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Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, OR Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Pickup into log truck trailer fatal for one
Oregon State Police
troopers are continuing inves-
tigation into a fatal traffic
crash on Interstate 5 approxi-
mately 4 four miles south of
Canyonville.
One man died and an-
other suffered nonlife threat-
ening injuries Thursday
morning, June 12. Fatigue is
cited as a contributing factor.
Both men are from Pasadena,
County employee
dies in accident
Terry D. Smith, 51, a 16-
year employee with Jose-
phine County Public Works
Dept., died as a result of an
on-the-job accident on Mon-
day, June 9, according to re-
ports.
Smith, a heavy equip-
ment operator and senior
level lead worker, suffered
trauma when his head was
caught between a sliding
trailer and the dump truck
into which it was moving.
He was found deceased
at the scene.
( 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.)
* * *
Wednesday, June 4
*Theft of mining equip-
ment was reported from a
claim off Althouse Road.
*Unauthorized charges
on her credit card were noted
by a Takilma Road resident.
*A Cave Junction resi-
dent said that an intoxicated
teen-age girl came to her
house at 6:04 p.m. looking for
someone.
*West River Street resi-
dents chased a gray-haired
man “with a mushroom-
shaped head” from their yard
at 8:19 p.m.
*A father asked for help
locating his intoxicated daugh-
ter, who, he said, was hiding in
a wooded area near Illinois
Valley High School at 9:07
p.m.
Thursday, June 5
*Speeding dump trucks
on Holland Loop were re-
ported as a continuing prob-
lem.
*Neighbors of an Addison
Lane resident notified police at
12:47 p.m. that they had not
seen the man for a week. He
was discovered unconscious in
his bathtub hours later and
transported by American
Medical Response to Three
Rivers Community Hospital
(TRCH) in Grants Pass.
*Russell R. Brummett,
36, was cited for lack of a
driver license on S. Hussey
Avenue at 8:16 p.m.
Friday, June 6
*It appeared a vehicle had
been abandoned in a handi-
capped parking space in the
100 block of Deer Creek
Road.
*In Kerby, a man frus-
trated about continuing prob-
lems with people who cut his
fence phoned 911 several
times, angrily demanding dep-
uty contact. He later apolo-
gized for his behavior.
*Charles Derieft Brooks,
60, was cited on Medford war-
rants charging failure to appear
(FTA) on original charges of
driving under the influence of
an intoxicant (DUII) and fail-
ure to perform the duties of a
driver.
*David Michael Luna,
18, was cited on a charge of
violation of the basic rule
(VBR/driving too fast for con-
ditions) on Redwood Hwy. at
Westside Road at 10:09 p.m.
*Jaider Arlex Sarmiento,
31, was cited on a charge of
speeding on Redwood Hwy.
near milepost 27 at 11:55
p.m..
Saturday, June 7
*Thieves caused some
$100 damage to tie-down
straps as they attempted to
Calif.
Next-of-kin
notification was
by Pasadena Po-
lice Dept.
According to
OSP Sgt Lynn
Withers, at ap-
proximately 5:30
a.m. a 2003
GMC
Sierra
pickup truck with
California license plates was
northbound on the left lane of
I-5 near milepost 91 when the
driver fell asleep. He was
identified as Servando Lopez
Castilla, 55. The vehicle
drifted to the right across the
lanes and onto the right
shoulder where the pickup
crashed into the back of a
fully loaded log truck law-
fully stopped on the shoulder.
The pickup’s right-front
passenger, Miguel Manuel
Favela, 47, was pronounced
dead at the scene. He was
using safety restraints, OSP
reported.
Lopez Castilla was trans-
ported to Mercy Medical
Center in Roseburg, where he
steal lumber from a flat-bed
trailer parked near a Selma
service station at 12:35 a.m.
*Some sort of landlord/
tenant dispute erupted on
Hogue Drive at 1:38 a.m.
*Jennifer Marie Joy, 32,
was cited on charges of driv-
ing uninsured and driving
with a suspended license
(DWS). The vehicle she’d
been driving was impounded.
*A young boy was seen
pushing a stroller with two
younger children in Down-
town CJ at 1:26 p.m., a con-
cerned caller reported.
*In Selma a woman said
that her landlord threatened
her and threw a rock at her,
causing a bruise.
*A tenant/landlord distur-
bance was reported on Mona
Way, off Reagor Lane, off
Barnes Way, off Hwy. 46.
*Paul Scott Dobson, 39,
was cited on charges of reck-
less driving, DUII (meth),
third-degree theft and failure
to stop for a federal law en-
forcement officer on Briggs
Valley Road.
*Following a continua-
tion of landlord/tenant issues
on Hogue Drive, Robin Scott,
39, was cited on a charge of
fourth-degree assault.
*Theft of a purse contain-
ing ID, cell phone and gradua-
tion money from a Downtown
Cave Junction restaurant was
reported at 10:10 p.m.
*A man and woman were
said to be arguing about mari-
juana on N. Kerby Avenue at
11:01 p.m. A report for
fourth-degree assault was to
follow.
