Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, OR Wednesday, July 20, 2005
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he or she makes,” the board
added.
Commissioners noted
that the sheriff recently was
quoted in the “Illinois Val-
ley News” and Grants Pass
“Daily Courier” that “he
would not be replacing Lt.
Lee Harmon, who worked
20 hours per week from his
office in the I.V. Substation.
“He also was quoted as
saying he was reducing in-
mate capacity at the county
jail. In his statements,” the
board commented, “Sheriff
Daniel said these actions
were the result of budget
and personnel changes made
by the board of county com-
missioners.”
They take issue with
Daniel’s views, saying that
the decision to not replace
Harmon’s 20 hours per
week in I.V. “was an admin-
istrative decision made by
the sheriff. If he so chose,”
said the board, “he could
assign any deputy to patrol
Illinois Valley during those
20 hours.
“The available hours
have not disappeared, just
the sheriff’s commitment to
allocate them to Illinois Val-
ley, because the sheriff has
made the decision to move
the budgeted lieutenant po-
sition from Illinois Valley to
the county jail.
“The board of county
commissioners,” said Rid-
dle, Ellis and Raffenburg,
“was not involved in the
sheriff’s decision in any
way. The recent reduction in
inmate capacity at the jail is
also the direct result of deci-
sions made by Sheriff
Daniel.
“This is what hap-
pened,” said the board:
“In mid-June the sher-
iff’s office forwarded two
Personnel Action Forms,
required by county policy,
to the board of commission-
ers, requesting permission to
fill two vacant detective
positions. Those are vacant
due to one retirement and
one resignation.
“The sheriff decided to
promote two patrol deputies
to the detective positions.
He also decided to promote
two jail deputies to fill the
patrol vacancies. This re-
sulted in two vacant posi-
tions at the jail.”
The board said that the
paperwork required to pro-
mote two jail deputies to
patrol, and to hire two new
jail deputies did not reach its
office until July 1. The pa-
perwork, said the commis-
sioners, was approved by
them and returned to the
Human Resources Division
within four days.
The sheriff’s office was
notified that the promotions
and new-hire authorizations
were approved, said com-
missioners, “before the
sheriff issued his press re-
lease that blamed the com-
missioners for his decision
to lower the inmate cap at
the jail.
“Sheriff Daniel knew
months in advance that he
would have to fill six open-
ings,” the board said. It
added that, “It is hard to
understand why he did not
prioritize the hiring of the
new jail deputy positions
first, so they could attend
the academy and return
ready to work, before he
promoted jail deputies to
patrol and patrol deputies to
detective.
“Instead, he went ahead
with the promotions to de-
tective and patrol before
even beginning the hiring
process to replace the two
jail deputy positions.
“The detective positions
sat vacant for months any-
way, so these promotions
didn’t appear to be critical,”
the commissioners said
CJ Council agrees with
sewer pump station plan
After considerable de-
liberation, the Cave Junction
City Council voted 5-0 to
conditionally approve the
final plat for Illinois River
Estates in connection with a
sewer pump station affect-
ing 128 housing lots overall.
The council voted dur-
ing its meeting Monday
night, July 18 in city hall.
The request for final
plat approval was made by
James Armstrong, of The
Forks LLC, which is devel-
oping the 41-lot Illinois
River Estates off
Schumacher Street.
Also affected, in a co-
operative arrangement, are
Jerry Sterling’s 25-lot Vine-
yard Place, between
Schumacher and Daisy Hill
Road; and Elton Frank’s 62-
lot Pomeroy Place at the end
of Schumacher.
Under a motion by
Councilman Rita Dyer, The
Forks LLC will provide the
Woman held
for stabbing
Susan Hayworth, 57, of
Grants Pass, was arrested
and jailed on a charge of
second-degree assault in
connection with the stabbing
of her husband, said Grants
Pass Dept. of Public Safety
(GPDPS).
Injured with knife
wounds to his neck and one
arm was her husband, Ar-
thur Shivy, 61, said GPDPS.
The incident was re-
ported at approximately 5:37
a.m. Sunday, July 10. The
couple had been drinking
and arguing, said GPDPS.
city a $140,000 letter of
credit to serve as a bond
until the pump station is
completed and accepted by
the city.
Also, Schumacher will
have to be paved. Arm-
strong said that the work
will begin this week.
Additionally, any legal
costs incurred in the event of
delay in installing the pump
station will be borne by the
developer. And the water
and sewer infrastructure will
have to be approved by the
city and state Dept. of Envi-
ronmental Quality.
Armstrong agreed to all
conditions, noting that he
has worked hard to be a
partner with the city.
Sterling and Frank
urged the council to approve
the final plat, noting that
City Recorder Jim Polk will
not sign off until all condi-
tions are met. They indi-
cated that Armstrong de-
serves trust.
At one point, Dyer in-
terjected, “All we need now
is for Jim Frick to get up
here.” Frick, a real estate
broker, has been an outspo-
ken supporter for various
developments under way in
the city, but did not attend
Monday’s meeting.
