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Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, OR Wednesday, April 12, 2006
Safely passing trucks vital
for avoiding bad accidents
Creeps hit
Sexton gear
for $100,000
Criminal mischief
caused some $100,000 dam-
age to numerous buildings
and communication equip-
ment -- including the Ore-
gon Dept. of Forestry fire
lookout tower -- atop Mount
Sexton, 7 miles north of
Grants Pass.
Oregon State Police
(OSP) Arson & Explosive
Section is asking for the
public’s help in getting tips
regarding investigation of a
fire and related criminal
mischief.
Besides the ODF fire
lookout being destroyed,
Josephine County 911 Dis-
patch Center and Wolf
Creek Fire Dept. antennas
were damaged, affecting
emergency communica-
tions, OSP noted.
It said that between 9 to
10:30 p.m. April 1, un-
known persons caused the
criminal mischief and fire
damage to buildings, com-
munication towers and
equipment. The damage was
discovered Sunday, April 2
at approximately 7:30 a.m.
Buildings and commu-
nications equipment prop-
erty of ODF, Josephine
County, Wolf Creek Fire
Dept., U.S. Forest Service,
Freedom Communications,
and a private ham radio op-
erator were damaged.
OSP Arson & Explo-
sive detectives are asking
for the public’s help with
information that will lead to
identifying suspects. There
is no evidence at the scene
indicating that the fire and
associated damage are re-
lated to any eco-terrorist
activity, OSP said.
All good work is done
the way ants do things:
little by little.
- Lafcadio Hearn -
CYCLIST SUFFERS INJURIES - Cave Junction resident Robert Sisson, 45, was re-
ported injured in a car vs. motorcycle crash Sunday afternoon, April 9 in the 28000
block of Redwood Hwy. American Medical Response, Illinois Valley Fire District
(IVFD), Josephine County Sheriff’s Office, and Oregon State Police responded.
Sisson was reported in good condition in Portland. (Photo by IVFD)
IVHS boys 2nd, girls 3rd in track meet
at Rogue River involving 14 schools
Illinois Valley High
School track-and-field ath-
letes did well individually,
as did the Cougar teams at
the 14-school Rogue River
Twilight Invitational held
Friday, April 7, said coach
Perry Sheehan.
The IVHS boys took
second place behind Hidden
Valley: Cascade Christian
was third. The I.V. girls
placed third behind HV and
North Valley.
Cougar standouts in-
cluded sophomores Larry
Ragsdale and Stephen Paul,
junior Meagan Kanig, and
seniors Emily Dudley, Erika
Riley and Jessica Ragsdale
Individual Cougar results:
* * *
Boys --
100 meters: 1st/Larry
Ragsdale, 11.53; 10th/Nathan
Green, 12.33; 19th Eugene
Keith/12.82
200 meters: 6th/Nathan
Green, 24.88; 7th/Tim Mikels,
25.01; 12th/Keith, 25.75
400 meters: 6th/Mikels,
55.54; 7th/Paul, 55.85; 8th/Moises
Mendoza, 56.44
800 meters: 7th/Ben Bennett,
2:10.32; 8th/Wade Lorensen, 2:21.35
1,500 meters: 9th/Donny
Dillard, 4:59.0; 11th/Anthony Garcia,
5:04.0
3,000 meters: 5th/Graham
Baker, 10:09.12; 8th/Dillard, 10:42
110 high hurdles: 4th/Ben
Green, 17.75; 7th/Sam Winter, 18.77
300 intermediate hurdles: 1st/
Ragsdale, 41.58; 3rd/Green, 44;70;
