Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, Ore. Wednesday, August 7, 2013
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Tales from the Rural Patrol
(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.)
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Tuesday, July 30
*Warning: Officers were ad-
vised of an attempt to locate an old-
er, balding man with white hair and
a messy beard who might be trying
to solicit children with ice cream. He
is driving a Chevy van with chipped
paint and has been seen in the Kerby/
Cave Junction areas as well as parts
of Grants Pass. (Parents & guard-
ians: Alert your children and be on
the lookout yourselves.)
*In a continuing situation a
Kerby resident phoned to reiterate
that he believes that his neighbor is
shooting his cats with a pellet gun,
and that if law enforcement doesn’t
“get out here now and do something
about it all Hell will break loose.”
Later he said that he’ll contact an at-
torney.
* The body of Dr. Dan Fiske,
a veterinarian who operated Cross-
roads Animal Hospital, and who
served as president of the Cave
Junction City Council, was found in
his business on Caves Hwy. at 8:16
a.m. (Subsequently, Counselor Dan-
iel Dalegowski was elected during
an emergency meeting to serve as
president; a replacement for Fiske
will be chosen by the council).
*An apparently non-religious
person broke the locks off the fuse
box to cut power at the Valley Evan-
gelical Free Church. The person next
threw a steel grate through the kitch-
en window and climbed in, which
set off an alarm. That cut short his
time, and he escaped with a limited
number of items. (Reminder: Thou
shalt not steal.)
*There was a complaint that in
Downtown Cave Junction a pit bull
jumped from a vehicle and tried to
jump into the complainant’s vehicle
to attack her dog. The vehicle in-
curred scratches.
*Names of a burglary suspect
with a pony tail and his fence are
known in connection with theft of
gardening equipment and tools from
a place on S. Old Stage Road.
*Trespassers with odd nick-
names were reported at the I.V. Se-
nior Center Thrift Shop, but they
left.
*Squatters on Hummingbird
Road were said to be growing the
dreaded marijuana plant.
*At 3:21 p.m. a pickup truck
was upside-down at Hwy. 199 and
Kerby Street. Those inside (who
apparently got out) said they didn’t
need help. OSP responded.
*Elsewhere, outside the Val-
ley:
--The home, shop and pickup
truck of a Thornridge Lane resident
were ransacked while the owner was
away.
--Ryan Briney, 29, was arrested
by Grants Pass Dept. of Public Safe-
ty (GPDPS) under a non-bail warrant
from Josephine County Sheriff’s Of-
fice (JCSO) charging parole viola-
tion detainer/unauthorized use of a
vehicle. He was jailed.
--Julie Star Gilkey, 39, was ar-
rested by Jackson County lawmen
under a JCSO warrant charging fail-
ure to appear on a charge of posses-
sion of a controlled substance/meth-
amphetamine. She was placed in a
jail.
--Jerry L. Lee, 36, was arrested
by GPDPS under a JCSO warrant
charging parole violation/weapon
use. He went to jail.
--A widow on Soldier Creek
Road said that someone stole her
wedding rings. Strangely enough, a
wedding ring valued at approximate-
ly $3,500 was reported stolen from
Cedar Flat Road.
--Some $2,300 worth of items,
including rings that included wed-
ding bands, were reported stolen
from Thornbrook Drive. (Is nothing
sacred?)
Thursday, Aug. 1
*At 8:21 a.m. a 911 hang-up
call was received. It seemed to come
from the Illinois Valley Visitor Cen-
ter. It might also have come from
the U.S. Forest Service’s I.V. Rang-
er District office. But there was no
problem that anyone could find.
*All sorts of threats were said
to be made against a woman on Crest
Drive, including knocking out all
her teeth, and the culprit is putting
photos of her naked on FaceBook,
she said.
*Someone driving a white, old-
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around the bottom was said to be do-
ing so recklessly in Kerby. OSP was
notified.
*Elsewhere in Josephine
County:
--Numerous telephone calls
were received about a suspicious ve-
hicle (and likely a suspicious person
inside) in the Foothill Blvd./Jones
Creek Road area. Residents were
concerned that their neighborhood
was being checked out for possible
burglaries. The driver apparently
was knocking at doors and asking
for water. (Sounds like “casing the
joint.”)
--A man on medication in rural
GP reported that someone with a gun
was under his home, and that 10 to
15 people were staring at him. The
man’s mother said that she’d look
into having his meds adjusted.
--Some $400 worth of towels,
wrenches and clothing were reported
taken from his home, said a man on
Gordon Way. He feels that someone
has a key to his door locks. (Hint:
change the locks.)
--Third-degree theft involving
an Oregon Trail (welfare) card with
$500 credit on it was reported by a
woman, who said that it was taken
from her glove compartment on Al-
len Creek Road.
