Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, OR Wednesday,
(Editor’s
Note:
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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
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Mike Trinity (left) works on a vehicle at the new Cascade
Auto at 243 S. Redwood Hwy. in Downtown Cave Junction
Two ‘homeboys’ open auto repair
By MICHELLE BINKER
Staff Writer
The new signs have
gone up at Cascade Auto,
but business has been brisk
since co-owners Mike
Trinity and Bob Bruner
opened the doors.
The shop (formerly the
Union 76 service station),
which opened a few weeks
ago on the northeast corner
of Redwood Hwy. and
Watkins Street, has the
latest diagnostic computers
and tools.
“Lunch rarely happens
around here,” said Trinity.
“There doesn’t seem to be
any shortage of cars to fix,
but I like being over-
whelmed with work.”
Cascade Auto, is a
NAPA (National Auto
Parts Association) auto
care center.
It is the only Automo-
tive Service Excellence-
certified technician in
town, Trinity said. “We do
everything,” said Bruner,
including air conditioning
and brake work.”
Trinity and Bruner are
longtime residents of Illi-
nois Valley; both are Illi-
nois Valley High School
graduates. Bruner and
Trinity worked together
previously at Oregon
Caves Chevron.
Trinity is delighted to
be in business for himself.
“It’s good to work for
myself, finally. I like my
boss,” he quipped.
Cascade Auto is open
from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
weekdays. And Trinity
often finds himself in the
shop on Saturdays as well.
AIRPORT BUILDING GROUNDWORK - Work is continuing on a business incubator
project under Illinois Valley Community Response Team. Funding consists of
$500,000 from the USDA’s Rural Utility Service and approximately $200,000 from Jo-
sephine County. The project is to provide a central location for new or existing busi-
nesses to utilize common services. Current work is being handled by TJ Bossard
Consulting Engineers, Copeland Sand & Gravel, and Ed’s Backhoe.
Funds feed fire reduction program
Five federal agencies,
Bureau of Land Manage-
ment (BLM), Forest Ser-
vice (USFS), Fish and
Wildlife Service (FWS),
National Park Service
(NPS), and Bureau of In-
dian Affairs (BIA), are
making it easier for Ore-
gon communities to seek
funding for fire hazard re-
duction assistance.
Recipients of these
funds have included state
and municipal agencies,
rural fire districts, and lo-
cal non-profit organiza-
tions.
The goal, according to
agency representatives, is
to provide grants and assis-
tance under the National
Fire Plan (NFP) while add-
ing stimulus to local
economies. The idea is to
use a “one-stop” shopping
approach that allows grant
seekers to submit a single
proposal, while letting the
agencies match the request
to the best available pro-
gram.
Since the NFP com-
munity assistance grants
program was initiated in
2001, more than $4.9 mil-
lion has been invested in
Josephine and Jackson
Counties.
The majority of these
funds have gone to fuel
reduction projects that re-
quire the cost of the work
to be shared with private
landowners. Because of
efficiency and land owner-
ship patterns in southwest
Oregon, the BLM and
USFS have been the pri-
mary contributors locally.
Samples of the pro-
jects include:
*Fuel Reduction and
defensible space projects
in the Illinois Valley.
*Community fire plan-
ning in the Illinois Valley.
*Product and market
development of small di-
ameter wood products.
The agencies expect to
award between $6 and $8
million for fiscal year
2005. A majority of money
will go for proposals under
$250,000. Grants will be
awarded after Oct. 1, 2004
when fiscal year 2005
funds become available.
The four programs for
proposals include wild-
land/urban interface fuels
reduction, fuels utilization
and marketing, education
and prevention, and com-
munity planning for risk
assessment and mitigation.
Each program has a
different focus, but com-
bined they increase inter-
agency and community
coordination and encour-
age grass-roots solutions to
reduce wildland fire
threats.
All grant applications
for fiscal year 2005 must
be received by close of
business Feb. 13, 2004.
Applications can be
emailed
to
Lau-
ren_Maloney@or.blm.gov
or mailed to National Fire
Plan Program Bureau of
Land Management fire and
Aviation Management,
P.O. Box 2965, Portland,
Oregon 97208.
More information re-
garding eligibility require-
ments and project evalua-
tion criteria for the four
programs, and the required
grant application forms,
can be found online at
www.nwfireplan.gov.
