8A COTTAGE GROVE SENTINEL NOVEMBER 15, 2017
SLRF works to prep for disaster Three dead in Douglas
By Caitlyn May
cmay@cgsentinel.com
South Lane Fire Chief John
Wooten was on the phone with
federal authorities for the better
part of his morning.
It was part of an effort to en-
roll the fi re district in two feder-
al programs meant to streamline
emergency services in the event
of a natural disaster or man-
made crisis that interfers with
communications.
The Government Emergency
Telecommunications Services
would allow the local fi re dis-
trict to utilize their cell phones
in the case of an emergency
without running into busy sig-
nals or dead lines.
"That cell phone becomes a
priority account in the event of
an emergency," Wooten said,
citing last year's ice storm that
rendered local communication
systems useless.
"We couldn't use it for per-
sonal calls but it insures that
our personnel can get calls and
we can get our resources into
place," Wooten said of the plan
that would cost callers 75 cents
per minute.
Similarly, the WTS program
would provide the same service
for landlines, allowing South
Lane County Fire and Rescue to
make calls in case of an emer-
gency.
"The eclipse this past sum-
mer is the perfect example,"
Wooten said. "The phone lines
were jammed and with this pro-
gram we would be able to make
calls."
Emergency personnel are giv-
en a code to use which enables
their phones to operate under
conditions like the ice storm
and eclipse as well as the com-
ing Cascadia Quake.
Joyce
Kevin Wayne Adams
By Caitlyn May
cmay@cgsentinel.com
On November 7
around 8 p.m., a fa-
ther found his foster
son waiting for him
outside their home. In-
side, his wife, daughter
and stepdaughter were
dead. Shot to death.
Kevin Wayne Ad-
ams, 16, of Roseburg
was arrested on three
counts of aggrevated
murder after his foster-
father, Robert Adams,
contacted authorities.
The victims were
identifi ed by court doc-
uments and later by
authories as 55-year-
old Donya Adams,
26-year-old
Amory
Adams and 10-year-
old Payshience "Tia"
Adams. The fi rst two
victims were identifi ed
as Robert Adams wife
and biological daugh-
ter. The third victim
was Kevin Adams' bi-
ological sister and fel-
low foster child in the
Adams' home.
Robert Adams told
authorities that he left
the house around 6:30
p.m. and when he ar-
rived home, Kevin was
waiting outside and
told him to call the po-
lice but asked his foster
father not to go inside
the house.
Robert said that upon
entering the house, he
found his wife, daugh-
ter and foster daughter
dead and a handgun
out of place and laying
on a bed in the home.
Authorities arrived
on scene at 8:43 p.m.
and the Douglas Coun-
ty Major Crimes Team
activated shortly after.
According to au-
thorities, Kevin Adams
said he shot his foster
mother and both his
sisters and then waited
for his foster father to
return home.
Kevin Adams was
booked into the Doug-
las County Juvenile
Detention Facility on
November 7.
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