Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, OR Wednesday, March 26, 2003
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Education ...
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Kingsford, who works at a
home-based leather craft busi-
ness, added that she plans to
take some computer classes to
“improve her business savvy.”
Despite the affordability,
accessibility and availability
of community education, how-
ever, Kingsford said there
have been less than 10 people
in each of her classes.
For Sandra Fluck, who
has taught community educa-
tion watercolor and oil paint-
ing classes since the summer,
the average number of stu-
dents is closer to five.
“Unfortunately, the turn-
out is low,” she said.
One explanation could be
self-doubt.
“It’s getting people to re-
think the possibilities in their
lives and take advantage of
opportunities such as commu-
nity education,” Cooper said.
“A lot of people just don’t
think they can do it,” Fluck
said, noting the reality is quite
the contrary.
Talent is not a prerequisite
for her classes. All that is re-
quired is a desire to learn and
the willingness to practice, she
said.
“We all start with the ba-
sics,” Fluck said. “We laugh
more than anything. (Class) is
a casual, fun thing, a great
way to relax.”
Had community education
classes not been held in the
valley, Kingsford said she
probably wouldn’t have par-
ticipated.
“It’s a wonderful pro-
gram,” she said. “It certainly
pulls a lot of people together.”
To register for spring
term, phone (541) 956-7501
or visit www.roguecc.edu.
Good Shepherd Lutheran
Discipline, even if only
for Lent, is difficult, whether
it involves giving up sweets,
alcohol or something else. For
Jesus, discipline meant even-
tually giving up the things
people liked him to do: heal
the sick and feed the poor. He
was sent to die for our sins.
How much easier should it be
for us to give up a few minor
things for Lent?
Church activities include:
Thursday, March 20, 6 p.m.,
Lenten Soup and Study at St.
Mathias Episcopal Church;
Sunday, March 23, 9 a.m.,
worship, 10:15 a.m. Sunday
school, 6 p.m., high school
youth group; Friday, April 4,
7 p.m., Captive Free Family
Concert; he community can
attend.
St. Patrick of the Forest
Catholic Church
St. Patrick of the Forest
will hold it spring rummage
sale in the Elliott Center on
Friday, April 4 from 9 a.m. to
3 p.m. and Saturday, April 5
from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.
The Disciples in Mission
groups will prepare for the
Fourth Sunday of Lent by re-
flecting on John’s Gospel,
Chapter 3, which includes
Verse 16. Sunday Mass time
will change on Sunday, April
6 to 9 a.m. and will continue
until the conclusion of day-
light-saving time.
McClintick Qualifies
For UofO Degree
Mac Fredrick McClintick
from Cave Junction has quali-
fied to receive an advanced
degree from University of
Oregon in Eugene.
McClintick is to receive a
master’s degree in education,
counseling, and family and
human counseling at the end
of the winter term this year,
the university announced.
Pray for peace.
CABAX MILL MEMORY - Where Cabax Mill (photo above) once stood is now just a memory.
The mill, in its heyday, employed many valley residents and was a major contributor to the
economy of Illinois Valley. (Photo below) The old mill pond today, is to be no more, as it is
being filled in for construction and development of an ‘old world village’. The plan for the vil-
lage is to reintroduce historical buildings that will house art galleries and shops and bring
much needed tourist dollars to the valley.
(Photo above courtesy of Kathy Dean)
Wyden fights for gas price protection
U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden (D-
Ore.) has called on the Federal
Trade Commission (FTC) to
aggressively protect American
consumers from rising gaso-
line prices.
Gas prices are reaching
record highs throughout the
country, with prices in Oregon
soaring to more than $2 per
gallon in some parts of the
state.
In a letter to FTC Chair-
man Timothy Murris and in a
speech before the Senate, Wy-
den told the FTC to either ex-
ercise its current authority to
protect consumers or to come
to Congress with a request for
additional authority.
While the FTC had argued
that it does not have the au-
thority to enforce against anti-
competitive and anti-
consumer practices, Wyden
told the commission last week
that it is their responsibility to
tell Congress what additional
powers are needed to effec-
tively complete this job.
“The Federal Trade Com-
mission ought to be taking
steps to stand up for the con-
sumer,” Wyden said.
“If they do not think they
have the authority to stand up
for the consumer at this point,
they ought to come to the Sen-
ate and tell us what authority
they actually need in order to
protect the consumer and the
gas-buying public. The unfor-
tunate response from the Fed-
eral Trade Commission has
been to simply sit this issue
out.”
In June 1999, Wyden sub-
mitted a report to the U.S. Jus-
tice Dept. and the FTC indi-
cating that major oil compa-
nies affect the retail price of
gasoline available to Oregon
consumers.
1) oil companies charge
different prices for the same
quality petroleum products; 2)
oil companies are using a
practice known as redlining to
wall-off whole communities
form competition; and 3) oil
companies artificially affect
prices in each zone by insert-
ing company-operated sta-
tions.
Although FTC later ac-
knowledged that these anti-
consumer, anti-competitive
practices were occurring, they
refused to act, saying they
have to prove that collusion
between oil companies was
driving up prices in order to
take enforcement action.
In April 2002 the Senate
Permanent Subcommittee on
Investigations issued a 400-
page report stating that. West
Coast gas prices are artifi-
cially inflated by supply and
pricing manipulation by major
oil companies.
Besides pursing FTC ac-
tion on gas pricing issues,
Wyden has also introduced
legislation that would help
reduce American dependence
on foreign oil and gasoline for
transportation purposes.
Last month he announced
legislation to help bring af-
fordable and efficient hydro-
gen powered vehicles to the
market in the next 10 years.
Love cures people - both the ones who give it and the ones who receive it. - Karl Menninger -
Adults buying booze for minors
face stiff penalties, says OLCC
The age-old practice of
shoulder tapping for alcohol is
alive and well, but it's a tradi-
tion that should end, says the
Oregon Liquor Control Com-
mission (OLCC).
That's when kids stake out
market parking lots, asking
adults to buy them liquor and
hoping to find just one who'll
connect them with a six-pack
or bottle of booze. It's a key
source of alcohol for today's
underage drinkers.
For example, 20 percent
of high school juniors said
they get alcohol from adults.
"OLCC is very concerned
about underage drinking, and
we know that minors get alco-
hol from buying it at the store,
either directly, or with false
ID," said Linda Ignowski, di-
rector of OLCC's regulatory
division.
"But another popular way
to get it is from adults,” she
said. “This is a real concern
for us, because as everyone
knows, underage drinking
leads to serious social issues,
such as suicides, car accidents,
rape, abuse and other crimes."
Fines are steep for adults
caught submitting to a shoul-
der-tapping request. Under
ORS 471.410(2), providing/
buying alcohol for a minor is a
misdemeanor carrying a $350
fine on the first conviction;
$1,000 for the second.
"Adults need to realize
that they are breaking the law
by furnishing alcohol to a mi-
nor, so we are trying to get
that message out," said
Ignowski.
"We're asking
adults to refrain from selling
or providing alcohol to mi-
nors.
"You don't know what
these kids are going to do with
that alcohol. You give it to
them, they get in the car --
what if they're in a car acci-
dent because they've been
drinking?
“You, in essence, had
helped in that accident," she
said.