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Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, OR Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Dude, see lights? Move over!
Two Central Point residents, Michael Burke and Kathleen Isbell, suffered injuries when their mo-
torcycle crashed in the 38000 block of Hwy. 199 Sunday, March 23 near 4:58 p.m., said Illinois
Valley Fire District (IVFD). A wet surface and a curve apparently figured in the accident. The cycle
fell on Isbell, while Burke was thrown free. Bystanders removed the bike from the woman, said
IVFD Fire Marshal Jerry Schaeffer. Both riders were taken by American Medical Response to
Three Rivers Community Hospital. (Photo by Dale & Elaine Sandberg/IVFD Media Dept.)
Reminders to motorists
on Oregon roadways are be-
coming more visible in order
to help keep emergency per-
sonnel working on the side of
roadways safer.
As part of a continuing
public awareness campaign,
police are stepping up en-
forcement of the 4-year-old
state law. Additionally, the
statewide campaign includes
new state highway signs, bill-
boards, transit bus signs, rest
area posters and brochures
promoting the “Move Over”
safety message.
“Police, Fire, EMS and
other emergency personnel
put their lives on the line
every day to deliver often
life-saving care to travelers,”
said Steve Vitolo, ODOT
Safety Division’s Statewide
Law Enforcement and Judi-
cial Program manager.
ambulance or public safety
vehicle -- working on a road-
side with emergency lights
flashing, you must:
*Move over to another
lane.
*If you cannot safely
change lanes, you must slow
down.
*In all cases, the driver
must try to provide as much
room as possible for the
emergency vehicle.
According to national
statistics, a record number of
traffic incidents are occurring,
as more than 700 officers
have been killed during the
past 10 years when struck
while working on the side of
highways.
Failure to comply with
the Move Over law can result
in a fine of up to $355.
“Helping to ensure they make
it home safely at the end of
their shift is the goal of this
stepped-up campaign.”
Oregon’s Move Over
law has been in effect for
more than four years, yet
every year, emergency per-
sonnel are struck by errant
drivers.
“We are trying to provide
as many people as possible
with multiple opportunities to
learn about Oregon’s law in
order to get 100 percent com-
pliance,” Vitolo said. “The
public’s help is paramount to
protecting those we depend
on to protect us.”
The Move Over law
(ORS 811.147) states that if
you are driving up behind or
next to any type of emer-
gency vehicle -- police car,
Back Street Salon
(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.)
* * *
Friday, March 14
*A woman said that
some other people were at-
tempting to intimidate her
daughter, who was to testify
against someone.
*At the Josephine County
Sheriff’s Office Illinois Valley
Substation a woman com-
plained that a man had locked
her out of her Caves Hwy.
home. She elected to stay
somewhere else for the eve-
ning.
*Some $450 worth of
ceramic yard decorations was
reported stolen from a N. Old
Stage Road residence.
*A driver was warned
for operating a nonstreet legal
vehicle on a forest service
roadway along Illinois River
Road at Six Mile at 2:34 p.m.
*Rachael A. Bennett, 38,
was cited on a charge of lit-
tering in the 7000 block of
Rockydale Road.
*A red Ford pickup truck
was reported stolen from the
200 block of S. Redwood
Hwy.
*Found in a parked vehi-
cle on Lurline Lane at 11
p.m., a couple were warned
for trespassing, and posses-
sion of less than an ounce of
marijuana.
Saturday, March 15
*James Edmond Evans,
37, was cited on a charge of
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1 p.m. to 8 p.m.
*Spring sports pictures
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*Booster Club meeting -
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* Indoor Co-ed Soccer
6 p.m. (gym)
cutting firewood without a
permit in the 6000 block of
Eight Dollar Mountain Road.
*A woman in the 27000
block of Redwood Hwy. was
repeatedly activating her
Lifeline button and screaming
for an ambulance. Medics
encouraged the woman to
take her prescription meds,
and family members arrived
to deal with the situation.
*Leland Edward How-
ard, 38, was cited on a charge
of driving while suspended
(DWS) and warned for defec-
tive equipment, driving unin-
sured and without registration
on Laurel Road at 8:36 p.m.
His vehicle was impounded,
*On Redwood Hwy. at
milepost 28 a driver was
warned for a defective driver-
side headlight.
*Jacob Jonathan Patrick
Miller, 17, was cited on a
charge of VBR (violation of
the basic rule) for traveling 83
mph in a 55 mph zone in the
24000 block of Redwood
Hwy.
Sunday, March 16
*In the 5000 block of
Happy Camp Road at 2:25
p.m. David G. Toler, 48, was
cited on a charge of not hav-
ing a SnoPark permit. Toler
was cited later in the evening
on a federal charge of fur-
nishing false information to
an officer.
