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Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, OR Wednesday, February 25, 2004
It sounded like an OK idea (not too much trouble,
and I could make points by agreeing with my wife).
The plan: switch home office rooms and revamp a
closet in what would be Jan’s new office at home.
Piece of cake, right? Well, maybe.
First problem: She has three bookcases jammed
with books. Books are heavy. Second problem: Bob
has loads of junk and stuff, including books, his Lone
Ranger costume, and Star Trek memorabilia.
It’s good exercise to move everything from two
rooms to the living room or garage. That’s what I kept
telling my back and biceps. It was definitely exercise.
Third problem: Have a friend relocate bifold doors
from our pantry to Jan’s new closet (computer alcove)
and install a desk-like shelf. And use the sliding doors
from the former closet to the pantry. No problem, as
this guy knows what he’s doing and has the power
tools to prove it.
Fourth problem: Move Bob’s computer desk from
his former office to his new office. We had assembled
the thing inside the room, and it did not want to leave
its birthplace. We huffed and puffed; removed the in-
and-out doors to both offices; stood the desk this way
and that way. Huffed and puffed some more. Prayed.
Used our muscles and ingenuity (mostly Jan’s). It
worked! Mr. Desk was relocated with only minor
damage to door jambs, hallway walls and my fingers.
Fifth problem: Retrieve the boxes and containers
of removed stuff and place them in their new locales.
Also, weed through stuff deemed unnecessary to the
smooth functioning of a home office. Grit teeth at get-
ting rid of precious items (such as my collection of
broken shoestrings and old toothbrushes).
The idea that the project would be a piece of cake
had deteriorated into a stale piece of pastry.
But we managed. As I subscribe to the theory of
giving my wife what she needs, I gave up some of my
furniture, including at least one bookcase. And it’s
working. We now have new offices at home. Mine, of
course, is still a minefield of half-empty boxes, stacks
of paperwork, and other impediments including my
Elvis Presley CDs, income tax receipts and old shoes.
I’m still looking for the cake.
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Regarding schools
From Richard Butler
Selma
Re: the Feb. 11
“Illinois Valley News”
article by Shane Welsh,
“Schools in valley pass-
ing.’”
On the assumption that
the 2003 school report
cards refer to the 2003
school year, why are we
hearing from school princi-
ples regarding flu season
problems from this past
fall?
Those problems would
fall into the 2004 school
year. Secondly, does
Welsh really consider two
schools which failed to
meet the Federal Adequate
Yearly Progress Rating as
schools whose grades
“look good?” Is that how
these schools rate students
who are failing?
Reading on, we find
one principal who feels
that meeting the standards
isn’t the criteria, it’s
whether local schools ex-
ceed the scores of other
schools.
By that standard, a
student who exceeds the
marks of other students is
doing well, regardless of
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how that student scores
relative to a fixed standard.
Last but not least, and
a perennial favorite of edu-
cators, if you can’t meet
the standard or solve the
problem, blame it on a lack
of funding, as does the
principal of Evergreen.
How about this: Fix
your focus on solving the
problem, not making ex-
cuses. Maybe the I.V. Citi-
zen Patrol could assist with
truancy issues; perhaps
there are other resources,
but since they weren’t
mentioned in the article by
the reporter or the princi-
pals, we don’t know.
All we know is that
our local schools are not
consistently meeting these
standards.
The world is watching
From Libby Goines
Cave Junction
In response to Jody
McElr o y’s o utbu rs t
(“Illinois Valley News,”
Feb. 11) blaming Siskiyou
Project and CRT for the
mess in our forests and
economy; not all residents
of Illinois Valley have this
perspective, one based on
fear of change due to igno-
rance.
When my grandparents
moved here in the 1930s,
there were still a lot of
trees everywhere.
But in the 1940s and
‘50s, there was an eco-
nomic boom with approxi-
mately 100 operating mills
on the valley floor. There
were so many huge trees
everywhere that nobody
thought the supply might
run out someday.
Our parents and grand-
parents prospered and took
good care of their families
with solid incomes earned
from the harvest of the
Micheila Drummond
By CASSANDRA
NEWTON-MILLER
Micheila Drummond
has been selected by Illi-
nois Valley Fine Artists
Inc. as featured artist for
February and March.
Drummond, originally
from Cleveland, Ohio, has
resided in Cave Junction
for one year.
She began charcoal
drawing and oil painting
about six years ago, join-
ing the I.V. Artists in April
2003.
Drummond
was
awarded a bronze medal in
the art division of the Sen-
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