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Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, OR Wednesday, April 2, 2003
Oregon’s Mandatory Boater
Education card is required
SPRING AHEAD - Don’t forget to set your clocks forward
one hour on Sunday, April 6 .
AWARENESS BY CANDLELIGHT - A Fireside Candle-
light Ceremony to honor sexual assault victims on Friday,
April 4 at 7 p.m. will begin a month of activities sponsored
by Illinois Valley Safe House Alliance. The ceremony will
be held at 535 E. River St. A Sexual Assault Awareness Day
will be held on Wednesday, April 9 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at
the Cave Junction Post Office and Selma Select Market. In-
formation about sexual assault and domestic violence will
be available. IVSHA will also hold an open mic session
celebrating survival on Friday, April 11 at 5:30 p.m. at
Cabin Chemistry during the Friday Art Walk. Phone IVSHA
at 592-5332 for more information.
SIDEWALK SALE - Home Valley Bank and Cari’s Cot-
tage will sponsor a sidewalk sale on Saturday, April 5 from
10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the store, located at 131 N. Redwood
Hwy. Proceeds will benefit the Illinois Valley High School
Grad Party.
INSTRUCTIVE EXPRESSION - Rogue Community Col-
lege art instructors will show some of their recent work at
the Wiseman Gallery on the Grants Pass campus beginning
on Monday, April 14 through Saturday, May 10. Displaying
their art will be Madalin Blue, Tommi Drake, Pat Enos,
Richard Martinez and Walt Padgett. An artists’ reception,
open to the public, will be held at 4 p.m. on Thursday, April
17. The Wiseman Gallery is open Mondays through Thurs-
days, from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., on Fridays from 8 a.m. to 5
p.m., and on Saturdays from 9 a.m. to noon. Phone RCC at
956-7339 for more information.
TREE INSPIRATION - Texas artist Orna Feinstein’s exhi-
bition, “Pictorial Tree Tales,” will be on display April 2-25
at Rogue Community College’s Firehouse Gallery on the
Grants Pass campus. A First Friday Night reception will be
held on Friday, April 4 from 6 to 9 p.m.
HOW TO - The Rogue Community College Small Business
Development Center, in coordination with Grants Pass and
Josephine County Chamber of Commerce, will sponsor a
seminar on how to give great customer service on Saturday,
April 5 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 214 S.W. Fourth St. in
Grants Pass. There is a fee. Pre-registration is required by
noon on Thursday, April 3 to ensure a spot. To register or
for more information, phone 956-7494 or 800-411-6508,
extension 7494.
MUSICAL MINISTRY - Captive Free, a Christian, youth-
oriented band will perform at Good Shepherd Lutheran
Church, 150 Lewis Ct., in Cave Junction, on Friday, April 4
at 7 p.m. A musical ministry in the northwest United States
and Canada, Captive Free members commit to a yearlong,
full-time tour performing in hundreds of churches, schools,
nursing homes, camps and prisons.
ROGUE ORCHIDS - The 39 th annual Rogue Valley Or-
chid Show will be held at the Jackson County Expo. in the
Padgham Pavilion on Saturday, April 5 from 1 p.m. to 5
p.m. and on Sunday, April 6 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Admis-
sion is $1.00 per person under 12 years old.
SWEET 16 - Living Alternatives will celebrate its 16 th an-
niversary with a open house on Saturday, April 12 from 2 to
5 p.m. Hamburgers and frozen yogurt will be served.
KIDS COALITION - Coalition for Kids is offering a
“Becoming a Love and Logic Parent,” class on Mondays
starting April 7 to May 12 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. The
classes will be held at Coalition for Kids, 233 S.E. “M” St.
in Grants Pass. To register or for more information phone
(541) 476-4996.
NOTEPAD: Home Valley Bank will sponsor a “Heart and
Sole” Raffle on Friday, April 4 at noon. Tickets are $1 each
or six for $5. Proceeds will be used to buy new socks, shoes
coats and other items for children in the valley. The prize
winner will have a choice between several flower arrange-
ments donated by Darlene Jenne and on display at the
bank… Cari’s Cottage and Home Valley Bank are in need
of new or clean secondhand items to be sold at the store dur-
ing April to benefit the IVHS 2003 Grad Party. Donated
items may be dropped off at Cari’s Cottage or Home Valley
Bank…Volunteers are needed to help clean up Oregon’s
beaches during the 18 th annual Great Oregon Spring Beach
Cleanup on Saturday, April 5 between 10 a.m. and 1 p.m.
To sign up or for more information, visit www. solv.org, or
phone 800-333-SOLV…Tours of the Oregon Caves Na-
tional Monument are now in swing for spring. Tours will be
given on the hour from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. until May 24,
when the hours expand from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Phone 592-
2100 for more information...Lorna Byrne Middle School’s
Austin Hocker will join students from around the state in
Oregon’s 2003 Geography Bee at Western Oregon Univer-
sity on Friday, April 4.
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‘Saddams’s fire’
From William Schneider
Cave Junction
I have to wonder if all the
demonstrators against the war
in Iraq are aware of the fact
that if they demonstrated in
Iraq they would be jailed or
killed.
Most would be far too
afraid to freely and loudly ex-
press their frustrations about
the acts of their government in
a place where death or torture
and death were commonplace
for such expressions.
I have to wonder what all
these demonstrators think
should be done about a leader
who starves, murders and im-
prisons his people, gasses
them, feeds prisoners to his
ravenous dogs for entertain-
ment at parties, who builds
grand palaces while the people
live in poverty that most
Americans will never know.
