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Illinois Valley News, Cave Junction, OR Wednesday, March 10, 2004
Despite some of my best efforts, the ailment we
call “a cold” grabbed me last week and threw me to
the floor; leaving me gasping, coughing and generally
feeling unwell. Therefore, I am taking the easy way
out this week; hoping that you will find the following
to your liking. (A friend gave it to me; I don’t know
who wrote it.)
The Realtor’s hymn: “I’ve Got a Mansion Just
Over the Hilltop.”
The pilot’s hymn: “I’ll Fly Away.”
The paramedic’s hymn: “Revive Us Again.”
The judge’s hymn: “Almost Persuaded.”
The psychiatrist’s hymn: “Just a Little Talk With
Jesus.”
The architect’s hymn: “How Firm a Foundation.”
The zookeeper’s hymn: “All Creatures of Our
God and King.”
The postal worker’s hymn: “So Send I You.”
The waiter’s hymn: “Fill My Cup, Lord.”
The gardener’s hymn: “Lo, How a Rose E’re
Blooming.”
The lifeguard’s hymn: “Rescue the Perishing.”
The criminal’s hymn: “Search Me, O God.”
The baker’s hymn: “When the Roll Is Called Up
Yonder.”
The cobbler’s hymn: “It Is Well With My Soul.”
The travel agent’s hymn: “Anywhere With Jesus.”
The geologist’s hymn: “Rock of Ages.”
The men’s clothing clerk hymn: “Blest Be The
Tie.”
The umpire’s hymn: “I Need No Other Argu-
ment.”
The librarian’s hymn: “Whispering Hope.”
Plus I add the following:
The cardiologist’s hymn: “Come With Your
Heartache.”
The reporter’s hymn: “Go Tell It On the Moun-
tain.”
The mortician’s hymn: “Some Day We’ll Leave
This World.”
And the young children’s hymn: “Why?”
Get ready for spring today!
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Illinois Valley News
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Siskiyou Project
From Jody McElroy
Cave Junction
In response to Libby
Goines’ letter (“Illinois
Valley News” Feb. 25), I
have to say she must have
been referring to a differ-
ent letter than mine.
I in no way blamed
CRT for any “mess” in the
valley. I suggested people
join CRT to help straighten
out the mess. I do not sug-
gest “deforestation” as a
means to economic secu-
rity either.
There is a balance pos-
sible and even desirable,
but with the Siskiyou Pro-
ject and other such groups,
there is no such balance. I
would not presume to
speak for all people here,
unlike the Siskiyou Project
with its policy of continual
litigation, which has
clogged our courts and our
forests regardless of how
people may feel.
There is and always
will be a demand for forest
products. We need to find
the balance that will fulfill
this need and return our
forests to a healthy state
instead of the tinder boxes
they are now.
Let’s show the world
we can make informed and
balanced decisions.
I have heard some peo-
ple say that they do not
want to pay any new taxes.
If they are concerned about
spending too much money
on the library levy, let me
describe the amount in a
simple way.
The levy calls for an
amount of 20-cents per
$1,000. This means if the
assessed value of your
home is $100,000 (and
remember that the assessed
value is usually lower than
the actual market value),
then you would pay $20
more for your property
taxes.
This comes out to less
than $1.70 per month. Is
that too much to pay to
have our library have more
open hours, books, and
resources?
I sincerely hope that
our community will pay
now in the form of a levy
to restore open hours and
enable library staff to af-
ford to stay at their jobs;
replace the greatly reduced
book budget and work to-
ward providing ourselves
with the resources we need
to help take care of some
of our problems ourselves.
Hopefully a “Special
District” will be estab-
lished soon to make the
library largely autonomous
and finally provide stable
funding for the library and
only the library.
The county commis-
sioners have stated that
they would like to see sup-
port from the community
about the levy before de-
ciding to put it on the bal-
lot. They requested a col-
lection of 2,300 signatures.
We exceeded that amount
and will be presenting the
signatures this week.
TOPSY-TURVY - A Toyota pickup truck slammed into
an embankment and rolled, blocking southbound traf-
fic around noon for more than an hour on Redwood
Hwy. near the California border Wednesday, March 3.
Driven by Troy Peters, the pickup was southbound
when for unknown reasons, Peters lost control, he
said. Peters sustained minor scrapes and bruises and
was released at the scene by American Medical Re-
sponse. Illinois Valley Fire District and Josephine
County Sheriff’s Office also responded. (Photo by
Shane Welsh)
LOW CARB DIETERS!
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592-4222 or 592-2892
Facts are facts and will not disappear
on account of your likes.
- Jawaharala Nehru -
The greatest happiness of life is the conviction
that we are loved -- loved for ourselves,
or rather, love in spite of ourselves.
- Victor Hugo -
Supports library levy
From Stephanie Friedman
Cave Junction
Our county library is
facing an uncertain future
in light of recent budget
constraints resulting from
the failure of last year’s
supplemental levy and the
budget shortfalls likely to
occur in the future.
There are always many
issues, concerns and
causes that compete for
our attention. The impor-
tance of a public library is
nothing less than a neces-
sity for the continuation of
our collective experience
in this great social experi-
ment called democracy.
There is simply no
way that we, the public,
can possibly make in-
formed and qualified deci-
sions that we vote upon,
without access to current
and diverse information.
Our community faces
some difficult and complex
issues that have a direct
effect on the lives of many
Illinois Valley residents:
Unemployment, alco-
hol and drug abuse, do-
mestic violence, teen-age
pregnancy, crime, illiter-
acy, an ever-growing
population and all of the
challenges of meeting their
needs, and a controversial
proposal to salvage log on
our forests.
How can we move on
as a community and deal
with these issues in crea-
tive and effective ways if
we are without the re-
sources of our library?
Congratulations
to the
Cave Junction
Goodwill
for receiving
Goodwill Retailer
of the year!
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