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Tis’ the (fire) season
Sugars not
sweet for
big crowd
‘No recommendation’
for liquor license OK’d
An overflow, standing-
room-only, lively crowd of
more than 100 swarmed
Cave Junction City Hall
Monday night, May 22 to
protest establishment of
Sugars, a topless bar behind
Bi-Rite Auto Parts in part of
the former Ivy Theater.
It was the largest atten-
dance at a council meeting
in approximately 10 years.
Mayor Tony Paulson re-
vised the agenda, placing
the liquor license request
from Larry Goynes for Sug-
ars ahead of some other
business items.
He did so, he noted,
because the council chamber
is only supposed to accom-
modate 88 persons. After
the council made its liquor
license decision, the crowd
dwindled to six persons.
Paulson told the multi-
tude, which generally main-
tained good manners, de-
spite outbursts by some, that
morality is not the issue, but
a liquor license.
The mayor explained
several times to the throng
that the council was not re-
quired to allow public com-
ment about Sugars and the
liquor license. But in the
interest of fairness, he al-
lowed an hour’s worth of
commentary.
It was announced that
Sheriff Dave Daniel notified
the city that his office could
“find no record of any rea-
son to deny” the liquor li-
cense request.
Approximately 30 people, among some 100 who attended a Cave Junction City
Council meeting to protest a topless bar, formed a prayer circle in front of city hall
following council action to make no recommendation on a liquor license to the Ore-
gon Liquor Control Commission. (Photo by Michelle Binker / ‘IVN’ staff writer)
Selma residents raise the roof at community center:
Photo on page 11
between Grave Creek and
Marial, campfires and
smoking will be permitted
on sand and gravel bars be-
tween the river and the high-
water mark, and only in
areas naturally free of flam-
mable vegetation.
Smoking also is permit-
ted in boats and rafts while
on the river. Campfires must
be in fire pans or on fire
blankets.
*Commercial opera-
tions, such as timber harvest-
ing, conducted on forestland
are required to have fire sup-
pression equipment on-site at
all times, and a watchman
must be provided.
Smoke from prescribed
burns and fires set for fire-
fighter training may occa-
sionally be visible in high-
elevation forestlands. Daily
updated fire information
about burns on BLM-
administered land can be
obtained by phoning (541)
618-2354 or (800) 267-
3126. U.S. Forest Service
prescribed burn information
can be obtained by phoning
its offices.
For more about ODF’s
fire season regulations, con-
tact the S.W. Oregon Dis-
trict’s unit office at 5375
Monument Drive, Grants
Pass. Phone (541) 474-3152.
Quick forest recovery
bill heading to Senate
(Continued on page 8)
Lightning hit
halted power
Lightning that struck a
Pacific Power substation
caused an electrical outage in
the Cave Junction and Kerby
areas Saturday, May 20.
Pacific Power, which
responded quickly to repair the
problem, said that 3,822 cus-
tomers were affected. Power
was interrupted from approxi-
mately 4:38 to 6:18 p.m.
Indications were that
lighting struck what’s
known as an arrestor, which
did what it’s designed to do:
stop the flow of power, the
utility said. Although a spe-
cific location for the hit
wasn’t immediately avail-
able, some said that it oc-
curred on Rough & Ready
Flat, which was not con-
firmed by Pacific Power.
EMERGENCY PERSON-
NEL in Illinois Valley re-
sponded to several re-
cent incidents. They in-
cluded a vehicle fire on
Hogue Drive Friday, May
19, a Hwy. 199 crash
Sunday, May 21 and a
rollover accident on Hol-
land Loop Friday eve-
ning, May 19. Respond-
ing agencies were I.V.
Fire District (IVFD),
American Medical Re-
sponse, the county sher-
iff’s office and Oregon
State Police. (Photos by
Dale & Elaine Sandberg/
IVFD Media Dept.)
Freshmen help
TRSD objective
Employers, community
leaders and educators can
attend a free breakfast and
i n f o r ma t i o n s e s s i o n ,
“Freshmen With Futures,”
at the Three Rivers School
District (TRSD) office on
Thursday, May 25.
The get-together about
mentoring will run from
7:30 to 8:30 a.m. at 8550
New Hope Road in Murphy.
