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Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, OR Wednesday, April 16, 2003
TALK ABOUT WAR - The Social Justice Alliance in
Cave Junction will host David Barsamian at the former
Selma Elementary School site on Saturday, April 19, at 7
p.m. Barsamian, whose alternative radio program is carried
nationally by more than 125 radio stations, will speak on
“War and Peace in the Age of Orwell.” There is no charge.
CHAMBER HOST - Taylor’s Country Store in Downtown
Cave Junction will host an Illinois Valley Chamber of Com-
merce mixer on Wednesday, April 23 from 5 to 7 p.m. All
chamber members and their guests can attend. Refreshments
will be provided. The chamber has found that mixers are
good vehicles for businesses to showcase their offerings; for
members to meet and visit with fellow members, conduct
informal business, and exchange business cards.
RECYCLE ROUNDUP - The Spring Recycle Roundup
will be held on Saturday, April 26 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at
Illinois Valley Visitor Center, 201 Caves Hwy. Materials
including tin and aluminum cans, newspaper, magazines,
telephone books, cardboard, paper bags and plastic can be
recycled. No glass will be taken. The event is co-sponsored
by S.O.S., IVCRT, I.V. Chamber of Commerce, I.V. Sierra
Club and numerous volunteers.
PREVENTING PREMATURE BIRTH - The 33rd annual
WalkAmerica, a benefit for the March of Dimes, will be
held on Saturday, April 26 at Riverside Park in Grants Pass.
The 10K and 5K walks begin at 9 a.m. Registration begins
at 8 a.m. Pledge money will go toward preventing premature
births. Registration forms are available by phoning 800-811-
0805, or online at www.WalkAmerica.org.
CAVES HISTORY - A series of free educational presenta-
tions for children about the natural and cultural history of
the Oregon Caves National Monument will be held on Fri-
days during April at the Illinois Valley library branch in
Cave Junction at 3:30 p.m. A park ranger will share infor-
mation on the following topics: April 18, the ghost of Elijah
Davidson, April 25, animal signs.
NATURE BOUND - The Siskiyou Project will sponsor a
field trip to the Rough & Ready Botanical Wayside on Sat-
urday, April 19. John Roth will lead hikers along Wimer
Road, discussing the geologic age, habitat and biodiversity
of the serpentine plants there, among other areas. Partici-
pants of the half-mile hike are to meet at 9 a.m. at Illinois
Valley Visitor Center.
OSU WORKSHOPS - Oregon State University Extension
Service will offer several classes at its auditorium in Grants
Pass, 215 Ringuette St., including “How to Sell at Grower’s
Market” on Wednesday, April 23 from 7-9 p.m., “Saving
Your own Seeds” on Thursday, April 24 from 7 to 9 p.m., a
workshop on protecting well water on Thursday, April 24
from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m., “Soap Making 101,” on Wednes-
day, April 23 from 1 to 3 p.m., the 4th Annual “Goats and
Friends” on Saturday, April 19 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., and
“Introduction to Permaculture” on Thursday, April 17 from
7 to 9 p.m. For fee and registration info. phone 476-6613.
NOTEPAD: An area representative from International
Student Exchange is looking for homes to place several stu-
dents from other countries for all or part of the 2003-04
school year. Phone Cathy Seitz at 592-6009 for more
info...The Illinois Valley Safe House Alliance kicked off
its 1,000 Friends for Safety campaign to raise awareness
about domestic and sexual violence and to raise money to
purchase the property on which the safe house will be built.
For more info. phone 592-4147...Rumors around town are
that Blue Moon Books & Coffee will move into the site now
occupied by SageBeetle. Also, that the former auto parts
store next to Robbie’s Auto Care is being considered for use
as a sandwich shop; and that Hometowne Interiors and its
immediate neighbor, Bi-Rite Auto Parts, are looking for
new quarters, as both their spaces are to be occupied by two
other businesses, one of them a women’s dress shop.
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if this sounds current and fa-
miliar to you:
1) Blame terrorists as a
cause for the coun-
tr y’s police-state
measures.
2) Accuse every country
under attack of being
an imminent threat to
justify the invasion.
3) Attack and occupy the
weak country with
total weaponry.
