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Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, OR Wednesday, March 19, 2003
METH MEETING - On Wednesday, March 19 at 6:30
p.m. at the Josephine County Bldg. detectives of the Jose-
phine County Interagency Narcotics Team (JOINT) will
give a presentation on meth labs in Illinois Valley.
OPEN INVITATION - The board members and volunteers
of the Kerbyville Museum invite the community to the re-
opening of the museum on Saturday, March 29, from 10
a.m. to 3 p.m. Admission will be free. “Come join us, see
the changes that have been made and enjoy some refresh-
ments, too,” said the board.
EQUINE MANAGEMENT - A free equine management
workshop and tour will be held on Thursday, March 27 at
the Anne Basker Auditorium, 500 N.W. Sixth St., Grants
Pass, at 6:30 p.m. Participants will receive useful informa-
tion about conservation management practices to enhance
their livestock’s health and land’s value. Sign-in will begin
at 6 p.m. To register or for more information, phone 734-
3143. Register by Tuesday, March 25.
GIVING CARE - Lovejoy Hospice will hold a “Caregiver
101” workshop on Saturday, April 5 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at
939 S.E. Eighth St., Grants Pass. Registration begins at 8
a.m. Pre-registration is required by Friday, March 28. Phone
Lovejoy Hospice at 474-1193.
SWEETHEART’S BANQUET - The Takilma Bible
Church Youth will host an evening fund-raiser of fine din-
ing, relaxation and entertainment on Saturday, April 12 at 6
p.m. at Takilma Bible Church. For more information and to
purchase tickets, phone Rachel at 592-5180.
PRIME TIME - Men’s Twilite Leagues at the Illinois Val-
ley Golf Club will begin Monday, April 21 and Wednesday,
April 23. Those interested in participating need a partner
and sponsor and can sign up at the golf course. Phone 592-
3151 for more information.
SPRING BAZAAR - A Spring Bazaar will be held at Illi-
nois Valley Senior Center on Friday and Saturday, April 7-8
from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. There will be crafts, candy, candles,
dolls, minerals, beadwork and much more. Tables are avail-
able. Phone 592-6888 for more information.
GOOD WOOD -Lomakatsi Restoration Project will pre-
sent a small diameter wood products demonstration at
Kauffman Wood Products in Kerby Saturday, March 22
from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. An Economizer Wood Mill from
Hayfork Watershed Research Center, Calif. will be used to
show how small scale lumber can be cut from small diame-
ter timber. Anyone interested will also be able to tour Kauff-
man Wood Products showroom and workshops. For more
information phone 488-0208.
NOTEPAD: Lovejoy Hospice is looking for volunteer
chaplains interested in providing spiritual support to seri-
ously ill patients and their families. Volunteers are trained in
such areas as hospice philosophy and working as a team,
communication, listening skills and the spiritual issues of
death and dying. For more information, phone 474-1193.
State gets smallpox vaccine
Federal officials in Ore-
gon have sent four vials of
smallpox vaccine to immunize
health workers, said Oregon
Dept. of Human Services
(DHS).
“We received vaccine
from the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention
(CDC) ,” said Grant Higgin-
son, DHS health officer.
“This puts us a step closer
to vaccinating health workers
around the state,” said Higgin-
son.
“The smallpox vaccina-
tion process requires intensive
pre-screening, a longer in-
formed consent procedure,
and the actual vaccination
process is more complex than
a simple shot,” he said.
Up to 800 public health
care workers will be vacci-
nated and become members of
Oregon’s Smallpox Response
Team. All vaccinations are
voluntary, Higginson said.
“About 100 public health
workers will be ready to im-
mediately investigate a sus-
pected case of smallpox any-
where in the state,” he noted.
“And 700 health-care
workers in hospitals around
Oregon will be able to safely
care for smallpox patients,
assist in investigative work
and vaccinate others against
the disease,” he said.
In December, Oregon sub-
mitted two plans to CDC, one
for vaccinating health-care
workers in preparation for a
possible smallpox outbreak
and one for mass vaccination
if a case should ever occur.
