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Wednesday, October 6, 2021
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New service available for Medicare patients
By STEVEN MITCHELL
Blue Mountain Eagle
JOHN DAY — Straw-
berry Mountain Urgent Care
has partnered with another
company to make monthly
check-in calls to Medi-
care patients with chronic
illnesses.
According
to
Jenna
Knowles, foundation and
public relations director with
the Blue Mountain Hospi-
tal District, Grant County’s
high population of Medicare
patients makes it hard for
the health care providers at
Strawberry Mountain Urgent
Care to see all the patients.
Joan Sonneberg, direc-
tor of outpatient and pro-
vider services at Strawberry
Mountain Urgent Care, said
ChartSpan, a chronic care
management company, began
contacting the clinic’s Medi-
care patients with chronic
conditions to see if they’re
interested in signing up for
the new service.
People enrolled in the
ChartSpan
service
will
receive calls from a regis-
tered nurse or other quali-
fi ed professional to check on
how they are doing with their
health care conditions and
medications and advise them
on whether they should make
an appointment to see their
doctor.
Sonneberg said ChartSpan
would create a report and send
it to the clinic to be put into the
patient’s chart to be reviewed
by the patient’s doctor.
The clinic found that
many Medicare patients with
chronic conditions were only
coming in to see a doctor
when they became ill, accord-
ing to Sonneberg.
With a service like
ChartSpan, Sonnenberg said,
the clinic staff is in a bet-
ter position to anticipate how
things are going with a patient
and get them in for an appoint-
ment before the patient’s con-
dition becomes too serious.
When ChartSpan started
reaching out to Grant County
Medicare patients last week,
a representative spoke to a
patient with a respiratory con-
dition and noticed she did not
sound like she was doing very
well.
Sonnenberg
said
ChartSpan got the patient in
touch with a health care pro-
vider and the patient was at
the clinic the following day.
Those
with
ques-
tions can call Strawberry
Mountain Urgent Care at
541-575-0404.
Sept. 28: Responded to an ani-
mal complaint on North Mountain
Boulevard.
Sept. 28: Removed a hazard
from West Main Street.
Sept. 28: Responded to a
report of a hit and run on Forest
Service Road 3930.
Sept. 28: Responded to a civil
problem at the Mt. Vernon Com-
munity Hall.
Sept. 28: Responded to an ani-
mal complaint on Highway 395.
Sept. 28: Responded to report
of a road hazard on Highway 26
near milepost 158.
Sept. 28: Responded to a
report of harassment and theft on
Patterson Drive.
Sept. 28: Warned a driver on
Lyns Street for failure to main-
tain lane.
Sept. 29: Responded with John
Day Ambulance and Oregon State
Police to a single-vehicle rollover
on Highway 395 South near mile-
post 6. There were no injuries.
Sept. 30: Responded to a tres-
passing issue at the Dayville
Church.
Sept. 30: Responded to Crane
Creek trailhead to check on an
overdue motorist.
Sept. 30: Arrested Robert
Crosby II of John Day on a felony
warrant.
Sept. 30: Assisted a motorist
on the Izee Highway.
Sept. 30: Responded with John
Day police to reports of a female
subject running and dancing in
traffi c on Main Street.
Oct. 1: Investigated a report of
a loud noise on Center Street.
Oct. 1: Warned a driver for
speeding on Highway 26 near
milepost 127.
Oct. 1: Responded to com-
plaint of dogs at large near the
Highway 395-Izee junction.
Oct. 1: Warned a driver for
speeding on Highway 395 C at
Fourth Avenue.
Oct. 1: Assisted a motorist on
Highway 26 near milepost 174.
Oct. 1: Investigated a burglary
report on Highway 395 B near
milepost 66.
Oct. 1: Checked on overdue
hunters at Dixie Creek.
Oct. 2: Arrested Brett Wilcox,
45, on a menacing charge on Mil-
ton Street.
Oct. 2: Investigated reports
of shots fi red in the city limits,
possibly by duck hunters, in Mt.
Vernon.
Oct. 2: Arrested Ian Edward
Hubbard, 25, of Canyon City on a
Grant County warrant at a Hum-
bolt Street address.
Oct. 3: Responded to an ani-
mal complaint call on South Har-
ris Street in Prairie City.
Oct. 3: Followed up on a theft
complaint on South Humbolt
Street.
Oct. 3: Performed a welfare
check on Pine Creek Road.
• Oregon State Police
Sept. 28: Responded to High-
way 395 North near milepost 77B
for a livestock complaint.
Oct. 2: Responded to West
Main Street in John Day for a
report of horseback riders creating
a hazard.
Oct. 3: Advised of illegal hunt-
ing and trespassing near milepost
111 on Highway 19.
