In the News: News for La Pine and Surrounding Communities

Friday, January 23, 2015

"In the News": Summary for Thursday, January 22, 2015:

"Growing Pains"

Hi,

Well, I guess that I post too frequently for some on my "In the News" Facebook page. I have lost four followers since yesterday morning, and one wrote to tell me why.

If you feel as if you are being spammed with posts, but still would like to read them at your leisure, the easiest thing to do is to turn off your notifications. You could also "unfollow" me, but please don't "unlike" me, unless you really don't enjoy the page.

I know that I have changed the direction of this news project since I began three weeks ago tomorrow. This is still an experiment, and I am going with where it is leading me. I don't believe that we should be spoon-fed the news, and if I see something, especially about Oregon, I am going to continue posting on this one-stop-shop.

Thank you for all of thumbs up and kind comments, I appreciate you, and I work for praise. ~ Kathy M.

Thank you so much to Teri Myers for sharing her hot-off-the press news report about yesterday's "5 for 5" meeting at the Grange Hall in La Pine:

(You can click on the letter above to enlarge it it for easier viewing.)

2:59 p.m. - Maston Trailhead, complaint called in. A woman is waiting for her husband now, the police said.

6:25 p.m. - Somebody driving a 90's white Ford Explorer seems full of road rage and the cops have been notified. (Not exactly sure where this is.)

6:10 p.m. - La Pine - It sounds like a woman has died at home, off of Burgess. That is so sad. Sending out prayers for her family and friends.

5:06 - p.m. - La Pine - Heath Drive and Huntington - A highly intoxicated couple; the man called the cops because he is worried about the woman ... If I got this one right.

4:52 p.m. - Bend - "There's a pig on the loose!" Something about at a car dealership location.

4:11 p.m. - Something is going on at Sunrise and Rainbow. An "Alpha" was requested to respond. I'm not sure what that means though.

There have been many traffic stops in the La Pine area over the past hour.

2:59 p.m. - Maston Trailhead, complaint called in. A woman is waiting for her husband now, the police said.

2:49 p.m. - La Pine - There is an unconscious subject at the Highlander Motel. An elderly woman was found sitting in her chair.

11:30 a.m to 11:54 a.m. - The cops have been chasing a red Chevy PU on HWY 97 for a while now.

11:52 a.m. - EMS has been dispatched to the La Pine Community Health Center for somebody having a heart problem.

11:34 a.m. - La Pine - somebody on Elderberry Ln. fell and called for help.

11:13 a.m. - Bend - A white Audi is blocking the driveway entrance to Planned Parenthood and there are quite a few protesters out today. Today is the Roe vs Wade anniversary.

To sum up the things that I have heard this morning, there was a reckless driving white sedan passing people at a high rate of speed beginning at the High Desert Museum going towards Bend (9:40). There was another call regarding the same type of behavior a few minutes later at Cooley Rd., but this car was going southbound so I don't know if it was the same one.

*Bend Police Log for Jan. 22nd

*DCSO Daily Complaint Log through January 21st

*Deschutes County Jail Current Inmate List

*Deschutes County Most Wanted for January 2015

*Klamath Online Arrest Report for Jan. 23rd

*Klamath Online Police/Fire/Ambulance Calls for Jan. 23

*Klamath County's Most Wanted

*Lane County Mugshots for Jan. 22nd

*Crime Report from Mail Tribune (Medford)

Take care, and please stop back by to visit soon!

Kathy Matthews

Email: oregongiftsofcomfortandjoy@hotmail.com

"In the News" Facebook Page ... just click here.

Thursday, January 22, 2015

"In the News" Summary for Wednesday, January 21st:

Hello!

Dang, I have been busy on this news project. I just keep thinking of more things to add and new ways to improve the Facebook page and this blog.