TRSD is looking for
100 community volunteers
to meet for an hour each
month with small groups of
freshmen during the next
school year. Participants
will help them establish a
bridge between what hap-
pens in classrooms and “the
real world of work.”
Phone Jann Taylor, 862-
3111, Ext. 5207, to RSVP or
for more information.
Fire season on forest-
land protected by the Ore-
gon Dept. of Forestry’s
(ODF) Southwest Oregon
District began at 12:01 a.m.
Wednesday, May 24, a
month earlier than last year.
The fire danger level
will be “moderate” (blue),
and the Industrial Fire Pre-
caution Level (IFPL) will be
1 (one).
The declaration affects
state, private, county and
Bureau of Land Manage-
ment forestland in Jackson
and Josephine counties.
Fire season is declared
by the state forester when
weather conditions and dry
vegetation make fires diffi-
cult to control. During 2005,
the district declared fire sea-
son on June 27.
*Debris burning is pro-
hibited, except in burn bar-
rels for which a permit has
been issued. Contact ODF
or the appropriate fire pro-
tection district for a burn
barrel permit.
The Illinois Valley Fire
District business number is
592-2225, but recorded in-
formation is available at
592-2121.
*The use of fireworks
on forestland is prohibited.
*In the Wild and Scenic
section of the Rogue River
In a bipartisan show of
support for more responsible
forest management policies
in America’s national for-
ests, the U.S. House of Rep-
resentatives last week
passed H.R. 4200, the Forest
Emergency Recovery and
Research Act, 243-182.
The bill is co-authored
by U.S. Rep. Greg Walden
(R-Ore.), Brian Baird (D-
Wash.) and Stephanie Her-
seth (D-S.D.).
It would give federal
land managers the tools nec-
essary to restore forestland
damaged by catastrophic
events in quicker manner,
without waiving environ-
mental laws, if quick action
is found to be beneficial to
the long-term health and
recovery of the forest,
Wyden said.
Four amendments to the
legislation were considered
during debate. Although
Walden and Baird did not
support the amendments, all
of which were soundly de-
feated, both congressmen
encouraged the Rules Com-
mittee to allow for their con-
sideration to add additional
dialogue and openness to
the debate. The legislation
now heads to the Senate.
“If swift restoration
work is necessary to restore
the health of our nation’s
forests, expedited -- but
thorough -- environmental
review of proposed actions
would be performed by the
agencies, including full pub-
lic notice and participation,”
Wyden noted.
Land managers would
then be able to engage in
active management practices
relating to the dead and dying
timber left in forests.
They would be able, said
Wyden, to restore land-
scapes, remove excess fuel
loads, improve water and air
quality, and prevent addi-
tional reforestation backlog,
estimated in a May 2005
Government Accountability
Office report at a million
acres.
A broad variety of
groups have endorsed H.R.
4200, Wyden said.
Using seat belt lessens chance of death
“Stay Alive: Buckle Up
Before You Drive.”
That is the message
from the nation’s emer-
gency physicians who wit-
ness first-hand the tragic
consequences of driving
without safety belts, follow-
ing release of a new report
from the National Highway
Traffic Safety Administra-
tion that 48 million Ameri-
cans still do not wear safety
belts.
“Every hour someone in
America dies simply be-
cause they were not wearing
a safety belt,” said Dr. Mary
Patricia McKay, chairman
of the Trauma Care Physi-
cians and an emergency
physician at The George
Washington University Hos-
pital in Washington, D.C.
“Failure to buckle up
contributes to more fatalities
than any other single behav-
ior except drunken driving,”
she said.
“The majority of all in-
juries and deaths from traffic
crashes are preventable.”
McKay said that besides
putting themselves at risk
for serious injury or death,
safety belt scofflaws drain
as much as $50 billion from
society annually in medical
care, lost productivity and
other costs.
Crash victims who did
not wear safety belts cost
hospitals 55 percent more
than those who did wear
safety belts.
The net cost of these
crashes is approximately
$580 per American per year.
INCREASED PATROL at Jubilee Park in Cave Junction
is under way following a community meeting Monday,
May 15. Those attending identified park problems as a
priority for Josephine County Sheriff’s Office plus de-
terring home and residential burglaries. Cpl. Sean
Rarey is the officer above. (Photo by ‘I.V. News’)