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Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, OR Wednesday, July 23, 2003
Essay contest invites moms
to reflect on breast-feeding
In honor of World
Breast-feeding Week
which lasts from Friday,
Aug. 1 to Thursday, Aug.
7, Three Rivers Commu-
nity Hospital is holding an
essay contest that invites
mothers to reflect on what
breast-feeding means to
them.
The essay contest is
open to any woman who
has breast-fed or currently
is breast-feeding. The en-
try deadline is on Friday,
Aug. 8. A panel of staff
from the TRCH Family
Birth Center will judge the
contest and host a lunch-
eon for the winner to be
held on Friday, Aug. 15.
Entries should be 300
words or fewer on the
theme, “What Breast-
feeding Means to Me.” Be
sure to include your name,
address and phone number
and send entries to: TRCH
Family Birth Center Con-
test, 500 SW Ramsey
Drive, Grants Pass, OR
97527.
City issues six new building
permits; one for business
Six building permits,
including one for a new
business, were issued dur-
ing June by the city of
Cave Junction.
The commercial build-
ing, being built on Hamil-
ton Avenue for Dave’s
Outdoor Power Equip-
ment, is being erected by
Homestead Construction.
Three permits were
issued for new homes. One
went to H.D. Patton Jr.
Construction for a home at
422 Addison Ave. with
1,402 square feet of space.
There also will be a shop/
garage with 772 square
feet of space.
Eugene Robertson re-
ceived two home permits;
one for 540 Schumacher
Street and the other for 384
Wells Drive. They will
consist of 1,260 and 1,531
square feet of space re-
spectively. The latter also
will include a garage with
440 square feet of space.
Other permits include: Gail
Boatman, carport enclo-
sure at 240 E. River St.
and Western Sign Systems,
a new “Evergreen Federal
Bank” sign for the Illinois
Valley Branch in Cave
Junction.
Hospice receives funding to
expand community outreach
Lovejoy Hospice re-
ceived a $3,500 grant from
the Four Way Community
Foundation to develop and
expand its community out-
reach program.
Lovejoy Hospice pro-
grams provide holistic end-
of-life care for Josephine
County residents and their
families and also those in
parts of Jackson and Doug-
las Counties.
Lovejoy Hospice pro-
vides professional staff 24
hours a day, helping to
maintain dignity and per-
sonal choices while reliev-
ing physical and emotional
pain.
Lovejoy Hospice also
provides support services
to families throughout their
care for loved ones and
presents community edu-
cation and bereavement
programs for health care
Lottery sets
Ore. record
professionals and the pub-
lic.
The Four Way Com-
munity Foundation is a
private, non-profit, organi-
zation conceived by the
Grants Pass Rotary Club in
1975.
It provides a vehicle
through which gifts, con-
tributions, and bequests
can be used to benefit the
people of Josephine and
Western Jackson Counties.
“The Four Way Com-
munity Foundation grant
gives Lovejoy Hospice the
exciting opportunity to
reach more people with
our educational and be-
reavement services,” states
Christina Snell, Executive
Director. “Community
education and training for
end of life issues is an
ever-expanding need in our
community.”
Kindness in words creates confidence,
kindness in thinking creates profoundness,
kindness in giving creates love.
- Lao-tzu -
The Oregon Lottery
sent the state a record
$387.1 million for the fis-
cal year that ended June
30.
The money will be
used by the state for public
education, economic de-
velopment, state parks and
salmon enhancement.
In the 2001-03 bien-
nium 64 percent of lottery
profits went to public edu-
cation, 20 percent to eco-
nomic development, 15
percent to state parks and
salmon enhancement and
one percent to fund treat-
ment programs for prob-
lem gamblers.
While the Oregon
Constitution requires that
lottery profits be used for
public education, eco-
nomic development, state
parks and salmon enhance-
ment, the Oregon Legisla-
tures makes the alloca-
tions.
The transfer is the re-
sult of the second straight
year of record net sales for
both video lottery and tra-
ditional games.
During the 2003 fiscal
year, lottery recorded net
sales from all games of
$853.5 million, an increase
over the $817 million in
sales during fiscal year
2002.
OLD AND NEW - The old Lorna Byrne Middle School is partiallly torn down re-
vealing some of the new middle school building. Crews started removing the
old school Tuesday, July 22.
