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Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, OR Wednesday, October 10, 2007
Four Russian medical personnel visiting S.W. Oregon to view U.S. health care
Four Russian leaders in
the Open World Program
are examining health-care
provision in Josephine and
Jackson counties.
They arrived Saturday,
Oct. 6, and will leave Sun-
day the 14th. The Grants
Pass Sister City Committee
is hosting the delegation for
Open World.
Kitty Waud, a Cave
Junction resident, is the cur-
rent president of Grants Pass
Sister City Committee and
co-chairman of the visit.
She and her husband,
Herb, also are serving as a
host family for Tatyana
Tsareva, the nurse in the
delegation. Kitty Waud
works for Three Rivers
Home Healthcare Ser-
vices. During 2004, she was
a member of the Heart-to-
Heart Medical Delegation to
Rubtsovsk.
Managed by the inde-
pendent Open World Lead-
ership Center at the Library
of Congress, Open World
enables emerging political
and civic leaders from par-
ticipating countries to work
with their U.S. counterparts.
This allows them to experi-
ence U.S.-style Democracy
and free enterprise at the
local level. The Open World
A single-vehicle rollover next to Ray’s Food Place in Selma was reported at 8:26 p.m.
Sunday, Oct. 7. No injuries were reported, said Josephine County Sheriff’s Office. The
driver was identified as Mason G. Madden, 19. Indications were that the driver was ‘doing
donuts.’ (Photo by Dale & Elaine Sandberg, I.V. Fire District Media Dept.)
(Editor’s Note: Factual
information for ‘Blotter’ is
provided by official law en-
forcement agencies. All per-
sons listed are innocent until
proven guilty in a court of
law. Charges can be
amended or dismissed.)
* * *
Tuesday, Sept. 25
*On Pinecone Drive a
citizen complained of a tran-
sient camp on property near
Illinois River.
*Strange phone calls
about disciplining children
were received repeatedly at
a valley church.
*A red Ford Festiva
was reported stolen from a
Pinewood Way resident.
*The boyfriend of a
McMullen Creek Road resi-
dent threw a pocketknife at
her, she said at 6:45 p.m.
The blade, it was stated,
stuck into her chest approxi-
mately an inch. The thrower
ran and could not be located.
*A tall, intoxicated man
was said to be digging
through trash at Holiday
Motel at 7:44 p.m.
*Pulled over in Kerby at
10 p.m., Kenneth L. Vaughn,
58, was cited on charges of
driving under the influence
of an intoxicant (DUII) and
failure to provide a breath
test. Two firearms were
taken from his vehicle for
safekeeping.
Wednesday, Sept. 26
*An apparently aban-
doned pickup truck parked
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on N. Junction Avenue was
determined to belong to a
nearby resident.
*Ronald Reed Vetkos,
39, of Kerby, was lodged in
Josephine County Jail on
charges of fourth-degree
domestic assault and inter-
fering with a 911 call.
*Although he said he’d
been assaulted, a man on
Norman Road was thought
instead to have wrecked a car
on Illinois River Road, injur-
ing himself. He was taken to
Three Rivers Community
Hospital in Grants Pass.
*A Kerby resident re-
ported that her identity had
been used to obtain tele-
phone service in California.
*The suspect in a stab-
bing incident the night be-
fore was seen on Lakeshore
Drive with a fishing pole
and a bag of clothing. It was
thought that he would hide
in bushes.
*On Terrace Heights
Drive a woman said that her
neighbor was harassing her
by taking photos of her
house and screaming. The
neighbor was warned about
trespassing.
Thursday, Sept. 27
*Warned for speeding
and violating curfew, Derek
J. Gregg, 17, was cited on a
charge of prohibited lighting
(blue lights on the front of
the vehicle). Gregg was con-
tacted on Redwood Hwy at
Laurel Road at 12:30 a.m.
*Michael Ray Spliethof,
45, was lodged in county jail
on a charge of probation
violation (felon in posses-
sion of a weapon) and cited
on a charge of driving with a
suspended license (DWS).
*Theft from a private
vehicle parked in the 100
block of S. Redwood Hwy.
of $1,500 cash, including
some rare currency, was
reported.
*Telephonic harassment
by an irate family member
was complained about by a
Caves Avenue resident.
*A caller reported that
two refrigerators were
dumped into Deer Creek by
men driving a dark-colored
pickup truck towing a small
trailer. The vehicle’s license
plate information was pro-
vided.
Friday, Sept. 28
*Gunshots were re-
ported in the 9000 block of
Takilma Road at 12:45 p.m.
