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Wellen top graduating
senior in math at Worcester
Polytechnic Institute (WPI)
2013 IVHS graduate Natalie Wellen (left)
and U.S. Senator Ron Wyden Wednesday
April 26. Wellen along with 60 college
students nationwide went to visit congress.
The following is from an interview with
Wellen by WPI for being the top math student:
Why did you pick the branch of science
you are in?
“The first reason I chose to study mathematics
was because I found it fun and relaxing. As I continued
to study it though, I fell in love with what I recently
heard described as ‘the unreasonable effectiveness of
mathematics.’ I love how mathematics can be used to
take something complicated in the world and create
models that help us understand some of the simple
factors that lead to complex results.”
What are the biggest misperceptions
people have about scientists?
“I think one of the biggest misperceptions
people have is that scientists work alone or don’t
prefer to be social. This is very wrong. In the field of
mathematics people enjoy getting to know one another
at conferences and working together on research
problems. Just browsing through journal articles one
sees that there are often multiple authors, and the same
person will often work with a wide variety of other
researchers.”
What’s something you do that reminds
you that you are an #ActualLivingScientist?
“Right now I am working on my senior research
project where I am trying to make a model of a
financial trading system to determine if our financial
regulations work the way we expect. Being able to
take something we have very little information on and
figuring out how to make useful predictions reminds
me how amazing it is to be an #actuallivingscientist.”
I am a scientist and I......
Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, Ore. Wednesday, May 3, 2017
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*A shady motorist ducked down a
driveway in the 6000 block of Rockydale
Road at 2:18 p.m. The home owner
allowed the deputy to search their
property, but not their house.
*JCSO provided community
oriented policing (COP) service at 202 S.
Redwood Hwy. at 2:50 p.m.
*At 3:41 p.m. a fellow was driving
through an easement at his property
in the 3300 block of Rockydale Road
when he encountered a chap driving a
tractor and dumping root balls. When
the fellow stated that he was going to
call law enforcement because the chap
was trespassing, the other guy threw his
phone in the mud. Then he kneed him
in the head and hit his head against the
window. Both parties gave conflicting
stories to the deputy, so there was not
enough evidence to prove a crime. There
was no serious injury, and it appeared to
be mutual combat, so they were advised
to go through civil court for property
disputes.
*Neighbors in the 4700 block of
Holland Loop were bothering nearby
residents by shooting firearms throughout
the day and in the early morning hours.
The gunfire was tagged as beyond
available resources (BAR) by JCSO. The
citizen was advised to call back if she
was being threatened, or if the shooting
was indeed putting people at risk of
injury or death.
*Department of Motor Vehicles
could not locate records regarding new
license plates on a vehicle that was pulled
over by a deputy in the 300 block of
Stevenson Street at 4:48 p.m.
*A motorist in a white Toyota
Camry was warned for no blinker in the
200 block of Stevenson Street at 4:53
p.m.
*At 5 p.m. a driver near the
intersection of Terrace Drive and S.
Junction Avenue was cited for driving on
a suspended license. He was warned for
defective lighting, failure to obey a traffic
control device, and no proof of insurance
or registration.
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*Twenty-seven entries.
“question the world I live in.”
How do you hope your scientific
contributions will impact the world?
“My dream job is to work in public policy. I
want to use the mathematics I have learned and will
learn to create models so that we know what kinds of
regulations best meet our goals.”
How has WPI prepared you to become
an #ActualLivingScientist?
“I have met so many amazing professors and
students at WPI who have helped me learn and grow
as a mathematician and a human being. Further, WPI
has already given me a chance to start living my dream
because the research I am working on is modeling a
part of the financial sector to test our public policies
and see how they work.”
Thursday, April 27
*A child phoned 911 from the 100
block of N. Old Stage Road at 12:11 p.m.
The mother was counseled to remove the
battery from the phone, rather than tying
up a 911 line.
*At 4:21 p.m. a 40 or 50-year-old
guy had been lying in the empty lot at
406 S. Redwood Hwy. for about an hour,
but no one wanted to go check on him.
Illinois Valley Fire District responded,
only to find that he was just sleeping.
*SOS reported an alarm at a
marijuana grow site in the 5100 block of
Caves Hwy. at 5:48 p.m. It was logged as
BAR.
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*Twenty-three incidents.
