Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, Ore. Wednesday, October 1, 2014
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Tales from the Rural Patrol
(Editor’s Note: Factual information
for ‘Tales’ 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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Monday, Sept. 22
*At 10:23 a.m. Illinois Valley
Fire District and American Medical
Response were rolling with flashing
lights and wailing sirens to a medical
emergency in the 25000 block of
Redwood Hwy.
*It looked as though a person
reported missing was at the Josephine
County Bldg. in Cave Junction, but
a deputy found that the information
was incorrect.
*Although someone (probably
with good intentions) felt that
hospice workers were somehow
hastening the earthly departures
of their patients, such was found
unfounded.
*In the vicinity of Myrna Lane
and Redwood Hwy. gun fire and
yelling people were reported, but
after a deputy stood by for a time,
the situation, whatever it was, was
filed for information.
Outside the Valley
*There
incidents.
were
16
reported
Tuesday, Sept. 23
*A quiet day in the Valley except
for a request for help dispatching an
injured fawn in the 26000 block of
Redwood Hwy., but Oregon State
Police (OSP) had no unit available in
the area. So the matter was handled,
but it was unclear who did it. (But
fortunately the little dear was put out
of its misery).
Outside the Valley
*The log lists 19 calls.
Wednesday, Sept. 24
*In broad daylight shortly prior
to 9:30 a.m. a man from California
left his pickup truck near milepost
35 of Redwood Hwy. and walked to
Cave Junction for gasoline. When
he returned to his rig, some lovely
person had smashed the driver-side
window, cut the battery cables and
stolen items from inside the cab and
from the bed. (Nice people. Not!)
*Around 1 p.m. there was a
reported noninjury traffic accident at
Redwood Hwy. and Lister Street. No
Josephine County Sheriff’s Office
deputies were available. However,
an OSP trooper was in the area and
that officer handled the call.
Outside the Valley
*A variety of calls for aid or
to report crimes (11 of them) were
logged.
Thursday, Sept. 25
*At a Downtown CJ business,
Michael Jason Philllps, 43, was
arrested on charges of felony driving
while suspended (DWS) and parole
violation. He was taken to the
Josephine County Jail in Grants Pass.
And his vehicle was impounded.
*Traffic stops were made at
Redwood Hwy. and Lister Street and
Watkins Street, but names of those
halted were not provided. One of
those was cited on a charge of not
wearing a seat belt. Later another
motorist was cited on charges of
lacking (on his vehicle) mud flaps
and “fender flares.”
*A man in CJ wanted to report
a stolen vehicle after his “ex-fiance”
(according to the complainant) put
all his clothing, “all his stuff” and
his dogs into his pickup truck and
headed south. No action was taken
because of questions about the length
of their time together and probable
arrangements for whatever.
*In CJ a driver (not identified)
was cited on charges of DWS
violation and failure to obey a traffic
control device. Plus, his vehicle
was impounded. And another traffic
stop was made nearby. (No info
provided).
*OSP was advised about
someone driving a certain type
of vehicle from Selma to CJ on
Redwood Hwy. for some reason.
*Information was received
about people from Idaho in a pickup
truck on a CJ parking lot playing
music loudly and asking people for
money.
Outside the Valley
*Sixteen calls logged.
Groups launch campaigns on GMO labeling in Oregon
Gosia Wozniacka
Associated Press
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — In
a TV ad paid for by advocates of
labeling genetically modified
foods in Oregon, voters are told 64
countries have such requirements
and labels didn’t lead to an increase
in their food costs.
Opponents of GMO labeling
have released an ad that says the
opposite: Labels would be costly for
food producers and consumers and
would not show which ingredients
in a product are modified.
With a decision on the Nov. 4
ballot measure just five weeks away,
the two opposing camps combined
have reported contributions of
nearly $3 million and expenditures
of more than $2 million, including
advertising. It’s a sign of what’s still
to come.
This is round three in the
GMO labeling match in recent
years. Similar measures in
California and in Washington state
failed narrowly after millions
of dollars were spent, mostly by
labeling opponents.