*A woman against
whom he has a restraining
order was harassing him on
Redwood Hwy., following
his vehicle and braking in
front of him to block his
way, a man said.
*A 16-year-old boy was
reported intoxicated at a
function at Illinois Valley
High School. He was turned
over to his father.
*A hostile camper who
made others feel “unsafe”
was reported near the green
bridge out Eight Dollar Mt.
Road. All were warned to
stay away from one another.
*Calling back after an
aborted 911 call at 11 p.m.,
a dispatcher discovered that
there had been an attempted
theft at Cave Junction Tex-
aco, but that all items had
been recovered and no fur-
ther contact was needed.
Saturday, Sept. 29
*Two ATV riders near
Bolan Lake were warned for
unsafe operation because of
carrying a loaded rifle.
*Apolonio Cruz Her-
nandez, 31; and Jose Solis
Hernandez, 35, were lodged
in Josephine County Jail on
immigration holds. A charge
of filing a false application
for a hunting license was
referred to the D.A.
*Kristopher Everett
Kelly, 27, was cited on a
charge of DWS and warned
for speeding on Rockydale
Road at 8:44 p.m.
Sunday, Sept. 30
*Norman Road resi-
dents were advised to follow
eviction procedures against
people who were no longer
welcome to stay with them.
*Two men were tres-
passed from Shop Smart
Food Warehouse after one
was verbally abusive to em-
ployees and attempted to
steal a container of beer.
*A 58-year-old woman
driver was warned for fail-
ure to maintain a lane on
Laurel Road at 11 p.m.
Monday, Oct. 1
*A maroon Chevy
pickup truck was reported
stolen from a Dogwood
Lane residence overnight.
*In the 500 block of
Holland Loop a residence
was reported ransacked
overnight.
Leadership Center has
awarded a grant to Sister
Cities International to ad-
minister this and similar
exchanges during 2007.
In Cave Junction, on
Friday the 12th, the delega-
tion will visit Illinois Valley
Safe House Alliance staff,
and staff at Siskiyou Com-
munity Health Center.
The visitors are to have
lunch at Taylor’s Country
Store, and tour Oregon
Caves National Monument.
Additionally, their visit to
Bridgeview Vineyards Win-
ery will include dinner.
In Grants Pass and the
surrounding area, delegates
will examine hospitals,
home health-care programs,
private physician offices,
cancer treatment programs,
the public health depart-
ment, and nursing education
programs. They will discuss
issues relating to the deliv-
ery of services for patients
with their peers in South-
western Oregon.
The visiting delegates
were selected from different
governmental units con-
cerned with health care in
Rubtsovsk:
*One party to a continu-
ing confrontation regarding
property lines in Sucker
Creek’s bed alleged assault
against the other.
Tuesday, Oct. 2
*Although he doesn’t
have a driver license, a
homeless man was seen
driving the car he’d pur-
chased to live in.
*Told to slow down
after speeding into a busi-
ness driveway in the 1000
block of Caves Hwy. a man
said that he’d take his busi-
ness elsewhere, and left.
*A Cave Junction
woman said that her name
and personal information
had been used to make cata-
log purchases.
*Three girls were
warned for use of marijuana
at I.V. High School, but evi-
dence which would have
furthered prosecution went
up in smoke.
*An argument on N.
Junction Avenue regarding
a stolen car became a distur-
bance involving neighbors
at 11 p.m.
Irina Abramova, 44, is
deputy head of the
Rubtsovsk City Medical Ad-
ministration; Vadim Mirko,
40, is a surgeon-oncologist at
the Rubtsovsk Oncology
Dispensary, a state institu-
tion; Tamara Sakhabutdi-
nova, 42, leads the Informa-
tion Bibliographic Dept. of
the City Library Information
System; Tatyana Tsareva,
44, is the head nurse at City
Hospital #3. She also serves
as the Rubtsovsk chief of the
state Professional Associa-
tion of Russian Nurses.
Yelizaveta Pyanzina,
25, an Open World facilita-
tor from Petrozavodsk, Rus-
sia, is accompanying the
Rubtsovsk delegates. She
helps them with language
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In Grants Pass, the dele-
gation is scheduled to visit
Three Rivers Community
Hospital, the Josephine
County Health Dept., Three
Rivers Home Healthcare
Services, Rogue Community
College Nursing Program,
and the Grants Pass Clinic.
On Thursday, Oct. 11,
the delegation will be in
Medford and Ashland, visit-
ing Rogue Valley Medical
Center, and the Southern
Oregon University Nursing
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