Oct. 3: Advised of illegal hunt-
ing near Vester Meadows.
• John Day ambulance
Sept. 26: Responded to a med-
ical call on East Main Street.
Sept. 27: Assisted an 82-year-
old person who fell on Eastside
Lane.
Sept. 27: Responded to a fall
on South Canton Street.
Sept. 27: Responded to a
65-year-old male with a possible
stroke on West Main Street.
Sept. 29: Responded to North-
west Fifth Avenue for a 65-year-
old man with breathing diffi culty.
Sept. 29: Responded to Reyn-
olds Road for a female fall victim.
Sept. 29: Responded to Bragga
Way for a male with fl u-like
symptoms.
Oct. 1: Responded to South
Main Street for a female with dif-
fi culty breathing and body pains.
Oct. 1: Responded to South
Humbolt Street for a 57-year-old
male who was confused but alert.
Oct. 2: responded to Val-
ley View Drive for a 79-year-old
female with hip pain.
Oct. 3: Responded to Cot-
tonwood Street for a 75-year-old
male who had fallen.
• U.S. Forest Service
Oct. 1: Responded to reports of
illegal road-building on national
foirest land near Table Mountain.
Citations issued.
• Prairie City Fire
Sept. 28: Responded to Straw-
berry Village for a report of some-
one igniting sparklers during a
burn ban.
• Oregon Department of Fish
& Wildlife
Sept. 29: Received a report of
a bear sighting in Canyon City.
COPS AND COURTS
Arrests and citations in the
Blue Mountain Eagle are taken
from the logs of law enforcement
agencies. Every eff ort is made
to report the court disposition of
arrest cases.
Grant County Circuit Court
Thomas Edward Pfeifer was
found guilty of probation violation
by failing to obtain evaluation and
treatment and failing to perform
valid community service work.
Pfeifer was ordered to obtain eval-
uation and begin treatment, per-
form no less than eight hours of
community service per month
and pay $25 per month toward his
court-ordered debt.
Braden Michael Breyette was
found guilty on Sept. 30 of con-
tempt of court. Breyette was sen-
tenced to 10 days of jail time, to be
served by ankle monitoring.
Grant County Justice Court
The Grant County Justice
Court reported the following for
the week ending Sept. 29:
Traffi c citations: 22
Violation crimes: 3
Misdemeanors: 3
Small claims/civil: 3
Hearings held: 10
Persons on probation: 39
Community service hours
completed: 0
License suspensions: 1
To collections/DOR: 0
Warrants issued: 1
The Grant County Justice
Court reported the following for
the three-week period week end-
ing Sept. 29:
Violation of the speed limit:
Gina M. Dunning, 44, Crooked
River Ranch, Sept. 3, 80/65 zone,
fi ned $265; Tyler R. Clark, 25,
John Day, Aug. 28, 37/25 zone,
fi ned $165; Paul H. Rogers, 64,
Sarasota, Florida, Sept. 2, 46/25
zone, fi ned $265; Robert Gene
Fausti, 61, Bryant, Wisconsin,
Aug. 30, 80/65 zone, fi ned $265;
Shaine Elizabeth Madden, 19,
Canyon City, Aug. 20, 80/65 zone,
fi ned $265; Braden A. Spencer, 20,
Canyon City, Aug. 22, 51/35 zone,
fi ned $165; Casie C. Coyne, 52,
Prairie City, Aug. 12, 75/65 zone,
fi ned $165; Jordan M. McCluckie,
23, Portland, Aug. 26, 61/35 zone,
$265; Robert Lee Warrington, 59,
John Day, July 24, 82/65 zone,
fi ned $265; Matthew O. Murray,
51, Newport, Aug. 7, 56/30 zone,
fi ned $265; Michael C. Saun-
ders, 68, Port Matilda, Pennsyl-
vania, Aug. 25, fi ned $165; Geor-
gia Rebecca McNulty, 42, Seneca,
July 24, 88/65 zone, fi ned $340.
Violation of the basic rule:
Trevor Josi Brown, 26, Bend, Aug.
6, 75/55 zone, fi ned $165; Kenny
Ralph Whitt, 50, Bend, Aug. 29,
75/55 zone, fi ned $165; Curtis
Eldon Mason, 85, Ontario, Aug.
18, 81/55 zone, fi ned $265; Scott
Alan Johnson, 63, Woodland, Cal-
ifornia, Sept. 6, 81/55 zone, $265;
Tristan G. Clark, 23, Prineville,
Aug. 19, 85/55 zone, fi ned $265;
Michael James Nyseth, 48, John
Day, Aug. 28, 84/55 zone, fi ned
$265; Richard Preece, 65, Mt.