Sunday, June 8
*In Kerby, a man was
taken to TRCH on a peace
officers mental hold following
a disturbance that involved
pushing and shoving at 2:25
a.m.
*Screaming and yelling
was heard on E. River Street
at 5:20 p.m., but nothing out
of the ordinary was located.
*Scott Gregory Case, 48,
was cited on charges of DUII
(alcohol), DWS and probation
violation at Hwy. 199 and
Watkins Street. The mo-
torhome he’d been driving
was impounded.
Monday, June 9
*Theft and vandalism
were reported at a Hogue
was treated and released.
Safety restraint use informa-
tion is not available.
The log truck’s driver,
John Bartlett, 59, from Grants
Pass, was not injured, OSP
said. Bartlett, who was driv-
ing for Swanson Group Avia-
tion out of Grants Pass, re-
portedly stopped on the free-
way shoulder to check his log
load and had just gotten into
the truck’s cab when the
pickup crashed into the back
of the rear trailer, OSP said.
Troopers from the Rose-
burg Area Command office
are continuing the investiga-
tion with the assistance of the
Douglas County District At-
torney’s Office.
Drive residence.
*A man said that his big,
red dog was missing, and pos-
sibly stolen. The incident was
called unfounded as theft, as
the man stated that the dog
was running loose and unsu-
pervised at the time.
*On S. Old Stage Road a
man who reportedly had been
shooting critters was told that
gray squirrels are a protected
species and warned to not take
them out of season.
*On Redwood Hwy. in
O’Brien, Mark D. Patterson,
48, was cited on charges of
DWS and failure to carry
proof of insurance.
*A “couple of kids” were
on top of the roof of a bar in
Downtown Cave Junction at
10:56 p.m. They got down
prior to a deputy’s arrival.
*Continuing telephonic
harassment by his daughter’s
schoolmates was reported by a
CJ man at 10:28 p.m.
Tuesday, June 10
*On S. Old Stage Road a
resident reported a continuing
problem with a 59-year-old
man found sleeping in a vehi-
cle. The caller wanted the man
“trespassed.”
*Two license plates and
two cans of gasoline were
reported stolen from a Deer
Creek Road property.
*In the 24000 block of
Redwood Hwy. a man was
said to be causing a distur-
bance. He left when he heard
the caller on the phone, but he
uprooted a plant and took it
with him.
*While investigating a
reported theft in the 24000
block of Redwood Hwy., Mi-
chael Adam Massey, 27, was
lodged in Josephine County
Jail on warrants charging
FTA, DWS and failure to per-
form the duties of a driver. He
also was cited on charges of
manufacture, possession and
delivery of a controlled sub-
stance (marijuana).
Wednesday, June 11
*Vagrants loitering near
businesses in the 100 block of
S. Redwood Hwy. were com-
plained about at 12:35 p.m.
*A caller reported seeing
a stolen vehicle being driven
and abandoned in O’Brien.
*On N. Old Stage Road a
black-colored truck drove
through a resident’s yard,
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Toler fined
on citation
A $75 Sno-Park parking
citation issued to Dave Toler,
chairman of the Josephine
County Board of Commission-
ers, was decreased to $25 dur-
ing a federal hearing in Med-
ford on Wednesday, June 11.
Additionally, a charge of
providing false information to
a police officer was dropped.
Toler had been cited in
March at the Page Mt. snow
park near Cave Junction by
Sean Thomas, a U.S. Forest
Service lawman. Subse-
quently, he charged that Toler
had provided a false address
when cited for the parking
violation.
That charge was dis-
missed. It was attributed by
the hearing official as either a
miscommunication or misun-
derstanding between Toler
and the citing officer.
Toler said at the time of
the parking citation that he
believed he’d parked in an
area where Sno-Park permits
were not needed.
damaging some trees and a
fence, the resident said. While
investigating, deputies cited
Clifford Thomas Allen Jr., 22,
on warrants charging failure to
comply with terms of proba-
tion and theft.
Thursday, June 12
*A prowler on a red-
colored bicycle was reported
in the 24000 block of Red-
wood Hwy. at 1:45 a.m.
*Both parties were ad-
vised of their options follow-
ing a landlord/tenant dispute
on Reeves Creek Road.
*A Pinewood Way resi-
dent reported having been hit
in the face with a camera by a
woman who left headed to-
ward CJ on a bicycle.
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The Illinois Valley High School Class of 2008 graduated Wednesday,
June 4th and celebrated with a drug-free, alcohol-free, all night
party at the Junction Inn. The Class of 2008 and the Grad Night
Party Committee are grateful to the many businesses and individu-
als whose contributions of time, gifts, money and support made
this safe and sober celebration possible.
