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Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, Ore. Wednesday, January 21, 2009
Seed money for bio-diesel project given by county
By SCOTT JORGENSEN
IVN Staff Writer
During an administrative
meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 13,
the Josephine County Board
of Commissioners voted 2-1
to approve an $85,000 grant
request from a Eugene-based
company, N.W. Seed Crush-
ers Inc.
Vice Chairman Sandi
Cassanelli cast the lone dis-
senting vote on the matter.
Chairman Dwight Ellis and
Commissioner Dave Toler
voted in favor of the grant.
The request was the
product of a cooperative ef-
fort between the county’s
Renewable Energy Task
Force, the Josephine Soil and
Water Conservation District,
Oregon State University
(OSU) and others.
N.W. Seed Crushers
owner Chuck Bergfeld and
co-founder Tim Parker had
given a presentation to the
board on Friday, Dec. 12 to
formally request the grant,
which comes from the
county’s economic develop-
ment fund. That fund consists
of pass-through state dollars
from the state lottery.
Daryl Ehrensing, an
agronomist with OSU’s crop
and soil science department,
told the board that “oil seeds
have gotten a lot of interest
these last few years” due to
the rising cost of petroleum.
The N.W. Seed Crusher
proposal involves contracting
oil and a lot of meal, so you
have to have a market for that
meal before you start, or
you’ll go out of business
pretty quickly, so the meal is
really important,” he said.
‘This is a very promising opportunity
for Josephine County’ - Dave Toler
with Josephine County farm-
ers to grow canola and
camelina for biodiesel and as
livestock feed.
“Really, what we’re talk-
ing about is trying to offer
land owners here an opportu-
nity to diversify their produc-
tion and to give them some
incentives for managing land
that may not be well managed
right now,” Ehrensing said.
He added that growing
those crops can help stop the
spread of invasive species.
The seeds are 40 percent oil
by weight, he said, and can be
extracted using “pretty simple
technology.”
Aside from biodiesel,
seed oil extract also can have
industrial applications, such
as hydraulic fluid and motor
oil, Ehrensing said. He added
that canola and camelina’s
value as feed is a crucial part
of the economic equation.
“You make a little bit of
Those crops “lend them-
selves really well to local,
small-scale production,”
Ehrensing said, adding that a
large processing plant would
have required a $20 million
investment and the commit-
ment of farmers to grow half
a million acres of the crop.
But the plants are getting
smaller and can crush around
50 tons per day “relatively
inexpensively,” he said.
The growing of canola is
heavily restricted in Oregon’s
Willamette Valley, because
that region specializes in ex-
porting high-value vegetable
seeds such as broccoli and
cabbage, and farmers don’t
want to risk cross-pollination.
“You don’t have that
problem in Southern Oregon,”
Ehrensing said. “You can
grow whatever you want.”
Camelina has been
grown in Eastern Europe for
thousands of years, he said,
and “seems to do better on
marginal land.” Canola has
the potential for high seed
yield and adapts well to cli-
mates similar to those of
Southern Oregon.
It is estimated that there
are approximately 26,000
farmable acres in Josephine
County, and that 110 of those
are producing camelina or
canola for the company.
Toler said he supported
the company’s proposal, stat-
ing, “This is a very promising
opportunity for Josephine
County.”
The company’s represen-
tatives stated that they were
only looking for a one-time
funding investment from the
county. The money will fund
farming and harvesting 300
acres of the seed crops.
“I would rather see it go
towards something like the
airports,” said Cassenelli.
Toler moved to approve
the request, and Ellis sec-
onded. “I think this is a good
start of something economi-
cally for this county and it’s a
good use of our money,” said
Ellis.
The grant will be
awarded to the Josephine
County Soil and Water Con-
servation District, which will
administer it.
Rainse Anderson discussed the project. (Photo by I.V. News )
I.V. Airport ‘wish list’ voiced
By MICHELLE BINKER
Staff Writer
Ardent aviation enthusi-
asts and other interested par-
ties made known their airport
wish list before a meeting of
the newly convened citizen
committee empanelled to
provide input to the Illinois
Valley Airport master plan
update process.
Among airport users,
access to fuel topped the list
of “must haves.”
The meeting, held Tues-
day night, Jan. 13, at the air-
port in the former smokejum-
per’s mess hall, marked the
first of four workshops the
committee will hold during
the estimated 15-month up-
date process. The meetings
are intended to be working
discussions between commit-
tee members, the county and
WHPacific Inc., the consult-
ant heading the project. The
public is welcome to attend.
Rainse Anderson, project
manager and director of avia-
tion with WHPacific, ex-
plained that the purpose is to
update the Airport Layout
Plan (ALP). It is more than 7
years old and needs revision
to reflect conditions including
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Friday, Jan. 9
*A Naue Way resident
complained that drivers fre-
quently use the school bus
turn-around at the end of the
road as a place to “spin 360s.”
*A Cave Junction restau-
rant owner reported that a
woman with a clipboard
stated that she was a “Secret
Shopper” and was asking
questions about his inventory.
*After a man reported
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degree forgery. She was
lodged in Josephine County
Jail. Wilson faces additional
charges of DUII and second-
degree criminal mischief.
*On Waldo Road at 9:21
p.m., Perry Lynn Merideth,
51, was cited on a charge of
driving with a suspended li-
cense (DWS).
