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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.
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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.