*At Page Mountain
SnoPark at 2:54 p.m., Robin
J. McCafferty, 27, was cited
for lack of a SnoPark permit.
Monday, March 17
*Coin box suitcases with
small change were reported
stolen from a telephone com-
pany site on Caves Avenue.
*A stolen red pickup
truck was recovered south of
Cave Junction.
*Two teen-age boys
were reported on the rest
room roof at Jubilee Park at
5:30 p.m. When contacted,
they said they were retrieving
a football.
*A woman reported that
people were breaking into her
residence and spraying an
unknown substance on her
items. The information was
logged.
*Four flat tires and a
riffled-through glove box
were discovered on a vehicle
in the 700 block of Caves
Hwy.
*The body and front
axle, all that remained of a
reported stolen vehicle, were
recovered from the middle of
a spur road off Kerby
Mainline.
*A continuing neighbor
dispute on Norman Road
involving use of a driveway
and bright lights was reported
at 8:44 p.m.
*A runaway 13-year-old
person was counseled and
returned to his parents.
*A bicyclist in Down-
town Cave Junction was
warned for riding without
lights at 9:08 p.m.
Tuesday, March 18
*Terry Lee Jolley, 54,
was cited on charges of
DWS, and failure to carry
proof of insurance on S. Junc-
tion Avenue at 12:22 a.m.
*Joshua Eugene Rasmus-
sen, 19, was cited on a charge
of speeding, 83 mph in a 55
zone, on Redwood Hwy. at
Deer Creek Road at 1:47 a.m.
*Fuel lines were cut and
some $150 worth of gas taken
from buses at CJ Head Start
on E. River Street.
*A man was concerned
because he loaned a firearm
to his ex-wife two years ago,
and she said that she was no
longer in possession of it.
*A Holland Loop resi-
dent said that his ex-girlfriend
had opened several accounts
using his personal informa-
tion. Further investigation
was warranted.
*Intoxicated persons
were said to continually enter
a business on Caves Hwy.
and refuse to leave, the owner
complained.
*A man was taken into
custody at Junction Inn on a
mental health warrant of de-
tention at 4:28 p.m. He was
transported to Three Rivers
Community Hospital.
*Jennifer Marie Joy, 32,
was cited on charges of
fraudulent use of a credit card
and three counts of ID theft.
*Charles H. Mulch, 23,
was cited on charges of pos-
session of a controlled sub-
stance (methamphetamine),
attempted eluding, DWS and
no insurance in the 3200
block of Lakeshore Drive at
11:15 p.m.
Wednesday, March 19
*Brandon Lee Conover,
44, was cited on a charge of
speeding (38 mph in a 20
zone) on Lakeshore Drive at
10:39 a.m.
*Amon R. Griffin, 16,
was cited on a charge of
fourth-degree assault after a
man reported that he’d been
jumped from behind on Wat-
kins Street at 8:23 p.m.
*Jennifer Marie Joy, 32,
was cited on a charge of vio-
lating a no-contact order and
lodged in county jail.
Thursday, March 20
*James Lee Sumner, 34,
was arrested in the 100 block
of O’Brien Road at 1:22 a.m.
on warrants charging two
counts of manufacture of a
controlled substance, second-
degree possession of same,
felon in possession of a fire-
arm, and unlawful possession
of a firearm.
*Someone was reported
peering into windows of a
residence in the 200 block of
Illinois River Road.
*The driver of a big rig
reported his vehicle stuck in
snow near Sourdough Camp-
ground on Lone Mountain
Road at 1:34 a.m. He said he
was en route to California and
that he’d been following his
GPS navigation system.
*A woman in a blue-and-
white fleece robe entered a
business on Caves Hwy. and
began yelling at female em-
ployees there, accusing two
of them of fooling around
with her husband. The
woman then left.
*Kaalyn Campbell, 21,
was cited on a charge of driv-
ing uninsured on W. Lister
Street following a minor col-
lision at 10:52 a.m.
*Some 15 vagrant per-
sons were congregated on W.
Watkins Street a caller said.
Some of them had urinated in
public, the caller said.
*Larry Gaelon Sears, 57,
was cited on a charge of hav-
ing an open container of alco-
hol, and warned for failure to
wear a seatbelt and offensive
littering on Eight Dollar
Mountain Road at 4 p.m.
*“Neighbor kids” were
said responsible for trespass-
ing and leaving tires on the
lawn at Kerbyville Museum.
*While he was at a rally
at the Josephine County Bldg.
in Downtown Cave Junction,
a woman against whom he
has a mutual restraining order
approached him, a man said.
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