Our sincere thanks to the following:
A+ MINI STORAGE
KEN & SHARON ADOLPHSON
BREANNA ALLAN
AMERICAN LEGION AUX #70
SHARI ANDERSON
PHIL ARIA
KATHRYN BAKER
ELAINE BARKER
BARKING TOAD CREATIONS
BARLOW ROCK
SUSIE BATES
ROBERT & DEBBIE BELL
BELT LODGE #18 AF & AM
BRAD BIEBER / BALFOUR
BI-RITE AUTO PARTS
BLUE STONE BAKERY
BEAR IMAGES
BARBARA BLESER / AVON
KAREN BODEVING
BRIDGEVIEW COMMUNITY CHURCH
BRIDGEVIEW VINEYARDS
RONNIE BROEFLE
KAREN BROOKS
BUCK CANYON FARMS
DICK & LINDA BUTLER
CAVES 1-HOUR PHOTO
C.J. LIONS CLUB
C.J. FAMILY MEDICINE
CABIN CHEMISTRY
CARLOS RESTAURANTE
PATRICE CARLTON
JOHN & SANDRA CASTLE
CLARK’S EXCAVATING
CLEAR CREEK FAMILY PRACTICE
COFFEE HEAVEN
CASSANDRA CONN
COPELAND SAND & GRAVEL
MEGAN COTTA
CROCKER FINANCIAL SERVICES
CROSSROADS ANIMAL HOSPITAL
MIKE & BONNIE CROWL
CUMMINGS COMMUNICATIONS
CURVES - CAVE JUNCTION
DAIRY QUEEN - CAVE JUNCTION
DAVE’S OUTDOOR POWER EQUIPMENT
DAVIS, ADAMS, ET AL ATTYS
DELTA KAPPA GAMMA OMEGA CHAPTER
DILLON’S NURSERY
DR. JOE’S PET HOSPITAL
LINDA EDWARDS
ELK’S LODGE #1584
GARY ENOCH
EVERGREEN FEDERAL BANK
EYE CARE GROUP
ED FAIRCLOTH
FIRE MOUNTAIN GEMS
FIRST AMERICAN TITLE
DAN & SUE FISKE
FORIS VINEYARD
LEONARD FRICK
VICKIE GABLE
GATES FURNITURE
GOOD SHEPHERD LUTHERAN CHURCH
RACHEL GOODMAN
GRANTS PASS ACTIVE CLUB
GRANTS PASS PROFESSIONAL FIREFIGHTERS
GRANTS PASS ROTARY CLUB
GRANTS PASS YMCA
CHRISTINE HAMMERSMITH
DOUG & NORALENE HARLAND
STEPHANIE HENNINGS / AVON
THOMAS R. HOUSEL, DDS
MARK HIGGINS
I.V. LIONS CLUB
IVHS ALUMNI
ILLINOIS VALLEY NEWS
I.V. VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS
JO CO CCF / ALCOHOL & DRUG COMMISSION
JUNCTION INN
KAUFFMAN WOOD PRODUCTS
SUSAN KENDALL
KENDALL ART GLASS
KIGHTS KRAFTS
MATT KNIGHT
MARTHA LEWIS
KAREN LORENSEN
BOBBIE LOYD
MADD
SANDY MADDEN
MANY SMILES
LEE MARGESON
JEN MARSDEN
ERIC MCCONICO
DENISE MCKINNEY
HEATHER MERRILL
BOB & DIANE MILLER
JESSICA MILLER
STEVE MOCK, DMD
MISSY MORGAN
MT. ASHLAND
DEBORAH MURPHY
NORTHWEST HAIRLINES
OREGON CAVES CHEVRON
ELLEN PAUL
MARY PAUL
PERFECT PIZZA
PICKET FENCE FABRICS
Q BAR X / RANCH ROCK
RAY’S SELMA MARKET
RIVERSIDE INN
ROGUE COFFEE ROASTING
ROTARY CLUB OF ILLINOIS VALLEY
ROTARY CLUB OF ROGUE GATEWAY
ROGUE TRUCK BODY
RUTH SAMUEL / DOLL CLUB
SHOP SMART
JIM SIGEL AUTOMOTIVE
SIGHTS AND SOUNDS
GARY & JOANN SNOOK
SOUTHERN OREGON SANITATION
SPECIAL PRODUCTIONS
DE SPELLMAN
TOM & TERRY STARKENBURG
SANDRA STELLFLUG
JEFF & KAREN STILES
TAYLOR’S COUNTRY STORE
TREEHOUSE FLORIST & GIFTS
MIKE TRINITY
TROPICAL ISLAND TANS
TRUE VALUE HARDWARE
P. T. UPTON CONSTRUCTION
VALLEY EVANGELICAL FREE CHURCH
RON VERSTEEG
VILLA NOVIA VINEYARDS
WAYNE W. VOIGT, CPA
WHEELER TOYOTA
MIKE WILBOURNE
WILD RIVER PIZZA
CHERYL WINTERS
JOHN & LINDA WOODWARD
ZONTA CLUB
MOUNTAIN VIEW MEDICAL SHUTTLE
MUNCHIE’Z
A special thanks to the administration and staff of Illinois Valley High School.
Their cooperation and support were instrumental in the success of this celebration.
If your contribution/donation was inadvertently omitted, please accept our sincere apology.