or unsignaled turn: Alan W. Wolfe, 30, Can- yon City, March 4, fined $115. • Open container of alcohol: Justin A. Bishop, 45, Canyon City, March 23, fined $265. • No operator’s license: Da- vid R. White, 55, Nampa, Ida- ho, March 30, fined $135. • William M. Choate, 87, John Day, pleaded guilty to third degree theft. He was sen- tenced to 10 days house arrest, 12 months probation and $200 in fines and fees. Oregon State Police April 8: Following a traffic stop on Highway 26 in Day- ville, the male driver who was on probation consented to a search of his vehicle. A set of digital scales and marijuana edibles were found. Olle L. Starnes, 47, John Day, was ar- rested and charged with a pro- bation violation. April 8: A female driver parked at Boot Hill Cemetery in Canyon City appeared to be impaired by alcohol. She refused standardized field so- briety testing and was arrest- at the expense to the majority, such as poorly planned fiber optics installations in a commu- nity well served by established fiber optics companies, and an indication of several years of misuse of county funds, which deserve to be audited. The For- est Service is a visitor in Grant County, and their operations are subject to approval of the peo- ple according to various initia- tives that have been ignored by the county government. Where are the county administrators that were elected by the people to represent the majority, not the vocal minority? It appears that the time and opportunity has arrived to repopulate the governing body with people having ethics, honesty and hon- or. For the survival of a unique way of life, I hope the people of Grant County will vote wisely and, using the catch phrase so widely used, “drain the swamp” of under-the-table dealings. Be- ware of the alligator candidates waiting in the wings to swim in with selfish motives and serv- ing select groups. Jodi Cook Sherwood ed. Her blood alcohol content was later determined to be 0.30 percent. Laura M. Brunton, 56, Mt. Vernon, was charged with DUII alcohol. April 9: Following a traf- fic stop on Highway 26 near Pine Creek Road, a passenger, Colt J. Martin, 19, Prairie City, was arrested and charged with a probation violation warrant from Wheeler County. April 12: Troopers and Grant County Sheriff’s Office deputies were unable to locate a gold SUV with a possible intoxicated driver on Highway 26 near Prairie City. A sheriff’s deputy who pursued the vehicle checked its speed at 107 mph. April 12: Dennis B. Asher, 50, John Day, was arrested on Washington Street in Canyon City and charged with failing to register as a sex offender after changing his address. April 15: Responded to a single-vehicle noninjury crash on Highway 26 near the truck scales east of Laycock Creek. The westbound driver report- edly had fallen asleep. Daniel J. Curtis, 24, Bend, was cited for careless driving. April 15: Ricky B. Gordon, 55, Canyon City, was arrested and charged with DUII alcohol following a traffic stop at Third Street and North Canyon Bou- levard in John Day. He also was charged with operating his Jeep Grand Cherokee without prop- er fenders. April 17: An SUV stopped for multiple traffic violations on Highway 26 east of Dayville was found to be transporting a significant quantity of marijua- na to several dispensaries. The driver reportedly lacked proper documentation to transport the marijuana. Casey D. Branham, 39, was cited and released for driving with a suspended li- cense. Additional charges are possible pending further inves- tigation. April 18: Responded to a John Day store after a man’s at- tempt to purchase a firearm was denied. A background check in- dicated criminal history from when the man was in the Army. John S. Melland, 47, John Day, was arrested and charged with false swearing. April 18: Received a re- port of sexual abuse involving a 9-year-old girl in the Long Creek area. April 19: Referred a report of possible child abuse to John Day police. Jim Crary for Congress To the Editor: Primary election is ap- proaching fast. Time to elect Jim Crary to represent Oregon Congressional District 2. Jim’s campaign is 100 percent funded by individual donations — no PACS, corpo- rations or special interests. He has signed the Candidates With a Contract (he helped write it), focusing on combating corrup- tion in politics and campaign finance reform. He is the only Oregon candidate to have signed this. He has also signed the No NRA Money pledge — again, the only Oregon candidate to sign this pledge. And, he has signed the OFF Fossil Fuels Act pledge, HR3671, introduced by Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-Hawaii) — one of 121 candidates who have signed this pledge. He has received a Candidate Distinc- tion from Moms Demand Ac- tion Gun Sense. Endorsed by Mayor Embanks of Madras and Manuel Gutierrez, Hermiston City Councilor and member of Dispatch John Day dispatch worked 135 calls during the week of April 16-22, including: • John Day Police Depart- ment April 17: Benjamin L. Keith, 37, Prairie City, was cit- ed on Highway 26 near Prairie City for driving with a suspend- ed license. April 18: Responded to a harassment report on North- west First Street in John Day. April 18: Report of some- one tampering with