For more information
phone (541) 552-2921.
Tuesday, Dec. 30
*Someone during the
past week broke into a va-
cant house, damaged a
window and left the sliding
door open, said a man in
the 7000 block of Caves
Hwy.
*An alarm company
reported multiple alarms at
Lorna Byrne Middle
School at 2:20 p.m. The
janitor said he had acci-
dentally locked a teacher
in a room, and that he
would go let her out.
*Another
alarm
sounded at Lorna Byrne.
There was no known rea-
son for the alarm.
*A woman on Finch
Road complained of hear-
ing gunshots going on for
nearly an hour at 2:47 p.m.
*Two men were re-
ported fighting on the
Shop Smart parking lot at
4:35 p.m. The men left in
different directions.
*Deputies advised a
man in the 3000 block of
Lone Mountain road to
contact an attorney about a
continuing land dispute.
*A woman said her car
had been broken into and
several items, including a
wallet, cell phone and
speaker box, were taken in
the 300 block of Lakeshore
drive at 8:41 p.m.
*A woman staying at
the Junction Inn said peo-
ple were fighting and
screaming in front of the
door to her room at 9:37
p.m.
*A woman who had a
difficult time retrieving
items from her ex-
boyfriend’s house on Gar-
ner Road said she would
try again later, when he
was not home. The ex-
boyfriend was advised to
seek a restraining order.
Wednesday, Dec. 31
* People were racing
around and partying on
posted property in Kerby
at 1:18a.m. Several juve-
niles were warned for cur-
few violation. A girl, 13,
was arrested on a charge of
curfew violation and
lodged at the Juvenile Jus-
tice Center.
*Several loud explo-
sions which rattled win-
dows and nerves was re-
ported at 5:10 a.m. from
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the vicinity of Holland
Loop and Dick George
Road. A responding OSP
trooper discovered de-
stroyed mailboxes nearby.
*JoCo Public Works
was advised of a stop sign
down at the intersection of
Hayes Cut Off Road and
Holland Loop at 6:17 a.m.
*A non-injury traffic
accident was reported in
the 1000 block of Caves
Hwy. at 8:51 a.m.
*At a former drug lab
site on Naue Way, a man
said that several items val-
ued at $700 had been sto-
len sometime during the
last week.
*A vehicle was stuck
in the snow on Road 46-11
off Caves Hwy. at 2:33
p.m. BLM responded.
*It was reported that a
woman on Iron Way at-
tempted to run over a man
with her car. She accused
the man of having sexually
abused her son. This report
was logged for information
only
*A man described as
in his 30s with a shaved
head and wearing a flannel
“hoodie” was chased from
I.V. Video after acting sus-
picious and attempting to
steal some movies at 2:48
p.m.
*Several drivers were
warned for infractions such
as speeding, having ob-
structed license plates, fail-
ure to use a turn signal, or
failure to obey a stop sign
between 8 and 10:19 p.m.
*Robert George Dunn,
54, was arrested on a
charge of interfering with a
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peace officer at 9:34 p.m.
in Downtown Cave Junc-
tion.
*Jennifer L. Wilson,
38, and Luis P. Vidales,
46, each were cited on
charges of road rage, care-
less driving, and failure to
obey a traffic control de-
vice during a traffic stop
on Caves Hwy. near Red-
wood Hwy at 10:25 p.m.
*An intoxicated man
was “trespassed” from the
Junction Inn after a distur-
bance at 10:29 p.m.
Thursday, Jan. 1
*A 60 year old man
was found dead in his
home at 11:48 a.m.
*A woman said her
sister and two girls had
been assaulted by a man on
Lakeshore Drive. Deputies
accompanied the com-
plainant to the man’s home
to pick up the sister and
girls at 1:54 p.m.
*Kevin
Michael
Jennings, 25, was arrested
on charges of being a felon
in possession of a firearm
and reckless endangering
following a verbal argu-
ment after which a shot
was fired in the 100 block
of Hussey Ave. at 3:57
p.m.
*All appeared to be
OK after an alarm sounded
at a business in the 100
block of S. Redwood Hwy.
at 10:31 p.m.
Friday, Jan. 2
*Folks who had re-
ported fuel cans stolen ear-
lier this week called back
to say they had just discov-
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