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Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, OR Wednesday, September 24, 2003
Meeting to Program urges kids to express grief
understand that other chil-
children and their loved
Hospice will
shed light offer Lovejoy
dren are experiencing grief
ones a safe place to discuss
Good Grief!, a grief
too,” said
how their family is coping
support program for chil-
on wildlife dren and their families be- with its loss. The program in Barb their Knox, family
program facili-
NEW HOME -- Bear sculptor Pete Sedlow, his wife,
Lindi, and an area child look over one of two bears
placed at Evergreen Federal Bank on Saturday.
Senate approves millions
for projects, but not in JoCo
Senate approval of
more than $100 million for
energy and water projects
in Oregon, none of them in
Josephine County, was
announced by U.S. Sen.
Ron Wyden (D-Ore.)
Wyden and Sen.
Gordon Smith (R-Ore.)
were able to restore fund-
ing for dredging the state’s
small ports including
Brookings and Gold
Beach. They also “won
$20.8 million to deal with
continuing water issues in
the Klamath Basin, and $3
million from the U.S.
Dept. of Energy to support
nanotechnology research.
Once the Senate and
House agree on a final ver-
sion of the energy and wa-
ter spending bill, it will be
sent to President Bush for
his signature.
Closed
Tuesday & Wednesday
Proposed changes to
Wildlife Safety Standards
in the county Rural Land
Development Code will be
presented during an open
house on Wednesday, Oct.
8 from 6:30 to 9 p.m. in
Cave Junction.
The meeting, spon-
sored by the Josephine
County Planning Dept.,
will be held in the Jose-
phine County Bldg. An
open house also will be
held in Anne Basker Audi-
torium at the county court-
house in Grants Pass on
Tuesday, Oct. 7 at the
same times.
The open houses are
not for changing the draft,
but informational to pre-
sent it to the public.
Changes will be consid-
ered when the draft is re-
viewed by the county plan-
ning commission at a later
date.
“During the 2001 fire
season the planning staff
and commission became
concerned about the dan-
ger of fire and drought to
the community,” said staff.
“The commission held sev-
eral workshops to explore
what could be done to re-
duce the risk of fire to
structures and wildlands.
“Late last year the de-
partment formed a Wild-
land Standards Committee
consisting of planning
staff, planning commis-
sion, Oregon Dept. of For-
estry and a representative
of local fire service provid-
ers. The committee has
carefully worked through
much of this year to de-
velop a new draft Article
76 designed to make our
homes, our community,
our citizens and our wild-
lands safer in the face of
the continuing threat of
fire.”
The public is encour-
aged to attend and ask
questions, planning staff
ginning on Monday, Sept.
29 and continuing through
Dec. 1 on Mondays from
6:30 to 8 p.m.
The program will be
held at the Lovejoy office,
939 S.E. Eighth St. in
Grants Pass.
Good Grief! group
counseling will provide
offers a group for all ages
from preschool to parents.
Nursery care is available.
“In Good Grief!
groups, children will be
given the opportunity to
express their feelings in
art, music and play, to
share their memories of the
loved one who died, and to
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Questions and
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Executive Director at
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In order to help you become
better informed
about hospice
services,
L o v e j o y
Hospice
is
publishing this
question and
a n s w e r
column every
month. Look for us on the fourth
Wednesday of every month in
'Illinois Valley News.' If you have
questions you would like
answered in this column, phone
Q: “Would the ‘GOOD
GRIEF!’ PROGRAM BE
RIGHT
FOR
MY
GRANDCHILDREN?
They have had a lot of
losses. Two of their
grandparents
died;
their parents divorced;
and, their custody has
been moved from their
father to their aunt who
lives in a different
town.”
A: Generally we find that
the children who are
dealing with a death,
benefit
most
from
‘GOOD GRIEF!’ or an-
other children’s grief pro-
gram, because it is de-
signed to address their
particular type of loss. If
they were to attend this
type of meeting they
may wonder why they
are expected to be pre-
sent. I would encourage
you t contact the hospice
in your area and ask to
speck with their grief
counselor. This person
may be able to direct
you to the best resource
for your grandchildren.
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Murdered
youth to be
remembered
A memorial service
and candlelight vigil will
be parts of a National Or-
ganization of Parents Of
Murdered
Children
(POMC) event at Lorna
Byrne Middle School on
Thursday, Sept. 25.
The event, from 6:30
to 7:30 p.m., will include a
30-minute flip clip, “Truth,
Lies and Sex Offenders.”
A brief history of POMC
will be given, and there
will be refreshments and
opportunities for ques-
tions-and-answers.
Illinois Valley Safe
House Alliance and LBMS
are co-sponsors of the pro-
gram. The Sept. 25 date
was chosen to honor Lisa
Hullinger, 19, daughter of
POMC co-founders Robert
and Charlotte Hullinger.
It is noted that since
the organization’s incep-
tion in 1978, and through
‘98, there were nearly
444,000 non-negligent
homicides in the United
States.
POMC statistics show
that for every murder vic-
tim, there are seven to 10
family members “left be-
hind to suffer the after-
math.”
tator.
“Parents will have op-
portunities to learn about
children’s grief and to
share their own grief jour-
neys,” she said.
For more information
and pre-registration phone
Lovejoy at (541) 474-1193
or (888) 758-8569.
939 S.E. 8th St.
474-1193 or 1-888-758-8569
Email:
christina@lovejoyhospice.org
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