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Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, OR Wednesday, July 16, 2003
Suspect leads on 120-acre
Daisy Hill Fire sent to OSP
Just the other night our 19-year-old daughter, who
is 34, attacked me.
Her attack was quickly followed by wallops on
my head from our friends Jack and Valerie Brown,
from Cave Junction; plus Olivia and Warren Ger-
aghty, who live in Brookings.
It was a painful experience, and one that never
would have happened except for that dang cat,
“Gracie.” It was all her fault. She is, you see, like
most cats, entirely inquisitive and lacking in social
grace when it comes to humans.
She is also extremely agile, so to speak, but can be
highly clumsy despite her name. She always looks
innocent, as though it was an accident, but I think it’s
part of a preconceived feline plot.
There I was, sound asleep at around 10:30 in the
darkness, when suddenly: Wham, Pow, Bash! And it
wasn’t Batman and Robin. No, thanks to this dimuni-
tive 8-pound “Gracie” the Wild Wonder, framed pho-
tos on our bed headboard came crashing down like an
attacking avalanche. It was her first foray to the site.
Fortunately I have a hard head, but it was just a bit
disconcerting to be awakened by sturdy clonks and
bonks on my cabeza. The photos were unharmed, and
“Gracie” escaped unscathed after leaping from the
bed onto the headboard; snagging a linen-like cloth
under the photos; and pulling them over. She blithely
and cleverly jumped away, laughing at me under her
cat breath, I’m sure.
No medical attention was required.
However, we are going to relocate those photos. I
love the people they depict, but not they way they in-
vaded my consciousness. As for “Gracie,” there’s no
hope. She’s a professional full-time cat who will find
other means of mischief.
Pass the aspirin, please.
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‘Tales and lies’
From Tony Corriea
Merlin
After reading the
Grants Pass “Daily Cou-
rier” on July 2, I was in
shock. It’s a shame that the
Josephine County Board of
Commissioners and its
financial wizards appear to
be lying to us with their
tales of monetary decep-
tions.
We taxpayers cannot
allow this to continue, as it
is absolutely ludicrous. If
nothing is done the devas-
tating effect will be even
greater.
We must stop the com-
missioners’ seeming ma-
nipulation and confiscation
of our tax dollars.
‘Concert talkers’
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I was staying in your
town last week and saw the
announcement for a Celtic
music concert in “Illinois
Valley News.”
As I had time, I at-
tended the event, and thor-
oughly enjoyed the music.
However, I did not
enjoy several people who
apparently went to the con-
cert to talk. There was one
man who spoke so loudly
through part of the music
that it was difficult to hear
the lyrics.
My suggestion is that
people who want to talk
should do so elsewhere,
and let everyone else listen
to the music. I think that
the concerts are a good
thing and hope that they
continue.
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From J.D. Freeman
Cave Junction
In response to Don
Schwarz’s letter regarding
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right
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travel,” (“Illinois Valley
News”, July 2) I present
the following:
Exodus 23:32-33:
“Thou shalt make no cove-
nant with them (aliens,
unbelievers, government)
nor with their gods… lest
they make thee sin against
me: for it thou serve their
gods, it will surely be a
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“Thou shalt have not
other gods before me.”
God’s first commandment
in Exodus 20:3. All gods
have power. Therefore,
since all governments have
power they can be consid-
ered as lesser gods.
Contracts with govern-
ment give it jurisdiction.
The driver’s license is an
adhesion contract, which
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such as a nurse, automo-
bile, ordained minister. If a
church incorporates it be-
comes a “religious organi-
zation” and must obey the
government of man, not
God. The Social Security
number contract makes
you a ward of the govern-
ment. As a ward you must
obey all the dictates of
government.
Here is an excerpt
from a brief of an appellate
court:
“When a free man
owns his automobile free
and clear, and wants to buy
insurance, he must be li-
censed and registered in
addition, because he is en-
gaging in a maritime ad-
venture upon the public
roads. Insurance is inter-
state commerce and he
now affects the public in-
terest.
“A driver, once li-
censed, is bound to the
regulations by statutes
which require registration
and insurance. A free man
may not drive a registered
car without a license and
insurance because the reg-
istered car is evidence of a
vehicle used in commerce
for profit.”
To own a car you must
pay in substance. You
probably paid with a
check. If so, you do not
own the car. When you
borrowed from a bank the
banker wrote figures on a
piece of paper. You took it
to a teller, who credited
you with this amount. You
then paid by check for the
car. All this is “evidence of
debt.” It is not, by defini-
tion, money.
The “certificate of ori-
gin” of the car is proof of
There are good leads
on who started the Daisy
Hill Fire, and who’s in-
volved in the theft of four
cars in the city of Cave
Junction during June.
So said Deputy John
Auborn, new contract offi-
cer for the city, which has
an agreement with Jose-
phine County Sheriff’s
Office for the service. He
reported to the city council
during its meeting in city
hall on Monday evening,
July 14.
Auborn said that the
suspect information on the
120-acre Daisy Hill Fire
on June 29, which de-
stroyed two homes and
burned brush, trees and
grass, has been forwarded
to Oregon State Police.
In addition, Auborn
said that he is pursuing
leads to find those respon-
sible for the four car thefts
in the city last month.
The council agreed to
check into purchasing a
$1,500 radar unit for the
city patrol car. The one in
use was loaned, and has to
be returned to a river dep-
uty for clocking boats.
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