I posted yesterday on the Facebook page what I have been learning about how the news seems to work as a business. It turns out that the "news" isn't very mysterious. Many of the stories on the t.v. news and in the newspapers come from the Associated Press, and that is why they are all so much the same. News outlets take their information, put on their own logo, sign their own names and then post or print that information for their newspaper or t.v. news. They have the choice to fill in more details, or to just relay what they receive from the AP. *Link to the 2012 Conan O'Brien's message about local t.v. stations buying identical news".

Newspapers and t.v. stations also have their own reporters who work on their own exclusive stories. The newspapers have more time to plan things out, and therefore seem to have many more of these types of news stories. Others share those stories. They must have a deal with the newspapers, because I don't notice that most of these stories list their sources, but then I read a newspaper headline, and it was written by someone at the paper. All of this makes the AP a news junkie's go to place: Associated Press for Oregon website.

Also, because I have expanded my coverage area of news stories, I made some changes to the cover picture on the Facebook page. As far as our local news, I will not be duplicating their original content (where their reporters go out on a story) because I am concentrating on stories that we might not otherwise hear about.

To make things easier on my Facebook page, I made a page break for each day. I will add it each morning for the day before. This is what they look like:

I have added to the links on the sidebar, so please take a look when you have a chance. Thanks for all of you interest, and please give that page a like if you haven't yet.

Here is the stuff that I heard on the scanner yesterday. The most recent posts are first (that way I didn't have to retype everything). I am sure that there was a lot more that happened after I turned it off.

3:35 p.m. - That officer didn't like it when a white Ford SUV passed him and then moved back into the common lane. Just sayin'.

3:14 p.m. - La Pine - Del Pino (East of Day Rd) - kids on quads. Verbal warning and the cop "educated them" on the rules.

2:55 p.m. - Bend - Cascade (?) Apts. - A male is climbing through a back window. Somebody else standing out front smoking.

2:42 p.m. - Air Link is heading to Ft. Rock for a medical emergency. UPDATE: Air Link is on the way back with a male patient. It sounds like he hurt his left leg/ankle pretty bad. He received good care until he got there, including a dose or two of morphine and he is not in a lot of pain at this time.

2:21 p.m. - Mt. Bachelor - EMS on their way to help a 21-year-old male with a leg fracture.

2:12 p.m. - La Pine - a child has ingested meds; and is getting drowsy. Accidental OD of something. EMS are on the way.

1:59 p.m.- Bend - Injury car accident on S. HWY 97 - that is all I know right now. Okay - they have pulled into the parking lot of McDonalds on 3rd Street. Police are on scene.

1:54 p.m. - Bend - Butler Mkt and Clyde Ln. - Neighbor is reporting two people screaming and yelling for at least 10 minutes and has decided to call the cops. UPDATE: 2:16 - the cops are trying to find the couple. They have checked with some neighbors; all is quiet now.

12:45 p.m. - The woman in the white Ford SUV keeps passing the cop and everybody else. Two cops now. The one closest keep motioning for her to pull over but she won't. The second cop said, "Well, she missed everybody." 3rd cop in the chase now.

11:45 a.m. - Sunriver - HWY 97 north of Cottonwood but heading south - A bus is pulled over to the side of the road waiting for medics. A male is experiencing severe abdominal pains.

11:24 a.m. - Bend - Near Cooley Rd - MP 131 Southbound. Reports of a semi with a red trailer swerving all over the road.

11:13 a.m. - La - Pine -Sheriff is driving a woman to talk to the Grand Jury in Bend. I didn't know that they did that.

10:48 p.m. - Air Link has been put on standby to go to Christmas Valley. UPDATE: 11:18 - The helicopter is on it's way to Christmas Valley now.

10:37 a.m. - Sunriver - Community Patrols have been doing their house checks. #8 is complete.

10:33 a.m. - La Pine - A male at the La Pine Community Health Center is having trouble with low blood pressure and medics have been called. He is breathing normally. UPDATE: 10:48, they are taking him to St. Charles via ambulance now.