*Contacted near Rough
& Ready Creek, Patrick John
Keever, 43, was cited on war-
rants charging failure to report
and attempted eluding. He
was lodged in county jail.
*A Cave Junction man
said that several members of
one family were threatening
to kill him and his family. The
complainant stated that one
man ran at him with a chain-
saw, and had to be repelled at
gunpoint.
*It was reported in Cave
Junction at 11:41 p.m. that
young people in a Ford
pickup truck were shooting
paintballs at businesses and
people along Redwood Hwy.
Two officers stated that they
were “unable to locate any
paintball splatters.”
*An informational report
for unlawful use of a weapon
and seven counts of reckless
endangerment was pending
following a 3:05 a.m. incident
involving drive-by shooting
of an automatic weapon and
harassment at a Hanby Lane
residence.
Saturday, Jan. 10
*A persistent problem
with a man making unwanted
contact with a rural Cave
Junction family was reported.
*Joseph C. Nicols, 27,
was cited on Illinois River
Road for failure to display a
firewood permit at 4:32 p.m.
*After Patrick L. Hamer,
47, was contacted on Illinois
River Road, a charge of DWS
was referred to the county
district attorney. His passen-
ger, Travis Deke Michael
Young, 34, was cited on a
charge of having invalidated
firewood tags.
*At Tartar Gulch, Wil-
liam A. Sampley, 61, was
cited on charges of DWS and
a federal charge of possession
of a controlled substance/
marijuana.
*Paul Cecil Miller, 34,
was cited on a charge of
speeding on Redwood Hwy.
at Lone Mountain Road at
8:30 p.m.
*Theft of a bedroom set
from a residence on Dick
George Road was reported.
*At 8:40 p.m. an intoxi-
cated woman was making
herself unwelcome at a Caves
Hwy. residence.
*On Redwood Hwy. at
Schuler Lane at 9:28 p.m.,
Michael Reece Turci, 52, was
cited on a charge of DWS.
*Jamie Mae Virden, 22,
was cited on a charge of no
vehicle insurance around 10
p.m. in the 31000 block of
Redwood Hwy.
*Stanley Earl Vaughn,
37, was cited on a charge of
speeding (91 mph in a 55 mph
zone) at milepost 25 on Red-
wood Hwy. at 10 p.m. He was
warned concerning careless
driving and failure to carry
and present current proof of
insurance.
Sunday, Jan. 11
*Around 6 p.m. it was
reported that a man and a boy
on E. River Street were in-
volved in a “considerably
violent” altercation. When
contacted, the juvenile had no
indication of physical injury,
and there was no evidence of
a crime.
*Described as a prowler,
someone was seen running
into the woods from a Hanby
Lane residence at 6:35 p.m.
*A Deer Creek Road
resident stated that a neighbor
was shooting at her dogs.
*A report of gunshots
occurring for more than two
hours was received from a
Deer Creek Road resident.
Monday, Jan. 12
*It appeared that a cat
triggered a burglar alarm at
3:13 a.m. at a warehouse on
Holland Loop.
*Theft from the mail and
subsequent use of three Wal-
Mart gift cards was reported.
*A cow was reported
running loose on Reeves
Creek Road.
*After making threats of
suicide, a 23-year-old woman
was transported to Three Riv-
ers Community Hospital
(TRCH) on a peace officer’s
mental hold.
*Someone was seen ly-
ing on the ground in a pullout
area adjacent to McMullen
Creek Road. The caller was
concerned they might be hit
by a car. No one was around
when a deputy checked.
*A Selma resident said
that his neighbor shot his dog.
*In the 17000 block of
Redwood Hwy. a woman
reported theft of some $200
by two youths she’d hired to
do yard work.
Tuesday, Jan. 13
*A vehicle reported sto-
len from Corning, Calif. was
recovered by the owner from a
Downtown Cave Junction
parking lot.
*On Dick George Road a
man said that his ex-wife was
at his residence threatening to
take things not hers.
*A boy, 13, was reported
as a runaway by his uncle.
*After a report of a delib-
erate overdose, a woman, 23,
was taken to TRCH on a
peace officer’s mental hold.
*It was reported that a
man was harassing a Hanby
Lane resident and refusing to
leave. Three people were con-
tacted in front of the residence
and sent on their way.
*On W. River Street, a
man was reporting an instance
of menacing which occurred
several days earlier when the
call was interrupted by the
arrival of three people, and a
disturbance ensued.
Wednesday, Jan. 14
*Theft of a “large amount
of money” from the office of
the Junction Inn was reported
at 9:05 a.m.
*A burglary was reported
at a Deer Creek Road resi-
dence in the 1800 block.
*A Deer Creek Road
resident reported that her
neighbor deliberately ran over
her mailbox with a tractor.
*Jeffrey Tyler Barnes, 17,
was cited on a charge of DWS
in the 200 block of N. Red-
wood Hwy. at 1:32 p.m. He
also was warned for no driver-
side fender and no mud flaps.
His vehicle was impounded.
*Theft of a rake from
atop a pile of leaves in a yard
in the 28000 block of Red-
wood Hwy. was reported.
*A Cave Junction resi-
dent said that a man and
woman held guns on his son
and warned him to stay away
from their daughter.
*After a disturbance and
foot chase at a McMullen
Creek Road residence, Brian
Paul Shaw, 34, was arrested
on a peace officer’s mental
hold and taken to TRCH.
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