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Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, OR Wednesday, July 2, 2003 PIONEER DAYS - Pioneer Days will be held at the Kerbyville Museum, 24195 Redwood Hwy., on Saturday, July 5 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. There will be a live musical performance by Dale Hopper, member of the Siskiyou Mountain Boys. Food will be pro- vided by Star’s Mobile Catering. A raffle for a quilt will also be held. Museum admission will be free dur- ing the event. Phone 592-5252. REUNION REVEL - Several activities are planned throughout the valley in celebration of alumni weekend, including a softball game, dance and picnic. See the story on page one for more information. FOOTBALL FUTURE - There will be a Lorna Byrne Middle School and Illinois Valley High School football meeting on Friday, July 11 at 7 p.m. at the Josephine County Bldg. in Downtown Cave Junction. SHOWING ART - The Del Norte Art Associa- tion annual Art Show and Sale will be held at the Crescent City Cultural Center, 1001 Front Street, on Thursday, July 3 from 5 to 9 p.m. and on Friday, July 4 from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. SAVE LIVES - A blood drive sponsored by the American Red Cross will be held at Illinois Valley Senior Center on Thursday, July 24 from 12 to 5 p.m. Donors must be 17 years of age or older, weigh at least 110 pounds and be in good health. Phone (800) 792-5682 to schedule a donation or for more info. MIXED MEDIA - “Beyond the Brush with Paint and Tape Tales,” an exhibit featuring the creative col- laboration between Dunsmuir, Calif. artist Belinda Hanson and New Mexico artist Margi Weir will be shown at the Rogue Community College Wiseman Gallery in Grants Pass through Saturday, Aug. 23. Amateur and youth exhibits in the 56th annual Ameri- can Association of University Women’s (AAUW) Southern Oregon Art Show and Sale will be displayed at the college’s Firehouse Gallery in Grants Pass through Friday, July 25. The event is sponsored by the GP branch of AAUW in cooperation with RCC and the Grants Pass Museum of Art. NOTEPAD: Applications are now available at the Josephine County Assessor’s Office for assess- ment of damaged or destroyed property between Jan. 1 and July 1. Deadline is Aug. 1 to have the July 1 valuation date used...Plans are under way to reopen the restaurant at Illinois Valley Airport. Lee Eschen, Lou Levison and Dave Levison want to offer an air- port coffee shop they’ll call “Jenny’s,” in honor of the World War I biplane. (Continued from page 2) ‘Access denied’ From William Schneider Cave Junction After reading Rick Meier’s letter in the June 18 issue I say, “Yes, enough is enough.” Let’s discuss what is natural. Iron ore is natural. An iron bar is not. Trees are natural. Paper is not. Electricity is natural. A light bulb or circuit board is not. Oil is natural. Gas is not. The desire to create and progress is natural. A straight jacket is not. Death is natural. Taxes, or the self annihilation of the spe- cies, is not natural, unless you are a lemming. Naturally, we would use tools to further our natural lives. Unnaturally, we abuse our lives with our tools. To think that the com- puter or World Wide Web is going to lead us to, or is akin, to any Holy Com- munion, telepathy, or ticket to freedom, is in my humble opinion, a grave error. I believe the Web is our guarantee to slavery within the next couple of generations. Freedom? Can’t draw money out of the bank if the computer is down. Can’t fix the new car if the computer is down. Busi- ness is kaput if the com- puter is down. One can’t do much of anything but return to one’s natural life if the computer is down. There are millions of people who have never heard the thunderous si- lence of the forest, who have never seen the curi- ous look of a deer or a bear as it wonders who, and what, is this human. Those who have never climbed a mountain for the view and appreciation of the utmost beauty and holiness of God’s natural Earth. Instead, we are as we are going, turning our lives over to the “big bad uncle” of someone’s (not mine), and we are giving our natural world over to a machine. Spam, viruses, and identity theft. All those eggs in one basket. This is in no way free from out- side influence restrictions or controls. Until people realize that in the natural world we are governed by natural laws, we will never make any natural progress, i.e. tele- pathic supernatural Holy Communion. We can, and have, spent generations trying to circumvent the natural laws of Earth and quite naturally our efforts have results starkly visible in our social, economic, envi- ronmental and spiritual states of being. Can any- one say we are in good natural health? Personally, I will make my way, with mixed emo- tions and no computer, not so much lost, as being found, through this world that is growing colder and harder with each carefully planned and calculated day. ‘Terrorists’ By Marie Norman Cave Junction Dropping “500-pound” bombs on innocent people is like being a terrorist in the world. Logging is like being a terrorist in the for- est. It is time for a change. Please be careful with fireworks during the 4th Page 3 ‘Poor customer ser- vice’ From Renate I. Wunderlich San Pablo, Calif. My friend and I took a trip to Cave Junction over the Memorial Day week- end and had made a reser- vation at an area motel. When we made the reservations, we were quoted a price for the room. When we checked in, we were informed by the woman at the front desk that she had upgraded the room without our per- mission. My friend asked if there was an increase in rate, and the woman said, “Yes.” We explained to her that we had been quoted a price for the room, and had not re- quested or authorized the change. We did not believe this change, with its in- crease in rate, was appro- priate. She replied, “You Californians are so cheap and if you don’t want to pay the difference, then you can leave right now.” My sister, a longtime resident of Cave Junction, said we should check with another motel in the area. We did. We were treated very well there. I have been coming to Cave Junction to visit my sister for many years and have always enjoyed my visits and the atmosphere of the town. I was very disap- pointed to receive such treatment at the first motel because of the state in which I reside. Frankly, this sort of treatment re- minded me of the very type of “Californian” atti- tude that Oregon is usually free from. (Continued on page 4) Kenny Owens at the I.V. Pentecostal Church fireworks stand. (Photo by Steve Fairchild) Sparks fly on Fourth of July By STEVE FAIRCHILD Staff Writer Whether staying at home or hitting the road, the Fourth of July holiday has plenty to offer area residents. Crescent City, Calif. is offering one of the biggest shows around, while both Brookings and Grants Pass will be showcasing large firework displays for Inde- pendence Day. The Grand Fireworks Display in Crescent City will begin at approxi- mately 9:30 p.m., as the crew of the city’s volun- teer fire department cho- reographs a special salute to the nation’s independ- ence over Battery Point. The best viewing loca- tions for the show are at the foot of “A” Street, Beachfront Park, South Beach, Brother Jonathan Vista Point, from the top of Whaler Island, the U.S. 101 Vista Point, or from a boat in the harbor. In Grants Pass, the gates at the Josephine County Fairgrounds will open at 7:30 p.m. with a pre-show at 8 p.m. The fireworks will fly at around 10 p.m. The show will include 500 three-inch fireworks, low level shells and display boards. It will run 45 to 55 minutes. The cost is $4 at the door or $2 with an ad- vanced button. In Brookings, the Viet- nam Veterans, chapter 757 will put on a fireworks display after dusk on the beach near the Port of Brookings Harbor. A chili cook-off and watermelon- eating contest will be held from 1 to 3 p.m. In Cave Junction, Artis Owens, chairman of the fireworks booth from the Illinois Valley Pentecostal Church, said her church is expected to sell nearly $15,000 worth of fire- works from the lot adja- cent to Junction Inn. The church will get approxi- mately $5,000 from the sales. Another fireworks booth adjacent to Art’s Red Garter Steakhouse and Saloon is a fund-raising vehicle for the Kerby Belt #18 Masonic Lodge. Fire- works are also available at Shop Smart Food Ware- house in Cave Junction.
