Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, OR Wednesday, July 30, 2003
(Editor’s
Note:
Names, ages, addresses,
incidents and charges are
provided by official law
enforcement agencies. All
persons listed in this re-
port are innocent until
proven guilty in a court
of law. Charges can be
amended or dismissed.)
* * *
Friday, July 11
*In the 1600 block of
Crooks Creek Road a man
reported that another man
was being violent, suicidal
and coughing up blood
after drinking a large bottle
of alcohol. Deputies said
he was not a danger to
himself.
*At Illinois Valley
High School a man said
two screens were ripped
from their frames. The es-
timated listed damage was
$50.
*In the 2000 block of
Caves Hwy. a man said
plant growing equipment
with a listed value of
$2,200 was not returned to
him from a person who
allegedly removed it from
a locked garage on July 7.
He claimed the theft was a
retaliation over a custody
dispute.
*A man who said “I
found you bitch” on the
telephone to a woman in
the 3400 block of Dick
George Road may have
been the same man that
attacked her in Calif. and
was subsequently sen-
tenced to five years in
prison for the assault. She
was unsure if the man on
the phone was the same
person.
*A two-vehicle acci-
dent in the 2000 block of
Illinois River Road re-
sulted in two victims being
transported to Three Rivers
Community Hospital in
Grants Pass with unknown
injuries. Paul Daniel
Pittman Jr., 35, was cited
on a charge of failure to
drive right and Geoffrey
Manning Taylor, 19, was
cited for following too
close.
*Two chainsaws with
a listed value of $300 went
missing from a vacant resi-
dence in the 3800 block of
Holland Loop Road, a man
said.
*A woman calling
from Alaska said her three
children have not been re-
turned to her after she gave
temporary custody of them
to her brother. She said
members of her family that
live in Cave Junction may
be keeping them.
*In the 6500 block of
Caves Hwy. a woman said
another woman flipped her
off and sprayed gravel at
her with her pickup truck
tires after she refused to let
her use her bathroom.
*A man said a gold
Chevy Malibu was missing
from a business in the 300
block of S. Redwood Hwy.
at 3:53 p.m.
*In the 100 block of S.
Kerby Avenue a woman
said someone had been
staying in some vacant
trailers illegally. Deputies
said it looked like transient
people have been frequent-
ing the location.
*A woman said some-
one dumped six tires on
her property in the 3300
block of Russell Road.
*A stolen trailer was
recovered by deputies in
the 3300 block of Russell
Road at 7:53 p.m.
*The Chevy Malibu
reportedly stolen from a
business in the 300 block
of S. Redwood Hwy. was
recovered in the 700 block
of Caves Hwy. at 9:53
p.m. Deputies said a man
claimed the whole event
was a misunderstanding.
*Rick D. Mingo, 52,
was cited on a charge of
driving while suspended
near the intersection of
Redwood Hwy. and Laurel
Road.
Saturday, July 12
*Deputies contacted
Animal Control after a
woman in the 4600 block
of Laurel Avenue said a
man was kicking and pick-
ing up and throwing his
dog. Deputies said the dog
was limping and appeared
to be abused.
*A business owner in
the 100 block of S. Red-
wood Hwy. said a com-
pany vehicle was taken
without his permission.
*A man said someone
was sleeping on his prop-
erty after he discovered a
sleeping bag and pillow.
Deputies advised him not
to talk to the person and to
contact them if he showed
up again.
*Three county road
signs were recovered by
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of Takilma Road. A man
said the signs were being
stored on the property
when he moved in.
*Shelly Marie Croft,
33, was cited on a charge
of DWS and for driving
while uninsured near the
intersection of S. Junction
Avenue and Caves Hwy.
*A woman heard an
audible alarm coming from
the new Lorna Byrne Mid-
dle School at 9:25 p.m.
*Deputies warned a
man in the 100 block of N.
Junction about his habit of
playing music very loud
after a neighbor com-
plained.
Sunday, July 13
*Deputies said they
couldn’t locate a man and
woman that were report-
edly screaming at each
other at Jubilee Park.
*Two residents com-
plained about the new
LBMS’ audible alarm.
Deputies said the construc-
tion company, Three Riv-
ers School District, nor
LBMS administrators
wanted to take responsibil-
ity for the blaring alarm.
*Deputies said a
woman who screamed into
the phone for help after
calling 911 was having a
verbal dispute with her
husband in the 200 block
of Caves Avenue.
*A man said his 70-
year-old father was threat-
ened by a neighbor who
claimed he had a rifle in
the 2400 block of Rocky-
dale Road.
*Darren Harwood, 16,
turned himself into depu-
ties for a probation viola-
tion in the 200 block of
Madrona Drive.
*A woman said an-
other woman in the 200
block of Watkins Road
was yelling and cursing at
her.
*Jedediah Royal Ar-
rington, 18, was cited on a
charge of speeding near
the intersection of Red-
wood Hwy. and Airport
Drive.
*In the 100 block of
Patton Bar Road a woman
said a man was chocking a
woman and ripped her ear-
ring out of her ear.
Monday, July 14
*Deputies responded
to a verbal confrontation
between a man and a
woman in the 700 block of
Crooks Creek Road at 9:18
a.m.
*A woman said some-
one sprayed a fire extin-
guisher in the cafeteria at
IVHS. Deputies said some-
one entered the cafeteria
through the kitchen door
which was not latched
completely.
*In the 8000 block of
Caves Hwy. a woman said
four cows and a horse were
running up the roadway.
Deputies said a neighbor
was able to gather the ani-
mals and keep them safe
until their owners were
notified.
*A woman in the 100
block of Hogue Road said
someone hung beer bottle
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V.A. ‘Dom’ facing possible closure
By MEDFORD
“MAIL TRIBUNE”
The Dept. of Veterans
Affairs is considering the
eventual closure of the fa-
cility also known as the
domiciliary or “dom” in
White City near Medford.
Renamed the VA's
Southern Oregon Rehabili-
tation Center and Clinics
earlier this year, the facil-
ity is one of 30 around the
nation whose future is un-
der review, said Megan
St re i ght , d ep art me n t
spokesman from the re-
gional office in Vancou-
ver, Wash.
The facility has ap-
proximately 550 residents
and some 8,500 outpa-
tients. It currently has 415
employees.
Two residents and one
employee told the “Mail
Tribune” that the scuttle-
butt at the facility is that it
is closing. They asked not
to be identified.
“The issue of potential
closure is exceedingly pre-
mature,” Streight said last
week. “They are only look-
ing at that possibility as
part of a study. They are
just gathering information
at this point,” she said.
She was referring to
the department’s Capital
Asset Realignment En-
hanced Services program
known as CARES, which
includes a two-year time-
line.
“It is designed to
evaluate patient care,” she
said. “We are looking out
20 years from now how to
best serve the veteran
population.”
That study will include
everything from where
veterans will be living to
their health, she said. All
22 VA regions in the na-
tion have been asked to
submit proposals as part of
the department’s evalua-
tion, she said.
A public hearing will
be held Sept. 29 in Oregon
to discuss the future of the
former domiciliary, she
said. The time and place of
that meeting have not yet
been determined, she said.
Programs available to
veterans at the center in-
clude education, job train-
ing and substance abuse
treatment. Several clinics
also have been established,
including a chronic pain
clinic and a diabetes clinic.
In 1995, the VA
worked with Rogue Com-
munity College to open a
campus at the domiciliary.
The campus is used by
veterans and the staff. An
alternative high school
program also has been set
up at the site.
It is one of three VA
sites in Oregon, including
a secondary care center in
Roseburg and a large re-
gional hospital in Portland.
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