--At a Wolf Creek business a
panhandler was yelling at custom-
ers. The caller was advised that it
was “beyond available resources” to
respond.
--Animal Control was to be con-
tacted about a crying goat on Gordon
Way that might not have food.
Saturday, Aug. 3
*Near Selma off Hwy. 199 a
load of hay was dumped (acciden-
tally). The owner retrieved it.
*That’s it for today in the Val-
ley.
*Elsewhere, but still close to
home:
--Second-degree burglary was
reported at a business on Upper
River Road. The jerks pushed an air
conditioner into the building to gain
access.
--On Onion Mtn. Road an aban-
doned car was found in a ditch with
the keys on the ground. The owner
later reported it stolen.
--On Woodland Park Road a
resident stated that an apparently
bogus Pacific Power employee was
looking around. PacPow stated that
the man was not an employee and
was driving a truck that’s not a com-
pany rig.
--There was a complaint from
Rogue River Hwy. that a mentally
disturbed, aggressive woman was
breaking a man’s stuff and might
have damaged him.
--Someone speaking Span-
ish apparently was trying to reach a
woman’s ex-husband in rural GP to
have him call his mother.
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07/29 - Monday
23100 block REDWOOD HWY, Medical Emergency
100 block KERBY MAINLINE RD, Medical Emergency
24500 block REDWOOD HWY, Medical Emergency
700 block WALDO RD, Fire Alarm
REDWOOD HWY/LAKESHORE DR, Medical Emergency
07/30 - Tuesday
400 block CAVES HWY, Medical Emergency
5400 block LAKESHORE DR, Open Burn
35000 block REDWOOD HWY, Medical Emergency
24000 block REDWOOD HWY, Medical Emergency
16900 block REDWOOD HWY, Traffic Accident
100 block KERBY ST, Traffic Accident
100 block HOLTON CREEK RD, Medical Emergency
100 block SHADYWOOD DR, Assist to Public
35700 block REDWOOD HWY, Medical Emergency
HOLLAND LOOP RD / CAVES HWY, Traffic Accident
08/1 - Thursday
11300 block TAKILMA RD, Medical Emergency
700 block LOGAN CUT DR, Medical Emergency
08/02 - Friday
1000 block AIRPORT DR, Medical Emergency
100 block HOLTON CREEK RD, Medical Emergency
08/03 - Saturday
5800 block ROCKYDALE RD, Medical Emergency
4900 block HAPPY CAMP RD, Traffic Accident
23600 block REDWOOD HWY, Traffic Accident
200 block GOLD CANYON DR, Open Burn
08/04 - Sunday
200 block JOSEPHINE AVE, Structure Fire
200 block SHADYWOOD DR, Medical Emergency
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Across
1- Flat sound; 5- Rubbish; 10-
Pops; 14- Batting Babe; 15-
Large artery; 16- Sewing case;
17- Eye drop; 18- Feudal estate;
19- Coil; 20- Jason's ship; 21-
Makes known; 23- Ply; 25-
Crucial; 26- Golf hazard; 31-
Unite; 35- Mineral suffix; 36-
Summarize; 38- Kid leather; 40-
Type of tide; 42- Jeter of the
Yankees; 44- Overly submissive;
45- "Of course!"; 47- Narrow
groove; 49- Vane dir.; 50- Clan
symbol; 52- Eyeglasses with
tinted lenses; 54- Small
batteries; 56- Miracle-___; 57-
Inflammation of the stomach; 62-
Eye part; 66- Killer whale; 67-
Thin soup; 68- I did it!; 69- Oscar
winner Patricia; 70- Vive ___!;
71- Nights before; 72- Shrek, for
one; 73- Bar, legally; 74- Narrow
inlets;
Down
1- Mex. miss; 2- Plaintiff; 3-
All-male; 4- Burial cloth; 5-
Interfered with; 6- Crowd noise; 7- River through Florence; 8- Inventory; 9- Section of New York
City; 10- Sandwich shop; 11- Mighty mite; 12- Couples; 13- Little drink; 22- Affirmative votes; 24-
Orch. section; 26- ___ Fein; 27- Bothered; 28- Peachy!; 29- Deck quartet; 30- Components; 32-
Pirate liquor; 33- Actress Davis; 34- Paradises; 37- South American country, famous for Macchu
Picchu; 39- Just manages, with "out"; 41- Agt.'s take; 43- Monarchy; 46- Pressure; 48- Cabinet
dept.; 51- Metamorphosed limestone; 53- Linger aimlessly; 55- Fathers; 57- Diver Louganis; 58-
Rent-___; 59- Shopaholic's delight; 60- Civil wrong; 61- Langston Hughes poem; 63- Sitarist
Shankar; 64- It's a thought; 65- Impudence; 66- Lennon's lady;