10:15 - a.m. - MP 217 (right past the HWY 138 Jct.) - Road crews are going to begin burning. Walker Range has been informed.

9:45 a.m. - ? - Neighbors called because a suspicious male was snooping around their neighbors back door, and the neighbors were not home. They called the police but then decided to talk to the guy, and he was a father-in-law of the residents. No harm done.

8:51a.m. - A friend has called to report that her friend has locked herself in her bedroom because she is frightened of the way that her adopted son is acting. No known weapons; intoxication does not seem to be the problem.

7:48 a.m. - La Pine - Report of a fall at La Pine Trailer Park. 53-year old female. Help is on the way.

Thank you to all of our police

and emergency service providers!

*Bend Police Log for Jan. 21st

*Link to Deschutes County's Most Wanted for Jan. 2015

*Link to The Deschutes County Jail Inmate List for Jan. 22nd

*Link to DCSO Press Release Re: Animal Hording

*Klamath County Online Arrest Record Report for Jan. 22nd

*Klamath Online Police/Fire/Ambulance Calls Jan. 22nd Log

*Lane County Jail Bookings for Jan. 20th

*Mail Trubune Crime News

Take care, and please stop back by to visit soon!

Kathy Matthews

Email: oregongiftsofcomfortandjoy@hotmail.com

"In the News" Facebook Page ... just click here.

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Wednesday, January 21, 2015

"In the News" - Summary for Tues., January 20th:

Hi!

I don't think that I will try and transfer everything over this morning. There was just too much news from other folks websites.

There are a few things that I want to put on here though.

Measles are back in the news. A man in Lane County who attended the Super Bowl has just broken out with them. The incubation period is nine days, so who knows where this is going to lead.

On Monday, a woman who was visiting Sunriver from Washington and her friend brought some THC infused candy with them. She ate three of them and pretty much overdosed. Her friends were very worried and called 9-1-1. She is okay, and her friend got fined.

This morning, I learned what happened at Juniper Swim Center in Bend on Friday. Erik Cardone, a 29 year-old male lifeguard/water polo coach died of "a medical emergency". An investigation is ongoing and the detectives are awaiting the autopsy report.

On Monday night in Klamath Falls, Zachery Craig, age 24, is suspected of murdering 49-year-old Clinton Black. Craig was on the run, but it looks like he was arrested last night at 9:30 p.m. Craig was cleared as a person of interest, but they had something else on him.

This is the guy that is being charged for murder of Black, Joseph E. Woodward:

These people are missing:

Collin Stuart Fergeson

Sarah Roecker of Beaverton

Eliana Perkins of Seattle.

I don't have a scanner report today, but I will update the police and emergency logs.

Also, I worked pretty hard on adding more links to the sidebar on this blog. And, beginning tomorrow, I am going to add the day of the page breaks to the Facebook page so it will be easier to read it. They will look like the little picture below:

*Bend Police Log for Jan. 18th-20th

*Deschutes County Inmate List for Jan. 21st

*Deschutes County Most Wanted for Jan.

*Klamath Online's Arrest Report for Jan. 21st

*Klamath Online Police/Fire/Ambulance Calls for Jan. 21st

*Medford Police Facebook Page/Log

*Mail Tribune Rouge Valley Crime Report

Take care, and please stop back by to visit soon!

Kathy Matthews

Email: oregongiftsofcomfortandjoy@hotmail.com

"In the News" Facebook Page ... just click here.

Tuesday, January 20, 2015

"In the News" - Summary for Monday, January 19th:

Good Morning!

Okay, here is the deal. Facebook shows me how many people have looked at each post. 15 people looked at the big announcement that today was Martin Luther King Day. 213 of you looked at the story about Wendy's closing in the valley. 373 people viewed yesterday's post about the I-84 accident. That said, I only have 276 followers, so more people might be looking at this news page experiment than I originally thought.