Unemployment rate rises to 8.5 percent
Oregon’s seasonally
adjusted unemployment
rate rose to 8.5 percent in
June from 8.2 percent in
May. It has risen for four
consecutive months after
reaching a low point for
the year of 7.3 percent in
February.
At 8.5 percent, Ore-
gon’s unemployment rate
rose above its most recent
peak of 8.4 percent, which
was reached in January
2002. Oregon’s unemploy-
ment rate has been below
8.5 percent for almost 17
years. June and July 1986
were the most recent
months in which Oregon’s
unemployment rate meas-
ured 8.5 percent. Oregon’s
unemployment rate has not
been above 8.5 percent
since May 1986 when the
rate was 8.8 percent.
Oregon’s labor force
continued to grow in June
as it has in recent months.
Meanwhile, the total num-
Council denies citizens’
land-related requests
Two land-related is-
sues recently came before
the Cave Junction City
Council.
In one situation,
Cheryl Jones, of 460 S.
Junction Ave., asked per-
mission to store a 1963
model 10-by-50-foot mo-
bile home at the extreme
rear of her property. It
would be used for storage,
she told the council.
A new mobile home is
on the property, Jones said
she bought it for her
daughter.
Councilmen eventually
voted 5-0 to deny the re-
quest.
They cited reasons
including not wanting to
set a precedent; lack of a
specific time frame for
storing the older mobile;
and not wanting the city to
have the image of too
many mobiles.
Jones was advised to
return to the council with a
definite time plan within
30 days.
In another matter, the
council voted 5-0 to deny
an appeal from John Co-
stanzo, of Aptos, Calif.,
deciding that his request
should be made via a zone
change, not an appeal.
Costanzo, who did not
attend the council meeting,
sought to modify his origi-
nal rezoning request for
portions of property lying
off the north side of East
River Street roughly be-
tween North Caves Ave-
nue and North Kerby Ave-
nue. Approximately nine
acres are involved.
The modification was
to change an earlier coun-
cil decision denying an
application for a compre-
hensive plan amendment
from industrial to single-
family residential, and a
change of zone from em-
ployment and industrial to
single-family residential.
He also requested that
the city look for other
properties to zone indus-
trial that are closer to
sewer and water.
At one point, Sally
Palmer, who owns prop-
erty in the city, indicated
her belief that the city
“conned” Constanzo to
seek the change.
Led by Mayor Ed
Faircloth, the council said
that Costanzo needs to
check criteria for what he
wants, and pay the fees for
a zone change request, not
an appeal. It was stated he
“needs to do his home-
work.”
ber of jobs available has
not kept pace with the
growing labor force. The
result has been an increas-
ing number of unem-
ployed, thus causing the
unemployment rate to rise.
In June, Oregon’s civilian
labor force grew by 44,559
to reach 1,871,540, its
highest level ever. This
growth was composed of
an increase of 31,033 in
the number of people em-
ployed and an increase of
13,526 in the number of
people unemployed. In the
past year, the number of
people employed has de-
clined by 2,686 while the
number of unemployed has
grown by 21,891.
One man can completely
change the character of a
country, and the industry
of its people, by dropping
a single seed in fertile soil.
- John C. Gifford -
A THRU Z
Land Improvements & More
Stump Grinding, Removals,
Thinnings, Brush,
Fencing, Decks,
Retaining Walls & More
Phone 659-8609
No job too small
License #CCB156237
(541) 476-2127
Trivia Time
by Walter Branch
Senior Discounts
*6 ft. Rototiller - fall tilling soon
*6 ft. Brush Hog -
Landscape cleanup & fire breaks
*Postholes -
Fence building available
Yard maintenance - big or small
*20 ft. Flatbed Trailer
materials picked up & delivered
1. What musical's German
tour production started
Donna Summer on the
road to success?
2. What husband-and-wife
duo was featured in the
comic strip, "Bringing Up
Father"?
3. How many of the Marx
Brothers appeared in "The
Story of Mankind"?
4. What was the name of
the shaving lotion that
gave "any man the license
to kill...women"?
5. Who played Myrna
Turner, Oscar Madison's
secretary, on "The Odd
Couple"?
Trivia Time Answers
1. "Hair's"; 2. Jiggs and
Maggie; 3. Three; 4. 007;
5. Penny Marshall.
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