Vernon, Sept. 17, 75/55 zone,
fi ned $165; George Hartford Kai-
ser, 66, Bend, Aug. 22, 82/55
zone, fi ned $265; John R. Murray,
57, Heppner, Aug. 19, 72/55 zone,
fi ned $165; Leland Evan Gamble,
49, Bend, July 3, 82/55 zone, fi ned
$225; juvenile, 17, Aug. 17, 75/55
zone, fi ned $140.
Violation of posted limits on
use:
Violation of the restrictions of
a provisional license: Juvenile, 16,
Aug. 29, fi ned $265.
Failure to renew registration:
Failure to yield before enter-
ing: Raymond Leonard Thielke,
86, Canyon City, Aug. 31, fi ned
$265.
Failure to carry valid registra-
tion card: Timothy Alan Edwards
Jr., 30, John Day, Aug. 26, fi ned
$115.
Failure to drive within lane:
Failure to install an ignition
interlock device: John Thomas
LaFranchise, 55, John Day, Aug.
31, fi ned $440.
No operator’s license: Scott
Alan Johnson, 63, Woodland, Cal-
ifornia, Sept. 6, fi ned $265; Tyler
R. Clark, 25, John Day, Aug. 28,
fi ned $265; Lori Moodie-Cotta,
19, John Day, Sept. 19, fi ned $265.
Driving while suspended:
Joseph Michael Warren, 37,
Salem, Sept. 6, fi ned $440; John
Thomas LaFranchise, 55, John
Day, Aug. 31, fi ned $265; Tim-
othy Alan Edwards Jr., 30, John
Day, Aug. 26, fi ned $440; Caleb J.
Vielma, 32, Canyon City, Sept. 1,
fi ned $440.
Operating an unsafe vehicle:
Driving uninsured: Joseph
Michael Warren, 37, Salem,
Sept. 6, fi ned $265; John Thomas
LaFranchise, 55, John Day, Aug.
31, fi ned $265; Timothy Alan
Edwards Jr., 30, John Day, Aug.
26, fi ned $265; Tyler R. Clark,
25, John Day, Aug. 28, fi ned
$265; Rebecca Hope Stonerod-
Pereira, 59, Myrtle Creek, Aug.
17, fi ned $265; Lori Mood-
ie-Cotta, 19, John Day, Sept. 19,
fi ned $265; Caleb J. Vielma, 32,
Canyon City, Sept. 1, fi ned $265.
Failure to carry proof of fi nan-
cial requirements:
Operating with nonstan-
dard lights: Jeff ery A. Strom, 32,
Baker City, Aug. 19, fi ned $100.
Failure to wear helmet
(motorcycle): Paul David Irwin,
72, Canyon City, Sept. 6, fi ned
$115.
Driving outside restrictions:
Careless driving:
Failure to yield to pedestrian
on sidewalk:
Aaron Leland Hancock, 31,
was found guilty of disorderly
conduct in the second degree on
Sept. 20 and was fi ned $440.
On Sept. 20, the court ruled in
favor of Gordon Ralph Busby and
Rhoda Noureen Busby in an evic-
tion proceeding against Thomas
John Zirkel and Brittany Clair
Zirkel. The Busbys were awarded
a money judgment of $193.
On Sept. 21, the court ordered
a judgment for CSO Financial
against Jay Patrick Chappel of
$4,599.89.
On Sept. 21, the court ordered
a judgment for Ray Klein Inc.,
dba Professional Credit Service,
against Chris J. Camarena, 51, and
Rebecca Camarena, no age given,
of $3,108.19.
Erik Ivan Mountain, 44, of
John Day was found guilty on
Sept. 27 of second-degree crimi-
nal trespass and third-degree theft
after he failed to appear in court.
Mountain was ordered to pay
$880 in fi nes.
Grant County Sheriff
The Grant County Sheriff ’s
Offi ce reported the following for
the week ending Sept. 1:
Concealed handgun licenses: 7
Average inmates: 14
Bookings: 9
Releases: 13
Arrests: 2
Citations: 1
Fingerprints: 5
Civil papers: 9
Warrants processed: 3
Assistance/Welfare check: 1
Search and Rescue: 1
Aug. 30: Cited Spencer Bra-
den 20, Canyon City, for speed-
ing, 51/35 zone.
Aug. 30: Cited Jordan
McLuckie, 23, Portland, for
speeding, 61/35 zone.
Aug. 30: Cited Jarrod Kellog,
42, Casper, Wyoming, for speed-
ing, 60/35 zone.
Aug. 31: Cited Rheanna Cart-
ner, 23, Seneca, for driving under
the infl uence of intoxicants.