Currently, smallpox vaccina-
tion is not advised for mem-
bers of the general public.
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who are volunteers. They have
volunteered to pick up their
weapons and rucksack, put on
a parachute, climb into a plane
and jump into any country and
fight to protect our country.
“And dad, you don’t get
that kind of commitment in
civilian life.”
Well, I’m not so angry
anymore after putting this
down on paper. But I do agree
with my sons. I believe that if
our citizenry had a better
sense of duty and commitment
to our government, our coun-
try and ourselves, we would
all have a much better way of
life.
I have friends here in
Cave Junction whose sons are
also deployed. Like me, they
do not want a war. We would
much rather have our sons at
home with their families.
We don’t want them in
some foreign country with the
threat hanging over their
heads of being maimed or
killed or horribly tortured in
Iraq, like 21 of our military
people were in the Gulf War.
Or being gassed like 5,000
Kurdish people in Northern
Iraq by their own government.
Fortunately, most Ameri-
cans understand that it is bet-
ter to protect our people and
our freedom by carrying this
fight on terrorism to other
shores than to have to protect
it here in the United States. I
feel the odds are pretty good
that the Women in Black on
the corner don’t have any sons
or daughters in the military or
they would understand what a
disservice they are doing to
them.
And I would suggest to
the Women in Black that if
they feel that they honestly
can’t support our government,
country and our military
through prayer, words and
deeds, then they might want to
consider grabbing their plac-
ards and signs, climbing into
an airplane and flying to some
other country.
But they should be ad-
vised that if they protest on
their corner about their gov-
ernment that they might get
their --- slammed in jail.
From Ivy Greenwood
O’Brien
I just realized that we
don’t need to start an expen-
sive and wasteful war against
Iraq, because we’ve already
won.
That’s right. We’ve had
weapons in place in Iraq since
1991, and they’re still work-
ing.
We’ve already defeated
Iraq, in such a cruel way that
Saddam Hussein probably
wishes he’d thought of it him-
self.
We’ve been waging war
against Iraq’s children, and
we’re winning.
Since 1991, more than
500,000 Iraqi children have
died due to malnutrition
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10:57 p.m. on Sunday, March 16. The home is owned by Nick
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brought on by our sanctions,
and due to radiation caused by
the dust from our depleted
uranium shell casings. That’s
more than half-a-million chil-
dren, whose only crime was
being born in Iraq.
And here’s the clincher:
since the half-life of depleted
uranium is measured in mil-
lions of years, we don’t need
to fire another shot into Iraq.
Our weapons are just going to
keep on killing Iraqi children,
even if U.S. soldiers never set
foot on Iraqi soil again.
Our government doesn’t
need to spend another penny,
deploy another soldier or fire
another weapon because
we’ve already won the war.
OK, so our government’s
victory is already assured. But
just like any other political
endeavor, we’re already pay-
ing the price for the Bush dy-
nasty’s dubious victory.
Depleted uranium is kill-
ing our kids, too.
The soldiers who handle
those shell casings are also
irradiated. Twelve years after
the Gulf War has ostensibly
ended, our brave veterans are
still excreting uranium in their
urine and other bodily fluids.
They’re developing brain can-
cers. Their children have
physical and developmental
problems. This is the price our
soldiers have paid for being
loyal to their government.
So, if we really feel we
must destroy Iraq, let’s just sit
back and wait. It’ll happen.
All that lovely Iraqi oil will
end up in our hands, eventu-
ally.
At least our own children
will be safe and healthy that
way.
And maybe, eventually,
we can forget the fact that we
won this war by killing our
enemy’s children.
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Meals are served in the
CJ County Bldg.
In Concert:
Friday, March 21– 7 p.m.
FRIDAY, MARCH 21
Turkey loaf with cream
sauce, whipped potatoes,
mixed vegetables,
multigrain bread,
Grace’s chocolate cookie
MONDAY, MARCH 24
Three cheese lasagna,
steamed zucchini, garden
vegetable salad, garlic bread,
peach crisp
WEDNESDAY, 26
Italian meatloaf, creamed
potatoes, Italian blend
vegetables, French bread,
birthday cake
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