Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, Ore. Wednesday, May 3, 2017
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For my home, the added
tax to fund the jail will cost
me less than one dollar per day
and a few more per day for my
business property. I feel that
this is a tax that is worth every
penny. I hope that an equitable
and more permanent funding
solution for our sheriff’s office
can be found very soon. But
in the meantime, I think we
all better consider kicking in a
little for them now. We have to
keep strong pressure on those
people in our society who wish
to steal from those of us that
work for a living. Those of us
that try to make our community
an enjoyable and safe place to
live.
Scott Taylor
Cave Junction
Dear Editor,
When you look at the
evidence of all the vandalism
and petty thievery in Cave
Junction, it does not take a
rocket scientist to see that
its being done by a small
group of local teens. To local
government, if they get these
tax levies passed it could add
up to millions of dollars a year
of property tax hikes, not only
in Josephine County but other
counties around the state and
country. The last thing they
want to do is stop or control
these local teenage boys. It’s a
scare tactic that just may work.
Local government does
have the money for a pro-
active night watch security
patrol and a couple guard dogs.
To patrol the streets from 10
p.m. to 7 a.m. to control and
stop vandalism, petty theft and
robbery. For the cost of one
$110,000 daytime patrolling
sheriff at least nine night watch
patrolmen could be paid for a
year with money left-over for a
couple guard dogs.
That will stop the mischief.
There will always be new
teenagers acting out. That’s
no reason to let them get away
with it. You just need someone
there to stop it. Property crime
is not a low priority crime.
It’s the crime that funds local
government, insurance, hard
drugs, murder and mayhem.
Local neighborhood
watches are doing the best they
can but they should be paid
something for their time. Also
be given proper authority and at
least a badge.
The good citizens are
being treated as modern day
serfs. They just do not have
the money for a high priced
bankrupt government system.
Throwing more and more
money at a broken government
is not going to make it work.
More expensive does not mean
better. An expensive highly
regulated cooperate police
system is not freedom. Just vote
no more taxes.
Mark Wichers
Cave Junction
To: Editor I.V. News
When we call 911 for
help and protection we need
someone to respond. If Measure
17-80 does not pass, the Sheriff
will not respond after June 30,
2017. There will be no deputies
available. The jail levy will
allow for county sheriff patrols
and will be a funding bridge to
support the Sheriff Department
for 5 years. Our families,
schools, and businesses need a
safe community to thrive and
prosper. According to recent
I.V. Community Strategic Plan
surveys “Public safety” is the
number one concern of Illinois
Valley residents. Please say yes
to Measures 17-78 and 17-80
to make our community a safe
place to live, work, and play.
Menno Kraai
Cave Junction
Oregon Caves Outfitters
International judges
condemn Monsanto:
On October 15 and 16,
2016, five judges, highly
experienced in international
law, presided over a tribunal
(court of justice ) in The Hague,
Netherlands. These judges came
from Canada, Mexico, Senegal,
Belgium and Argentina. Each
judge has had a very successful
career and all are held in high
esteem. Evidence surrounding
Monsanto’s business practices
and Monsanto’s effect on the
world was examined. There
were 28 witnesses presenting
evidence. The evidence was
examined and debated by the
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judges for six months.
The finding of the tribunal
were: Monsanto has engaged in
practices that have violated the
basic human right to a healthy
environment, the right to food,
the right to health, and the right
of scientists to freely conduct
indispensable research. http://
www.monsanto-tribunal.org/
upload/asset_cache/189791450.
pdf
About 3 weeks ago,
evidence was disclosed that a
previous Assistant Director of
the Environmental Protection
Agency, Jess Rowland, appears
to have been working directly
with Monsanto to hide scientific
evidence from us.