I have to wonder, did we
forget some 3,000 people who
died in a matter of minutes at
the hands of some pathetic,
utterly demented, little men
who obviously know nothing
of God and will indiscrimi-
nately kill to prove it.
I wonder if the demonstra-
tors see that there is a situation
in the world today that could
easily escalate into scenarios
that are far more deadly than
any we can imagine, resulting
in the deaths of millions due
to inaction.
I have to wonder about the
ability of people to remember
a situation in Europe only
some 50 years ago when most
demonstrators were not alive,
where in the greatest horror of
human history to date was
allowed to happen through
inaction.
Due to our financial ties to
Germany at the time, we were
slow to act. Take a good hard
look at France’s multibillion
dollar business ventures with
Iraq. No wonder France does-
n’t want to go to war against
its business partners - no mat-
ter how cruel, demented, and
murderous they might be.
France paid a dear price for
inaction in World War II.
I have weighed the pros
and cons of our actions in this
present state of affairs; and
although they may not be per-
Star Flat hike
set April 12
An “easy 2-to-3-mile
hike” to Star Flat, sponsored
by Siskiyou Native Plant Soci-
ety, will be held Saturday,
April 12 at 9 a.m. from Selma
Select Market parking lot.
The hike will be led by
Don Heinze. A number of rare
plants will be seen, including
California Lady’s Slipper and
Pitcher Plant, large-flowered
Rush Lily and Waldo Rock-
cress,
For more information
phone Heinze at (541) 955-
7247.
Senior Nutrition Menu
Sponsored by
592-3562
(541) 592-2126, 474-5440
Meals are served in the
CJ County Bldg.
FRIDAY, APRIL 4
*Western pork stew, herbed
red potatoes, steamed yellow
squash, French bread &
frosted spice cake
MONDAY, APRIL 7
*Meatloaf with gravy, creamed
potatoes, country trio
vegetables, cracked wheat
bread & strawberry whip
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 9
*Baked ham with raisin sauce,
scalloped potatoes, Scandina-
vian blend vegetables, white
dinner roll, carrot cake with
cream cheese icing
fect, I have to honestly say
that I am 100 percent behind
the dethroning of the tyrant
Saddam Hussein.
I am also sure that the
majority of the Iraqi people
will welcome us with open
arms as soon as they realize
they will not be killed or tor-
tured and killed for doing so. I
do not hear a lot of complaints
coming from Afghanistan
about removal of the Taliban.
Are we as Americans, free
and strong with the ability to
ensure peace throughout the
world, (mainly because we
have the biggest gun and most
of the money) to ignore the
plight of our brothers and sis-
ters in other parts of the
world?
I cannot walk by another,
being beaten or mistreated,
just because it’s none of my
business. If I’m there and see
it, or hear it, it is my business.
Shame on me if I walk on by.
It appears that through the
course of events the United
States has become for lack of
a better word, the “Big
Brother” of the world commu-
nity, like it or not. With this
position comes the awesome
responsibility to do our best to
keep the peace in our home,
being the planet Earth.
Sometimes we have to do
things we don’t want to do in
order to keep this peace. Not
wanting to do something does
not mean that doing some-
thing isn’t necessary.
The “War on Terror” was
brought to us just as a light-
ning strike brought fire to our
valley and delayed action cre-
ating a result far worse than if
action was taken immediately.
And while we were praying
for deliverance from this all
consuming destruction, by
energy with no discrimination
as to what it would destroy,
real people were on the front
line with their lives in imme-
diate peril so that while we
were praying we were not
burned alive.
Terrorism is a fire that has
to be dealt with now.
While we pray, while we
hope and wait for better days
someone sure as hell better be
fighting that fire. There is also
smoke near the 38th parallel
in the Far East.
May God give us strength,
mercy and plenty of water.
Chain Link Specialist
592-6192
Orego n’s Mandatory
Boater Education Program
reached two milestones re-
cently. First, the first citation
under the new law was issued
to an individual in Josephine
County who wasn’t carrying
the required boater education
card; and second, the Oregon
State Marine Board issued its
50,000th Boater Education
Card in late February.
“We’re getting more than
300 applications for boater
education cards each week so
many people know about the
requirement and are comply-
ing,” said Ashley Massey,
Mandatory Education Pro-
gram coordinator for the Ore-
gon State Marine Board.
Massey said that county and
state marine officers are ask-
ing to see that boater educa-
tion card when they’re on the
water. “If you don’t have it, it
could cost you $75 and a court
date,” she warned.
The Boater Education
Program was passed by the
1999 Oregon Legislature to
raise the knowledge and skill
of boaters to help reduce acci-
dents, injuries and fatalities on
Oregon’s waterways.
Under the program, peo-
ple operating powerboats
greater than 10 hp, and youths
12-15 operating any size pow-
erboat, must carry the Marine
Board’s card that shows they
completed an approved course
or equivalency exam.
This year, powerboat op-
erators 30 years of age and
younger must carry the card.
Next year, those 40 and
younger, must have it. All
boaters must carry the card by
2009.
For more information log
on to www.boatoregon.com.
126 S. Redwood Hwy.
Restaurant - 592-2892
Bar - 592-4222
Parking in Rear
Dining Room
open
Fridays
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5 to 9 p.m.
GRAND REOPENING
AT THE DMZ FIELD
Sunday, April 6 at 9 a.m.
Free Entry
All-day air - $3
Rental markers - $10
(phone to reserve)
For more info & location of field
Log onto www.dmzpb.com
OR PHONE DMZ PAINTBALL SUPPLY
(541) 592-5290
FIELD PAINT ONLY, OR $10 COVER CHARGE