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Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, Ore. Wednesday, February 1, 2017
SAFETY
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SPORTS
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Public safety challenges are different for Chief Hoke;
often IVFD is called to situations where they can’t go in to
help an injured person because a crime scene is not contained
by law enforcement which can cause a fatal delay in an
emergency “It’s frustrating to responders, because they want
to respond. It is in our nature to treat people; we want to go
in the front door and do what we are supposed to do to save
someone’s life. It is really hard when we are sitting in the
parking lot waiting for someone to respond.”
When Resenbrink asked the panel how residents
could address the public safety problems, they all agreed that
neighborhood watch groups were essential.
“We need to have neighborhood watches collaborate,”
Evans further explained, “A larger portion of the community
needs to get involved, but we have problems getting and
maintaining volunteers to improve the communication
between neighborhood watch groups.”
And when the question about possible solutions to
public safety was asked, Evans was adamant about the need
for the Illinois Valley to pass a levy. “I wholeheartedly support
a levy…we need to get a levy passed,” Evans said, and then
explained how worried he was seeing new faces in town late
at night when he patrolled and how the thieves knew there
were no consequences for their crimes.
Without a levy passing Evans mentioned we needed
low cost solutions like a “receivership program to move drug
dealers, which are often found in abandoned houses, out of
town.”
Mollette shared that she was having to rely on
neighbors and staff in emergencies concerning domestic
violence issues at her building and that this was not a long-
term solution.
“Law enforcement is essential for buy-in to a
community. It takes a whole system, including jails, probation
officers, courts and prosecutors to make the system work,”
said Mollette.
Gillette shared the written feedback from the audience
and it was found that many of the participants in the audience
would be willing to give money amounts for law enforcement
between the amounts of $100 - $600 or they would be willing
to pay a sales, property or public safety district tax.
Other ideas shared included working closer to
and building trust with law enforcement; working on
homelessness and mental health issues; identifying at-risk
youth and providing community programs; increasing
volunteers for neighborhood watches; and raising money for
police officers and patrol cars in Cave Junction with a tax
district.
According to Gillette, public input and results from the
workshop will be passed on to the Cave Junction City Council
and the Josephine County Commissioners.
“You can make a few bucks here and
there but it’s more for the love of the game,”
Folliard stated, regarding the profitability of the
profession. Hard numbers for payment depend
on tier of play. Freshmen games pay $45 and
varsity pays $65—plus mileage. No education
level is required but there are background
checks that need to be passed in order to
officiate.
According to Folliard all sports are down
about the same percentage of officials and the
problem stretches all over the state. However,
BILL
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“I’m not going to
impede an employer’s right to
terminate an employee under
current law. I don’t plan to
the state is not losing officials at a higher
rate than usual;it’s just natural attrition
as the average age is currently 47 years
old and there’s not enough new people
getting into the profession.“I’ve been
doing it for a lot of years and I’ve got
lifelong close friends that I only would
have developed from officiating,”
Folliard said of the joy and fruitfulness
he found in the profession.
The readers who are interested
in becoming sports officials can visit
Oreofficials.org and browse local
associations to find out if the sport
they wish to officiate needs additional
manpower.
support changing current
law,” Oregon Representative
Carl Wilson said when
questioned about the changes.
Unfortunately, he had nothing
more to say on the matter at
this time. However, from a
more local perspective, Sonny
Hughey, assistant manager
ROOF
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Strayer is the chief grant writer for the
museum and hopes to be able to complete
the capital campaign through additional
foundation grants but he emphasized that
winning grants is never guaranteed and that
tax deductible contributions are still urgently
needed.
The Roof Sponsorship Program’s three
levels of support are $50 to $99 for Bronze,
$100 to $199 for Silver and donations of
$200 and over for Gold. All donations
of Shop Smart in Cave
Junction, said when
questioned about the
changes to the bill that,
“I don’t think it’ll affect
us too much if it does
pass,” and added, “I
personally don’t have
anything against it.”
over $50 are acknowledged with
certificates of appreciation.
Community members are invited
to send their checks, payable to
“Kerbyville Museum Roof Project” to
Kerbyville Museum, P.O. Box 3003,
Kerby, OR 97531-3003.
The museum board is in the
process of planning additional
fundraising activities.
The annual Heritage Day free
event for Evergreen Elementary fourth
grade students will be March 22 and
the museum will reopen for the tourist
season in April.
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Other services they
provide include peer
advocacy, follow-up support,
support groups, referrals and
assistance with accessing
other agency services.
In addition, the
IVSHA’s outreach
activities include annual
events commemorating
both Domestic Violence
Awareness Month and
Sexual Violence Awareness
Month. IVSHA also
provides awareness and
prevention efforts that are
directed toward high school
leadership groups and
activities for teens.
One of the IVSHA’s
most recent projects is
“Helping Children exposed
to Batterers,” a 10-week
series of sessions scheduled
for Wednesdays from 11:30
a.m. to 1 p.m. beginning
April 5. The sessions
will be held at Siskiyou
Community Health Center,
25647 Redwood Highway.
To register or for more
information, call Susie at
the above phone number or
email: alliance@ivsha.org.
For further information
about IVSHA funding, you
can call 541-592-5332 and
ask for Susie or Chris or
you can visit publicpolicy@
ncadv.org.
Mallette encourages
those interested in helping
to make VAWA funding
a priority under the new
administration to call
Oregon’s senators and
representatives; their phone
numbers are listed in the
government pages of the
local telephone directory.
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