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Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, Ore. Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Personal property return forms, information offered
Man arrested in GP robbery
Josephine County As-
sessor Connie Roach re-
minds every individual,
partnership, firm or corpora-
tion doing business in Jose-
phine County that Oregon
law requires a personal
property return to be filed
by Monday, March 2, unless
an extension has been re-
A 44-year-old transient
has been arrested in connec-
tion with the Thursday, Feb.
19 robbery at Umpqua Bank
on Williams Hwy., said
Grants Pass Dept. of Public
Safety (GPDPS).
David Allen Whiting is
charged with second-degree
robbery, possession of a con-
trolled substance/meth-
amphetamine, and parole
quested and granted.
The request must be in
writing and submitted prior
to March 1. All returns filed
late are subject to a penalty,
which is a percentage of the
taxes. Depending on how
late the return is filed, that
percentage may be 5 per-
cent, 25 percent or 50 per-
cent.
The filed return must
contain a full listing of as-
sets, date of acquisition, cost
and a statement of real mar-
ket value. This listing must
include items that have been
fully depreciated, in storage
or expensed.
Personal property is
taxable in the county where
it is located as of the assess-
ment date, Jan. 1 at 1 a.m. If
the assessed value of taxable
property is less than
$15,000, the assessor shall
cancel the tax assessment
for that year.
“Regardless of the
value, you must file a return
Pedestrian hurt in crash
An intoxicated pedes-
trian was the likely cause of
a hit-and-run accident on
Caves Hwy. on Saturday
night, Feb. 21, said Oregon
State Police (OSP). An in-
vestigation is continuing.
65-year-old Jack Robert
Bond was hit as he walked
in the middle of Caves Hwy.
in the 900 block at 7:25
p.m., OSP said. The driver
of the westbound vehicle,
said to be a small, red two-
door passenger car, fled the
scene without stopping to
render aid or provide re-
quired information, said
OSP.
Bond was transported to
Three Rivers Community
Hospital with nonlife-
threatening injuries.
An attempt to locate was
distributed to law enforce-
ment agencies, OSP said.
The vehicle is said to have
damage to the front grill.
A man wielding what
was described as a large
knife wounded Selma resi-
dent Matthew Paul Spickard
early Saturday, said Jose-
phine County Sheriff’s Of-
fice (JCSO).
Spickard, 28, reported
that at approximately 1:30
a.m. he was attacked in the
24000 block of Hwy. 199 in
Kerby. He suffered a stab
wound through his right
forearm, and a laceration to
his head.
Spickard told deputies
that he’d been attacked by a
lone man “wielding a large
knife while he was walking
Improvement District on
Redwood Hwy.. The continu-
ance had been requested by
the applicant.
*Voted 5-0 to approve a
development agreement for
the Bellau Woods Estates
subdivision.
*Voted 5-0 to approve a
recommended 15 percent rate
increase for Southern Oregon
Sanitation, with which the
city has a franchise pact.
violation/dangerous drugs.
He was placed in Josephine
County Jail in Grants Pass.
Whiting was arrested by
GPDPS detectives in Merlin
on Friday, Feb. 20. The sus-
pect did not show a gun dur-
ing the robbery, and was
given an undisclosed amount
of cash. No injuries were re-
ported, said GPDPS.
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ordinance will take effect 30
days from Feb. 23.
In other matters, the
council:
*Voted 5-0 to allow the
Pregnancy Center of the Illi-
nois Valley to use Jubilee
Park on April 25 for a Walk-
Athon fund-raiser.
*Voted 5-0 to grant a
two-week continuance for a
public hearing for a Local
each year and make your
declaration,” said Roach.
“The information on the
return is a confidential re-
cord in the office in which it
is filed.
“If you do not receive a
form, you are still obligated
to obtain and file a personal
property tax return. The
2009 personal property re-
turn is available for
download as a ‘fill-able
form’ at co.josephine.or.us/
Documents.asp?
SectionID=103.”
Additional information
is available by phoning 474-
5260.
116 N. Redwood Hwy., Cave Junction
www.ivcsonline.net
down an easement a few
feet off the highway.” He
added that “the attacker sud-
denly appeared out of the
darkness, and without ap-
parent motive, started stab-
bing at him.”
The victim said that he
doesn’t know the attacker,
but that he was a man,
around 6 feet tall with a
stocky build, and wearing
dark clothing.
American Medical Re-
sponse took Spickard to
Three Rivers Community
Hospital in Grants Pass. He
was reported in stable con-
dition.
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* * *
Thursday, Feb. 12
*After a law enforcement
officer pepper-sprayed a pit-
bull at Illinois River Forks
State Park, the dog’s owner,
Michael Walter Mangles, was
cited on a charge of having a
dog as an attractive nuisance.