Friday, April 28
*At 3:04 p.m. a menacing incident
was reported involving neighbors in the
1100 block of Dick George Road. The
disturbance apparently started the night
before when a woman threw a knife
across a fence at a guy in the 5100 block
of Holland Loop. He was struck in the
leg, but did not get cut because the knife
handle hit him. The next day she had
another knife, and was also pointing a
gun at a church and a neighbor who was
mowing her lawn. A deputy warned them
all to leave each other alone, and advised
them of their additional options. (Plastic
cutlery?)
*The guy in the 5100 block of
Holland Loop who claimed he was
hit with a knife, allegedly represented
himself as law enforcement. When a
deputy contacted him during the event,
the fellow had a pair of kid’s handcuffs
attached to his belt buckle. He was
warned for impersonating a police officer.
*SOS reported an alarm at 5:24
p.m. in the 5400 block of Thompson
Creek Road.
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*Fifteen listings.
Saturday, April 29
*At 9:04 a.m., an alarm was
activated at Wheels A Turnin Garden
Supply in the 900 block of Caves Hwy.
*Nothing unusual could be heard
during a 911 call from the 100 block of
Patton Bar Road at 9:44 a.m.
*Lake Selmac was patrolled at
10:21 a.m.
*Two canines were attacking a pig
in the 23000 block of Redwood Hwy. at
12:24 p.m. Animal Control was advised.
*Two months ago, someone left a
vehicle on a friend’s property in the 1700
block of Lone Mountain Road, but never
returned. The vehicle was not listed as
stolen, so it was suggested that the land
owner have it towed if not claimed.
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*Nineteen items.
Sunday, April 30
*An alarm was triggered at 9:24
a.m. in an exterior seed shed in the 400
block of Caves Hwy.
*A youngster in the 4000 block of
Dick George Road was playing with a
telephone at 10:08 a.m., and dialed 911.
There was no emergency.
*The driver of a gold-colored
Toyota Tundra was warned for speeding
and failure to carry registration at 10:26
a.m. near Redwood Hwy. and Gold
Canyon Drive.
*A motorist in a white Nissan Versa
was warned for speeding on Redwood
Hwy. near Wild Park Lane at 10:34 a.m.
*A white Grand Am was parked
halfway into the street near Shadowbrook
Drive and E. River Street at 11:14 a.m.
DMV records provided the address of the
car’s owner, and he was advised to move
his vehicle.
*At 11:28 a.m. a deputy contacted a
dude near the skate park at Jubilee Park.
*JCSO patrolled Jubilee Park at
11:32 a.m. The occupant of a Dodge
minivan was OK, but then a suspect fled
on a quad towards Lorna Byrne Middle
School. A deputy located the quad, which
had been stolen from the 200 block of
S. Kerby Avenue, and returned it to the
rightful owner.
*A deputy did not find who he was
looking for at 12:39 p.m. in the 100 block
of Dogwood Lane.
*A gal was driving a black sedan
with no front license plate at 12:52 p.m.
at the end of S. Old Stage Road, but she
was OK other than that.
*A motorist was collared for a
defective windshield at 12:54 p.m. near
Caves Hwy. and Dogwood Lane.
*JCSO deputies were out with two
people on a golf cart at 1:03 p.m. at St.
Matthias Episcopal Church.
*A devious driver ducked into the
Shop Smart Food Warehouse parking lot
at 1:41 p.m.
*The operator of a black Land
Rover was pulled over at 112 S.
Redwood Hwy. at 1:46 p.m. He was cited
for driving with a suspended license and
failure to carry proof of insurance. He
was warned for no front license plate and
failure to carry proof of registration.
*COP service was provided at 130
N. Redwood Hwy. at 2 p.m.
*Three teens were spotted running
through the football and soccer fields of
Evergreen Elementary School after an
alarm sounded at 3:24 p.m. There was an
open door in a back building used for the
Illinois Valley Branch of the Boys and
Girls Club of Rogue Valley.
*At 3:55 p.m. a deputy talked
with three teenaged gals in the 100
block of Ollis Road, regarding the
alarm at Evergreen Elementary School.
One juvenile claimed that she and her
friends checked the door because it did
not appear completely secure, which
resulted in the activation of the alarm.
The incident appeared accidental, but a
deputy made it quite clear that if anything
turned up missing, he would be in further
contact.
*A motorist in a black Honda Civic
was warned for not wearing a seatbelt
at 5:03 p.m. on Caves Hwy. near N. Old
Stage Road.
*JCSO hooked a criminal at SE
Fork Bridge at 5:35 p.m. Cody Lee
Weaver, 26, was detained at Josephine
County Jail for state-wide felony
warrants. He was charged with failure
to appear for possession of meth, and
resisting arrest.
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*Fifteen items.
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