Added the mayor after
Dyer’s comment, “Shhh --
he’ll show up.”
E-waste aim
of Wyden bill
‘SNORTIN’ NORTONS’ RALLY - Some 300 members of Norton Owners Clubs from
around the world met at Lake Selmac Friday through Sunday, July 15-17 for the 2005
Rogue Rally. Illinois Valley Fire District volunteers served the visitors pancake
breakfasts Friday and Saturday as a fund-raiser for the volunteer association. As the
cycle aficionados gathered for a ride to Oregon Caves National Monument, all the
bikes were started at once in a ‘moment of thunder.’ Observers said that it was
‘awesome’. Besides visitors from many states, there also were attendees from as far
away as England and Australia. Bikes at the rally included a 1936 model 16h Norton
that the owner rode from Ohio. Valley merchants went out of their way to be helpful,
said Alan Goldwater, event coordinator from the Northern California Norton Owners
Club. (Text and photos by Dale & Elaine Sandberg)
JOINT seizes indoor marijuana garden
following incident in rural Grants Pass
After arresting a man in
rural Grants Pass on numer-
ous charges, including
pointing a firearm and at-
tempted assault on two law-
men, officers found an ille-
gal indoor marijuana crop.
Arrested was Douglas
R. Dorr, 56, of 3201 River-
banks Road, said Josephine
Interagency Narcotics Team
(JOINT). His wife, Dianne
S. Dorr, 53, was arrested on
a charge of manufacturing a
controlled substance (MCS),
marijuana.
Douglas Dorr was
charged, said JOINT, with
two counts each of first-
degree attempted assault,
menacing, pointing a firearm,
unlawful use of a weapon,
and attempted assault on a
public safety officer.
He also was charged
with unlawful possession of
a short-barreled shotgun,
disorderly conduct, MCS/
marijuana, possession of a
controlled substance/
marijuana, and three counts
of reckless endangering.
JOINT gave the follow-
ing account of the incident
that began at approximately
10 p.m. Friday, July 15:
A neighbor to the Dorrs
phoned to report screaming
and yelling at the home. A
deputy and an OSP trooper
verified that there was a dis-
turbance, identified them-
selves, and ordered Dorr to
come to his front porch.
Instead, he went back
into his home, armed him-
self with a sawed-off shot-
gun, and threatened the offi-
cers with it.
After a brief stand-off,
he surrendered the loaded
weapon. Officers then made
a “safety check” of the resi-
dence and found a small
room “dedicated for grow-
ing marijuana.”
The couple refused to
cooperate, and JOINT was
New building planned on Lister
A major zoning clear-
ance permit for a two-story
building on Lister Street
was among permits ap-
proved by the city of Cave
Junction during June.
“Sally” Palmer plans
to erect a building with
more than 3,000 square
feet of space, the city
council was advised during
its meeting in city hall
Monday night, July 18.
The site is between
Josephine County Title Co.
and Valley Chiropractic.
Also during June, the
city issued four fence per-
mits. City Recorder Jim
Polk noted that two “drug
sites” have been cleared of
code violations. Their ad-
dresses are 495 S. Old
Stage Road, and 220 S.
Kerby Ave.
In another matter dur-
ing the meeting, the coun-
cil approved use of Jubilee
Park for the Men’s Softball
City League from mid-July
to September, said organ-
izer Don Hook.
called. Seized were 18 mari-
juana plants, each approxi-
mately 4 feet tall. The con-
verted laundry room had a
grow light, timers, ventila-
tion, fertilizer and a water-
ing system.
Officers found a loaded
handgun and a small amount
of processed marijuana.
They also found equipment
and documents about psilo-
cybin mushrooms. None
were found.
An amendment written
by U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden
(D-Ore.), and accepted into
the Senate energy bill, will
give U.S. recyclers a tax
credit to help buy equipment
that can be used to recycle
electronic waste.
The Wyden amendment
adds electronic waste to the
list of qualified recyclable
materials covered under the
recycling equipment tax
credit in the tax title of the
energy bill. That provision
would allow businesses to
claim a credit of as much as
15 percent of the cost of
equipment used to process
recyclables such as news-
print, plastic and aluminum
-- and now, electronic waste.
“American homes and
businesses are only going to
discard more and more elec-
tronics in the coming years,
so the time to build an infra-
structure to recycle all this
e-waste is now,” said Wy-
den. “Helping recyclers get
the equipment they need is
the first step toward a na-
tional e- recycling effort.”
Harmful e-waste is a
large and growing problem
in the United States, with
some experts estimating that
more than 150 million tons
of electronic equipment
were disposed of in 2004
alone, Wyden said.
The personal and office
electronics that are routinely
dumped in landfills contain
a number of toxins includ-
ing lead, mercury and cad-
mium. Buying the heavy-
duty shredders needed to
process e-waste for recy-
cling is often cost prohibi-
tive for recycling busi-
nesses.
By making the equip-
ment more affordable, the
Wyden amendment will
enable recycling and keep
more televisions, computer
monitors and central proc-
essing units out of U.S.
landfills.
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