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Page 5 Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, OR Wednesday, September 10, 2003 ODF ruling would affect wood exports Josephine County Commissioners Harold Haugen, Jim Riddle and Kerby Water Dis- trict board member Gail Lebowitz. (Photo by Steve Fairchild) Kerby Water District is official ... (Continued from page 1) ter Ditch dried up, a lot of wells went with it,” Plute said. “There were a lot of people helping people with ‘Come to my place, we’ll fill you up.’ “It’s sad to see little old ladies saving dishwater to flush the toilet,” she added. Forming the water dis- trict is the first step to get- ting water in the area since the Kerby Ditch, which used to supply the town with drinking water, was closed about six years ago because of leakage. Currently about 60 families get seasonal irri- gation water from the Illi- nois River from a ditch that starts at the river off Finch Road. The new district pro- vides landowners the legal teeth they need to get the infrastructure built. The plans are to run three large pipes up Red- wood Hwy. from Cave Junction as the main water source with smaller service lines to feed individual landowners, according to John A. Plute, a director of the KWD board. Only those landown- ers that wanted to join are currently in the district. Others will be able to join later, but the cost likely will rise. Lebowitz, who will sit in the No. 1 position of the board of the water district, said that KWD is the cul- mination of 11 years of hard work. “I want water and fire hydrants,” she said. “In order to build businesses we gotta’ have water.” Lebowitz added that hiring contractors and de- signing the plans should come quickly with forma- tion of KWD. “Now that we’re a government entity we have to apply for all the grants and loans which we pretty much have been told we will get,” she said. “At this point it should move fairly fast once we apply.” The other members of the water board are Sharon A. Miller, Geraldine E. McLean and Shirley Frederickson. Volunteers needed to fill vacancies with various county organizations The Josephine County Board of Commissioners is accepting applications from volunteers to fill sev- eral vacancies on county boards. A vacancy on the Jose- phine County Board of Health is one position open. The committee pro- vides recommendations to the local public health au- thority, which is the county governing board and the dept. of public health ad- ministrator, for providing effective and efficient pub- lic health services to Jose- phine County residents. The application dead- line is Friday, Sept. 19. The commissioners and the county assessor are also accepting applications from volunteers to fill va- cancies on the Farm Re- view Board. The purpose of this board is to review and ad- vise the assessor with re- spect to the use of compa- rable sales figures in as- sessing agricultural land. Members must be knowledgeable and experi- enced in agricultural land values and sales figures. The application dead- line is Tuesday, Sept. 30. There is a non-attorney member vacancy on the Josephine County Law Library Advisory Commit- tee. The purpose of this committee is to advise the law librarian on the proper administration and policies for the county law library. The application dead- line is Sept. 19. The commissioners are looking to fill vacancies on the Josephine County Food Service Advisory Commit- tee. The purpose of this committee is to advise the board on matters related to food services, operation of the Environmental Health Services, etc., provide liai- son with the county board of health and provide pub- lic and industry input into local and state planning efforts, legislation related to food services and in- spections. Applications will be accepted until Sept. 19. Vacancies on the Jose- phine County Emergency Food and Shelter Program will also be filled. The purpose of this committee is to advise and assist the commissioners in the distribution of funds received for emergency food and shelter. The current vacancies are for members represent- Fall Classes Deborah Ann Dawson’s Art Studio & Center for Artfull Being Sign up for Fall Classes Room 203 - 119 1/2 Redwood Hwy. Classes begin the last week in September *Beginning Drawing *Beginning Watercolor Deadline for class registration is Sept. 22 Phone (541) 596-2023 ing the following areas: Jewish Community, Native American Community, and Other Local Board. The deadline is Sept. 19. Commissioners will also accept applications from volunteers to fill a vacancy on the Mining Advisory Commitee. The purpose of this committee is to study and advise the BCC of the en- vironment problems, con- cerns of the timber indus- try, illegal mining on pri- vate and government lands, on mining ventures of large corporations and how this could effect the citizens of Josephine County and other matters relating to mining as deemed appropriate. The deadline for ac- cepting applications is Thursday, Sept. 18. Applications are avail- able in the Board of Com- missioners Office, Room 154, Josephine County Courthouse, Grants Pass, (541) 474-5221. A hearing to consider changing an administrative rule that would exclude log exporters of softwood from purchasing hardwood logs from state lands was held on Tuesday, Sept. 9 in Sa- lem. It was conducted jointly for the Oregon Dept. of Forestry (ODF) and the Division of State Lands (DSL). Public comments on the proposed rule change will be accepted until 5 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 19. The change in admin- istrative rule would rescind a rule change made in 2000 that allowed soft- wood exporters to buy hardwood from state lands. The reconsideration comes after a group of seven present or former owners of alder sawmills submitted a petition for rulemaking. In July, the two state agencies filed the notice of rulemaking with the secre- tary of state’s office. ODF manages forest- land for the Board of For- estry and the State Land Board (through an agree- ment with the DSL). These two types of state-owned forestlands are managed under the same plans. The rule-making proc- ess is intended to provide fiscal and economic infor- mation that will assist in determining the short-term and long-term affects of the proposed rule. The State Land Board and the state forester are expected to independently consider the hearing offi- cer’s findings in the fall. If adopted, the rule would mean persons who export any unprocessed softwood or hardwood logs would not be allowed to purchase hardwood logs from state forestlands. Comments can be sub- mi t t ed t o Mi ch ell e Remmy, State Forests Management, 2600 State St., Salem, OR 97310. Two men arrested for menacing GP juvenile Josephine County Sheriff’s deputies arrested two men for menacing a juvenile boy in Grants Pass on Thursday, Sept. 4. The youngster was walking on the 200 block of Frankham Road when Robert James Bayard, 53, and Shawn Joseph Nurre, 37, approached him. Deputies said Bayard accused the boy of casing their house. Bayard then brandished a .22 caliber revolver pointing it at the juvenile. The youngster was forced from the roadway and into Bayard’s drive- way where he was pushed up against a pickup truck. Nurre demanded to see the juvenile’s wallet while Bayard held the gun to the victim’s neck. 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Bayard was arrested on charges of first-degree kidnap, menacing, first- degree robbery, felon in possession of a firearm, second-degree assault, reckless endangering and unlawful use of a weapon. Nurre was arrested on charges of first-degree kid- nap, menacing, conspiracy to commit first-degree rob- bery, conspiracy to commit second-degree assault and tampering with a witness.