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Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, Ore. Wednesday, February 22, 2017
The buck stopped here: by Robert Hirning
There were shops in Cave
Junction that you wouldn’t go
in because it was sure to be an
embarrassing hassle, and then
there were those you shouldn’t
go in because you could get
hurt. Of the former category
were establishments where no
one would meet your gaze, let
alone speak to you. Typically
the only communication
from behind the counter was
“No” even before you asked
a question, thus ending the
encounter summarily. Most
of the stores, eateries, and,
of course, the movie theater
hung signs in their windows
discouraging “hippy”
patronage. These were the
“We do not solicit…” placards
which were sold by the Illinois
Valley Betterment Committee
for 50 cents. This all would
have been laughable if the
spirit was not so ominous.
(Three notable exceptions:
Hammers Market, Taylor’s
Sausage and The Pizza Deli,
now Wild River, made it
clear that all were welcome
and would not go along with
the Betterment Committee’s
foolishness. The latter two
continue today as very
successful businesses.) Then
there were establishments that
no hippy dared enter for fear of
serious bodily injury. Certain
taverns such as Carl’s Ritz
(now the “The G Spot”) in
Kerby, sometimes the old saw
shop on Caves Highway, and
always the Siskiyou Market
were on the “danger, do not
enter” list. (The latter was a
former management, certainly
not the present day owners.)
In the spring of 1973
the local Forest Service
Ranger, John Hoffman,
realized that the “Counter
Culture” community out in
Takilma contained a huge
untapped reserve of young,
strong workers. Although
PATROL
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*The driver of a silver-colored
Honda was warned for expired
registration and failure to carry
proof of insurance at 12:30 p.m.
at 138 S. Hussey Avenue. He
explained that he had just purchased
the Honda, and would be taking
care of those things.
*Law enforcement patrolled the
area near MP 5 on Westside Road at
1 p.m.
*A deputy checked Airport
some work- ethic issues were
bound to come up, Ranger
Hoffman sent out the word
that he was planning the
formation of a 40 person fire
suppression crew and would
like to meet, at a location
of our choosing in Takilma,
with anyone interested in
signing up. Wow! Now this
was a big deal. For the first
time, a major organization
in the Illinois Valley had
connected with us on a level
of some equality and even
insinuated that we might have
a permanent, productive future
living here. The response was
overwhelming. Way over 40
young men squeezed into a
small cabin and listened as
the Ranger hatched his plan.
A small group was chosen to
set up the crew roster and this
was headed by a guy who had
rehire rights from a summer
job back east (that would be
this writer). As April turned to
Drive and Seats Dam at 1:34 p.m.
*At 2:03 p.m. a motorist in a
black pickup truck was stopped near
the intersection of W. River Street
and N. Kerby Avenue. He was cited
through Cave Junction Municipal
Court for operating without
privileges, failure to carry proof of
insurance, and warned for improper
display.
*Everything was fine in the
3200 block of Waldo Road at 2:15
p.m.
*JCSO will conduct further
investigation following a traffic stop
behind a storage unit at 283 Hanby
Lane at 2:43 p.m.
*A poky driver on E. River
Street and Shadowbrook Drive was
warned for impeding the flow of
traffic at 4:09 p.m.
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*A burglary occurred during the
last three months in the 5400 block
of Westside Road, and $5,000 worth
of tools were taken. A log splitter
was one of the items reported
missing at 9:11 a.m.
*A fellow in a green overcoat,
yellow gloves and a cowboy hat
was drinking a beer as he strutted
through a store in the 300 block
of Caves Hwy. at 9:33 a.m. He
threatened to rip out someone’s
heart, and he was trying to pick
fights with customers. Then he
threw a bottle at one of the coolers.
Michael Terry Grunwald, 61, was
Illinois Valley Little League
2017 registrations
May the names and numbers
of the players began to take
shape. What the Forest Service
needed first was a BD crew;
“BD” standing for Brush
Disposal and actually meaning
Slash Burning. Since the Fire
Control honchos got points
and promotions based on tons
of slash disposed, a large crew,
hired to pile slash by hand
or help burn 50 acre clear
cuts, was what they needed
as soon as possible. Once fire
season was in full swing the
crew could then be called on
a moment’s notice for initial
attack or mop-up work in what
was looking to be a bad fire
year.
The first days of sign-up
were like the Army trying to
recruit a band of wild Gypsies.
Takilma’s rag-tag gang of
long hairs straggled into the
Ranger Station to be issued
hard hats and yellow fire shirts
in trade for names and Social
detained at Josephine County Jail
for second-degree criminal trespass,
third-degree criminal mischief, and
third-degree theft.
*At 11:16 a.m., a deputy
checked the Lake Selmac area.
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*Twenty-two incidents.