If adopted, the initiative by
Oregon GMO Right to Know would
require manufacturers, retailers and
suppliers to label raw and packaged
foods produced entirely or partially
by genetic engineering. The
measure would not apply to animal
feed or food served in restaurants. It
would be effective January 2016.
The United States does not
require labeling of genetically
engineered foods. Three states
— Vermont, Maine and Connecticut
— have passed labeling laws,
although they don’t take effect
immediately. A similar measure also
recently qualified for the ballot in
Colorado.
Labeling supporters say
there aren’t enough studies on the
impacts of GMOs, so consumers
have a right to know if they are
eating them. Gov. John Kitzhaber,
who is running for re-election,
recently came out in support of the
measure, as did Consumers Union,
the advocacy arm of Consumer
Reports.
Critics say mandatory labels
would mislead consumers into
thinking that engineered ingredients
are unsafe, which scientists have
not proven. As in previous cases,
the anti-labeling campaign is
chiefly financed by out-of-state
food corporations and biotech
companies that grow engineered
crops; endorsers include large state
farming groups.
Though it’s not reflected in
the early filings, opponents are
expected to raise a lot more money
than proponents.
The anti-labeling campaign in
Oregon has thus far reported just
over $1 million in cash and in-kind
contributions and has reported
spending about half a million,
according to filings with the Oregon
Secretary of State’s office.
The pro-labeling campaign
shows $1.9 million in contributions
and expenditures of $1.6 million.
These donations and
expenditures are from a month ago
because the campaigns have 30
days to make reports.
In both California and
Washington state, biotech and
other giant food companies vastly
outspent opponents — a factor
most experts agree helped defeat
those measures. In both cases, the
measures were defeated by about 2
percentage points.
The anti-labeling campaign
spent about $45.6 million in
California, compared to $8.7
million by labeling supporters.
In Washington state, where the
ballot contest went on record as the
costliest in state history, opponents
spent $33.3 million, compared to
$9.8 million collected by the pro-
labeling groups.
In Oregon, the labeling issue
isn’t new. In 2002, voters soundly
defeated a GMO labeling measure.
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But the attention to GMO’s has
grown since then, as has opposition
to genetically engineered crops in
Oregon.
Earlier this year, voters in
two rural, conservative counties in
southern Oregon — Jackson and
Josephine — approved bans on
GMO crops. The vote came on the
heels of the discovery of a patch
of GMO wheat in Eastern Oregon.
That discovery led to Japan and
South Korea suspending imports
of the crop over GMO concerns,
temporarily closing a $700 million
market and causing outcry and
concern among farmers.
Labeling proponents say that
could help turn the tide in Oregon.
Ads released by both sides feature
Oregon farmers, a tell-tale sign of
their importance to the measure’s
fate.
Supporters say labels would
help family farmers by “letting
people know the difference between
the traditional food we grow and
food genetically engineered in a
lab.” Opponents say labels would
hurt farmers, because “the last thing
we need is a bunch of complex,
costly regulations that don’t exist in
any other states.”
Labeling proponents also say
they’ve learned from pro-labeling
campaigns in California and
Washington.
“We’ve tightened the language
in Measure 92 so the opposition
can’t make the same misleading
claims they did in both those
states,” including making clear
that labeling applies only to food
meant for human consumption and
increasing protections for farmers,
campaign spokesman Kevin Glenn
said.
The campaign is also focusing
more on knocking on doors and
registering new voters, Glenn
said. The approach seems to be
working: The coalition has received
donations from nearly 3,000
Oregon donors. Its extensive list of
endorsements includes nearly 100
farms and farming organizations,
as well as dozens of restaurants,
grocers, chefs and other groups.
Opponents call the measure
badly written. It would not, for
example, require labels for meat
and dairy products from animals
fed genetically engineered feed.
They also say consumers who wish
to avoid GMOs already have the
choice to buy organic foods.
“This measure provides
inaccurate and misleading
information, and doesn’t tell
consumers what’s in the food,” said
Dana Bieber, spokeswoman for the
Vote NO on 92 Coalition.
The anti-labeling side has not
released a full list of endorsers.
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