5th/Winter, 46.11
4x100 relay: 2nd/46.13 - Paul,
N. Green, Ragsdale, S. Winter
4x400 relay: 2nd/3:37.48 - 2nd/
Paul, Ragsdale, N. Green, B. Bennett
Shotput: 2nd/Bill Haskins,
43.0; 3rd/Dalton Reagan, 41-03.50;
11th (tie)/John Bennett, 38-01.00
Discus: 6th/Haskins, 110-
06.00; 10th/Lance Tausaga, 106-
10.00; 13th/J. Bennett, 95-01.00
Javelin: 3rd/Reagan, 166-05.00;
19th/Robert Parsons, 101-09.00
High Jump: 2nd/Steven Paul,
5-08.00; 4th (tie)/Greg Gilbert, 5-
06.00
Long Jump: 14th/Jarred Miller
(tie), 16-10.50; 16th/Gilbert, 16-
06.25; 24th/Harlan Mechling, 15-
01.50
Triple Jump: 7th/Jarred Miller,
35-03.50; 12th/Mechling, 34-06.25
Girls --
100 meters: 9th/Jessica
Ragsdale, 14.42; 15th/Kasondra
Eldred, 14.85; 16th/Lydia Beeman,
14.87
200 meters: 11th/Eldred, 31.57
400 meters: 6th/Erika Riley,
1:08.86
800 meters: 6th/Trinidy LaRue,
2:46.65; 8th/Sierra Chiverton,
2:49.99
1,500 meters: 6th/Michelle
LaPierre, 5:36.00; 8th/Megan Cotta,
5:43.00; 10th/Dudley, 5:52.00
3,000 meters: 4th/LaPierre,
12:32.55
110 high hurdles: 3rd/Kanig,
18:54
300 low hurdles: 7th/Aleena
Anderson, 57.63
4x100 relay: 2nd/Dudley,
Kanig, Ragsdale, Riley - 54.51
4x400 relay: 5th/Dudley,
Kanig, Ragsdale, Riley
Shotput: 3rd/Ragsdale, 30-
09.00; 8th/Shannon O’Grady, 28-08
Discus: 11th/O’Grady, 71-07;
12th/Eldred, 69-10
Javelin: 1st/Ragsdale, 119-04;
2nd/Erika Riley, 106-04
High jump: 2nd (six-way tie)/
Raesha Yeoman, 4-06; 8th (four-way
tie)/K. Yeoman, 11-10.50; 9th/
Sheena Cole, 4-02
Long jump: 4th/Cole, 14-03.50;
16th/K. Yeoman, 11-10.50; 19th/
Kayla Nolan, 11-06
Triple jump: 2nd/Cole, 29-09;
11th/R. Yeoman, 25-11; 15th/Nolan,
23-05.50
Approximately 40 per-
cent of all crashes involving
cars and trucks are caused
by cars.
During 2002-2005, im-
proper passing by passenger
car drivers caused more than
700 crashes resulting in 207
injuries and 30 deaths, said
Oregon Dept. of Transporta-
tion (ODOT).
“While most people
realize that it’s more diffi-
cult to drive a truck than a
car, many don’t know what
a truck’s limitations are in
terms of maneuverability,
stopping distances and blind
spots,” said David McKane,
ODOT’s manager of Motor
Carrier Safety and Federal
Programs.
“When cars cut in too
soon after passing, or
abruptly change lanes, truck
drivers are forced to com-
pensate with little time or
room to spare,” he said.
“Sometimes they can’t com-
pensate, and a crash or roll-
over occurs.”
ODOT’s Motor Carrier
Transportation Division
(MCTD) offers tips for
passing trucks safely:
*Passing safely means
doing so quickly and courte-
ously. Wait for a legal pass-
ing zone or clear passing
lane before trying to pass.
When you are ready to
pass, use your turn signal to
indicate your intentions.
When you can see the full
front of the truck in your
review mirror, it’s safe to
return by using your turn
signal. Do not brake imme-
diately after you pass.
*Give trucks plenty of
room to maneuver.
*Stay out of the “No
Zone.” Make your car visible
by pulling ahead or dropping
back so that the truck driver
can see you. If you can’t see
the truck’s mirrors, the driver
can’t see you.