Friday, Feb. 17
*At 1:45 a.m. a jerk was
banging on windows and ramming
a door of a home in the 1800 block
of Laurel Road. In the past, he dated
the daughter of the home owner,
and somehow Prince Harming
believed that threatening her mother
would be the magic potion for them
to reunite.
*There was a ruckus in the cul-
de-sac in the 100 block of Jonathan
Court, and a red Dodge Ram long-
bed pickup truck was left behind,
per a report received at 9:53 a.m.
The truck had a white hood but no
license plates.
*A panic alarm was activated in
the 5600 block of Deer Creek Road
at 10:23 a.m., but the home owner
provided the correct code.
*A fugitive from Oklahoma
was apprehended in the 100 block
of Hogue Drive at 10:36 a.m. Chase
Douglas Cavaness, 33, was arrested
on a felony warrant for failure to
comply with drug court, and was
detained at Josephine County Jail
pending extradition.
*At 12:49 p.m. a young guy
wearing purple sweat pants and
white shorts was caught in the act
B ingo
for
of burglarizing a building in the 300
block of Caves Hwy. The thief, who
was adorned in a white hoodie with
a hat on top, headed towards Jubilee
Park with a backpack full of stolen
property. His idea of a disguise
was to throw his hat in a dumpster.
(Because the purple pants blend.)
He was carrying a knife and metal
bar, and appeared to be high on
meth. He was gone upon arrival of
law enforcement.
*JCSO attempted to deliver a
restraining order to an individual in
the 8600 block of Takilma Road at
12:50 p.m.
*A gal in the 900 block of
Westside Road received a phone
call from a con artist who said he
kidnapped her daughter at 1:31 p.m.
He used extreme profanity, then
hung up on his intended victim.
The woman was referred to the
Department of Justice.
*Between 4-10 p.m. on Feb.
16, a poor sport broke a Bally video
lottery machine at 33105 Redwood
Hwy. The bartender was advised
by JCSO to notify the Oregon State
Lottery, who told her to file a report
with the Josephine County Police
Department.
*At 2:14 p.m. a resident in the
4400 block of Dick George Road
asked for a deputy’s signature,
which he needed to send to his safe
company to reset his combination. A
supervisor at JCSO stated that they
were unable to assist due to liability
reasons.
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Security numbers; some of
which may have actually been
factual. The first day of work
was announced and all hands
were expected to show up at
8 a.m. sharp or be left behind.
Considering the paucity of
working vehicles and alarm
clocks it’s amazing that a
large crew actually showed
up on time. As anyone who
has worked for the Forest
Service knows, it is absolutely
imperative to climb into a rig
and be out of the yard by 8:05;
anyone still hanging around
at 8:06 is considered a slacker
and subject to demerit. This
always led to a mad scramble,
akin to a Mexican bus station,
to get out on the highway as
soon as possible, but once at
safe distance from the Ranger
Station a leisurely “store stop”
was usually in order.
This brings the story
back to the Siskiyou Market
for here is where the USFS
regular crews had stopped for
snacks since time immemorial.
Not even realizing the anti-
hippy undercurrent about the
place, the honchos, driving the
half dozen rigs filled with the
“Takilma Fire Department,”
pulled right into the parking
area as they did every day.
Long hair cascading out
from under shinny hard hats,
unfurling across yellow shirts,
the entire crew got out and
headed for the door. From
somewhere within, a hand
appeared at the window and
snatched the “We Do Not
Solicit ‘Hippy’ Patronage”
sign and whisked it away.
Somehow the prospect of
selling 30 to 40 extra bags
of Doritos and Snickers bars
trumped the bigotry and
probable loss of future Forest
Service “store stops.” Dollars,
it seems, always prevails over
doctrine.
*Sixteen listings.
Saturday, Feb. 18
*Notification was received at
9:55 p.m. on Feb. 17 regarding a
deceased person in the 4500 block
of Dick George Road.
*A Nissan Altima painted red
and rattle-can gray was recovered
from the 4400 block of Rockydale
Road at 12:05 p.m. The tow
company worked with an excavator
to retrieve the Nissan from its
resting place.
*A gal complained that a man
in a pickup truck told her she was
trespassing, then he shoved and
assaulted her. It turned out that she
was on private property in the 1900
block of Lakeshore Drive, and since
there really were trespass notices
posted, she will not be returning to
that location.
*Campers at Little Falls
Trailhead Campground had
outstayed their welcome at 2:51
p.m. They were warned for 14-day
stay limit, and advised to be gone
from the area by Feb. 25.
*Clear photos were taken of
two trespassers in the 20000 block
of Lakeshore Drive at 1 p.m. on
Feb. 18. The recently purchased
private property is clearly posted in
multiple areas.
*The resident in the 9300 block
of Takilma Road registered the
usual noise complaint regarding a
large bass drum, this time between
2-10 p.m. on Feb. 17.
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