I have decided add to my focus area. I am still going to bring you all the latest that I can find for Southern Deschutes County and Northern Klamath County, but also add stories from around the Pacific Northwest. How am I going to choose which stories? Well, until I figure out what I am doing, I guess if I think that it will interest most of you guys then I will try and post it.

Thanks so much for tuning in and giving me your positive feedback.

~ Kathy M.

Here are the scanner notes from yesterday, Monday, January 19th. They are in order from evening to morning. I sure hope that we find out more details about some of this stuff. I probably won’t be on the scanner today, I have a lot of stuff to get done, and my scanner is on strike again. Thanks go out to all of our emergency helpers!

9:00 p.m. - Bend - NE Wichita Way ... Domestic, lots of people around. Man is intoxicated, the woman is not and she is being cooperative.

8:45 p.m. - Things must have gotten busy. I missed something. I do know that La Pine EMS unit is going to help out in Sunriver, and the cops too. They just both went screaming by our house to some place off of Beaver Dr. I do not know what the emergency is though. Hope that everybody is okay.

UPDATE: It sounds like somebody may have just died in La Pine. Airlink was told to stand down and a Chaplin is on the way. I just got in on the tail end and have no clue what happened.

4:41 p.m. - Bend - There is a sick man at the McDonalds inside of Walmart. EMS has requested law enforcement to accompany them.

4:11 p.m. - Bend - Domestic call at the Budget Inn. A man threatened to kill somebody's dog with a butcher knife. Then he left on foot. Police are on the lookout.

2:44 p.m. - The scanner dispatcher just said that there is a "wire fire" on Woodstock Dr. off of Sunrise in La Pine. Smoke in the laundry room. Fire Dept. on the way and Midstate has been contacted.

1:55 p.m. - Caller reported a UPS truck going too fast in the area of HWY 97 and Riverwood.

1:40 p.m. - Bend (I'm pretty sure.) There is an intoxicated male with a walker in a parking lot causing problems with cars who are having to go around him.

1:05 p.m. - Bend (I think) - Rollover crash involving a 46 year-old female.

1:01 p.m. - Bend - Something suspicious on Scottsdale Dr. A man is looking around at an abandoned house.

12:57 p.m. - Bend - Somebody driving a 4 door passenger car on the Parkway is texting and swerving all over the road.

12:31 p.m. - Somebody just called in to report that another person is carrying around meth. One person is following a man, 50 to 60 years old with gray hair riding a black GT mountain bike.

12:27 p.m. - La Pine - Bike path on Huntington Rd near Finley Butte Rd, 36 year-old female fell and probably broke her arm.

12:15 p.m. - Bend - Dispute at Pro Rentals on NE 2nd

12:10 p.m. - La Pine - Possible stroke victim in Ponderosa Loop neighborhood. The person is unconscious and not breathing. Sending out prayers.

11:56 p.m. - Air Link has landed at the Christmas Valley airport. The trauma patient is about 6 miles away from there. I hope that this person is going to be okay (no details on what is wrong have been released).

11:52 p.m. - Sunriver police are looking for a woman of a certain description outside the Country Store.

11:42 a.m. - Bend Goodwill employees called the cops; a customer has been assaulting them. Customer has left driving a Green 4x4 Chevy PU.

11:39 a.m. - 44-year-old male may be having a heart attack. He is conscious and in pain. I missed the location.

Sunriver's Citizen Patrol has been hard at work all morning, making the rounds and checking on homes.

11:28 a.m. - Trauma patient is being flown in from Christmas Valley.

10:01 a.m. - Police were called out to a civil dispute on HWY 31. Near Knott Rd., a sheepdog has been found, hit by a car.

9:24 a.m. - Something is up at La Pine Trailer Park.

9:20 a.m. - Bend - A woman has been found not breathing and not responsive in the Knott Rd. area.

8:55 a.m. - A 67-year-old male is having trouble breathing. He is conscious and alert, but needs some help. I'm not sure of the location.

7:52 a.m. - A pickup flipped over and landed on its top near Gilchrist. Three people were out walking around when police arrived.

