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Page 3 Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, OR Wednesday, August 6, 2003 SCREENING ROOM - Blue Moon Books & Coffee will show the independent film, “A Cold White Place,” on Thursday, Aug. 7 at 7 p.m. The film, in which Blue Moon owner Gloria Fiorini’s nephew, Aaron Jude, stars, tells the story of a catatonic patient nearing death whose life is shown him by people from his past. The film, to be featured in the 2003 New York International Independent Film and Video Festi- val in November, has also been accepted into the 2004 Cannes Film Festival. Adults are cautioned not to bring young children to the viewing due to the in- tense nature of the film. CREATIVE CAUSE - Illinois River Valley Arts Council, the Siskiyou Project and the Sierra Club will have booths set up inside the former Hometowne Inte- riors building in Downtown Cave Junction during the Wild Blackberry Festival on Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 9 and 10. Area artists will offer demonstrations of their creative techniques. Art will also be available for purchase, with proceeds benefiting the arts coun- cil. Lorna Byrne Middle School and Illinois Valley High School students will sell snow cones as well to raise funds for their schools. TREASURE TROVE - Selma Community and Education Center will hold a Summer Super Swap and Sale on Friday and Saturday, Aug. 8 and 9 from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the former Selma Elementary School. Breakfast treats will also be available. Spaces are still available for those interested in selling their wares at the event. Phone Pamela Tennity at 597- 2110, Bill Hunt at 597-2494 or Jan Walker at 597- 2410 for more info. ‘ROUND THE CLOCK - Rock Robin and The Toasters will perform at Out ‘N’ About Treesort, 300 Page Creek Road, on Saturday, Aug. 9 at 8:30 p.m. KEEPING COOL - Good Shepherd Lutheran Church will sponsor an alcohol and drug-free party for high school-age youth at Cave Junction Pool on Saturday, Aug. 9 from 8 to 10 p.m. A DJ will provide music during the event. There will also be door prizes and free food donated by Taylor’s Sausage, Shop Smart Food Warehouse and Selma Select Market. Ad- mission to the event is one can of food to go to the Harvest Kitchen at St. Matthias Episcopal Church. FREE FUN - Christian band Joyful Noise, also known as the worship team of Pelican Bay Evangeli- cal Free Church in Crescent, Calif., will perform at Bridgeview Community Church on Sunday, Aug. 10 at 6 p.m. The band will perform songs from its latest album, “Let It Ring.” The public is invited to the free concert. CHURCH CELEBRATION - Bridgeview Com- munity Church will celebrate its 110th anniversary on Sunday, Aug. 17 with services beginning at 10:30 a.m. The day will also include speakers, a potluck lunch, ice cream and cake, games and singing. Old quilts and antiques will be on display. A church his- tory book will also be available. Period dress may be worn. The public is invited. LEAGUE LEADERS - Illinois Valley Little League has positions open on its board of directors. To receive an application, phone Janet Ewing at 592- 4389. NOTEPAD: Three Rivers Community Hospital offers various free and for-a-fee educational work- shops and tests including cholesterol screenings, par- enting classes and CPR instruction. To register for most classes phone (541) 955-5419. (Continued from page 2) Long. On June 25, I came before you to tell you that the library budget would impoverish the library staff and that my wife, a library employee of almost 11 years, would suffer a 38 percent decrease in income and lose all her benefits. Since that time the budget has been adopted and implemented. Addi- tionally one of my wife’s co-workers, another long- term county employee, has told me that her income was reduced 41 percent. Therefore I have the following request: Since the director of the library, Sue Luce and her three managers, Doro- thy Cook, Linda Garrick and Princessa Vichi, who supervise only part-time employees, I am asking the board to reduce their in- come by an equal 41 per- cent and remove their benefits. I further request that the money saved by this action be used to restore needed library programs and staff needed to support them. I request that the library be opened more hours for the people in the county. If you do not wish to cut the managers’ income by 41 percent, keeping the director in place and re- ducing the three managers’ positions to a single 0.6 FTE management position can realize the same sav- ings. Lastly, I request the board post the current sal- ary and benefit of all elected officials, depart- ment heads and managers on the county Web site within the next 30 days. I request this so that the peo- ple of this county may be better informed. ‘Fees taxes’ are now From Allen Reitan Cave Junction Oregon vehicle owners got it in the rear end. Roads and bridges are damaged by heavy trucks, not cars, pickups, SUVs or motor homes, according to studies over the years. Repairs should be funded mostly by weight- mile taxes and some small increase in fuel taxes. In- creased “fees” for registra- tion and licensing is totally unfair, and are a form of personal property taxes that should have to be ap- proved by the voters. “Fees” should never be used in place of “use taxes.” Our legislators knew the voters would not ap- prove increased fuel taxes, so as an expedient, they just increased fees. When the repairs are completed will the fees be reduced or will our state government find a way to spend the additional reve- nue. Of course they will! ‘Thanks to Bob’ From Dennis Strayer Cave Junction On the occasion of the 35th anniversary of my return from one year in Vietnam, it is a bittersweet celebration without the man who helped ease the pain of separation from family and friends. “Thanks for the Memories” - Bob Hope, the ‘GIs’ friend’ has died, but he will forever live on in the hearts of those of us who served in the U.S. Military and got the oppor- tunity to see one of his many shows. It was December 1967 and a buddy of mine said, “I’ve got the Jeep, let’s go down the road to catch Bob Hope’s show.” I checked in with my boss who said, “No prob- lem” so we were off. When we arrived at Hill 327, near DaNang, the entire hillside was covered with green military uni- forms and from a distance they looked like a bunch of ants on a hill. We worked our way through the crowd and managed to find a standing spot not too far from the stage. Bob soon appeared and warmed up the crowd with various jokes about his golf game and being in Vietnam. He was soon joined by several young woman in- cluding movie actress Raquel Welch. That sure got our at- tention as it had been months since we had seen an American woman, other than an occasional military nurse or American Red Cross worker. I got a photo of Bob as we worked closer to the stage and before it all ended, he asked the group on stage to sing “Silent Night” and when it was over I don’t think there was a dry eye on that en- tire hillside. It was not until a num- ber of years later that I learned that the Viet Cong had placed a price on Bob’s head and after he left DaNang, they blew up the hotel in Saigon where he was to stay but luckily his plane was late in land- ing, or otherwise he would have been killed in the bomb blast. “Thanks for the Memories, Bob.” ATTENTION CJ BUSINESS OWNERS ‘We need to do something about the rash of break-ins in Downtown Cave Junction’ Meeting at Jubilee Park Pavilion FRIDAY, AUGUST 8 - 7 P.M.