Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, Ore. Wednesday, Sept. 22, 2010
Page A-5
Gubernatorial candidate Greg Kord visits Grants Pass
By SCOTT JORGENSEN
IVN Staff Writer
He may not be a former
governor or professional
basketball player, but Con-
stitution Party candidate
Greg Kord is determined to
make his presence felt in
Oregon’s gubernatorial elec-
tion.
Kord, a resident of
Troutdale, kicked off his
first statewide trek on
Thursday, Sept. 16 with a
trip to Grants Pass.
“This is all new to me,”
Kord said. “I’ve never been
in politics before, and never
wanted to be.”
Like many people, Kord
said that his involvement
was prompted by what he
describes as the “slide” of
Oregon and the entire nation
into a state of eroded free-
dom and prosperity.
“I can’t sit by and do
nothing anymore,” he said.
Kord first came to Ore-
gon in 1991, and works as
an industrial piping de-
signer. He is a married 58-
year-old with six children,
and has a bachelors degree
from Moody Bible Institute
in Chicago.
In 2000, Kord joined
the Constitution Party. Prior
to that, he had been a Re-
highest office, Kord said he
would adopt policies to en-
courage more logging,
ranching, farming, mining
and fishing, oppose more
taxes, advocate for smaller
government and institute an
independent audit of the
state treasury.
Kord said his top prior-
ity is to re-establish the
state’s sovereignty from the
federal government and nul-
lify any legislation that is
unconstitutional.
“Our rights are being
violated by the federal gov-
ernment every day,” Kord
said. “It’s time that the
states start fighting back.”
National Guard troops
from Oregon who are cur-
rently fighting overseas
should be brought back
home to help local sheriff’s
offices combat marijuana
grows on federal land, Kord
said.
“That is a priority for
me,” he said. “That’s what
they’re supposed to do —
protect the state.”
On Sept. 25, Kord will
appear at a League of Ore-
gon Cities forum in Eugene
along with Republican gu-
bernatorial candidate Chris
Dudley and Democrat John
Kitzhaber.
For more information
on Kord, visit greg-
kord.com.
Following are alarms to
which Illinois Valley Fire
District responded through
Sunday, Sept. 19:
Thursday, Sept. 16
*11:34 a.m., M.A.,
25000 block Redwood Hwy.
*2:40 p.m., M.A., 1000
block Reeves Creek Road
*3:54 p.m., motor vehi-
cle collision, 18000 block
Redwood Hwy.
*4:49 p.m., M.A., 7000
block Holland Loop Road
Friday, Sept. 17
*12:40 p.m., M.A., 100
block Old Stage Road
*5:16 p.m., M.A., 28000
block Redwood Hwy.
*6:09 p.m., outdoor
smoke investigation, 28000
block Redwood Hwy.
*6:26 p.m., motor vehi-
cle collision, 32000 block
Redwood Hwy.
Saturday, Sept. 18
*3:37 p.m., motor vehi-
cle collision, 14000 block
Redwood Hwy.
*7:17 p.m., motor vehi-
cle collision, 14000 block
Redwood Hwy.
Sunday, Sept. 19
*1:53 p.m., M.A., 300
block W. Lister Street
(Photo by Scott Jorgensen, Illinois Valley News)
Greg Kord with a graph on state government spending.
Two arrested in GP bank robbery
Two Grants Pass resi-
dents have been arrested and
charged with robbing a bank
on the afternoon of Monday,
Sept. 20.
According to the Grants
Pass Dept. of Public Safety,
employees of the Umpqua
Bank on Midland Ave.
phoned police at 2:17 p.m.
The employees reported that
they had just been robbed
by a female who provided a
demand note, then fled on
foot with cash from the
bank.
Officers searched the
immediate area for the fe-
male but were unable to
locate her. No one was in-
jured during the robbery and
no weapon was used.
An alert citizen ob-
served a suspicious vehicle
in the area at the time of the
robbery. The citizen pro-
vided police with a descrip-
publican.
Six months ago, Kord
met with Bob Ekstrom, vice
-chairman of the Constitu-
tion Party of Oregon.
Kord said that he ex-
pected Ekstrom to suggest
that he run for a city or
county office. Instead, Ek-
strom urged him to run for
governor.
After much delibera-
tion, Kord threw his hat in
the ring, although he cau-
tions that, “I’m not doing
this for me.”
“My focus is on Ore-
gon, the situation we’re in
and what needs to be done,”
Kord said.
If elected to the state’s
tion and the vehicle’s li-
cense plate.
Less than one hour after
the robbery, officers ob-
served 37-year-old Erica
Anderson driving into the
parking
lot of
h e r
resi-
dence.
S h e
w a s
d e -
tained
without
incident.
Investigators deter-
mined that Anderson had
robbed the bank, then drove
to Highland Elementary
School to pick up her two
daughters. The children
were turned over to the
Dept. of Human Services.
Further investigation
lead officers to the home of
19-year-
o l d
Joshua
Deeter
Tseu,
who was
also de-
tained
without
incident.
Investigators determined
that he helped plan the rob-
bery and drove Anderson
from the scene.
Tseu and Anderson
were interviewed, then
lodged at the Josephine
County Jail on charges of
second-degree robbery and
first-degree theft.
Anyone with informa-
tion about the incident is
asked to contact the Grants
Pass Dept. of Public Safety
at 541-474-6370.
Monday, Sept. 13
*6:10 a.m., medical as-
sist (M.A.), 32000 block Red-
wood Hwy.
*1:34 p.m., M.A., 28000
Redwood Hwy.
*1:57 p.m., motor vehi-
cle collision, 6300 block Deer
Creek Road
*2:49 p.m., M.A., 600
block Beebe Drive
Tuesday, Sept. 14
*3:02 a.m., outdoor
smoke investigation, 25000
block Redwood Hwy.
*8:59 a.m., M.A., 500
block W. Schumacher
*11:34 a.m., M.A., 5000
block Rockydale Road
*3:18 p.m., red brush
fire, 1800 block Laurel Road
*6:48 p.m., mutual aid -
structure fire, 400 block
Hitching Post, Grants Pass
(Photo by IVFD Media Dept.)
Slick road surface may have been the cause of this motor
vehicle accident on Hayes Hill, Saturday, Sept. 18