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Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, Ore. Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009
Search and Rescue academy offered
During January, the Jose-
phine County Sheriff’s Office
Search And Rescue (SAR)
Division will conduct its
ninth “OSSA SAR Acad-
emy.”
The academy is open to
all interested citizens and is
offered at $10 per student.
Students must be at least 16
years of age, with no maxi-
mum age, and no prior ex-
perience is required.
There is room for 60
students in the 40-hour acad-
emy. Classes will begin Jan. 8
and conclude on Jan. 17, with
testing/demonstration on Jan.
23. The academy will be held
at the SAR facility at 250
Tech Way in the North Val-
ley Industrial Park.
The curriculum will pro-
vide a thorough introduction
to search and rescue, meeting
the Oregon State Sheriff’s
Association (OSSA) mini-
mum training requirements.
The SAR Academy will
cover topics such as map and
compass, global positioning
systems (GPS), man-tracking,
wilderness survival, radio
communications, search tech-
niques, cold-weather emer-
gencies, helicopter safety,
crime-scene preservation and
a variety of other subjects.
SAR is an all-volunteer
unit, funded entirely through
community donations and
grants.
For more information or
to register, contact Josephine
County Emergency Manage-
ment at 474-5300 or email
sar@co.josephine.or.us.
Applications, audits and annexations IVFD topics
Items that the Illinois
Valley Fire District (IVFD)
Board of Directors ad-
dressed during its Thursday,
Nov. 12 board meeting at
district headquarters on
Caves Hwy. included:
*Heard an update from
Deputy Chief Jeff Gavlik
regarding recent recruitment
efforts. Gavlik said that
IVFD has received six ap-
plications for firefighting
recruits and two additional
support applications. The
district is in the process of
conducting background
checks on the applicants,
Gavlik said, and added that
he hopes to get the recruits
into training within the next
two months.
*Approved the annexa-
tion of several properties
into the district. Those prop-
erties are located at 116
Crooks Creek Rd., 1660
Thompson Creek Rd. and
15 Beebe Dr. Also annexed
was a larger piece of prop-
erty located on Thompson
Creek Rd. and owned by the
Illinois Valley Soil and Wa-
ter Conservation District.
*Received a report from
Medford-based certified
public accountant Richard
Brewer regarding his audit
of the district’s finances.
Brewer praised IVFD’s
use of internal controls, and
gave the district a “clean bill
of health” for its fiscal man-
agement practices.
“The overview is posi-
tive in almost every way,”
Brewster said.
IVFD’s next board
meeting is scheduled for
Thursday, Dec. 10.
~ Scott Jorgensen
(Editor’s Note: Factual
information for ‘Blotter’ is
provided by official law
enforcement agencies. All
persons listed are innocent
until proven guilty in a
court of law. Charges can
be amended or dismissed.)
* * *
Friday, Nov. 6
*Two reports came in
around 1:22 p.m. of a
northbound gray or black
sedan with a reckless, speed-
ing driver passing unsafely
on Redwood Hwy. in Selma.
*A report of second-
degree criminal mischief and
first-degree burglary was to
be filed following discovery
on Pinewood Way that a resi-
dence was forcibly entered.
*While waiting at a bus
stop on W. Watkins Street
with her children, a caller
said, the driver of a small,
light-blue pickup truck spun
out, nearly striking her and
the kids.
*A reported stolen van
was recovered on Brown
Road.
*On S. Redwood Hwy. at
Oregon Caves Chevron,
Robbjean Ann Soderlund, 38,
was cited on charges of viola-
tion of the basic rule (VBR)/
speeding (61 mph in a 45 mph
zone), driving while sus-
pended (DWS), and failure to
carry proof of insurance.
*Adam Harry Sladon,
27, was cited on a charge of
VBR on Redwood Hwy. at
Krauss Lane at 8:36 p.m.
*An intoxicated woman
who vomited at a Downtown
Cave Junction service station
and couldn’t find her car was
given a ride home.
