Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, OR Wednesday, July 16, 2008
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(Photos by Dale & Elaine
Sandberg, IVFD Media Dept.)
R&R crash
kills lights
(From top) Pearlene Gavlik at
Changes Art Gallery; Susan Free-
man at Special Productions; and
Alan Laurie at Nacho Mama’s ...
...(above) Jim Lettis at
Tropical Island Tans;
(left) detail of beaded
jewelry by Mary Rey-
nolds; (right) Matty
and his mandolin at
Ravenswood Gallery...
...(left) Buck Harms Band at
Taylor’s Coutry Store.
The Illinois Valley Arts Coun-
cil-sponsored Second Friday
Art Walk in Downtown Cave
Junction is a feast of visual
and musical talent. Support-
ers are Evergreen Federal
Bank, Cabin Chemistry, and
Jefferson State Financial
Group. (Photos by Ali Madjdi
for Illinois Valley News )
Cemetery water bill, LUBA legal ruling ...
(Continued from page 3)
LUBA to pay the amount,
said City Attorney Patrick
Kelly because “it was a
worthless appeal.” He further
characterized it as “officious
intervention” and “a falla-
cious argument.”
Sommer read a “press
release” regarding the matter.
He first gave the check to
Fiske, who is council presi-
dent, indicating that he did
not want to give the check to
the mayor because of his
stance on the appeal.
Sommer had appealed a
city decision approving an
annexation. His position is
that because the city could
not provide essential services,
such as law enforcement, the
annexation should not have
been approved. LUBA denied
his appeal, and ordered him
to pay the city’s legal fees.
Monday night, the mayor
and council voted 5-0 to also
seek compensation for Som-
mer’s second appeal to
LUBA. As part of his state-
ment in presenting the check,
Sommer urged the council to
not pay Kelly and to dismiss
him. He stated that Kelly has
a vendetta against him.
In subsequent commen-
tary of some length, Kelly
stated, “I don’t care enough
about him to have a ven-
detta.” He also took strong
issue with Sommer’s remark
that he (Sommer) holds the
city responsible for the death
of former mayor Tom Green,
who was the victim of a
homicide on Dec. 10, 2007 in
front of his home.
Sommer said that it’s the
city’s fault because of not
providing adequate law en-
forcement. Fervent refutation
came from the mayor, noting
that there were many factors
involved, including the fact
that Green chose to not file
charges when his attacker
harmed him during earlier
incidents.
Green operated Tom’s
Home, providing shelter for
various youths. Also contest-
ing Sommer’s comment was
Josephine County Sheriff Gil
Gilbertson. He stood and
called the accusation “in poor
taste.”
In presenting the check
for legal fees, Sommer im-
plied that he wanted it to be a
donation toward law enforce-
ment. Kelly disputed that
statement, saying that there is
a difference between paying a
legal fee and making a dona-
tion, and that Sommer knows
the difference.
After the city attorney’s
remarks, Sommer attempted
to speak again, but was
squashed by the mayor. Som-
mer said that he should be
allowed to respond to Kelly’s
observations because, he
claimed, they constituted a
personal attack on him.
Paulson told him to sit
down and hold his comments,
and Sommer complied.
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Electrical power was
interrupted to parts of
O’Brien and Rough & Ready
Lumber Co. Tuesday morn-
ing, July 15, following a sin-
gle-vehicle accident which
demolished a utility pole at
Hwy. 199 and Krauss Lane.
Illinois Valley Fire District
(IVFD) responded to the 5:31
a.m. alarm. The driver of the
pickup truck, believed to be
from Brookings, was trans-
ported by American Medical
Response.
Pacific Power responded
and had service restored by
approximately 7:45 a.m.
Oregon State Police also
responded, and IVFD tempo-
rarily closed the highway to
big rigs due to low-hanging
telephone lines, although
trucks were rerouted with
little delay. (Photos by Dale
& Elaine Sandberg, IVFD
Media Dept.)
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