*On Norman Road, a
man stated that he shot his
neighbor’s dog, which was
thought to have been attack-
ing other animals. The man
requested deputy contact.
*Mark Steven Tice, 56,
was cited to appear on a Jose-
phine County warrant charg-
ing harassment.
*Damage to a pickup
truck parked in Downtown
Cave Junction was caused by
a hit-and-run driver on Feb.
11, the owner reported.
Friday, Feb. 13
*Logs unavailable.
Saturday, Feb. 14
*At Forks State Park, a
man was warned for having a
dog off-leash.
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State Park, Donald David
Bernald, 48, was cited to ap-
pear on a warrant charging
failure to appear (FTA) on an
original charge of driving
while suspended (DWS). He
was warned for expired regis-
tration and switched plates,
and his vehicle was im-
pounded.
*Near Forks State Park,
Thaleda Lynn Prater, 49, was
cited on charges of driving
uninsured and having ob-
structed license plates.
*Also at the Forks, Jo-
seph V. Guess, 31, was cited
on charges of DWS and driv-
ing uninsured.
*Benjamin Charles In-
gram, 21, was cited on Eight
Dollar Mountain Road on a
charge of DWS. The passen-
ger, Brandi Lanell Miller, 21,
was cited on a charge of al-
lowing illegal operation of a
vehicle.
*George Edmond
Doney, 48, was cited on a
charge of DWS near Forks
State Park at 4:51 p.m. He
was warned regarding ex-
pired plates, and his vehicle
was impounded.
*Near Page Creek a
woman residing in a trailer
without electricity was con-
tacted. She was given a few
days to vacate the property.
*Following investigation,
Jess Paul Calderon, 23, was
cited on a charge of first-
degree theft and lodged in
Josephine County Jail in
Grants Pass.
Sunday, Feb. 15
*On E. River Street a
woman said that someone
knocked on her door and then
fled in a vehicle. She wanted
the incident logged.
*Brothers were reported
fighting about cutting trees on
mutually owned Iron Way
property.
*The operator of a white
Toyota pickup truck was said
to be driving erratically
through Downtown Cave
Junction at 6:56 p.m. Last
seen heading north on Red-
wood Hwy. at a high rate of
speed, the pickup also was
observed “going up on (the)
embankment.”
*Some sort of incident
involving a man yelling for
help from a white sedan was
reported at 8:32 p.m.
Monday, Feb. 16
*Some $500 damage and
a list of items taken from a
storage unit at the transfer
station on Kerby Mainline
were reported.
*Theft of a purse con-
taining cash, credit cards and
ID from a vehicle in the 100
block of Redwood Hwy. was
reported at 10:16 a.m.
*Two propane tanks
were reported stolen from a
Pine Cone Drive resident.
*While riding motorcy-
cles off Waldo Road, Mat-
thew T. Shawn Lopez, Chris-
topher George Culver, and
Bradley Dean Loyd, all 16,
each were cited on a charge
of no Off-Highway Vehicle
permit. And the trio was
warned about riding motorcy-
cles on a paved highway.
*At a camp on Rough &
Ready Creek, Herbert K.
Bright, 53, was arrested on a
warrant charging FTA on an
original DUII charge.
*A caller complained
that another man was cutting
trees along the high-water
mark of Illinois River on his
property. The caller also
stated that the tree-cutter
pulled a weapon and fired it.
Subsequently, Herbert Rus-
sell Higgins, 80, was cited on
charges of pointing a firearm
at another, reckless endanger-
ment, and menacing.
*Daniel Brent Morrison,
47, was cited on a warrant
charging FTA on original
charges of fourth-degree as-
sault, and DWS.
*A pair of dogs running
loose on Deer Creek Road
were said to have attacked a
resident’s canine and chased
the resident’s granddaughter.
*Theft of a commemora-
tive badge and ID holder val-
ued at $95 was reported by a
Selma resident.
*Following a noninjury
accident on a parking lot in
the 300 block of Redwood
Hwy. no one wanted to press
charges.
Tuesday, Feb. 17
*Some $350 in cash and
coin was reported taken from
Illinois Valley Praise Center
after an apparently unrelig-
ious thief smashed a bath-
room window to enter the
center; then broke into the
office. The caller stated that
he has suspect information.
*A 15-year-old boy was
reported as runaway from his
Westside Road residence.
*Rocks or a .BB gun
were used to damage a com-
pany vehicle in the 28000
block of Redwood Hwy., a
caller stated. He said that this
has happened before and that
he is concerned that a driver
could be hurt.
*Josephine County Sher-
iff’s Office received
$9,053.95 from the DEA for
seized assets.
*Acacia Elise Steinbach,
24, was cited on a charge of
speeding (74 mph in a posted
55 zone) on Redwood Hwy.
north of Selma at 10:04 p.m.
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Sunday, March 1, Noon-3 p.m. Jubilee Park
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