Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, Ore. Wednesday, February 17, 2010
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Rogue Truck gains county economic development aid
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highways right now. Some of
our customers are seeing
some federal (American Re-
covery & Reinvestment) Act
money; they’re getting jobs
out of it.
“They told us, ‘We’d
love to buy this product from
you, but you don’t make it’.”
Throughout the past few
months, Moore said, the com-
pany has engineered and per-
formed hundreds of hours of
AutoCAD design. It also has
built the jigs, fixtures and
tools needed to mass product
those units, he wrote.
The first units are in pro-
duction, Moore wrote, but the
company is low on cash for
material and labor.
Manufacturing the
bottom-dumps would require
the firm to hire workers for
fabrication, production, paint
and preparation, assembly,
maintenance and clerical
functions. Moore projected
that the company’s total labor
needs could reach as many as
28 FTE employees.
Moore told I.V. News that
word of the grant has strength-
ened Rogue’s ability to gain
other assistance through Illi-
nois Valley Community De-
velopment Organization Loan
Board, and he’s working on an
extended line of credit through
Home Valley Bank.
Rogue also has secured
promise of a $35,000 ARC
loan through the Small Busi-
ness Administration.
“I’ve just been very im-
pressed with the response,”
Moore told I.V. News, “What
I’ve seen is the power of
compounding. Everybody
suddenly wants to play. I feel
comfortable with the players
who are involved that we can
not just survive, but get back
in our growth mode.”
News that Rogue will be
producing this new product
has other firms looking to add
to their fleet. “It’s created a
new product for us in which
there is interest,” Moore said.
“Other guys,” he added,
“are saying ‘We hear you’re
building bottom-dumps, let us
know when they’re ready’.”
Moore wrote that the
company projects to sell the
bottom-dump trailers for
approximately $50,000 per
set. He said that RTB reve-
nues could reach $2 million
by the end of 2010.
As many as 15 employ-
ees could begin working this
year, Moore said, including
welders, machinists and as-
semblers. RTB also is work-
ing with Rogue Community
College to hire welders fresh
from that school’s training
program.
“The light’s shining on
Rogue right now,” said
Moore. “We have to run as
hard as we can to make sure
that we can leverage every
opportunity that we have.”
Bill Moore, general manager at Rogue Truck Body, with a new bottom dump unit. ( I.V. News photo)
County may give tax refund to fairgrounds
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approximately $11,757.43
from the fair fund to make up
what was owed.
“The county paid the tax
bill and charged the fair for
it,” Harelson said.
But a court ruling stem-
ming from a case in Grant
County ultimately caught
Harelson’s attention. He said
that ruling set the precedent
that government entities can-
not enforce foreclosure ac-
tions against other govern-
ment entities.
“The county is still an
exempt person,” Harelson
said. “I cannot, as a tax col-
lector, in accordance with that
court case, foreclose on that
property. I cannot enforce
collections against the land
owner, which in this case is
the county.”
Harelson said that during
the next few days, he plans to
seek permission from the
county commissioners to re-
fund the nearly $12,000 to the
fairgrounds.
“That’s the typical rule
here,” Harelson said. “The
rule is, if I have a refund of
over $10,000, I have to get
the board’s approval to give
that money back.”
In a letter dated Jan. 22,
Harelson informed McBee of
his intentions to seek the re-
fund. Harelson also plans to
work with other county offi-
cials to craft a new policy for
rental property.
“As a tax collector, I
have rules to follow,” he said.
“If the rules change, I follow
the changed rules. The rule
was changed by the court
case.”
McBee said that if the
money is refunded, it will go
toward the care and mainte-
nance of the fairgrounds.
“We don’t get any tax
dollars to support this place,”
McBee said. “Everything is
generated right on the prop-
erty from the rental of build-
ings, the fair and horse races.
“That’s why we feel like
we’re a community center for
anything anybody wants to
do,” she concluded.
IVFD volunteer pays it forward through service
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walk away with a newfound
appreciation of the difference
that firefighters make when it
matters the most.
When IVFD kicked off
its recruitment drive last year,
Steelman was at a point in her
life where she could volun-
teer her services. She had
considered helping many
times in the seven years she’s
lived in the community, but
family and other obligations
prevented it.
Now that her children are
older and in school, Steelman
is better able to make the
commitment. The fact that
she lives across the street
from the O’Brien Fire Station
doesn’t hurt either.
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“I’m pretty much at
home or the station,” she said.
She signed up to volun-
teer on the last day IVFD was
recruiting, and was sworn in
during the fire board’s Jan. 14
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And she’s glad she did.
“It just kind of seems
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Ever since, she has been
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“I have no desire to run
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As a member of IVFD’s
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Helping people has be-
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“That part has always
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Volunteering with IVFD
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One day, she was walk-
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“That brought tears to
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A “High School Driver
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