mailboxes in John Day. April 19: Responded to a daycare on South Canyon Bou- levard in John Day for a loud noise complaint. April 19: Eric Borley, 54, Redmond, was arrested on West Main Street in John Day and charged with failing to reg- ister as a sex offender. • Grant County Sheriff’s Office April 17: Dispatched for two women whose vehicle got stuck in a snowdrift on For- est Road 73 north of Granite. Searchers came across the women as they were walking out. April 18: Report of a juve- nile assault at Humbolt Ele- mentary School. April 19: Report of shots fired into a field with livestock on Forest Road 13 near Gran- ite. April 20: Responded to a complaint of wild horses min- gling with domestic horses on Izee Paulina Lane in Canyon City. April 20: Responded to a harassment report on Ingle Street in Mt. Vernon. April 21: Catherine L. Mor- ris, 38, Irrigon, was arrested on South Humbolt Street in Canyon City and charged on a Grant County warrant. April 22: Dispatched to Pat- terson Drive in Canyon City for a report of someone rolling rocks down a hillside and hit- ting a home. • John Day ambulance April 16: Responded with Monument fire and ambulance to Highway 19 in Monument for a 16-month-old child. April 17: Dispatched to Southwest Violet Street in Mt. Vernon for a 66-year-old man. April 20: Responded to Southwest First Avenue in John Day for a 61-year-old woman. Hispanic Advisory Committee. Jim’s website is loaded with answers to your questions. He is also available on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Jim is approachable and friendly. He has criss-crossed our District 2 steadily for the last two years. He has been knocking on constituent doors in every part of CD2. Holding town hall discussions, neighbor meetings. Jim loves talking to peo- ple! And he answers his phone when you call. He returns phone calls. He has promised that when he gets to Washing- ton, he will personally answer his phone at least five hours a week. Cool! With Jim Crary as our CD2 Representative, we won’t have to stand on the corner and ask “Where’s Walden?” Barbara “BJ” Thomas Bend Contributed photo/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service A judge has dismissed a 15-year-old lawsuit brought by environmentalists about grazing and bull trout concerns on the Malheur National Forest. Malheur anti-grazing lawsuit defeated By Mateusz Perkowski EO Media Group Ranchers and the federal government have defeated a 15-year-old environmen- talist lawsuit that claimed grazing imperils threatened bull trout in Oregon’s Mal- heur National Forest. U.S. District Judge Mi- chael Mosman has dismissed the complaint, which was originally filed by the Oregon Natural Desert Association and the Center for Biological Diversity in early 2003. The environmental plaintiffs sought to prohibit livestock grazing on “units of concern” in seven allot- ments along the Malheur and North Fork rivers, argu- ing the waterways contain only 100 bull trout despite having the capacity for 4,000 of the protected fish. Last year, however, U.S. Magistrate Judge Paul Pa- pak dealt the case a blow when he found that grazing authorizations hadn’t likely caused the decline in bull trout populations, which have suffered from the in- troduction of non-native fish, dam-building and other factors. Mosman has now agreed with the recommendation to throw out the lawsuit be- cause the plaintiffs haven’t established the U.S. Forest Service violated the National Forest Management Act and Wild and Scenic Rivers Act by approving grazing plans. Mac Lacy, attorney for ONDA, said the group is still reviewing the deci- sion but is disappointed the “court failed to explain why it was reasonable for the Forest Service to collect, but then ignore” data regarding “riparian management ob- jectives” under the agency’s strategy for preserving in- land fish. Ranchers who rely on the grazing allotments, which span tens of thousands of acres, intervened in the case to defend the government’s grazing authorizations. Over the objections of the environmental groups, both judges overseeing the case agreed the Forest Ser- vice was permitted to an- alyze habitat health on the “watershed or landscape scale, rather than stream by stream.” T HE L AW O FFICE OF D ONALD J. M OLNAR A General Practice Law Firm • Wills, Trusts, and Estates • Divorce and Family Law • Contracts, Real Estate, Business • Personal Injury • Criminal Defense 118 S. Washington Street, Canyon City, OR 97820 (541) 620-5127 49475 W A NTE D $300 REWARF OFFEREF for any information leading to the the arrest and conviction of the person or persons 4ho broke in and stole four computer hard drives, four computer monitors, computer locks and other essential items from the computer lab at Meado4brook Apartments. Please contact Chief Gray at the John Fay Police Fept. 541-575-0030 RE-ELECT Kathy Stinnett Justice of the Peace VOTE FOR Experience Leonard “Archie” Osburn Integrity Commitment Common sense and integrity. Paid for by Leonard “Archie” Osburn for Grant County Commissioner • Grant County Justice of the Peace, 2013 - present • Pro-tem judge for Baker, Harney and Wheeler counties • President, Oregon Justice of the Peace Association 47877 Paid for by Kathy Stinnett
