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Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, Ore. Wednesday, May 4, 2016
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Not all high school competitions involve
skills and brawn. A few, such as the annual
Academic Masters celebrate talent and brains,
and there was plenty to admire last week.
The 33rd annual Academic Masters
competition took place April 28 at Grants Pass
High School. The competition features five
students from each of the county’s four high
schools.
Each school selects their team from a
larger group of 20 to 50 or more students
through testing. Over the three decades of
the competition, over 3,000 students have
competed in one or more of the five disciplines
for the honor of representing their school.
I.V. High School (IVHS) students worked
toward the competition for months, competing
first within IVHS for the honor of representing
the school against the other three public high
schools. Total scores include a semi-finalist
written exam conducted by Rogue Community
College, together with results of the final
contest.
During the night of the competition,
the students gave presentations before an
audience and music performances were
scattered throughout the evening. Nathan
Klaiss performed a piece on the baritone horn.
Together with his other scores, he won third
place and $500.
The other four
competitors were each
given 30 minutes to
answer a question or
solve a problem. The
2016 competition also
resulted in a third place
award in English for
Skyla Patton along with
Nathan Klaiss a $500 prize.
In advance of the competition, the
English students were required to read “Mink
River” by Brian Doyle, set in a small fictional
town on the Oregon coast. They were asked
to choose between discussing the function
of magical realism in the novel or choosing
a character and discussing the character’s
development throughout the novel.
IVHS
girls’
basketball
standout
Kynan Nordal
won $300
and fourth
place in math.
The problem
the math
students were
Kynan Nordal
given was a
hypothetical
situation in which the government needs to
crack the pass code on a smartphone. They
were then given a series of math problems
including calculating how long it would take
to crack the code if there were only six digits
versus 11 digits, six digits combining alpha-
numeric code or how long it would take if
fingerprints were included, factoring in 50,000
PATROL ...
Continued from A-7
Saturday, April 30
*The new owners of property in the
100 block of Hogue Drive did not realize
that Robert Crow was part of the package
deal. Crow has been squatting at that site for
several years, and doesn’t intend to leave
now. The involuntary landlord was advised
regarding his options because this is a civil
matter.
*At 1:14 p.m. it sounded like a dog was
being killed or had been hit by a vehicle,
because it could be heard howling and
screaming in pain from the 24300 block of
Redwood Hwy. Oregon State Police handled
the incident.
*Normal conversation was heard from a
911-call at 2:22 p.m. from the 200 block of N.
Redwood Hwy.
*Another pocket-dial came in at 5:30
p.m. from Deer Creek Road.
Outside the Valley
*Fifteen items.
Sunday, May 1
*A 1995 Toyota T100 truck with a bright
blue flame logo was stolen overnight from the
26500 block of Redwood Hwy. The bed of
the truck held $5,000 worth of construction
tools, including various saws, ladders, drills,
hammers, a compressor and a chop saw stand.
The truck was recovered near Rockydale
Road and Waldo Road – there was no mention
in the logs of the status of the tools.
*At 10:39 a.m. there was a fight in
progress when an out of control grandson
decided to hurt the caretaker in the 300 block
of S. Caves Avenue. Reports were filed for
first-degree attempted burglary, second-
degree criminal mischief, fourth-degree
assault, harassment and strangulation. Once
the family realized their transportation was
missing from their driveway, unauthorized
use of a motor vehicle was added to the list of
charges.
options.
Chase
Nelson won
fourth place
in science and
a $300 prize
for answering
the questions:
“What is a gene?
Where are genes
Skyla Patton
expressed in the
body? What is the science behind genetic
testing? What are the pros and cons of
knowing the information that testing can reveal
to us?”
Quinn
Dietz again
competed
for IVHS in
social studies
and won $500
for his third
place finish.
He and the
Quinn Dietz
other three social
studies competitors were asked to compare and
contrast the Black Plague with flu pandemic
of 1918 in terms of the medical, political and
psychological effects on society and then
speculate on the effect of an equally serious
pandemic if it were to occur today.
Three Rivers School Board member Kate
Dwyer stated, “This is an amazing competition
that is completely unique. We have researched
this and there’s nothing comparable anywhere
else in the country. Originally, there was only
one school district in Josephine County. This
is a wonderful opportunity to bring the two
school districts back together. I wouldn’t
miss Academic Masters for the world and
encourage everyone to take the opportunity to
experience this awesome free event.”
Chase Nelson
A booklet is printed each year listing
the first place winners for every year of the
competition dating back to 1984 when local
civic leaders Phil Paquin and Dr. Robert
Ballantyne decided to find a way to reward
academic excellence. Many individuals
and businesses contribute to the cash prizes
awarded to the finalists.
Over the past 14 years, Grants Pass
High School has won the team award 12
times, including this year. While their school
enrollment has hovered around 2,000 students,
fourth place finisher IVHS, with a student
enrollment averaging 350 tied GPHS for first
place in 2014 and won the team award in 2015.
The program also awards a prize to the
school with the most representatives in the
audience and IVHS won the participation
award both this year and last year.
*Josephine County Department of Roads
and Transportation were notified at 11:41 a.m.
that the stop sign needed to be reset at Waldo
Road and Rockydale Road.
*For the last few months, a woman
had been storing a bus and two trailers on
property in the 3600 block of Lakeshore
Drive. When she went to retrieve them, she
was confronted by a man in his 60s sitting
in the driveway with a small handgun in his
lap. The property owner stated that he is
holding the bus, trailer, motorcycles and rafts
as collateral for a $7,000 loan. This case may
need to be settled in civil court since there are
no witnesses to the loan agreement.
*A poor excuse for a man held a gun to
a girl’s head, and threatened to stab her and
bury her on property in the 4100 block of
Deer Creek Road. OSP caught up with the
maniac, and a stolen Taurus .22 long rifle
revolver was recovered 50 yards away from
the residence. At 1:55 p.m. Chance Elliott
Johnson, 24, was detained at Josephine
County Jail for menacing, unlawful use of
a weapon, and a warrant from Del Norte
County charging probation violation for
burglary. Johnson was also warned regarding
trespassing at that location.
*At 2:18 p.m. an elderly man was passed
out in the driver’s side of a black sports
vehicle. When a Good Samaritan checked on
him, he said he was OK and headed to CJ.
OSP were unable to respond because they
were dealing with a felony traffic stop.
*All that could be heard on the 911-call
was someone yelling at another person in the
27800 block of Redwood Hwy. at 3:27 p.m.
*A loony lady with longer dark hair
tried to break into a house in the 7300 block
of Rockydale Road at 3:52 p.m. She gouged
up the back door trying to pry it open, then
she jumped into a white-colored car and fled
towards CJ.
*The roadway was blocked at 6:25
p.m. at milepost 24 on Hwy. 199 following
a rollover crash. One reckless driver was in
custody following the high-speed chase.
Outside the Valley
*Ten incidents logged.