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Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, OR Wednesday, January 24, 2007
No ‘finger of blame’ in
search for Kim Family
My wife has been “relaxing” and opening new brain
pathways by working to solve logic puzzles. My brain
pathways are full of dead-ends, unimproved dirt roads
and “Bridge Out” thoroughfares, so I don’t bother with
logic puzzles. Or logic, for that matter.
My college entrance exams, back in the Dark Ages
of the last century, indicated that I am the proud posses-
sor of illogical (not irrational, as some have said) think-
ing. Additionally, the tests showed that although I could
not be a commercial airline pilot, I could function as an
English teacher, as I was in the 99th percentile regard-
ing language and stuff like that. Don’t ask me how this
was determined; it was during the ‘60s, and I was often
oblivious to what was going on around me.
But about those logic puzzles. They confound me to
even read, let alone try to solve. Here’s an example:
There is a 12-piece orchestra with a pianist, a drum-
mer, two guitarists, two saxophone players, three trum-
peters (not a word, but I like it), a violinist, a bass player
and a French horn (hornist?) player. The saxophonists
are brothers, and married to the violinist, the pianist and
one of the guitarists.
The names of those in the orchestra are Boris,
Stanislaus, Sergie, Bartholomew, Maria, Martha, Jaime,
Craig, Arnold, Frank and Betty. The conductor is named
Romeo.
One guitar player is a cousin to the bass player, and
neither of them likes peanut butter. The French horn
player likes to gamble, and is related to the pianist, who
was kicked out of a school for girls for smoking wacky
tobaccie. The conductor, a former cattle rustler, is in love
with one of the guitarists, who likes to drink Chardonnay.
The drummer once attended a Grateful Dead concert
with the three trumpet players, and they were in a traffic
accident that night after drinking too many Harvey Wall
Bangers. One
of them has a
facial scar.
Given this
information,
who is married
to whom?
I know, it’s
a bit of an exaggeration, but that’s how those posers
come across to me. OK, I have a strange brain, but I’m
puzzling it out.
Steve Schiffman, Arborist
541-597-4048
660-2574
License 99805 ~ Bonded ~ Insured
To the Root
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What’s in your frig’? Veggies not eaten?
How about the shelf? A little rice? ...a few
beans? ...imagination?
What type of base are you in the mood for? Light, onion
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Let go your inner kitchen wizard this winter. Bake a
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friends, are good medicine.
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By SCOTT JORGENSEN
IVN Staff Writer
No blame is assessed,
but areas for improvement
are cited in a report about
the search for a San Fran-
cisco family in late-2006.
Klamath County Sheriff
Tim Evinger outlined the
release of an Oregon State
Sheriff’s Association
(OSSA) investigative re-
view of the Kim Family
search during a press confer-
ence Thursday, Jan. 18 at
Josephine County Jail in
Grants Pass.
Television news crews
descended from throughout
Oregon as Evinger, chair-
man of OSSA’s search-and-
rescue (SAR) advisory com-
mittee, appeared with Jose-
phine County Sheriff Gil
Gilbertson to discuss the
report. Gilbertson was not
involved in search efforts, as
he only took office Jan. 2.
The review was com-
piled following interviews
with 40 persons involved in
the search efforts, including
what Evinger referred to as
an “emotional interview”
with Kati Kim, whose hus-
band, James, died of hypo-
thermia.
It attempted to identify
factors that might have com-
plicated or delayed the
search, but Evinger made
clear that the point was not
to assign blame to any par-
ticular individual or entity.
“The purpose of this
investigation is not a finger-
pointing exercise,” the re-
port said.
James Kim and his fam-
ily left their San Francisco
home Nov. 17 for a week-
long trip to Seattle. On Nov.
25, the family left Portland
for Gold Beach, where they
had reservations at a lodge.
But when Nov. 28 rolled
around and the Kims didn’t
return, friends became con-
cerned for their safety.
A report was filed the
following day with the San
Following are the high-and-
low temperatures, and rainfall,
recorded in O’Brien by Cheryl
& Harry Johnson.
*Fri., Jan. 12: 33-22 0.09
*Sat., Jan. 13: 34-17
*Sun., Jan. 14: 38-22 0.05
*Mon., Jan. 15: 35-17
*Tue., Jan 16: 34-20
2-1/2” snow
*Wed., Jan. 17: 38-30 0.17
*Thurs., Jan. 18: 39-31
Following are the high-and-
low temperatures, and rainfall,
recorded in Cave Junction at
Mountain Wind Farm.
Francisco Police Dept. The
Portland Police Bureau is-
sued an all-points bulletin
for the family on Nov. 30.
The initial search area
covered nearly 17,000
square miles, which was
gradually reduced by inves-
tigative efforts, the report
said.
A private helicopter
found Kati Kim and her two
daughters on Dec. 4. Ac-
cording to Evinger, Kati
Kim was discovered “within
maybe a couple of miles of
Curry County” and more
than 20 miles from Bear
Camp Road.
“The Kims were not
found on Bear Camp Road,”
Evinger said.
James Kim was found
dead on Dec. 6, having suc-
cumbed to hypothermia af-
ter he attempted to hike out
to seek help.