A child was found outside, cold, wandering around and not talking. Police soon found the father, and everything is fine.

*Deschutes County Sheriff's Office Log for Jan. 19th

*Deschutes County Jail Inmate List

*Klamath County Online Arrest Reports for Jan. 19th

*Klamath County Online's Police/Fire/Ambulance Calls for Jan. 19th

*Lane County Mugshots for Jan. 19th

*Rogue Valley Crime Reports

High Desert Museum Opens it's Doors

to Families This Saturday:

Has it been awhile since you have taken the kids to the High Desert Museum? You can go for free this Saturday, January 24th from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Here is the link to the museum's website for the details: Link to the High Desert Museums Family Free Day Page

Here are some pretty pictures that I took at the museum in 2010:

Forest Closures Begin in January:

My Central Oregon.com has the best article that I have read yet about the outdoor recreation closures that begin this month in our area. These closures are due to the nesting locations of some endangered species of birds. If you are found near the nesting sites, you can be fined $1,000.

Here is the official news release from the BLM Prineville Office.

Fences and Doghouses for

Dogs in Central Oregon:

“We think this goal is very achievable, considering the fact that in 2014, we unchained 56 dogs from Warm Springs to Prineville and down to La Pine,” says La Donna Sullivan, Fences For Fido’s Central Oregon director. “Our organization helped pass this law, and we want to do our best to help the people of Central Oregon comply and do right by the pets we know they love.” Link to the Cascade News article.

Here is the Oregon Statue and the rules on how long you can keep your dog tied up and bedding requirements. Fines are steep.

State of Oregon Statue for Chaining/Tethering Your Dog, Effective January 1, 2014 Oregon Law - House Bill 2783
Jun 13, 2013: Governor signed. Effective date January 1, 2014.

BILL FOR AN ACT:

Relating to unlawful tethering; creating new provisions; and amending ORS 167.310, 167.325 and 167.330.

Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:

SECTION 1. { + Section 2 of this 2013 Act is added to and made a part of ORS 167.310 to 167.351. + }

SECTION 2. { + (1) A person commits the offense of unlawful tethering if the person tethers a domestic animal in the person's custody or control:
(a) In a location that is not free of obstructions that could cause strangulation;
(b) With a tether that is less than 15 feet in length;
(c) With a collar that pinches or chokes the domestic animal when pulled; or
(d)

(A) For more than five hours in a 24-hour period; or

(B) If the tether is attached to a zipline, for more than 10 hours in a 24-hour period.

(2) A person does not violate this section if the tethered domestic animal remains in the physical presence of a person or the person tethers a domestic animal:

(a) Pursuant to the requirements of a campground or other recreational area;

(b) For the purpose of engaging in an activity that requires licensure in this state; or

(c) For the purpose of protecting the domestic animal from an activity related to cultivating or harvesting an agricultural or forest product.

(3) This section does not apply to a veterinary facility or a person that is transporting the domestic animal.

(4) Unlawful tethering is a Class B violation. + }

SECTION 3. ORS 167.310 is amended to read:
167.310. As used in ORS 167.310 to 167.351:
{ +
(1) 'Adequate bedding' includes straw, wood shavings, blankets or other bedding made of fabric.

(2)(a) 'Adequate shelter' includes a barn, dog house or other enclosed structure sufficient to protect an animal from wind, rain, snow or sun and that has adequate bedding to protect against cold and dampness. (b) 'Adequate shelter' does not include:

(A) Crawl spaces under buildings or parts of buildings, such as steps, decks or stoops;

(B) The space under a vehicle;

(C) The inside of a vehicle, other than a functional climate controlled motor home;

(D) Shelters made from cardboard or other materials that are easily degraded by the elements;

(E) Animal carriers or crates that are designed to provide temporary housing;

(F) Shelters with wire or chain-link floors; or

(G) Shelters surrounded by waste, debris, obstructions or impediments that could adversely affect an animal's health.

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