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Opportunities multiply as they are seized.
- Sun Tzu -
School district support unit has numerous facets
Busy days are the order
of the day everyday, notes
the Three Rivers School
District Directorate of Fiscal
and Support Services.
Its job is to support the
people who support the
teachers and the teachers
who educate the students.
“We know that some-
times it doesn't seem that
way,” said the department, as
it “can never respond as
quickly” as others would like.
“But our job is to get
our kids to school, to feed
them, to house them in safe
facilities, and to pay the staff
and vendors who make it all
possible,” the department
continued. “And to do it all
with less money than we
can do any of it.
“Can we be specific?
You bet. In a typical school
month, we:”
*Drive 175,000 miles
delivering students from
home to school and back.
*Receive between
4,500 and 5,000 phone calls,
and probably twice that
number of emails.
These can be broken
into three primary types
(and an atypical fourth):
-Complaints (Frequent)
-“ASAP” Requests
(nearly all of them).
-Emergency Requests
(the rest of them).
-“Thank You’s” (rare
and endangered, so cher-
ished when received.)
*These communiqués
cover a variety of subjects,
of which the following are
just a few, representative,
examples:
-Questions about bene-
fits, health insurance (the
800-pound gorilla), garnish-
ments, Section 125 plans,
LOA, and Workers Comp.
-Questions about draws
(the 600-pound gorilla),
payroll, and withholding.
*District Vehicles:
Keeping all 50 of them run-
ning, including some that
are nearly 30 years old and
occasionally have to be
hand-cranked to start (one
has images of the earliest
Model Ts).
*Keys: Finding them;
replacing them (when lost);
calling a locksmith when
they are locked in vehicles.
*Kitchen Equipment:
Keeping it running, when it
should have been put to rest
many years ago.
*Doors: Replacing
them; repairing them; put-
ting windows in them,
*Door closers: replac-
ing them, as they seem to
wander off into a kind of
door closer black hole with
depressing regularity.
*Acreage: Maintaining
hundreds of acres of
grounds with no grounds-
keepers.
*Athletic facilities:
Maintaining them; repairing
them; cleaning them.
*Main tain ing our
wastewater treatment plants.
*On a daily basis:
*Clean approximately
700,000 square feet of
building space.
*Empty approximately
2,000 trashcans and waste-
baskets.
*Vacuum approxi-
mately 300,000 square feet
of carpeting.
*Sweep and mop nearly
400,000 square feet of hard
floors.
*Use approximately
23,715 feet of hand towels
and 175 rolls of toilet paper.
*Clean up approxi-
mately 100 spills (some of
them quite unpleasant)
*Clean 120 cafeteria
tables, (at least twice a day).
*Satisfy all DEQ, EPA,
and OSHA requirements for
safety, hazardous materials,
and general working condi-
tions (which often conflict
directly with many of the
requests mentioned earlier).
*Process more than 300
Purchase Requisitions.
*Pay approximately 300
invoices.
*Process some 200
check requests.
*Manage a cash flow
exceeding $4.0 million (in a
typical month we spend
$50,000 more than we re-
ceive).
*“Cut” approximately
820 paychecks, in addition
to approximately 150 addi-
tional checks for the semi-
monthly “draw” (the 400-
pound gorilla).
*Serve more than
70,000 lunches and nearly
40,000 breakfasts.
*Make approximately
900,000 copies or
“impressions,” of docu-
ments.
*Receive between 150
and 200 work orders (and
complete as many as them
as we can).
*Drive some 3,600
miles delivering mail and
other items to our 15
schools, in three different
attendance areas.
*Deliver hundreds of
tons of food to our schools,
and move countless pieces
of furniture, fixtures, and
equipment.
*Respond to three acts
of vandalism, from replac-
ing a broken window to the
complete destruction of a
school wing’s classroom
and offices.
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MANSFIELD R. CLEARY
Attorney at Law
General Practice in
Illinois Valley
since 1980
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