Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, OR Wednesday, July 23, 2003
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Meeting... Think twice before
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and use of fireworks in
most of the valley, unless
with a special permit.
Board President Don
Haviland noted he wanted
the board to review the
draft ordinance presented.
“Most people use them
responsibly; however, the
timing of the sales during
the fire season and our
continuing drying trend
makes for a disaster wait-
ing to happen,” Fire Mar-
shal Jerry Schaeffer wrote
in a memo to the board.
Addressing the board,
Mayor Ed Faircloth asked
for a copy of the ordinance
and noted the city is “in
total support of what
you’re doing.”
He added that he
would update the city’s
rules and regulations re-
garding the issue once the
ordinance is approved.
“I think the majority of
the people in the valley
realize the danger of fire-
works,” Frick said.
Even with an ordi-
nance, people would still
bring in fireworks, he
noted, but “at least we’d
have something we can
enforce.”
Directors Joel Down-
ing, Joe Malcolm and
Frick were also sworn is as
the new board president,
vice president and secre-
tary, respectively.
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Another possibility in
determining future budgets
would be to increase vari-
ous county fees to generate
revenue.
On the positive side,
Brock complimented the
departments that have been
implementing performance
measures for services pro-
vided.
He encouraged the
public to give its input on
the topic and help deter-
mine how services could
function more efficiently
and effectively.
-- Britt Fairchild
Mine-minded
folks sought
The Josephine County
Board of Commissioners is
accepting applications
from volunteers to fill va-
cancies on the Mining Ad-
visory Committee.
The purpose of this
committee is to study the
environment problems,
concerns of the timber in-
dustry, illegal mining on
private and government
lands, on mining ventures
of large corporations.
The deadline for ac-
cepting applications to the
board is on Friday, Aug.
15. Phone (541) 474-5221
for more information.
swimming in rivers
There is no such thing
as risk-free swimming in
untreated area waters, ac-
cording to the Josephine
County Dept. of Health
and Community Action.
Swimming in cool wa-
ter can offer relief from hot
summer temperatures.
However, swimming in
untreated water such as
rivers and lakes, may result
in unpleasant side effects
from swimmer’s itch and
intestinal infections.
The Josephine County
Public Health Dept. is
posting signs along water-
ways to popular swimming
areas such as “Forks” State
Park in Cave Junction.
The signs advise:
“Swim at your own risk,
water is not tested for bac-
teria.”
The following can help
people avoid illnesses from
bacteria and small organ-
isms that thrive in un-
treated water:
* * *
*Don’t swallow un-
treated water! Keep your
mouth closed when play-
ing in the water.
*Avoid swimming in
slow-moving water that is
warm and murky.
*Don’t swim in
grossly contaminated wa-
ter with signs of dead ani-
mals, fish and animal or
human waste.
*If you become ill
with an intestinal illness,
wash your hands for 20
seconds before preparing
food and after going to the
bathroom. This will help
prevent spreading the in-
fection to other family
members. Proper hand
washing is a universal rec-
ommendation for everyone
in staying healthy and in
prevention of disease.
Proposed bill aims to
prevent large wildfires
U.S. Senators Ron Wy-
den (D-Ore.) and Dianne
Feinstein (D-Calif.) intro-
duced “The Community
and Forest Protection Act
of 2003,” a bill that pro-
vides workable wildfire-
fighting and prevention
strategies while protecting
the environment and public
involvement.
“Last year, Congress
unconscionably walked
away from an opportunity
to pass a balanced fire
bill,” Wyden said.
“Today, there are 57
million acres of public
lands at the highest risk of
forest fires,” Feinstein
said. “If we don’t take ac-
tion now, these forests
could go up in smoke.”
The Wyden-Feinstein
bill doesn’t rely primarily
on commercial sales to
accomplish needed fire
reduction work; instead it
would authorize $3.8 bil-
lion for forest health pro-
jects over five years.
It also preserves the
ability of citizens to appeal
agency decisions, but
eliminates up to several
years of delay that cur-
rently can effectively ren-
der an agency decision
moot. Inside the wildland-
urban interface area, pro-
jects could occur under a
categorical exclusion, and
those decisions would be
exempted from administra-
tive appeals.
Outside the interface
area, the bill would shorten
the delay by folding the
public comment period
concurrently into the ad-
ministrative appeals proc-
ess, shortening the appeals
period and agency re-
sponse period from 45 to
30 days each, and allowing
the appeals officer the
flexibility to make neces-
sary changes, saving from
90 days to several years.
It protects environmen-
tally sensitive areas while
giving greater discretion to
federal forestry employees
and the states about where
best to focus fire reduction
efforts.
The bill specifically
protects old growth, wil-
derness, wilderness study
areas, and roadless areas,
but unlike the Miller and
Bingaman bills, gives for-
estry professionals flexibil-
ity to pursue needed fire-
reduction projects outside
the wildland-urban inter-
face areas (up to 50 per-
cent if requested by a
state’s governor).
The legislation requires
courts to regularly re-
examine the merits of tem-
porary injunctions without
attempting to influence the
outcome of decisions on
injunctive relief, creates a
pilot project to shorten the
appeals process on the Bis-
cuit Fire and authorizes
grants to states and locali-
ties to address emergency
threats to public safety in
places like the San Bernar-
dino, Cleveland, Deschutes
and Siskiyou National For-
ests.
Under the proposal,
the Administration can use
the shortened process to
salvage burned timber
from the Biscuit Fire, but
any salvage actions would
be monitored by a group
chosen under the Western
Governors Association
collaborative process
(including scientists, envi-
ronmentalists, community-
based organizations, and
industry representatives)
which would report to
Congress on the ecological
and economic effects of
the pilot project.
EXTREME FUN -- Face
painting (top photo) was
just one of several
events
planned
for
young children at I.V.
Extreme on Saturday,
July 19 in Jubilee Park.
Children also found out
the origins of their
names at a special
booth. Jofer Malcolm
Duran
(right
photo)
found out the meaning of
his middle name, which
means “buoyant” or pre-
served. Later in the day
junior high and high-
school aged children and
teen-agers competed in
three-on-three
basket-
ball, a skateboarding
competition and volley-
ball games.
(Photos by
Steve Fairchild)
I would like to extend my sincere appreciation
and thanks to the people of Illinois Valley
community for their prayers, loving support
and gifts during the recent loss of my home.
God Bless, Ora Mae Meyer
“Bubbles, Bubbles”
Author: Kathi Appelt
Illustrator:
Fumi Kosaka
Ages: 2 to 5
Read about a little
girl who takes
a bubble bath .
This book is
presented by
Senior Library Specialist
Jennifer Berubee and is
available at the
I.V. Library.
Phone 592-3581
for more info.
(541) 476-2127
is open
Saturdays:
9:30 a.m.
to
2:30 p.m.
Hours: Mondays - Saturdays
9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
For more information phone (800) 922-1025