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Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, OR Wednesday, April 14, 2004 Page 5 ‘Fritz’ Mondale to speak at Spring Fling in Selma Monday, March 15 *A driver who typi- cally tailgates and speeds in the vicinity of Deer Creek Road was doing it again, according to another driver at 7:12 p.m. *During a traffic stop on Watkins Street, a boy, 17, was warned for failure to use headlights, having an obstructed windshield, and cautioned about his driving habits. *An alarm at 7:56 p.m. in the Siskiyou Project building in the 9000 block of Takilma Road was found to have been caused by a dog inside. Tuesday, March 16 *At 3:19 a.m. a woman on Schumacher Street said she had been shot in the back with a nail gun. However she refused medical assistance and had no marks or injuries to in- dicate she had been struck by anything. *North of the Selma Post Office at 8:35 a.m., an apparently intoxicated man standing on the fog line of the highway aroused con- cern. The man fled from the responding deputy, and disappeared into the brush. *Someone damaged a vending machine in Kerby by removing the change compartment, a man said at 9:10 a.m. *Unknown persons (as yet) cut locks to gain ac- cess to a trailer parked in a ministorage compound in the 25000 block of Red- wood Hwy. *Sometime the previ- ous night, a “for sale” ve- hicle which had been parked at a business in the 25000 block of Redwood Hwy. was stolen. *A woman said two men were walking down her neighbor’s driveway on Pinewood Way at 11:05 a.m., but her neighbors were not at home. It was logged for patrol info. *At 1:36 p.m. at the sheriff’s substation in CJ, a man said his son had taken a check from him and forged his signature for $296 to Pacific Power. *Southbound on Red- wood Hwy. near Selma at 4:52 p.m., a woman said a man was driving erratic- ally, attempting to pass on the right and left, pulling off and then on the road and nearly running her off the road. When stopped near Cave Junction, the man said the woman at- tempted to “initiate a road rage” incident with him. It was unfounded as a crime. *On Iron Way, a woman said a man came on her property, jumping up and down and threaten- ing her. He then pushed his way through her door. She wanted it logged for infor- HAVING A BALL– During halftime warm-ups in Ken Mann Memorial Gym at Illinois Valley High School, one young spectator decided to join the action. The game, be- tween IVHS staff, and current and former students, was held to benefit the girls soft- ball team. It was reported that the score was 70-70. (Go figure). Deer Creek landscape plan studied (Continued from page 1) to reduce fuels and fire hazard. While BLM does not yet have specific project proposals or estimated cost, treatments for the area are likely to include a mix of tree harvest and removal. Also prescribed burning, young stand de- velopment treatments such as thinning or brushing, road renovation, culvert replacement, mechanical fuels treatments, and ripar- ian stream enhancements. “Hopefully, when we look at the comments and feedback on the question- naires we’ve provided, we can take exactly what resi- and concerns within the planning area including social, forest health, streams, and wildlife. The key issue that will be ad- dressed is the risk of high- intensity wildfire within the wildland/urban inter- face that has the potential to damage public and pri- vate property, fragment wildlife habitat, and threaten landowner safety. “There were a lot of concerns about areas around hiking trails,” said BLM’s Pat Murray. People want to make sure vegetation is managed dents have said and turn it into meaningful stuff we can use to help make plan- ning decisions,” said Jos- sie. A questionnaire de- signed to focus input to specifics that would be most useful to the planning team is available on the Grants Pass Resource Area w e b s i t e a t www.or.blm.gov/ medford/. For more information regarding this or other BLM landscape projects, contact Jossie at (541) 618-2303 or project team leader Frank Heoper at (541) 618-2390. Former Vice President Walter F. “Fritz” Mondale will be among those at- tending a Spring Fling and grand opening at The Selma Center. The event on Sunday, May 2 also will feature Joan Mondale, “partner and friend of ‘Fritz’.” She also is known as “Joan of Art” for her internationally recognized leadership in the art world, according to an announcement. Also featured will be Les AuCoin, former Ore- gon 1st District congress- I.V. Fire district approves new harassment policy A new policy to help prevent harassment within the workplace was ap- proved during an Illinois Valley Fire District Board meeting Thursday, night, April 8 in Cave Junction City Hall. Commenting on the need for the new policy, Chief Harry Rich said, “As a risk manager, I won’t put up with harassment in the workplace. I felt the need pants were of a similar mind with respect to re- covery efforts. Largely absent from the proceeding were timber industry workers and oth- ers who might benefit from jobs and resources pro- duced from a concerted salvage effort. “By and large, the log- ging community is not pre- sent,” noted Marilyn Mooshie. Several other persons noted the absence, though most spoke hope- fully of a compromise which would strike a bal- ance between conservation and natural recovery on the one hand, and timber- extolled the benefits of natural, “hands-off” recov- ery for burned areas, David Hill, a representative of Southern Oregon Timber Industr y Association averred that the choice must be made between “removing some trees to reduce the risk of fire, or do(ing) nothing and watch it all burn.” Those attending were divided into small groups where they were asked to listen compassionately to one another as group mem- bers expressed hopes and concerns raised within them by the panel. Reac- tions, discussion and judg- ment were discouraged, and each participant was given a few minutes to express their feelings about the Biscuit recovery. While the forum was intended to build commu- nity consensus from diver- gent points of view, in fact the majority of the partici- Senior Nutrition Menu Sponsored by (541) 592-2126, 474-5440 Meals are served in the CJ County Bldg. FRIDAY, APRIL 16 *Chicken a la king, whipped potatoes, Harvard beets, honey bran bread, ambrosia mold MONDAY, APRIL 19 *Chicken Brunswick stew, broccoli cuts, marinated zucchini salad, whole wheat roll, oatmeal prune bar WEDNESDAY, APRIL 21 *Waikiki chicken, Oriental blend vegetables, spinach romaine salad, honey wheat roll, birthday cake You can take no credit for beauty at sixteen. But if you are beautiful at sixty, it will be your soul’s own doing. - Marie Stopes - industry jobs and eco- nomic interests in the val- ley on the other. “Why were we in these small group discussions?” asked valleyite Chuck Ja- cobs. “We were speaking to the choir. And there was no one listening who would go from here to make decisions.” to implement this policy because we didn’t have one in place to protect our volunteers.” The policy will go into effect immediately and applies to all district fire volunteers including board members. Volunteers, new and old, will now be re- quired to sign the policy in order to work or continue working for the district. -Shane Welsh Closed Tuesday & Wednesday Biscuit Fire recovery consensus ... (Continued from page 1) man. He now is a political science professor at South- ern Oregon University in Ashland, and a National Public Radio commentator. There will be live mu- sic and opportunities to bring questions to the three guests. Written questions can be left at The Selma Center (the former Selma Elementary School), or mailed to 18255 Redwood Hwy., Selma OR 97538. For questions or reser- vations, phone 415-1000, or email selmacen- ter@earthlink.net. 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