Saturday, Nov. 7
*Jason Evan Burke, 38,
was cited on a charge of
speeding, (70 mph in a 45
mph zone) on Redwood Hwy.
at Laurel Road at 3:05 p.m.
*Dennis Allen Kelly, 47,
was cited to appear in Cave
Junction Municipal Court on
a charge of speeding (41 mph
in a 30 mph zone) on S. Red-
wood Hwy. at 3:57 p.m.
*In the 300 block of S.
Redwood Hwy., Galen Eli
Aller, 61, was cited on a
charge of failure to appear
(FTA) on an original charge
of carrying a concealed
weapon. And Gregory Wayne
Sampley, 57, was cited under
a warrant charging FTA on
an original charge of second-
degree criminal mischief.
*John Alden Terry, 58,
was cited on a charge of
speeding (60 mph in a 45
mph zone) on Redwood
Hwy. at Rockydale Road at
6:31 p.m.
*In Downtown Cave
Junction at 8:20 p.m., Terry
Alan Hendrickson, 45, was
cited to appear in CJ Muni
Court on charges of driving
under the influence of an in-
toxicant (DUII), refusing a
breathalyzer test, failure to
use lights when required, ille-
gal display of registration, no
operator’s license, and driv-
ing uninsured.
Sunday, Nov. 8
*A nondescript cow,
while not deemed a hazard,
was loose on Southshore
Drive near Lake Selmac.
*On Schumacher Street a
woman said that she wanted
people, whom she’d allowed
to stay, removed from her
property. She was informed
that it was a civil matter.
*Some sort of distur-
bance was reported at 8 p.m.
in the 27000 block of Red-
wood Hwy. where a young
man was said to be destroying
some sort of property (not his
own).
*For whatever reasons, a
lot of noise and screaming
were heard on E. River Street
near N. Junction Avenue at
10:36 p.m.
Monday, Nov. 9
*A bear (size nor color
provided) was reported in the
vicinity of Lorna Byrne Mid-
dle School at 6:24 p.m. Trou-
ble might be bruin.
Tuesday, Nov. 10
*There was a call that a
man exited a gray sedan with
plastic where the windows
should be, and began walking
around in the 4700 block of
Caves Hwy. looking through
binoculars. When startled by
a neighbor, the “suspicious
person” darted into bushes to
hide, and later was picked up
near Tycer Crossing by some-
one in the same car that had
dropped him off originally.
*Lynneah Artelle Den-
nis, 55, was cited on a charge
of speeding (62 mph in a 45
mph zone) on Redwood
Hwy. at River Street at 4:57
p.m.
*Richard Eugene Kelly,
38, was cited on a charge of
speeding (74 mph in a 55
mph zone) in the 32000 block
of Redwood Hwy. at 5 p.m.
*At Illinois River Forks
State Park, Shirley Sarfaty,
52, was cited on a charge of
possession of a controlled
substance/marijuana.
*A caller stated that a
man was “hanging out” in
front of the Josephine County
Bldg. in Downtown Cave
Junction with a bag of mari-
juana. When contacted, the
man in question had no weed,
but some was located in a
nearby trashcan, and de-
stroyed. Also, James Irvin
Mutina, 57, was cited on a
charge of having alcohol on
public premises.
*A caller stated that a 20-
year-old man was “using
Hays Cut Off Road as a race
track,” and that the behavior
had increased since the com-
plainant confronted him.
Wednesday, Nov. 11
*Just before lunchtime it
was reported that a man had
exposed himself to another
person following a distur-
bance at St. Matthias Episco-
pal Church.
*It was stated that a
woman who came to believe
that harm was about to come
to her stole a pickup truck and
fled from a Selma residence
around 5 p.m. No charges
were filed after the situation
was resolved roadside on
Redwood Hwy., and the vehi-
cle was returned.
*Mark D. Patterson, 22,
was cited on a DWS charge
on Redwood Hwy. at Krauss
Lane at 7:10 p.m.