Bear Camp Road is
used to reach the Oregon
coast from the Grants Pass
area, but is generally known
to be virtually impassible
during the winter.
In the subsequent inves-
tigation, issues regarding
chain-of-command, duplica-
tion of SAR efforts and
communication were found
to be the most in need of
improvement, Evinger said.
“Those in management
positions were rapidly over-
whelmed by the scope of the
mission, media attention and
exhaustion. Lines of com-
munication between the in-
vestigative team and the
search management team
were not clear,” the report
said. “Coordination and in-
formation sharing could
have reduced duplicated
coverage and made better
use of the available air re-
sources.”
The report also said that
law enforcement and SAR
operations must develop a
curriculum on how to use
cell phone information.
Analysis of James
Kim’s phone records led
investigators to narrow the
search area to 531 square
miles by Dec. 2. However,
there was a delay in how
that information was proc-
essed, Evinger said.
“Investigators need pre-
arranged contacts to reach
technicians who can provide
the usage and location infor-
mation as well as the legal
authority to quickly obtain
the information during an
emergency,” the report said.
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Bad manners belie
Christian attitude
From Dianna Fay Rose
Selma
While having breakfast
at one of our valley restau-
rants, there came loud
voices from another table.
The man, a local here, was
talking about church things,
so we knew he went to
church somewhere here.
He was very loud so all
could hear, and blasted the
young man waiting on him
for bad service and would
not leave him a tip.
If that was not enough,
he blasted him again while
paying his bill about why he
was not tipping him. If he
was so unhappy he should
have talked to the owner,
who was there.
I would like to know
where are the manners of
Christians who profess the
love of God? It is no wonder
people do not want to go to
church if this is the way
Christians behave, not to
mention the youth of our
community. We wonder
why they do not want any-
thing to do with church and
the values of their elders.
The man should go and
apologize to this young man
and search his heart as to
why he would do such a
thing. People are watching
us Christians, and our lives
are a story. Is it a nightmare
or showing the love God has
for all people?
Immediate past sheriff
critical of tax proposal
From Dave Daniel
Grants Pass
Last year Gil Gilbertson
spent $70,000 to tell the
people about his plan to
increase patrols in the val-
ley, and add more jail cor-
rections officers.
After a mere one week
in office he wants to raise
our property taxes
by several hundred dollars a
year to pay for it.
What a plan.
‘Global warming’
needs debunking
From Robert W.
Van de Walle
Granada Hills, Calif.
It is amazing that so
many people believe global
warming is real and is
caused by humans.
This myth has been
largely promoted by the
major media that gives
much attention to those who
support it and very little to
those who debunk it.
For example, in Decem-
ber, U.S. Sen. James Inhofe
of Oklahoma chaired a
“Climate Change and the
Media” meeting. He said
that global warming is a
hoax. The meeting received
almost no major media at-
tention.
During this meeting, Dr.
David Deming, a geophysi-
cist at the University of
Oklahoma, stated, “I was
contacted by a reporter for
National Public Radio. He
offered to interview me, but
only if I would state that the
warming was due to human
activity. When I refused to
do so, he hung up on me.”
Deming also said that
he received an astonishing
e-mail from a major re-
searcher in climate change
that read, “We have to get rid
of the Medieval Warm Pe-
riod.” From about 800 A.D.
to 1300 A.D. we had the
Medieval Warm Period
when it was as warm or
warmer than it is today. But,
it is an obstacle to those
maintaining that current
warming is abnormal.
People who want to
hear the other side can go to
www.oism.org/pproject for
a scientific debunking of
global warming. Also listed
are the names of more than
17,000 scientists, meteorol-
gists, and other technical
people who have signed a
petition stating that there is
no convincing scientific
evidence to support global
warming.
Before we set our hearts too much upon
anything, let us examine how happy those are
who already possess it.
- François de La Rochefoucauld
(Continued on page 9)
*Fri., Jan. 12: 38-20 0.05
*Sat., Jan. 13: 38-15
*Sun., Jan. 14: 44-21
*Mon., Jan. 15: 47-16 0.01
*Tue., Jan 16: 36-19 0.05
*Wed., Jan. 17: 42-24 0.06
*Thurs., Jan. 18: 47-28
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OPEN HOUSE
Illinois Valley
Saturday, Jan. 27
10 a.m. until 2 p.m.
Wednesday, Jan. 24:
Increasing clouds,
cold
High--55 Low--24
Thursday, Jan. 25:
Cloudy; snow, rain &
ice at night
High--43 Low--26
♦
Friday, Jan. 26:
Abundant clouds &
another nasty night
High--44 Low--26
♦
Saturday, Jan. 27:
Hints of sun, still cold
High--46 Low--25
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Sunday, Jan. 28:
Cloudy more often
than not
High--49 Low--27
Monday, Jan. 29:
Generally cloudy,
clearing in evening
High--52 Low--35
Tuesday, Jan. 30:
Amazingly sunny
High--52 Low--33
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Fun crafts for the kids (and the young heart)
Film of Salmon at the Illinois River Falls
Fun & Artistic displays of FAC Projects
Information for qualifying for free seedlings
Food and refreshments available all day
EVERYONE IS INVITED!
Open House will be in the Butler Building of the
lower Forest Service Compound, Cave Junction
For more information call 592-4098