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.
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‘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.
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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.