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Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, OR Wednesday, March 28, 2007
Tim McLain new leader of state police
Tim McLain is new
superintendent of the Dept.
of Oregon State Police.
On Monday, March 12
Gov. Kulongoski officially
swore him in during a brief
ceremony before family,
friends, public safety col-
leagues, and members of the
governor’s staff.
“Superintendent
McLain answered the call in
December to serve as acting
superintendent and received
my appointment in Janu-
ary,” said Kulongoski. “His
knowledge of our state and
Biomass in
Lakeview a
job booster
A new saw log mill in
Lakeview is made possible
by a biomass project and
will sustain jobs in the town,
said Gov. Kulongoski.
He said that the Collins
Companies will expand
their Lakeview saw mill
operation by adding a new
$6.6 million dollar small log
mill at its existing facility.
“This expansion is an-
other example of the tre-
mendous economic opportu-
nity for rural Oregon with
the expansion of renewable
energy in this state,” said the
governor.
“Whether it is the na-
tion’s largest solar manufac-
turing facility to open in
Hillsboro or a small log
mill to be co-sited with a
biomass facility in Lake-
view, we are seeing jobs and
new economic opportunity
being created across Ore-
gon,” he said.
The expansion was
made possible by placing a
bio mass faci lity at
the existing Collins Pine
location and will ensure that
the mill will remain open
and sustainable during the
coming years. The “wood
stream” for the biomass fa-
cility will create enough
small log wood volume to
justify the addition of the
small log mill.
In January, the governor
announced that DG Energy
will build a biomass
power plant in Lakeview,
marking the first new bio-
mass facility in Oregon
since 1992. Rough & Ready
Lumber Co. in Cave Junc-
tion also is working toward
a new biomass facility.
DG Energy and Collins
Companies projects were
facilitated by the governor’s
designation of an Oregon
Solutions project to develop
a viable biomass facility in
Lakeview.
The Oregon Solutions
Process resulted in a collabo-
ration of nearly 70 public,
private and community or-
ganizations to develop an
economically viable, ecol-
ogically sustainable power
plant. Fuel sources for the
plant will become a key part
of an integrated solution to
effective management of
forest health and reducing
fire danger in the Freemont
National Forest.
The biomass facility
and the small log mill serve
as models for collaboration
between industry, conserva-
tionists and state govern-
ment in enhancing forest
health, developing renew-
able energy and creating
jobs, the governor noted.
Bikeway ideas?
Applications to serve on
the Josephine County Bike-
way Committee will be ac-
cepted until Friday, April 6.
Applications are avail-
able at the office of the Jose-
phine County Board of Com-
missioners in Grants Pass, or
at www.co.josephine.or.us.
his nearly 28 years serving
Oregonians as a member of
the Oregon State Police
make him exceptionally
qualified to lead Oregon’s
top statewide law enforce-
ment agency through this
coming period of growth
and expansion.”
Oregon law provides
that the superintendent is the
executive and administrative
head of the department and
serves a four-year term. Fol-
lowing the retirement of
Superintendent Ronald
Ruecker, McLain was ap-
pointed interim superinten-
dent on Dec. 1, 2006.
McLain, 50, started as a
patrol trooper in Roseburg.
In 1985, he joined
OSP’s Criminal Services
Division as a member of the
Douglas County Interagency
Narcotics Team. He went on
to supervise an interagency
gang enforcement team and
narcotics team in the Port-
land area, and later was as-
signed to supervise criminal
investigations in seventeen
Central and Eastern Oregon
counties.
In 1998 he was assigned
as commander of the South-
west Region Headquarters
in Central Point, where he
oversaw OSP operations in
seven southern counties. He
moved to OSP General
Headquarters in Salem in
2001, where he served as
lieutenant colonel oversee-
ing all law enforcement op-
erations until December ‘06.
McLain comes from a
family that has worked in
Oregon law enforcement for
more than three generations.
His father was undersheriff
for Linn County when he
retired in 1982. His oldest
brother retired in 2000 as
undersheriff for Crook
County Sheriff’s Office, and
another brother was assis-
tant chief at Albany Police
Dept. when he retired in
2002. His son, Jered
McLain, is assigned as an
OSP trooper at the Spring-
field Area Command office.
“Not only is Tim
McLain extremely knowl-
edgeable about the various
operations of the state police
and of other law enforce-
ment agencies, but he is also
committed to strengthening
partnerships throughout the
state with local and federal
public safety officials,” the
governor said.
“I am confident that
under McLain's leadership,
the Oregon State Police will
be able to further enhance
the safety of all of our com-
munities for the sake of our
children and families. All
Oregonians will benefit
from his leadership.”
McLain is the 10th su-
perintendent since OSP for-
mation in 1931.
ILLINOIS VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL’S softball team took a 7-6 victory against the Co-
quille Red Devils in Cave Junction Thursday, March 22. For the Cougars, Brittanie
Brummett turned in four singles, and Samantha Hoskins was good for three hits.
Two hits apiece were recorded by Tammy Huntamer and Cambria Cook. The Cou-
gars next will play in Brookings against the Bruins on Tuesday, April 3.
(Photo by Dale & Elaine Sandberg/‘Illinois Valley News’)
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As citizens of Josephine County, you may notice this is a different newsletter format than before. These are critical times for the county and the Board of
County Commissioners want to make sure you are informed about the important facts regarding what the passage of the levy will mean to you and what the
failure would mean for all of us. We have included graphs to show the impacts of losing the O&C funding, what the County has done to cut costs and prepare,
and what the proposed levy passage or failure impacts are, as well as a formula that you can use to estimate your additional property tax cost. We will con-
tinue to provide you with accurate information so you can make an informed decision on May 15th.
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reserves to nearly 6 million
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HOW MUCH WILL THE LEVY COST YOU PER YEAR?
To calculate the effects of the proposed May 15th levy on your property tax bill:
1. Take your assessed value after any exemption-(on the left hand side of your tax statement)
2. Multiply the assessed value by $1.03 for the assessed value for the next year (in the absence of any changes to your property(—$150,820 (round down to the
nearest $10) $1.03 x $150,000= $154,500.
3. Divide this amount by 1000. $154,500 ÷ 1000 =$154.50.
4. Multiply this amount by the proposed levy amount (2.496 per 1000) $154.50 x 2.496 = $385.70 additional increased taxes for 2007-08 due to the proposed county
levy.
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