If this does not ring a bell
try this one:
“It is easy. All you have to
do is tell the people they are
being attacked, and denounce
the peace makers for lack of
patriotism and exposing the
country to danger.”- Herman
Goering.
COUGAR BOYS BASEBALL - The Illinois Valley High School Cougars led the home game 8-4
against the North Valley Knights on Tuesday, April 8 in the top of the seventh. But with run-
ners on first and third, the bases were loaded; and North Valley kept rolling, and ended with a
9-8 victory against IVHS. The loss put I.V. at 0-3. The game on Saturday was postponed.
Rewording of Northwest
Forest Plan questioned
By MEDFORD
MAIL TRIBUNE
The proposed rewording
of the Northwest Forest Plan’s
aquatic conservation strategy
is either a refreshing splash of
common sense or further wa-
tering down of environmental
laws by the Bush Administra-
tion.
That is the initial reaction
to the draft supplemental envi-
ronmental impact statement
released last week by the U.S.
Forest Service and Bureau of
Land Management. The agen-
cies propose changes in the
aquatic portion of the 1994
Northwest Forest Plan, en-
acted by the Clinton Admini-
stration to end the war over
federal timberlands in the
Northwest.
The agencies are taking
comments on the proposed
changes through July 10.
The agencies say that
there are no changes in the
plan’s objectives to protect
riparian areas, only word
changes to reflect the plan’s
original intent.
The timber industry be-
lieves the proposal is sound;
environmentalists soundly
disagree.
David Hill, executive vice
president of Southern Oregon
Timber Industries Associa-
tion, believes the word
changes will allow temporary
disturbances in a riparian zone
to produce long-term benefits.
"That’s a good idea, one
well worth a wording change
in the Northwest Forest Plan,"
Hill said. "If you produce a
temporary disturbance, you
can still get some work done
in that zone."
As it stands now, Hill
said, the riparian zone restric-
tions block work which would
not only allow responsible
logging but also reduce the
impact of a catastrophic fire.
For instance, thinning on hill-
sides over a stream can reduce
a fire’s effect, thus reducing
erosion and other problems,
he said.
"If you are trying to pro-
tect a riparian zone from wild-
fires, it sounds like a common
sense approach, as opposed to
nothing getting done now," he
said. "It’s difficult to say that
any type of work won’t cause
some temporary disturbance,
but if the work will produce
some long-term gain, it seems
to me it would be a benefit
down the road," he added.
But Dominick DellaSala, an
ecologist heading the World
Wildlife Fund’s Klamath-
Siskiyou Program, said that
the rewording is part of a lar-
ger effort by the Bush Ad-
ministration to weaken envi-
ronmental laws. The result
will further destroy salmon
populations and Oregon’s re-
maining clear streams, he said.
FORE!!
The Illinois Valley Golf Club
is preparing for its
2003 Men’s Twilite
League play beginning
Monday, April 21 &
Wednesday April 23.
Those interested
in participating need a
partner & sponsor and
can sign up at the course.
Phone 592-3151
for information
Phone for an appointment NOW!
1-800-753-2940
For a Free Hearing Test
More than 30 years experience
Grants Pass Hearing Center
IN CAVE JUNCTION
DATE: Monday, April 21
11 a.m. - 2 p.m.
LOCATION: Select Market
IVHS Activities Calendar
Brought to you by the folks at
592-3556
Cave Jct .
469-7545
Brookings/
Harbor
471-RIVR
SATURDAY, APRIL 19
*Girls softball at Lakeview
noon - doubleheader
*Boys baseball vs.
Lakeview - doubleheader
here - noon
*Track at Brookings
10 a.m.
MONDAY, APRIL 14
*No classes
TUESDAY, APRIL 22
*Girls softball at Rogue
River - 4:30 p.m.
*Boys baseball vs. Rogue
River - here - 4:30 p.m.
*Boys golf at I.V. Golf Club
noon
*Girls golf at Harbor Links
noon
*Key Club meeting - lunch
WEDNESDAY, APRIL 23
*OSSOM meeting
*ROTC - port - lunch
*ASVAB testing - here
7:45 a.m.
OTHER HOURS BY APPOINTMENT