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Page 2 Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, OR Wednesday, August 27, 2003 New IVSHA program to help women get on feet The Illinois Valley Safe House Alliance’s (IVSHA) efforts to provide for the immediate and long-term needs of women and children affected by domestic and sexual vio- lence in the Illinois Valley just reached a major mile- stone: the launching of its Self-Sufficiency Program. The innovative pro- gram works with woman to help them identify and overcome the barriers to finding jobs and/or open- ing their own businesses, and to finding adequate and affordable housing. IVSHA Executive Di- rector Chris Mallette ex- plained, “two of the core reasons women either re- main in an abusive rela- tionship or return to one, are that they are unable to support themselves and their children, and they cannot find homes they can afford.” The organization formed a partnership with the Southern Oregon Women’s Access to Credit (SOWAC) late last year. Since that time the two organizations have been developing a plan that brings the skills of both organizations to bear on increasing the skills of women in the valley who are interested in opening their own businesses. As a result of that work, IVSHA and SO- WAC will offer the first of a series of workshops on entrepreneurial skills on Thursday, Sept. 4. The workshops are open to women interested in opening their own busi- ness, and those women interested in being part of a design team to develop a business plan for IVSHA’s first cottage industry. The design team, called the Dream Team, will work with manage- ment from both organiza- tions, IVSHA advocates, business skills trainers and other I.V. women. The team will identify a cottage industry and write a business plan to be presented to the IVSHA Board of Directors. Any woman interested in attending these work- shops or being part of the Dream Team, phone 592- 4149. A second major mile- stone for the program oc- curred on Aug. 18, 2003, when IVSHA received notification from the Dept. of Justice, Office on Vio- lence Against Women that the organization had been awarded a two-year grant to bring two additional advocates to the valley. The advocates will be hired in October. (Editor’s Note: Views and commen- tary expressed in let- ters to the editor are strictly those of the letter-writers. * * * Typed, double- spaced letters are ac- ceptable for consid- eration. Hand-written letters that are double- spaced and highly legible also can be considered for publi- cation. Cards of thanks are not ac- cepted as letters.) * * * ‘Talk to kids’ From Steven J. Lytle President, Gold River Distribution Co. Fall is quickly ap- proaching, which means children across the nation will step into new class- rooms, make new friends, and be faced with many new and exciting experi- ences. Unfortunately, one of those experiences could involve the pressure to ille- gally consume alcohol. Don’t wait until it is too late -- make sure your chil- dren are prepared to make the right decision to stand up to peer pressure and say “no” to illegal underage drinking. The good news is, ado- lescents who break the law and consume alcohol ille- gally are not among the majority of their peers. Federal statistics now show that nearly 20 mil- lion teens are doing the right thing by not drinking. According to the 2003 Roper Youth Report, the overwhelming majority of youth (69 percent of 13-17 year olds; 73 percent of 8- 17 year-olds) cite their par- ents as the primary influ- ence in their decisions about whether they drink alcohol or not. What you say, or don’t say, does make a differ- ence. Please, talk to your children about not consum- ing alcohol -- it may be the most important lesson they learn this school year. ‘Reduction or risk’ From Colette Terrazas Selma Don’t let last year’s fire season happen again. Illinois Valley News An Independent Weekly Newspaper Co-owned and published by Robert R. (Bob) and Jan Rodriguez Bob Rodriguez, Editor El Jefe Entered as second class matter June 11, 1937 at Post Office as Official Newspaper for Josephine County and Josephine County Three Rivers School District, published at 321 S. Redwood Hwy., Cave Junction, OR 97523 Periodicals postage paid at Cave Junction, OR 97523 Post Office Box 1370 USPS 258-820 Telephone (541) 592-2541, FAX (541) 592-4330 Volume 66, No. 23 Staff: Cindy Newton, Britt Fairchild, Chris Robertson, Steve Fairchild & Becky Loudon Member: Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association DEADLINES: News, Classified & Display Ads, Announcements & Letters 3 P.M. FRIDAY (Classified ads & uncomplicated display ads can be accepted until Noon, Monday with an additional charge.) POLICY ON LETTERS: ‘Illinois Valley News’ welcomes letters to the editor provided they are of general interest, in good taste, legible and not libelous. All letters must be signed, using complete name, and contain the writer’s address and telephone number. The latter need not be published, but will be used to verify authenticity. The ‘News’ reserves the right to edit letters. One letter per person per month. Letters are used at the discretion of the publisher. Unpublished letters are neither acknowledged nor returned. A prepaid charge may be levied if a letter is inordinately long in the editor's opinion. SUBSCRIPTION RATES One year in Josephine County - $20.80 One year in Jackson and Douglas Counties - $24.40 One year in all other Oregon counties and out-of-state - $28 POSTMASTER: Please send address changes to P.O. Box 1370, Cave Junction, OR. 97523 Marijuana bust yields 220 plants On Monday, Aug. 25 the Josephine County Marijuana Eradication Team (JOMET) responded to 23703 Redwood Hwy. to investigate a medical marijuana growing opera- tion. JOMET detectives contacted the suspect, Don Johnson Jr., who provided an Oregon Medical Mari- juana permit. However, it was immediately evident that Johnson had more plants than is permitted by Oregon law. Oregon law permits a medical mari- juana patient to possess three mature plants and four immature plants. Johnson consented to a search of his property, which yielded two indoor growing operation and one outdoor growing operation. Johnson was later found to possess approxi- mately 220 marijuana plants. He was arrested and lodged at the Josephine County Jail. SIGN OF THE TIMES - Everyone can be on time now that the new Evergreen Federal Bank’s time and temperature sign has been installed in Downtown Cave Junction. The sign is part of improvements being made inside and out at the bank. (Photo by Sam Newton) The highest priority should be to provide protection where it is needed -- in the community protection zones. The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is proposing the Anderson West Land Management Project in Selma to log 2.037 million board feet (mbf) of our last pristine old growth forest under the guise of “fire risk reduc- tion.” It is planning to re- move more than one mbf of fire resistant old-growth trees from 200 acres by helicopter while leaving more than 1,000 acres of fire-prone brush and grass untreated. BLM also does- n’t have the money to even complete the project. There is a beautiful 300-acre old-growth forest just a mile from Selma. It has the historic Lone Pine Prospect Trail wandering through a pristine forest to the mine with a grand overview of the Biscuit Fire area. It offers large, fire-resistant trees, recrea- tional opportunities, and habitat for species dis- placed by the Biscuit Fire. Please tell BLM to make protection of com- munities from fires its No. 1 priority, by selectively removing hazardous brush and ladder fuels in the community protection zone. Please tell the BLM to separate fire risk reduction from the commercial log- ging. Thinning small trees and clearing brush around communities and homes will produce more mean- ingful results than logging old-growth trees. First Love Christian Fellowship at 139 S. Caves Ave., Cave Junction NEW CHURCH FUND-RAISING Complete Turkey Dinner Friday, Aug. 29 - 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. $3.50 - Pick up & delivery, Dine in - $4 Homemade Pumpkin Pie whole pie - $5 or $1 for single slice Phone 592-4775 to place order in advance for pick up and delivery Closed Tuesday & Wednesday... 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