Sept. 1: Cited John LaFran-
chise, 55, John Day for driv-
ing uninsured, driving while sus-
pended and failure to install an
ignition interlock device.
Oregon State Police
Sept. 20: A Nissan Sentra trav-
eling west on Highway 26 near
milepost 166 about 4:28 a.m.
went off the road and rolled mul-
tiple times, ejecting the driver and
coming to rest about 25 feet from
the eastbound lane. The driver,
Nathan Edward Lejeune, 43, was
killed. The vehicle’s only passen-
ger, Karsen Vandetta, 18, of John
Day, received minor injuries.
Sept. 21: A Hyundai Elantra
traveling west on Highway 26
struck a cow that had wandered
onto the road near milepost 78.
The driver, a 22-year-old Utah
woman, said the black cow was
hard to see in the predawn dark-
ness. The cow was killed by a state
trooper at the owner’s request. No
citations were issued.
Sept. 21: A fi sh and wildlife
trooper responded to a trespassing
comnplaint in Fox Valley. Stephen
Thomas Orchard, 34, of Canby
was cited for hunting on private
land without permission.
Sept. 22: A trooper stopped a
Toyota Forerunner at 2:54 p.m.
at Sixth Avenue and South Main
Streetrin Prairie City. The driver,
Charles Edwin Ames, 62, of Cot-
tage Grove, was arrested on a
Lane County warrant.
Sept. 22: About 9 p.m. a
trooper stopped to check on a
white Dodge Ram 1500 that was
parked on the shoulder with its
hazard lights on. After undergo-
ing fi eld sobriety tests, the driver
was taken to the Grant County
Jail, where he was given a breath
test that reportedly showed a
blood alcohol level of 0.14%. Tra-
vis Joe Couch, 34, of Estacada,
was arrested on a charge of driv-
ing under the infl uence of alco-
hol. His passengers, Tyler Edwrad
Couch, 28, of Troutdale and Ben-
jamin-Steven Kaheakulani Tani,
35, of Salem, were cited for open
container and given a courtesy
ride back to their hunting camp by
a Grant County deputy.
Sept. 23: A trooper responded
to reports of a possibly intoxicated
man in the Long Creek area acting
disoriented and aggressively try-
ing to stop traffi c on Highway 402
near Bennett Road. At 5:18 p.m.,
the man was taken into cus-
tody and transported to the Grant
County Jail, where he reportedly
gave a breath sample that showed
a blood alcohol level of 0.18%.
Nickolaus Albert Egger, 58, was
arrested on a charge of disorderly
conduct.
Sept. 24: At 8:43 a.m., a
trooper assisted the John Day
Police Department in respond-
ing to a report of a domestic dis-
turbance on South Canyon Bou-
levard in John Day. Travis Marc
Bryers, 22, was arrested on a
charge of menacing.
Dispatch
John Day dispatch worked
189 calls from Sept. 26 to Oct. 3,
including:
•
John
Day
Police
Department
Sept. 26: Responded to a
non-injury accident near Chester’s
Market in John Day.
Sept. 26: Performed a welfare
check on Northeast Elm Street.
Sept. 26: Performed a wel-
fare check at the Meadowbrook
Apartments.
Sept. 27: Advised of a possible
burglary on West Main Street.
Sept. 27: Conducted a sex
abuse investigation on West Main
Street.
Sept. 28: Responded to a shop-
lifting report at Chester’s Market.
Sept. 28: Investigated a report
fo animal abuse and a possible
intoxicated driver on West Main
Street.
Sept. 29: Investigated a park-
ing complaint at Dairy Queen.
Sept. 30: Performed a welfare
check on Northwest Third Street.
Oct. 1: Following a traffi c stop
at Brent and Fifth Avenue, cited
Timothy Alan Edwards Jr., 30, of
John Day for driving while sus-
pended and driving uninsured.
Oct. 1: Assisted Grant County
Sheriff ’s Offi ce in responding to a
report of a suspicious subject on
North Washington.
Oct. 2: Responded to a report
of a lost dog on West Main Street.
Oct. 2: Following a driving
complaint at Mill Corner, called
an ambulance for an elderly male
with decreased responsiveness.
Oct. 2: Warned an ATV rider
on West Main Street following a
driving complaint.
Oct. 3: Responded to a civil
issue on East Main Street.
• Grant County Sheriff ’s
Offi ce
Sept. 26: Investigated a report
of phone harassment on Bridge
Street.
Sept. 26: Responded to report
of a barking dog on Sixth Street.
Sept. 26: Responded to a
domestic dispute in Prairie City
with assistance from John Day
police.
Sept. 27: Removed a hazard
from Lower Yard Road.
Sept. 27: Responded to a
report of suspicious circumstances
on Dixie Creek Road near mile-
post 5.
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