Yet another
CJ meth lab
shut down
Business
site due
for valley
Another methampheta-
mine lab -- including
weapons and lethal chemi-
cals -- were seized by law-
men in rural Cave Junction
Friday, Jan. 18.
Det. Sgt. Ken Selig, of
Josephine Interagency
Narcotics Team (JOINT),
listed four persons arrested
at a mobilehome at 612
Jeannie Way, where a
search warrant was served
at 9:45 a.m.:
William Jackson
Kehoe, 37; Candice Ellen
Stauffer, 26; both of the
Jeannie Way address;
Robert Calvin, 32, a Cave
Junction transient; and
Sherie I. Wright, 47, of
206 W. Stevenson St. in
the city of Cave Junction.
Selig also listed the
charges: Kehoe and
Stauffer each were charged
with two counts of being a
felon in possession of a
weapon; one count each of
manufacturing, possession
and delivery of a con-
trolled substance/meth;
and possession of a precur-
sor substance/meth.
In addition, Kehoe was
charged with tampering
with ev id ence, and
Stauffer was charged under
two felony arrest warrants
on charges of possession
of a controlled substance
(PCS)/meth.
Calvin and Wright,
said the JOINT officer,
arrived at 612 Jeannie Way
in a vehicle while the
By CHRISTINA HILL
Correspondent
Small, emerging busi-
nesses that need help start-
ing up or growing are about
to get the assistance they
need.
And it’s thanks to the
hard work of Illinois Valley
Community Development
Organization (IVCDO).
Formerly known as
I.V. Community Response
team, IVCDO this spring
hopes to break ground on a
“business incubator” center
at Illinois Valley Airport.
Currently, the project is
in the engineering phase.
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Kerby community awaits
deluge of cleaner water
A LITTLE CHEER - Illi-
nois Valley High School
cheerleaders performed
Friday, Jan. 28 in Ken
Mann Memorial Gym with
a group of little girls who
were trained by them
during the past two
weeks. The performance
was during half-time of
the boys varsity basket-
ball game. (See separate
photos elsewhere in this
issue.) The girls were
widely photographed by
friends and family.
(Photos by Dale & Elaine
Sandberg)
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Here are the high and low
temperatures and rainfall fig-
ures for O’Brien as recorded
by Cheryl and Harry Johnson.
*Fri., Jan. 21: 44-33
*Sat. Jan. 22: 47-33
*Sun., Jan. 23: 48-34
*Mon., Jan. 24: 46-33
*Tues., Jan. 25: 49-37, .04
*Wed., Jan. 26: 52-43, .12
*Thurs., Jan. 27: 46-35
By CHRISTINA HILL
Correspondent
Kerby residents are well
on their way to cleaner wa-
ter because of efforts by
Kerby Water District
(KWD), which became an
official agency in August
2003.
The committee that
formed the district to be eli-
gible for federal funding
began working steadily on
efforts during 2000.
However, committee
members credit one woman
for her decade-long battle to
bring clean and safe water to
the Kerby community.
“Ga yle Lebowitz,
who’s the vice chair of the
district, has been working
on this for more than 10
years,” praised John Plute,
KWD chairman.
“She's worked hard,”
said Plute.
“She has beaten down a
lot of doors,” he said, “from
the Washington border to
the California border.
“She has been instru-
mental in getting this project
started, and she’s dedicated
over 10 years of her life to
Cave Junction
Wednesday, Feb. 2
Partly sunny,
Chilly evening
High--56, Low--23.
Thursday, Feb. 3
Mostly sunny,
Clouds increasing late
High--58, Low--29.
Friday, Feb. 4
Mostly sunny,
Cloudy evening
High--50, Low--35.
Saturday, Feb. 5
Partly sunny day,
Rather cloudy evening
High--51, Low--30.
Sunday, Feb. 6
Afternoon showers,
Chance rain late
High--51, Low--31.
Monday, Feb. 7
Variable sunshine,
Clouds increasing
High--55, Low--32.
Tuesday, Feb. 8
Mostly cloudy,
Rain and ice late
High--53, Low--31.
DOME SCHOOL PLANTING PROJECT - Elementary
students from Dome School in Takilma participated
Wednesday, Jan. 26 in the annual tree planting project
along Dunn Creek and the East Fork of Illinois River.
The students and their teachers planted a special
strain of Port Orford Cedar developed to eliminate root
rot that has devastated original strains. Also planted
some Pine and Fir seedlings, plus some Oregon
Grape. The project was conducted with help from Mike
Mitchell of Forestry Action Committee. With the stu-
dents were teachers Katherine Roncalio, Heather
Jantz, and Marisa Dwyer. The project each year strives
for a diverse variety of plantings, and teaching care for
the land to the students. (Photo provided)
this project.
“After jumping through
many hoops and hurdles, the
district is finally on the
home stretch to getting
Kerby residents water piped
in from the city of Cave
Junction.
“Everything is waiting
on funding right now. As of
last May we had our appli-
cation complete, except that
we had to do an environ-
mental study, and that’s all
complete now,” said Plute.
“Our funding is depend-
ent upon the 109th Congress
passing last year’s budget,
which was supposed to have
been done by law last Octo-
ber,” he explained. “As soon
as they pass the budget, we
can get all our state and fed-
eral funding we need to start
the project.”
The project, which will
start once a bid has been
accepted, will tear up three
miles of roadside ditch. The
project, Plute estimated,
should not take longer than
three months to complete.
“We're laying 14,000
feet of pipe from Waldamar
Road to Sauer’s Flat,” he
said. “We ran into a prob-
lem with the Kerby Ditch,
(which has been the water
supplier other than wells)
because we found out that’s
now part of the National
Historic Record, so we're
going to cross the pipes to
the other side of the road in
front of the bed-and-
breakfast,” Plute explained.
And, Plute added, since
there were concerns of dis-
turbing Indian burial
grounds, there will be an
archeologist on-site during
the excavating, as they may
“run into something.”
The cost of the project
is estimated at $2.2 million.
Currently, 70 house-
holds are signed up to have
city water installed, Plute
said. However, he added,
they're expecting a potential
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