On April 20, 2017 it
was disclosed that Dow
Chemical is pressuring the
Trump administration to
ignore voluminous scientific
evidence on 3 pesticides they
produce. This evidence had
already been accepted by the
Environmental Protection
Agency. (Dow contributed
$1,000,000 to Trump’s
inaugural ball.) A United States
ban on these pesticides was
being seriously considered
because they have been shown
to be so harmful. They are
banned in other countries.
One of them, chlorpyrifos, has
been shown to interfere with
the development of children’s
brains, your children’s and
grand children’s brains are not
immune, damaging the brains
and causing mental disabilities.
To the Editor:
I encourage everyone to
vote for Measure 17-78 for the
Illinois Valley Fire District.
Consider all the emergencies,
large and small, that the
firefighters of IVFD help
residents of the Illinois Valley
with - averaging more than 100
calls a month.
They respond to everything
from babies getting born,
those deceased, to everything
in between. From helping
paramedics to lift a patient,
to wild fires, structure fires,
traffic accidents, every kind
of illness, injury, trauma,
allergic reactions, overdoses,
dog bites, snake bites, trees
falling on powerlines or in the
road, people falling off cliffs,
roofs and horses, and children
who wandered off and can’t be
found. We need more full time
fire fighters; they are truly the
first line of protection and care
in our valley. They deserve
our support for the incredible
service they render to all of us
here.
And every penny from
the measure stays right in the
valley and goes only to the
Fire District for the purpose of
serving us, the public.
Thank you,
P. Kisiela
Cave Junction
Dr. Paul Goff
O’Brien
The Archive Zone Best of the Blotter: by Hillary Mohr from the Illinois Valley News archives
FREEZE! Drop what you are doing! We
have a warrant for your attention, and we are
going to enforce it now with this week’s, brand
new, Police Blotter Archive Zone! The Date:
May 12, 1993. Location: Cave Junction and
the Illinois Valley.
Sunday, May 2
*On Warren Road a woman reported
someone fired a gun for 30 minutes. She was
advised it’s not illegal to discharge firearms
on private property. * When a woman returned
to her car at 5 p.m. after she had been in a
grocery store in CJ, her mother, who had been
in the vehicle, was gone. She was located at
a friend’s house at 9:15 p.m. Everyone was
counseled.
Monday, May 3
*A “very friendly” cockatoo named
“Casper,” valued at $2,000, was reported
missing from the 27000 block of Redwood
Highway.
Tuesday, May 4
*At 10:09 a.m. a man said that two
unshaven men were watching a residence near
Jubilee Park and that they’d been there since
about 7 a.m. He said one might have a gun. It
turned out to be two men waiting for the Adult
& Family Services office to open.
Wednesday, May 5
*In Grants Pass officers arrested a
hair dresser who apparently was using his
apartment for hair-styling customers, and to
deal drugs. JOINT and other officers seized
methamphetamine and marijuana. The suspect
was identified as Michael G. Belkin, 30.
*After a man reported a large object wrapped
in plastic that had a bad odor on Old Hayes
Hill Road, a deputy checked. He reported that
the material consisted of building debris and
that there was no odor.
Thursday, May 6
*Theft of trees in the 5000 block of
Takilma Road was termed unfounded.
Friday, May 7
*A man on Kirkham Road thought his
phone was being tapped.
Saturday, May 8
*A woman on Crooks Creek Road said
that another woman hit her in the jaw and one
ear.
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KARAOKE
Wednesdays
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Wednesdays
$5 Drop-in
6:15-7:15 pM
at Healthy U
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KARAOKE
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Friday, May 5 @ 9 p.m
Saturday the 6th @ 6 p.m.
Saturday Pool Tourney @ 7
Every Wednesday
Open MIC Night
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Fridays @ 6 p.m.
Free pool on Sundays
Sportsman
Tavern
The
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Hump day Karoke
w/ Jammer Dave
8 - midnight
Open Mic
w/ B
Thurdsays @ 7
Cinco de Mayo specials
Cinco de Mayo
Dawna Crocker &
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Friday, May 5 at
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@
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