News
Blue Mountain Eagle
Wednesday, April 25, 2018
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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.”
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RE-ELECT
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Justice of the Peace
VOTE FOR
Experience
Leonard
“Archie”
Osburn
Integrity
Commitment
Common sense
and integrity.
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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
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