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Wednesday, October 30, 2019
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Rebekah Rand
named top state
EMS Administrator
Blue Mountain Eagle
Rebekah Rand of Can-
yon City received the Ore-
gon Health Authority’s
EMS Administrator of the
Year Award on Sept. 27 in
Salem.
Rand is the Emergency
Management Services and
Hospital Emergency Pre-
paredness Program director
for Blue Mountain Hospital
District in John Day.
She was first hired as
a full-time paramedic for
the district in 2011, then
stepped up as interim EMS
director in November 2016,
in addition to her paramedic
responsibilities.
Rand took on her most
recent titles in February
2017.
A press release at the
Blue Mountain Hospital
website states that Rand
increased the morale for
the volunteer responders
and brought all levels of
responders together as a
strong team.
“She made it her top pri-
ority to re-establish a strong
rapport with Grant Coun-
ty’s volunteer EMTs, bring-
ing the majority of them
back into service for their
communities,” the state-
ment reads. “In addition,
she has worked diligently
to incorporate local fire
departments into the EMS
medical response system
by offering BMHD spon-
sored (emergency medical
response) trainings to all
areas of Grant County.”
“From upgrading ambu-
lance equipment to her
staunch support of Grant
County’s EMS volunteers,
her tireless work to pro-
vide excellent emergency
care to those visiting and
living in this sparsely pop-
ulated county is to be com-
Contributed photo
Rebekah
Rand
of
Canyon City received the
Emergency Medical Service
Administrator of the Year
Award on Sept. 27 in Salem.
Rand is the Emergency
Management
Services
and Hospital Emergency
Preparedness
Program
director for the Blue
Mountain Hospital District.
mended,” the statement
read.
Rand said she found out
after receiving the award
that many people had con-
tributed to her nomination.
“I am humbled and in
awe that so many think I am
deserving of this award,”
she said, adding others
were involved in the suc-
cesses over the last three
years.
“So many talented and
smart people have been a
part of this journey, and I
cannot thank each one of
you enough for your wis-
dom, guidance, and mentor-
ship that has made me into
the person I am today,” she
said. “I would not be who
I am without the amazing
support system I have; and
my number one supporter
is, as always, my husband
Damon.”
The Eagle/Rudy Diaz
Grant County Deputy District Attorney Gregory Goebel works in his office in the Grant County Courthouse.
Deputy district attorney passes the bar
National Guardsman
Goebel earned law
degree from University
of Oregon
By Rudy Diaz
Blue Mountain Eagle
Grant County Deputy District Attor-
ney Gregory Goebel passed the Oregon
State Bar exam.
Goebel has officially been the Dep-
uty DA since he passed the bar back in
September, but he has been working in
the office since May after he graduated
from the University of Oregon with a
law degree.
“I was looking to get something
secured before I graduated,” Goebel
said. “I saw on my school’s job board
that this office was hiring. I wanted to
stay in Oregon because I am a member
of the National Guard here in the state.”
Goebel has been a member of the
National Guard for five years and has
plans to continue within the orga-
nization now that he has passed
the bar.
“I commissioned in the National
Guard this last spring as a signal offi-
cer,” said Goebel. “Right now I am put-
ting together a packet for the Judge
Advocate General’s Corps for the
National Guard here in Oregon. Now
that I passed the bar, I can send that
packet out and hopefully get picked
up.”
Along with personal benefits, pass-
ing the bar has benefits for Grant County
and Goebel in his current position.
“Now I can practice law on my
own,” Goebel said. “I don’t need my
boss, Jim Carpenter, to sign off when
I need documents, and now I have my
own case load.”
The University of Oregon started
paying for student preparation courses
for the bar exam, and Goebel took an
online course from BARBRI. This
course is a general overview of the law
such as civil, criminal, evidence and
property.
“In hindsight, I studied a lot for the
exam,” Goebel said. “I spent proba-
bly 12 weeks studying, and with that
amount of time and with my law degree,
I felt pretty comfortable taking the test.
I thought, in that way, that exam was
over-hyped.”
Eighty-four percent of first-time
applicants who took the Oregon bar in
July 2019 passed.