*Gunshots and yelling
were reported coming from
an Aries Lane residence after
a neighbor confronted another
regarding dogs fighting. Sub-
sequently, Dean Michael
Smith, 46, was cited on a
charge of felon in possession
of a firearm and lodged in
Josephine County Jail.
Thursday, Nov. 12
*A rural Cave Junction
man claimed that charges
were made against his check-
ing account by Charter Com-
munications, and that he’d
never had service.
*Donald Ray Johnson,
59, was cited on a charge of
speeding (61 mph in a 45
mph zone) at milepost 31 on
Redwood Hwy. at 4:09 p.m.
*Three Illinois Valley
High School students were
found in possession of mari-
juana, the principal reported.
Brandon Froderman, 17, and
Alycia Mather, 15, each were
cited on a charge of PCS/
marijuana within 1,000 feet
of a school. A deputy was to
meet with the third student
later.
*A caller had trailed per-
sons believed to be stealing
mushrooms from a Redwood
Hwy. address to a location on
Rockydale Road.
*Raymond Frank Mills,
43, was cited on a charge of
speeding (77 mph in a 55
mph zone) on Waldo Road at
7:46 p.m.
*Charles David Carbis,
52, was cited to appear in
Cave Junction Muni Court on
a charge of speeding (63 mph
in a 45 mph zone) somewhere
on S. Redwood Hwy. at 8:30
p.m.
Friday, Nov. 13
*Several buildings on N.
Old Stage Road were broken
into overnight, an employee
reported.
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Slippery conditions on Happy Camp Road on Monday, Nov. 9,
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pickup truck after responding to another wreck. (Photo by
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block Deer Creek Road
*11:06 a.m., MA, 800
block Eight Dollar Road
Thursday, Nov. 12
*10:19 a.m., MA, walk-
in, 600 block Caves Hwy.
*6:36 p.m., MA, walk-in,
600 block Caves Hwy.
Friday, Nov. 13
*9:26 a.m., MA, 3000
block Takilma Road
*10:39 a.m., MA, 400
block Daisy Hill Road
*2:33 p.m., MA, 200
block Shadowbrook Drive
4:18 p.m., MA, 23000
block Redwood Hwy.
Saturday, Nov. 14
*5:22 a.m., MVA, 5000
block Caves Hwy.
Sunday, Nov. 15
*6:37 a.m., MA, 500
block Schumacher Drive
*4:00 p.m., MA, 100
block Sawyer Avenue
Following are alarms to
which Illinois Valley Fire
District responded through
Sunday, Nov. 15:
Friday, Nov. 6
*12:35 p.m., MVA, Red-
wood Hwy./Ken Rose Lane
*2:19 p.m., MA, 35000
block Redwood Hwy.
*5:40 p.m., MA, 28000
block Redwood Hwy.
*6:20 p.m., small vehicle
fire, Redwood Hwy./Eight
Dollar Road
Sunday, Nov. 8
*10:47 a.m., MVA,
14000 block Redwood Hwy.
*2:02 p.m., MA, 100
block Junction Avenue
*5:29 p.m., structure fire
(burn pile), 26000 block Red-
wood Hwy.
*Monday, Nov. 9
*8:31 a.m., flue fire,
2000 block Rockydale Road
*10:06 a.m., MVA,
12000 block Happy Camp
Road
*10:27 a.m., MVA, Page
Mountain
*11:00 a.m., MVA, 2000
block Happy Camp Road
*4:31 p.m., open burn,
27000 block Redwood Hwy.
*4:44 p.m., open burn,
1000 block Deer Creek Road
*5:16 p.m., open burn,
30000 block Redwood Hwy.
*7:19 p.m., MA, 100
block Old Stage Road
Tuesday, Nov. 10
*7:06 a.m., MA, 200
block O’Brien Road
*1:28 p.m., MVA, 33000
block Redwood Hwy.
Wednesday, Nov. 11
*7:44 a.m., MA, 400
block Redwood Hwy.
*9:12 a.m., MA, 5000
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