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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.
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‘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
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published by Robert R. (Bob) and Jan Rodriguez
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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...
Meidinger Concrete Construction
Serving the Valley since 1974
Licensed - Bonded - Insured
Specializing in all types of Concrete and Masonry
New - Foundations - Walks - Drives - Patios
Mobile Home Runners and Foundations
Bridges and Abutments - Slabs - Large or Small
Exposed Aggregate - Retaining Walls and Basements
Stamped & Colored Concrete
Phone 592-4485
Mike Meidinger License #93173