“Don’t slack off on studying,”
Goebel said. “Especially if you are
doing a prep program like I did. I rec-
ommend people completing the BAR-
BRI, all of it.”
COPS AND COURTS
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.
Grant County Circuit
Court
Charges of fourth-de-
gree assault, strangulation
and harassment from July
24 against Briann D. L. Lan-
caster of Condon were dis-
missed with prejudice Oct.
24 because a necessary wit-
ness was unavailable.
report of a dead animal on
South Canyon Boulevard.
Oct. 21: Dispatched to an
animal complaint on West
Main Street.
Oct. 22: Received a
report of a dispute on West
Main Street.
Oct. 23: Arrested Tra-
vis Freniere, John Day, for
shoplifting.
Oct. 24: Cited Adrian
Couey, 34, for driving while
suspended and for expired
tags.
Oct. 25: Responded to a
report of a noninjury crash
between a vehicle and a light
pole.
Oct. 26: During a traffic
stop, cited a man for reckless
driving.
Oct. 27: Called for a dis-
pute between roommates on
West Main Street.
• Oregon State Police
Oct. 23: Received a
report of suspicious circum-
stances on Highway 402.
Oct. 24: Received a
report of suspicious circum-
stances on Elkview Drive.
Oct. 26: Received a
report of a big black bull on
the road at Highway 26.
Oct. 26: Received a
report of possible poaching
on Beech Creek.
• Grant County Sher-
iff’s Office
Oct. 21: Received a report
of an unattended death on
Scotty Creek Lane.
Oct. 21: Received a driv-
ing complaint on Ingle Street.
Oct. 21: Received an ani-
mal complaint on West Main
Street.
Oct. 23: Received a call of
dispute on Johnson Street.
Oct. 26: Received a report
of a noninjury crash on
Scotty Creek.
• John Day ambulance
Oct. 21: Called for a
64-year-old man with diffi-
culty breathing.
Oct. 21: Called for an
82-year-old woman that fell
in the bathroom.
Oct. 21: Called for an
86-year-old woman that fell
out of bed with a knee injury.
Oct. 21: Dispatched to an
elderly woman who fell on
West Main Street.
Oct. 22: Responded to an
83-year-old woman with flu-
like symptoms on Hillcrest
Road.
Oct. 22: Along with
Dayville fire, responded to
a report of a 39-year-old
woman with an amputated
finger.
Oct. 24: Called for a
64-year-old woman with an
injured leg on Inland Street.
Oct. 25: Paged for a
56-year-old man with prob-
lems breathing.
Oct. 27: Paged for an
81-year-old woman who
passed out on Cozart
Avenue.
Justice Court
Violation of basic rule:
Randall L. Mahaney, 50,
Bend, Sept. 12, 81/55
zone, fined $225; James
G. Stumm, 59, Redmond,
Oct. 20, 75/55 zone, fined
$165; Tomica L. Long, Prai-
rie City, 23, Sept. 24, 72/55
zone, fined $140.
Violation of speed: Heath
W. Paxton, 32, Cove, Oct.
9, 46/35 zone, fined $165;
Nick K. Winfrey, 76, Can-
yon City, Sept. 30, 41/25
zone, fined $165; juvenile,
16, Adel, Oct. 2, 74/65 zone,
fined $100.
Operating
without
required lighting: Kimberly
J. Etter, 55, Salem, Aug. 1,
fined $140.
Driving uninsured: Patri-
cia A. Goode, 73, Prairie
City, Sept. 23, fined $165.
Failure to properly use
safety belt: Brenden W.
Wylie, 25, Myrtle, Sept. 7,
fined $115; Kayla D. Lam-
beth, 25, John Day, Aug. 30,
fined $115.
No operator’s license:
Kayla D. Lambeth, 25, John
Day, Aug. 30, fined $265,
Aug. 30, fined $265.
James D. Baseel pleaded
guilty Oct. 9 for failing to
attach a big game tag in plain
sight. He was fined $110.
Dispatch
John
Day
dispatch
worked 149 calls during
the week of Oct. 21-27,
including:
• John Day Police
Department
Oct. 21: Dispatched to a
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